Release Notes

Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes

Version Affected: 1.5.1, 1.6

Issue 13: Unable to boot to service partition while deploying OS ISO.

Description: Hypervisor deployments are failing on Dell 11

and 12

generation servers with this

error displayed on the screen during POST: “Warning: Unable to boot to Service Partition.” There

is a BIOS issue to identify the network ISO when there is a local USB CD-ROM installed on the system

and that USB CD-ROM is the only USB mass storage device plugged into the system.”

Resolution/Workaround: Remove the local USB CD-ROM (note that not all local CD-ROM would

expose this issue), or plug in additional USB floppy or USB key on the system, or attach the virtual

media (virtual floppy and virtual CD) from the iDRAC.

Version Affected: 1.5.1, 1.6

Issue 14: A firmware update fails with an error message saying that USC is in use and it should be

retried after 30 seconds.

Description: During a firmware update if the update fails with error message “If USC is in use,

wait until USC has exited and retry the action. Otherwise retry after 30 seconds to check if

network connectivity caused this error.”

Resolution/Workaround: To fix this issue, reset iDRAC and wait until iDRAC boots back up

properly and try the firmware update again.

Version Affected: 1.5.1, 1.6

Issue 15: Events from different vCenter posted to another vCenter from a shared Dell Management

Plug-in Appliance.

Description: This situation can occur when a bare-metal server that was deployed in one vCenter is

rediscovered again as bare-metal server but then selected for a hypervisor deployed in another

vCenter.

This situation occurs if the host that was already on one of the registered vCenters was added to

another registered VCenter. In this case the host on first vCenter appears as disconnected.

Resolution/Workaround: Remove the host from the first VCenter where it is now showing as

disconnected.

Version Affected: 1.5.1, 1.6