Release Notes

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

Issue 19: On an R515, R815, or other AMD based Dell hardware, inventory is running continuously.

Description: OMSA may malfunction on certain AMD chipsets when not upgraded to the latest version.

Resolution: To resolve this issue, upgrade to the latest version of ESX or ESXi and install the latest

version of OMSA available.

Version Affected: All

Issue 20: A non-compliant server shows a CSIOR status as Unknown.

Resolution: An unknown CSIOR state indicates a non-responsive iDRAC on the host. A manual iDRAC

reset on the host fixes this problem.

Version Affected: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6

Issue 21: The Launch OMSA link does not work in the vSphere Client Dell Tab when using Dell

PowerEdge 12th generation servers.

Resolution: Install OMSA manually onto Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers, then the Launch OMSA

link will work.

Version Affected: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6

Issue 22: Hypervisor installation fails.

Description: Hypervisor installation fails with the error The Job check status with ID of

DCIM_OSConcreteJob:1 failed with the following error message: Mount network share failed – incorrect IP

address or share name.

Resolution: Restart the appliance.

Version Affected: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6

Issue 23: NFS mount remains mounted after deploy is completed using ESXi5.

Description: : After the hypervisor deployment is completed and the host is added to the VCenter tree,

there is an entry in the Summary page under the data sources called remote-install-location (inactive)

(unmounted) for the new host added.

Resolution: None.

Version Affected: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6