Release Notes

RAIDCFG Issues
• You can assign up to 10 Global hot spares using Raidcfg. Use the Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator Storage Management for assigning more than 10 Global hot spares.
• USB keys should not be mounted to the /tmp directory. Inside the /tmp directory, create a new
directory and mount the USB to this.
• On Dell PERC H310 controllers, conversion of a RAID Capable Disk to Non-RAID disk and vice
versa is not
supported using raidcfg.
Operating System Installation Issues
• Installation of legacy Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems may fail due to lack of support
for new hardware. Modify the '%post' section of "ks.cfg" to update to a newer version of the
kernel or use driver disk to install drivers.
• The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system installation may fail on systems equipped with
multiple RAID and/or SCSI controllers, whether installed on the system board or in PCI slots. This
failure may occur when using "Server Setup" or performing a manual installation. When two or
more RAID or SCSI controllers are present, install Red Hat Enterprise Linux with only one
configured RAID or SCSI controller. Configure the other controllers after you install the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux operating system.
• When deploying SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11 on PowerEdge M915 using DTK
automated
script (autoinst.xml), do the following:
1) In device map section,
<device_map_entry>
<firmware>hd0</firmware>
<linux>/dev/sdc</linux>
</device_map_entry>
change hd0 to /dev/sdc
2) In grub config section, change /dev/sda5 to /dev/sda6
3) If installer reports any missing packages, delete the packages from autoinst.xml.
• To deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system on Dell’s 11th generation of PowerEdge servers
with PERC H200 controller, you must disable the virtual media from syscfg.
• To deploy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 using DTK on PowerEdge M920 with PERC H330 controller,
you must provide out-of-box drivers for PERC H330, otherwise it fails.
Instrumentation Issues
The "/opt/dell/srvadmin" directory in the DTK ISO image should be writable. It enables the
instrumentation services to work properly.
Installation Prerequisites
Before extracting Deployment Toolkit components, ensure that you have:
• The DTK ISO image available at support.dell.com.
• A workstation that has
• 512 MB RAM
• A writable CD drive and CD-writing software (optional)
• Network access
• A minimum BIOS version is recommended on some of the platforms for all the DTK options to
work properly. In general, it is a good practice to use the latest ("n") version of BIOS firmware or
the "n-1" version that is available on "support.dell.com."