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Issue 16:
Description
If a Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis is discovered using SNMP protocol and NetBIOS name resolution
setting, the instrumentation (NetBIOS) name is not resolved. [27327]
Issue 17:
Description
When a monolithic Dell 11th or 12th Generation PowerEdge server with iDRAC6/7 is discovered using the
IPMI protocol only (iDRAC out-of-band discovery), the overall health status of the server is not reported
correctly in OpenManage Essentials. This issue occurs due to a known limitation in iDRAC. [21599]
Resolution:
Discover the server's iDRAC (out-of-band) using either WS-Man or SNMP protocol.
Issue 18:
Description
When only the EqualLogic storage array in a PowerEdge chassis is discovered, the EqualLogic storage
array is not classified under Modular Systems-> PowerEdge chassis-> Storage in the device tree. [38654]
Resolution:
Make sure that the PowerEdge chassis is also discovered.
Issue 19:
Description
Dell Fibre Channel switches (modular) are classified under Network Devices -> Switches and not under
Modular Systems in the device tree. [36990]
Issue 20:
Description
When the name resolution on an IP address to a host name fails using DNS, OpenManage Essentials
attempts to resolve the name using the NetBIOS name query. This action may cause the device to
appear in Essentials with the NetBIOS name even if it does not have a DNS entry. [138013]
Issue 21:
Description
In case of SNMP discovery, when the name resolution on an IP address to a host name fails using DNS,
Essentials attempts to resolve the name using the MIB2 name query. If the MIB2 name query also fails,
then Essentials displays the IP address of the device as the device name.
Issue 22:
Description
For Remote Access Controllers (RACs) that have instrumentation installed and running on the host
operating system, the RAC IP addresses are shown in the "RACDevice" table. [134365]
Issue 23:
Description
For NIC information on systems, Essentials uses the operating system's providers to retrieve data rather
than Server Administrator. This behavior can result in discrepancies in reporting NIC information
between Essentials and Server Administrator. For example:
 On Linux systems, adapters may be named differently between OpenManage Essentials and Server
Administrator. For example, OpenManage Essentials may report a NIC adapter as "eth0," while Server
Administrator shows the actual manufacturer name of the NIC.
 If more than one NIC card is not configured with an IP address, OpenManage Essentials may show
only one of the cards with an IP address of 0.0.0.0.
 OpenManage Essentials may not report disabled NIC adapters.