Release Notes

• DF531509: The setup and/or system password configuration from Server Administrator GUI or CLI is
successful, but the password is displayed as blank instead of asterisk (*) on the F2 BIOS page.
• DF532055: From Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, when an administrator manages Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
(64-bit) or 5.7 (32 and 64-bit) operating systems, Server Administrator reports connection error intermittently.
Workaround: Perform the following and manage the remote system from webserver.
1.
Configure TCP Chimney offload to disable state by running following command:
netsh int tcp set global chimney=disabled
2. Configure RSS (Receive Side Scaling) to disable state by running following
command:
netsh int tcp set global rss=disabled
3. Configure NetDMA to disable state by running following command:
netsh int tcp set global NetDMA=disabled
• BITS086423: After an upgrade to the current version, Server Administrator does not retain the support link
information on the Preferences page.
• BITS083068: IE8 Issues: In OMSA GUI, under System >Logs >Hardware/Alert/Command, while saving the logs
in IE8 using “Save As” option, a twice zipped file is created. On extracting the contents of the zip file, an
extension less file is obtained. To get the html and auxiliary folder, you must extract the extension less file.
• BITS091830: Distributed Web Server (DWS) connection does not work if you have installed the sblim-sfcb rpm
from SLES11 SP3 OS DVD. To make the connection work, install sblim-sfcb rpm either from SLES11 SP2 or
from OM DVD.
Limitations
Known Limitations and Workarounds for Storage Management Service
• With Chinese or Japanese language browser settings, using the Storage Management
Service Advanced Create VDisk Wizard may occasionally result in text overflowing to the
bottom of the side-by-side blue text boxes.
• View slot occupancy report shows 4 HDD slots on backplanes with just two HDD slots for
any server.
• Physical disk clear operation is not available on PERC 8 family of controllers.
• DF489665: Max Config: OM on ESXi 4.1 U2 Experiences Timeouts and very poor
performance.
Description: When using ESXi with a large number of directly attached disk drives, delays
or timeouts in OpenManage Storage Manager may be encountered during VD creation.
PowerEdge servers support up to two RAID controllers. Each array controller supports up
to eight MD1200/1220 enclosures. In the case of Server Administrator 7.0 and earlier
versions with ESXi, max direct attach storage configs will timeout during VD creation. To
create a VD using ESXi it could take up to 12 minutes to successfully build the XML output
for up to 200 drives. If more than 200 drives exist in the direct attach enclosures you may
encounter a timeout error during VD creation. "The action performed has failed."
Solution: Improvements are being investigated as part of the upcoming OM releases. Until
then the number of direct attached drives must be reduced to below 200 if the timeout is
encountered. Please allow sufficient time for the VD to be created.