Release Notes

Applies to:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 and later
Cause: The i40e in-box driver is not enabled to detect an Intel x710 NIC.
Workaround: Install the out-of-box drivers.
Systems
affected:
PowerEdge R6515, PowerEdge R6525, PowerEdge R7515, PowerEdge C6525, and PowerEdge R7525
Tracking number: 146136, 146448, 146451, 152855
After system reboot, Disk data format (DDF) devices
are not listed in /proc/mdstat
Description: Disk data format (DDF)-based MD virtual disk (VD) devices are not listed in the /proc/mdstat file, if
there are more than one MD VD devices, after rebooting the system.
Applies to:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 and later
Cause: Not available
Workaround: After creating the MD VD devices and before rebooting the system, run the following command:
mdadm --detail --scan >> /etc/mdadm.conf
NOTE: Verify the file before system reboot to confirm that the MD VD devices created earlier are
not altered.
Systems
affected:
All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Tracking number: 152384
System crashes when the system is rebooted with
SR-IOV-enabled QLogic cards
Description
When the system is rebooted with SR-IOV-enabled QLogic cards, the system crashes and generates a
coredump (vmcore) in /var/crash.
Applies to
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 and later
Cause: The system crash is due to an issue in qede driver.
Workaround Disable SR-IOV before rebooting the system. To disable SR-IOV, run the following command:
echo0 > /sys/class/net/network inteface name/device/sriov_numfs
Systems affected All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Tracking number 151479, 152995, 152997
Dmidecode displays OUT OF SPEC in Slot Type and
Slot Length of SMBIOS system slots
Description:
The execution of dmidecode command displays an OUT OF SPEC message in the Slot Type and Slot
Length fields of the SMBIOS system slots (Type 9) structure.
18 Known issues