Release Notes

Cause: The Tracker-Extract is a module in Tracker that is extracting metadata from all the files in the system is
reading its own cache incorrectly.
Workaround: This error message can be ignored because there is no functionality loss.
NVMe drive model is displayed as unknown in parted
Description: On Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with NVMe drives, parted command lists NVMe drive model as
unknown and displays an error message: unrecognized disk label.
Applies to: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
Cause: The parted command does not read the model name of NVMe drives.
Workaround: Use the sysfs command to read the model name of NVMe drives.
System Monitor displays incorrect number of CPUs
Description: In Dell EMC PowerEdge servers which have more than 60 CPUs, the System Monitor tool displays
incorrect number of CPUs.
Applies to: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
Cause: System Monitor has the libgtop package that uses upto 64 K memory, but output of /proc/cpuinfo is
more than 64 K and displays incorrect number of CPUs.
Workaround: Enter cat /proc/cpuinfo at the Command-Line Interface to get the correct CPU details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 installation may cause
Machine Check Errors
Description:
After successful installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 and later versions, if the system is restarted
into Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 DVD, the system stops functioning and causes Machine Check Errors.
Applies to: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5
Cause: syslinux is trying to de-reference an uninitialized pointer.
Workaround: After installation is completed, remove the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 DVD and restart the system.
Caps Lock LED status is always off in CLI
Description:
In command line interface (CLI), if Caps Lock is pressed, the LED status does not turn on but the
functionality works.
Applies to: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5
Cause: While using an UTF-8 keymap, though the Caps Lock option is enabled, the Caps Lock LED is not updated
in TTY mode.
Solution: To make the Caps Lock LED function, from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5, the administrator has to create
the configuration file using /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kbd.rules with the following content, and
then reboot the system.
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="leds",
ENV{DEVPATH}=="*/input*::capslock",
ATTR{trigger}="kbd-ctrlllock"
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