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DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER (DRAC) 4

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This document contains updated information about the Dell Remote

Access Controller 4 (DRAC 4/I and DRAC 4/P).

For more information about DRAC 4, including installation and

configuration information, see the "Dell Remote Access Controller 4

User's Guide" and the "Dell OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator

User's Guide." These documents are located on your product

documentation CD.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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This file contains the following sections:

* Criticality

* Minimum Requirements

* Release Highlights

* Known Issues for DRAC 4

* Known Issues for Managed Server Operating Systems

* Known Issues for Documentation

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CRITICALITY

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3 - Optional

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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The following subsections list operating systems that are compatible

with the Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) 4.

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SUPPORTED SYSTEMS

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DRAC 4/I is supported on the following Dell PowerEdge(TM) systems:

1850, 2800, and 2850

Summary of content (17 pages)

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#################################################################### DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER (DRAC) 4 #################################################################### This document contains updated information about the Dell Remote Access Controller 4 (DRAC 4/I and DRAC 4/P). For more information about DRAC 4, including installation and configuration information, see the "Dell Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide" and the "Dell OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator User's Guide.
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DRAC 4/P is supported on the following PowerEdge systems: 800, 830, 850, 840, 860, 1800, 6800, and 6850 ==================================================================== SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS ==================================================================== The DRAC 4 is supported on the following operating systems: * Microsoft Windows(R) 2000 Server family The Windows 2000 Server family includes - Windows 2000 Advanced Server(TM) with Service Pack 4 (SP4). - Windows 2000 Server with SP4.
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DRAC4 does not support the XEN kernel option of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 5). * SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server 9 with Update 3 (x86_64). * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) Gold. NOTE: DRAC4 does not support the XEN kernel option of SLES 10. ====================================================================== SUPPORTED WEB BROWSERS ====================================================================== * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (32-bit) with SP1 for Windows 2000 Server family.
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"Internet Options." 2. On the "General" tab, click "Delete Files." 3. Click "OK" on the next message to confirm. NOTE: When you are using Internet Explorer on systems running Microsoft Windows, to view localized versions of the DRAC 4 Web-based interface, open the Windows Control Panel, double-click the Regional Options icon, and select the desired locale from the Your locale (location) drop-down menu.
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- Hardware Log in Server Administrator and - System Event Log (SEL) These events are used by the Windows IPMI driver to store the shutdown comment that describes why the system was shut down or restarted. You can ignore these messages and can remove them by clearing the SEL manually. You can prevent these events from being logged in the SEL by uninstalling the Microsoft IPMI driver using the "rundll32 ipmisetp.dll, RemoveTheDevice" command in the command prompt.
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timestamp value. The RAC only recognizes local time. (150993) * The DRAC 4 software requires APIC mode on the server. PIC mode is not supported. (149034) * When a user makes the initial connection to the DRAC 4 via SSH but has not yet authenticated, other users are prevented from connecting to the single DRAC 4 SSH session until the initial connection is dropped or after the timeout.
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the Virtual Media link to use the Virtual Media features. (150565)(150820)(110664) * The wildcard option "*" in the command "racadm getssninfo -u *" may require quotes in some operating system environments, for example: racadm getssninfo -u "*" (145872) * The "Boot Once" feature allows DRAC 4 to boot from a remote floppy or a CDROM only once. When this feature is used, the DRAC 4 will drop the client connection to the Virtual Media plug-ins on the second system boot.
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* An expired SSH session will return the error message "Warning: Idle Timeout Expired" only after a carriage return has been entered. You will then be returned to the shell from which SSH was invoked. (139801) * If there is a video corruption while using Console Redirection, you can refresh the Console Redirect screen by clicking "Refresh" on the Console Redirect window. You may need to click "Refresh" multiple times to correct the video corruption problem.
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proxy is vulnerable to format strings attacks when issued a badly-formed user name. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on this host." This report is displayed due to all HTTP requests (legal or not) being forwarded by the DRAC 4 to HTTPS. It is not a security issue on the DRAC 4. - Nessus reports HTTP (80/tcp) vulnerability as: "It may be possible to make a web server execute arbitrary code by sending it a too long URL after/jsp. Ie: GET /jsp/AAAA.....AAAAA.
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* If you are using Minicom as the DRAC 4 serial terminal and have the Minicom status line enabled, resize the window to 80 x 26. Resizing allows for 26 lines of text and one line of Minicom status. The default Minicom command key is "." If you need to use "" to enter the SCSI BIOS setup screen, redefine the Minicom control key from the "Screen and Keyboard Settings" menu.
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To change the keyboard delay with SUSE OS: 1. From the main K menu. (Circular green icon with the SUSE trade mark.) 2. Select Control Center. 3. From the control center menu select Peripherals. 4. From the Peripherals menu select Keyboard. 5. The keyboard control menu permits changing keyboard repeat delay (660 msec default) and Rate (25/s default).
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in such a scenario, the connection will fail. Likewise the there is already a Virtual Media session established via GUI and an attempt to connect via VM-CLI tool will result in a failed connection error message. (106508) * Remote RACADM utility not supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86 and x86_64). Any attempt to execute remote RACADM commands will result in an error: "Failure to load SSL library".
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ISSUES FOR NETWARE OPERATING SYSTEM ====================================================================== * When using local racadm to configure a DRAC 4 in NetWare, if the DRAC 4 PCI interrupt is shared with other PCI devices the spurious interrupt count may increase. This known issue is not known to cause any abnormal system behavior. The following message may be seen on the console: WARNING: 200 spurious (unclaimed) interrupt(s) detected on interrupt 24.
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ISSUES FOR RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM ====================================================================== * Servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 will log an informational message in /var/log/messages when the virtual CDROM is enabled and there is no connection to a virtual media client. No corrective action is needed. The warning message will look like this example: Dec 1 10:16:28 r2p2 kernel: Device not ready.
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-PowerEdge 800 (PCI slot 4) -PowerEdge 830 (PCI slot 4) -PowerEdge 840 (PCI slot 4) -PowerEdge 850 (PCI slot 4) -PowerEdge 860 (PCI slot 4) -PowerEdge 1800 (PCI slot 4) -PowerEdge 6800 (PCI slot 6 or 7; Dell recommends using PCI slot 7) -PowerEdge 6850 (PCI slot 6 or 7; Dell recommends using PCI slot 7) * In Table 1-4 on page 16, some of the supported operating systems listed in the table are incorrect: - Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, ES, and AS (version 3) (x86 and x86_64) is not supported.
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Be aware of the following behaviors when configuring the DRAC: -- If the DRAC is setup with "cfgDNSRegisterRac=0" and "cfgNicUseDhcp=1" with NO scope options added and the "Dynamically update DNS A and PTR records for DHCP clients that do not request updates" NOT selected, the DHCP database will properly show the host name of the DRAC but the DDNS functionality will NOT work.
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