Release Notes

Known Vendor Issues

The following table lists vendor issues found with Storage Center.

Issue Description

CQ00489134 Storage Centers servers running RedHat version 7.1 may experience resets.

Workaround: Use the latest recommended version of RedHat. See the Dell

Storage Compatibility Matrix.

CQ00481040 After controller failover, server connections to Storage Center volumes may

fail due to Emulex compatibility.

Workaround: Use the latest recommended version of Emulex. See the Dell

Storage Compatibility Matrix.

CQ00358236 ESXi 5.x hosts with QxE8262 iSCSI adapters using QLA4xxx driver version

634.5.18 (ESXi 5.1) or 6.34.55.20 (ESXi 5.5) may fail to login to the Storage

Center after a controller reset or failover.

Workaround: Use the latest recommended version of ESXi. See the Dell

Storage Compatibility Matrix.

CQ00303375

CQ00293338

A Storage Center that is in virtual port mode and connected to a server

running AIX version 6.1 or 7.1 may intermittently reset iSCSI HBAs and cause

the iSCSI volumes to timeout.

Workaround: Do not configure Storage Center virtual port mode if AIX iSCSI

hosts will be connected.

CQ00266544 Replications and ESX hosts. If a protected site is running Storage Center 6.x

and the recovery site is running Storage Center 5.5 or earlier, ESX hosts at the

recovery site fail to mount VMFS5 datastores and log the error:

Host does not support ATS or ATS initialization has failed in the local

vmkernel.log file.

Workaround: Upgrade the Storage System running 5.x to version 5.6 or 6.x.

CQ00317099

CQ00260949

Oracle Solaris 10 and 11 server iSCSI connections fail during controller

failover in Virtual Port mode.

Workaround: Use Legacy Mode with Oracle 10 and 11 servers.

CQ00252780 iSCSI: If a controller or port is in a failover process when a Windows Boot-

from-SAN is requested, the boot may fail.

Workaround: Subsequent Boot-from-SANs (when the controller or port is

up) typically succeed.

Storage Center Update Information

The following information must be considered before updating to Storage Center 6.6.

NOTE: When performing an update of both the Storage Center and Enterprise Manager software,

update Enterprise Manager before updating Storage Center.

Dell Storage Center 6.6 Release Notes