DELL UPDATE PACKAGES FOR LINUX Version 14.05.
Release Type and Definition This Readme contains updated information for your "Dell Update Packages for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems User's Guide" and any other technical documentation included with the Dell Update Packages for Linux. Version 14.05.00 Release Date: September 2014 Previous Version 7.4 Importance Dell Update Packages offer ease and flexibility for updating the system software on Dell PowerEdge systems.
• • • Mellanox Network Adapter Firmware OS Collector iSM CONTENTS • • • • CRITICALITY MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS UPDATE PACKAGES: SUPPORTED COMPONENTS KNOWN ISSUES CRITICALITY 2 – Recommended It is recommended that you apply this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature enhancements or changes that will keep your system software current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software).
PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, SAS 5/i, SAS 5/iR Adapter, SAS 5/E, SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, SAS 6/iR Adapter, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/i, PERC 6/i Adapter, CERC6/i PERC H310 Adapter,PERC H310 Mini Blade, PERC H710P Mini Blade,PERC H810 Adapter, PERC H710P Adapter,PERC H710 Mini Monolithic, PERC H310 Mini Monolithic,PERC H710 Adapter PERC H710P Mini Monolithic,PERC H710 Mini Blade PERC H700 Adapter,PERC H700 Modular,PERC H800 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated , PERC H730 Adapter, H730P Mini Monolithic H730P Slim Blade, H730P Mini S Bla
KNOWN ISSUES For all Dell Update Packages • On a Hyper-V virtual machine setup, while updating the Host OS components, ensure that the Guest OS’s is not running. • If you try to run the inventory for after the Broadcom Inventory Collector is run, then Mellanox Inventory Collector fails. To resolve, run the Mellanox Inventory Collector prior to running the Broadcom Inventory Collector or install Mellanox Ethernet drivers. • Do not run other applications while executing Dell Update Packages.
SCSI disk error : host 3 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 8000002 Current sd08:21: sense key Data Protect Additional sense indicates Write protected I/O error: dev 08:21, sector 1 • • • • • • Vendor: iDRAC Model: SECUPD Rev: 0329 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 DRAC5 updates are not supported on ESX 4.1. But if you run DRAC5 updates on ESX 4.1, console messages show up asking for IPMI installations, however later the updates goes through successfully.
• • • • want to execute the DUPs within 18 hours, unplug the power supply of the system, wait for 10 seconds, and then power on the system. Due to the USB arbitration services of VMWare ESX 4.1, the USB devices appear invisible to the Hypervisor. So, when DUPs or the Inventory Collector runs on the Managed Node, the partitions exposed as USB devices are not shown, and it reaches the timeout after 15 to 20 minutes.
dcd***: Unknown symbol put_user_size Ignore these messages because they do not refer to errors in BIOS update. Dell Embedded Open Manage Server Administrator The Dell Update Package for Dell Embedded Open Manage Server Administrator can only be applied in a pre-operating system environment that uses the Embedded Linux (ELI) through the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK). Intel firmware The Linux FW DUP file requires DKMS (Version 2.2.x up to 2.2.0.2-1) and will not install correctly without it.
PowerVault MD1000 firmware The PowerVault update procedure requires the RAID controller to be in a known good state. If a problem occurs with the RAID controller during the update procedure, the Update Packages cannot communicate with the PowerVault system, inventory its firmware version, or perform the update. (138462) PowerVault MD1000 firmware Stop all input/output to the PowerVault MD1000 before running the PowerVault MD1000 firmware update package.
