Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 3.0 for PowerEdge VRTX Release Notes

Description

XWKGY_Intel10G card shows Flex disabled address after racresetcfg of CMC in Network Device page and OS.

Resolution

Virtual reseat or Physical reseat of the server

Versions/Systems Affected

All CMC versions including CMC 3.00 for Dell PowerEdge VRTX and PowerEdge servers with iDRAC7 or earlier.

Description

After Shared PERC8 controller update, RAID-related operations may take longer to report status.

Resolution

Wait for the operation status to report.

Versions/Systems Affected

CMC version 2.01 or later for Dell PowerEdge VRTX.

Description

An error occurs while importing CMC configuration file using local racadm or remote racadm.

Resolution

This issue occurs when IPv6 is enabled or disabled from the configuration file. Enable or disable IPv6 using the command, “racadm config -g cfgIPv6LanNetworking -o cfgIPv6Enable 0”.

Versions/Systems Affected

CMC Version 2.0 or later for Dell PowerEdge VRTX

Description

At times when foreign drives are inserted, the Chassis Overview Health tab does not display the alert, “Foreign Configuration was detected on Physical Disk”.

Resolution

None. The alert is not displayed only at times. But, the functionality for foreign configuration is not affected.

Versions/Systems Affected

All CMC versions including CMC 3.00 for Dell PowerEdge VRTX

Description

When CMC firmware is downgraded to 1.36 from 2.00 or later while network share is configured, the Server Components Update page gets corrupted.

Resolution

Clear the network configuration before downgrading to 1.36

Versions/Systems Affected

CMC Version 1.36 or earlier for Dell PowerEdge VRTX

Description

When pinned cache is present, the controller failover feature does not work.

Resolution

Address the pinned cache before controller failover is allowed.

Versions/Systems Affected

All CMC versions including CMC 3.00 for Dell PowerEdge VRTX.

Description

While VD re-build operation is in progress, if SPERC controller fail-over is triggered, active alert for degraded VD is not displayed on the Chassis Overview page.

Resolution

None. An active alert along with the CMC Log is generated for degraded VD (VDR8) before the SPERC controller fail-over is triggered. After the SPERC controller fail-over occurs, the Active Alert message for degraded VD on the chassis overview page is cleared, but SPERC functionality is not impacted.

Versions/Systems Affected

All CMC versions including CMC 3.00 for Dell PowerEdge VRTX.

Description

MCM Inventory report has limited RAID and NIC details. There is a difference in the RAID and NIC inventory details on the Server Component Update page and the MCM inventory report.

Resolution

In the CMC GUI, refer to the Server Overview > Update > Server Component Update page, it is accurate and current.

Versions/Systems Affected

All CMC versions including CMC 3.00 for Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX.