PowerScale HealthCheck 43.0.0 Reporting Outdated DNOS Error

Summary: HealthCheck version 43.0.0 is incorrectly reporting a critical warning about an outdated Dell Network Operating System on PowerScale backend switches. Healthcheck 43.1.1 is released to correct this reporting error. ...

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Symptoms

The output from HealthCheck 43.0.0 is:

Example errors found in logs: DNOS (Dell Networking Operating System) version 
is outdated which can lead to node splits and might lead to a data unavailability situation. 
It is strongly recommended to upgrade DNOS to the latest certified version.

Cause

A change in the algorithm that validates the DNOS version within HealthCheck is reporting that any version less than DNOS 10.5.6.9 is outdated.

Resolution

HealthCheck 43.1.1 is released to address the reporting error. Install HealthCheck 43.1.1 package.

DNOS version 10.5.6.9 is the most recent version qualified for PowerScale backend switches. There are no issues with any of the previously qualified versions that would create a situation that may cause node splits or data unavailability.

The previously qualified versions are still acceptable for use with all current versions of OneFS.

Previously qualified versions include:

10.5.0.6.C1
10.5.0.6.C2
10.5.0.6.C3

10.5.2.7
10.5.2.9
10.5.2.11
10.5.2.13

Affected Products

PowerScale Switch Z9100

Products

PowerScale Switch S4112F, PowerScale Switch S4148F, PowerScale Switch S5232F, PowerScale Switch Z9264
Article Properties
Article Number: 000469620
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2026
Version:  3
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