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Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 3.3 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Release Notes

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  • DLCI for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 does not support operating system deployment on Dell PowerEdge R330, R230, T330, and T130 Platforms.
  • When you deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux or ESXi OS on servers having iDRAC on shared Lan on Motherboard (LOM), the deployment may fail. To resolve this, disable STP on the PowerEdge switches (ports connecting to the Shared LOM port directly) and enable Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), PortFast, or FastLink on those switches.
  • If the Windows PE environment is unresponsive while running an operating system deployment, the system may have run out of memory. By default, Windows PE allocates 32 megabytes (MB) of writeable memory, known as scratch space. You can increase the scratch space up to 512 MB.
  • Before upgrading to DLCI version 3.3, ensure that all the scheduled firmware update jobs are either completed or deleted.
  • During installation of DLCI, the Configuration Manager credentials specified are not validated. Installation succeeds, and an error in import.log indicates the same. Use Dell Provision Service (DPS) configure utility (import.exe) to specify the correct credentials before proceeding with discovery of servers.
  • The Advertise option does not display in an existing task sequence after uninstalling and reinstalling DLCI for Configuration Manager. To advertise the task sequence, edit the task sequence and correct if there are any errors.
  • If Active Directory (AD) authentication is used for communicating with iDRAC on modular servers, ensure that the iDRAC version is upgraded to 3.32. Affected version: DLCI 3.3 with 11G iDRAC 3.30 (or earlier).
  • If the host system has the Lifecycle Controller version 1.5, ensure that while configuring user name as part of the iDRAC configuration, the user name length is fewer than 16 characters. Affected version: DLCI 3.3 with 11G Lifecycle Controller 1.5.
  • If the host system is Dell’s 11th generation of the PowerEdge server and has the Lifecycle Controller version 1.5, Redundant Array of Independent Disk configuration of H200 controller using DLCI 3.3 does not work correctly. Upgrade to the Lifecycle Controller firmware version 1.5.1. Affected version: DLCI 3.3 with 11G Lifecycle Controller 1.5.
  • While applying minimum bandwidth on the Qlogic Partitionable NIC cards, if the summation of minimum bandwidth on all partitions of a port reaches more than 100 the apply operation fails. Ensure that you apply ‘0’ on all partitions as minimum bandwidth before applying any other values.
  • BIOS Configuration fails when it is completed for the second time if Dell’s 11th generation of the PowerEdge server has either 1.9 (monolithic) or 3.4 (modular) version of the iDRAC firmware. Ensure that you upgrade the iDRAC firmware level to 1.92 (monolithic) or 3.42 (modular).
  • Dell recommends that you delete and reimport the server from Configuration Manager before installing a Non-Windows operating system on the server which is already having Windows OS installed and Configuration Manager client configured.
  • If you deploy the Windows server operating systems on Dell’s 11th generation of the PowerEdge servers where drivers were already applied from Lifecycle Controller, then few device drivers may not work or are unavailable. As a workaround, manually update drivers or in Task Sequence in the server where you deployed the OS, as a fallback for the option Apply Drivers from the Lifecycle Controller use option Apply Driver Package.
  • Before installing the DLCI version 3.3, if the servers were discovered or imported, then after installation must rediscover or reimport the servers. The Node ID Property is displayed on the Dell out-of-band controllers properties page.
  • DLCI Auto discovery does not work with iDRACs (version 2.10.10.10) Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 protocol. As a workaround, ensure that you have TLS 1.1 available in the system where you have installed DLCI.
  • DLCI Auto discovery does not work with iDRACs (version 2.10.10.10) TLS 1.2 custom certificate.
  • Ensure that the password does not contain an @ character in it, while using CIFS share. Else, firmware update may fail.
  • Auto-discovery job fails with iDRAC version 2.30.30.30 and later, if DPS is installed on Windows 2016. For resolutions, see http://dell.to/2jtcrCG.

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