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Dell EMC OpenManage Release Notes Version 9.1

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Issues of Server Administrator on all Operating Systems

  • The Server Administrator user interface and commands related to local authentication enable are not applicable for RAC firmware 3.20. The Active Directory authentication feature replaces the local operating system authentication feature in this version of firmware. Due to this change, the following commands return errors:
    • racadm localauthenable
    • omconfig rac authentication
    • NOTE: The following packages will be deprecated from DellEMC Server Administrator current release (9.1.0):
    1. Srvadmin-racadm4.
    2. Srvadmin-racadm5.
  • Due to fluctuations in the watchdog timer, the Last Crash Screen may not be captured when the Automatic System Recovery is set to a value of less than 30 seconds. To ensure the correct functioning of the Last Crash Screen feature, set the System Reset Timer to at least 30 seconds.
  • DF132894: The cfgDNSServer1 and cfgDNSServer2 properties of group cfgLanNetworking may be set to identical values while swapping addresses. Some performance may be lost temporarily during the swapping. The cfgLanNetworking group is configured using the racadm config command.

  • The remote access controller uses FTP protocol to perform some of the Server Administrator commands. If a firewall is installed in the system, it may cause these commands to fail.

    The following Server Administrator CLI commands use FTP protocol to communicate with the RAC:
    • omconfig rac uploadcert
    • omconfig rac generatecert
    The following racadm commands use FTP protocol to communicate with the RAC:
    • racadm sslcertupload
    • racadm sslcsrgen
    • racadm fwupdate
  • If the RAC configuration is reset to factory defaults using the racadm racresetcfg command, the RAC configuration tab in Server Administrator does not reflect the reset configuration settings until the system reboots. Also, the RAC configuration page in Server Administrator cannot be used to make any configuration changes until the system reboots.
  • The RAC does not support local RAC user IDs with special characters. When adding a local RAC user, use only alphanumeric characters for the user name.
  • While the RAC is being reset, the Instrumentation Service cannot read sensor data for certain systems. As a result, the voltage, temperature, and other probes may not be visible on the Server Administrator home page until the RAC has completed resetting.
  • The RAC may not send traps when your system is locked up. To enable traps to be sent when the system is locked, configure the watchdog timer using the Server Administrator GUI. On the GUI, click the "Properties" tab and ensure that Auto Recovery is selected. The default value of the Action On Hung Operating System Detection setting is None. None indicates that detection will not be performed.

  • RAC firmware 2.0 and later does not support passwords with special characters (non- alphanumeric) only for RAC user IDs logging in using the Web-based interface (with Local RAC Authentication). You cannot log on to RAC, if you created RAC user IDs using previous versions of the firmware or using Server Administrator that is running version 2.0 firmware on the managed system.

    Use one of these methods to correct this issue:
    • Change your passwords before updating the firmware.
    • Use the following CLI command to change the password: omconfig rac users username=xx userpassword=yy where xx is the original user ID and yy is the new password.
    • Change the password through Server Administrator using the User tab. Make sure that the check box to change the password is checked. Enter a new password, and then enter it again to validate the change.
      • Use the racadm utility to change the password: racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword -i <usr_index> <new_pwd> where <usr_index> is the index of the user database entry to be modified and <new_pwd> is the new password.

  • Depending on your network and proxy configurations and whether you are using Mozilla browser, you may need to enter the exact IP address of the RAC controller, you are trying to access in the No Proxy for field of your browser.

    Perform the following steps:
    1. Open your Mozilla browser.
    2. Click Edit.
    3. Click Preferences.
    4. Click Advanced in the left sidebar.
    5. Click Proxies in the left sidebar.
    6. Enter the RAC IP address in the No Proxy for: field.
    7. Click OK and then close the browser.
  • To view the RAC Web-based interface when using Mozilla 1.6, you must configure your cookie settings to Enable all cookies .
  • To enable all cookies, go to the menu options and click Edit > Preferences > Privacy & Security > Cookies , and then select Enable all cookies. If you do not perform these steps, you cannot log on to the Web interface and a message appears indicating that your username and password are incorrect.
  • DF384362: Redundancy Status displays as Not Applicable in ESXi even when NICs are teamed. On VMware ESXi systems, NIC teaming status may not display up in the Server Administrator network section. This is an expected behavior due to the operating system limitation and has no functional impact to the system.
  • DF384061: Self-signed certificate does not enable the compatibility listener in Windows 2008 R2 managed node. On a Windows 2008 R2 managed node, a valid CA signed certificate is required to create compatibility mode WinRM Listener. You cannot create a compatibility mode listener with a self-signed certificate.
  • DF380725: On Internet Explorer or Firefox Web browsers, you cannot attach files to an e- mail if the filename contains non-ASCII letters. To attach files to an e-mail, rename files to contain ASCII characters.
  • On 12th generation of PowerEdge servers, Server Administrator displays the Embedded Systems Management (ESM) or hardware logs. However, when the maximum limit for number of logs that can be recorded is reached, the existing oldest logs are overwritten. But for 11th generation of PowerEdge servers or prior, when the maximum limit is reached, the information logging is stopped.
  • DF523827: On Citrix XenServer 6.0 or later, if the Alert on Console alert action is configured from the Server Administrator CLI or GUI, the alert message may not be displayed in a readable format.
  • BITS113585: Server Administrator does not log CPU or CMOS Battery Probe Alerts and does not send SNMP traps.
  • To resolve this issue, stop the USB arbitration service and run the Inventory Collector. To stop the USB arbitration service:
    1. Run the ps aux|grep usb command to check if the USB arbitration service is running.
    2. Run the chkconfig usbarbitrator off command to prevent the USB arbitration service from starting during boot.
    3. After the USB arbitrator service is stopped, reboot the server to allow the Inventory collector to run.
  • DF520449: On all versions of the ESX, the following USB connection error messages are generated. These messages can be ignored. The following is a typical message:
    Table 1. USB connection error message. USB connection error message
    Vendor: iDRAC Model: MAS022 Rev: 1.00
    Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
    Table 2. USB connection error message. USB connection error message
    Vendor: iDRAC Model: SECUPD Rev: 0329
    Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  • DF531509: The setup and/or system password configuration from the Server Administrator GUI or CLI is successful, but the password is displayed as blank instead of asterisk (*) on the F2 BIOS page.

  • DF532055: From Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, when an administrator manages Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (64-bit) or 5.7 (32 and 64-bit) operating systems, Server Administrator reports connection error intermittently.

    Workaround: Perform the following and manage the remote system from the web server.

    1. Configure TCP Chimney offload to disable state by running the following command: netsh int tcp set global chimney=disabled
    2. Configure RSS (Receive Side Scaling) to disable state by running the following command: netsh int tcp set global rss=disabled
    3. Configure NetDMA to disable state by running the following command: netsh int tcp set global NetDMA=disabled
  • BITS086423: After an upgrade to the current version, Server Administrator does not retain the support link information on the Preferences page.
  • BITS091830: Distributed Web Server (DWS) connection does not work if you have installed the sblim-sfcb rpm from SLES11 SP3 operating system DVD. To make the connection work, install sblim-sfcb rpm either from SLES11 SP2 or from OM DVD.
  • BITS040184: User in IDRAC user authentication page showing operator privilege(IDRAC user privileges) is displayed as Custom in Server Administrator.

  • With the following wsman rpm versions getting carried in SLES12 OS,OMSA DWS does not work. Update these rpms having same or later versions from SUSE

    openwsman-server-2.4.11-2.18.x86_64.rpm ,libwsman1-2.4.11-2.18.x86_64.rpm,

    libwsman_clientpp1-2.4.11-2.18.x86_64.rpm

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