iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller Version 3.16.16.16 Release Notes

Actual Output Wattage is displayed as 0 in Power Supplies page of iDRAC web interface.

Actual Output Wattage and Input Line Type are not applicable for PowerEdge FX2 and PowerEdge C6420 platforms.

Version/Systems affected: PowerEdge FX2 and PowerEdge C6420.

Dell tracking: 81069

RAC Serial and IPMI Serial attributes are displayed on iDRAC GUI of PowerEdge C6420 systems even though they are not applicable for this system.

N/A

Version/Systems affected: PowerEdge C6420

Dell tracking: 81639

Incorrect slot names are displayed in LC logs when NVMe Disks are installed in the system.

[Date]   PR7   Dell NVMe PCIe SSD Configuration Data(Bay 3:Enclosure Internal 0-2)

Version/Systems affected: All systems supported by this release.

Dell tracking: 79270

Although the ProcAts attribute is not supported in BIOS, you may be able to create a configuration job using WSMan. However, the job fails and returns an error message. This attribute is not visible in any of the interfaces or WSMan enumeration.

Do not use the ProcAts attribute because it is not supported in BIOS.

Version/Systems affected: All systems supported by this release.

Dell tracking: 78968

The online help of iDRAC web interface does not list the eSwitch Mode on the Overview > Network Devices page.

The eSwitch Mode field displays the eSwitch mode of the network controller.

Version/Systems affected: All systems supported by this release.

Dell tracking: 80729

If the system has a direct-attached NVMe SSD configuration, a dummy storage NVMe controller named PCIe SSD in Slot 1 in Bay 1 (PC) is listed in SNMP Walk/Get.

N/A

Version/Systems affected: All systems supported by this release.

Dell tracking: 80884

If you access the iDRAC web interface using Safari version older than 10, you cannot download any files from iDRAC.

Use Safari version 10 or later, or use any other browser supported by this release.

Version/Systems affected: All systems supported by this release.

Dell tracking: 82456

In a system with two Power Supply Units (PSU), when AC is removed from one of the PSUs, Input Line Type/Line Status shows as Low Line on the Power Supplies page (System > Overview ) and Hardware Inventory page (System > Inventory) of the iDRAC GUI.

When PSU Status/Detailed State is Input Lost, Input Line Type/Line Status is inapplicable.

Version/Systems affected: PowerEdge C4140, R440, R540, R640, R740, R740XD, R940, R7920, T440 and T640.

Dell tracking: 82931

Success event is logged in Lifecycle log when user tries to update NVDIMM with a firmware that has a corrupted header.

N/A

Version/Systems affected: All systems supported by this release.

Dell tracking: 83367

On a H830 controller, after you use auto-configuration to create more than 64 VDs and then try a reset-config operation, the pending delete action is applied only for the first 64 VDs.

N/A

Version/Systems affected: All system supported by this release.

Dell tracking: 82424

When you perform a power cycle operation on the host after a firmware update, the host may remain in powered-off state.

Power on host using any of iDRAC interfaces.

Version/Systems affected: PowerEdge C6420, DCS9650, DCS9670, DCS9690

Dell tracking: 85056

If you upgrade to this version of iDRAC and then update the SEP backplane firmware to 4.23 on a system that has a SAS expander with an HBA330 controller, then the SEP update may fail.

Perform a complete power cycle of the system and then retry the update. You can perform the power cycle either by completely turning off the system and turning it back on, or by using the racadm serveraction powercycle command. To avoid the power cycle, update the SEP backplane firmware before updating the iDRAC to this version.

Version/Systems affected: All systems supported by this release.

Dell tracking: 87700

If you have a network card with some 10G ports or faster and some 1G ports, Family Driver Version may not display the correct version or may display Unavailable.

Use operating system tools or OMSA to view the driver version.

Version/Systems affected: All systems supported by this release.

Dell tracking: 87441

RAC022: Unable to set values for User Password, IPMILan, IPMISerial or User Admin Privilege because the UserName is not configured.

Retry the SCP import operation to configure user attributes. Alternatively, ensure that the UserName attribute appears first in User attributes list in the import file.

Version/Systems affected: All systems supported by this release.

Dell tracking: 86360