VxRail Software

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Step-by-step guidance to replace with customer certificates for Dell VxRail environments. vSphere provides security by using certificates to encrypt communications, authenticate services, and sign tokens. (Customer Correctable)

Event code: VXR508TMP0108 This event code indicates "The memory module <number> temperature is greater than the upper warning threshold."

Event code: VXR508PWR1007 This event code indicates "The system performance degraded because power exceeds capacity."

The node upgrade fails when upgrading from ESXi 8.x to ESXi 9.x, if any existing or custom-uploaded drivers are incompatible with ESXi 9.

It is mandatory to upgrade vCenter server first when upgrading from VxRail 8.0.300+ to VxRail 9.1.000 or later, whether it is an internal or external vCenter. After the internal vCenter has been upgraded, the cluster update advisor report may display an alert indicating that the vCenter version is drifted. This alert is expected and can be safely ignored.

How to verify CPU models in the cluster are compatible with VxRail 9.x before upgrade.

Event code: VXR508PDR75 This event code indicates "Copyback stopped for hot spare <physical disk> ."

Failed to upload LCM bundle if the cluster has vLCM enabled and the VxRail Manager TLS certificate is not signed by VMCA.

Error shown in iDRAC virtual console "LIC501: A required license is missing or expired."

Node expansion stuck for hours, no progress, and no errors, due to the workflow encountered unexpected interruption.

Expansion satellite node failed if the cluster is using VxRail manager internal Domain Name System (DNS), and node management traffic cidr is different between the new satellite node and existing nodes.

VxRail cluster upgrade or node expansion failed at host setting M2M switch

This KB article describes Event VXR034020 Remote connectivity lost.

Event VXR034018 failed to enable remote connectivity.

This KB article briefly discusses VxRail Event code: VXR508STOR0106

Event code: VXR508STOR044 This event code indicates "All physical disks specified are not part of the same disk group."

Event code: VXR508STOR040 This event code indicates "Invalid AttributeName <attribute name>."

Event code: VXR508RFL2006 This event code indicates "Internal Dual SD Module <name> is write protected."

This article lists the appropriate customer-managed VMware vCenter Server (External vCenter) versions that are supported with VxRail clusters.

Health check fails for test 'rcs_conn'.

Health-check returns an event indicating that VxVerify found vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 'storage' or 'storage-database' Application Programming Interface (API) check are not in status 'green'.

Health-check for vCenter Identity Source data from vCenter

Dell VxRail remediation is available for multiple security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

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The Health-check returns an event indicating that VxVerify found a mismatch in the Network Time Protocol (NTP) settings.

Health-check returns an event indicating that VxVerify found an issue with the vCenter VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) mode.

Health-check returns an event indicating that VxVerify found an issue with vCenters Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) in VxRail Manager configuration set.

On August 20, 2021, Dell Technologies announced the Next-Generation consolidated connectivity solution availability for Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 (servers, networking, data storage, data protection, hyperconverged and converged systems). It provides customers with a single solution for managing their entire Dell environment in the data center.

This article provides instruction on how to view, generate, replace, and manage the VxRail Manager certificate. This information is current as of VxRail 8.0.380; UI options may be limited or missing in earlier versions. NOTE: This does NOT apply to VCF clusters or environments.