VxRail Software

On December 10, 2021, a critical remote code vulnerability was published concerning the Apache Log4j library. Later, CVE-2021-45046 was reported. VxRail is impacted by these vulnerabilities. Fixes and workarounds for CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 are documented in the tables included in this article.

This document highlights minimum, recommended, and latest code versions for Dell Technologies Enterprise and Datacenter Infrastructure products. We carefully evaluate and monitor code deployment data to ensure that product releases meet our stringent expectations to provide our customers with reliable products and solutions.

When spare capacity in PowerFlex is smaller than the size of the largest Fault Set, PowerFlex alerts the user. Increasing the spare capacity helps clear this alert.

Different scenarios are applicable depending on the existing connectivity configuration when planning the upgrade to VxRail 7.0.350 or later. These scenarios should be discussed before the upgrade to ensure that the infrastructure is ready for a smooth transition.

Ensure vCLS VMs are deleted before VxRail cluster shutdown operation.

Dell Storage Simple Support Matrices on E-Lab Navigator provide the optimal interoperability for your storage solution.

This article shows how to use the VxRail LCM (Lifecycle Management) retry‑from‑failed‑point feature through the Stoplight API available in versions 7.0.350+ and 4.7.540+. When triggering a retry from the User Interface, LCM reevaluates all previously upgraded components and hosts, which can be time‑consuming especially in larger environments. For VxRail 4.7.540 and above, the API workflow remains the same, although the UI refers to the API interface as Swagger rather than Stoplight.

Dell VxRail upgrades from 4.x to 7.0.x or 8.0.x results in Multicast filtering mode reset. Broadcom vSphere Virtual Distributed Switch (VDS) upgrades affect Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB).

This article outlines the response from VxRail Engineering to the security issue described in VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2022-0004 and recommendations to fix or mitigate against the issue.

Unable to perform Internet updates with message "Error downloading upgrade bundle xxx from website"

Adding a new VxRail cluster into the MGMT domain fails on the cluster discovery steps. "Failed to load cluster details: Failed to fetch response due to some internal error, check logs."

This KB article includes information about how to resolve the issue of "Server type is not supported" message from VxRail plugin Physical View.

Upgrading a vCenter version 7.0u3c or later may trigger a precheck indicating a potential driver conflict.

A vSAN health-check category has returned a result requiring attention.

VxRail appliance dials home to the Dell backend with event code VXR108130. This indicates that the VxRail Manager vLCM enablement operation failed.

This KB article describes Dial-home event code: VXR10C130.

Event code: VXR500PST0135 This event code indicates "Timer refresh failed."

This KB article describes Support iDRAC events monitor: PWR2306

This article describes how the system memory has faced an uncorrectable multi-bit memory error in the nonexecution path of a memory device at the location arg1.

This KB article discusses Support iDRAC events monitor: SWC0402

This KB article discusses iDRAC events monitor: PDR125

This KB article discusses Support iDRAC events monitor: PWR2304

This KB article discusses VxRail Event code: VXR008005 - A non-qualified external storage array is attached.

This KB article discusses MYSTIC004002/VXR004002 and MYSTIC024002/VXR024002 event codes.

This article describes how to find the serial number, product ID, or Product Serial Number Tag (PSNT) that is required to open a service request or support case for Dell Storage and Data Protection hardware products.

This article outlines a script that can be run on VxRail Manager to remediate the Apache Log4Shell vulnerability which is described in CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046, and CVE-2021-4104 (Dell article DSN-2021-007, VMware article VMSA-2021-0028).

vCenter is showing errors for a host: "The ramdisk 'root' is full. As a result, the file * could not be written."

VxRail: vmware-vpxd service cannot be started on vCenter after a certificate reset or update on vCenter. vCenter critical Services cannot be started after using vCenter Certificate Manager to reset all SSL Certificates.

vCenter Server 7.0.x /storage/log filling up due to localhost_access.log and catalina.log in sso and lookupsvc log directories

This article provides information and resolutions when adding a node fails to check node compatibility.