Active System Manager Version 8.
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Contents About This Release ................................................................................................... 4 ASM Release Lineup and Dependencies ........................................................................... 4 ASM Software Components ......................................................................................... 4 Supported Virtualization Platforms ............................................................................... 4 Supported Client Platforms ........
About This Release The release notes contains important information available at the time of release of Active System Manager™(ASM), release 8.0, including information about ASM release lineup and dependencies, ASM documentation lineup, known issues, and the methods to contact your service provider. Read through the release notes before installing and configuring your software, and then periodically thereafter for the most up-to-date information.
Supported Client Platforms The following client platforms are supported for this release: • Windows Server 2012 • Windows Server 2012 R2 • Windows Server 2008 • Windows Server 2008 R2 • Windows 7 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 • CentOS 6.
Known Issues The following section lists the known issues with ASM 8.0: Issue [ASM-1122]: vSwitch created on servers with 1GB NICs do not tag ports correctly. Description: 1GB NICs are not supported. Resolution/Workaround: None Issue [ASM-1093]: While using Active Directory, ASM displays a message “An unexpected error has occurred on the system. Please try again later”. Description: This error occurs if invalid long values are used in the fields during Active Directory instance creation.
must be associated in ASM. A non-administrator user can be assigned the Administrator role in ASM. Resolution/Workaround: Make sure that during import of Active Directory users, appropriate ASM role level is assigned. Issue [ASM-1150]: Importing users from Active Directory blocks access for local users. Resolution/Workaround: You cannot use “ASMLOCAL” for the imported domain name.
characters. Resolution/Workaround: Make sure while importing the Active Directory user name, the user name contains only alphanumeric characters. Issue [ASM-1001]: Unable to deploy a service for Fiber Channel storage component if the server object is already mapped to the volume in Storage Center. Description: If the server object is already mapped to a volume in Compellent Storage Center then a service cannot be deployed for storage component.
Issue: [ASM-2382] If you duplicate a volume during scale up, volumes are not created. Description: When you try to duplicate the existing volume during resource scale up, if the volume does not match with the duplicated resource, the volumes are not actually created. Resolution/Workaround: During scale up, select the volume that match the resource that is duplicated. Issue: [ASM-1891] After changing authentication method from IQN to CHAP in a storage template, the CHAP secret is set to default CHAP secret.
Issue: [ASM-1894] ASM cannot distinguish volumes with the same name in different Compellent folders. Description: If there are two existing volumes with the same name, but in different folders are present in ASM inventory, ASM cannot distinguish these volumes. Resolution/Workaround: Ensure unique names for volumes used by ASM in your Compellent inventory. Issue: [ASM-1897] ASM does not support any 1G integrated cards on the server.
have been removed from the server manually. ASM Documentation Lineup The current lineup of the ASM product guide documentation for this release includes the following: • Dell Active System Manager Version 8.0 User’s Guide — Provides an overview of ASM, detailed information about using the ASM graphical user interface (GUI), and information about troubleshooting ASM. • Dell Active System Manager Version 8.
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