Active System Manager Release 8.2.
Release Type and Definition Active System Manager Active System Manager (ASM) is Dell’s unified management product that provides a comprehensive infrastructure and workload automation solution for IT administrators and teams. The release notes contains important information available at the time of release of Active System Manager (ASM) release 8.2.
New in this Release Active System Manager 8.2.1 is focused on expanding capabilities around workload deployment, adding new capabilities around managing existing environments, and improving the granularity of information shown around the current state of environments under management. The highlights of Active System Manager release 8.2.
• • The credentials used for all the external systems that ASM interfaces to must be in English. For example, Virtual Machine Manager Credentials for systems such as SCVMM and VMware vCenter must be in English so that ASM can provision to these environments. DNS names must be in English.
NOTE: This is a browser/system specific setting, so if multiple users are using your ASM appliance all users will need to make sure to disable Remember Password for ASM Appliance URL. 3. Issue: ASM-1894: ASM is unable to distinguish volumes with the same names in different Compellent folders.
8. Issue: ASM-3133: ASM performs the discovery operation on the FX2 chassis after you update the CMC firmware. Description: The Chassis firmware update will trigger the Chassis inventory which will trigger the Chassis discovery in order to detect any newly inserted blades or IOMs. Resolution/Workaround: This is an expected behavior.
13. Issue: ASM-4174: ASM backend not to tear down the shared resources. Description: When deleting a service the user has the option to delete clusters and storage. If these are shared with other services, ASM will not warn the user and will proceed to remove the shared resources. Resolution/Workaround: Prior to deleting a service, verify which clusters and storage volumes are shared with other services. Only select delete for resources which will not impact other services. 14. Issue: ASM-4205: ESXi 6.
19. Issue: ASM-4688: In NIC firmware, the X520/I350 rNDC firmware version 15.0.28 to version 16.5.20 firmware fails to update in the firmware update logs. Description: This is due to a specific firmware update issue with the X520/I350 rNDC firmware version 16.5.20. The X520/I350 rNDC firmware may require a step-up to an intermediate version of the firmware in order to upgrade from 15.0.28 to 16.5.20. Resolution/Workaround: Updating Intel X520/l350 cards with versions earlier than 15.5.28 to 16.5.
Description: The user interface is inaccessible when you login after updating to ASM 8.2. Resolution/Workaround: Ensure that you clear the browser cache after updating ASM and before logging in the user interface. 26. Issue: ASM-5510: Removing the battery from a controller on a Dell Compellent storage device displays an inaccurate message. Description: After you remove the controller battery on a Dell Compellent storage device, an incorrect error message is displayed on the Resource page.
Resolution/Workaround: Ensure that you clear the unused and stale entries from Active Directory and then try a deployment. 32. Issue: ASM-6319: On the Network Details page, released IP Addresses appear under the old service. Description: After you scale down a server or virtual machine, the IP address used by the component is released and available for reuse in the future. However, on the Network Details page for the network the IP Address belongs to, the IP Address is listed under the old service using it.
that you do not select the Configure VMware VSAN option. This option must be selected only to create templates to deploy the ESXi host using VMware VSAN.
Limitations None Installation Prerequisites For installation pre-requisites, see the “Active System Manager 8.2.1 Installation Guide” available at dell.com/asmdocs. Installation Procedure For complete installation instructions, see the "Active System Manager 8.2.1 Installation Guide" available at dell.com/asmdocs. Installation and Configuration Notes None Documentation Errata None Contacting Dell Technical Support • Make sure that the Active System Manager Service Tag is available.
