Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) Version 1.30.30 and Lifecycle Controller 2 Remote Services (LC2-RS) Version 1.
This readme contains information for both iDRAC7 and LC2-RS. iDRAC7 is a systems management hardware and software solution that provides remote management capabilities, crashed system recovery, and power control functions for Dell PowerEdge systems. LC2-RS provides advanced embedded systems management and is delivered as part of iDRAC7. LC2-RS enables remote systems management in a one-to-many method.
Hardware and Software Requirements License Requirements • • Software licensing has replaced hardware licensing. For more information, see, the Dell License Manager User's Guide. Lifecycle Controller features such as Auto Discovery and vFlash are now licensed. You must install the correct licenses for Lifecycle Controller Remote Services to work properly.
• • ESX/ESXi version 4.1 U3 Mac OS X 10.
. 6. 7. 8. Click Browse, select the .d7 firmware image file that you extracted (step 1), or the Dell Update Package (DUP) for Windows, and click Upload. Wait for the upload to complete. After the upload is completed, the Update Details section displays the firmware file uploaded to iDRAC and the status. Select the firmware file and click Install or Install and Reboot. If it is a DUP, Install dynamically changes to Install and Reboot and at the same time the Install Next Reboot is activated.
• MaxBatchItems = 50 • MaxTimeoutms = 60000 • MaxEnvelopeSizekb = 150 • NetworkDelayms = 60000 Sample WinRM Command (Enumeration Operation): winrm e cimv2/DCIM_SystemView?__cimnamespace=root/dcim -u:[idrac user] -p:[idrac password] -r:https://[idrac ip adddress]/wsman -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck -format:Pretty Note: Lifecycle Controller uses a self-signed certificate for HTTPS (SSL) communication.
• When a system is in POST, it is not possible to attach a vFlash partition as the First Boot Device. • Virtual Console Viewer from iDRAC7 Web interface terminates when the managed system is restarted. • If common logging is enabled in iDRAC7, CEM storage inventory takes more than 40 minutes. If common logging is disabled (default setting), CEM storage inventory takes up to four minutes for the maximum configuration.
• On PowerEdge systems with cabled power supply units installed (that is, PSUs which do not provide PMBus support), power values may still be displayed in the iDRAC7 web and LCD interfaces. Due to lack of PMBus support in the PSUs, the power values displayed on the GUI pages, including the Overview > Hardware > Front Panel page, are not correct.
• On Linux management stations, if Firefox is launched from the root user, a USB key is mapped in Virtual Media successfully. If Firefox is launched from any user other than the root user, a USB key is not shown for mapping because the user must have root privileges to access all the low-level drives. • Alert notification for battery events does not work. • Operating system information on the System Summary page does not display after rebooting iDRAC7 until the operating system is rebooted.
iDRAC7 - Open Issues and Resolutions Fixed Issues/def Issue 1 Description In Chinese locale on Windows operating system, while launching the Virtual Console using Java plug-in, occasionally you may see a Java compilation error. Resolution 1. 2. 3. Open the Java control panel. Go to General > Network Settings. Select Direct Connection and click OK. Versions Affected All iDRAC7 supported Dell PowerEdge systems.
Issue 3 Description The Learn More pop-up on the License page does not appear using IE. Resolution Add *.dell.com to the trusted sites in the Security settings. See the Internet Explorer help documentation for more information. Versions/Systems Affected All iDRAC7 supported Dell PowerEdge systems. Issue 4 Description On Windows operating system, to add a folder as an image using the Virtual Media, the Desktop directory must be in the HOMEPATH directory.
Resolution You must manually enable or disable the vFlash functionality after the firmware update as required. To do this, select or clear the vFlash Enabled option in the iDRAC7 Web interface, or use RACADM or WinRM remote service commands. Versions/Systems Affected All iDRAC7 supported Dell PowerEdge(TM) systems.
Issue 10 Description Logging in to iDRAC7 Web interface fails with the error message 'RAC0218: The maximum number of user sessions is reached'. When the temporary folder used by iDRAC7 components is full, it is possible that authentication fails and this error is displayed. Resolution Power cycle iDRAC7 to clear the temporary space. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7.
Issue 13 Description When you log in to iDRAC7 Web interface using Internet Explorer 9.x, contents in few pages are not shown properly. This is a known issue with Internet Explorer. Resolution 1. Press F12. The Internet Explorer 9 Debug window is displayed. 2. Select Document Mode > Internet Explorer 7. The browser refreshes and the iDRAC7 Login page is displayed. 3. Close the Internet Explorer 9 debug window. 4. Close all open Internet Explorer windows. 5.
Issue 16 Description iDRAC7 Web interface does not respond when using Internet Explorer Resolution Close all Internet Explorer sessions and open it again to access iDRAC7 Web interface. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 17 Description When a driver pack DUP update is performed, the following message is recorded in the Lifecycle log after the driver pack update entry. RAC0400: iDRAC memory low iDRAC is running low on memory. System performance may be degraded.
Issue 19 Description While deploying Windows 2008 R2 SP1 from Lifecycle Controller GUI > OS Deployment, installation terminates with the following error: There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \Device\Harddisk0\DR0. This issue may occur due to any of the following reasons • Virtual Media is in the attached state with no media mapped. • Virtual Media is in the auto attached state with media mapped.
Issue 22 Description When virtual world wide name and virtual world wide port name attributes on a NIC partition are set using the WS-MAN interface, the new values are not updated in the iDRAC7 Web interface or when racadm getsysinfo is run. Resolution Use WS-MAN interface to obtain the updated values for those attributes. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7.
Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 26 Description When using DownloadServerPublicKey or DownloadClientCerts commands in WSMAN, the invocation may fail when the iDRAC7 system is not ready to service these operations. This may happen when host system is in a POST stage. Resolution Retry the command later or wait until host system past POST stage and retry the same command again. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7.
Issue 29 Description If the management station is using Linux operating system with the “Pass all keystrokes to server” option enabled, you cannot resize the Virtual Console viewer window by dragging the corners or frame. Resolution: Do any of the following: • Disable the “Pass all keystrokes to server” option. • With “Pass all keystrokes to server’ option enabled, open any menu in the Virtual Console viewer window title bar, then re-size the window.
Issue 32 Description "Learn More" option in Licensing page does not work on Safari browser. Resolution Disable the popup blocker for Safari browser. Versions/Systems Affected All iDRAC7 supported Dell PowerEdge systems. Issue 33 Description Launching Virtual console using Google Chrome browser, does not launch Java Web Start automatically even after you map launch application. This is a known issue with Google Chrome browsers. Resolution Map launch application to Java Web Start every time.
Resolution Obtain an appropriate license then try again. If the problem persists, contact technical support. See the product documentation to choose the contact method that is convenient for you. Versions/Systems Affected: All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 36 Description If you try to upload any other certificate other than a valid PKCS#12 format file, the iDRAC Web interface displays an incorrect error message. Resolution Upload a valid PKCS#12 format certificate file.
LC2-RS – Notes • Auto Discovery messages are now recorded in the Lifecycle Log. • Driver Pack updates no longer require a reboot. • The ‘Automated Task Engine’ screen now displays scheduled jobs with a ‘Running’ status unlike previous versions. • Empty partitions are created quickly when other partitions are not in use. If other partitions are in use, then creating an empty partition takes longer. For example, attach partition, format partition, and so on.
Issue 2 Description After running a BIOS or NIC job, if you pause (by pressing Pause key on keyboard) during POST and run another BIOS or NIC job, it fails. Versions/Systems Affected All LC2-RS supported Dell PowerEdge systems. Issue 3 Description While performing platform update using the NFS share option, if the NFS service is stopped or network connection to the NFS share is lost while the job is in a downloading state, the job does not fail and continues to stay in a downloading state.
Resolution Delete all the jobs. Versions/Systems Affected All LC2-RS supported Dell PowerEdge systems. Issue 6 Description During POST, the message ‘Lifecycle Controller update required’ appears at the top right of the screen. This indicates that Lifecycle Controller is in recovery mode. This issue may occur due to Lifecycle Controller corruption or if an earlier model of Avocent SIP is used. Resolution To bring Lifecycle Controller out of recovery mode: 1.
