Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter Version 1.
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Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................... 4 BIOS/iDRAC Co-requirement for Lifecycle Controllers.......................................................... 4 Hardware and software requirements ............................................................................. 5 Supported browsers ................................................................
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Introduction This file contains updated information for your Dell™ Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter and any other technical documentation included with Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter software. NOTE: Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter is available from http://www.dell.com/vcenterplugin.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Hardware and software requirements The following support matrix tables detail the VMware version and Management Plug-in functional support for Dell PowerEdge 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th generation Dell servers. OpenManage 6.4 agent or greater - SNMP alerts, Hardware Inventory, Blink Server LED, View/Clear SEL logs Lifecycle Controller 1.5.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes For Hypervisor deployment, we support the following: Table 4. Hypervisor deployment versions Hypervisor version ESX 4.1 OMSA 6.5 OMSA version ESXi 4.1 OMSA 6.5 VIB ESX 4.1 U1 OMSA 6.5 ESXi 4.1 U1 OMSA 6.5 VIB ESX 4.1 U2 OMSA/ 7.0 ESXi 4.1 U2 OMSA 7.0 VIB ESX 4.1 U3 OMSA/ 7.2 ESXi 4.1 U3 OMSA 7.2 VIB ESXi 5.0 OMSA 7.0 VIB ESXi 5.0 U1 OMSA 7.1 VIB ESXi 5.1 OMSA 7.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Space required for provisioned storage The Dell Management Plug-in virtual appliance requires 36.083 GB of disk space for provisioned storage. PowerEdge 12th generation servers Table 5. VMware Version Support Model T320, R320, R420, T420, M420, R520, M520, T620, R620, M620, R720, R720XD, R820, M820 VMware versions ESX Classic, ESXi Installable Table 6.
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Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Port information NOTE: When deploying the OMSA agent using the Fix non-compliant vSphere hosts link available from the Compliance window in the Dell Management Center, the Dell Management Plug-in starts the httpClient service and enables port 8080 on and releases after ESXi 5.0 to download OMSA VIB and install it. Once the OMSA installation is completed, the service automatically stops and the port is closed. Table 13.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes This is a known issue from VMware and the resolution is in the VMware knowledge base article found here: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&ex ternalId=2000476 or here: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes If the proxy settings are provided in the configuration, then the proxy settings are used to access the Repository URL provided in the Administration Portal. However, if the URL to the Update Repository is an internal URL, then disable the proxy setting. If you do not disable the internal proxy setting, then the appliance attempts to connect to the URL with the proxy.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Open issues and resolutions The following section lists the open issues and resolutions with the Dell Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter 1.6: Issue1: Invalid time format for Automated Backup settings in Administration Portal. Description: Backup scheduling fails if the backup scheduling is performed in the month of December. This is happening due to incorrect date-time formatting.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Issue 4: Firmware download fails when trying to downgrade firmware from Q4 block release. Description: The firmware downgrade will fail sometimes if the user is trying to downgrade LC, IDRAC and other firmware at the same time. Resolution/Workaround: downgrade LC first and then downgrade the rest of the firmware once LC firmware downgrade is completed.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes 4. Set the value to 30 seconds (30000) [This may need to try higher value in your environment]. 5. Exit RegEdit. 6. Restart Internet Explorer. Note: Just opening a new Internet Explorer window is not enough. You must restart the Internet Explorer browser. The error that displays when the value is set too low is: Version Affected: 1.5 and later.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Issue 7: After deploying ESX 4.1u3(800380), OMSA is not configured. Description: ESX 4.1 base, U1, U2, and U3 all require SSH to be enabled on Dell PowerEdge 11th generation servers at the time when inventory is run to determine if the OMSA is configured correctly. If Dell Management Plug-in was used to deploy ESX 4.1 base, u1, u2, u3, it installs and configures OMSA correctly.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Issue 10: Balloon driver or vMotion is not functioning as expected. Description: VMware tools are out of date causing potential issues like the balloon driver or vMotion not to functioning as expected. Resolution/Workaround: Tools can be updated by powering the virtual machine down and changing the virtual machine type to Linux/Centos 32 bit. Once the virtual machine comes back online do an automatic upgrade of the tools.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Version Affected: 1.5.1, 1.6 Issue 13: Unable to boot to service partition while deploying OS ISO. Description: Hypervisor deployments are failing on Dell 11th and 12th generation servers with this error displayed on the screen during POST: “Warning: Unable to boot to Service Partition.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Issue 16: The inventory ran and failed after servers were removed from the connection profile. Description: The Inventory attempted to run after servers were removed from the connection profile and failed. Resolution/Workaround: If an inventory job is started, and hosts are removed from the connection profile, then this issue appears.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Issue 19: On an R515, R815, or other AMD based Dell hardware, inventory is running continuously. Description: OMSA may malfunction on certain AMD chipsets when not upgraded to the latest version. Resolution: To resolve this issue, upgrade to the latest version of ESX or ESXi and install the latest version of OMSA available. Version Affected: All Issue 20: A non-compliant server shows a CSIOR status as Unknown.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes Issue 24: The Memory reported is in a different format between Dell PowerEdge 11th generation servers and Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers. Description: When memory is displayed in a table, they amounts display differently between Dell PowerEdge 11th generation servers and Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers. Resolution: None. Version Affected: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6 Issue 25: Details for tasks are not recorded in the task history.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.
