Release Notes

Notes for Storage Management Service

Detailed information on the Storage Management Service is available in the Storage Management Service online help. After installing and

launching Server Administrator, you can access the Storage Management Service online help by selecting the Storage or lower-level tree

object and clicking the Help button on the global navigation bar.

Notes for Remote Access Service

• The remote access service is available on supported systems only in this release. It enables remote access to a server that has lost its

network connection or that has become unresponsive. In the current release of Server Administrator, the Remote Access Service uses

Integrated Remote Access Controller (iDRAC).

• iDRAC also has its own CLI that is accessed through the racadm command. You can add racadm commands to a batch or script file

to automate various user tasks. To limit the stress load on the managed system, and RAC, add sleep or delay commands of one or

two seconds between the individual racadm commands.

• On systems prior to 11th generation PowerEdge server, Server Administrator slot page displays iDRAC information, but on 12th

generation or later PowerEdge servers, the slot page does not display any iDRAC7 information.

Known Issues for Server Administrator

This section provides information on open issues and resolutions with this release of Server Administrator.

Issues of Server Administrator on VMware ESX Operating Systems

• DF354388: Remote Server Administrator Web Server connection to a managed node hangs, if a redundant virtual disk containing

syslog dumps fails.

○ If you configure the syslog to store logs on a remote virtual disc (VD), and remove the remote VD without reconfiguring the syslog

to a valid location, the Server Administrator web server screen stops responding.

○ To continue using the Server Administrator Web server, restart the management services on the managed node.

• BITS072069: On ESX/ESXi Operating Systems, Server Administrator configuration changes are not persisted after an unclean

shutdown.

○ If the server abruptly reboots, configuration changes to Server Administrator Preferences are not retained on VMware ESX or

ESXi operating systems. Once an hour, VMware runs a scheduled backup to update any configuration changes to the installed

applications (VIBs). For more information, refer to the Knowledge Base article at - http://Kb.vmware.com/kb/2001780

• BITS119710: On systems running the VMware ESXi operating system, the TOE status of a network controller is not available.

• On ESXi 5.5 and later operating systems, NIC cards using Native drivers display limited information on Server Administrator.

Issues of Server Administrator on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating

Systems

• When starting Server Administrator from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux console, kernel log messages may appear. To avoid these

messages, perform the following steps:

1. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/syslog file and modify KLOGD_OPTIONS to KLOGD_OPTIONS="-c 4".

2. Restart syslog by executing /etc/init.d/syslog restart.

• When using the Mozilla Firefox web browser on Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems, the font and type size on the Server

Administrator global navigation bar appear different from the default font and type size that application uses.

• For systems running a supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, kernel driver messages such as AAC_ChardevOpen

may be displayed in the console at the login prompt. These messages are displayed in the console when the driver initialization is

delayed by the installation of Server Administrator services and can be ignored.

• BITS124573: On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system, Server Administrator DWS login does not work. Use direct local login.

• BITS169696: When Server Administrator is installed on systems running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system, the

operating system stops responding after Server Administrator services are started. This issue is observed when Server Administrator

services are started after the installation or when Server Administrator services are started, by default after a system restart.

However, this issue is observed only on few servers.

Solution: Apply the latest Z-stream kernel patch on the system. The issue is resolved by the kernel rpm -

kernel-3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64.rpm.