Release Notes
Important Notes
Notes for Server Administrator
On 12th generation or later PowerEdge server with iDRAC7 1.30.30 and later versions, you can set the Platform Event Destination as IPv4,
IPv6, or FQDN.
Notes for Instrumentation Service
• On 11th generation or later PowerEdge server, if conicting BIOS settings exist while conguring BIOS setup options through Server
Administrator, the update attempt may fail at system reboot and none of the BIOS setup options may be updated.
• For example, when you congure Embedded SATA Controller to RAID and Boot Mode to UEFI simultaneously (UEFI does not support
RAID option), the conict prevents the BIOS conguration updates (at system reboot).
• On certain systems, user-dened thresholds set under Server Administrator become the default thresholds after uninstalling Server
Administrator.
• If you change the threshold value of a probe on certain systems, running Server Administrator, and then uninstall Server Administrator,
the changed threshold value becomes the default threshold value.
• While modifying the warning threshold settings, the values are stored in the rmware as discrete integer values and scaled for display. If
the modied value is not a discrete integer, it may change when saved.
• Fan redundancy can have the following states:
– Fully Redundant — The sensors display this status if all the fans in the system are present and are in a non-failed state.
– Redundancy Lost — The sensors display this status whenever any system fan fails or is removed from the chassis.
• If a system with memory redundancy enabled enters a redundancy lost state, it may not be clear which memory module caused it. If
you cannot determine which DIMM to replace, see the switch to spare memory detected log entry in the ESM system log to nd the
memory module that failed.
• If you run Server Administrator when the system is in OS Install Mode, it may report the memory incorrectly. To avoid this issue, you
must disable OS Install Mode before running the application.
• If you have to uninstall and reinstall the operating system SNMP service, then reinstall Server Administrator, so that the Server
Administrator SNMP agents are registered with the operating system SNMP agent.
• Server Administrator Device Drivers for Linux: Server Administrator includes two device drivers for Linux: Systems - Management Base
Driver (dcdbas) and BIOS Update Driver (dell_rbu).
• Server Administrator uses these drivers to perform the systems management functions. Depending on the system, the application loads
one or both of these drivers. These drivers have been released as open source under the GNU General Public License v2.0. They are
available in Linux kernels from kernel.org starting with kernel 2.6.14.
• CMC USB ports attached to a blade are not enumerated by Server Administrator.
• Except for AC power cord traps, SNMP traps for server instrumentation are not generated when the state of the device sensor
changes from unknown to normal. While migrating the chassis of a PowerEdge M520, M620, or M820 server running Windows
operating system from M1000e to VRTX chassis, reboot the server after the new drivers are detected and installed. If not, the DSM SA
Data Manager service crashes on startup and OMSA fails. (BITS125071)
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.
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Dell EMC OpenManage Release Notes
Version 9.2.1