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Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter
Version 1.6
Release Notes
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes
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This document is for informational purposes only and may contain typographical errors and
technical inaccuracies. The content is provided as is, without express or implied warranties of any
kind.
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in typography or photography. Dell, the Dell logo, and PowerEdge are trademarks of Dell Inc. Intel and
Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft,
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Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................... 4
BIOS/iDRAC Co-requirement for Lifecycle Controllers .......................................................... 4
Hardware and software requirements ............................................................................. 5
Supported browsers .................................................................................................. 6
Space required for provisioned storage ........................................................................... 7
PowerEdge 12th generation servers .............................................................................. 7
PowerEdge 11th generation servers .............................................................................. 7
PowerEdge 10TH generation servers ............................................................................. 8
PowerEdge 9TH generation servers ............................................................................... 8
Port information ...................................................................................................... 9
User notes ............................................................................................................ 10
Open issues and resolutions ........................................................................................ 13
Corrected Problems ................................................................................................. 22
Tables
Table 1. – For Deployment ..................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 2. – For Management ........................................................................................ 4
Table 3. – Management Support .................................................................................. 5
Table 4. Hypervisor Deployment Versions ...................................................................... 6
Table 5. Table 5 - VMware Version Support .................................................................... 7
Table 6. Table 6 - Feature Support .............................................................................. 7
Table 7. VMware Version Support ................................................................................ 7
Table 8. Feature Support .......................................................................................... 8
Table 9. VMware Version Support ................................................................................ 8
Table 10. Feature Support .......................................................................................... 8
Table 11. VMware Version Support ................................................................................ 8
Table 12. Feature Support .......................................................................................... 8
Table 13. Virtual Appliance ......................................................................................... 9
Table 14. Managed Nodes ........................................................................................... 9
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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.
The Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter documentation includes:
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter Version 1.6_Dec. Quick Install
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter Version 1.6_Dec. User’s Guide
Context-sensitive help pages display by the user interface
This Release Notes file
BIOS/iDRAC Co-requirement for Lifecycle Controllers
The following BIOS, iDRAC, and Lifecycle Controller versions are required to enable Management Plug-In
features. These versions must match in order for the Management Plug-in to function properly.
Note: We recommend that you use SUU, Repository Manager, or Lifecycle Controller's Platform update
functionality to update your servers to one of these baselines before using The Dell Management Plug-in for
VMware vCenter. Upgrade these in the order listed below.
For deployment Table 1.
Version Version number/Release date
BIOS version Release date 3/21/2011 or later
iDRAC version for Dell PowerEdge 11th generation servers
3.35 for Modular, 1.85 for Rack or Tower
Lifecycle Controller for Dell PowerEdge 11th generation servers
1.5.2 or later
Lifecycle Controller for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers
1.0.0.3017 or later
iDRAC version for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers
1.00.0 or later
For management Table 2.
Version Version number/Release date
BIOS version Release date 3/21/2011 or later
iDRAC version for Dell PowerEdge 11th generation servers
3.35 for Modular, 1.85 for Rack or Tower
Lifecycle Controller for Dell PowerEdge 11th generation servers
1.5.2 or later
Lifecycle Controller for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers
1.0.0.3017 or later
iDRAC version for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers
1.00.0 or later
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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 1.5.2 or later - BIOS/Firmware Updates, Bare metal Deployment,
Hardware Configuration, Change Configuration Settings
iDRAC Express/Enterprise - Power On a Server, Link and Launch iDRAC
OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) Agent — Required for all Dell servers prior to Dell
PowerEdge 12th generation servers
The manual installation of the OMSA agent on Dell PowerEdge 11th Generation hosts is no
longer required on all ESX/ESXi hosts prior to the Dell Management Plug-in installation. The
OMSA agent is installed automatically during deployment. In addition, the Dell Management
Plug-in provides options to install OMSA as part of acquiring host compliance.
For the management, we support the following:
Management support Table 3.
Hypervisor version OMSA version
ESX 4.1 OMSA 6.5
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
ESXi 4.1 U3 OMSA 7.2 VIB
ESX 4.1 U3 OMSA 7.2
ESXi 5.0 OMSA 7.1 VIB
ESXi 5.0 U1 OMSA 7.1 VIB
ESXi 5.1 OMSA 7.1 VIB
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For Hypervisor deployment, we support the following:
Hypervisor deployment versions Table 4.
Hypervisor version OMSA version Notes
ESX 4.1 OMSA 6.5 Limited to servers with native drivers included in VMware ESX ISO
ESXi 4.1 OMSA 6.5 VIB Use the Dell Custom ISO for driver inclusion
ESX 4.1 U1 OMSA 6.5 Limited to servers with native drivers included in VMware ESX ISO
ESXi 4.1 U1 OMSA 6.5 VIB Use the Dell Custom ISO for driver inclusion
ESX 4.1 U2 OMSA/ 7.0 Limited to servers with native drivers included in VMware ESX ISO
ESXi 4.1 U2 OMSA 7.0 VIB Use the Dell Custom ISO for driver inclusion
ESX 4.1 U3 OMSA/ 7.2 Limited to servers with native drivers included in VMware ESX ISO
ESXi 4.1 U3 OMSA 7.2 VIB Use the Dell Custom ISO for driver inclusion
ESXi 5.0 OMSA 7.0 VIB Use the Dell Custom ISO for driver inclusion
ESXi 5.0 U1 OMSA 7.1 VIB Use the Dell Custom ISO for driver inclusions
ESXi 5.1 OMSA 7.1 VIB Use the Dell Custom ISO for driver inclusions
Note: Product test may at their discretion test key platforms (example, test rack only if tower equivalent
exists).
Supported browsers
Access the Administration Portal and the Dell Management Plug-in using the following browsers:
Internet Explorer 7.0.x, 8.0.x, and 9.0.x set to not use a proxy when communicating with the Dell
Management Plug-in. Make sure to set your default browser to Internet Explorer.
Note: Document Mode and Bowser Mode must be set to the right IE version. Press F12 to set them.
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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
VMware Version Support Table 5.
Model VMware versions
T320, R320, R420, T420, M420, R520, M520, T620, R620, M620, R720, R720XD, R820, M820
ESX Classic, ESXi Installable
Feature Support Table 6.
Model Features
T320, R320, R420, T420, M420, R520, M520, T620, R620, M620, R720, R720XD, R820, M820
SNMP alerts, BIOS/Firmware Updates, Hardware Inventory, Power on server, Bare Metal Deployment, Hardware Configuration, Blink Server LED, View/Clear SEL logs, Link and Launch iDRAC, Change Configuration Settings, Warranty Information
PowerEdge 11th generation servers
VMware version support Table 7.
Model VMware versions
R210, R310, T410 ESX Classic
R210 II, R410, R415, R510, R515, T610, R610, M1000e, M610, T710, R710, M710, M710D, R810, R905, R910, M910, M915, R715, R815
ESX Classic, ESXi Embedded
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Feature support Table 8.
Model Features
R210, R210II, R310, T410, R410, R415, R510, R515, T610, R610, M1000e, M610, T710, R710, M710, M710HD, R810, R905, R910, M910, M915, R715, R815
SNMP alerts, BIOS/Firmware Updates, Hardware Inventory, Power on server, Bare Metal Deployment, Hardware Configuration, Blink Server LED, View/Clear SEL logs, Link and Launch iDRAC, Change Configuration Settings, Warranty Information
PowerEdge 10TH generation servers
VMware version support Table 9.
Model VMware versions
R200, T300, R300, M600 ESX Classic
M605, T605, M805, R805, R900, R905, M905 ESX Classic, ESXi Embedded
Feature support Table 10.
Model Features
R200, T300, R300, M600, M605, T605, M805, R805, R900, M905
SNMP alerts, Hardware Inventory, Power on server, Blink Server LED, View/Clear SEL logs, Link and Launch iDRAC, Warranty Information
PowerEdge 9TH generation servers
VMware version support Table 11.
Model VMware versions
PE1950 I/II ESX Classic
PE1950 III ESX Classic, ESXi Embedded
PE1955 ESX Classic
PE2900 I/II ESX Classic
PE2900 III ESX Classic, ESXi Embedded
PE2950 I/II ESX Classic
PE2950 III ESX Classic, ESXi Embedded
PE2970 ESX Classic, ESXi Embedded
PE6950 ESX Classic
Feature Support Table 12.
Model Features
All supported PowerEdge 9th generation servers SNMP alerts, Hardware Inventory, Power on server, Blink Server LED, View/Clear SEL logs, Link and Launch iDRAC, Warranty Information
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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.
Virtual appliance Table 13.
Port Number
Protocols Port Type Maximum Encryption
Level
Direction Usage Configurable
21 FTP TCP None Out FTP command client
No
53 DNS TCP None Out DNS client No
80 HTTP TCP None Out Dell Online Data Access
No
80 HTTP TCP None In Administration Console
No
162 SNMP Agent
UDP None In SNMP Agent (server)
No
443 HTTPS TCP 128-bit In HTTPS server No
443 WSMAN TCP 128-bit In/Out iDRAC/OMSA communication
No
4433 HTTPS TCP 128-bit In Auto Discovery No
2049 NFS UDP/TCP None All Public Share No
4001-4004 NFS UDP/TCP None All Public Share No
5432 Postgres TCP 128-bit All PostgreSQL No
11620 SNMP Agent
UDP None In SNMP Agent (server)
No
Managed nodes Table 14.
Port Number
Protocols Port Type Maximum Encryption
Level
Direction Usage Configurable
162, 11620 SNMP UDP None Out Hardware Events No
443 WSMAN TCP 128-bit In iDRAC/OMSA communication
No
4433 HTTPS TCP 128-bit Out Auto Discovery No
2049 NFS UDP None All Public Share No
4001-4004 NFS UDP None All Public Share No
443 HTTPS TCP 128-bit In HTTPS server No
8080 HTTP TCP In HTTP server; downloads the OMSA VIB and fixes non-compliant vSphere hosts
No
50 RMCP UDP/TCP 128-bit Out Remote Mail Check Protocol
No
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Port Number
Protocols Port Type Maximum Encryption
Level
Direction Usage Configurable
51 IMP UDP/TCP None N/A IMP Logical Address Maintenance
No
5353 mDNS UDP/TCP All Multicast DNS No
631 IPP UDP/TCP None Out Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)
No
69 TFTP UDP 128-bit All Trivial File Transfer
No
111 NFS UDP/TCP 128-bit In SUN Remote Procedure Call (Portmap)
No
68 BOOTP UDP None Out Bootstrap Protocol Client
No
User notes
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter only supports BIOS mode to auto-deploy
hypervisor on the target server. Make sure that you have BIOS mode selected in the reference
hardware profile prior to applying the Hypervisor profile. If there is no hardware profile
selected, then make sure to manually configure the boot mode as BIOS and reboot the server
prior to applying the hypervisor profile.
After the deployment of ESXi finishes, the server shows a purple screen as shown below with
the error “Two file systems with the same UUID have been detected. Make sure you do not
have two ESXi installations.”
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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.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&ex
ternalId=1035107
Incorrect warning is displayed on the VCenter Summary tab when the hypervisor was deployed
and root password set to non-default as shown in the screen below.
This is a known issue from VMware and the resolution is to remove the host from the VMware
tree and re-add it back with the correct root password.
Incorrect warning is displayed. Figure 1.
Time stamps are converted to the user’s local time zone and the Dell Management Plug-in
displays Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time offsets.
If you run a security scanner tool (such as Nessus) against the Server Administrator Web server,
certain security warnings against port 1311 running the Server Administrator Web server may
be displayed. These warnings have been investigated by Dell engineering and are determined
to be false positives.
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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.
A hardware profile created using a reference server with a certain BIOS version could cause
deployment to fail. Some BIOS versions do not give accurate information for certain BIOS
settings, such as the Embedded NIC1 and NIC2 settings. When a server with BIOS version is
used as a reference server in a hardware profile, the fields are ignored both by the UI and by
deployment. A problem could arise, however, if the settings in question are required to have a
certain value for deployment to complete successfully.
The solution to this issue is to use a server with an up to date BIOS as a reference server for a
hardware profile.
Note: Servers being used for deployment should also have updated BIOS. If deployment tries
to apply settings to a server with problematic BIOS, deployment fails. Currently the BIOS
version is not checked for compliance, but it is displayed on the server compliance page.
Warnings are displayed on the hardware profile reference server and BIOS settings pages, as
well as when they select a deployment template with an affected hardware profile during
deployment.
To resolve this issue, use one of the following BIOS versions:
BIOS versions
Model BIOS
R710, T610, R610, M610/ M710/ M610x, T710: 6.1.0
M710HD: 5.0.1
M910: 2.5.0
M915: 2.6.0
R210: 1.8.2
R210II: 1.3.1
R310,R110,T310: 1.8.2
R410,T410: 1.9.0
R415,R515: 1.8.6
R510: 1.9.0
R715,R815: 2.3.0
R810,R910: 2.5.0
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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.
Resolution/Workaround: Avoid scheduling the backup activity in December.
You can manually perform backups for the month of December. Schedule the
backup activity after the month of December.
Version Affected: All
Issue 2: NPE is thrown when trying to register the Dell Management Plug-in.
Description: The registration of Dell Management Plug-in fails after upgrade to version 1.5.1 even if there is no
earlier Dell Management Plug-in registered and the vCenter locale is one of the supported locales. The issue
happens since some SQL scripts failed to execute during RPM update.
Resolution/Workaround: It is recommended that you take backup before performing any RPM
upgrade. Install the previous version of plugin prior to the upgrade and restore the DB. Now repeat the
process of upgrade using RPM upgrade.
Version Affected: 1.5.1 and later
Issue 3: The RAID topology does not support a dedicated hotspare in the reference topology and also does
not support a dedicated hotspare while applying a hardware profile.
Description: Raid Topology does not support a dedicated hotspare in the reference topology and also does not
support dedicated hotspare while applying hardware profile.
Resolution/Workaround: If you need a dedicated hotspare in reference topology, set up the RAID outside of the
Dell Management Plug-in.
Version Affected: All
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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.
Issue 5: Connection profile association not shown in host compliance page when inventory is not
able to get iDRAC IP for the host.
Description: If while running inventory, the iDRAC is non-responsive and it is not able to get iDRAC
IP, the inventory will fail and on the host compliance page the host is shown as not associated with
the connection profile.
Resolution/Workaround: Reset the iDRAC to fix the issue of iDRAC not being responsive and then
rerun the inventory. If the inventory is able to get the iDRAC IP, then the host will be associated
with the correct connection profile.
Version Affected: 1.6
Issue 6: A Communication Error Message is displayed after clicking the Firmware link from vSphere Client. Description: If you have a slow network speed (9600BPS), you may get a Communication
Error Message as shown below after clicking on the Firmware link in vSphere Client for the
Dell Management Plug-in. The Communication Error Message is caused when the connection
times out (which was initiated by the Microsoft Internet Explorer) while trying to obtain the
Software Inventory list. For Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10, the default “Receive Time
out” value is set to 10 seconds.
Resolution/Workaround: Use the follow steps to fix the issue:
1. Open RegEdit. 2. Navigate to the following location:
KHEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings. 3. Add a new DWORD value for ReceiveTimeout.
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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.
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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. However, since SSH is not enabled, it shows the host as Not
configured on the host compliance page. In addition, if ESX 4.1 was installed outside and
OMSA was installed and configured using Dell Management Plug-in, and then the user turned
off SSH later, the host shows as “Not configured.” The system must have SSH enabled to
show the correct status.
Resolution/Workaround: Either the user has to ignore the wrong status or keep SSH enabled
at all times.
Version Affected: 1.5 and later.
Issue 8: Deployment with IPV6 enabled may add host to vCenter with IPV6 address. Description: If an IPV6 address was used to add the host to the vCenter, then the inventory
will fail on that host.
Resolution/Workaround: The workaround is to remove the host from the connection
profile, remove the host from the vCenter tree, then add the host back to the vCenter tree
using the hostname, and then add the newly added host to the connection profile.
Version Affected: 1.6
Issue 9: Using localhost for hostname causes problems identifying the source of SNMP alerts.
Description: Starting with ESXi 5.1, a value of localhost for the hostname causes problems in
identifying the source of SNMP alerts. The use of localhost is not supported and a Fully Qualified
Domain Name FQDN should be used instead.
Resolution/Workaround: When deploying an ESXi 5.1 server using DHCP, it is strongly
recommended that a combination of a DHCP reservation based on the selected NIC MAC
addresses, and a DNS host entry using the reservation’s IP address be configured. The MAC address
is visible from the Deployment Wizard’s Server Identification screen, Network Interface drop-
down, and provided to help identify the network interfaces. The DHCP reservation and DNS entry
should be created for the server prior to scheduling the deployment, and if properly configured
should set the hostname to the value from DNS.
Version Affected: 1.6
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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. Detailed steps are located at our tech
center site:
http://www.dell.com/vcenterplugin
Version Affected: 1.6
Issue 11: Deployments failure error message seen on R210 II machines.
Description: Timeout issue on R210 II systems produces a hypervisor deployments failure
error due to failure of BIOS to boot from attached ISO.
Resolution/Workaround: Manually install hypervisor on the machine.
Version Affected: 1.5.1, 1.6
Issue 12: Dell Management Plug-in gets a security error message.
Description: Although the SSL Certificate is valid on a vCenter and user credentials are correct, a
user encounters an error message saying , “There are either too many Virtual Management Console
connections or an incorrect user name or password or session ID, or an incorrect SSL certificate.
Please verify these items and try again.”
Resolution/Workaround: This happens due to an invalid session in vCenter. Simply closing and re-
opening the vSphere client resolves seeing this error message. You can check your session by clicking
“Sessions” under Administration in the vSphere Client for advanced troubleshooting.
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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.” There
is a BIOS issue to identify the network ISO when there is a local USB CD-ROM installed on the system
and that USB CD-ROM is the only USB mass storage device plugged into the system.”
Resolution/Workaround: Remove the local USB CD-ROM (note that not all local CD-ROM would
expose this issue), or plug in additional USB floppy or USB key on the system, or attach the virtual
media (virtual floppy and virtual CD) from the iDRAC.
Version Affected: 1.5.1, 1.6
Issue 14: A firmware update fails with an error message saying that USC is in use and it should be
retried after 30 seconds.
Description: During a firmware update if the update fails with error message “If USC is in use,
wait until USC has exited and retry the action. Otherwise retry after 30 seconds to check if
network connectivity caused this error.”
Resolution/Workaround: To fix this issue, reset iDRAC and wait until iDRAC boots back up
properly and try the firmware update again.
Version Affected: 1.5.1, 1.6
Issue 15: Events from different vCenter posted to another vCenter from a shared Dell Management
Plug-in Appliance.
Description: This situation can occur when a bare-metal server that was deployed in one vCenter is
rediscovered again as bare-metal server but then selected for a hypervisor deployed in another
vCenter.
This situation occurs if the host that was already on one of the registered vCenters was added to
another registered VCenter. In this case the host on first vCenter appears as disconnected.
Resolution/Workaround: Remove the host from the first VCenter where it is now showing as
disconnected.
Version Affected: 1.5.1, 1.6
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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. The system needs to make sure the inventory job is
finished or that no Inventory job is running when hosts are removed from Connection Profile.
Version Affected: 1.5.1, 1.6
Issue 17: The NIC selected as the management NIC during the deployment process is not the
active management NIC after deployment.
Description: During the ESXi 5 deployment using any NIC other than NIC 0 may show up in
vCenter after deployment as the standby NIC with NIC 0 as the primary management network
NIC.
Resolution/Workaround: Manually reconfigure management NICs in vCenter after
deployment.
Version Affected: All
Issue 18: Rarely, an ESXi 4.1 U1 deployment fails on a PowerEdge server.
Description: The ESXi deployment log shows failure installing OMSA.
Resolution: This is a known VMware issue and VMware has provided a workaround to resolve the issue
as seen here:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1
037190
Use these steps for a workaround:
- Logon to ESXi 4.1 U1.
- Manually create a directory /tmp.
- Logoff from the ESXi host.
- Manually add the host to vCenter.
- Go to Host Compliance page of Dell Management Center.
- Run the Compliance Check wizard.
Version Affected: All
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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.
Resolution: An unknown CSIOR state indicates a non-responsive iDRAC on the host. A manual iDRAC
reset on the host fixes this problem.
Version Affected: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6
Issue 21: The Launch OMSA link does not work in the vSphere Client Dell Tab when using Dell
PowerEdge 12th generation servers.
Resolution: Install OMSA manually onto Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers, then the Launch OMSA
link will work.
Version Affected: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6
Issue 22: Hypervisor installation fails.
Description: Hypervisor installation fails with the error The Job check status with ID of
DCIM_OSConcreteJob:1 failed with the following error message: Mount network share failed – incorrect IP
address or share name.
Resolution: Restart the appliance.
Version Affected: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6
Issue 23: NFS mount remains mounted after deploy is completed using ESXi5.
Description: : After the hypervisor deployment is completed and the host is added to the VCenter tree,
there is an entry in the Summary page under the data sources called remote-install-location (inactive)
(unmounted) for the new host added.
Resolution: None.
Version Affected: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6
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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.
Description: Details for tasks are not recorded in the task history.
Resolution: This is a known VMware issue; go to the Dell Management Center Plug-in logs to view
the details.
Version Affected: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.1 Update 1, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6
Issue 26: When using the user interface and pressing <ENTER> while on a highlighted button does not
always activate the action.
Description: Using keyboard navigation and selecting highlighted buttons and pressing <ENTER>
sometimes does not activate the button. Keyboard navigation is not supported at this time.
Resolution: Use the mouse.
Version Affected: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.1 Update 1, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6
Issue 27: The ESXI install leaves behind a file after installation.
Description: The ESXi install leaves behind a temporary file in the /store/resolv.conf (static IP only).
Resolution: None, there is no impact to the functionality of the software.
Version Affected: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.1 Update 1, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6
Issue 28: Dell Management Center EXE file shows Unknown for Publisher.
Description: When you right-click on the executable file, no publisher (vendor name) is displayed.
Resolution: None
Version Affected: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.1 Update 1, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes
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Corrected Problems
The following problems were reported in earlier releases of the Dell Management Plug-In and have been
corrected in this release:
Bug number Issue Description
TFSID:2825 Issue 1 Could not access vCenter using the fqdn or dns short name
TFSID:2506 Issue 2 NullPointerException is thrown during the Deploymnent Minimal ISO if eth0 is missing
TFSID:2597 Issue 3 Perc H700 RAID controller is not listed for FW update using repository method
TFSID:3330 Issue 4 Dell Management Plug-in for vCenter Product Page for Chinese is not functional
TFSID:3641 Issue 5 R810, Broadcom NetXtreme II FW missing from ftp.dell.com
TFSID:3642 Issue 6 R810, PERC H700 FW update not listed with local report.
TFSID 3593 Issue 7 A user saw a message saying that there was a missing or
expired 11th generation server license.
TFSID 2385 Issue 8 Custom Raid Configuration from UI is misleading.
TFSID 2281 Issue 9 Hardware Profile for iDRAC/network settings has incorrect modifiable parameters.
TFSID 1284 Issue 10 The Connection Profile of vCenter selected in Hypervisor Profile is not used for Deployment.
TFSID 2306 Issue 11 When clicking on the Dell Server Management Tab or the Dell Management Center icon, the Dell Management Plug-in throws an error saying the given vCenter <xyz> is not registered to the Dell Management appliance.