Dell iDRAC6 for Blade Servers Version 3.5 Manual
Integrated Dell Remote
Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6)
Version 3.50
Release Notes
Release Type and Definition
iDRAC6 is systems management hardware and software solution that provides remote management capabilities, crashed
system recovery, and power control functions for Dell PowerEdge systems.
Version
iDRAC6 3.50.04 Rev A00
Release Date
: March 2013
Previous Version
iDRAC6 3.42
Importance
RECOMMENDED
feature enhancements or changes that will help keep your system software current and compatible with other system
modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software).
: Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains
Platforms Affected
iDRAC6 is supported on the following Dell PowerEdge systems in the Dell PowerEdge M1000e system enclosure:
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Dell PowerEdge M610
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Dell PowerEdge M710
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Dell PowerEdge M910
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Dell PowerEdge M610x
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Dell PowerEdge M710HD
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Dell PowerEdge M915
What is Supported?
Supported Managed Server Operating Systems
The following operating systems support iDRAC6:
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Microsoft Win d o w s S erver 2003 family:
o Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard, Enterprise, and DataCenter Editions) with SP2 (x86, x86_64)
o Windows Server 2003 Comp ute Cluster Edition
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Microsoft Windows S erver 2008 SP2 (Standar d , Enterprise, and DataCenter Editions) (x86, x86_64)
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Microsoft Windows S erver 2008 EBS x64 SP1 (St an dard and Premium Editions)
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Microsoft Windows S erver 2008 R2 SP1 (Standard, Enterprise, and D ataCenter Editions) ( x86_64)
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Microsoft Windows S erver 2012 (Standard, Enterprise, and DataCen ter Editions) (x86_ 64)
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Microsoft Windows S erver 2008 HPC Edition Se r ver R1/R2 SP1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 S P3 (x86_64)
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SUSE Linux Ente rprise Server (SLES) 10 SP4 (x 86_64 )
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SUSE Linux Ente rprise Server (SLES) 11 SP1 (x 86_64 )
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SUSE Linux Ente rprise Server (SLES) 11 SP2 (x 86_64 )
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Red Hat Enterprise L in u x (RHEL) 5.5 (x86, x86_64)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0 (x86_64) SP1
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Red Hat Enterprise L in u x (RHEL) 5.5 (x86, x86_64) SP7
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Red Hat Enterprise L in u x (RHEL) 5.8 (x86, x86_64)
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Red Hat Enterprise L in u x (RHEL) 6.2 (x86, x86_64)
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Hyper-V and Hyper-V R2
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VMware ESX 4.0 Update 3
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VMware ESX 4.1 Update 1
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VMware ESX 5.0
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ESXi 4.0 Update3 Fl ash an d HDD
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ESXi 4.1 Update 1 Flash and HDD
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ESXi 5i
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XenServer 5.6 HDD
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XenServer 5.6 FP 1 H D D
Note
: Use the Dell-customized ESXi 4.0 Update 1 Emb e dded edition. This image is availabl e at
support.dell.com and vmware.com. The remote deployment and local installation of ES X i through Virtual
Media is not supported for standard ESXi Embedded version 4. 0, as the installation may fail w ith the error
message, "Installation failed as more than one USB de vice found."
Supported Web Browsers
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Microsoft Inte r n et Explorer 7.0 for Windows S e r ver 2003 SP2, Windows Ser ver 2008 SP2, Windows XP 32-bit
SP3, and Windows Vista SP2
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Microsoft Inte r n et Explorer 8.0 for Windows S e r ver 2003 SP2, Windows Serve r 2008 S P2, Windows Server
2008 R2 x64, Windows XP 32-bit SP3, Windows 7, an d Windows Vista SP2.
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Internet Explorer 8 requires Java Runtime E n vironment (JRE) ve r sio n 1.6.14 or later
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 (64-bit) for Windows 7 (x86_64), Windiws Vista (x86_64) and Window s S erver
2008 R2 (x86_64),Win dows Server 2008 SP2 (x 86_6 4), Windows Server 2003 S P 2 (x86_64)
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 for Windows Vista (32-b i t) (64-bit) with S e r vice Pack 2 (SP2) or higher,
Windows 7 (32-bit) (64-bit) or higher, Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) (64-bit) with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or
higher, Windows S erver 2008 R2 64-bit
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.0 for Windows Vista ( 32-bit) (64-bit) with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or highe r,
Windows 7 (32-bit) (64-bit), Windows 8(64-bit) or highe r, Window s Server 2008 (32-bit) (64-bit) with Service
Pack 2 (SP2) or highe r, Windows Server 2008 R2 64-b it, Windows Server 2012 64-bit
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Mozilla Firefox 3.5 on W in d ows XP 32-bit SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP 2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, W i n dows
Server 2008 x64 R2, W indows Vista SP2, Windows 7 x 64
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Mozilla Firefox 4.0 on W in d ows XP 32-bit SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP 2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, W i n dows
Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7
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Mozilla Firefox 6 on Wind ow s XP 32-bit SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP 2, Windows Server 2008 SP 2, Windows
Server 2008 x64 R2, W indows Vista SP2, Windows 7 x64.
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Mozilla Firefox 7 on Wind ow s XP 32-bit SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP 2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows
Server 2008 x64 R2, W indows Vista SP2, Windows 7 x64.
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Mozilla Firefox on SLES 10 x64 SP3, SLES 11 x64 SP1, R H EL 5. 5 an d RHEL 6.0 x64 Native version.
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Mozilla Firefox 15 on Windows XP 32-bit SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows
Server 2008 x64 R2, W indows Vista SP2, Windows 7 x64.
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Mozilla Firefox 16 on Windows XP 32-bit SP3, Windows S e r ver 2003 SP2, Windows Serve r 2008 S P2, Windows
Server 2008 x64 R2, W indows Vista SP2, Windows 7 x64.
What’s New
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The following open source packages are upgraded:
o openssl - 1.0.0j
o openldap - 2.4.32
o libxml - 2.9.0
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The following DIMM configuration support is added for M915:
o UDIMM,4GB,1600,1RX8,4G,DDR3L
o UDIMM,8GB,1600,2RX8,4G,DDR3L
o RDIMM,4GB,1600,1RX8,4G,DDR3L
o RDIMM,8GB,1600,1RX4,4G,DDR3L
o RDIMM,16GB,1600,2RX4,4G,DDR3L
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Support for Internet Explorer 10 browser.
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Source email configuration through RACADM.
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Support for AMD Abu Dhabi CPU for M915, M910.
Fixes
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The
getconfig
properly.
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In the iDRAC Web interface, the
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M610 with an Amulet DX4000 Mezzanine card reboots the blade server after iDRAC firmware upgrade or downgrade.
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In the iDRAC6 Web interface, the SNMP Community string does not accepting an underscore character (_).
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The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request is invalid.
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Changes to IPMI over LAN setting in Lifecycle Controller (USC) is not displayed in the iDRAC6 Web interface.
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For the
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The
config
RACADM command does not display all the specified special characters.
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Single Sign On authentication does not work with non GMT time zone.
RACADM command output is not reflecting changes made to
closessn
RACADM command, a and i options does not close the remote RACADM sessions.
RACADM command accepts special characters for Group name for Standard Schema. But the
Important Notes
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You must disable the Enhanced Security Mode in Internet Explorer for the Java-based virtual console and virtual
media plug-in to function properly. Else, specify the ActiveX plug-in in the iDRAC6 configuration instead of Java. In
addition, you must add the iDRAC6 Web URL to the Intranet security zone only. Also, this zone settings must be
Medium-Low or lesser, for the control to function properly.
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To succ ess fully la unc h Vi rt ual Medi a, make sure that you have installed a 64-bit JRE version on a 64-bit operating
system with 64-bit browser or a 32-bit JRE version on a 32-bit operating system with 32-bit browser. iDRAC6 does
not support 64-bit ActiveX versions. Also, make sure that for Linux, the compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61 related
package is installed for launching Virtual Media. On Windows, the package may be included in the .NET framework
package.
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To use Virtual Console with Java plug-in, the supported JRE version is 1.6.0_20 or higher.
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For Remote Enablement auto-discovery, make sure that the user ID on the provisioning server does not contain any
spaces, as iDRAC6 user IDs may not contain spaces. If a user ID containing spaces is configured on the provisioning
server, the auto-discovery process may be successful, but the resulting iDRAC6 account is not be usable.
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The iDRAC6 can be updated using the DOS utility when DOS is booted using PXE. However, the new firmware image
has to be on a local media on the system for this to work properly. Local media can be a RAMDISK, HD, or a USB
key on the server. When the image is stored on non-local devices like a network drive, PXE server drive, and so on,
the iDRAC6 update on multiple systems must be sequenced that is, it should be done one system after the other.
After the first system completes the update, the second system starts the update. After the second system
completes the update, the third system starts the update and so on.
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On systems running Windows operating systems, the Explorer window(s) for any media does not close
automatically if you remove the media. You must close the window(s) after you remove the media. On systems
running Linux operating systems, the file browser window(s) for any media closes automatically if you remove the
media.
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iDRAC6 Linux DUPs do not support VMware ESX 4.0 operating systems. If the Linux DUP for iDRAC6 is run on
VMware ESX 4.0, the DUP fails. You can update iDRAC6 using one of the following interfaces:
o Chassis Management Controller Web interface
o iDRAC6 Web interface
o Remote RACADM
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If the message "A webpage is not responding on the following website" is displayed in Internet Explorer 8.0, see:
o //blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/05/04/ie8-in-windows-7-rc-reliability-and-telemetry.aspx
o //support.microsoft.com/?kbid=970858
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To execute iDRAC DUPs in XenServer 5.6, you must install the procmail package. You can install the procmail RPM
in CentOS 5.4 i386, which can be downloaded from any public site that hosts CentOS packages. However, it is
recomm ende d no t t o ins ta ll a ny RP Ms ma nua lly on Xe nSer ve r, inst ead dow nlo ad an d ins tal l the OpenManage
cfgServerFirstBootDevice
About
page does no t di spl a y th e c or re c t iDRAC firmware version.
object
getconfig
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