Dell iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller Version 2.13.13.12 Manual

Integrated Dell Remote

Access Controller 8

(iDRAC8) and iDRAC7

with Lifecycle

Controller for Dell

PowerEdge Servers

Version 2.13.13.12

Release Notes

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)

iDRAC is a systems management hardware and software solution that provides remote management capabilities, crashed system recovery, and power control funct i ons for Dell PowerEdge sy s t ems.

Lifecycle Controller (LC-GUI)

An out-of-band mechanism for configuring the platform, applying firmware updates, saving or restoring a system backup, or deploying an operating system, either by using a GUI or a remote scripting language. Lifecycle Controller GUI provides advance d embedded systems management and is delivered as part of Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8). The GUI enables remote systems management in a one-to-one method and is accessible by pressing F10 during system boot.

Lifecycle Controller Remote Services (LC-RS)

LC-RS provides advanced embedded systems management and is delivered as part of iDRAC8 and iDRAC7. LC-RS enables remote systems management in a one-to-many method. Remote Services uses WS-Management (WS-MAN) protocol based Web services interface to remotely provision and manage the servers.

Important Notes for This Release

Support for using a common iDRAC firmware across Dell 12th and 13th generation PowerEdge servers. You can apply the same (2.13.13.12) version on a 13th generation Pow erEdge server with iDRAC8 and a 12th generation PowerEdge server with iDRAC7.

• Enables direct upgrade to version 2.13.13.12 from 2.xx.xx.xx and 1.xx.xx.

Note: You cannot downgra de to version 1.xx.xx on a 13th genera tion PowerEdge server . On a 12th generation PowerEdge system you can downgrade to 1.xx.xx version. However, you must ensure that you downgrade iDRAC before downgrading Lifecycle Controller.

• Supports features such as SNMPv3 traps, combined functionality of Tech Support Report with iDRAC Service

Module, security enhancements, and code stability are supported on the Dell 12th generation PowerEdge servers. However, it does not support features that are inherent to the 13th generation of PowerEdge servers and their system board, such as Easy Restore, optional Quick Sync bezel and so on. For more information on the features supported, see Licensable Features In iDRAC7 and iDRAC8 in the iDRAC UG or see the related white paper available at the Dell TechCenter.

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Version

iDRAC 2.13.13.12 (applies to both iDRAC7 and iDRAC8) Lifecycle Controller 2.13.13.12

Release Date

June 2015

Previous Version

Importance

RECOMMENDED: Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature enhancements or changes that will help keep your system software current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software).

Platform(s) Affected

iDRAC8 and LC is supported on the following 13th generation PowerEdge system:

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PowerEdge R930

What is Supported?

License Requirements

• Software licensing has replaced hardware licensing. For more information, see the Integrated Dell Remote

Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) and iDRAC 7 v2.10.10.10 User 's Guide, available at

dell.com/support/manuals.

• Many features in Lifecycle Controller are licensed. You must install the appropriate license to use these

features. For more information, see the Introduction section in the Dell Lifecycle Controller GUI v2.10.10.10

User’s Guide, available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Supported Managed Server Operating Systems for iDRAC7 and iDRAC8

The following operating systems are supported by iDRAC7 and iDRAC8:

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Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Foundation Edition Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise Edition

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Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard Edition

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Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Datacenter Edition

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Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Embedded Systems

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Windows Server 2008 SP2 x32

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Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64

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Windows Server 2012 Foundation Edition

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Windows Server 2012 Essentials Edition

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Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition

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Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation Edition

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Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Edition

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Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition

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Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition

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Windows Server 2012 for Embedded Systems (Base and R2 SP1)

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WinPE 3.0 32 bit

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WinPE 4.0 32 bit

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WinPE 4.0 64 bit

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WinPE 5.0 64 bit

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

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VMware vSphere 5.1 U3

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VMware vSphere 5.5 U2

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VMware vSphere 6.0

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Citrix XenServer 6.2

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Citrix XenServer 6.5

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Supported Web Browsers for iDRAC7 and iDRAC8

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft Internet Explorer 10

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Safari version 7.1

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Safari version 8.0

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Mozilla Firefox version 32

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Mozilla Firefox version 33

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Google Chrome version 37

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Google Chrome version 38

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What’s New

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Support for the following PowerEdge system:

PowerEdge R930

iDRAC – Fixes

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VNC password is not retained in iDRAC after an iDRAC reboot.

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Assertion of PSx-PG-Fail in the SEL will be automatically de-asserted upon recovery of PSU-Good or removal of related PSU.

iDRAC - Important Notes

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Lifecycle Controller features such as Auto Discovery and vFlash are now licensed. Install the correct licenses for Lifecycle Controller Remote Services to work properly.

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Only if there is one or more network interface cards (NDC or LOM) present on the managed system,

Network Devices

For the virtual console and virtual media to function properly, iDRAC8 web URL must be added to the Local

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Intranet site list and the security level for the Local Intranet zone must be set to Medium-Low. In addition, if Virtual Console and Virtual Media are configured to use Java plug-in, disable the in Internet Explorer. If this is not possible, then in iDRAC8, configure Virtual Console to use the ActiveX plug-in.

If the instant messenger is launched in the Virtual Console viewer with ActiveX native plug-in and another

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application is started (example Notepad, WordPad, and so on) without minimizing the Virtual Console, the instant messenger box also pops-up on other applications. This does not happen with Java plug-in.

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When a system is in POST, it is not possible to attach a vFlash partition as the first boot device. Virtual Console Viewer from iDRAC8 Web interface terminates when the managed system is restarted.

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A pop-up message is not displayed to confirm if test emails are successfully sent or not.

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For iDRAC8 Enterprise, when the Virtual Console is disabled and Virtual Media is disabled and/or detached, the console port (default: 5900) remains open. For iDRAC8 Express (no Virtual Console or Virtual Media) the console port is open.

If auto-negotiation is enabled while setting iDRAC8 network, 1 Gbps is not supported and you cannot

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manually select it.

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A USB device mounted through Virtual Media in floppy emulation mode for a Linux operating system shows as a removable volume.

During system power operations, if the video mode changes, the message "Out of range" may appear for a

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short while on the Virtual Console.

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When using the Virtual Console in native console mode with Internet Explorer versions 8 and 9, if an F1/F2 prompt is encountered, pressing F1 displays the Virtual Console online help pop-up in addition to continuing with the system boot.

appears under

Overview

Hardware

section in the iDRAC web interface.

Enhanced Security Mode

Pass all keystrokes to server

disabled in

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When any of the storage enclosure components are removed, the corresponding details are not displayed. Only the name and status attributes are displayed.

When certain RAID operations are requested using WS-MAN on non-RAID cards such as, the Dell SAS

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6Gbs HBA or the Internal Tape Adapter, the operation succeeds, however the job fails with the error message "Unable to locate device in current configuration".

If the iDRAC8 network is configured to use a shared LOM and the spanning tree is enabled on the LOM port,

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WS-MAN and remote service commands may time-out in the following scenarios:

- At system reboot

- When CSIOR is running

- While entering SSM The connectivity lost is variable. In typical cases, it is approximately:

- 40 seconds at system reboot and varies per NIC or link speed

- 20 seconds when CSIOR is running

- 40-60 seconds while entering SSM

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The reason is that when spanning tree is enabled, the switch does not allow the link to re-establish the connection after a reset until it completes checking for network loops. Server reboots reset the NIC and disconnects the link.

Note

: This does not occur while using dedicated NIC because server reboots do not affect the dedicated NIC.

When logging in to iDRAC8 web interface using Internet Explorer 9 and IPv6 address, the co nne c t ion may

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not succeed. To resolve this, make sure that in

Connections

On PowerEdge systems with cabled power supply units installed (that is, PSUs which do not provide PMBus

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support), power values may still be displayed in the iDRAC8 web and LCD interfaces. Due to lack of PMBus support in the PSUs, the power values displayed on the GUI pages, including the

Front Panel

Due to the independent nature of the alert processes (e-mail, SMTP, remote syslog), when changing the

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licenses that affect alert features (example, email alerts for Express or remote syslog for Enterprise) there is no guarantee of the timing of the features being activated or deactivated when the license changes.

In the iDRAC web interface, when the

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minutes for the inventory data to be collected. After the data collection is complete, refresh the page to display the inventory data.

Make sure to synchronize the iDRAC time with the management station’s time to avoid certificate related

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issues. If the time is not synchronized, issues such as server certificate expiration may be seen. If this occurs, re-synchronize iDRAC time with the management station’s time and reboot iDRAC.

On a system running Linux, after launching the Virtual Console, if you click a menu item and it remains open,

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the Ctrl + Alt + L keystroke sent from iDRAC to the host system does not lock the host system. The behavior is same as using a local keyboard.

The default time zone value is US Central Time. To make sure Single Sign-On (SSO) and Directory Service

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TFA (smart card) continue to work properly, the iDRAC time zone must match the time zone where iDRAC is located, assuming Active Directory server's time zone is already configured to match the Active Directory's location. For example, if Active Directory server is located at US Eastern time zone and iDRAC is located at US Pacific time zone, Active Directory server has to be configured as US Eastern time zone (this is Active Directory server configuration and is normally configured), and iDRAC must be configured as US Pacific time zone. For more information to configure the time zone, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) and iDRAC7 v2.10.10.10 User's Guide.

If the management station is using MAC operating system, it takes more time to launch the Virtual Console

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due to the following DNS search issue:

domains

The help page for the Export and Import of Server Profile feature does not provide the correct share name.

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See the Web Services Interface Guide available at Dell TechCenter for the correct share name.

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Remote Sys Log settings take effect only if you do the following:

- Enable remote syslog feature

- Specify the server address and port number

- Enable

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When creating a Virtual Media image from a folder, the output image file size is at least 512 MB.

LAN Settings

page, may not be correct.

Remote SysLog

, the

Use automatic configuration script

System Inventory

option on the

Internet Explorer

page is accessed for the first time, it takes up to two

http://www.eigenspace.org/2011/07/fixing-osx-lion-dns-search-

Alerts

page

Tools

option is cleared.

Internet Options

Overview

Hardware

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