Dell PowerEdge MX7000 User Manual

Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise-Modular Edition Version 1.00.10 for PowerEdge MX7000 Chassis

Release Notes

Feb rua ry 201 9 Rev . A 00

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Contents

Chapter 1: Release summary..........................................................................................................5

Chapter 2: Compatibility............................................................................................................... 6

Supported systems............................................................................................................................................................. 6

Supported web browsers...................................................................................................................................................6

Chapter 3: New and enhanced features......................................................................................... 7

Chapter 4: Fixes............................................................................................................................ 8

Bandwidth and port details............................................................................................................................................... 8

Single Sign-On with CSR................................................................................................................................................... 8

Storage sled and storage IOM updates.......................................................................................................................... 8

Root password application................................................................................................................................................ 9

FCoE virtual MAC addresses............................................................................................................................................ 9

OME-Modular unresponsive............................................................................................................................................. 9

HTTPS firmware catalog share........................................................................................................................................ 9

Compute sled firmware updates in member chassis...................................................................................................9

Compute sled updates........................................................................................................................................................9

Failure of compute sled updates in MCM...................................................................................................................... 9

FIPS enabled systems....................................................................................................................................................... 10

Deployment and configuration job................................................................................................................................. 10

Migrating profiles............................................................................................................................................................... 10

Firmware update failure....................................................................................................................................................10

Login failure......................................................................................................................................................................... 10

OME-Modular version information for member chassis...........................................................................................10

Failure of compute sled updates in MCM.................................................................................................................... 10

Firmware update job status..............................................................................................................................................11

Single management module connectivity......................................................................................................................11

Chapter 5: Important Notes......................................................................................................... 12

Security................................................................................................................................................................................ 12

Chapter 6: Known issues.............................................................................................................. 13

Unable to restore network configuration attributes..................................................................................................13

Fault list does not contain HWC2131............................................................................................................................. 13

Chassis KVM output may be lost after AC power outage in chassis.................................................................... 14

ISL Cabling Diagram not shown correctly in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer......................................... 14

Unable to view details of template created from a reference device................................................................... 14

Firmware catalog may be deleted automatically after editing................................................................................ 15

Error displayed when creating a local user account under certain conditions.................................................... 15

Cannot perform a graceful shut down of all compute sleds................................................................................... 15

Check Compliance operation fails to run and no error message is displayed......................................................15

Unable to deploy chassis profile after removing syslog or SNMP destinations..................................................16

Unable to edit firmware catalog in specific scenarios...............................................................................................16

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Unable to restore iDRAC from the lead chassis......................................................................................................... 16

Unable to export chassis profile using hostname or FQDN.....................................................................................16

Request to join a group fails when using Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer.................................................. 17

Devices may not appear after being moved from the lead chassis to a member chassis................................17

Set Proxy operation fails when using a hostname ending with a numeric character........................................17

Using special characters while setting iDRAC password causes error................................................................. 17

Descriptive error not displayed when compute sled is in lockdown mode and VLAN settings are

changed............................................................................................................................................................................18

Last run date for some jobs may be displayed incorrectly after firmware update.............................................18

Unable to start MM Update when IOMs or storage components are selected as chassis components

while updating firmware from baselines................................................................................................................... 18

IOM firmware updates fail intermittently when IOMs are selected as part of chassis component

while updating firmware from baselines................................................................................................................... 18

Multiple Firmware Update jobs start for IOMs or storage devices when IOMs or storage devices are

selected while updating firmware from baselines.................................................................................................. 19

OME - Modular slows down while deploying many compute sleds in 20 chassis setup...................................19

PowerEdge MX 10GbT PTM is not displayed on chassis Group Topology page................................................19

MCM Lead chassis does not display alerts from chassis components................................................................. 19

Bandwidth settings are not deployed on IOMs in fabric mode when an imported template is used............20

Alerts are not received through SYSLOG, SNMP, or EMAIL after downgrading OME-Modular

firmware.......................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Chapter 7: Limitations................................................................................................................. 21

Chapter 8: Installation................................................................................................................. 22

Downloading OME-Modular firmware.......................................................................................................................... 22

Updating firmware in OME-Modular.............................................................................................................................22

Chapter 9: Resources and support...............................................................................................23

Chapter 10: Contacting Dell EMC.................................................................................................24

Contents

Release summary

The Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise - Modular is a system management hardware and software solution for managing the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 chassis.

Version

1.00.10

Release date

February 2019

Priority and recommendations

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

Release summary 5

Topics:

• Supported systems

Supported web browsers

•

Supported systems

Chassis

● Dell PowerEdge MX7000

Sleds

● Dell PowerEdge MX740c

● Dell PowerEdge MX840c

● Dell PowerEdge MX5016s

Compatibility

I-O Modules

● PowerEdge MX 25Gb — Ethernet Pass-Through Module

● PowerEdge MX 10GBASE-T — Ethernet Pass-Through Module

● PowerEdge MX5000s — SAS Switch

● Dell EMC MX9116n — Fabric Switching Engine

● Dell EMC MX7116n — Fabric Expander Module

● Dell EMC MX5108n — Ethernet Switch

● Dell EMC MXG610s — Fibre Channel Switch

Supported web browsers

● Google Chrome version 63

● Google Chrome version 64

● Mozilla Firefox version 57

● Mozilla Firefox version 58

● Microsoft EDGE

● Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

● Safari version 11

6 Compatibility

New and enhanced features

● Manages up to 20 chassis using a single interface—web or RESTful interface

● Enables editing a VLAN after deployment, from the Fabric Details page

● Certified for Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 standards. For details, see certificate #2861 at

csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/Certificate/2861

New and enhanced features 7

Topics:

• Bandwidth and port details

Single Sign-On with CSR

•

• Storage sled and storage IOM updates

• Root password application

• FCoE virtual MAC addresses

• OME-Modular unresponsive

• HTTPS firmware catalog share

• Compute sled firmware updates in member chassis

• Compute sled updates

• Failure of compute sled updates in MCM

• FIPS enabled systems

• Deployment and configuration job

• Migrating profiles

• Firmware update failure

• Login failure

• OME-Modular version information for member chassis

• Failure of compute sled updates in MCM

• Firmware update job status

• Single management module connectivity

Fixes

Bandwidth and port details

Corrected the bandwidth and port details for MX5108n and MX9116n IOMs displayed in the OME-Modular Help for Fabrics Topology.

Tracking number

102685

Single Sign-On with CSR

Fixed an issue to facilitate working of OME-Modular to iDRAC Single Sign-On (SSO) with CSR-generated certificates.

Tracking number

106477

Storage sled and storage IOM updates

Fixed an issue to enable update of storage sleds when scheduled with storage IOMs (PowerEdge MX5000s, Dell EMC MXG610s) as a single job during a compliance report-based update.

Tracking number

107979

8 Fixes

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