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Release Notes for Dell EMC XC Series Appliances
and XC Core Systems
Read this information prior to deploying your appliances or
systems.
Abstract
This document includes release notes and other important information
about the XC Series Appliances and XC Core Systems.
Dell EMC Release Notes
ugust 2018
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Revisions
Date
Description
March 2018
Added information on Kerberos.
November
2017
Initial release
August 2018
Updated content to include XC Core.
Revisions
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Table of contents
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Table of contents ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 Release notes ............................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 False SATADOM errors on 14th Generation PowerEdge servers based appliances ......................................... 5
1.2 GUI status does not update after an expand cluster o peration .......................................................................... 5
1.3 Foundation is downgraded during an expand cluster operation ........................................................................ 5
1.4 HTTP Status 500 error in Prism during a “Register Failover Cluster” or “Upgrade” operation .......................... 6
1.5 Kerberos setup for Hyper-V ................................................................................................................................ 7
2 Important SED information ........................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Correctly removing the SED ............................................................................................................................... 8
2.1.1 Reverting the drive to a usable state .................................................................................................................. 8
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Executive summary
Executive summary
NOTE: The information in this document applies t o both, Dell EMC XC Series Appliances as well as the Dell
EMC XC Core System offering. Sections or information that apply to only one of the offerings (XC Series or
XC Core) will be called out explicitly.
This document contains release notes and other valuable information for the Dell EMC XC Series Appliances
and XC Core Systems.
NOTE: You can identify 14th generation appliances as they have a numeral “4” in the model number, for
example XC640. The 13th generation appliances have a numeral “3 ” in t he m odel number, for example
XC630.
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Release notes
1 Release notes
1.1 False SATADOM errors on 14th Generation PowerEdge servers
based appliances
Description:
On XC Series appliances, which are based on 14th Generation PowerEdge systems, there may be a number
of messages in Prism and NCC checks referring to SATADOM issues.
Customers may encounter scenarios such as:
• No option to repair host boot device in Prism
• Issues with running SATADOM checks on the Prism Health page
• “SATADOM does not exist" error message in NCC logs
Solution:
This issue is caused by false reporting in NCC; N CC is expecting a SATADOM whereas 14th Generation
based systems use a mirrored BOSS configuration.
This issue still exists in NCC 3.1.2, check for newer NCC version.
1.2 GUI status does not update after an expand cluster operation
Description:
Following a cluster expansion operation, the P rism GUI does not show the updated cluster status.
Solution:
This is cosmetic only, the system refreshes after a minute, or you can refre sh t he page to update the current
status.
1.3 Foundation is downgraded during an expand cluster operation
Description:
When adding a new node to a cluster through the Expand Cluster operation, new nodes with a higher
installed Foundation version are downgraded to m atch the version running on the existing nodes. The
expected behavior is for the cluster to update Foundation on the cluster with the new node's higher versio n.
If either AOS or Foundation versions are lower on th e new node, they will be updated to existing cluster
version. This is expected behavior.
Solution:
This will be addressed in a future software relea se.
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Release notes
No other action is necessary. The Foundation version may remain as-is or you may update Foundation using
the update software process in Prism after completing cluster expansion.
An Improvement Request has been opened with Nutani x.
1.4 HTTP Status 500 error in Prism during a “Register Failover Cluster”
or “Upgrade” operation
Description:
On 14th Generation XC Series appliances, an error message has been seen in Prism while navigating to the
Settings Gear Icon, registering the Nutanix clust er with vCenter. Then completing the HTTP Prox y setup and
going to Upgrade Software. In addition, this was seen with Hyper-V 2012 R2 clusters in the process creating
a failover cluster.
Example screen of the error message.
Solution:
Nutanix is aware of this issue and a fix will be included in a f uture update.
For further help, contact Dell EMC Support.
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1.5 Kerberos setup for Hyper-V
After AOS 5.1.3, NTLM is no longer used for authenticat i on with the SMB containers. For more information
about Kerberos setup for Hyper-V, see:
Console-Guide-Prism-v51:hyp-kerberos-enable-t.html
https://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/docs/details?targetId=Web-
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2 Important SED information
2.1 Correctly removing the SED
If you incorrectly remove a Self-Encrypting Driv e (SED), it puts that drive into an unusable state. T o avoid this
situation, follow these instructions.
To remove a Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) from a Nut anix cluster:
Warning: Do not remove any SEDs from your key management server before properly removing them from
the Nutanix Cluster.
1. Use the Prism Web Console to prepare to remove the drive f or replacement.
1. As part of the disk removal process, the data encryption key (DEK) for that SED automatically cycle s
on the drive controller. The previous DEK is lost and al l new disk reads are indecipherable.
2. After this process completes, a yellow LED indicator blinks on the drive to be removed.
Note: Data previously written to the drive will be inaccessible aft er securely reverting an SED.
2.1.1 Reverting the drive to a usable state
You can securely revert the drive to a usable state using the SED's PSID serial number. You do this using the
self_encrypting_drive secure_revert command from the Nutanix CVM.
Note: Data previously written to the drive will be inaccessible aft er securely reverting an SED.
2.1.1.1 Nutanix KB articles
For more information, about this issue, see Nuta ni x Knowledge Base (KB) Article Number 1940, “Resetting
Self-Encrypted Drives,” and Nutanix KB Article Number 2554, “About Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) in a
Nutanix Cluster. You must log in using the Nutanix P ortal to access KB articles, go to https://my.nutanix.com
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