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Rev. A01 October 2021 i DRAC9 Version 5.00.10.20 Release Notes Release Summary Topics: Previous Versions New and enhanced features Fixes Deprecated features Known issues — To be fixed in future releas...
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New and enhanced features i DRAC and LC firmware Support for configurable TDP (c TDP) in Power Edge R6515, Power Edge R7515, Power Edge R7525, Power Edge C6525, and Power Edge XE8545. Support for NVID...
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Deprecated features The following table displays the features that are listed as Deprecated* or Removal**: Features i DRAC9 i DRAC9 for 15th-Generation i DRAC9 for 16th-Generation Power Edge Power Edg...
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i DRAC and LC firmware Table 3. Changes in BIOS attribute not reflecting in i DRAC GUI Description Changes made to BIOS attribute not displaying in i DRAC GUI after a successful import job was perform...
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Table 8. v Flash detaching after i DRAC firmware update (continued) Systems All systems supported by this release. Affected Tracking number Table 9. Backplane Rollback contents not populating in i DRA...
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Table 13. LC logs display incorrect message for PSU update (continued) Systems All DCS sleds supported by this release. Affected Tracking number Table 14. Getting RAC0182 message after upgrading i DRA...
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Table 19. Repetitive PR7 messages related to PSU in LC logs after a system erase operation Description When the system is powered on manually after performing a system erase on LC data, several messag...
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Table 24. Boot mode error during OS deployment Description While deploying OS using LC UI, if the current boot mode is set to UEFI and you change the boot mode to BIOS and click Finish on the last LC ...
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Table 29. Service Validator reporting errors for Redfish API services Description To continue support firmware backward compatible, you may get errors for Redfish API services in the Service Validator...
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Table 35. Get operation not displaying model or serial number for PCIe devices Description If you perform a Get operation for a PCIe device using Redfish API, the response may not display the model an...
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Table 41. LC logs display incorrect version change for disks Description After a disk firmware upgrade, LC logs may report it as a firmware downgrade with PR36 message. Workaround Restart the host sys...
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Table 46. Degraded crash and boot log video quality (continued) Systems All systems supported by this release. Affected Tracking number Table 47. Lagging keyboard or mouse Description Internal buffer ...
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Table 52. Disabling local server video attribute in i DRAC virtual console not supported (continued) Systems Power Edge C6525, Power Edge C6400. Affected Tracking number Table 53. Webserver restarts a...
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7. While generating Server Configuration Profile templates using the Clone or Replace option, ensure that the template is updated using a password that complies with the restrictions set on the target...
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Monitoring and alerting 1. OS collector application is now bundled with i DRAC Service Module version 4.0.1 and later versions. After i DRAC firmware is upgraded to version 4.40.40.00 or later version...
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11. FRU objects or properties for Network adapters that are embedded on the motherboard are not available through any of the i DRAC interfaces. 12. The i DRAC feature “Topology LLDP” is not supported ...
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7. If you are configuring a Gemalto based Key Secure SEKM Server with i DRAC, and to get the redundancy feature functional, copy the certificates manually from primary Gemalto Key Secure cluster to se...
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Limitations Authentication 1. LC supports the following characters for username and password: Alphabets (a-z, A-Z) Numbers (0-9) Special characters (-, _, .) 2. If there are no slots available to add ...
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6. The "Discovered Servers" view of Group Manager may not show available i DRACs as available to onboard. Verify that the i DRACs are on the same link local network and not separated by a ro...
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10. Before performing any network operations, verify that the network is configured with the network cable connected. In some scenarios, a warning message may not be displayed but the operation may fa...
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Security 1. Cryptographic Erase operation is not supported for hot-plugged NVMe disks. Cold reboot (power cycle) the server before starting the operation. If the operation continues to fail, ensure th...
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2. Due to a limitation of Google Chrome browser, HTML5 virtual console intermittently displays the following error message: Chrome ran out of memory while trying to display the webpage. 3. When access...
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Power Edge R540 Power Edge R550 Power Edge R640 Power Edge R650 Power Edge R650xs Power Edge R740 Power Edge R740xd Power Edge R740xd2 Power Edge R750 Power Edge R750xa Power Edge R750xs Power Edge R8...
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OEMR R440 OEMR R450 OEMR R550 OEMR R640 OEMR R650 OEMR R650xs OEMR R6415 OEMR R6515 OEMR R6525 OEMR R750 OEMR R750xa OEMR R750xs OEMR R7525 OEMR R7515 OEMR R7415 OEMR R7425 OEMR R740 OEMR R840 OEMR R9...
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Supported web browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Microsoft EDGE Safari 12.x Mozilla Firefox 64 Mozilla Firefox 65 Google Chrome 75 Google Chrome 76 Supported software Java Java - Oracle version O...
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1. Go to https://www.dell.com/support. 2. In the Enter a Service Tag, Serial Number... field, type the Service Tag or the model number of your server, and press Enter or click the search icon. 3. On t...
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Accessing documents using direct links You can directly access the documents using the following links: Table 54. Direct links for documents URL Product https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals i DRAC and Li...
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