Dell PowerEdge Systems Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Release Notes
Summary
Stay up-to-date with critical changes, fixes, and enhancements across your server infrastructure. This comprehensive manual serves as release documentation, detailing new features, addressing known bugs, and outlining compatibility requirements for various operating systems and hypervisors (including SLES 15/Windows Server). It is essential reading for system administrators and IT professionals ensuring optimal stability, performance, and proper deployment of Dell PowerEdge servers.
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Dell Power Edge Systems Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Release Notes
August 2022 Rev. A17
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Dell Power Edge Systems Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Release Notes August 2022 Rev. A17
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Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of d...
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Contents Chapter 1: Release summary..........................................................................................................5 Chapter 2: Compatibility....................................
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Linux operating system fails to detect the Intel x710 card .....................................................................................18 System crashes when rebooted with SR-IOV-enabled QLog...
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Release summary SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (SLES 15) is the next major release from SUSE following on from SLES 12. Version 15 Service Pack 2 Release date July 2020 Release summary
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Compatibility Topics: Supported host operating systems and hypervisors Supported packages Supported host operating systems and hypervisors For all the supported host operating systems and hypervisors ...
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New and enhanced in this release The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 release includes changes to installation and the module system such as: Unified installer Installation without network using Packag...
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Fixes Topics: The version field in the output of the modinfo command for certain networking drivers is null SLES15 SP3 fails to recover the device from downstream port containment During the server op...
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The output of the modinfo command is similar to the following: modinfo -F version i40e <no output> Workaround Use the following command to retrieve the version of the network driver: ethtool -i ...
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MD RAID layer is not notified of the surprise removal of Samsung NVMe devices Description When a virtual disk is created on the MD RAID layer using a Samsung NVMe device, the MD RAID layer is not noti...
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Systems affected All Dell Power Edge systems Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 and later. Tracking number vsftpd utility may be terminated by out of memory killer process Description When FTP...
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Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 3 Tracking number /var/log/messages displays kernel warning messages in servers with NVDIMM-N persistent memory modules Description The followin...
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Solution The issue is resolved in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 2 maintenance update kernel version kernel-default-5.3.18-24.24.1. For more information, see SUSE Linux Enterprise Server...
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Status of the RAID 0 LV is displayed as Available when one of the members of the RAID array is surprise removed Description When Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is used to create a RAID 0 array and a mem...
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Software RAID virtual disk not detected during SLES 15 installation Description When you create a software RAID virtual disk using Dell Power Edge S130 and S140 controller, the virtual disk created is...
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Systems affected Dell Power Edge T340, Dell Power Edge T140, Dell Power Edge R340, and Dell Power Edge R240. Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Tracking number Unable to create or modify names...
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Solution Update system BIOS to 1.4.8 version. Systems affected Dell Power Edge R6515, Dell Power Edge R6525, Dell Power Edge R7515, and Dell Power Edge C6525. Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 1...
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4. Re-read the Slot Status Register to confirm that event bits are cleared by running the following command: setpci -s e0:03.1 CAP_EXP+0x1a.w Output: 0040 (value returned) 5. Unplug the drive and then...
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Solution The issue is resolved in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Maintenance Update kernel-default-4.12.14-197.29.1 version and later. Systems affected Dell P...
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Servers with the AMD Rome processor display a CCP initialization failure message in dmesg Description Servers with AMD Rome processor display the following messages in dmesg: CCP initialization failed...
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NOTE: This workaround may impact system performance. It is recommended that you upgrade the kernel version of your system to kernel-default-4.12.14-197.18.1 and later. Systems affected Dell Power Edge...
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Known issues Topics: Zoning changes on SFSS not reflected in the host System BIOS reports that system was reset due to timeout from operating system (OS) watchdog timer Booting into operating system f...
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Systems affected All Dell Power Edge servers Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 2 and later. Tracking number Booting into operating system fails on systems with TPM 1.2 chips Desc...
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NOTE: The workaround may not work when the system is locked. Gnome prevents accidental shutdown when the system is locked. As a security precaution, Gnome does not allow any power related actions such...
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Limitations This section summarizes the various limitations that exists in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 GA. For information on Kernel limitations, see Kernel Limits. For information on KVM limitati...
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Instructions for installing and upgrading Topics: Downloading SLES Installation prerequisites Installation process Upgrade process Downloading SLES You can standardize on SUSE Linux Enterprise with ex...
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Resources and support Topics: Related documentation for Linux Documentation resources Identifying the series of your Power Edge servers Downloading the drivers and firmware Related documentation for L...
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Table 1. Additional documentation resources for your server (continued) Task Document Location Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide. For information about installing Dell.com/operatin...
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Table 1. Additional documentation resources for your server (continued) Task Document Location (CMC), see the CMC User’s Guide. Working with the Dell For information about Dell.com/storagecontrollerma...
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Table 2. Power Edge servers naming convention and examples YX3X servers YX4X servers YX4XX servers YX5XX servers Power Edge M630 Power Edge M640 Power Edge R6415 Power Edge R6515 Power Edge M830 Power...
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Contacting Dell Technologies Dell Technologies provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country, region, and product, and some services may not b...
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| Published | June 04, 2026 |
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