Release Notes - Emerson Network Power
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1. DELL DRAC 5 Tested PowerEdge 2950 with DRAC5 firmware version 1 33 DELL 10G Tested R805v running firmware version 1 44 DELL BladeCenter DRAC MC Tested with firmware version 1 3 build 06 12 DELL M1000e Chassis Tested with CMC firmware versions 1 30 and 2 00 DELL iDRAC Blade Server M600 Tested with iDRAC firmware versions 1 20 Build 11 1 40 Build 12 DELL iDRAC Blade Server M605 Tested with iDRAC firmware version 1 1 DELL iDRAC Blade Server M610 Tested with iDRAC firmware version 2 02 Build 4 DELL iDRAC Blade Server M710 Tested with iDRAC firmware version 2 02 Build 4 DELL iDRAC Blade Server M805 Tested with iDRAC firmware version 1 40 Build 12 HP IPMI Tested DL140 with IPMI 2 0 firmware version 2 12 HP iLo Tested DL585 with iLo firmware version 1 84 HP iLo2 Tested DL385G2 with iLo2 firmware version 1 42 HP BladeSystem Tested with OA firmware version 1 30 and iLo2 blade firmware version 1 22 Standalone SUN servers only Blade servers not supported in SUN iLom this release Standalone SUN servers only Blade servers not supported in SUN Alom this release Tested Fire Netra 240 with aLom firmware version 1 6 9 Fujitsu Technology Solutions iRMC Tested BX600S2 with iRMC firmware version 2 21G Fujitsu Technology Solutions iRMC S2 Tested RX200 S4 with iRMC2 firmware version 3 44A Sun eLOM Tested2. NOTE If the DSView software is used with the MergePoint SP manager for this feature the DSView software be upgraded to version 3 7 0 151 to support this functionality Specific RSA_II server firmware compatibility verified in testing of this release includes Server ASM Firmware Version x3550 GFEP33B x3650 GGEP36B x3650 GGEP37A x3950 A3EP36B 2 Enhanced Alert messaging Corrected issue where the From address on alert E mails from the MergePoint SP manager did not include domain name Support Issues addressed in this release 65537325 65530042 65523922 65426507 65529220 partial 65531248 65526554 The following features are added or bugs are fixed in previous releases starting with version 1 2 0 7 1 Added system session status page For each of managed service processor there is System Session web page showing its session status Connection test for DirectCommand Connection test for DirectCommand tells user why the DirectCommand operation is failed This feature saves the time and effort for troubleshooting of this problem Supported setup wizard for deployment Setup wizard tells user where to start This lets user spend less time on configuration and deployment The wizard configuration can also be saved to a file and applied to another appliance Supported default IP address If MergePoint appliance is failed to obtain an IP address from DHCP server the default IP address will be
3. 19 20 21 Improved the performance of DirectCommand The time used to setup a DirectCommand is decreased It s faster to connect DirectCommand Showed actual DSView software user in the active session for sessions created from the DSView software Supported SuperMicro IPMI 2 0 card Recorded accounting Logs for both starting and stopping system sessions Support to show HP iLo iLo2 IML iLo Management Log Fixed compact flash corruption issues Disabled unnecessary writes and corrected a control register offset
4. used instead Supported new service processor Sun eLOM 6 Supported new service processor Fujitsu Technology Solutions iRMC S2 10 11 14 15 16 Improved license page Improved license web page shows not only how many licenses are used but also how many licenses are available Solved the problem of abnormal exiting of SoL session Fixed the problem of abnormal exiting of SoL session when user type Ctrl C Changed default root password from avocent to Sydney Changed menu system for console application for MergePoint 5200 appliance and MergePoint 5300 appliance Supported the distinguishing between DELL DRAC3 and DELL DRAC4 in Discovery 12 13 Supported the distinguishing between HP iLO and HP iLO2 in Discovery Added support for Sun iLOM in Discovery Discovery can show iLOM as its real type The previous versions of Discovery can only show it as IPMI Fixed the bug of Cannot start DHCP service when Domain Name is empty Fixed the bug of Discovery and Manage DELL DRAC3 ERA Embedded RAC Access Controller Added safe shutdown for the appliance and enhanced file system Added safe shutdown function in the appliance User can safely power off the appliance with it In addition Ext3 is used instead of Ext2 If the file system of the appliance is corrupt it will try to fix the file system first If it is not recoverable then the appliance will run with factory default settings 17 18
5. workaround this issue we recommend that the BladeChassis and DSR switch are discovered and merged within DSView software and the BladeChassis is discovered within the MergePoint SP manager then each blade in the MergePoint SP manager discovered chassis is individually merged with the associated blade in the DSView software discovered chassis The KVM and vMedia function of IBM Blade is integrated with the KVM vMedia of IBM BladeCenter s KVM vMedia So you can access each blade through KVM applet of BladeCenter You can visit DRAC MC s digital KVM vMedia for a blade through Browser session ONLY IF the client can communicate with the digital KVM s IP directly Sometimes autologin operation to DRAC MC servers do not complete and display Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage or blank page if default browser is FF3 The autologin operation has been observed to complete if the page is refreshed You can visit KVM vMedia of a HP Blade through HP BladeCenter s Browser session or Autologin interface ONLY IF the client can communicate with the Blade s IP directly HP Blade can t be accessed directly from HP OA via DirectCommand So if you want to visit the HP Blade via BladeCenter you need to add every blade as an SP and then you are able to visit the SP s vKVM ILOM s KVM VM applet needs input username and password manually The M1000e web interface cannot be opened using the FireFox 3 b
6. Fire x2200 M2 with eLOM firmware version 3 20 DirectCommand Functionality Browser session Auto login VKVM support per SP SP Type lett Autologin KVM VM ae l Specific Notes IPMI1 5 Yes 1 IPMI2 0 Yes 1 ALOM Yes 1 DRAC 3 Yes Yes Yes 2 SP Type AE Autologin KVM VM Sia l Specific Notes DRAC 4 Yes Yes Yes 3 DRAC 5 Yes Yes Yes 3 4 5 ILO Yes Yes Yes Yes ILO2 Yes Yes Yes Yes IE Yes IE 6 ELOM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7 IBM RSAII SLIM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 8 9 10 11 12 iRMC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes iIRMC S2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Error Reference IBM BladeCenter Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes source not found 13 28 IBM Blade Yes Yes 13 DRAC MC Yes 15 16 DRAC MC Blade Yes Yes 15 HP BladeSystem Yes Yes 17 HP Blade Yes Yes 17 ILOM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 M1000e Yes Yes 19 20 21 22 23 iDRAC Blades Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes eee Be EEN Specific Notes 1 IPMI1 5 IPMI2 0 or ALOM has no web management interface itself by default but it can be integrated with a web interface In this case when you customize a SP profile for the IPMI SP and set the web port and web scheme you are able to use Browser session 2 For web browsers in some particular OS i e Linux if Java Applet in the web browser have no privilege to listen on Port 443 of local IP address 127 the Browser session autologin or v
7. KVM won t work It is because the Java Applet in web page of Dell DRAC3 uses the hard coded port 443 to communicate but DirectCommand applets of MergePoint appliance can t redirect the communication between the web client and DRAC3 via port 443 due to the privileges 3 When the maximum number of sessions in DRAC4 or DRAC5 has been reached the autologin or KVM will be failed You need to reset the firmware of the SP via Telnet or SSH The command for reset the SP firmware racadm racreset 18 19 20 21 If DirectCommand launches for DRAC5 servers are unsuccessful insure that the JRE is set to allow temporary file storage and that previous temporary files are deleted through the Java Control Panel Sometimes vKVM DirectCommand launches for DRAC5 servers are unsuccessful and only show a blank screen when running from the Firefox browser In this case we have seen successful operation using the IE browser The iLO2 KVM runs with ActiveX in IE browser and with Applet in other browser e g Firefox The KVM with ActiveX integrates Virtual Media while KVM with applet does not iLO remote console vVKVM does not support multi session in MS IE via DirectCommand VKVM operation to ELOM servers may conflict with other network services commonly run on server machines If conflicts occur we suggest performing these operations on a workstation computer instead of a server computer When a vKVM session is connected on a RSA_II server a
8. MergePoint 53xx Service Processor Manager Firmware Release Notes V 1 4 0 11 October 22 2009 This document includes 1 Instructions for upgrading Features and enhancements 2 3 Supported Service Processors SP and DirectCommand functionality per SP 4 Constraints and conditions 5 Features and enhancements from previous release 1 2 1 16 Please refer to the MergePoint appliance Installer User Guide for more information on how to upgrade the MergePoint service processor manager to version 1 4 0 11 NOTE If the current version of the MergePoint SPM 5324 5340 is 1 2 0 13 or earlier please upgrade to version 1 2 1 07 before upgrading to version 1 4 0 11 This note does not affect the MergePoint SPM 5300 appliance The following features are added or bugs are fixed in this release 1 Added support for Dell M1000e Chassis NOTE If the DSView 3 management software is used with the MergePoint service processor manager for this feature the DSView 3 software must be upgraded to version 3 7 1 58 to support this functionality Specific CMC firmware versions used in M1000e compatibility testing include 1 30 and 2 00 2 Added support for Dell iDRAC Blade Servers within M1000e Chassis NOTE If the DSView 3 management software is used with the MergePoint service processor manager for this feature the DSView 3 software must be upgraded to 3 7 1 58 to support this functionality Specific iDRAC or iDRACE blade servers firmware vers
9. ions used in compatibility testing include Blade Server iDRAC Firmware Versions PowerEdge M600 iDRAC 1 20 Build 11 1 40 Build 12 PowerEdge M605 iDRAC 1 1 PowerEdge M610 iDRAC6 2 02 Build 4 PowerEdge M710 iDRAC6 2 02 Build 4 PowerEdge M805 iDRAC 1 40 Build 12 3 Serial Over LAN Improvements Serial Over Lan SoL behavior after reboot was improved to enable continued communications 4 Stability Improvements An issue that caused system instability and eventual shutdown when user profiles were added has been corrected 5 Handling of Oversized Network Frames An issue was corrected where the appliance would lock up when the MTU was configured to be greater than 1522 bytes and a frame larger than the MTU size was received Support Issues addressed in this release 65542537 65555134 65529220 65528800 The following SPs are supported in this release Note that we have not verified every SP model and firmware version SO some incompatibilities with particular models may be seen Service Processor Notes IPMI 1 5 IPMI 2 0 IBM RSA II Tested 3950 with firmware version ASEP36B The BladeCenter Management Module BCMM is not supported but its successor the Advanced Management Module BCAMM is supported Tested with firmware version BPET48N IBM BladeCenter DELL DRAC 3 DELL DRAC 4 Service Processor Notes
10. re configured hostname for a service processor when delivered to the MergePoint appliance DHCP server will be used as the default alias name Otherwise the IP address will be used as the default alias name With respect to the M1000e CMC chassis power down command all servers within the chassis must power down successfully in order for the M1000e CMC to power down successfully Otherwise an error message is delivered to the OBWI indicating a protocol failure due to the M1000e chassis command not completing This behavior is specific to the M1000e CMC and not to the MergePoint appliance OBWI Occasionally a MergePoint appliance configured with a static IP address may revert to a dynamic IP address following a web upgrade Please reboot the MergePoint appliance to restore the static IP address When using PXE provisioning and DHCP assigned addresses both services should not be executing simultaneously This action may cause the DHCP service to errantly assign an address for which the PXE provisioning service is responsible and vice versa This release adds further enhancements and bug fixes to the feature set originally released as version 1 2 0 7 The following features are added or bugs are fixed in this release 1 Improved RSA_II DirectCommand functionality Corrected interoperability issues with autologin and vKVM operation where SP unavailable message was sometimes displayed and vKVM viewer applet did not initialize properly
11. rowser which also affects the browser link within the MergePoint appliance Instead the autologin link can be used or Internet Explorer 7 M1000e autologin sessions are not automatically restarted upon session timeout Click the autologin link again to restart the session The M1000e Single Sign in functionality cannot be supported when logged in using the browser login Use autologin for this functionality 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 When connecting to an iDRAC blade using the M1000e Single Sign in feature the blade s vKVM connection is only functional if the default VKVM ports are configured in the blade If the vKVM ports are redefined then vKVM is only supported through a DirectCommand FIX GLOBALLY session to the blade The CMC web interface login selection within the iDRAC blade web interface is not forwarded through the MergePoint appliance Instead the M1000e autologin link should be used to access the CMC web interface Occasionally autologins to an iDRAC blade are rejected and a DirectCommand Applet Error is presented that contains an error string from the blade such as Failure_Session_Creation Workarounds include retrying the autologin after a few minutes retrying blade login through the chassis Single Sign in feature or resetting the blade Sometimes after a session expires the iDRAC blade logout selection is not processed If this occurs close the browser window or tab The autologin a
12. second login with the same userid will cause the original VKVM session to be disconnected So a second login through the MergePoint SP manager will cause the first vKVM session to be disconnected This behavior is by design in the RSA_II servers Intermittent load failures of the VKVM and VM applets on RSA_II servers are seen when the JRE is allowed to keep temporary files on the computer When using these vKVM and VM applications on RSA_II servers we recommend setting the JRE to disallow temporary file storage through the Java Control Panel VKVM operation to RSA_II servers launched through a browser login session may not be successful We recommend using the vKVM autologin operation VKVM operation to RSA_II servers is incompatible with JRE 6u13 We recommend using JRE 6u11 or JRE 6u14 for these applications When managing RSA_II servers through the MergePoint SP manager while using DSView 3 software DirectCommand sessions sometimes cannot be successfully launched when using JRE versions above 6u7 without disabling the next generation Java Plug in setting through the Java Control Panel If these issues continue to occur disabling the next generation Java Plug in we recommend downgrading the JRE to 6u7 The Merge Chassis operation of IBM BladeChassis with the DSR KVM over IP switch within the DSView 3 software fails to complete when the BladeChassis and blades are all discovered within the MergePoint SP manager To
13. ssociated with an iDRAC blade vKVM session is not automatically terminated and must be allowed to time out Some anomalies have been seen with the Dell M610 blade when it is either directly managed or managed through the MergePoint appliance These anomalies include a The default root calvin uid password does not always allow access yet another defined user name does seem to work b Virtual Media does not connect Please check the Dell web site for release note updates A DirectCommand vKVM session on an IBM BladeCenter running BPET48N firmware will unexpectedly terminate after two minutes A vKVM session launched from a DirectCommand manual login does not exhibit this issue General Notes 1 Browser session functionality is implemented as pure port forwarding The web interfaces of some SPs may work abnormally in this mode regardless of the port forwarding implementation Sometimes DirectCommand session options are not presented after enabling DirectCommand through the OBWI when running Firefox 3 5 If this occurs we recommend downgrade to Firefox 3 0 11 If login prompts are presented during autologin DirectCommand sessions the login username password associated with that SP stored within the MergePoint SP manager may need to be reentered Login process for the M1000e may take up to 20 seconds after proper username and credentials are presented and therefore some impact to display information at the OBWI may be seen e g Displa
14. ying power information may take 15 20 seconds for an M1000e chassis when accessing various MergePoint SP manager features If DirectCommand launch fails with a Unable to launch the application message please try either a Downgrading the Java version to JRE 1 6 0_11 or earlier b Unchecking the Enable the next generation Java Plug in option in the Java control panel This release includes the following constraints or conditions 1 Usernames under User Configuration must be all in lowercase letters BMC Provisioning can only be configured on the secondary Ethernet Interface eth1 We support alias for every SP Do not use special characters in the alias Only the following characters are allowed O 9 a z A Z and Power outage during the upgrading process is not recoverable TLEN Not allowed to use special characters in the SP s password We do not support the characters like gt lt Re or P Configuration of a private subnet range within 192 168 0 1 to 192 168 0 255 Please note that the MergePoint SP manager reserves 192 168 0 10 and 192 168 0 20 as default addresses for ethO and eth1 respectively To configure a private subnet using this 192 168 0 x address range the ethO and ethi addresses must be moved from this range If IP address conflicts occur after reconfiguring please contact Avocent Technical Support for a work instruction with more details A p
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