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5 Important notes 1. Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows 7 do not support TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.1. Install the following update to enable TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.1 as a default secure protocols in WinHTTP in Windows: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3140245/EN-US 2. The drivers that LC exposes are present in a read-only drive that is labeled OEMDRV and the drive is active for 18 hours. During this period: a. You cannot update any DUP. b. LC cannot involve CSIOR. However, if an AC power cycle (cold boot) is performed, the OEMDRV drive is automatically deleted. 3. CPLD firmware update has no impact on Trusted Platform Module enablement. 4. Depending on the virtual storage device attached through iDRAC, that is, USB drive or CD/DVD .ISO file, LC displays Virtual Floppy or Virtual CD respectively. 5. If the network is not configured and you try to perform a network operation in LC, a warning message is displayed. When you go to to the network settings page from this message, the left navigation panel on network settings page may not be displayed. 6. If Test Network Connection fails for a valid address in LC, try configuring the network settings again. If the issue persists, restart the system and retry the operation. 7. When you reset or update the iDRAC, you must reboot LC if it is launched already. If you do not reboot, LC may show unexpected behavior. 8. Fibre-channel NIC cards with dual or four ports are displayed as a single port card in LC. However, all ports are updated when a firmware update is performed. 9. The option to enable or disable the disk cache policy for SWRAID controllers are supported only on SWRAID controller driver version 4.1.0-0025 or later. 10. Rollback is not supported for CPLD. 11. When CMCs are daisy chained, only the first CMC (CMC which is connected to Top of Rack switch) receives LLDP packets. Other CMCs do not receive LLDP packets. So, the iDRAC network port (dedicated mode) LLDP information is not available in the blades whose corresponding CMC is not the first CMC in the daisy chain. The LLDP information is also not available for every CMC in the daisy chain that is not connected to TOR switch directly. 12. If any of the NVMe drives report a 'Failed' status (Red LED) due to any of NVMe controller SMART errors (critical warning bits set), it should be treated as a predictive failure (Blinking amber LED). These errors include SMART errors such as: a. Available spare threshold b. Reliability degraded c. Read-only mode d. Virtual memory backup failed, and so on. 13. Ensure that the SSH client is updated to the latest version. Following SSH configurations are no longer available on iDRAC: KEX algorithms: a. diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 MAC: a. umac-64 b. [email protected] 14. After updating the iDRAC firmware, LC logs may display Message ID PR36 that "Version change detected for PCIe SSD firmware. Previous version:X.X.X, Current version:X.X.X." This is due to a change in the naming convention. Please ignore the log entry. 15. If you get an error while performing SupportAssist collection through RACADM using HTTPS share, use the following commands to perform the collection: a. Racadm supportassist collect racadm supportassist collect -t Sysinfo b. Racadm supportassist exportlastcollection racadm supportassist exportlastcollection -l -u -p 10 Important notes

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Important notes
1.
Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows 7 do not support TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.1. Install the following update to
enable TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.1 as a default secure protocols in WinHTTP in Windows: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3140245/EN-US
2.
The drivers that LC exposes are present in a read-only drive that is labeled OEMDRV and the drive is active for 18 hours. During this
period:
a.
You cannot update any DUP.
b.
LC cannot involve CSIOR.
However, if an AC power cycle (cold boot) is performed, the OEMDRV drive is automatically deleted.
3.
CPLD firmware update has no impact on Trusted Platform Module enablement.
4.
Depending on the virtual storage device attached through iDRAC, that is, USB drive or CD/DVD .ISO file, LC displays Virtual Floppy or
Virtual CD respectively.
5.
If the network is not configured and you try to perform a network operation in LC, a warning message is displayed. When you go to to
the network settings page from this message, the left navigation panel on network settings page may not be displayed.
6.
If Test Network Connection fails for a valid address in LC, try configuring the network settings again. If the issue persists, restart the
system and retry the operation.
7.
When you reset or update the iDRAC, you must reboot LC if it is launched already. If you do not reboot, LC may show unexpected
behavior.
8.
Fibre-channel NIC cards with dual or four ports are displayed as a single port card in LC. However, all ports are updated when a
firmware update is performed.
9.
The option to enable or disable the disk cache policy for SWRAID controllers are supported only on SWRAID controller driver version
4.1.0-0025 or later.
10.
Rollback is not supported for CPLD.
11.
When CMCs are daisy chained, only the first CMC (CMC which is connected to Top of Rack switch) receives LLDP packets. Other
CMCs do not receive LLDP packets. So, the iDRAC network port (dedicated mode) LLDP information is not available in the blades
whose corresponding CMC is not the first CMC in the daisy chain. The LLDP information is also not available for every CMC in the
daisy chain that is not connected to TOR switch directly.
12.
If any of the NVMe drives report a 'Failed' status (Red LED) due to any of NVMe controller SMART errors (critical warning bits set), it
should be treated as a predictive failure (Blinking amber LED). These errors include SMART errors such as:
a.
Available spare threshold
b.
Reliability degraded
c.
Read-only mode
d.
Virtual memory backup failed, and so on.
13.
Ensure that the SSH client is updated to the latest version. Following SSH configurations are no longer available on iDRAC:
KEX algorithms:
a.
diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
MAC:
a.
umac-64
b.
14.
After updating the iDRAC firmware, LC logs may display Message ID PR36 that "Version change detected for PCIe SSD firmware.
Previous version:X.X.X, Current version:X.X.X." This is due to a change in the naming convention. Please ignore the log entry.
15.
If you get an error while performing SupportAssist collection through RACADM using HTTPS share, use the following commands to
perform the collection:
a.
Racadm supportassist collect
racadm supportassist collect -t Sysinfo
b.
Racadm supportassist exportlastcollection
racadm supportassist exportlastcollection -l <https> -u <username> -p <password>
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