Dell 4.4 manual Known Issues

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Known Issues And Frequently Asked Questions

This section describes known issues with the Deployment Toolkit (DTK) utilities and scripts, including answers to some frequently asked questions.

Known Issues

The following issues are organized by DTK utility or other function.

General Issues

•Virtual disk creation and/or deletion takes a long time on Microsoft Windows PE.

RAIDCFG Issues

•Due to a rounding limitation for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5, when creating a virtual disk, RAIDCFG can accept a disk size that is 1 MB greater than the maximum allowable virtual disk size limit. However, RAIDCFG creates the maximum virtual disk size and does not display an error. If you want to use the maximum allowable virtual disk size, it is recommended that you do not provide the size in the CLI and let RAIDCFG calculate the size for the RAID type.

SYSCFG Issues

•Setup passwords and system passwords cannot be cleared using DTK on systems prior to Dell PowerEdge 12G systems.

•On PowerEdge 1950 and 2950 systems with internal USB, you can configure BIOS settings for internal USB Port only if the User Accessible/external (UA) USB ports are set to All Ports On. If the UA USB ports are not set to All Ports On and you try to configure BIOS setting for the internal USB port using SYSCFG, the configuration appears to be successful but the changes do not take effect after the next reboot. If you set the UA USB port from All Ports On to All Ports Off or Only Back Ports On, the USB port is automatically set to Off during the next reboot.

Windows PE Installation Issues

•If virtual flash is enabled and does not contain a valid image (for example, if the virtual flash contains a corrupt or random image), you may not be able to install Windows Server 2008 locally or remotely. To fix this issue, install a valid image on virtual flash or disable virtual flash if it is not used during the installation procedure.

Embedded Linux Installation Issues

•If internal SD card is present in the server, you may not be able to install the operating system using default partition. To fix this, remove the SD card from the server.

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