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Dell EMC VxRail™ Appliance
Release Notes
Version 4.7.x
December 2020
Rev. 38
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 6
Revision history.................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Overview of VxRail..............................................................................................................................................................8
Using VxRail with a customer-supplied vCenter server.............................................................................................8
Chapter 2: VxRail 4.7.5xx.............................................................................................................. 9

VxRail 4.7.526 package software.................................................................................................................................... 9
What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.526.....................................................................................................10
VxRail 4.7.525 package software....................................................................................................................................11
What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.525..................................................................................................... 11
Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.525.................................................................................................... 12
What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.521......................................................................................................13
Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.521..................................................................................................... 14
VxRail 4.7.520 package software...................................................................................................................................14
What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.511...................................................................................................... 19
Known issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.510................................................................................................. 23
VxRail 4.7.500 package software..................................................................................................................................24
What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.500....................................................................................................24
Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.500................................................................................................... 25
Known issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.500.................................................................................................26
Chapter 3: VxRail 4.7.4xx.............................................................................................................27

Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.400....................................................................................................32
Contents 3
Known issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.301..................................................................................................36
What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.300.................................................................................................... 37
Chapter 5: VxRail 4.7.2xx............................................................................................................. 41

Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.212.....................................................................................................42
Known issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.211.................................................................................................. 44
What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.200.................................................................................................... 47

What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.111....................................................................................................... 51
Known issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.111....................................................................................................51

What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.000....................................................................................................59
Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.000................................................................................................... 60
4 Contents
Chapter 8: Upgrades................................................................................................................... 62
Direct upgrade paths........................................................................................................................................................62
VxRail 4.7.x upgrade paths and methods.................................................................................................................... 63
Additional upgrade notes.................................................................................................................................................68
Chapter 9: Additional information................................................................................................70

vSphere & vSAN issues................................................................................................................................................... 70
VxRail documentation.......................................................................................................................................................70
Contents 5
1
Introduction
These release notes contain supplemental information about VxRail Appliance software 4.7.x, including:
● VxRail Appliance software 4.7.526
Topics:
• Revision history
• Overview of VxRail
• Using VxRail with a customer-supplied vCenter server
Revision history
The following table lists the revision history for this document.
Table 1. VxRail 4.7.x Release Notes revision history

Date Revision Description of change
December 17, 2020 38 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.526.
December 10, 2020 37 Noted support for P675F and P675N VxRail models in VxRail 4.7.520 and
later. Updated upgrade path information and noted several retired
releases.
December 3, 2020 36 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.525 (includes VMware vSphere
6.7 Patch 04) plus minor corrections to KB numbers and upgrade notes.
November 11, 2020 35 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.521 (includes VMware vSphere
6.7 Express Patch 17).
October 23, 2020 34 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.520.
September 4, 2020 33 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.515.
6 Introduction
Table 1. VxRail 4.7.x Release Notes revision history (continued)
August 18, 2020 32 Updated feature list for VxRail 4.7.510, and added note about upgrades
with secure boot enabled.
June 30, 2020 31 Minor corrections to version information for VxRail 4.7.510 and 4.7.511.
Minor update to security fix for VxRail 4.7.511.
June 26, 2020 30 Updated to add VxRail software versions 4.7.500 and 4.7.511. Minor
updates to VxRail 4.7.510.
June 5, 2020 29 Minor edits and corrections.
May 28, 2020 28 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.510.
April 17, 2020 27 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.411.
February 25, 2020 26 Updated feature list for VxRail software version 4.7.210, made minor
edits and corrections.
December 17, 2019 25 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.410, made minor edits and
corrections.
October 15, 2019 22 Clarified notes about upgrading stretched clusters, made minor edits and
corrections.
September 18, 2019 21 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.300.
August 1, 2019 20 Clarified vCSA version information for VxRail 4.7.212 used with a
customer-supplied vCenter.
July 30, 2019 19 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.212, corrected upgrade paths,
made minor corrections.
July 16, 2019 18 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.210.
June 6, 2019 17 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.211.
May 17, 2019 16 Added information about a VxRail 4.7.200 upgrade restriction and Dell
switch OS10 version compatibility.
May 8, 2019 15 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.200.
April 23, 2019 14 Added information about upgrades and VMware NSX versions.
April 4, 2019 13 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.111.
March 26, 2019 12 Minor edits and corrections.
March 18, 2019 11 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.110.
March 1, 2019 10 Updated to reflect the unavailability of VxRail 4.7.100 and 4.5.300 due to
a critical firmware issue.
February 14, 2019 09 Updated to indicate that the upgrade paths 4.5.300 -> 4.7.100 and
4.5.300 -> 4.7.001 are not supported.
January 24, 2019 08 Updated to clarify role of new VxRail Manager Plugin for VMware
vCenter, made minor corrections.
January 22, 2019 07 Updated for VxRail software version 4.7.100.
January 15, 2019 06 Clarified use of RASR tool for certain deployments.
January 3, 2019 05 Updated to include upgrade path for VxRail software 4.5.229 to 4.7.001.
December 21, 2108 04 Updated to reflect critical issue upgrading from 4.5.300 to 4.7.001.
December 18, 2018 03 Minor edits and corrections.
Introduction 7
Table 1. VxRail 4.7.x Release Notes revision history (continued)
December 6, 2018 02 Updated for VxRail software 4.7.001.
November 16, 2018 01 VxRail software 4.7.000 released.
Overview of VxRail
VxRail, powered by Dell EMC PowerEdge server platforms and VxRail HCI System Software, delivers virtualization, compute,
and storage in a scalable, easy to manage, hyperconverged infrastructure appliance enabling deep integration across the
VMware ecosystem.
The VxRail software bundle includes the following:
● VxRail™ Manager Plugin for VMware vCenter for configuration and management
● VMware vSphere ® , including ESXi
● VMware vCenter Server™
● VMware vSAN™ for storage
Your VxRail HCI Systems Software also includes complementary applications such as RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines.
Using VxRail with a customer-supplied vCenter server

Your VxRail can join an existing customer-supplied vCenter server during its initial configuration. This allows you to use a remote
central vCenter server to manage multiple VxRail clusters from a single pane of glass.
For additional information about VxRail vCenter server deployment options, refer to the VxRail Administration Guide or the
VxRail Manager help system.
8 Introduction
2
VxRail 4.7.5xx
This section describes VxRail Appliance software 4.7.5xx releases.
Topics:
• VxRail 4.7.526 package software
• What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.526
• Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.525
• Known issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.510
VxRail 4.7.526 package software

The VxRail 4.7.526 software package includes the following components.
VxRail Software
● VxRail System 4.7.526 build 26792886
● VxRail Manager 4.7.526 build 17298699
VMware integration
● VMware ESXi 6.7 Patch 04 GA build 17167734
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 U3l GA build 17138064
● VMware vSAN 6.7 Patch 04
● VMware vRealize Log Insight 8.1.1 GA build 16281169
VxRail 4.7.5xx 9
Dell EMC integration
● SRS 3.48.00.04
Dell PowerEdge platform components

● PTAgent: 1.9.6-37
● BIOS:
○ E665/F/N, P675F/N: 1.5.3
○ D560/F, E560/F/N, G560/F, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F : 2.8.2
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.11.0
● iSM: 3.5.1-1949
● iDRAC:
○ E665/F/N, P675F/N: 4.30.30.30
○ D560/F, E560/F/N, G560/F, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F: 4.22.00.201
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.75.75.75
Quanta
● BIOS: 3B13
● BMC: 3.81
NOTE: A manual BMC and BIOS update is required for Quanta-based VxRail appliances. Refer to Dell EMC SolVe Online
for the upgrade procedure.
What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.526

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.526 includes SUSE Linux Enterprise updates and security fixes for the VxRail Manager virtual
appliance.
NOTE: If you are upgrading your VxRail cluster from VxRail 4.7.525 software to VxRail 4.7.526, note that only the VxRail
System and VxRail Manager software components are impacted.
Security fixes
VxRail software 4.7.526 contains fixes that resolve multiple security vulnerabilities. For more detail please refer to the following
Dell EMC Security Advisories:
● DSA-2020-283: Dell EMC VxRail Appliance Security Update for Multiple Third Party Component Vulnerabilities (critical)
which addresses:
○ SUSE: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 Updates
○ Oracle Java: Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2020
For detailed information on the resolved vulnerabilities please search using the DSA ID at the Dell Security Advisories and
Notices page.
Upgrade notes
NOTE: Due to security patches and critical fixes, it is recommended that you upgrade to VxRail 4.7.526 for all versions of
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.x.
NOTE: There is no supported upgrade path from VxRail 4.7.526 to VxRail 7.0.x at this time.
NOTE: Internet upgrades to VxRail 4.7.526 from VxRail versions before 4.0.600 are not supported. Local upgrades are
supported.
10 VxRail 4.7.5xx
See the Upgrades section of these release notes for details about upgrading from one specific version to another. See SolVe
Online for VxRail for complete information about upgrade procedures.

VxRail Software
VMware integration
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 U3l GA build 17138064

● SRS 3.48.00.04

● PTAgent: 1.9.6-37
● BIOS:
○ E665/F/N, P675F/N: 1.5.3
○ D560/F, E560/F/N, G560/F, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F : 2.8.2
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.11.0
● iSM: 3.5.1-1949
● iDRAC:
○ E665/F/N, P675F/N: 4.30.30.30
○ D560/F, E560/F/N, G560/F, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F: 4.22.00.201
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.75.75.75
Quanta
● BIOS: 3B13
● BMC: 3.81

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.525 includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Patch 04, security fixes, and additional VxRail fixes for issues
from previous releases.
See VMware ESXi 6.7 Patch Release ESXi670-202011002 Release Notes for details.
VxRail 4.7.5xx 11
Security fixes
which addresses:
○ VMware: VMSA-2020-0023, VMSA-2020-0026
Notices page.
Upgrade notes
NOTE: Due to security patches and critical fixes, it is recommended that you upgrade to VxRail 4.7.525 or later for all
versions of VxRail Appliance software 4.7.x.
supported.
Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.525

Table 2. Issues fixed in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.525
Issue No. Summary Release Category Component
Found In
VXP-16450 During cluster migration to vCenter 7.0.0 GA the 4.7.410 Management
hosts could not be connected to the DVS after
being joined to the target vCenter.
VXP-24068 LCM upgrade failure error message with “invalid” 4.7.510 Management Serviceability/
spelled “invlaid". Support
VXP-24195 Port/device lockups detected in NetSchedHclk 4.7.410 Network
scheduler when NetSchedHclkMQ parameter is
enabled.
VXP-24242 VxRail upgrade from 4.7.510 to 4.7.515 failing due 4.7.510 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
to SSH connectivity to host1 (ref. BZ19019). Management service
VXP-25448 Make the VxRail Manager SSH disable or enable 4.7.410 Configuration
operation stateful.
VXP-26415 During LCM from 4.7.520 with vSphere 7.0 Update 4.7.515 Management Serviceability/
1 external vCenter, the radar pre-check "Vmotion Support
Compatibility Check Failed".
12 VxRail 4.7.5xx
VxRail Software
VMware integration
● VMware ESXi 6.7 Express Patch 17 GA build 17098360
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 U3j GA build 16708996

● SRS 3.48.00.04

● PTAgent: 1.9.6-37
● BIOS:
○ E665/F/N, P675F/N: 1.5.3
○ D560/F, E560/F/N, G560/F, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F : 2.8.2
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.11.0
● iSM: 3.5.1-1949
● iDRAC:
○ E665/F/N, P675F/N: 4.30.30.30
○ D560/F, E560/F/N, G560/F, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F: 4.22.00.201
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.75.75.75
Quanta
● BIOS: 3B13
● BMC: 3.81

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.521 includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Express Patch 17 and security fixes.
Security fixes
which addresses:
VxRail 4.7.5xx 13
○ VMware: VMSA-2020-0023.1
Notices page.
Upgrade notes
supported.

Found In
VXP-23954 Upgrade to 4.7.515 fails with message, "vCenter 4.7.510 Life Cycle
root credentials is invalid." Management
VXP-25403 Upgrade to 4.7.520 fails for [/scripts/upgrade- 4.7.520 Life Cycle
vami.sh]: Non-zero return code: 5. Management

VxRail Software
VMware integration

● SRS 3.46.00.04

● PTAgent: 1.9.6-37
● BIOS:
○ E665/F/N, P675F/N: 1.5.3
14 VxRail 4.7.5xx
○ D560/F, E560/F/N, G560/F, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F : 2.8.2
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.11.0
● iSM: 3.5.1-1949
● iDRAC:
○ E665/F/N, P675F/N: 4.30.30.30
○ D560/F, E560/F/N, G560/F, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F: 4.22.00.201
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.75.75.75
Quanta
● BIOS: 3B13
● BMC: 3.81

VxRail software 4.7.520 includes support for the new VxRail P675F and P675N appliance models, VMware vSphere 6.7 Express
Patch 16, security fixes, new features, and firmware updates.
New features
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.520 contains the following new features:
● Supports AMD-based VxRail P675F and VxRail P675N models.
● Includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Express Patch 16. See VMware ESXi 6.7, Patch Release ESXi670-202010001 for a detailed
description.
● Supports updating HDD firmware through the lifecycle management (LCM) process.
● Supports lifecycle management of Intel Optane PMem DIMMs firmware.
● Adds a new event code, VXR0100A0, to identify when a node is missing due to a PSOD.
● Adds event code descriptions to VxRail alarms in vCenter.
● Adds new event codes to support DIMM self-healing through PPR (see KB 540277).
● Simplifies cluster set up during initial configuration with support for node power on and selection.
● Allows user to specify the binding mode (static or ephemeral) for management traffic as part of cluster deployments.
● Adds a “Test Connection” feature to initiate a test dial home event and create a Service Request.
● Reports error conditions (if any) that prevent a discovered VxRail node from being used in a cluster deployment.
● Supports vRealize Log Insight package 8.1.
● Supports enabling an external SRS deployment without the use of the ICMP network management protocol.
Security fixes
which addresses:
○ Dell EMC: DSA-2020-147: Dell EMC Server Platform Security Advisory for the 2020.1 Intel Platform Updates (June 2020)
- Intel SSD
○ VMware: VMSA-2020-0023
○ Intel: Intel-SA-00266
○ SUSE: SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 12 SP5 Updates
○ Oracle Java: Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2020
Notices page.
VxRail 4.7.5xx 15
Upgrade notes
NOTE: VxRail software 4.7.520 is not available for upgrades due to a critical upgrade issue that affects certain user
account configurations. This issue is resolved in VxRail 4.7.521.
supported.

Found In
VXP-14164 Node addition fails at step 36/38 with Certificate 4.7.110 Configuration Expansion
issues: "Path does not chain with any of the trust
anchors".
VXP-14457 ESXi host 'failed to upgrade to target version' on 4.7.410 Life Cycle ESXi/VIBs
two nodes in cluster upgrading from 4.7.212 to Management
4.7.410.
VXP-15075 LCM upload bundle fails because /data/store2/ 4.7.300 Life Cycle
work/extension is missing. Management
VXP-18010 Fails to deactivate DRS license on cluster when 4.7.410 Life Cycle
upgrading from 4.7.301 to 4.7.410. Management
VXP-18391 Validation for management account for ESXi is not 4.7.410 Configuration Expansion
consistent for build / node adds.
VXP-18738 Unable to upgrade external SRS to 3.44.00.08 4.7.410 Management Serviceability/
because it is not compatible with the VxRail Support
version.
VXP-18784 ESXi hostname change stuck and the process 4.7.410 Management
cannot be cancelled.
VXP-18842 No Alert for cluster expansion - validation for IP 4.7.411 Network
already in use.
VXP-18902 Host Add UI "vSphere User Credentials" title should 4.7.410 Usability VC Plugin UI
be "vCenter User Credentials".
VXP-18954 Support account failed to log in on vCenter plugin. 4.7.410 Management Serviceability/
Support
VXP-18966 LCM failed due to check host mem or CPU usage 4.7.510 Life Cycle
alarm. Management
VXP-19246 Upgrade fails at node going into MM when upgrade 4.7.510 Life Cycle
to 4.7.510. Management
VXP-19296 SRS dial home is not triggered, MYSTIC010011 4.7.410 Management Events
event is not generated when the PSU is unplugged.
VXP-19637 Firmware upgrade fails at post check when 4.7.510 Life Cycle Dell components
upgrading to 4.7.510. Management
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Table 4. Issues fixed in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.520 (continued)
Found In
VXP-19659 Upgrade from 4.7.510 to 4.7.511 Pre-check fails 4.7.511 Management Serviceability/
with "VSAN free space {0} GB" error. Support
VXP-20032 Node add fails at step 21/40 and marvin log reports 4.7.510 Network
failure to set static routes.
VXP-20078 VxRail legacy GUI can't login during LCM upgrade 4.7.410 Life Cycle
from 4.5.229 to 4.7.511. Management
VXP-20845 Compatibility check fails on unsupported network 4.7.410 Platform Service Others
interface card I350-t LOM.
VXP-22067, VCF 3.10 hostd stops and causes host to be 4.7.511 Platform Service
VXP-22471 unresponsive.

VxRail Software
VMware integration
● VMware vRealize Log Insight 4.8.0-13036238

● SRS 3.42.00.06

● PTAgent: 1.9.6-37
● BIOS:
○ E665/F/N: 1.3.51
○ D560/F, E560/F/N, G560/F, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F: 2.7.7
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.11.0
● iSM: 3.5.1-1949
● iDRAC:
○ E665/F/N: 4.10.10.10
○ D560/F, E560/F/N, G560/F, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F: 4.22.00.201
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.75.75.75
Quanta
● BIOS: 3B13
VxRail 4.7.5xx 17
● BMC: 3.81

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.515 contains security fixes and firmware updates and corrects multiple known issues from
previous releases.
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.515 includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Patch 03. See VMware ESXi 6.7 Patch Release
ESXi670-202008001 for detailed descriptions.
Security fixes
VxRail software 4.7.515 contains fixes that resolve multiple security vulnerabilities. For more details please refer to the following
● DSA-2020-213: Dell EMC VxRail Appliance Security Update for Multiple Third Party Component Vulnerabilities which
addresses:
○ Dell EMC:
￭ DSA-2020-123: Dell EMC Server Platform Security Advisory for Intel SA-00329 - Intel® Processors Data Leakage
Advisory
￭ DSA-2020-128: iDRAC Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
○ VMware: VMSA-2020-0018
○ Intel: Intel-SA-00233, Intel-SA-00329
○ Quanta BMC OpenSSH Vulnerabilities
Notices page.
Upgrade notes
versions of VxRail Appliance software 4.7.x. Refer to KB 180249 and KB 180250 for more information.

Found In
VXP-20727 vSAN route is missing on the L3 first node of the 4.7.510 Management Network
initial segment after the second node of the second
segment validation is done.
VXP-22471 Enhancements needed for VxRail system script 4.5.400 Management Platform Service
efficiency and performance.
18 VxRail 4.7.5xx
VxRail Software
VMware integration
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 U3g GA build 16046470
● VMware vSAN 6.7 Express Patch 15

● SRS 3.42.00.06

● PTAgent: 1.9.6-37
● BIOS:
○ E665/F/N: 1.3.51
○ D560/F, G560/F: 2.6.3
○ E560/F/N, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F: 2.6.4
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.11.0
● iSM: 3.5.1-1949
● iDRAC:
○ D560/F, E560/F/N, G560/F, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F: 4.10.10.10
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.70.70.70

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.511 includes fixes for several security issues.
Security fixes
VxRail software 4.7.511 contains fixes that resolve multiple security vulnerabilities. For more details please refer to the following
which addresses:
○ SUSE: SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 12 SP4 Updates to 2020.6
○ VMware: VMSA-2020-0012, VMSA-2020-0015
● DSA-2020-136: Dell EMC VxRail Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability (medium)
Notices page.
VxRail 4.7.5xx 19
Upgrade notes

VxRail Software
VMware integration
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 U3g GA build 16046470

● SRS 3.42.00.06

● PTAgent: 1.9.6-37
● BIOS:
○ E665/F/N: 1.3.51
○ D560/F, G560/F: 2.6.3
○ E560/F/N, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F: 2.6.4
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.11.0
● iSM: 3.5.1-1949
● iDRAC:
○ D560/F, E560/F/N, G560/F, P570/F, P580N, S570, V570/F: 4.10.10.10
○ E460/F, P470/F, S470, V470/F: 2.70.70.70

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.510 contains new features and fixes for several issues.
New features
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.510 contains the following new features:
● VxRail Manager generates an event in vCenter for fan failures.
● Supports VxRail Manager lifecycle management for Mellanox CX-5 100GbE PCIe NICs.
20 VxRail 4.7.5xx
● Supports SRS upgrade automation with a new public API.
● Supports login to VxRail when vCenter is configured to require RSA SecurID two-factor authentication.
● VxRail Manager generates new INFO events (informational messages) when external fibre channel storage is detected.
● VxRail alarms related to VMware alarms now clear from vCenter once the corresponding VMware alarm has cleared.
● The health-check that is performed as part of the overall cluster upgrade process can now be invoked independently to
identify issues before running an upgrade.
● Supports Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory (PMem) on the VxRail P580N appliance.
CAUTION:
○ VxRail P580N systems configured with Intel Optane PMem can support up to 12 NVMe drives (one or two
disk groups with up to five capacity drives each). Populating the excess drive slots is not supported.
○ VxRail P580N systems configured with Intel Optane PMem cannot be upgraded with additional PCIe
adapters beyond those installed in the factory.
NOTE: Intel Optane PMem on VxRail is only supported in App Direct mode. Memory mode is not supported on VxRail.
Security fixes
VxRail software 4.7.510 contains fixes that resolve multiple security vulnerabilities. For more detail, see the following Dell EMC
Security Advisories:
● DSA-2020-118: Dell EMC VxRail Appliance Security Update for Third Party Component Vulnerability in VMware ESXi (high)
● DSA-2020-116: Dell EMC VxRail Appliance Security Update for Dell EMC SRS/ESRS (critical)
A full listing of Dell security advisories is available at the Dell Security Advisories and Notices page.
Upgrade notes

Found In
PSE-10393, Critical VxRail Alert with VxR 4.7.410 (PTA 4.7.410 Management Hardware Health
JIT-160880 1.9.4-41). DellPTAgentResponse.log shows Monitoring
"PercentageUsedEnduranceIndicator": "N/A" when
a numerical value is expected for M.2 drives.
VXP-12212, 4.7.211 Upgrade : Failed to reboot VMware vCenter 4.7.211 Life Cycle VC/PSC
2378935 Server Platform Services Controller. Management
VXP-12733, First run validation does not check version of 4.7.111 Install/First run
2422821 external vCenter.
VXP-12802, VxRail scripts/services that run in the init RP were 4.7.200 Configuration Configuration
2430567 updated. Process
VXP-12957, 4.7.300 introduced additional complexity 4.7.300 Configuration Validation
2447218 requirement for shared password for non-esxi
hosts.
VxRail 4.7.5xx 21
Found In
VXP-13000, "Hosts with connectivity issues" was occurred 4.7.110 Management Events
2451406 intermittently at the same timing on all nodes.
VXP-13043, The script 'transferManifestVcmToVXM.py' failed 4.7.300 Configuration Configuration
2456976 to validate the VCM version compatibility when Process
deploying VxRail cluster.
VXP-13119 Version compatibility check failed due to VCM 4.7.300 Configuration validation
service startup failure during first run.
VXP-13356 Smart logging function does not remove VC log 4.7.300 Management Serviceability/
bundle on vCenter. Support
VXP-13433 Fix SRS admin login issue in version 3.38.05.16. 7.0.000, Management Serviceability/
4.7.0, 4.5, 4.0 Support
VXP-13627 Fail to upgrade vxrail system 99% to 4.7.301. 4.7.301 Life Cycle
Management
VXP-13669 LCM failed to expand /data/store2. 4.7.410, Life Cycle
4.7.301 Management
VXP-14202 The syr_configuration file has an invalid XML 4.5.229 Management Serviceability/
format. Support
VXP-14256 API /v1/system doesn't return correct cluster type 4.7.301 Management
for stretched cluster.
VXP-14288 Location and process for JSON creation used by 4.7.301 Management Hardware Health
Proactive_precheck process. Monitoring
VXP-14308 The Error: "Invalid configuration for device '0'." is 4.7.410 Management Network
received while VM network connectivity is being
reconfigured.
VXP-14309 During build, validation passes for mystic user but 4.7.410 Install/First run Validation
then later fails to apply it in VxRail manager
VXP-14324 Stretch cluster upgrade from 4.7.300 to 4.7.301 4.7.301 Life Cycle Precheck
failed owning to witness virtual machine precheck Management
warning.
VXP-14338 Excessive retries during upgrade from 4.7.212 to 4.7.410, Life Cycle ESXi/VIBs
4.7.410: Another process is updating the ESXi 4.7.212 Management
image.
VXP-14437 LCM from 4.7.300 to 4.7.410 failed with error code: 4.7.410 Life Cycle Upgrade
65024. Management
VXP-14837 LCM upgrade requesting vCenter login details to 4.7.301 Life Cycle UI and UX
upgrade vCenter for cluster with External vCenter. Management
VXP-14878 Upgrade from 4.7.300 to 4.7.410 failing with 4.7.410 Life Cycle Upgrade
"Required parameter ip is missing while parsing call Management
information for method FindByIp at line 1".
VXP-14956 NTP verification failure at first run deployment. 4.7.301 Configuration Validation
VXP-14996 ComponentID field not populated in MYSTICFFFE 4.7.200 Configuration Validation
test dial-home alert output.
VXP-15135 Cannot do Internet Upgrade from 4.7.300 to 4.7.300 Life Cycle Upgrade
4.7.410 - Error finding the file for update_id. Management
VXP-15156 Upgrade from 4.7.300 to 4.7.410 fails updating PSC 4.7.410 Life Cycle Upgrade and
with error: upgrade_vc_iso: ERROR main:373 Management Patching
Failed to get current version.
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Found In
VXP-15169 VxRail upgrade from 4.7.300 to 4.7.410 fails at 93% 4.7.410 Life Cycle Upgrade and
with error: "Caused by: Management Patching
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not delete
license DLF usage: 6451568989492435605.tmp".
VXP-15377 VxRail Manager log generation failed either via GUI 4.5.311 Management Serviceability/
or script. Support
VXP-15565 Node expansion fails while trying to register the 4.7.410 Configuration Expansion
node in vCenter.
VXP-15920 VxRail: Dial-home event code: VXR230001 - 4.7.410 Management Hardware Health
Proactive health check failed on VxRail 4.7.410 Monitoring
after the upgrade.
VXP-16002 VxRail plugin add node button not working. 4.7.110 Usability VC Plugin UI
VXP-16406 Node not removed from Maintenance Mode during 4.7.300 Life Cycle Unknown
upgrade from 4.7.212 to 4.7.300. Management
VXP-16411 RASR on VxRail 4.7.x will not upgrade the NIC 4.7.410 Install/First run
firmware when using DUP option.
VXP-16588, VXR014076 ALARM caused by VCSA is randomly 4.7.110 Management Events
2363310, throwing alert "Host with connectivity issues"
2295416,
PTVXR-300
VXP-16700 Upgrade from 4.5.221 to 4.7.410 fails with error 4.7.410 Life Cycle Upgrade and
"com.vce.lcm.exception.LCMInternalException: Management Patching
Index: 0, Size: 0".
VXP-16710 LCM from 4.7.212. to 4.7.410 failed while upgrading 4.7.410 Life Cycle Upgrade and
ESXi owning to 'ascii' codec decoding issue. Management Patching
VXP-16795 Certificate cannot be generated when RSC is 4.7.410 Management Serviceability/
enabled. Support
VXP-16903 Potential data loss (under certain scenarios) when 4.7.100 Configuration Unknown
replacing disks on nodes
VXP-17056 Disable smart logging for all events until proper 4.7.300 Management Events
event throttling is in place.
VXP-17057 Turn off Dial Home events for these two events: 4.7.301 Management Events
MYSTIC014003 Host CPU usage and
MYSTIC014004 Host memory usage
VXP-17378 After upgrade to 4.7.410, all hosts showing critical 4.7.410 Management Hardware Health
health status Monitoring
VXP-18571, Failed to enable RSC if SRS VE is configured as 4.7.411 Management Serviceability/
2471314 FQDN not IP. Support
Known issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.510

Issue: iDRAC can become unresponsive when collecting support logs using VxRail Manager or the public API. (VXR-16634,
VXP-16689)
● Workaround: Refer to KB 501922 (for 13G appliances) or to KB 524117 (for 14G appliances) to manually generate an iDRAC
log.
Issue: If cluster is running SRS 3.42.10.06 cluster shut down from VxRail fails. (VXP-17904)
● Workaround: Retry the shutdown. Refer to KB 538996.
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Issue: Upgrading and internal SRS from version 3.38.05.16 to version 3.40.00.14 fails using the VxRail GUI. (VXP-17942)
● Workaround: Retry the upgrade. Refer to KB 544036.
Issue: Cluster migration fails when SRS version 3.42.00.06 is enabled. (VXP-18272)
● Workaround: Refer to KB 544028.
Issue: Unable to access VxRail Manager GUI when upgrading to 4.7.51x. (VXP-20078)
● Workaround: See KB 545103.

VxRail Software
VMware integration
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 Update 3b GA build 15132721

● SRS 3.36.00.10

● PTAgent: 1.9.6-37
● BIOS:
○ D560/F: 2.6.3
○ E665/F/N: 1.3.51
● iSM: 3.5.0
● iDRAC: 4.10.10.10

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.500 includes support for the new VxRail D560/D560F and VxRail E665/E665F/E665N appliance
models.
New features
VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.500 is a manufacturing-only release, which includes the following new features:
● Support for the VxRail D560 and D560F appliances (ruggedized VxRail models: 1U, 8 SAS/SATA drives, 1 or 2 socket Intel
Cascade Lake CPUs).
● Support for the VxRail E665, E665F, and E665N appliances (single-socket VxRail models: 1U, 8 SAS/SATA drives or 10
NVMe drives, second generation AMD EPYC CPUs).
● Support for VxRail systems without IDSDM and SD cards.
● Support for 480GB M.2 SATA drives on BOSS (Boot Optimized Server Storage) card.
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NOTE: The following node deployment rules apply:
● AMD-based VxRail E665/E665F/E665N nodes cannot be mixed with any Intel-based VxRail nodes in the same cluster.
● All-NVMe nodes can be mixed with all-flash nodes in the same cluster as long as their CPUs are from the same
manufacturer.
NOTE: Installation and replacement of NVMe drives for AMD-based system (E665N) requires Dell EMC Professional
Services.
Security fixes
which addresses:
○ Intel-SA-00241: Intel CSME, Server Platform Services, Trusted Execution Engine, Intel Active Management Technology
○ Intel-SA-00220: Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) and Trusted Execution Technology (TXT)
○ Intel-SA-00240: Intel UEFI BIOS
○ Intel-SA-00280: IPU — UEFI Advisory
○ Intel-SA-00270: TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA)
○ Intel-SA-00271: Voltage Modulation
○ Intel-SA-00329: Intel Processors Data Leakage Advisory
○ Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2020
○ SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 12 SP4 Updates to 2020.4
○ VMware VMSA-2019-0022.1
Notices page. A full listing of Dell security advisories is available at the Dell Security Advisories and Notices page.
Upgrade notes
VxRail version 4.7.500 is a factory-only release to support new hardware models, and so upgrades from previous releases are
not supported.

Found In
VXP-16516 Incorrect text displays in upgrade wizard from 4.7.410 Life Cycle UI and UX
4.7.410 to 7.0.000 in Japanese environment. management
VXP-13433, Fix SRS admin login issue in version 3.38.05.16. 4.7.000 Management Serviceability/
VXP-13394 Support
VXP-16710 LCM update from 4.7.212. to 4.7.410 fails while 4.7.410 Management Upgrade and
upgrading ESXi because of 'ascii' codec decoding Patching
issue.
VxRail 4.7.5xx 25
Issue: VxRail D560/F vSAN 2-node cluster FR failed at step 55. (VXP-14903)
● Workaround: Manually create DG for the witness node. For details refer to KB 543456.
Issue: Fail to deploy SRS when special character "#" is used in vCenter management account password. (VXP-16657)
● Workaround: Change the vCenter management account password. For details refer to KB 543457.
Issue: Can’t detect the new disk when doing a disk replacement on AMD-based VxRail nodes. (VXP-16528)
● Workaround: NVMe replacement requires Dell EMC Professional Services for AMD-based VxRail models. Refer to KB 543931
if replacement failure occurs when performed by the customer.
Issue: iDRAC can become unresponsive when collecting support logs using VxRail Manager or the public API. (VXP-13998)
● Workaround: iDRAC log collection was greyed out on UI. Refer to KB 524117 (for 14G appliances) to manually generate an
iDRAC log.
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VxRail 4.7.4xx
Topics:

The VxRail Appliance 4.7.411 software package includes the following components.
VxRail Manager
VMware integration
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 Update 3f GA build 15976714

● SRS 3.36.00.10

● PTAgent: 1.9.4-41
● BIOS:
○ E Series, G560/F, P570/F, V570/F: 2.4.8
○ P580N: 2.4.7
○ 13G: 2.10.5
● iSM: 3.4.1-1818
● iDRAC: 3.36.36.37 (14G), 2.70.70.70 (13G)
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VxRail Appliance software 4.7.411 contains fixes for several issues, including critical vCenter Server security fixes.
Security fixes
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.411 contains the following:
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 Update 3f which addresses critical security issues related to the
sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the VMware Directory Service (vmdir) (CVE-2020-3952).
○ See VMware KB78543 to determine whether a particular deployment is affected by CVE-2020-3952.
○ See VMSA-2020-0006 and the VMware vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3f Release Notes for more information.
● vSphere 6.7 ESXi Express Patch 14 which addresses important fixes detailed in the VMware ESXi 6.7, Patch Release
ESXi670-202004001 release notes.
NOTE: Users upgrading from VxRail 4.7.300 or prior releases may need to perform manual steps to implement some of the
security mitigations. For a description of these issues and a link to the mitigation procedure, review the MCEPSC
vulnerability described in the 4.7.301 security fixes.
Upgrade notes

VxRail Manager
VMware integration
● VMware vSAN 6.7 Patch 01 GA build 15160138

● SRS 3.36.00.10

● PTAgent: 1.9.4-41
● BIOS:
○ E Series, G560/F, P570/F, V570/F: 2.4.8
○ P580N: 2.4.7
○ 13G: 2.10.5
● iSM: 3.4.1-1818
● iDRAC: 3.36.36.37 (14G), 2.70.70.70 (13G)
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VxRail Appliance software 4.7.410 includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Patch 01, new features, security fixes, as well as VxRail fixes
and firmware updates.
New features
VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.410 includes the following new features:
● Includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Patch 01.
● Supports customer installation and replacement of NVMe cache drives on all-flash systems.
● Detects if external fibre channel storage arrays connected to VxRail nodes (with optional fibre channel HBA) are eLab
qualified.
● Allows the order in which sites are upgraded to be specified for stretched clusters.
● Support active-active connections for VxRail managed network ports on the network daughter card post-installation.
● Supports vSAN 2-node deployments with network switches.
● Detects the presence of the NVIDIA software manager VIB during the LCM validation process and alerts user to validate
VIB’s compatibility with target release.
● Saves the deployed installation configuration as a JSON file as part of the post-installation logs.
● Improves the handling of VxRail alarms in vCenter.
● Adds a Chat with Support button on the Support tab.
● Provides an API to retrieve a list of the system virtual machines in a cluster.
● Supports modifying the initial static IP address for VxRail Manager during initial cluster bring-up.
● Disables node removal for vSAN 2-node clusters.
Security fixes
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.410 includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Patch 01, which addresses security issues in ESXi including the
heap overwrite issue in OpenSLP as used in ESXi.
This issue may allow a malicious actor with network access to port 427 on an ESXi host to overwrite the heap of the OpenSLP
service resulting in remote code execution. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the
identifier CVE-2019-5544 to this issue. For more information, see VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2019-0022.
NOTE: Users upgrading from VxRail 4.7.300 or prior releases may need to perform manual steps to implement some of the
security mitigations. For a description of these issues and a link to the mitigation procedure, review the MCEPSC
vulnerability described in the 4.7.301 security fixes.
Upgrade notes
See the Upgrades section of these release notes for details about upgrading from one specific version to another. Refer to
SolVe Online for VxRail for complete information on upgrade procedures.

Found In
2393262, vSAN encryption cluster upgrade vSAN disk format Life Cycle
VXP-12359 block the LCM Management
2439985 Upgrade from 4.7.300 to 4.7.301 fails when secure 4.7.301 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
boot enabled on the ESXi host Management service
VxRail 4.7.4xx 29
Found In
2458053 When upgrading from 4.7.300 to 4.7.301, the 4.7.301 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
upgrade API doesn't work in stretch cluster Management service
2347803 Upgrades to 4.7.300 fail with no response if 4.7.300 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
canceled and retried more than 8 consecutive times Management service
2382792 During LCM 4.7.111 to 4.7.300, the upgrading of 4.7.300 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
ESXi hosts may fail with error message like "Failed Management service
upgrade firmwares via PTAgent"
2382899 Failed upgrade from 4.7.100 to 4.7.300 with error 4.7.300 Life Cycle ESXi/VIBs
"Upgrade preparation stopped on ESXI(dell01-02) Management
host "
2385371 Find PSOD issue on one node after upgrade 4.7.300 Life Cycle ESXi/VIBs
extervc from 6.5u2c to 6.7u3 within lcm path Management
4.5.225 to 4.7.300.
2441267 File-based Backup & Restore script failed owning to 4.7.300 Management Management
special characters Configuration
Section
2448749 TLS 1.0 detected in use on nodes on 4.7.300 after 4.7.300 Release Readiness Security Audit
disabling it on the nodes
2462265 LCM node addition may fail due misalignment 4.7.300 Life Cycle Health Check and
between nodeManifestFile.xml and manifest.xml Management Precheck
when upgraded from 4.7.300 to 4.7.301 on system
previously upgraded from 4.0.524 to 4.7.300
2439633, Upgrades fail with a "dry run precheck failure" error 4.7.211 Life Cycle vCenter / PSC
2414506/ due to the vami-sfcb service not running. Management
VXP-12653
2425878 "SSH Server Public Key Too Small" vulnerability on 4.7.001 Release Readiness Security Audit
the vxrm
VXP-12885 After a multi-step upgrade from VxRail 4.0.x to 4.5.400 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
4.7.x, the vami-sfcb service may be disabled, Management Service
which can cause subsequent upgrade failures.
2421934 First run failed when queryAssignedLicenses to 4.5.311 Management Management
external VC. Configuration
Section

Issue: Using the VxRail GUI (for 4.5.x releases) or the VxRail Plugin on vCenter (for 4.7.x releases) to upgrade an internal SRS
may fail or show a false SRS upgrade failed message in certain scenarios. (VXP-13394)
Issue: Failure to establish Remote Service Credentials (RSC) connection to VxRail manager (2448325)
● Workaround: Dell EMC support requires customer VxRail Manager account information for successful remote connection and
analysis.
Issue: Disk shows lost in iDRAC and Physical view after upgrading to 4.7.410. (2448311)
● Workaround: Reset iDRAC or refer to KB 539640.
Issue: VxRail upgrades fail during the ESXi upgrade due to non-ASCII characters being mishandled by the platform service.
(VXP-16710)
Issue: Languages other than English do not display correctly in the upgrade wizard. (VXP-16516)
30 VxRail 4.7.4xx
● Workaround: Switch to English.
Issue: Fail to deploy SRS when special character ‘#’ used in VC management account password. (VXP-16657)
● Workaround: Change the vCenter management account password. For details refer to KB 543457.
Issue: When migrating cluster to vCenter 7.0.0 GA, hosts could not be connected to the DVS after being joined to target VC.
(VXP-16450)
● Workaround: None. Cluster migration not support from source VC 6.7 to target VC 7.0 (VMware issue).
Issue: Cluster migration failed with auto script. (VXP-19056)

VxRail Manager
VMware integration
● VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 GA build 14320388
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 Update 3 GA build 14367737
● VMware vSAN 6.7 Update 3 GA build 14320388

● SRS 3.36.00.10

● PTAgent: 1.9.2
● BIOS: 2.3.10
● iSM: 3.4.0-1471
● iDRAC: 3.36.36.37

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.400 includes support for the new VxRail P580N and VxRail E560N appliance models.
New features
VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.400 is a manufacturing only release, which includes the following new features:
● Support for the VxRail E560N appliance (all-NVMe, dual socket).
● Support for the VxRail P580N appliance (all-NVMe, quad-socket).
○ VxRail P580N is certified for operating SAP HANA as a hyperconverged infrastructure solution. Refer to the SAP HANA
Hardware Directory for more information.
● Support for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on both the P580N and the E560N.
NOTE: The following node deployment rules apply:
● All-NVMe nodes cannot be mixed with hybrid nodes in the same cluster.
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● All-NVMe nodes cannot be mixed with all-flash nodes in the same cluster.
NOTE: NVMe drives are now customer installable and replaceable. Customers are no longer required to contact Dell EMC
Professional Services for the installation or replacement of NVMe drives in VxRail systems. For information on replacing
NVMe drives or other components, refer to Hardware Replacement Procedures in SolVe Online for VxRail.
Security fixes
VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.400 contains the following security fixes:
● CVE-2019-9636, CVE-2018-1000613, CVE-2018-1000180, CVE-2019-14379, CVE-2019-14439, CVE-2019-3847,
CVE-2018-14630, CVE-2019-10154, CVE-2018-16854, CVE-2019-6446, CVE-2018-1270, CVE-2018-1275, CVE-2018-15756,
CVE-2018-1272, CVE-2019-3772, CVE-2019-14322, CVE-2017-15107
NOTE: The security fixes contained in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.301 are not contained in version 4.7.400. Those fixes
will be provided in an upcoming release.
Upgrade notes
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.400 is only available on newly manufactured VxRail P580N and VxRail E560N systems. Upgrades
to version 4.7.400 are not supported, since this version is only supported on the VxRail P580N and VxRail E560N, and these
models are not supported with earlier versions of VxRail Appliance software.

Found In
2434046 Node addition may fail on VxRail 4.7.300 due to 4.7.300 Configuration Expansion
incompatible drive firmware when adding a VxRail
4.7.212 node.

NOTE: Customers running VxRail Appliance Version 4.7.400 are highly recommended to execute one of the workarounds in
KB 537948 (or call Dell EMC Support for assistance) to prevent the following known ESXi 6.7 U3 issue:
● Excessive Hardware health alarms triggered for "Sensor -1 type" on ESXi hosts running vSphere 6.7 U3. (These events
can result in the vCenter Server database increasing in size, leading to insufficient disk space issues, such as vCenter
Server unavailability, once the SEAT partition size goes above the 95% threshold.)
Issue: (ESXi 6.7 U3 2439205) Excessive hardware health alarms trigger for "Sensor -1 type" on ESXi hosts, causing the SEAT
partition size to exceed the 95% threshold with possible vCenter unavailability.
Issue: Newly added drives do not display in the iDRAC user interface. (2368297)
● Workaround: Reset the iDRAC application.
Issue: Cluster shutdown shows the wrong non-admin virtual machine count after executing a vCenter conversion with Log
Insight. (2387064)
Issue: VxRail Manager displays HBA devices on P580N Appliances, even though HBA hardware is not installed. (2398528)
● Workaround: None. This issue does not affect VxRail operation.
Issue: For Qlogic 41164 NDC, configure switch, the port is not configured to the VLAN. (2399991)
● Workaround: For switches running version 10.4.3, disable DCBx and try again.
32 VxRail 4.7.4xx
Issue: After changing the host name, the proactive health check fails the next day. (2410884)
Issue: Drive addition failure may occur during certain high load scenarios. (2412885)
Issue: PSOD error can occur when hot swapping drives for disk addition when the system is experiencing high loads. (2415458)
● Workaround: Refer to VMware KB 2132079.
Issue: Failure to establish Remote Service Credentials (RSC) connection to VxRail manager (2448325)
● Workaround: Dell EMC support requires customer VxRail Manager account information for successful remote connection and
analysis.
Issue: During first run validation, the version compatibility check fails due to a VCM service startup failure. (2463058)
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VxRail 4.7.3xx
Topics:

VxRail Manager
VMware integration
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 Update 3a GA build 14836122

● SRS 3.36.00.10

● PTAgent: 1.9.2
● BIOS: 2.4.8 (14G), 2.10.5 (13G)
● iSM: 3.4.0-1471
● iDRAC: 3.36.36.37 (14G), 2.70.70.70 (13G)
34 VxRail 4.7.3xx
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.301 includes critical fixes for several security issues.
Security fixes
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.301 includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Express Patch 13, which addresses the Machine Check Error on
Page Size Change (MCEPSC) and Intel ® Transactional Synchronization Extensions (Intel ® TSX) Asynchronous Abort (TAA)
security issues.
Refer to VMware Security Advisories VMSA-2019-0020 and VMware ESXi 6.7, Patch Release ESXi670-201911001 for detailed
information. The following provides a high-level introduction to the MCEPSC and TAA fixes:
● Hypervisor-specific Mitigations for Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (MCEPSC) Denial-of-Service vulnerability
(CVE-2018-12207)
○ A malicious actor with local access to execute code in a virtual machine may lead to purple screen or reboot of the
hypervisor, resulting a denial-of-service condition
○ Applicable to all VxRail models
○ Mitigation is not enabled by default because of possible performance impact: refer to VMware KB article 76050 for the
Performance Impact Statement
○ Mitigation can be applied at either the host or guest level. Applying mitigation at the host level is recommended for VxRail
Appliances:
NOTE: Users must perform manual steps after installing the VxRail Appliance 4.7.301 software upgrade to apply the
security fix. Refer to VMware KB article 59139 for procedure.
● Hypervisor-Specific Mitigations for Intel ® TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA) Speculative-Execution vulnerability
(CVE-2019-11135)
○ A malicious actor with local access to execute code in a virtual machine may be able to infer data from another virtual
machine or the hypervisor itself
○ Applicable to Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, 2nd generation (also known as Cascade Lake) microarchitecture
○ Mitigated once VxRail Appliance software 4.7.301 is installed
This release also contains mitigations listed in the following:
● VMware vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3a Release Notes
● VMware Security Advisories VMSA-2019-0018
● VMware Security Advisories VMSA-2019-0019
● 2019.2 IPU – Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Controllers Advisory
● CVE-2019-3764, which addresses the iDRAC Password Hash Leak vulnerability that is fixed in Dell iDRAC
2.70.70.70/3.36.36.37
Upgrade notes
NOTE: For users upgrading from VxRail Appliance software 4.7.300 to 4.7.301: If you applied any workaround from KB
537948 to mitigate the excessive hardware health alarms being triggered for "Sensor -1 type" on ESXi hosts issue, please
review KB 539130 to learn whether you need to reverse any workarounds.
NOTE: A customer-supplied vCenter must be upgraded to VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 Update 3
before upgrading to VxRail 4.7.301.
VxRail 4.7.3xx 35
Found In
(ESXi 6.7 U3) Excessive hardware health alarms trigger for 4.7.300 N/A N/A
"Sensor -1 type" on ESXi hosts, causing the
2439205
SEAT partition size to exceed the 95%
threshold with possible vCenter unavailability.
KB 537948.
2431662 Upgrade fails due to failure to deploy the LCM 4.7.300 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
engine. Management service
2443473 Dial home service request is filtered or closed 4.5.200 Management Events
on creation due to missing component ID.
2443410 vSAN license is not applied during initial 4.5.400 Configuration Configuration process
configuration in 4.5.400.

NOTE: Some VxRail nodes that were shipped from the factory with VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.210 may fail to be
discovered during installation, node addition, or node replacement due to a missing PSNT. To resolve this issue, contact
Support and reference KB 536766. This issue has been resolved for all nodes shipped from the factory with VxRail
Appliance software 4.7.300 beginning on October 15, 2019.
Issue: Upgrades from 4.7.00x/4.7.1xx/4.7.2xx to 4.7.301 fail when secure boot is enabled on the ESXi host. (2338025)
Issue: Upgrades from 4.7.300 to 4.7.301 fail when secure boot is enabled on the ESXi host. (2439985)
Issue: 14G node addition may fail in certain scenarios when a 13G cluster was upgraded from 4.0.x to 4.7.3xx directly, due to 14G
iDRAC firmware missing in upgrade package. (2457955)
Issue: When upgrading from 4.7.300 to 4.7.301, the upgrade API doesn’t work in stretched cluster upgrade scenarios. (2458053)
Issue: LCM node addition may fail due misalignment between nodeManifestFile.xml and manifest.xml when upgraded
from 4.7.300 to 4.7.301 on systems previously upgraded from 4.0.524 to 4.7.300. (2462265)

VxRail Manager
VMware integration
36 VxRail 4.7.3xx
● VMware vSAN 6.7 Update 3 GA build 14320388

● SRS 3.36.00.10

● PTAgent: 1.9.2
● BIOS: 2.2.11 (14G), 2.9.1 (13G)
● iSM: 3.4.0-1471
● iDRAC: 3.34.34.34 (14G)

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.300 includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 3, new features, security fixes, as well as VxRail fixes
and firmware updates.
New features
● Includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 3
● Provides life cycle management (LCM) enhancements including:
(These LCM features are available after a VxRail cluster has been updated to version 4.7.300, and can only be used for
future system upgrades.)
○ Scheduled upgrades: Customers can schedule upgrades to align with service windows or other business needs.
○ Streamlined upgrades: LCM can determine which components are required for upgrades, no need to always do full bundle
upgrades.
○ Faster upgrades: LCM can prestage nodes during upgrade execution to reduce upgrade times.
○ Automated upgrades for stretched node clusters: Customers will not need professional services for stretched cluster
upgrades when upgrading from VxRail 4.7.300 to the next release.
○ Streamlined single cluster expansion: Provides version compatibility check and automatic upgrade when a node is added
to a cluster.
● Provides more network design flexibility in creating VxRail clusters across multiple racks.
● Provides the ability to expand a cluster beyond one rack using L3 networks and L2 networks.
● Includes enhanced APIs for management and LCM orchestration.
● Provides full VxRail manager functionality using RESTful API.
● Added full native vCenter plug-in support for all core day to day operations including physical views and LCM.
● Includes enhanced support for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail.
● Smart Fabric Services Automation with OS10.5 is now qualified with VxRail 4.7.300 for layer 2 in a single rack.
Security fixes
VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.300 contains VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 3 and 4.7.300 associated security fixes:
● CVE-2017-6891, CVE-2019-2024, CVE-2019-3842, CVE-2019-5953, CVE-2019-6454, CVE-2019-9213, CVE-2019-9924,
CVE-2019-11068, CVE-2018-1122, CVE-2018-1123, CVE-2018-1124, CVE-2018-1125, CVE-2018-1126, CVE-2018-6954,
CVE-2018-16839, CVE-2018-1000654.
For more information on VMware security advisories, refer to the VMware Security Advisories (VMSA) website.
VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.300 includes the following previously released security fixes:
VxRail 4.7.3xx 37
● VxRail Appliance software 4.7.300 contains previous VMware vSphere fixes that address the security issues with identifiers
CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478, and CVE-2019-11479.
● Additionally VxRail Manager 4.7.300 includes the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 OS fix for CVE-2019-11477,
CVE-2019-11478, and CVE-2019-11479.
Upgrade notes
NOTE:
● VxRail Appliance software 4.7.300 has a known issue that causes excessive hardware health alarms being triggered for
"Sensor -1 type" on ESXi hosts.
● This issue causes the SEAT partition size to exceed the 95% threshold with possible vCenter unavailability.
● Customers should not upgrade to VxRail 4.7.300 at this time. Note that the issue is resolved in VxRail 4.7.301.
NOTE: A customer-supplied vCenter must be upgraded to VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 Update 3

Issue Summary Release Category Component
No. Found In
2261172 Role-based access control (RBAC) no longer works for 4.5.300 Usability VC Plugin UI
2298182 HTML5 plug-in.
2326075 After upgrading the VxRail cluster configured with NSX 4.7.110 Life Cycle Version Compliance
(6.4.2) to 4.7.110, DVS version is upgraded to 6.6.0 Management
automatically, the NSX 6.4.x is incompatible with VDS
6.6.0.
2329239 LCM Exception handling is not accurate. 4.7.110 Life Cycle UI and UX
Management
2346395 Node missing from VxRail Manager First Run Page. 4.5.212 Configuration Configuration
Process
2347931 VRM fails to power on in LCM 4.7.001 to 4.7.110. 4.7.001 Life Cycle ESXi/VIBs
Management
2351191 Displays a vDS warning stating "The distributed switch 4.7.100 Life Cycle VC/PSC
configuration on the host differs from that of the Management
vCenter Server" after upgrade.
2351668 Changed VxRail Manager vm name from "VxRail 4.5.300 Management Management
Manager " to "VxRail Manager - USEGVXRM000", error Configuration
reported "NO Virtual Machine found:VxRail Manager".
2354482 VxRail plugin pages showing error message with HTTP 4.7.200 Management Dashboard
500.
2356472 Unexpected order of upgrading ESXi hosts. 4.7.110 Life Cycle ESXi/VIBs
Management
2356917 Update of firmware via PTAgent fails due to no space 4.7.115 Life Cycle Dell components
left on device. Management
2360890 4.7.211 upgrade issues: sequence change affects vSAN 4.7.211 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
resync. Management service
38 VxRail 4.7.3xx
No. Found In
2250836 Mitigation for VxRail VXR alarms displayed in the 4.7.110 Management Events
2369147 vCenter UI as a result of vCenter alarm volume.
2374050
2374127
2378353
2375762 VxRail out of family upgrade with NSX. 4.7.001 Life Cycle ESXi/VIBs
Management
2396069 Shut down cluster doesn't work after fresh deployment. 4.7.211 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
Management service
2397984 Additional vSAN health check alarms are suppressed as 4.7.200 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
a short term solution to very noisy alarms causing Management service
customer concern and cases.

Issue: (ESXi 6.7 U3 2439205) Excessive hardware health alarms trigger for "Sensor -1 type" on ESXi hosts, causing the SEAT
partition size to exceed the 95% threshold with possible vCenter unavailability.
Issue: Upgrades from VxRail 4.7.00x/4.7.1xx/4.7.2xx to 4.7.300 fail when secure boot is enabled on the ESXi host. (2338025)
Issue: API call upgrade no response when memory is over 51% upgrading 4.5.300 to 4.7.300 on Dell 14G. (2347803)
Issue: vSAN object health error after LCM from 4.7.211 to 4.7.300. (2368297)
Issue: LCM 4.7.111 to 4.7.300 upgrade failed. Failure occurred while running an upgrade for bundle: ESXi. The error message:
Failed upgrade firmware via PTAgent. (2382792)
Issue: Failed upgrade from 4.7.100 to 4.7.300 with error "Upgrade preparation stopped on ESXI(dell01-02) host". (2382899)
Issue: Find PSOD issue on one node after upgrade extervc from 6.5u2c to 6.7u3 within lcm path 4.5.225 to 4.7.300. (2385371)
Issue: Cluster shutdown shows wrong non-admin VM count after executing vCenter convert with Log Insight. (2387064)
Issue: Failed to enter maintenance mode in 3600 seconds when upgrading vSAN two node cluster from 4.7.211 to 4.7.300 with
workload. (2387836)
Issue: Purple Screen Of Death occurs on node when upgrading from 4.7.111 to 4.7.300 with external vCenter. (2392280)
Issue: After changing the host name, proactive health check fails the next day. (2410884)
Issue: Upgrade fails due to failure to deploy the LCM engine. (2431662)
● Workaround: Call Dell EMC Support.
VxRail 4.7.3xx 39
Issue: Node addition may fail on VxRail 4.7.300 due to incompatible drive firmware when adding a VxRail 4.7.212 node.
(2434046)
40 VxRail 4.7.3xx
5
VxRail 4.7.2xx
Topics:

VxRail Manager
VMware integration
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 Update 2c GA build 14070457

● SRS 3.28.00.06

● PTAgent: 1.8.5-12
● BIOS: 2.1.8 (14G), 2.9.1 (13G)
● iSM: 3.4.0-1471
● iDRAC: 3.32.32.32 (14G)
VxRail 4.7.2xx 41
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.212 incorporates security fixes and other critical fixes, including a fix for a Samsung PM883 drive
firmware life cycle management issue.
Security fixes
VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.212 includes the following security fix:
● VxRail Appliance software 4.7.212 contains VMware vSphere 6.7 Express Patch 11 Upgrade 2c which addresses the security
issues with identifiers CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478, and CVE-2019-11479.
● VxRail Manager 4.7.212 also includes the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 OS fix for CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478, and
CVE-2019-11479.
Note that EXSi 6.7 Express Patch 10 (VMware ESXi 6.7 Patch Release ESXi670-201906002) is included in the vSphere 6.7
Express Patch 11 integrated with VxRail 4.7.212.
NOTE: There is a known issue in which the controller driver and controller firmware show as empty on the vSAN health
page. Please manually update the vSAN HCL database to the latest online version.
Upgrade notes
NOTE: A customer-supplied vCenter must be upgraded to VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 Update 2c
before upgrading to VxRail 4.7.212 in order to gain the fixes in vSphere 6.7 Express Patch 11.

No. Found In
2381903 Samsung PM883 disk firmware update failure causes 4.7.210 Life Cycle Hardware
LCM upgrade failure. Management

Issue: Failed to collect iDRAC log due to iSM service failure on upgraded system (2386894, 2333532)
● Workaround: Call Dell EMC Support and refer to KB 535559.
42 VxRail 4.7.2xx
VxRail Manager
VMware integration

● SRS 3.28.00.06

● PTAgent: 1.8.5-12
● BIOS: 2.1.8 (14G), 2.9.1 (13G)
● iSM: 3.4.0-1471
● iDRAC: 3.32.32.32 (14G)

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.211 incorporates new features, security fixes, and other critical fixes including fixes for the 25G
Broadcom NIC firmware and BOSS upgrade failure issues.
Security fixes
● VxRail Appliance software 4.7.211 contains vSphere 6.7 Express Patch 09 / Upgrade 2a, which addresses the MDS
vulnerability. VMware KB article 67577 provides a centralized source of information about this vulnerability.
New features
VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.211 includes the following new feature:
● Support for Qlogic and Mellanox NICs
● SmartFabric support with Dell EMC S5200 25GB TOR switches
● Support for Second Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (with Intel C620 Series Chipsets)
● BIOS 2.1.8 enhancements provide DIMMs self-healing capabilities via the post package repair (PPR) feature. Refer to KB
542077 for details
VxRail 4.7.2xx 43
NOTE: Many of the new features listed for VxRail 4.7.211 are also listed for VxRail 4.7.210 because 4.7.210 is a factory-only
release. The only difference between 4.7.210 and 4.7.211 are upgrade-related fixes. If you are using 4.7.210, there is no need
to RASR reimage to 4.7.211 before deployment or upgrade to VxRail SW 4.7.211 following deployment.
Upgrade notes
NOTE: A customer-supplied vCenter must be upgraded to VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 Update 2a

No. Found In
2207600 ESRS web service crashed because large log bundles 4.5.210 Management Serviceability/
were attached by the call home feature. Support
2324322 VRM failed to power on in LCM 4.7.001 to 4.7.110 4.7.001 Life Cycle ESXi/ViBs
Management
2332902 Node discovery issue with 4.7.110. 4.7.100 Configuration Expansion
2348988 vSAN related issue on Dell model with Broadcom 25G 4.7.200 Platform Service Others
NIC.
2348989 Dell 14G model with Broadcom 25G NIC is having 4.7.100 Platform Service Others
stability/flapping/PSOD issues.
2348990 BOSS firmware upgrade failure lead to LCM upgrade 4.7.200 Platform Service Others
failure.
2356321 X520 NIC driver didn't upgrade on Dell 13G appliance 4.7.200 Life Cycle ESXi/ViBs
during LCM. Management

Issue: ISM TLS error causing idrac log collection to fail. (2333532)
● Workaround: Refer to KB 535559 to reset iSM, and then collect the iDRAC log again or call Support and refer to KB 535559.
Issue: VxRail Manager fails to upgrade if the VM has gone through file-based restore. (2356334)
Issue: Manufacturer of Samsung PM883 Disk shows "UNKNOWN" in physical view. (2357655)
● Workaround: None.
Issue: Samsung PM883 Disk FW update failure causes LCM upgrade failure. (2381903)
● Workaround: Upgrade disk firmware manually via iDRAC and retry the upgrade in VxRail. Refer to KB 535590.
Issue: Upgrade to 4.7.211 and later release will fail if did backup restore on VxRail release lower than 4.7.200. (2448857)
44 VxRail 4.7.2xx
VxRail Manager
VMware integration

● SRS 3.28.00.06

● PTAgent: 1.8.5-12
● BIOS: 2.1.8 (14G), 2.9.1 (13G)
● iSM: 3.4.0-1471
● iDRAC: 3.32.32.32 (14G)

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.210 includes security fixes and other critical fixes, including a fix for the 25G Broadcom NIC
firmware issue.
Security fixes
● VxRail Appliance software 4.7.210 contains vSphere 6.7 Express Patch 09 / Upgrade 2a, which addresses the MDS
vulnerability. VMware KB article 67577 provides a centralized source of information about this vulnerability.
New features
● Support for Qlogic and Mellanox NICs
● SmartFabric support with Dell EMC S5200 25GB TOR switches
● Support for Second Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, (with Intel C620 Series Chipsets)
● BIOS 2.1.8 enhancements provide DIMMs self-healing capabilities via the post package repair (PPR) feature. Refer to KB
542077 for details
VxRail 4.7.2xx 45
NOTE: Many of the new features listed for VxRail 4.7.210 are also listed for VxRail 4.7.211 because 4.7.210 is a factory-only
release. The only difference between 4.7.210 and 4.7.211 are upgrade-related fixes. If you are using 4.7.210, there is no need
to RASR reimage to 4.7.211 before deployment or upgrade to VxRail SW 4.7.211 following deployment.
Upgrade notes
See the Direct upgrade paths section of these release notes for details about upgrading from one specific version to another.
Refer to SolVe Online for VxRail for complete information on upgrade procedures.
NOTE: VxRail version 4.7.210 is a factory-only release. Upgrade to 4.7.210 is not supported.

No. Found In
2207600 ESRS web service crashed because large log bundles 4.5.210 Management Serviceability/
were attached by the call home feature. Support
2332902 Node discovery issue with 4.7.110. 4.7.100 Configuration Expansion
2348989 Dell 14G model with Broadcom 25G NIC is having 4.7.100 Platform Service Others
stability/flapping/PSOD issues
2348988 vSAN related issue on Dell model with Broadcom 25G 4.7.200 Platform Service Others
NIC

Issue: ISM TLS error causing iDRAC log collection to fail (2333532)
● Workaround: Refer to KB 535559 to reset iSM, and then collect the iDRAC log again or call support and reference KB
535559.

VxRail Manager
VMware integration
● VMware vSAN 6.7 Update 2
46 VxRail 4.7.2xx
● SRS 3.28.00.06

● PTAgent: 1.8.4-9
● BIOS: 1.6.12 (P570/F, E560/F), 1.6.11 (G560/F), 2.9.1 (13G)
● iSM: 3.4.0-1471
● iDRAC: 3.32.32.32 (14G)

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.200 includes vSphere 6.7 Upgrade 2, new features, as well as VxRail fixes and firmware updates.
The updated NVMe PM1725a drive firmware resolves a remote potential for runtime data loss due to a cache management fault.
New features
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.200 includes the following new features:
● Includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Upgrade 2
● Provides lifecycle management (LCM) support for disk drives including Toshiba PM5 SAS SSD
● Generates an event on password expiration
● Provides public API updates to modify the vCenter management account and host management account
● Uses the new vCenter API offered in the vSphere 6.7 release to enable vCenter upgrade in LCM
● Supports the creation of test dial home events
● Updates VxRail file-based backup and restore tools to handle ROBO use cases with limited bandwidth
● Adds hostname to physical view
● Reduces polling traffic between VxRail Manager and vCenter by using hostConnector to poll ESXi host info
Upgrade notes
NOTE: VxRail Appliance software 4.7.200 is not available for upgrades due to a critical 25G networking issue that is
resolved in VxRail 4.7.210 and 4.7.211.

No. Found In
2246859 Unable cancel the upgrade after failure. 4.7.100 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
Management service
2250540 After upgrading to 4.7.000, permission of some log files 4.7.000 Management Serviceability/
is changed Support
2252839 First run fail on task 73/76 while "Initializing VxRail 4.7.100 Configuration Configuration
Manager..." Process
VxRail 4.7.2xx 47
No. Found In
2258923 VC Plugin UI doesn't fully support dark mode theme 4.7.100 Usability VC Plugin UI
2260222 After upgrade to 4.7.x, an alarm of 'Failed to initial RSC' 4.7.000 Management Serviceability/
will appear daily in vcenter. Support
2260382 Cluster is shutdown successfully. But from UI, the 4.7.100 Management Management
cluster shutdown task is always "in progress". It can Configuration
never be finished. Section
2262477 Node addition will fail if hostname has capital letter 4.7.100 Configuration Expansion
2264794 Update was finished with the error: DVCVersionInfo 4.7.100 Life Cycle VC/PSC
{version=6.7.0, minBuild=11406153} does not match Management
with system version: DVCVersionInfo {version=6.7.0,
minBuild=10244857}
2269478 First run fails when user uploads a configuration file, and 4.7.100 Configuration Validation
the number of ‘customizeHostnames’ & ‘customizeIps’
in the configuration file is greater than the number of
existing nodes
2270142 "Last Configuration Data Sent" page keep the first 4.7.100 Usability VC Plugin UI
configuration info not the last info
2279259 session leak in get-esx-vib.py 4.7.100 Management Serviceability/
Support
2286716 Upgrade fails with error: Failed to register VxRail as an 4.7.100 Life Cycle UI and UX
extension to VC Management
2292582 Failed to verify memory and disk resource requirements 4.7.100 Life Cycle VC/PSC
for VCSA and PSC deployment error during upgrade to Management
4.7.100
2303275 Host rename on 4.7.100 fails with error message: "The 4.7.100 Management Serviceability/
hostname xxx cannot be resolved. Verify the DNS server Support
is configured correctly"
2307912 Node removal failed at precheck capacity step, log 4.7.000 Management Serviceability/
shows "resource capacity check failed". Support
2315120 ChangeESXiIP task cannot resume in VxRail Plugin 4.7.100 Unknown Unknown
2318782 Internal SRS VM is deployed with incorrect DNS setting 4.7.110 Management Serviceability/
(colon in resolv.conf). Support
2328459 LCM failed due to ExtensionRegistrationTask timeout 4.7.110 Life Cycle VC/PSC
Management
2251496 Hardware compatibility alert after LCM upgrade from 4.7.000 Life Cycle VC/PSC
2239200 4.5.227 to 4.7 Management

Issue: Disk info "Remaining Rated Write Endurance" would show unavailable under iDRAC > Storage page. (2303856)
● Workaround: Reset iDRAC or refer to KB 532370.
Issue: "Inserted Adapter seems broken or is removed" is displayed during NVMe disk replacement through VxRail Manager.
(2311207)
Issue: Internal ESRS upgrade failed for vCenter UI display in normal after ESRS upgrade successfully. (2318409)
48 VxRail 4.7.2xx
Issue: Upgrade to 4.7.200 failed due to "Failed upgrade firmwares via PTAgent with Qlogic 41112 PCIe". (2325900)
● Workaround: Manually upgrade the Qlogic FW via iDRAC UI, then reset iDRAC and retry LCM. Or refer to KB 533305.
Issue: Upgrade to 4.7.200 results in VXR alarms being generated for intermittent upgrade steps but are not cleared when issue
is self resolved. (2327041)
Issue: IP pool maximum IP is wrong during Add Host. (2329552)
Issue: PSOD occurs when hot plug to perform NVMe disk replacement on R640. (2310786)
● Workaround: Follow procedure for NVME disk replacement.
Issue: ESRS web service crashed due to massive log bundles attached by call home. (2331043)
Issue: ISM TLS error causing idrac log collection to fail (2333532)
● Workaround: Refer toKB 535559 to reset iSM, and then collect the iDRAC log again or call support and refer to KB 535559.
Issue: Manufacturer of Samsung PM883 Disk shows "UNKNOWN" in physical view. (2357655)
Issue: Samsung PM883 Disk FW update failure causes LCM upgrade failure (2381903)
● Workaround: Upgrade disk firmware manually via iDRAC and retry the upgrade in VxRail. Refer to KB article 535590.
VxRail 4.7.2xx 49
6
VxRail 4.7.1xx
Topics:

VxRail Manager
VMware integration

● SRS 3.28.00.06

● PTAgent: 1.8.3-8
● BIOS: 1.6.12 (P570/F, E560/F), 1.6.11 (G560/F), 2.8.0 (13G)
● iSM 3.3.0-1290
● iDRAC: 3.21.26.22 (14G)
50 VxRail 4.7.1xx
VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.111 includes fixes for several security issues.
Security fixes
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.111 includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Express Patch 7 which resolves security issues in ESXi including
an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability and a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the virtual USB UHCI
(Universal Host Controller Interface). These issues may allow a guest to execute code on the host.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the following identifiers to these issues:
● CVE-2019-5518 (out-of-bounds read/write)
● CVE-2019-5519 (TOCTOU)
Refer to VMSA-2019-0005 and the VMware vSphere 6.7 EP7 release notes for additional information.
Upgrade notes
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.111 is available for local and internet upgrades of existing VxRail clusters.

Issue: The internet upgrade might fail to trigger the download with the error message, “The server has encountered an
unexpected internal error. Please try again later" when upgrading from 4.5.310 or 4.7.110 to 4.5.311 or 4.7.111. (2315664)
● Workaround: Refresh your browser and click “Internet Upgrade” again.

The VxRail Appliance software package includes the following components.
VxRail Manager
VMware integration

● ESRS 3.28.00.06

● PTAgent: 1.8.3-8
VxRail 4.7.1xx 51
● BIOS: 1.6.12 (P570/F, E560/F), 1.6.11 (G560/F), 2.8.0 (13G)
● iSM 3.3.0-1290
● iDRAC: 3.21.26.22 (14G)

VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.110 includes the resolution to DTA 531166: VxRail: Software versions 4.5.300 and
4.7.100 may encounter high I/O latency and/or diminished Virtual Machine performance. It contains the recommended
HBA330 firmware and driver to prevent the critical issue as well as other important VxRail fixes and new firmware.
New features
VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.110 enables VxRail node addition/removal by customers:
● The VxRail Manager Plugin for vCenter includes a new option for customers to add new nodes to, and remove nodes from
existing VxRail clusters.
● Node addition/removal by customers in stretched clusters running VxRail versions lower than 4.7.300 is not supported at
this time, and still requires Services to be involved.
Recommended HBA330 firmware

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.110 includes the following recommended HBA330 firmware version:
● Firmware 15.17.09.06
● Driver 16.00.01.00
NOTE: There is a known issue that causes vCenter to display a false positive vSAN health service warning regarding
controller firmware certification. This warning can be safely ignored for VxRail Appliance software all versions of 4.7.x
including 4.7.110 (as well as 4.5.300 and 4.5.310). This does not indicate that the HBA330 firmware or driver update failed.
Refer to KB 528230 for more detail and for the workaround.
Upgrade notes
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.110 is available for local and internet upgrades of existing VxRail clusters.

No. Found In
2299655 Some log files have permissions changed after 4.7.000 Management Serviceability/
upgrading to 4.7.000. Support
2299658 Reduce loudmouth logging level to INFO or lower. 4.5.200 Auto Discovery Loudmouth
2299662 LCM upgrade stuck during VCSA upgrade process. 4.7.001 Life Cycle VC/PSC
2271001 Management
2299668 VC session leak. 4.7.100 Management Serviceability/
Support
2299676 During node expansion, higher version node will not be 4.5.200 Configuration Validation
shown in lower version cluster.
52 VxRail 4.7.1xx
No. Found In
2299677 VxRail Shutdown procedure failing. 4.5.300 Management Serviceability/
Support
2299682 Following upgrade to 4.7.100, VRM plugin is not available 4.7.000 Management Serviceability/
in vCenter due to SSL issues. Support
2299683 Cannot add node back to the cluster after being 4.7.100 Support Scripts ESXi support script
RASRed.
2299685 Following upgrade to 4.7.100, VxRail Plugin UI is not 4.7.100 Life Cycle UI and UX
2287523 available in vCenter for certain external VC Management
configurations.
2299695 Node addition fails if the hostname has capital letter . 4.7.100 Configuration Expansion
2300614 Unable to cancel the upgrade after failure. 4.7.000 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
Management service
2303913 Support firmware lifecyle management for Intel 4.7.000 Life Cycle Dell components
Youngsville Refresh SSD S4510/S4610. Management

VxRail Manager
VMware integration
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 Express Patch 6 GA build 11726888

● ESRS 3.28.00.06

● PTAgent: 1.8.3-8
● BIOS: 1.6.12 (P570/F, E560/F), 1.6.11 (G560/F), 2.8.0 (13G)
● iSM 3.3.0-1290
● iDRAC: 3.21.26.22 (14G)
VxRail 4.7.1xx 53
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.100 includes a new VMware vCenter plugin interface for VxRail Manager, other new features, as
well as VxRail fixes and firmware updates.
Important availability notice

NOTE: Installations and upgrades to VxRail Appliance software version 4.7.100 are not available due to a critical HBA 330
firmware issue affecting Dell EMC PowerEdge servers that may result in data unavailability in certain scenarios. Install or
upgrade to VxRail Appliance software 4.7.110 instead.
New user interface: VxRail Manager Plugin for VMware vCenter

VxRail Manager is now integrated as a plugin for VMware vCenter. This means that the user interface for VxRail Manager is part
of the familiar vCenter UI.
● The plugin replaces the VxRail Manager web interface – the web interface is no longer available.
● The plugin does not replace the VxRail Manager virtual machine on each VxRail cluster; it is the new UI for VxRail Manager.
● For details about using the VxRail Manager Plugin for VMware vCenter refer to the following publications:
○ VxRail 4.7.x Administration Guide
○ VxRail Manager Plugin for VMware vCenter Tech Note
Other new features

● Support for vSAN 2-node deployments
● Support for SmartFabric Services for select Dell EMC OS10 switches
● RESTful API enhancements
● Cross-site network traffic optimization
● Dial-home throttling of events
● iDRAC events for DIMMs reported in vCenter Event Viewer
● Full VxRail event details presented in vCenter Event Viewer
● User interface support for iDRAC configuration
● User interface support to modify ESXi IP address and host name
● Option to configure custom ESXi IP address and host name during first-run
● User interface support for users to remove a node from a VxRail cluster
● Integrated lifecycle management for Dell EMC Secure Remote Services
● Performance optimization of drive firmware lifecycle management
● Power supply unit firmware update
● Simplified procedure to modify IP addresses of external DNS and NTP.
● Witness log collection capability
Upgrade notes
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.100 is not available for installations or upgrades of existing VxRail clusters, customer should use
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.110 instead.
See the Upgrades section of these release notes for details about upgrading from one specific version to another. Refer to the
SolVe Desktop application for complete information on upgrade procedures.
54 VxRail 4.7.1xx
No. Found In
2165806 The HA agent of the sixth added node cannot be 4.7.000 Management Dashboard
installed successfully for the vSAN service disabled.
2168861 Removed items still show on VxRail Market page. 4.7.000 Market Market
2193024 Need to input the site ID manually instead of selecting it 4.7.000 Management Serviceability/
from the drop down list while enabling internal ESRS. Support
2194513 Initial configuration may fail at the step "Removing 4.7.000 Configuration Configuration
unused system virtual machines". Process
2198078 Mitigation for VxRail VXR alarms displayed in the 4.7.000 Management Events
2248772 vCenter UI as a result of vCenter alarm volume.
2240050 NIC firmware bundle version does not match with 4.7.001 Life Cycle ESXi/VIBs
system, when upgrading from 4.5.229 to 4.7.100 Management
2244355 After upgrading to 4.7.000, two alerts show in vCenter 4.7.000 Platform Service PTAgent
and VxRail Manager (VXR014016 ALARM and
VXR024005 ALARM)
2179549 False alert of disk missing event MYSTIC020002 4.5.211 Management Hardware Health
reported. Monitoring
2181211 Dell BOSS-S1 card is not showing in iDRAC. 4.5.212 Life Cycle Dell components
Management
2221013 LCM upgrade failure due to root credentials of VC failed, 4.5.212 Life Cycle Health Check and
but SSH to VCSA and PSC use same root credentials Management Precheck
success.
2191038 Updating 14G iDRAC using RASR in VxRail 4.5.2xx does 4.5.218 Life Cycle Dell components
not work if a keyboard or any USB drive is connected. Management

Issue: Multiple 2-node vSAN clusters shouldn't share same witness node. (2139072)
● Workaround: None. By design, witness nodes are not to be shared among multiple clusters.
Issue: Can not update Management account password at vCenter plugin. (2244208)
Issue: VxRail Manager dashboard does not show correct cluster name. (2244732)
● Workaround: None. This is a known limitation during VC-linked in mode.
Issue: Cannot go on downloading package if cancel ACG installation during the uploading phase. (2247074)
Issue: Enable internal ESRS failed via deploy callhome VM time out. (2249082)
● Workaround: None. This only occurs when there is limited network bandwidth.
Issue: Failed to perform node removal from VC plugin due to error "invalid request parameters". (2255602)
● Workaround: Wait for more than 10 minutes for a newly added node, which had already exit maintenance mode.
Issue: Node expansion failed and retry works when performing a 2-node vSAN cluster node replacement on limited or low
bandwidth. (2255961)
● Workaround: Retry the node expansion.
Issue: Upgrade from 4.7.0xx with fault tolerance enabled to 4.7.100 failed via specified parameter was not correct. (2258745)
● Workaround: Disable fault tolerance for service VMs before upgrade, and re-enable it after upgrade is complete.
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Issue: VC Plugin UI doesn't fully support dark mode theme. (2258923)
● Workaround: None. This is a known limitation.
Issue: Cluster is shutdown successfully. But from UI, the cluster shutdown task is always "in progress". It can never be finished.
(2260382)
Issue: The cluster will try to access the configured ESXi host and lock the host with the wrong password on public network.
(2263196)
● Workaround: Disable loudmouth in the lower version of vxrail cluster. This only occurs when there are other clusters with
different VxRail versions but in the same VLAN.
Issue: First run fails when user uploads a configuration file, and the number of ‘customizeHostnames’ & ‘customizeIps’ in the
configuration file is greater than the number of existing nodes. (2269478)
● Workaround: Remove the redundant ‘customizeHostnames’ & ‘customizeIps’ in the configuration file, then retry.
Issue: Upgrade from 4.7.001 to 4.7.100 fails when Secure Boot is enabled on the ESXi host. (2275553)
Issue: Using the VxRail GUI (for 4.5.x releases) or the VxRail plugin for vCenter (for 4.7.x releases) to upgrade an internal SRS
may fail or show a false SRS upgrade failed message in certain scenarios. (VXP-13394)
● Workaround: Refer to KB 539565 for further details.
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VxRail 4.7.0xx
Topics:

VxRail Manager
VMware integration
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 GA build 10244745

● SRS 3.28.00.06

● PTAgent: 1.8.1-21
● BIOS: 1.4.9 (14G, G560/F), 2.8.0 (13G)
● iSM 3.3.0-1290
● BOSS firmware: 2.5.13.3016
● NIC firmware: I350, X520, X540, X550, and X710 firmware 18.8.9, igbn driver 1.4.7, i40en driver 1.7.11, and ixgben driver
1.7.10
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VxRail Appliance software 4.7.001 includes vSphere 6.7 Express Patch 5 as well as critical VxRail fixes and new firmware
described below.
New firmware
● BOSS firmware: 2.5.13.3016
● NIC firmware:
○ I350, X520, X540, X550, and X710 firmware 18.8.9
○ igbn driver 1.4.7
○ i40en driver 1.7.11
○ ixgben driver 1.7.10
Upgrade notes
CAUTION: Upgrades from VxRail Appliance software 4.5.300 to 4.7.001 are not supported due to vSphere
incompatibility. The upgrade code does not currently enforce this and attempted upgrades may require a Dell
EMC support call to resolve.
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.001 is available for local and internet upgrades of existing VxRail clusters. New nodes can also be
added to both VxRail Appliance software 4.7.000 and 4.7.001 clusters.
Using the RASR tool to reimage nodes that shipped with 4.5.x or earlier with VxRail Appliance software 4.7.000/4.7.001 for new
cluster deployments is not supported.
CAUTION: VxRail systems configured with VMware NSX should upgrade to NSX 6.4.2 or later before upgrading
to VxRail 4.7.000.
● NSX/vSphere compatibility matrix
NOTE: VxRail 4.7.000 customers can choose to remain at VxRail 4.7.000 or upgrade to VxRail 4.7.001 to update to the
latest firmware and fixes. It is not a mandatory upgrade.

No. Found In
2241766 4.5.227 to 4.7.000 internet upgrade failed, seeing many 4.7.000 Life Cycle VxM and Platform
duplicated records in DB tables. Management Service
2165108 Intel X710 i40en driver for ESXi 6.5 - Malicious Driver 4.5.212 Life Cycle ESXi/VIBs
Detection (MDD) Event. Management
2241441 After creating vxrailmanager log, the events.csv didn't 4.7.000 Management Serviceability/
show in /tmp/mystic. Support
2240076 VxRail manager 4.7 log bundle extracting to directory 4.7.000 Management Serviceability/
'log_tmp'. Support
2241875 Log collection logic is incorrect which causes collection 4.7.000 Management Serviceability/
to fail due to a space issue. Support
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Issue: Upgrade failed with error message: NIC Firmware bundle version does not match with system. (2240050)
● Workaround: Refer to KB 526560 to clean up iDRAC job queue and retry upgrade.

The VxRail™ Appliance software package includes the following components.
VxRail Manager
VMware integration
● VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) 6.7 GA build 10244745

● ESRS 3.28.00.06

● PTAgent: 1.8.1-21
● BIOS: 1.4.9 (14G, G560/F), 2.8.0 (13G)
● iSM 3.3.0-1290

VxRail Appliance software 4.7.000 is a major release that includes VMware vSphere 6.7 U1, adds new features, and corrects
multiple known issues from previous releases.
New features
● Includes VMware vSphere 6.7 Upgrade 1 (This version includes vSphere 6.7 Express Patch 5).
● Includes critical firmware updates.
● Supports enhanced hardware lifecycle management (LCM) for NVMe, SSD, HDD, BOSS, and backplane.
● Supports LCM automation on appliances without DRS.
● Supports automatic network configuration for select Dell top-of-rack (TOR) switches. These include Dell EMC Networking
S4112F-ON, S4112T-ON, S4128F-ON, S4128T-ON, S4148F-ON, and S4148T-ON switches running OS10 Enterprise Edition,
release 10.4.1.4.
NOTE: Smart fabric on VxRail is exclusively supported on OS10 release 10.4.1.4. No higher version should be used for
initial configuration or for day 2 operations until further announcement is made.
● Improves logging: Includes PTAgent logs, selectable node-level, and log-file type.
● Supports monitoring of critical DIMM events from iDRAC, with reporting in VxRail Manager and vCenter.
● Provides support for multi-homing VxRail Manager.
● Provides an option to specify the PSC site name during VxRail first run set up.
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● Supports in-place conversion of a VxRail-managed PSC and vCenter to a customer-managed PSC for VVD use cases,
including SolVe procedure.
● Includes RESTful API enhancements
● Supports Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU)
● Features expanded firmware life cycle management capabilities
● Supports Dell SRS (formerly ESRS) remote service credentials
● Forces Mystic user account password change for improved security.
● Replaces Pivotal TC Server with Tomcat.
● Replaces "MYSTIC" identifier for VxRail events with "VXR".
● Improves upgrade pre-check failure behavior, with unique error messages for easier troubleshooting and corrective action
where possible.
● Supports migration of appliances with 25GbE NDC from 10GbE networks to 25GbE networks.
● Supports vSphere Fault Tolerance.
● Integrates uni-directional Dell SRS Managed File Transfer (MFT).
● Supports pre-failure health alerting.
● Supports tiered vSAN licensing
● Shortens the duration that nodes are in maintenance mode during software upgrades to reduce the need for disk group
resyncs, and to shorten the duration of resyncs when they are needed.
● Improves resync awareness during VxRail LCM.
● During software upgrades, support generating an email upon successful completion of the upgrade of each node, or if the
upgrade fails, generate an email stating the failure.
● Support cross site traffic optimization for low bandwidth network connectivity between VxRail cluster and a remote vCenter.
Critical fixes
VxRail Appliance 4.7.000 includes vSphere 6.7 Express Patch 5 which contains important security fixes detailed in the VMware
vSphere 6.7 EP5 release notes.
Upgrade notes
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.000 upgrades are not supported, and have been replaced with VxRail Appliance software 4.7.001
upgrades.
CAUTION: VxRail systems configured with NSX should upgrade to NSX 6.4.2 or later before upgrading to VxRail
4.7.000.
Refer to the VMware NSX/vSphere compatibility matrix for more details.


No. Found In
2085990 VxRail memory utilization graphs and alarms should be 4.0.300 Management Hardware health
based on consumed memory vs. allocated. monitoring
2128164 No more sessions available, failed authentication to 4.5.210 Platform Service PTAgent
iDRAC.
2133155, vCenter shows false sensor alerts on non-existing 4.5.210 Management Events
2145248, component such as NVMe, on Quanta-based VxRail
2194359 systems.
60 VxRail 4.7.0xx
No. Found In
2148124 Folder pre-creation check required to avoid unnecessary 4.5.211 Life Cycle Health check and
failures. Management precheck
2157664 First run issue when Hostname prefix matches external 4.5.200 Configuration Validation
vCenter name.
2177492 Graceful shutdown failure due to unexpected system 4.5.211 Management Serviceability/
VM still running after VxM powered off. support
2183368 Improve Resync Awareness during a VxRail LCM. 4.5.200 Life cycle VxRail Manager and
management platform service
2198398 The failure of BOSS SSD cannot be detected by VxRail 4.5.210 Management Hardware health
Manager. monitoring

Issue: PCIe NIC is configured as NDC NIC during node expansion when the PCIe NIC cable is connected. (2033126)
● Workaround: Do not connect the PCIe NIC cable during node expansion.
Issue: VxRail first run validation stuck at "Verifying disk slot configuration" when using Firefox browsers (2133861)
● Workaround: This is a known Firefox issue. Use Chrome or Internet Explorer browsers for VxRail cluster deployment. (Refer
to Mozilla Firefox bug 1469828 for more information.)
Issue: The HA agent of the 6rd added node cannot be installed successfully for the vSAN service disabled. (2165806)
Issue: Removed items still show on VxRail Market page (2168861)
Issue: Need to input the site ID manually rather than selecting it from drop down list while enabling internal SRS. (2193024)
● Workaround: Select the site ID manually when enabling Dell SRS.
Issue: Initial configuration may fail at the step "Removing unused system virtual machines" in large scale environments (2194513)
Issue: After upgrading to 4.7.x, vCenter is showing "hardware compatibility alert" (2239200)
Issue: After upgrading to 4.7.000, two alerts are displayed in VC and VxRM (VXR014016 ALARM and VXR024005 ALARM)
(2244355)
Issue: Failed to upgrade with error message "VxRail Platform Service on host xxxxxxx-xx.xxxxx.xxxxx is not installed/ready."
(2303753)
● Workaround: Stop and restart PTagent, wait for 15 minutes, and then retry the upgrade.
Issue: Node removal failed at precheck capacity step, log shows "resource capacity check failed". (2307912)
Issue: Rest API fails to shut down VxRail PowerEdge node. (VXP-17546)
● Workaround: If the workload is high, continuous node shutdown will fail. Follow the VMware node shutdown procedure.
Refer to KB 538995.
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Upgrades
The following sections outline the upgrade paths and methods available based on the software installed on your VxRail cluster.
Topics:
• Direct upgrade paths
• VxRail 4.7.x upgrade paths and methods
• Additional upgrade notes
Direct upgrade paths

The following direct upgrade paths to VxRail Appliance software 4.7.526 are supported:
Table 20. Direct upgrade paths to VxRail 4.7.526

VxRail 4.7.x VxRail 4.5.x VxRail 4.0.x
● 4.7.000 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.211 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.0.510 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.001 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.212 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.0.520 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.100 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.215 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.0.521 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.110 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.218 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.0.522 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.111 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.225 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.0.523 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.200 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.227 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.0.524 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.210 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.229 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.0.600 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.211 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.300 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.0.601 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.212 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.310 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.0.602 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.300 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.311 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.0.603 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.301 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.314 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.400 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.400 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.410 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.401 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.411 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.402 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.500 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.420 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.510 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.422 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.511 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.450 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.515 -> 4.7.526 ● 4.5.451 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.520 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.521 -> 4.7.526
● 4.7.525 -> 4.7.526
NOTE: Due to security patches and critical fixes, it is recommended that you upgrade to VxRail 4.7.526 for all versions of
VxRail Appliance software 4.7.x.
NOTE: There is no supported upgrade path from VxRail 4.7.526 to a released version of VxRail 7.0.x at this time.
NOTE: For VxRail systems on PowerEdge platforms running VxRail 4.7.2xx (and above) with secure boot enabled, upgrades
to VxRail 4.7.410 (and above, including 7.0.010) do not need to have secure boot manually disabled/re-enabled before and
after an LCM upgrade. The upgrade will execute while keeping secure boot enabled on the host. However, users must
ensure that no unsigned VIBs are in the node to prevent adverse effects during a host boot.
NOTE: Users upgrading from VxRail 4.0.x to 4.7.526 must generate the upgrade procedure using Dell EMC SolVe and
follow the instructions to run a script before running the upgrade to VxRail 4.7.526.
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NOTE: You may not be able to upgrade your system software in some circumstances:
● If you have a 3-node cluster running VxRail software 4.5.152 or earlier.
● If you are using a stretched cluster VxRail configuration and you are running VxRail software version 4.7.212 or earlier.
● If your cluster is in an unhealthy state or has critical health alarms.
Open a service request or contact your sales representative or partner to arrange help in upgrading your system.
VxRail 4.7.x upgrade paths and methods

The following tables list the upgrade paths and methods available for VxRail 4.7.x software, based on the software installed on
your VxRail cluster.
Upgrades 63
Table 21. VxRail 4.7.5xx and 4.7.4xx upgrade paths and methods
64
Starting version Upgrade version

Upgrades
4.7.526 4.7.525 4.7.521 4.7.520 4.7.411 4.7.410

4.7.525 Local and Internet upgrade -
4.7.521 Local and Internet upgrade Local upgrade — — — —
4.7.520 Local and Internet upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade — — —
4.7.515 Local and Internet upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade — —
4.7.410 Local and Internet upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade —
4.7.400 Local and Internet upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade
4.5.451 Local and Internet upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Not supported Not supported
Table 21. VxRail 4.7.5xx and 4.7.4xx upgrade paths and methods (continued)
4.7.526 4.7.525 4.7.521 4.7.520 4.7.411 4.7.410
4.5.210 Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
Upgrades
4.0.524 Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade
65
Table 21. VxRail 4.7.5xx and 4.7.4xx upgrade paths and methods (continued)
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Upgrades
4.7.526 4.7.525 4.7.521 4.7.520 4.7.411 4.7.410

3.5.x Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
Table 22. VxRail 4.7.3xx and lower upgrade paths and methods
Starting Upgrade version
version
4.7.301 4.7.212 4.7.211 4.7.111 4.7.110 4.7.001
4.7.301 — — — — — —
and higher
4.7.300 Local upgrade — — — — —
4.7.212 Local upgrade — — — — —
4.7.211 Local upgrade Local upgrade — — — —
4.7.210 Local upgrade Local upgrade Not supported — — —
4.7.200 Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade — — —
4.7.111 Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade — — —
4.7.110 Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade — —
4.7.100 Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade —
4.7.001 Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade —
4.5.400 Local upgrade Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
4.5.314 Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Not supported Not supported Not supported
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Table 22. VxRail 4.7.3xx and lower upgrade paths and methods (continued)
Starting Upgrade version
version
4.7.301 4.7.212 4.7.211 4.7.111 4.7.110 4.7.001
4.0.523 Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Not supported Not supported
4.0.522 Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Local upgrade Not supported
3.5.x Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
Additional upgrade notes

Some VxRail software versions are not supported for upgrades. Refer to the following list:
● VxRail software 4.7.515 is retired and replaced by 4.7.525.
● VxRail software 4.7.400 is available from the factory only.
If you are running a retired version of the VxRail Appliance software, we recommend that you upgrade to the appropriate
replacement version (or later version).
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NOTE: VMware vRealize Log Insight is included as part of the VxRail software bundle. However, vRealize Log Insight is not
automatically updated during lifecycle management upgrades. You must update vRealize manually according to VMware
procedures.
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Additional information
Topics:
• vSphere & vSAN issues
• VxRail documentation
vSphere & vSAN issues

For information about issues in this release that are not specific to VxRail Appliance software, refer to the following publication:
● VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 Release Notes
● VMware vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3 Release Notes
● VMware vSAN 6.7 Update 3 Release Notes
● VMware vSphere documentation
VxRail documentation
The following tables list available documents about VxRail Manager and VxRail appliances.
Table 23. VxRail core administration and lifecycle management documentation

Document Description
SolVe Online for VxRail (Login required) Step-by-step instructions for procedures
such as replacing hardware or performing system
administrative tasks are available through SolVe Online and
the SolVe Desktop application.
For more information about SolVe for VxRail, refer to KB
525271.
VxRail Appliance 7.0.x Administration Guide These documents describe the VxRail appliance, how it works,
and how to perform administrative tasks.
VxRail Appliance 4.7.x Administration Guide
VxRail Appliance 4.5.x Administration Guide
VxRail 7.0.x Release Notes (Login required) These documents contain a brief description
of VxRail Manager releases, including lists of known issues and
VxRail 4.7.x Release Notes workarounds.
VxRail 4.5.x Release Notes
Table 24. VxRail support matrices

VxRail 7.0.x Support Matrix These documents provide information about supported
software, firmware, and hardware versions for Dell EMC
VxRail 4.7.x Support Matrix VxRail appliances based on Dell PowerEdge hardware,
VxRail 4.5.x Support Matrix including the D Series, E Series, P Series, S Series, and V
Series.
VxRail 4.0.x Support Matrix
VxRail Appliance Simple Support Matrix This document provides information about external software
compatibility versions for VxRail appliances.
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Table 25. VxRail API and Event guides
VxRail Appliance API User Guide This document describes the API for the VxRail appliance
versions 4.5.x, 4.7.x, and 7.0.x.
VxRail API Cookbook This document provides sample VxRail API workflows.
VxRail API PowerShell Modules (Download package) The VxRail API PowerShell Modules
provide the VxRail API PowerShell user guide and modules to
enable the management of VxRail systems using PowerShell
cmdlets.
VxRail Event Code Reference (Login required) This reference guide lists the alert and event
codes generated by VxRail Manager.
Table 26. VxRail appliance hardware documentation

VxRail Appliance Owner’s Manuals These documents describe the various VxRail appliances,
● VxRail D Series Owner's Manual including their physical features and technical specifications.
● VxRail E665 Series Owner's Manual
● VxRail P675F and P675N Owner's Manual
● VxRail P580N Owner's Manual
● VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series Owner's Manual
● VxRail E Series Owner's Manual
● VxRail G560 and G560F Owner's Manual
● VxRail 60 Series Appliance Owner's Manual
● VxRail 100 Series and 200 Series Appliance Owner's
Manual
● VxRail G Series Appliance Owner's Manual
VxRail Appliance Getting Started Guides These documents describe considerations for unpacking and
● VxRail D560 and D560F Getting Started Guide preparing to install VxRail appliances.
● VxRail E665, E665F, and E665N Getting Started Guide
● VxRail P675F and P675N Getting Started Guide
● VxRail P580N Getting Started Guide
● VxRail G560 and G560F Getting Started Guide
● VxRail E Series Appliance Getting Started Guide
● VxRail P Series, S Series, and V Series Appliances Getting
Started Guide
Table 27. VxRail security guides

VxRail Security Configuration Guide (Login required) This guide provides an overview of the
configuration, deployment, and usage settings needed to
ensure secure operation of the VxRail appliance.
VxRail Appliance STIG Compliance Guide (Login required) This document provides guidance on the
secure installation and secure use of the VxRail appliance for
the DoDIN Approved Products List (APL) Deployment
Configuration.
Table 28. VxRail planning guides and technical notes

VxRail vCenter Server Planning Guide This planning guide discusses guidance for the various
vCenter Server deployment options supported on VxRail
appliances.
Additional information 71
Table 28. VxRail planning guides and technical notes (continued)
VxRail vSAN Stretched Cluster Planning Guide These planning guides provide best practices and
requirements for using stretched clusters with VxRail
VxRail 7.0 vSAN Stretched Cluster Planning Guide appliances.
vSAN 2-Node Cluster on VxRail Planning Guide This guide provides information for the planning of a VMware
vSAN 2-Node Cluster infrastructure on a VxRail platform.
(Not for VCF on VxRail solution deployments.)
VxRail Networking Guide with Dell EMC S4148-ON Switches The deployment guide covers the process of connecting a
cluster of VxRail nodes to Dell EMC Networking S4148-ON
switches in a high-availability configuration.
VxRail Network Planning Guide This is a network planning and consideration guide for the
VxRail. It provides valuable insight into supported switch
requirements and the networking required to support VxRail.
Networking Guides > VxRail Networking Solutions The networking guides provided on this website assist with
the deployment of your infrastructure and the optimal
connectivity of your Dell EMC Networking products. Click
VxRail Networking Solutions for specific VxRail solutions.
VxRail Fabric Automation SmartFabric Services User Guide This solution brief provides an overview of how VxRail works
with HCI network fabrics using Dell OS10 Enterprise Edition
SmartFabric services. (Not for VCF on VxRail solution
deployments.)
Installing and Configuring VMware AppDefense on VxRail This document describes the procedure for installing VMware
AppDefense on a VxRail cluster and for protecting the VxRail
Manager virtual machine.
VxRail Cluster Migration Package (Download package) The VxRail Cluster Migration Package
provides the VxRail Cluster Migration User Guide and the
cluster migration PowerShell script that enables users to
migrate a VxRail cluster from the source VC to the target VC
without affecting running VMs.
Change Default VDS NIOC Configuration This document describes procedures for changing the default
VDS vSphere Network I/O Control (NIOC) configuration.
Change ESXi Witness Traffic VMkernel IP Address for L3 These documents describe procedures for changing the
Configuration network settings of VMkernel interfaces for witness traffic on
ESXi hosts after the initial configuration of a 2-node VxRail
Change ESXi Witness Traffic VMkernel IP Address for L2
cluster. Procedures are provided for L3 (Layer 3) and L2
Configuration
routing network configurations.
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Chapter 2: VxRail 4.7.5xx.............................................................................................................. 9

Chapter 3: VxRail 4.7.4xx.............................................................................................................27

Chapter 4: VxRail 4.7.3xx.............................................................................................................34

Chapter 5: VxRail 4.7.2xx............................................................................................................. 41

Chapter 6: VxRail 4.7.1xx.............................................................................................................50

Chapter 7: VxRail 4.7.0xx.............................................................................................................57

Chapter 9: Additional information................................................................................................70

Table 1. VxRail 4.7.x Release Notes revision history

Using VxRail with a customer-supplied vCenter server

VxRail 4.7.526 package software

Dell PowerEdge platform components

What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.526

VxRail 4.7.525 package software

Dell EMC integration

Dell PowerEdge platform components

What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.525

Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.525

Dell EMC integration

Dell PowerEdge platform components

What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.521

Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.521

VxRail 4.7.520 package software

Dell EMC integration

Dell PowerEdge platform components

What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.520

Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.520

VxRail 4.7.515 package software

Dell EMC integration

Dell PowerEdge platform components

What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.515

Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.515

Dell EMC integration

Dell PowerEdge platform components

What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.511

VxRail 4.7.510 package software

Dell EMC integration

Dell PowerEdge platform components

What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.510

Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.510

Known issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.510

VxRail 4.7.500 package software

Dell EMC integration

Dell PowerEdge platform components

What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.500

Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.500

VxRail 4.7.411 package software

Dell EMC integration

Dell PowerEdge platform components

VxRail 4.7.410 package software

Dell EMC integration

Dell PowerEdge platform components

Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.410

Known issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.410

VxRail 4.7.400 package software

Dell EMC integration

Dell PowerEdge platform components

What's new in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.400

Fixed issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.400

Known issues in VxRail Appliance software 4.7.400

VxRail 4.7.301 package software

Dell EMC integration

Dell PowerEdge platform components