Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Release Notes

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Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers
Release Notes
September 2021 Rev. A03

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Contents

Chapter 1: Release summary..........................................................................................................4 Version....................................................................................................................................................................................4 Release date..........................................................................................................................................................................4 Priority and recommendations..........................................................................................................................................4
Chapter 2: Compatibility............................................................................................................... 5 Supported systems............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Chapter 3: New and enhanced in this release.................................................................................6
Chapter 4: Important notes........................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 5: Fixes............................................................................................................................ 8 USB devices connected to high-speed USB hubs may not be detected in Ubuntu 20.04.2............................8
Chapter 6: Known issues............................................................................................................... 9 NVIDIA out-of-box driver fails to load when system has NVIDIA GPGPUs on Ubuntu 20.04..........................9 A bus fatal error is detected on BCM57XX card......................................................................................................... 9 Intel E810 and X710-T4L(device id 0x15ff) network cards are not detected after Ubuntu 20.04 is installed ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Ubuntu deployment through MaaS fails with Broadcom network cards BCM57xx.......................................... 10 The name of the NVMe device may change when it is hot-inserted after a surprise removal...................... 10 NVMe devices are enumerated in namespace 2 when hot-inserted into the server after being surprise removed............................................................................................................................................................ 11 /proc/mdstat and mdadm -D commands display incorrect statuses when two NVMe devices are surprise removed from a RAID 5 MD array.............................................................................................................. 11 Status of the RAID 0 LV is displayed as Available when one of the members of the RAID array is surprise removed............................................................................................................................................................ 11 BIOS Dell Update Packages (DUPs) will not run on Ubuntu 20.04....................................................................... 12 Ubuntu Server 20.04 live image installation fails due to a loss of network connectivity................................. 12 CCP initialization failed error encountered after Ubuntu.20.04 is installed.........................................................12 NVMe drive is not detected after multiple hot plug operations............................................................................. 12
Chapter 7: Limitations................................................................................................................. 14
Chapter 8: Updating Ubuntu ....................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 9: Resources and support............................................................................................... 16 Identifying the series of your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers...................................................................................16 Latest Release Notes........................................................................................................................................................ 17 Related documents and links...........................................................................................................................................17 Accessing documents using product selector.............................................................................................................17
Chapter 10: Contacting Dell EMC................................................................................................. 18

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Release summary
Topics:
· Version · Release date · Priority and recommendations
Version
Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS
Release date
September 2020
Priority and recommendations
RECOMMENDED: Dell EMC highly recommends applying this update as soon as possible. The update contains changes to improve the reliability and availability of your Dell EMC system.

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Topics:
· Supported systems
Supported systems
yx4x and yx5x Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.

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Compatibility

Compatibility

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New and enhanced in this release
For information about the new and enhanced features of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, see www.ubuntu.com/server.

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New and enhanced in this release

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Important notes
The default server ISO image is the general availability (GA) kernel-Linux 5.4. To download Ubuntu Server installer media and ISO images, go to www.ubuntu.com/download/server. Links to download Ubuntu Server 20.04.1 LTS and the canonical Ubuntu 20.04 release notes are found on this page.
NOTE: By default, the Subiquity installer download is available. Ubuntu 20.04 does not support the Debian-installer.

Important notes

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Fixes

Topics:
· USB devices connected to high-speed USB hubs may not be detected in Ubuntu 20.04.2
USB devices connected to high-speed USB hubs may not be detected in Ubuntu 20.04.2

Description:

USB keyboard and other USB devices connected to high-speed hubs may not be detected in Ubuntu 20.04.2 kernel version 5.4.0-78 and later. The issue is intermittent.

Applies to:

Ubuntu 20.04.2 kernel version 5.4.0-78 and later.

Work around:

Not available. A reboot may restore the device function, but it is not guaranteed.

Solution:

The issue is resolved in Ubuntu 20.04.2 kernel version 5.4.0-84.94.

Systems affected:

All Dell EMC PowerEdge systems

Tracking number: 207765

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Fixes

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Known issues

Topics:
· NVIDIA out-of-box driver fails to load when system has NVIDIA GPGPUs on Ubuntu 20.04 · A bus fatal error is detected on BCM57XX card · Intel E810 and X710-T4L(device id 0x15ff) network cards are not detected after Ubuntu 20.04 is installed · Ubuntu deployment through MaaS fails with Broadcom network cards BCM57xx · The name of the NVMe device may change when it is hot-inserted after a surprise removal · NVMe devices are enumerated in namespace 2 when hot-inserted into the server after being surprise removed · /proc/mdstat and mdadm -D commands display incorrect statuses when two NVMe devices are surprise removed from a
RAID 5 MD array · Status of the RAID 0 LV is displayed as Available when one of the members of the RAID array is surprise removed · BIOS Dell Update Packages (DUPs) will not run on Ubuntu 20.04 · Ubuntu Server 20.04 live image installation fails due to a loss of network connectivity · CCP initialization failed error encountered after Ubuntu.20.04 is installed · NVMe drive is not detected after multiple hot plug operations
NVIDIA out-of-box driver fails to load when system has NVIDIA GPGPUs on Ubuntu 20.04

Description

NVIDIA out-of-box (OOB) driver fails to load when the system has four NVIDIA GPGPUs on Ubuntu 20.04. The dmesg displays the following message:
nvidia: probe of 0000:17:00.0 failed with error -1 nvidia: probe of 0000:65:00.0 failed with error -1
Dmesg also displays the following messages indicating that setting up of standard BAR registers for the GPGPUs has failed:
pci 0000:17:00.0: BAR 1: no space for [mem size 0x2000000000 64bit pref] pci 0000:17:00.0: BAR 1: failed to assign [mem size 0x2000000000 64bit pref] pci 0000:17:00.0: BAR 0: no space for [mem size 0x01000000] pci 0000:17:00.0: BAR 0: failed to assign [mem size 0x01000000]

Workaround

Pass pci=realloc=off kernel parameter.

Systems affected All Dell EMC PowerEdge systems supporting NVIDIA GPGPUs.

Applies to

Ubuntu 18.04 and later.

Tracking number 203262

A bus fatal error is detected on BCM57XX card

Description: Applies to:

The operating system and iDRAC reports a bus fatal error on BCM57XX card when the reboot command is issued from the operating system. The error message is due to the driver accessing the device when it is powered off by the shutdown process. This error message can be ignored.
Ubuntu 20.04

Known issues

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Systems affected:

All Dell EMC PowerEdge systems with BCM57XX network card.

Tracking number: 190284, 190236, 190026, and 190852

Intel E810 and X710-T4L(device id 0x15ff) network cards are not detected after Ubuntu 20.04 is installed

Description: Workaround:

On installing Ubuntu 20.04, the Intel E810 and X710-T4L(device id 0x15ff) network cards are not detected due to the missing enablement patches in the server generic kernel. The operating system kernel must be updated with HWE kernel with the following command:
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-hwe-20.04

Applies to:

Ubuntu 20.04

Systems affected:

All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with Intel E810 and X710-T4L(device id 0x15ff) network cards.

Tracking number: 190732

Ubuntu deployment through MaaS fails with Broadcom network cards BCM57xx

Description:

MaaS PXE boot stops responding while loading kernel and initial RAM disk (initrd). This behavior was observed only with the AMD systems with BIOS version 2.0.3.

Workaround:

Use BIOS version 1.7.4

Applies to:

Ubuntu 20.04

Systems affected:

All Dell EMC PowerEdge systems with AMD Rome processors.

Tracking number: 195848

The name of the NVMe device may change when it is hot-inserted after a surprise removal

Description:

If an NVMe device is hot inserted after it was previously surprise removed when I/O operations are accessing the device, the name of the NVMe device may change or will not retain the same name that is assigned prior to surprise removal. Dmesg displays the following messages:

kernel: nvme nvme3: failed to mark controller CONNECTING kernel: nvme nvme3: Removing after probe failure status: -16

The functionality of the NVMe device is not affected.

Applies to:

Ubuntu 20.04.01

Systems affected:

Dell EMC PowerEdge R740XD, Dell EMC PowerEdge R740XD2 Dell EMC PowerEdge R7525.

Tracking number: 181799

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Known issues

NVMe devices are enumerated in namespace 2 when hot-inserted into the server after being surprise removed

Description:

When an NVMe device from a RAID 1 MD array is hot-inserted after being surprise removed, the device is enumerated in namespace 2 although only one namespace is enabled. The device is named as nvme2n2 instead of nvme2n1. This issue is observed on Dell Express Flash PM1725a device. The functionality of the NVMe device is not affected.

Applies to:

Ubuntu 20.04.01

Workaround:

Pass the multipath=N module parameter to the nvme_core driver.

Systems affected:

Dell EMC PowerEdge R740XD, Dell EMC PowerEdge R740XD2 Dell EMC PowerEdge R7525.

Tracking number: 181814

/proc/mdstat and mdadm -D commands display incorrect statuses when two NVMe devices are surprise removed from a RAID 5 MD array

Description:

When two of three NVMe devices are surprise removed from a RAID 5 MD array, the command cat/ proc/mdstat displays the array status incorrectly as active. Similarly, when the status of the MD RAID is queried using the mdadm -D /dev/mdNcommand, the number of active and working devices displayed is two. Only the status of the array reported is incorrect. However, when I/O operations are performed, I/O errors are observed as expected.

Applies to:

Ubuntu 20.04.01

Cause:

When the number of devices that are surprise removed exceeds the number of devices that are required for the array to function, the MD status is not updated.

Systems affected:

All Dell EMC PowerEdge systems

Tracking number: 182820

Status of the RAID 0 LV is displayed as Available when one of the members of the RAID array is surprise removed

Description:

When Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is used to create a RAID 0 array and a member of the RAID array is surprise removed, the lvdisplay command shows the LV status as Available.

Applies to:

Ubuntu 20.04.01

Solution:

Use the command lvs -o +lv_health_status to check the status of the RAID array. The command displays the output Partial when a member of the RAID array is removed.

Systems affected:

All Dell EMC PowerEdge systems

Tracking number: 175865

Known issues

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BIOS Dell Update Packages (DUPs) will not run on Ubuntu 20.04

Description

When the operating system DUP method is used to update the system BIOS, the firmware update fails to run on Dell EMC PowerEdge R240, R340, T140, T340 severs.

Cause

This issue is specific to Intel Mehlow platforms where the Intel MEI driver is causing the firmware update from running.

Workaround

Perform the firmware updates through iDRAC or Lifecycle Controller (LC). Excluding the Intel MEI and mei_me drivers allows the BIOS DUP to function.

Systems affected Dell EMC PowerEdge R240, R340, T140, T340 severs.

Applies to

Ubuntu 20.04

Tracking number 178459

Ubuntu Server 20.04 live image installation fails due to a loss of network connectivity

Description

The Ubuntu Server 20.04 live image installation fails due to a loss of network connectivity. The live image is designed to update all the packages to the latest version and then proceed with installation.

Solution

For seamless installation of Ubuntu Server 20.04, at least one network connection is required.

Systems affected All yx4x and yx5x Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.

Applies to

Ubuntu 20.04

Tracking number 168103

CCP initialization failed error encountered after Ubuntu.20.04 is installed

Description

The following error message is displayed after Ubuntu 20.04 is installed:

ccp initialization failed

Functionality of the operating system is not affected, and the error message can be ignored.

Cause

The CCP engine is disabled in the system BIOS. The operating system recognizes the CCP engine however, it is not initialized.

Systems affected All yx4x and yx5x Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.

Applies to

Ubuntu 20.04

Tracking number 169087

NVMe drive is not detected after multiple hot plug operations

Description Cause

NVMe drive is not detected when multiple hot plug operations are performed.
A race condition that is related to MSI interrupts and their handling in the pciehp driver interrupt service routine causes this issue.

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Known issues

Workaround

1. Read the Slot Status Register in the PCI Express Capability structure by running the following command:

setpci -s e0:03.2 CAP_EXP+0x1a.w Output: 0148 (value returned) 2. Clear the event bits that are impacted by running the following command:

setpci -s e0:03.2 CAP_EXP+0x1a.w=0x0108
3. Read the Slot Status Register again to confirm that event bits are cleared by running the following command:

setpci -s e0:03.2 CAP_EXP+0x1a.w Output: 0040 (value returned)

4. Unplug the drive and then plug-in the drive after clearing the event bits.

Systems affected All yx4x and yx5x Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.

Applies to

Ubuntu 20.04

Tracking number 172420

Known issues

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Limitations
 Installing a graphical user interface on servers is not recommended by Ubuntu. For more information, see https:// help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerGUI.
 Dell EMC PowerEdge RAID Controller S150 is not supported on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For more information about the limitations of this release, see Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) Release Notes.

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Limitations

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Updating Ubuntu
For instructions on how to update Ubuntu 20.04 from Ubuntu 18.04, see www.help.ubuntu.com/community/FocalUpgrades.

Updating Ubuntu

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Resources and support

For more information about the features of this release, see www.wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes#Ubuntu_Server.
Topics:
· Identifying the series of your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers · Latest Release Notes · Related documents and links · Accessing documents using product selector

Identifying the series of your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers

The PowerEdge series of servers from Dell EMC are divided into different categories based on their configuration. They are referred as YX2X, YX3X, YX4X, YX4XX, or YX5XX series of servers. The structure of the naming convention is described below:
The letter Y denotes the character in the server model number. The character denotes the form factor of the server. The form factors are listed below:  C- Cloud  F- Flexible  M or MX- Modular  R- Rack  T- Tower
The letter X denotes the numbers in the server model number. The number denotes multiple characteristics about the server. They are listed as follows:.  The first digit (X) denotes the value stream or class of the server.
 1-5--iDRAC basic  6-9--iDRAC Express  The second digit denotes the series of the server. It is retained in the server naming convention and does not replace the letter X.  0--series 10  1--series 11  2--series 12  3--series 13  4--series 14  5--series 15  The last digit (X) always denotes the make of the processor as described below:  0-Intel  5-AMD
NOTE: For servers that use an AMD processor, the model number is made up of four digits instead of three. The third digit (X) denotes the number of processor sockets that the series of server supports.
 1  one socket server
 2  two socket server

Table 1. PowerEdge servers naming convention and examples

YX3X servers

YX4X systems

YX4XX systems

YX5XX

PowerEdge M630

PowerEdge M640

PowerEdge R6415

PowerEdge R6515

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Table 1. PowerEdge servers naming convention and examples (continued)

YX3X servers

YX4X systems

YX4XX systems

YX5XX

PowerEdge M830

PowerEdge R440

PowerEdge R7415

PowerEdge R7515

PowerEdge T130

PowerEdge R540

PowerEdge R7425

PowerEdge R6525

Latest Release Notes

To access the latest Release Notes for this version: 1. Go to www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/products/software_int/software_operating_systems. 2. Click the link for this version of Ubuntu. 3. Click Documentation.

Related documents and links

Following are the documents and links that are related to Ubuntu 18.04:

Table 2. Related documents and links URL www.discourse.ubuntu.com/c/support-help-requests

For information about Online support for Ubuntu 20.04

www.linux.dell.com/repo/community/ubuntu/

Dell EMC Ubuntu repository

www.help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/amd64/ index.html

Installation Guide

Accessing documents using product selector
You can also access documents by selecting your product. 1. Go to www.dell.com/manuals. 2. In the Choose from all products section, click View products. 3. Click Software and Security, and then click Operating Systems. 4. To view the document, click the wanted product version.

Resources and support

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Contacting Dell EMC
Dell EMC provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell EMC for sales, technical support, or customer service issues, go to www.dell.com/contactdell. If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or the product catalog.

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