Dell SAS 5/i Controller Firmware Firmware Package Version: 00.06.40.00.06.06.00.02 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Performing the Firmware Flash 3 Important Information 4 BIOS FIXES/ENHANCEMENTS 5 FIRMWARE FIXES/ENHANCEMENTS 6 MPTUTIL FIXES/ENHANCEMENTS 7 Known Limitations ********************************************************** 1 Introduction This is a Firmware and Option BIOS flash install for the PowerEdge SAS5/i Controller. Component Version MPT Firmware 00.06.40.00 SASBIOS 06.06.00.02 MPTUtil 01.03.08.00 ********************************************************** 2 Performing the Firmware Flash Web pack: Download 1. Click Download Now, to download the file. 2. When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP users will click Save) this program to disk and click OK. The Save In: window appears. 3. From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop. 4. If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file icon appears on your desktop. Hard Drive Floppy Disk Creation 1. Get 1 blank, formatted floppy disk. 2. Double-click the new icon (it looks like a floppy diskette) on the desktop. The Self-Extractor window appears. 3. Click Setup. A black MS-DOS window appears with a message indicating that you need 1 floppy diskette. 4. Press the [ENTER] key. A message appears prompting you to insert a blank floppy diskette. 5. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive. 6. Press the [ENTER] key. A message appears indicating that all data on the disk will be erased. 7. Press the [y] key and then press the [ENTER] key. The files are copied to the floppy diskette. If the procedure requires more than one diskette, repeat steps 5 – 7 until you reach the end of the diskette set. 8. After all the files have been copied to the last floppy disk, press the [ENTER] key and the MS-DOS window closes. Install 1. Insert the first (or the only) disk of the set into the Floppy drive. 2. Click Start, click Shutdown, click Restart, and then click OK. Windows XP Users need only click restart. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions. Zip pack: Download 1. Click the Download Now link to download the file. 2. When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to your hard drive. Extract Files 1. Browse to the location where you downloaded the file and double-click the new file to unzip the download package 2. Click Continue. 3. Specify the location to unzip the files. 4. Click on the OK button to extract files. After the files are extracted the message all files were successfully unzipped will appear. 5. Click the OK button to exit from the installer. Installation 1. Copy extracted files to bootable media. 2. Reboot system to bootable media. 3. Execute the batch file as described in readme.txt to perform flash. 5. After flash is complete, remove bootable media. 4. Reboot system for changes to take effect. Windows Update Package (available for Enterprise Servers): Download 1. Click the "Download Now" link to download the file. 2. When the File Download window appears, click "Save" to save the file to your hard drive. Installation 1. Browse to the location where you downloaded the file and double-click the new file. 2. Read over the release information presented in the dialog window. 3. Download and install any prerequisites identified in the dialog window before proceeding. 4. Click the Install button. 5. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update. Linux Update Package: Download 1. Click the "Download Now" link to download the file. 2. When the File Download window appears, click "Save" to save the file to your hard drive. Installation 1. Read over the release information presented by executing the "./FRMW_LX_RXXXXXX.BIN --version" command from the shell. 2. Download and install any prerequisites identified in the above step before proceeding. 3. Run the update by executing "./FRMW_LX_RXXXXXX.BIN" from the shell. 4. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update. GnuPG Signature of Dell Update Package Instructions for FRMW_LX_RXXXXXX.BIN: Download 1. Click the "Download Now" link to download the file. 2. When the "File Download" window appears, click "Save" to save the file to your hard drive. Installation 1. Import the Dell public key. (You only need to do this once on your system.) 2. Verify the Dell Update Package by using its signature file, FRMW_LX_RXXXXXX.BIN. ********************************************************** 3 Important Information Mixing SAS and SATA drives on the same controller is not supported. ********************************************************** 4 BIOS FIXES/ENHANCEMENTS Initial Customer Release ********************************************************** 5 FIRMWARE FIXES/ENHANCEMENTS Initial Customer Release ********************************************************** 6 MPTUTIL FIXES/ENHANCEMENTS Initial Customer Release ********************************************************** 7 Known Limitations When viewing SATA physical disk properties from Ctrl-C or other management applications, Vendor Identification will be displayed as "ATA" followed by blanks.