Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 5/E Firmware Update Package Version: 5.0.2-0003 Criticality: Recommended TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Performing the Firmware Upgrade 3.0 Important Information 4.0 Fixes 5.0 Enhancements/Tasks 6.0 Known Limitations 1.0 Introduction This is a firmware release for the PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 5/E. Component Current Version Previous Version Package 5.0.2-0003 5.0.2-0001 Firmware 1.00.02-0157 1.00.01-0107 BIOS MT23 MT23 Ctrl-R 1.02-007 1.02-007 2.0 Performing the Firmware Upgrade Web pack: Download 1. Click Download Now, to download the file. 2. When the File Download window appears, 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. 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. Brows 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 update.bat to perform flash. 5. After flash is complete, remove bootable media. 4. Reboot system for changes to take effect. Windows 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. 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. 3.0 Important Information When viewing SATA physical disk properties from Ctrl-R or other management applications, the Vendor Identification will be translated as "ATA" followed by blanks. If all physical disks making up a virtual disk are removed from the system or enclosure, the RAID controller will delete the virtual disk. If the disks are later re-inserted, they will be marked foreign and can be imported using a management application. If the cable connecting a PERC 5/E to an enclosure is removed, the RAID controller will immediately delete all virtual disks on that enclosure. To recover, power down the server and ensure all cables in the configuration are securely connected. When the server is powered on, the RAID controller will detect the disks as foreign and the configuration can be imported with a management application. Physical disks determined to contain a foreign configuration are not available for configuration as a new dedicated or global hotspare, or as a member of a new virtual disk. The foreign configuration must be imported or cleared from the physical disk before it may be used as a hotspare or member of a virtual disk. Physical disks with a foreign configuration will not appear on the Create New VD screen in Ctrl-R. Prior to performing a virtual disk migration, the source system must be powered off before removal of the physical disks to preserve the correct virtual disk state. This is not required for the target system and the physical disks may be inserted while the system is powered on or off. 4.0 Fixes Addresses potential issue with PERC 5 controllers that may become unresponsive on systems with 8GB of memory or more. This fix corrects an issue on systems with 8+ GB of memory PERC 5 controllers may become unresponsive. If the affected controller is the boot device this would cause an OS crash, hang, or bluescreen. If not the boot controller the system would experience timeouts (event 129 and 9 in windows, IO aborts in Linux). Once the controller is in this state it will not return to operation until the system has rebooted, any storage connected to the controller will not be accessible until the reboot. This has now been corrected. 5.0 Enhancements/Tasks None 6.0 Known Limitations None 7.0 History Previous version: Component Current Version Previous Version Package 5.0.2-0001 5.0.1-0026 Firmware 1.00.01-0107 1.00.00-0081 BIOS MT23 MT23 Ctrl-R 1.02-007 1.02-007 Fixes Addressed intermittent false battery error that may erroneously appear after reboot even though the battery is OK and does not need to be replaced. Enhancements/Tasks Support added for SATA hard drives when used in platform flex bay. Component Current Version Previous Version Package 5.0.1-0026 N/A Firmware 1.00.00-0081 N/A BIOS MT23 N/A Ctrl-R 1.02-007 N/A Inital release...