Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 5/I Integrated Firmware Update Package Version: 5.0.1.0030 Criticality: Recommended TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Performing the Firmware Upgrade 3.0 Important Information 4.0 Fixes 5.0 Enhancements 6.0 Known Limitations 1.0 Introduction This is a firmware release for the PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 5/I Integrated. Component Current Version Previous Version Package 5.0.1-0030 N/A Firmware 1.00.00-0088 N/A BIOS MT23 N/A Ctrl-R 1.02-007 N/A 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 (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 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. Important Information for Update Packages for Microsoft Windows * Do not run other applications while executing Dell Update Packages. * Do not run storage controller update packages if the controller is in use by other applications. * The firmware upgrade may fail if any of the RAID controllers in the system are performing an I/O background task (that is, consistency check, background initialization, rebuild, or reconstruction). Allow the background task to complete before attempting to upgrade the firmware. Patrol Read tasks will not affect a firmware upgrade. Important Information for Update Packages for Linux * Do not run other applications while executing Dell Update Packages. * Do not run storage controller update packages if the controller is in use by other applications. * The firmware upgrade may fail if any of the RAID controllers in the system are performing an I/O background task (that is, consistency check, background initialization, rebuild, or reconstruction). Allow the background task to complete before attempting to upgrade the firmware. Patrol Read tasks will not affect a firmware upgrade. * Linux systems running one or more applications that interact with SCSI devices in certain ways are known to cause a kernel panic situation. Therefore, it is recommended that you stop Server Administrator and its Storage Management Service before running storage controller firmware update packages. To stop the Dell OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator service, run "omconfig system webserver action=stop" To start the Server Administrator service, run "omconfig system webserver action=start" To stop the Server Administrator Storage Management Service, run "/etc/init.d/dataeng stop" To start the Server Administrator Storage Management Service, run "/etc/init.d/dataeng start" 4.0 Fixes N/A - Initial Release... 5.0 Enhancements/Tasks N/A - Initial Release... 6.0 Known Limitations N/A - Initial Release... 7.0 History N/A - Initial Release...