Release Notes

in a pre-operating system environment that uses the Embedded Linux (ELI) through the Dell
OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK).
BMC firmware and BP firmware
When upgrading the BMC/ESM firmware or the BP firmware on PowerEdge 8G or 9G servers with the Windows
Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver installed, the update may take up to 20 minutes to complete. To expedite such updates
on PowerEdge 8G or 9G servers, you can uninstall the R2 IPMI driver before performing the firmware upgrade
operation using the command "rundll32 ipmisetp.dll, RemoveTheDevice" from a command prompt. After the
firmware flash is complete, you can install the driver again by executing the command "rundll32 ipmisetp.dll,
AddTheDevice". On PowerEdge 9G servers, the driver can be re-installed by performing a "Scan for hardware
changes" in the Device Manager.
11G iDRAC
When upgrading the iDRAC firmware for the first time on a server with Windows operating system, the following
message might be displayed: “Windows has finished installing new devices.
The software that supports your device requires that you restart your computer. You must restart your computer
before the new settings will take effect. Do you want to restart your computer now?”
Select “No” to ignore this message. This message is due to the creation of a temporary USB device used for storing
the firmware image. If you select “Yes”, the firmware update process stops.
DRAC 5 firmware
Before updating the DRAC firmware, ensure that the following conditions are met:
- USB is enabled
- IPMI is working properly
- DRAC Virtual Flash is not in use by the operating system or
another application
- WMI service is running
Power Supply Unit firmware
Power Supply Unit firmware updates can be performed only on Life Cycle Controller enabled systems.
All PERC firmware and all SAS firmware
(All storage controller firmware)
 Only devices connected to a PERC SAS controller can be updated at this time. This includes PERC5, PERC6,
H200, H310, H710P, H810, H710, H700, H800, SAS5 and SAS6 controllers.
 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 (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.
PowerVault MD1000 firmware
 The PowerVault update procedure requires the RAID controller to be in a known good state. If a problem
occurs with the RAID controller during the update procedure, the Update Packages cannot communicate with
the PowerVault system, inventory its firmware version, or perform the update. (138462)
 Stop all input/output to the PowerVault MD1000 before running the PowerVault MD1000 firmware update
package.
WARNING: THE SERVER MUST BE REBOOTED AFTER UPDATING THE FIRMWARE ON
MD1000 ENCLOSURES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ENCLOSURE MANAGEMENT. ACCESS
TO THE ENCLOSURES WILL BE LOST IF THE SERVER IS NOT REBOOTED.
 When prompted for reboot after the update, select "Yes".
PowerVault 100T DDS4 firmware and all PowerVault 110T firmware (110T DDS4, 110T
DAT72, 110T LTO1, 110T LTO2, 110T LTO2-L, 110T LTO3-HH, 110T LTO4, 110T
SDLT320, 110T LTO3,