Owner's Manual

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* 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.
* 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 Dell
OpenManage Server Administrator and Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator Storage Management Service before running
storage controller firmware update packages.
To stop the Dell OpenManage 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"
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PERC 4 firmware
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* Firmware updates require a reboot to take effect.
* PERC 4 update packages may fail if the system has an older version
of the Megaraid controller driver installed. To correct the problem,
update the Megaraid controller driver to version 2.20.4.5 or later.
* The firmware update fails on ESX server. Use DTK to perform the
upgrade.
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PowerVault MD1000 firmware
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* 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, and the Update Packages
cannot communicate with the PowerVault system, inventory its
firmware version, or perform the update. (138462)
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PowerVault MD1000 firmware
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