Release Notes

-DRAC Virtual Flash is not in use either by the operating system or by any other
application
• The Linux DUP in this release may not work on RHEL 5. It works on earlier versions of RHEL. In
cases where it does not work, use the web pack to perform this update.
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
• 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"
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, and the Update Packages
cannot communicate with the PowerVault system, inventory its firmware version, or perform the
update. (138462)
PowerVault PV100T DDS4 firmware and all PowerVault PV110T firmware (110T DDS4, PV110T DAT72,
PV110T LTO1, PV110T LTO2, PV110T LTO2-L, PV110T LTO3-HH, PV110T LTO4, PV110T SDLT320,
PV110T LTO3, PV110T DLT VS80, PV110T DLT VS160, and PV110T SDLT)
• Before executing the firmware update, stop all tape backup activity and place all scheduled jobs
on hold.
• After the firmware update is completed, restart your system for the updates to take effect.
Note: Tape automation devices are not supported by Dell Update Packages. Disconnect or power off such
devices before executing Dell Update Packages.
The tape automation devices are as follows:
1. PowerVault 120T
2. PowerVault PV122T
3. PowerVault PV124T
4. PowerVault PV128T
5. PowerVault PV130T
6. PowerVault PV132T
7. PowerVault PV136T