Dell Nautilus Firmware Update Utility for SAS and SATA disk and solid state drives

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This is a general maintenance release for SAS and SATA drives. It is a re-release of the previous version with additional firmware updates.
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Release_Notes.txt | 100.21 KB
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File Format: A text file containing customer friendly fixes and enhancements information
File Name: Release_Notes.txt
File Size: 100.21 KB
Format Description
This file format contains plain text which can be viewed with a standard text editor.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
5a10762e13f9316f3456c1c5427d19e9
SHA1:
7ca5691829d0af28de35be6d807b2c9fbcc76d65
SHA-256:
468b24e788803337bc08534198633911739966379206f4d9689f095f17a6fb51

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Fixes & Enhancements

Fixes and Enhancement details can be found in the "Release_Notes.txt" as one of the available downloads for this application.
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Version

A49, A49

Release date

12 Jan 2015

Download Type

Utility

Category

Storage

Importance

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Dell Technologies recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains changes to maintain overall system health. It ensures that the system software remains current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software) and may include other new features.
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File Format: ZipPack External
File Name: NautilusDOSA49_ZPE.exe
File Size: 191.73 MB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
This file contains a compressed (or zipped) set of files. Download the file to a folder on your hard drive, and then run (double-click) it to unzip the set of files. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
feb269300a56b84bde040cb1ebd63635
SHA1:
c0e67e75a3fd21b9a88e2f23c0401927def73377
SHA-256:
cd26d482a6809933e170e6ba9b9996f7c8af327a4b13f87c8b0c05af962bf292

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This update will not run if any of the following conditions exist
1. Any Virtual Disk that is not optimal.
2. A RAID container that is performing a Background Initialization or Consistency Check.
3. A Rebuild, Resync, or copyback function is taking place.
4. A RAID set that is Partially Degraded or in a Degraded state.

This update will run on drives remaining in a RAID set that is in a Offline state.

There is an architectural constraint with Dell DUP HDD firmware update utility, related to system memory utilization, which is typically encountered on systems with minimal system memory, memory-intensive configurations, multiple RAID controllers, or memory-intensive applications. This issue is typically reported as - The operation was not successful because the device buffer write has failed. And will result in an aborted attempt to update firmware on the identified HDD. Error codes associated with this failure mode include 8009 and 8017. Once an error is detected, the update session is aborted. There is no data integrity or data availability risk associated with this issue. Subsequent attempts to update the HDD firmware may succeed, particularly if system resources are freed up.
Dell SAS/SATA Hard Drive
1. Click Download File 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.

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