LSI Logic PERC3/DCL, PERC3/DC, PERC3/QC, PERC3/SC, v.6.01, A03

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Linux Apps for RedHat Linux 7.3, 8.0 and AS 2.1 for PERC 3/SC, DC, DCL, and QC.
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Fixes & Enhancements

Dellmgr fixes or changes
----------------------------
Changes for Dellmgr.
1.Disallows spanning across fractured/partial arrays.
2.Default write policy on logical drives on dedicated channel is
made to be WRITEBACK.
3."Warning/error message is introduced in case of HSP making failed"
in view/add configuration or Easy Configuration menu through F4
option in presence of "Rebuild or any other operation".
4.There was a bug reported with the previous version of this
utility. Even for physical drives on SCSI chnl, it was showing
coerced size. This is fixed in this release.
5.Disallows Disk Spin Up timing on CERC ATA100/4CH card & plus other
enhancements and fixes.
6.Support added for PERC 4/DI.
7.Physical drive properties now pass correct channel number
parameter.
8."Number of logical drives" shown in "Logical Drives Configured-xx"
at some places were showing wrong values because of its improper
initialization. Now it is initialized and patched properly.
9.Adapter type string in adapter menu: is now shown up to 40-chars
(earlier up to 32-chars).
10.Background Initialization/Consistency Checking is distinguished
thru a firmware command. A distinctive message is shown during
selection of logical drive for initialization/Consistency
checking.
11.The configuration utility’s banner has been renamed from “PERC
configuration Manager…” to “PERC/CERC configuration utility…”
12."Logical Info drive" quit option problem has been fixed.
13. Default Write Policy for Perc 4/SC is changed to WRITEHTRU
14.Support added for x-term. Now this utility works on the normal as
well as the x-term of Linux.
15.If any physical drive is misbehaving and reporting a non-usable
size, that physical drive is not allowed in the configuration now.
16.Support of PERC 4/DC and PERC 4/SC.





Linflash fixes or changes
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1. To add support for PERC 4/DC and PERC 4/SC controller cards.
2. To provide same binary for 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.
3. To fix a bug in ProductInfo structure.
4. Fix a bug - Reboot message only appears if the last controller is
flashed successfully - when multiple controllers are present in the
system.
5. Added code for doing a dummy Read config and write config before
flashing, to make flash work with certain firmwares.
6. Changed the packager name to LSI Logic Corporation in RPM package
7. Added checking for background operations, so that flashing cannot
proceed.
8. Product String displayed by the flash utility will be from the product
info returned by the firmware.





Percsnmp fixes or changes
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1. To add statistics support (NIT interface).
2. General Error was returned if the PERC 4/DI specific Ioctl fail.
3. Instead of General Error, -1 is returned.
4. Battery option was checked for PERC 3/SC controller, but PERC 3/SC does
not offer battery.
5. Function is modified, so that battery option will not be checked for
PERC 3/SC cards.
6. To support newly added MIBs for PERC 4/DI.
7. Support new SNMP interface.
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Version

6.01, A03

Release date

03 Apr 2003

Download Type

Applications

Category

SCSI RAID

Importance

Optional
Dell Technologies recommends reviewing this update to determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes that impact only certain configurations or provides new features that may or may not apply to your environment.
Available formats

File Format: Extracts files directly to local disk
File Name: perc3-rhl-apps-6.01.tar.gz
File Size: 776.07 KB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
This file format consists of an archive of files that may be decompressed to a directory on the hard drive. The installation can then be done from that directory.
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PERC3/SC
Default Instructions for perc3-rhl-apps-6.01.tar.gz:

You will need a formatted 3 1/2 inch floppy diskette for the following
procedure. Download the file xxx.tar.gz to a temporary directory on
your working RHL system.

NOTE: Extraction of the contents of this on a Windows may not work.

Extract the file to the floppy disk as follows:

1. On a Linux system:

Type the following commands under a Linux command shell:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

gunzip /mnt/floppy
(Eg: /temp/CERC-LinApps-###.tar.gz)

tar xvzf -C /mnt/floppy
(Eg: /temp/CERC-LinApps-###.tar)
umount /mnt/floppy
This will extract all the .rpms onto the floppy




Installation of Dellmgr
=======================
1.On a linux system
To install, enter the following on the command line where the
individual rpm are located.:
rpm -ivh dellmgr-5.25-0.i386.rpm

This will install following two files in the /usr/sbin directory

dellmgr :Script to call configuration utility binary
(dellmgr.bin)
dellmgr.bin :Binary for configuration utility

After installation type "dellmgr" to start the utility.
To uninstall the rpm:
rpm -e dellmgr-5.25-0


Installation of Linflash
========================
Copy linflash-2.15-0.i386.rpm to local directory and type at prompt
#rpm -i linflash-2.15-0.i386.rpm

You must copy the firmware image to the same directory for the linux
flash utility to work. Create a diskette image of the firmware and copy
the .rom file to the same directory as linflash.


To run the rpm type
#linflash
At the command prompt.

Usage : linflash [-r] [-p] [-s] [-i [file] [file] [...]] [-f [file]
[file] [...]]

-r : Flash without asking for user input to flash adapter(s).
-p : Prompt user for filename. Flash without checking for signatures.
-s :Silent flash. First matching image file will be taken for each
adapter.
-i :Ignore the following files. These files will not be considered for
flashing the matching controllers.
-f :Force the following files To be flashed for the matching controller.
In case more than one matching files are specified, the first one
would be taken.


MEGAMON
=======
megamon-3.6-0.i386.rpm is a status monitoring tool for Linux Red
Hat. It requires the above listed controllers and megaraid (1.18c or
later) be loaded on the system. It will notify root by emailing the
status of the controller.

Installation procedure for Megamon
===================================
To install, enter the following on the command line:
rpm -ivh Megamon-3.6-0.i386.rpm

For email notification edit /var/log/raidmon.lst file. See details
in the header section of this file.

To start the monitoring service:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/raidmon start

To stop the monitoring service:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/raidmon stop

To restart the monitoring service:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/raidmon [restart|reload]

To uninstall the rpm:
rpm -e megamon-3.6-0





Installation procedure for DELL PERC SNMP Agent for Linux
=========================================================
If RPM support is there, install DELL PERC SNMP Agent using
rpm -i percsnmp-4.07-1.i386.rpm

Note:
If you have installed previous release of percsnmp
please uninstall the older one,by running
rpm -e percsnmp
Then proceed to install the new release.

If there is no support for RPM , follow the following procedures:

Untar the DELL PERC SNMP Agent tar package and then

$tar -zxf percsnmp-4.07-1.tgz
$cd percsnmp
$./install

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