LSI Logic PERC3/DCL, PERC3/DC, PERC3/QC, PERC3/SC, v.5.22, A01

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Linux utilities for the PERC 3/QC, PERC 3/DC, PERC 3/DCL and PERC 3/SC.
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Fixes & Enhancements

Release history of Dellmgr
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Changes for Dellmgr.
1. Disallow 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".
5. There was a bug reported with the previous version of the utility.
Even for physical drives
on SCSI chnl , it was showing coerced size. This is fixed in this
release.
6. Disallow Disk Spin Up timing on CERC ATA100/4CH card & plus other
enhancements and fixes.
7. Support added for PERC 4/DI.
8. Physical drive properties now pass correct channel number
parameter for 8-ld card.
9. "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.
10. Adapter type string in adapter menu: is now shown up to 40-chars
(earlier up to 32-chars).
11. Background Initialization/Consistency Checking is distinguished
thru firmware command on eligible
firmware’s and distinctive message is shown during selection of
logical drive for
initialization/Consistency checking
12. The configuration utility’s banner has been renamed from “PERC
configuration Manager…” to
“PERC/CERC configuration utility…”
13. "Logical Info drive" quit option problem has been fixed.

Change history of Linflash
===========================
1. To fix a bug in ProductInfo structure.
1. Fix a bug - Reboot message only appears if the last controller is
flashed
successfully - when multiple controllers are present in the system.
2. Added code for doing a dummy Read config and write config before
flashing,
to make flash work with certain firmwares
1. Changed the packager name to LSI Logic Corporation in RPM package
2. Added checking for background operations, so that flashing cannot
proceed.
2. Product String displayed by the flash utility will be from the product
info returned by the firmware.

Change history for Percsnmp
============================

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.
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Version

5.22, A01

Release date

18 Sep 2002

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-apps-522.tar.gz
File Size: 768.27 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.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
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SHA1:
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SHA-256:
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PERC3/SC
Down load the software to a temporary directory on a Linux system (/tmp).
Under the temporary directory, do the following to untar the files to the
same directory:

tar -xvzf PERC3-apps-522.tar.gz

The untared files include RPMs and README files for different utilities.
Run the following command to install the RPM package:
# rpm -ivh (RPM package name).rpm

Follow the README file in the download to install different utility tools.

Notes:
To flash firmware using linflash utility, you need to download the
firmware ROM file seperately and copy it to the same directory of linflash
on the Linux system.

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