Dell SAS 5/i Integrated, SAS 5/E Adapter, v.1.28.03.01, A07

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SAS 5/E and SAS 5/i Device Driver Windows Server 2003 x64

Version: 1.28.03.01
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Fixes & Enhancements

- Force OS bus rescan after any F/W fault, to detect unreported volumes changes prior to the fault.
- Add functionality to detect and properly associate existing volumes with new/deleted hotspares.
- Check for inactive/active volume status before presenting the volume to the OS.
- Improve handshake negotiations on drive hotplug activities.
- Log system event error when the Persistency Table is full.
- Changes on the F/W download activity to reduce impact to users.
- Increased timeout for FW download.
- Add functionality to allow removing more than 64 devices in one action.
- Added support for detecting dual port SAS drives or detecting SATA drives behind a port selector
- General improvements on error detection and task management functions:
.. Improve handling of bus change requests (pause/resume/detect)
.. Better error detection for SAS tape environments
.. Better handling of NULL SRB's
.. Send Diag Reset instead of Message Unit Reset if a stuck LUN or Target Reset condition occurs
.. Fixed malformed bad reply messages
.. Improvements in driver reset & escalated reset handling
.. Improvements handling error returns from FW
- Algorithm changes to better work with storport and meet all new requirements
- Added reset queue to execute resets for different target/LUNs in the order received.
- Added detection of Task Aborted SCSI status returned from target to force a retry by the Windows port driver, MPIO, or the Disk class driver and avoid potential data corruption on Write. Problem limited to some multi-initiator RBOD configurations.
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Version

1.28.03.01, A07

Release date

06 Dec 2011

Download Type

Driver

Category

SAS Non-RAID

Importance

Recommended
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.
Available formats

File Format: Update Package for MS Windows 32-Bit
File Name: SAS-Non-RAID_Driver_KPWH9_WN32_1.28.03.01_A07.EXE
File Size: 4.98 MB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
Dell Update Packages (DUP) in Microsoft Windows 32bit format have been designed to run on Microsoft Windows 64bit Operating Systems. Dell Update Packages (DUP) in Microsoft Windows 64bit format will only run on Microsoft Windows 64bit Operating Systems. When selecting a device driver update be sure to select the one that is appropriate for your operating system.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
1a06cb77ad39ea3ccfa1403b4bfd002e
SHA1:
534f8d1e0ee7d1c2deade19d4121aa9809f4d35e
SHA-256:
Not available

File Format: ZipPack External
File Name: R194129.exe
File Size: 190.38 KB
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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:
47aca58f147c2d00f492ff4e81c3d362
SHA1:
238562f008346f8dfbf1648fb9fc55aef2245d5d
SHA-256:
67085a8133c1657e19a304c37915d44799d535cc17026804822d994c15e3bfde

File Format: External release notes
File Name: R194129.txt
File Size: 7.98 KB
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Format Description:
This file format contains plain text which can be viewed with a standard text editor.
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MD5:
9033c82e60feb88fc36be750e34455dc
SHA1:
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SHA-256:
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SAS 5/E Adapter
SAS 5/i Integrated
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Dell Update Package Instructions
Download
1. Click Download Now 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


Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) with Setup.exe File
Download
1.Click Download now, to download the file.
2. When the File Download window appears, click Save or Save this program to disk and click OK. The Save In: window appears.
3. From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
4. If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file icon appears on your desktop.

Install
1.Double-click the new icon on the desktop
2.The Self-Extracting window appears and prompts you to extract or unzip to a specific path. Write down this path so the executable (I.e.Setup.exe) file can be found later, or specify your own path.
3. The Self-Extractor window appears.
4. Click OK.
5. After completing the file extraction, if the Self-Extractor window is still open, close it.
6. Navigate to the path where the files where extracted.
7. Double click the brcmsetup.exe file.
8. Follow the on-screen installation instructions.

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