Dell PowerVault MD 32/36 Series Storage Controller Firmware and NVSRAM
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Fixes & Enhancements
This release contains the following features:
- Consolidated support for both 60-disk 4U (dense) and 12/24-disk 2U MD Series storage arrays.
- Resolves a potential I/O path error between Fibre Channel chip and RAID Controller memory
- Resolves a potential I/O Path error when using VMware vSphere 5.X when VAAI hardware accelerated VMFS data movement is enabled for VM migration, VMware snapshots, and VM cloning.
- Resolves Incorrect Drawer number when assigning Hot spare
- New features for 60-disk 4U (dense) MD Series storage arrays are:
- Enhanced snapshot functionality based on point-in-time (PiT) images
- Asynchronous remote replication (iSCSI and FC-based)
- Thin provisioned virtual disks
- SSD cache configuration and SSD performance modeling
- Windows Server 2012 (Standard and Datacenter)
- Windows 8
- New features for 12/24-based 4U MD Series storage arrays are:
- Adaptive disk pooling
- Redesigned MD Storage Manager interface
- Automatic support daya collection across multiple arrays
- VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)
- Enhanced snapshot functionality based on point-in-time (PiT) images
- Asynchronous remote replication (iSCSI and FC-based)
- Thin provisioned virtual disks
- SSD cache configuration and SSD performance modeling
- Windows Server 2012 (Standard and Datacenter)
- Windows 8
Read More- Consolidated support for both 60-disk 4U (dense) and 12/24-disk 2U MD Series storage arrays.
- Resolves a potential I/O path error between Fibre Channel chip and RAID Controller memory
- Resolves a potential I/O Path error when using VMware vSphere 5.X when VAAI hardware accelerated VMFS data movement is enabled for VM migration, VMware snapshots, and VM cloning.
- Resolves Incorrect Drawer number when assigning Hot spare
- New features for 60-disk 4U (dense) MD Series storage arrays are:
- Enhanced snapshot functionality based on point-in-time (PiT) images
- Asynchronous remote replication (iSCSI and FC-based)
- Thin provisioned virtual disks
- SSD cache configuration and SSD performance modeling
- Windows Server 2012 (Standard and Datacenter)
- Windows 8
- New features for 12/24-based 4U MD Series storage arrays are:
- Adaptive disk pooling
- Redesigned MD Storage Manager interface
- Automatic support daya collection across multiple arrays
- VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)
- Enhanced snapshot functionality based on point-in-time (PiT) images
- Asynchronous remote replication (iSCSI and FC-based)
- Thin provisioned virtual disks
- SSD cache configuration and SSD performance modeling
- Windows Server 2012 (Standard and Datacenter)
- Windows 8
Version
07.84.43.60, A01
Release date
08 Nov 2012
Download Type
Firmware
Category
Device Firmware
Importance
CriticalDell Technologies highly recommends applying this important update as soon as possible. The update contains critical bug fixes and changes to improve functionality, reliability, and stability of your Dell system. It may also include security fixes and other feature enhancements.
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File Format: Firmware Images
File Name: MD32_36SeriesFirmware.zip
File Size: 365.95 MB
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MD5:
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SHA1:
25429dfd7dbfbb6a031d325ab4a3ecd8c4751e14
SHA-256:
9b4e9901d4eba820667b9bcda63b6fd2c79ac8c0d642f02c0b9c590d09765cf5
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Important Information
This update is recommended for all PowerVault MD 32/36 storage arrays.
Supported Operating Systems
Novell SuSE Linux ES 11
Windows Server 2008 x64
Suse Linux ES 10
Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Hyper-V
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat® Ent Linux 5
Windows Server 2008 x86
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2003 x64
Applies to
MD32/36 series Hard Disk Drive Firmware Updates
Installation instructions
Please refer to the instructions within the installation package.
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