Dell SAS Hard Drive Firmware Utility, SATA Hard Drive Firmware Utility, v.SAS_SATA, A18

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Driver Id : DCVN4

Importance : Recommended

Version : SAS_SATA, A18 Latest version Recommended version Latest and Recommended version

Release Date : 09 Aug 2012

Download Type : Utility

Category : SAS Drive

This is a general maintenance release for SAS and SATA drives. It is a re-release of the previous version with enhanced installation instructions. Please see Fixes and Enhancements for information regarding an Urgent Seagate SATA release

Download Files

File Format: 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.

File Name: DELL_MULTI-DEVICE_A18_R268794.exe

File size: 50.07 MB

To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.

MD5: 8643acc1e9f8549decf99dda84d1dbbb

SHA1: ccb17bcc6892b9c27b5860b0be83dbb717b09db9

SHA-256: d2ba36df3dfa48496b6068c9862a89b16c680366f5e06727f2c86845ed8e4eb1

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Fixes & Enhancements

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The following is a listing of SAS / SATA drive firmware supported
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Table of Contents

SAS/SATA Release A18 R263891

1.0 Hitachi SAS 3.5", version A5F0
2.0 Fujitsu SAS 3.5" and 2.5", versions D207 and D109
3.0 Maxtor SAS 3.5", version BP05
4.0 Seagate SAS 3.5", versions S515 and T109
4.1 Seagate SAS 2.5", versions S207 and SM04
4.2 Seagate 10K SAS 2.5" and 15K4 3.5", versions S207 and SM04
5.0 Western Digital SATA 3.5", versions 0A04, 6C06 and 2E0B
6.0 Western Digital WDC WD1600YS-18S and WDC WD2500YS-18SSATA 3.5", version 6C07
7.0 Seagate SAS 3.5" ST3400755SS, 400GB 10K, version NS25
8.0 Fujitsu SAS 3.5", AL10SE Version D406
9.0 Seagate SATA 3.5", version 3BKT, for drive models ST3250620NS, ST3500630NS, and ST3750640NS.
10.0 Hitachi SAS 2.5", version C4C2, for drive models HUC101473CSS300 and HUC101414CSS300.
11.0 Hitachi SAS 3.5", version A4C2, for drive models HUS153073VLS300, HUS153014VLS300, HUS153030VLS300.
12.0 Fujitsu SAS 2.5", version D407, for drive models MBB2073RC and MBB2147RC.
13.0 Fujitsu SAS 2.5", version D506, for drive models MBC2036RC and MBC2073RC.
14.0 Fujitsu SAS 3.5", version D306, for drive models MBA3073RC, MBA3147RC and MBA3300RC.
15.0 Seagate SAS 3.5", offline download version S519, for drive models ST3300655SS, ST3146855SS and ST373455SS
16.0 Seagate SAS 2.5", 10K, offline download version S209, for drive models ST9146802SS and ST973402SS
17.0 Hitachi SATA 3.5",version A9N1 for drive models Hitachi HUA72105,Hitachi HUA72107,and Hitachi HUA72101
18.0 HITACHI SAS 3.5", versions B522 and D522 for drive models HUS154530VLS300 (300GB) and HUS154545VLS300 (450GB)
19.0 Hitachi SATA 3.5",version A96R for drive models Hitachi HUA72105,Hitachi HUA72107,and Hitachi HUA72101
20.0 Seagate 15k6 SAS, 3.5" version HS0F for drive models ST3146356SS, ST3300656SS,and ST3450856SS.
21.0 Seagate10k SAS 2.5", version S22C for drive models ST9146802SS (146GB) and ST973402SS (73GB).
22.0 Seagate 7.2K SAS 3.5", version MS0A for drive models ST3500620SS (500GB), ST3750630SS (750GB) and ST31000640SS (1TB).
23.0 Seagate ES 7.2k SATA 3.5", Verison MA0D, for drive models ST3250310NS (250GB), ST3500320NS (500GB), ST3750330NS (750GB) and ST31000340NS (1TB)
24.0 Seagate T10 7.2K SAS 3.5", version T214, for drive models ST3300555SS (300GB), ST3146755SS (146GB) and ST373355SS (73GB).
25.0 Hitachi 15K SAS 3.5", version B598, for Drive model HUS154530VLS300 (300GB).
26.0 Hitachi 15K SAS 3.5", version D598, for Drive model HUS154545VLS300 (450GB).
27.0 Hitachi 15K SAS 3.5", version A598, for drive models HUS153073VLS300 (73GB), HUS153014VLS300 (146GB) and HUS153030VLS300 (300GB).
28.0 Hitachi 7.2k SATA 3.5", version AJ0A, for drive models HUA721050KLA330 (500GB), HUA721075KLA330 (750GB) and HUA721010KLA330 (1TB).
29.0 Fujitsu 10k SAS 2.5", version D807, for drive models Fujitsu MBD2147RC (146GB), MBD2300RC (300GB).
30.0 Fujitsu 15k SAS 2.5", version D903,for drive models Fujitsu MBE2073RC (73GB), MBE2147RC (147GBGB).
31.0 Hitachi 10k SAS 2.5", version J350, for drive models Hitachi HUC103014CSS600 (146GB) and HUC103030CSS600 (300GB).
32.0 Seagate 7.2k SAS 2.5", version DS62, for drive model ST9500430SS (500GB).
33.0 Seagate 15k SAS 3.5", version ES62, for drive model numbers ST3300657SS (300GB), ST3450857SS (450GB) and ST3600057SS (600GB).
34.0 Seagate 10k SAS 3.5", version ER62, for drive model number ST3600002SS (600GB).
35.0 Seagate 10k SAS 2.5", version FS62, for drive model numbers ST9146803SS (146GB) and ST9300603SS (300GB).
36.0 Seagate 15k SAS 2.5", version HT62, for drive model numbers ST973452SS (146GB) and ST9146852SS (300GB).
37.0 Western Digital 5.4k SATA 3.5", version 1B02, for drive model number GP250RE2ES (1TB).
38.0 Western Digital 7.2k SATA 3.5", version 3B04, for drive model number WDC WD2502ABYS-1 (250GB)

Important Information

Important Information - External:
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.

Installation instructions

Download

1. Click the "Download Now" link 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.

1) Click Download now.
The File Download window appears.

2) Click the Save button.
The Save As window appears.

3) Select Desktop using the drop-down menu to the right of Save in.

4) Click the Save button.
A progress meter moves as the download is completed.

5) If necessary, click X in the upper right-hand corner of the Download Progress Window to close it upon completion.

6) Double click the Icon on your desktop for the newly saved file.
The Dell Bios Release Notes window appears.

Dell SAS Hard Drive Firmware Utility, SATA Hard Drive Firmware Utility, v.SAS_SATA, A18

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Fixes & Enhancements

Important Information

Compatible Systems

Supported Operating Systems

Installation instructions

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