Dell SAS 5/iR, 6/iR Adapter Driver

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Driver Id : 9Y7MV

Importance : Recommended

Version : 4.00.07.00-2, A01 Latest version Recommended version Latest and Recommended version

Release Date : 09 Dec 2013

Download Type : Driver

Category : SAS RAID

This package provides the Dell SAS 5/iR, 6/iR Integrated, SAS 5/iR, 6/iR Adapter, SAS 6/IR Integrated Blades Driver and is supported on Equallogic, Enterprise Servers and Powervault models that are running the following Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Novell - SuSE Linux ES 10.

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File Name: mptlinux_4.00.07.00_2.tgz

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Fixes & Enhancements

Fixes
- Fixed a problem with volumes becoming read-only when one disk from a RAID1 volume was pulled.
- Fixed memory management problems to avoid memory leaks at driver load time under some conditions.
- Fixed memory allocation to input/output buffer to manage 2kb buffers without stack overflow problems.

Enhancements
- Added support For SAS 6/iR controllers.
- Added support To report a deleted RAID volume to upper layers when a firmware event is received saying that the volume has been disabled.
- Added support To display port link speed.
- Enhanced Xen kernel - Additional kernel modes (precompiled binaries) - For installing RPM after a DUD install on RHEL5.
- Enhancement to re-queue event on 5 second intervals for 1 minute until the device is found in the topology.
- Enhanced Handling improvements to decrease the impact of keyboard availability when many drives are added and removed.
- Enhanced RAID event handling for hidden RAID components and for RAID events scheduling.
- Enhanced Timing and reset handling avoid configuration problems at startup.

Installation instructions

3 Installation Instructions
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The package is a compressed tar file.

3.1 The package.
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The package is a compressed tar file.

To extract the components within the tar file un-tar the files:
"> tar -xvf "

The package should contain the following files:
- dkms rpm (dkms.rpm)
- driver rpm (mptlinux.rpm)
- release notes (*.txt)
- source code (mptlinuxsrc.tgz)
- driver update disk (DUD) image for different OSes (*.img)

Preparation of the DUD image. Transfer the image to the floppy:
Use "> dd if= of=/dev/fd0"

On most systems, the floppy drive is designated by the /dev/fd0 special file.
It is prefferred to execute the dd command before the floppy is mounted.

3.2 Installing the OS on a SAS controller.
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-- Installing the driver on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system --

Perform the following steps to install RHEL (version 5)
using the DUD:

1 Boot normally from the RHEL installation media.
2 At the command prompt, type:
> Linux expert dd
3 When the install prompts for a driver diskette, insert the driver update
disk (DUD) prepared earlier and press .
4 Complete the installation as directed by the installation program.

-- Installing the driver on a SuSE Enterprise Server system --

Perform the following steps to install SLES (version 10)
using the DUD:

1 Boot normally from the SLES installation media.
2 Select for the driver update disk on SLES 10 installations.
3 Select Installation from the menu.
4 Press to load the Linux kernel.
5 At the prompt insert the driver update disk and follow instructions.
6 Complete the installation as directed by the installation program.

3.3 Adding/Updating the SAS Driver to an Existing Linux system
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1 Install the DKMS rpm package if needed. Use this command
"> rpm -ivh "

NOTE: Use rpm -Uvh when updating an existing package.

2 Install the Driver package. Use this command
"> rpm -ivh "
3 Verify the driver has been loaded with this system command:
"> lsmod mptsas"
and this dkms commands:
"> dkms status"
The version shown in the output should match in both cases and
with the version of the package.

Dell SAS 5/iR, 6/iR Adapter Driver

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