Dell PERC 5/i Integrated, v.5.0.1-0030, A01

When viewing SATA physical disk properties from Ctrl-R or other management applications, the Vendor Identification will be translated as "ATA" followed by blanks.

If all physical disks making up a virtual disk are removed from the system or enclosure, the RAID controller will delete the virtual disk. If the disks are later re-inserted, they will be marked foreign and can be imported using a management application.

If the cable connecting a PERC 5/E to an enclosure is removed, the RAID controller will immediately delete all virtual disks on that enclosure. To recover, power down the server and ensure all cables in the configuration are securely connected. When the server is powered on, the RAID controller will detect the disks as foreign and the configuration can be imported with a management application.

Physical disks determined to contain a foreign configuration are not available for configuration as a new dedicated or global hotspare, or as a member of a new virtual disk. The foreign configuration must be imported or cleared from the physical disk before it may be used as a hotspare or member of a virtual disk. Physical disks with a foreign configuration will not appear on the Create New VD screen in Ctrl-R.

Prior to performing a virtual disk migration, the source system must be powered off before removal of the physical disks to preserve the correct virtual disk state. This is not required for the target system and the physical disks may be inserted while the system is powered on or off.

Important Information for Update Packages for Microsoft Windows
* Do not run other applications while executing Dell Update Packages.
* Do not run storage controller update packages if the controller is in use by other applications.
* The firmware upgrade may fail if any of the RAID controllers in the system are performing an I/O background task (that is, consistency check, background initialization, rebuild, or reconstruction). Allow the background task to complete before attempting to upgrade the firmware. Patrol Read tasks will not affect a firmware upgrade.

Important Information for Update Packages for Linux
* Do not run other applications while executing Dell Update Packages.
* Do not run storage controller update packages if the controller is in use by other applications.
* The firmware upgrade may fail if any of the RAID controllers in the system are performing an I/O background task (that is, consistency check, background initialization, rebuild, or reconstruction). Allow the background task to complete before attempting to upgrade the firmware. Patrol Read tasks will not affect a firmware upgrade.
* Linux systems running one or more applications that interact with SCSI devices in certain ways are known to cause a kernel panic situation. Therefore, it is recommended that you stop Server Administrator and its Storage Management Service before running storage controller firmware update packages.
To stop the Dell OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator service,
run "omconfig system webserver action=stop"
To start the Server Administrator service,
run "omconfig system webserver action=start"
To stop the Server Administrator Storage Management Service,
run "/etc/init.d/dataeng stop"
To start the Server Administrator Storage Management Service,
run "/etc/init.d/dataeng start"

Custom Instructions for PERC5II_5.0.1.0030.txt:

This file contains the release notes.
Custom Instructions for PERC5II_5.0.1.0030.exe:

Download

1. Click "Download Now", to download the file.
2. When the "File Download" window appears, click "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 will appear on your desktop.


Bootable Floppy Disk Creation

1. Get 1 blank, formatted floppy disk.
2. Double-click the new icon (it looks like a floppy diskette) on the desktop. The "Self-Extractor" window appears.
3. Click "Setup". An black MS-DOS window appears with a message indicating that you need 1 floppy diskette.
4. Press the "ENTER" key. A message appears prompting you to insert a blank floppy diskette.
5. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
6. Press the "ENTER" key. A message appears indicating that all data on the disk will be erased.
7. Press the "y" key and then press the "ENTER" key. The files are copied to the floppy diskette.
8. After all the files have been copied to the floppy disk, press the "ENTER" key and the MS-DOS window closes.


Install

1. Insert the disk into the Floppy drive.
2. Click "Start", click "Shutdown", click "Restart", and then click "OK".
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Custom Instructions for P5II_5.0.1.0030.exe:

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.


Extract Files

1. Browse to the location where you downloaded the file and double-click the new file to unzip the download package.
2. Click "Continue".
3. Specify the location to unzip the files.
4. Click on the "OK" button to extract files. After the files are extracted the message "all files were successfully unzipped" will appear.
5. Click the "OK" button to exit from the installer.


Installation

1. Copy extracted files to bootable media.
2. Reboot system to bootable media.
3. Execute "update.bat" to perform flash.
5. After flash is complete, remove bootable media.
4. Reboot system for changes to take effect.
Custom Instructions for FRMW_WIN_R122816.EXE:

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.
Custom Instructions for FRMW_LX_R122816.BIN:

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. Read over the release information presented by executing the "./FRMW_LX_R122816.BIN --version" command from the shell.
2. Download and install any prerequisites identified in the above step before proceeding.
3. Run the update by executing "./FRMW_LX_R122816.BIN" from the shell.
4. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update.

Custom Instructions for FRMW_LX_R122816.BIN.sign:

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. Import the Dell public key. (You only need to do this once on your system.)
2. Verify the Dell Update Package by using its signature file, FRMW_LX_R122816.BIN.sign

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