PERC H965i Front and Adapter RAID Controller firmware version 8.4.0.0.18-27

Enablement inbox drivers have been added to some OSes for initial launch of PERC12 controllers. These drivers are for OS install only and have limited performance and controller management functionality. Management Applications such as PERCCLI2 and Open Manage will not work with these drivers. Enablement drivers can be identified with version numbers "0.255.xxx.xxx" or "3.xxx.xxx.xxx". Driver version "8.xxx.xxx.xxx" should be installed as soon as possible or applied during OS install to enable full performance and management functionality of PERC12 controllers.

The enablement driver "3.0.71.90" for Windows 2022 has known issues with Multi-CPU (2/4 CPU) and large core count CPU configurations that can cause OS to crash when loading the driver. It is recommended to install the latest "8.xxx.xxx.xxx" driver during OS install or as soon as possible after the install. If facing issues with crashes during OS installation it is recommended to disable Logical Processors and reduce CPU core count to 16 or less cores per CPU from the HII BIOS/UEFI settings menu. After installing the latest "8.xxx.xxx.xxx" PERC driver these settings can be set back to default. Additionally, running PERCCLI2 or Open Manage with inbox "3.0.71.90" driver can cause OS to crash. Please install "8.xxx.xxx.xxx" driver before using these management applications In Windows 2022.

PLEASE REVIEW External Release Notes Section 3.0 for more important information

1. Update the firmware version to this version using preferred method below (Windows DUP, Linux DUP).
2. Reboot for the new FW take effect

Windows Update Package:
Download
1. From http://www.dell.com/support/home, download the update package and save it to
your local 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. Note: The DUP cannot be applied using the OS enablement driver.
4. Click the Install button.
5. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update.


Linux Update Package:
Download
1. From http://www.dell.com/support/home, download the update package and save it to
your local hard drive.

Installation
1. Read over the release information presented by executing the
"./SAS-RAID_Firmware_XXXXX_LN_XXXXX.BIN --version" command from the shell.
2. Download and install any prerequisites identified in the above step before proceeding.
Note: The DUP cannot be applied with the OS inbox enablement driver.
3. Run the update by executing "./SAS-RAID_Firmware_XXXXX_LN_XXXXX.BIN" from
the shell.
4. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update.

IDRAC/LC
1. Download the Windows DUP Executable from http://www.dell.com/support/home
2. Upload DUP to IDRAC or LC
3. Submit job and reboot the system

VMware/PERCcli
1. Download the DUP from http://www.dell.com/support/home to a local system
2. Extract the Payload files from the DUP
Extracted DUP > Common > Payload
3. Download and install the latest PERCcli version to your server if not already installed
4. Copy the DUP payload files to your server
5. Navigate to PERCcli folder
Windows - folder with perccli2.exe
Linux - /opt/Megaraid/perccli2
VMware - /opt/lsi/perccli2
Note that PERCcli requires administrator privileges to run.
6. Install the Firmware to your controller with the below command
perccli2 /cx download file= \Path To\.rom
7. Reboot the system