LSI Logic CERC ATA 100, v.5.39, A10
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Fixes & Enhancements
Changes from 5.35.2 to 5.39
======================
1. Utilities are issuing driver calls for getting the logical drive
statistics. We have seen some utilities are requesting 40LD
statistics but send buffer less than the required statistics size.
This is causing the system to crash. This bug has been fixed in the
driver by returning all the calls with lesser buffer size
without copying any data successfully.
2. Change in the setup files, so that Scsiport driver should give
correct Device Number and Function Number to the Miniport driver.
3. A timeout is implemented in the driver so that driver shouldn’t wait
infinitely for the Firmware to acknowledge the interrupt.
4. During Reset, Driver was not clearing all the Pending Commands
whenever the Firmware is not able to complete it.
5. System was hanging after it wakes up from Hibernation/Standby on
PERC 3/QC and PERC 3/DC controllers. Driver needs to reprogram these
SCSI chips before waiting for the firmware to initialize.
6. During the Cluster HCT phase 5 test the driver and firmware used
to wait for each other for a command completion. This led to dead
lock condition and the HCT test fails with an IO timeout error.
In order to avoid this dead lock condition the driver will poll the
firmware for completion of a command before the OS times out the
command.
7. When running heavy I/O's the miniport driver would often get a mailbox
busy condition that would lead to an I/O hang. The fix is made in
the driver to improve delay optimization for the mailbox busy
condition.
8. The logical drive status checking was failing for Dummy Device inquiry.
This logic was removed since there is no need to check status of this
device.
9. The capability pointer was changed in firmware for Fast READ/WRITE
calls for hard drives connected to the SCSI Channels.
10. Initial release of PERC 4/DI support on PE2755MC
========================================================================
Version 5.35.2 Release
Changes from 5.32 to 5.35.2
=======================
1) System was not waking up after a hibernation/standby operation. This bug was caused by the
driver.
Driver was trying to access PCI_CONFIG space from the ScsiRestartAdapter in the driver. This
bug
has been fixed by accessing the PCI_CONFIG space from the ScsiSetRunningConfig entry point.
2) New command has been introduced to enhance the performance for SCSI I/O on non-raid SCSI channel.
3) In case of cluster reset, Driver was waiting infinitely for all the commands to complete,
resulting in the
system crash/hang. This problem has been fixed by waiting for certain period of time for the
outstanding
commands to complete. If the commands are not completed in certain period of time,
Driver completes all the outstanding with error and returns.
4) In case of Standby, driver was not waiting for the Firmware to get initialized, resulting in the
driver
sending commands to the firmware even when the Firmware is not initialized. The fix has been
put
in the driver. Driver is polling for the Firmware to get initialized before sending any
commands to the Firmware.
5) A single Tape drive was seen at TargetID 0 and TargetID 16 on the physical channel. One can
attach
up to a maximum of 15 devices on a single physical channel. All the requests coming for a
physical
channel with TargetID greater than 15 should be returned as Illegal request.
=======================================================================
Version 5.32.0.0
Changes from 5.29 to 5.32
======================
1. During Logical drives creation/deletion through Open Manage Array Manager,
Open Manage Array Manager, used to hang as it keeps on waiting for the
notification of the drive created/removed. This issue has been resolved in
the d
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1. Utilities are issuing driver calls for getting the logical drive
statistics. We have seen some utilities are requesting 40LD
statistics but send buffer less than the required statistics size.
This is causing the system to crash. This bug has been fixed in the
driver by returning all the calls with lesser buffer size
without copying any data successfully.
2. Change in the setup files, so that Scsiport driver should give
correct Device Number and Function Number to the Miniport driver.
3. A timeout is implemented in the driver so that driver shouldn’t wait
infinitely for the Firmware to acknowledge the interrupt.
4. During Reset, Driver was not clearing all the Pending Commands
whenever the Firmware is not able to complete it.
5. System was hanging after it wakes up from Hibernation/Standby on
PERC 3/QC and PERC 3/DC controllers. Driver needs to reprogram these
SCSI chips before waiting for the firmware to initialize.
6. During the Cluster HCT phase 5 test the driver and firmware used
to wait for each other for a command completion. This led to dead
lock condition and the HCT test fails with an IO timeout error.
In order to avoid this dead lock condition the driver will poll the
firmware for completion of a command before the OS times out the
command.
7. When running heavy I/O's the miniport driver would often get a mailbox
busy condition that would lead to an I/O hang. The fix is made in
the driver to improve delay optimization for the mailbox busy
condition.
8. The logical drive status checking was failing for Dummy Device inquiry.
This logic was removed since there is no need to check status of this
device.
9. The capability pointer was changed in firmware for Fast READ/WRITE
calls for hard drives connected to the SCSI Channels.
10. Initial release of PERC 4/DI support on PE2755MC
========================================================================
Version 5.35.2 Release
Changes from 5.32 to 5.35.2
=======================
1) System was not waking up after a hibernation/standby operation. This bug was caused by the
driver.
Driver was trying to access PCI_CONFIG space from the ScsiRestartAdapter in the driver. This
bug
has been fixed by accessing the PCI_CONFIG space from the ScsiSetRunningConfig entry point.
2) New command has been introduced to enhance the performance for SCSI I/O on non-raid SCSI channel.
3) In case of cluster reset, Driver was waiting infinitely for all the commands to complete,
resulting in the
system crash/hang. This problem has been fixed by waiting for certain period of time for the
outstanding
commands to complete. If the commands are not completed in certain period of time,
Driver completes all the outstanding with error and returns.
4) In case of Standby, driver was not waiting for the Firmware to get initialized, resulting in the
driver
sending commands to the firmware even when the Firmware is not initialized. The fix has been
put
in the driver. Driver is polling for the Firmware to get initialized before sending any
commands to the Firmware.
5) A single Tape drive was seen at TargetID 0 and TargetID 16 on the physical channel. One can
attach
up to a maximum of 15 devices on a single physical channel. All the requests coming for a
physical
channel with TargetID greater than 15 should be returned as Illegal request.
=======================================================================
Version 5.32.0.0
Changes from 5.29 to 5.32
======================
1. During Logical drives creation/deletion through Open Manage Array Manager,
Open Manage Array Manager, used to hang as it keeps on waiting for the
notification of the drive created/removed. This issue has been resolved in
the d
Version
5.39, A10
Release date
01 Apr 2003
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Important Information
Controller Minimum firmware level Description:
PERC 3/QC 1.74 PERC 3 Quad Channel,
PERC 3/DC 1.74 PERC 3 Dual Channel,
PERC 3/DCL 1.74 PERC 3 Dual Channel Lite,
PERC 3/SC 1.74 PERC 3 Single Channel,
PERC 4/DI 2.01 PERC 4/DI,
CERC ATA100/4CH 6.62 RAID IDE.
PERC 3/QC 1.74 PERC 3 Quad Channel,
PERC 3/DC 1.74 PERC 3 Dual Channel,
PERC 3/DCL 1.74 PERC 3 Dual Channel Lite,
PERC 3/SC 1.74 PERC 3 Single Channel,
PERC 4/DI 2.01 PERC 4/DI,
CERC ATA100/4CH 6.62 RAID IDE.
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 2000
Applies to
CERC ATA 100
Installation instructions
Custom Instructions for CERC-W2K-539-A10.exe:
This program creates a Windows 2000 driver diskette for the
PERC/CERC controllers. You will need a formatted 3 1/2 inch
floppy diskette for the following procedure.
1) Download the file to a directory on your hard drive. The
file downloaded is a self extracting executable.
2) Double click on the file to run the executable.
3) Click on the unzip button to extract files to the floppy.
Power down the system and install the PERC/CERC card.
Configure the logical drives before proceeding with the
driver install described below.
Installing on a New Windows 2000 Server
---------------------------------------
1) Boot the system using the Windows 2000 CD. As the message
"Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or
RAID driver."
appears, press F6 immediately.
2) Within a few minutes, a screen appears that asks for
additional adapters in the system. Choose 'S'.
3) You are prompted for the driver diskette. Insert the
PERC/CERC Windows 2000 driver diskette in the floppy
drive and press Enter.
4) A list of drivers for PERC/CERC controllers appears.
Select the right driver for your installed controller and
press Enter to load the driver.
5) Press Enter again to continue installation process as
usual.
Adding the PERC/CERC Driver to an Existing Windows 2000 Server
--------------------------------------------------------------
1) Boot the system to Windows 2000. The Found New Hardware
Wizard displays.
2) If you are installing the PERC 3/SC or CERC ATA100/4CH,
click on Next and skip to step 5. Otherwise, click Cancel
on all the new devices.
3) Restart the system from the shutdown menu.
4) The Found New Hardware Wizard displays again when the
system boots to Windows 2000. Click on Next.
5) Select Search for a suitable driver and click Next to
continue.
6) Select Floppy disk drive, insert the PERC/CERC Windows
2000 driver diskette created above and click Next to
continue.
7) Continue to click on Next and finish the installation.
8) The Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears one time for
each PERC 3/SC controller, three times for each PERC
4/Di, PERC 3/DC or PERC 3/DCL controller and four times
for each PERC 3/QC or CERC ATA100/4CH controller. Repeat
steps 5 - 7 for each time the wizard displays to complete
installation of the card.
9) To confirm driver installation, right click on My
Computer and select Manage. Click on Device Manager, then
click on SCSI and RAID controllers to see the newly added
PERC 3 controller(s) in the list.
After finishg the driver update, YOU MUST REBOOT YOUR SERVER.
Updating the PERC/CERC Driver to an Existing Windows 2000 Server
--------------------------------------------------------------
If your server is already running Windows 2000 , use the following
steps
to update the PERC Windows 2000 driver.
1) Insert the PERC 3 Windows 2000 driver diskette and click Next to
continue
2) Position the mouse pointer to the my computer icon on your desktop
and
right click and select Manage.
3) Position the mouse pointer on Device Manager and click the left
mouse
button .
4) Position the mouse pointer on SCSI and RAID controllers and double
click.
5) Select the PERC controller and double click.
6) Select the Driver tab
7) Select the Update Driver
The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard displays.
8) Click on the Next Button
9) Select Search for a suitable driver and click Next to continue.
10) Select Floppy disk drive.
11) The Driver Files Search results wizard appears. Check the box
besides
the Install of the other drivers and then click on the Next button.
12) In the Driver Files Found wizard select the appropriate device from
the a:\ drive
13) Select the next button
14) When you see the Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard
window
click on Finish.
15) Restart the computer.
Custom Instructions for CERC-W2K-539-A10.exe:
This program creates a Windows 2000 driver diskette for the
PERC/CERC controllers. You will need a formatted 3 1/2 inch
floppy diskette for the following procedure.
1) Download the file to a directory on your hard drive. The
file downloaded is a self extracting executable.
2) Double click on the file to run the executable.
3) Click on the unzip button to extract files to the floppy.
Power down the system and install the PERC/CERC card.
Configure the logical drives before proceeding with the
driver install described below.
Installing on a New Windows 2000 Server
---------------------------------------
1) Boot the system using the Windows 2000 CD. As the message
"Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or
RAID driver."
appears, press F6 immediately.
2) Within a few minutes, a screen appears that asks for
additional adapters in the system. Choose 'S'.
3) You are prompted for the driver diskette. Insert the
PERC/CERC Windows 2000 driver diskette in the floppy
drive and press Enter.
4) A list of drivers for PERC/CERC controllers appears.
Select the right driver for your installed controller and
press Enter to load the driver.
5) Press Enter again to continue installation process as
usual.
Adding the PERC/CERC Driver to an Existing Windows 2000 Server
--------------------------------------------------------------
1) Boot the system to Windows 2000. The Found New Hardware
Wizard displays.
2) If you are installing the PERC 3/SC or CERC ATA100/4CH,
click on Next and skip to step 5. Otherwise, click Cancel
on all the new devices.
3) Restart the system from the shutdown menu.
4) The Found New Hardware Wizard displays again when the
system boots to Windows 2000. Click on Next.
5) Select Search for a suitable driver and click Next to
continue.
6) Select Floppy disk drive, insert the PERC/CERC Windows
2000 driver diskette created above and click Next to
continue.
7) Continue to click on Next and finish the installation.
8) The Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears one time for
each PERC 3/SC controller, three times for each PERC
4/Di, PERC 3/DC or PERC 3/DCL controller and four times
for each PERC 3/QC or CERC ATA100/4CH controller. Repeat
steps 5 - 7 for each time the wizard displays to complete
installation of the card.
9) To confirm driver installation, right click on My
Computer and select Manage. Click on Device Manager, then
click on SCSI and RAID controllers to see the newly added
PERC 3 controller(s) in the list.
After finishg the driver update, YOU MUST REBOOT YOUR SERVER.
Updating the PERC/CERC Driver to an Existing Windows 2000 Server
--------------------------------------------------------------
If your server is already running Windows 2000 , use the following
steps
to update the PERC Windows 2000 driver.
1) Insert the PERC 3 Windows 2000 driver diskette and click Next to
continue
2) Position the mouse pointer to the my computer icon on your desktop
and
right click and select Manage.
3) Position the mouse pointer on Device Manager and click the left
mouse
button .
4) Position the mouse pointer on SCSI and RAID controllers and double
click.
5) Select the PERC controller and double click.
6) Select the Driver tab
7) Select the Update Driver
The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard displays.
8) Click on the Next Button
9) Select Search for a suitable driver and click Next to continue.
10) Select Floppy disk drive.
11) The Driver Files Search results wizard appears. Check the box
besides
the Install of the other drivers and then click on the Next button.
12) In the Driver Files Found wizard select the appropriate device from
the a:\ drive
13) Select the next button
14) When you see the Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard
window
click on Finish.
15) Restart the computer.
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