PERC H355 RAID Controller firmware version 52.26.0-5179

After the firmware update, it is crucial to perform a complete graceful shutdown to power off of the system, followed by a power on to enable the new firmware.
A warm reboot will NOT activate the updated firmware.
If iDrac/LC is used to perform the update, a graceful shutdown to power off after the update is still required.
Important Information for Update Packages for Microsoft Windows

* Do not run other applications while executing 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 Update Packages.
* If the following error occurs, "Error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory", you must install the compatibility libraries from "www.redhat.com" or from the Red Hat CD. To install the compatibility libraries, use the following command: "RPM -ih compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm"
* When Update Packages stop abruptly due to a power outage or abnormal termination, perform the following steps:
- Remove the lock file.
Type the following command: rm -f /var/lock/.spsetup
- Run the Update Package again to reapply the update.
* 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"

Update to latest available system firmware for iDRAC, BIOS, and CPLD from respective System drivers and downloads support site before updating PERC.
If updating from FW package 52.16.1-4158 (or older) an AC or Virtual AC cycle of the system is required.
Note: When a Virtual AC cycle is performed, the iDRAC controller will be reset and be unavailable for a short time (approx: 2 minutes)

Performing the Firmware Upgrade
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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.
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_LN64_52.2X.X-XXXX_AXX.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 "./SAS-RAID_Firmware_XXXXX_LN64_52.2X.X-XXXX_AXX.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 perccli.exe
Linux - /opt/Megaraid/perccli
VMware - /opt/lsi/perccli
Note that PERCcli requires administrator privileges to run
6. Install the Firmware to your controller with the below command
perccli /c download file= \Path To\.rom
7. Reboot the system