Contrôleur Adaptec CERC SATA 1,5/6 canaux, v4.1.0.7401, A10

Known limitation:
Modifying a 1.09 Terabyte or larger array on a CERC SATA 6-Channel RAID Controller may result in Data Loss.

NOTE: Modification of an array includes any activity that involves RAID-level migration, online capacity expansion, shrinking, or stripe-size migration.

NOTICE: Do not modify an array larger than 1.09 terabyte using CERC SATA 6-channel RAID controller firmware 4.1.0.7401, revision A10 and earlier.

CERC SATA 6-Channel RAID controller firmware 4.1.0.7401, revision A10 and earlier, has a limitation that doesn't support modifying an array of size 1.09 TB or greater. Trying to do so may result in data loss. The limitation affects only the size of the array—not the number of arrays that you can create. In addition, this issue is related to CERC SATA 6-channel RAID controller firmware and is not related to the RAID hardware.

The affected firmware version is displayed . as 4.1-0[Build 7401] in the controller’s BIOS, and is also contained in the cerc_7401.exe available at support.dell.com. Future versions of the CERC SATA firmware will not have this issue.

Instead of modifying an existing array do either of the following:
1. Create a different Array of the desired size.
2. Backup the data from the existing array, delete the array, create a new array of the desired size, and restore the data.

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Floppy Disk Boot to Disk for CERC_7401.exe

Download

1. Click Download Now, to download the file.
2. When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP users will 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 appears on your desktop.

Hard Drive Floppy Disk Creation

1. Get 1 blank, formatted floppy disks.
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 diskettes.
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. If the procedure requires
more than one diskette, repeat steps 5 – 7 until you reach the end of the diskette set.
8. After all the files have been copied to the last floppy disk,
press the [ENTER] key and the MS-DOS window closes.

Install

1. Insert the first (or the only) disk of the set into the Floppy
drive.
2. Click Start, click Shutdown, click Restart, and then click OK.
Windows XP Users need only click restart.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

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Dell Update Package Instructions for RAID-FRMW-R84384.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. Install any necessary Embedded Systems Management firmware prior to this BIOS update.
5. Click the Install button.
6. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update.

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