########################################################################## The following is a listing of SAS / SATA drive firmware supported: ########################################################################## SAS/SATA Release A04 Table of Contents 1.0 Hitachi SAS 3.5" (f/w A5F0) 2.0 Fujitsu SAS 3.5" and 2.5" (f/w D207/D109) 3.0 Maxtor SAS 3.5" (f/w BP05) 4.0 Seagate SAS 3.5" (f/w S515/T109) 4.1 Seagate SAS 2.5" (f/w S207/SM04) 4.2 Seagate 10K SAS 2.5" and 15K4 3.5" (f/w S110/S412) 5.0 Western Digital SATA 3.5" (f/w 0A04/6c06/2E0B) ******************** 1.0 HITACHI SAS 3.5" ******************** No Previous Release * Firmware Version A5F0 * Fixes and Enhancements ====================== The Hitachi SAS release for 15K 3.5" SAS hard drive firmware to fix Linux install hang in a RAID-0 config. During a Linux install small block sequential writes occur which brings out this bug and result in a hang during install when attached to SAS-5/iR running in RAID 0. The firmware will rev from A48B to A5F0. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- RY645 36GB,HUS151436VLSS00,15K,36GB Optional WR767 73GB,HUS151473VLSS00,15K,73GB Optional UM902 146GB,HUS151414VLSS00,15K,146GB Optional ***************************** 2.0 FUJITSU SAS 3.5" and 2.5" ***************************** Previously Released as: R156342 * Firmware versions D207 and D109 * Fixes and Enhancements ====================== The Fujitsu SAS release for 15K 3.5" AL9LX and 10K 2.5" AL9SE SAS hard drive firmware to fix the possible offline conditions. A change was implemented in firmware to return a different sense data under certain rare error conditions.Making this change in some instances will allow the array controller the opportunity to initiate its own built-in error correction procedures rather than taking the drive offline. The firmware will rev from D206 to D207 on 3.5" and D108 to D109 on 2.5" drives. The following Fujitsu 3.5" SAS drives will be updated to firmware version D207. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- G8816 HD,36G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,FJT,AL9LX Recommended H8799 HD,73G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,FJT,AL9LX Recommended M8034 HD,146G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,FJT,AL9LX Recommended The following Fujitsu 2.5" SAS drives will be updated to firmware version D109. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- G8762 HD,36G,SAS,3,10K,2.5,FJT,AL9SE Recommended J8089 HD,73G,SAS,3,10K,2.5,FJT,AL9SE Recommended ******************* 3.0 MAXTOR SAS 3.5" ******************* Previously Released as: R159954 * Firmware Version BP05 * Fixes and Enhancements ====================== This addresses Maxtor SAS HDD firmware issues, where under certain circumstances a hard disk drive may go offline, hard disk drives (HDD), may report offline due to a timeout condition. If the HDD is unable to complete commands, this may result in the controller reporting the HDD off line. This firmware update has improved SMART Reporting, where drives can report SMART trips due to aggressive SMART Error Rate Measurement counters during read verifies. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- G8774 HD,300G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,MXT,GEN Recommended M8033 HD,146G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,MXT,GEN Recommended G8763 HD,73G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,MXT,GEN Recommended G8764 HD,146G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,MXT,BB Recommended M8032 HD,73G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,MXT,BB Recommended G8764 HD,146G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,MXT,BB Recommended ******************** 4.0 SEAGATE SAS 3.5" ******************** Previously Released as: R157626 * Firmware versions S515 and T109 * Fixes and Enhancements ====================== This firmware affects the following Seagate SAS 3.5" 15k AND 10k hard disk drives. If the write cache option of Windows Server 2000 is disabled, and SAS hard disks are connected to SAS5 I controller on PowerEdge servers, the hard disks may go offline under a heavy I/O workload. This issue only impacts the Seagate SAS hard disk with SAS 5I under Windows Server 2000. The following Seagate 15K drives will be updated to firmware version S515. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- NR905 HD,146G,SAS,03,15K,3.5,SGT15K5 Recommended HY939 HD,146G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SGT,15K5 Recommended NP658 HD,146G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SG2,15K5 Recommended RY491 HD,146G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SG2,15K5 Recommended WR712 HD,300G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SG2,15K5 Recommended GM251 HD,300G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SG2,15K5 Recommended DT460 HD,300G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SGT,15K5 Recommended JP621 HD,300G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SGT,15K5 Recommended TU961 HD,73G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SGT,15K5 Recommended KN518 HD,73G,SAS,03,15K,3.5,SGT15K5 Recommended UP936 HD,73G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SG2,15K5 Recommended UM837 HD,73G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SG2,15K5 Recommended WM768 HD,146G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,SGT,15K5 Recommended DY041 HD,300G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,SGT,15K5 Recommended The following Seagate 10K drives will be updated to firmware version T109. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- JP620 HD,146G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,SGT,T-10 Recommended DR238 HD,146G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,SGT2,T10 Recommended WR711 HD,146G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,SGT2,T10 Recommended FW956 HD,300G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,SGT2,T10 Recommended JW552 HD,300G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,SGT2,T10 Recommended YK580 HD,300G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,SGT,T-10 Recommended GM250 HD,73G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,SGT2,T10 Recommended HY937 HD,73G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,SGT,T-10 Recommended RY489 HD,73G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,SGT2,T10 Recommended ************************ 4.1 SEAGATE 15K SAS 2.5" ************************ Previously Released as: R157639 * Firmware versions S207 and SM04 * Fixes and Enhancements ====================== The following Seagate SAS 2.5" hard disk may go offline under heavy I/O workload in Windows Server 2000. If a customer disables the write cache option of Windows Server 2000, and SAS hard disks are connected to SAS5 I controller on PowerEdge servers, the hard disks may go offline under the heavy I/O workload. This issue only impacts the Seagate SAS hard disk with SAS 5I under Windows Server 2000. The following Seagate 15K 2.5" drives will be updated to firmware version SM04. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- NP657 HD,73G,SAS,3,15K,2.5,SGT,MAV Recommended UP932 HD,36G,SAS,3,15K,2.5,SGT,MAV Recommended The following Seagate 10K 2.5" drives will be updated to firmware version S207. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- NP657 HD,73G,SAS,3,15K,2.5,SGT,MAV Recommended UP932 HD,36G,SAS,3,15K,2.5,SGT,MAV Recommended ************************************** 4.2 SEAGATE 10K SAS 2.5" and 15K4 3.5" ************************************** Previously Released as: R157381 * Firmware Versions S110 and S412 * Fixes and Enhancements ====================== A new firmware for Seagate SAS drives is available with enhanced predictive failure algorithm. 1) This new firmware enhances the drives ability to detect and report some media 03/11/00 errors encountered with a large block verify command used by the controller Patrol Read function. 2) Corrects a problem that could cause the drive to hang while running Drive Self Test (DST). DST is run during diagnostics. 3) Corrected a remote possibility of drive hang caused by a task management logical unit number reset. The following Seagate 10K 2.5" drives will be updated to firmware version S110. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- UW636 HD,36G,SAS,3,10K,2.5,SGT,SAVVI Recommended PM498 HD,73G,SAS,3,10K,2.5,SGT,SAVVI Recommended The following Seagate 15.4K 3.5" drives will be updated to firmware version S412. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- RT058 HD,36G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SGT,15K4 Recommended FP548 HD,73G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SGT,15K4 Recommended DY635 HD,146G,SAS,3,15K,3.5,SGT,15K4 Recommended ************************ 5.0 Western Digital SATA ************************ Previously Released as: R154797 * Firmware Versions 0A04, 6c06 and 2E0B * Fixes and Enhancements ====================== New firmware for the Western Digital SATA hard drive stated below will help improve stability and overall reliability of these drives. During the next scheduled maintenance window, please update the drive firmware to the latest levels on the following 3.5", 7200 RPM, Western Digital, SATA drives The following WD 3.5" 80GB SATA drives will be updated to firmware version 0A04. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- HN769 WDC WD800AAJS-18,80GB,SATA Urgent The following WD 3.5" 160GB and 250GB SATA drives will be updated to firmware version 6C06. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- XP023 WDC WD1600YS-18S,160GB,SATA Urgent MY821 WDC WD2500YS-18S,250GB,SATA Urgent The following WD 3.5" 500GB SATA drives will be updated to firmware version 2E0B. Dell Part # Description Criticality ----------- ----------- ----------- WM327 WDC WD5000YS-18M,500GB,SATA UrgentDownload Driver Pack
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