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Power Console Plus Package 5.00g-1-SVR-PCP-SNMP-MON
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OEM: LSI
Release Date: 07/25/03
Operating System Support: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows 2003
Current Previous
Components Version Version
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Meganet.exe 5.00g 5.00f
Megasnmp.dll IA32 4.01 4.01
Megasnmp.dll IA64 14.01 14.01
Raid.tdf 1.05 1.05
Megaraid.mib 1.14 1.14
Megaserv.exe 5.11 5.11
Megactrl.exe 5.04 5.04
Raidserv.exe 2.25 2.25
Reg_serv.exe 1.18 1.18
Reg_main.exe 1.20 1.20
Setpass.exe 2.03 2.03
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NOTE:
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You can get latest Firmware images and Drivers & Utilities from LSI Logic web Site
http://www.megaraid.lsilogic.com.
Power Console Plus Limitations, Bug Fixes, & Enhancements:
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LIMITATIONS:
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Random Deletion
SATA 4 and SATA 6 firmware has the ability to perform random deletion of logical drives, through
WebBIOS and/or Power Console Plus.
This feature is present in WebBIOS and Power Console Plus, but is NOT supported by CTRL-M and MEGAMGR.
If you perform random deletion in WebBIOS or Power Console Plus, you will no longer be able to use the
CTRL-M and MEGAMGR utilities. If you do use them after doing a random deletion, you will get this error
message: “ERROR Reading Configuration Press any Key to exit”. You will need to reboot.
If a random deletion is done the limitation will be that you will only be able to use the WebBIOS and/or
Power Console Plus in configuring the logical properties from then on. The CTRL-M or MEGAMGR utilities
only support deleting the last logical drive in the array set to be able to continue using these
utilities.
This is a limitation of the SATA 4 and SATA 6 and performing random deletion.
BUG FIXES:
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1. When running check consistency on multiple logical drives by using an external utility like
MegaCtrl.exe, Power Console Plus was showing the progress for only the first logical drive. This
is fixed.
2. When the battery is present and the battery module is not connected, the write policy in the logical
drive configuration creation wizard’s page was showing “Write Back” when it should be “Write Thru”.
This was fixed.
3. The "missing battery" message was logged in the Power Console Plus log file for the 520 controllers
even when the battery module and/or pack was not attached to the controller. This was fixed.
4. Power Console Plus was allowing reconstructions to start on a degraded logical drive by dragging and
dropping a ready drive to the logical drive. This was fixed.
5. PCP was allowing reconstruction on a spanned logical drive. This was fixed.
ENHANCEMENTS:
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1. Added a mechanism to view check consistency error log.
2. Added a new menu item called Manage Patrol Read feature in the Adapter menu. This feature allows
starting, stopping, and viewing the progress of the patrol read operation. Also, this feature may
change the mode and execution delay of patrol read. Some of the features such as stopping, changing
execution delay are disabled when ran in View-Only access mode.
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Monitor Bug Fixes & Enhancements:
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BUG FIXES:
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NONE
ENHANCEMENTS:
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NONE
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Component Features & Limitations:
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MONITOR FEATURES:
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-12 MegaRAIDs (SCSI) support
-Supports 8-logical drive supporting firmwares on cards such as 428/434/467/490
-Supports 40-logical drive supporting firmwares on cards such as 471/493/475/518/520
-Monitors and reports change of status of
Logical Drives
Physical Drives
Battery
-Allows running of check consistency on valid logical drives at scheduled time (specifiable thru
megactrl.exe utility)
-Allows reporting of consistency checking progress at a programmable interval
-Allows monitoring of Predictive Failure of physical drives (SMART polling) since ver 5.09 of
megaserv.exe and ver 5.04 of megactrl.exe(GUI) or higher with this feature ON.
Note: For successful detection of SMART events, service component needs be run on
LSI generic firmwares(8-ld and/or 40-ld)
-Logs distinctive message for Background Initialization and Consistency checking, if supported by
underlying firmware (that support 0xA4/0x13 command).
IF the firmware does not support 0xA4/0x13 command – megaserv.exe will not be able to distinguish
background Init from consistency checking – it will be reported as consistency checking.
-MegaCtrl.Exe program allows
- start/stop/pause/resume of service component
- allows consistency scheduling
- S.M.A.R.T polling schedule capabilities
- stops consistency check operation from running
- consistency check’s progress reporting frequency decisions
LIMITATIONS:
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For successful detection of SMART events, service component needs be run on LSI generic firmwares
(8-ld and/or 40-ld). The same is true about reporting of physical drive failure history – as there are
some data length difference for some firmware commands for different OEMs.
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Installation Bug Fixes & Enhancements:
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BUG FIXES:
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1. After installing Power Console Plus, the REG_SERV & RAIDSERV services did not start automatically after
rebooting the system. Even when trying to start these services manually through windows services
utility, both the REG_SERV & RAIDSERV fail. This was fixed.
ENHANCEMENT:
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1. NobleNet Portmapper was causing an error upon uninstalling Power Console Plus. This was fixed.
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Installation Procedures:
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POWER CONSOLE PLUS INSTALLATION:
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Run SETUP.EXE to install Power Console Plus, the SNMP Agent, or the MegaRAID Service Monitor.
SILENT INSTALLATION COMMAND LINE OPTIONS:
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Setup /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=Registration_Server"
Setup /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=Server_Only" [No dependencies]
Setup /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=Server_Plus" [Reg_server dependency]
Setup /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=Client"
Setup /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=SNMP_Agent"
Setup /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=Service_Monitor"
Setup /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=Flush_Service"
To install more than one feature, the command line is as follows:
Setup /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=FeatureName1, FeatureName2"
To install ALL features, the command line is as follows:
Setup /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=ALL"
To change the path of installation, INSTALLDIR can be set to
a new path with the following command line:
Setup /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=FeatureName INSTALLDIR=\"path\""
To uninstall individual features, the command line is as follows:
Setup /s /v"/qn REMOVE=FeatureName1"
To uninstall ALL features, the command line is as follows:
Setup /s /v"/qn REMOVE=ALL"
To uninstall from a path changed from the default path of installation,
the command line is as follows:
Setup /s /v"/qn REMOVE=FeatureName1 INSTALLDIR=\"path\""
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File Listing:
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Application:
Date: Time: Size: File:
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05/02/02 03:11p 4,107 0x0409.ini
06/24/03 03:06p 1,913,265 Data1.cab
02/01/00 12:36p 85 Devices.ent
03/11/02 09:45a 1,708,856 instmsia.exe
03/11/02 10:06a 1,822,520 instmsiw.exe
10/15/02 05:31p 633,856 isscript.msi
07/25/02 02:59p 60,588 Megaraid.mib
06/24/03 03:06p 1,041,252 MEGARAID.Msi
06/21/00 08:15p 4,279 Raid.tdf
06/24/03 03:06p 217,088 setup.exe
06/24/03 03:07p 1,213 setup.ini
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.