Dell Update Package 6.2 (BLD_288)
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Release Title:
Dell PERC 6/i Integrated Blade, v.6.2.0-0013, A11

Release Date:
June 30, 2009

Default Log File Name:
R216025

Description:
Dell PERC6 firmware maintenance release version 6.2.0-0013 – Performance
enhancements include significant improvements in random-write performance,
multi-threaded write performance, and reduction in maximum and average I/O
response times.


Supported Device(s):
PERC 6/i Integrated Blade

Fixes / Enhancements:
1. Enhanced disk IO performance in multiple SAS and SATA configurations.

2. Improved random IO performance.

3. Improved response and completion times for random IO.

4. Increased SATA disk command queue depth.

5. Improved disk medium error correction in certain scenarios.

6. Improved handling of faulty backplanes and enclosures.

7. Resolved an issue where a predicted failure was still being reported
after that drive was replaced.

8. Corrected an issue where SATA disks in an MD1000 may become foreign after
the server and enclosure are power-cycled.

9. Resolved an issue where the controller could not handle a large number
of rebuilds under heavy IO stress.

10. Fixed an issue where Windows Server 2008 installation in uEFI mode fails
when installing to a virtual disk larger than 2 terabytes.

11. Fixed an issue where some Intel® platforms with a PERC 6 installed
occasionally fail with Windows Hardware Malfunction blue screen error during
OS reboots.

12. Made several cosmetic and usability enhancements to improved customer
experience.

Important Device Information:
* Do not run other applications while executing Dell Update Packages.

* The software contained in a Dell Update Package for Linux is an aggregate
of third party programs as well as Dell programs.  Use of the software is
subject to designated license terms.  All Software that is designated as
"under the terms of the GNU GPL" may be copied, distributed and/or modified in
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Version 2, June 1991.  All software that is designated as "under the terms
of the GNU LGPL" (or "Lesser GPL") may be copied, distributed and/or modified
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public
License, Version 2.1, February 1999.  Under these GNU licenses, you are
also entitled to obtain the corresponding source files by contacting Dell at
1-800-WWW-DELL.  Please refer to the Open Manage Open Source DVD.  There may
be a nominal fee charged to you for the physical act of transferring a copy.

* 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 the OS vendor repository
or from the OS installation media. 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"