Dell Update Package 6.4 (BLD_78)
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Release Title:
Dell PERC H800 Adapter, v.12.10.0-0025, A06

Release Date:
October 22, 2010

Default Log File Name:
R285986

Description:
Dell PERC H800 Adapter firmware release

Supported Device(s):
PERC H800 Adapter

Fixes / Enhancements:
Fixes
=========
1. Corrects a potential scenario where a drive may repeatedly fail during i/o.
2. Fixes an issue in which IEEE scatter gather lists may be misinterpreted
by firmware leading to possible PCIe fatal error.

Enhancements/Tasks
======================
1. Adds support for drives larger than 2TB.

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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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"

  * Due to the USB arbitration services of VMWare ESX 4.1, the USB
  devices appear invisible to the Hypervisor. So, when DUPs or the
  Inventory Collector runs on the Managed Node, the  partitions exposed
  as USB devices are not shown, and it reaches the timeout after 15 to
  20 minutes. This timeout occurs in the following cases:

* If you run DUPs or Inventory Collector on VMware ESX 4.1, the
  partitions exposed as USB devices are not visible due to the USB
  arbitration service of VMware ESX 4.1 and timeout occurs. The
  timeout occurs in the following instances:

 • When you start “DSM SA Shared Service” on the VMware ESX 4.1 managed
   node, it runs Inventory Collector. To work around this issue,
   uninstall Server Administrator or wait until the Inventory Collector
   completes
   execution before attempting to stop the “DSM SA Shared Service”.

 • When you manually try to run DUPs or the Inventory Collector on the
   VMware ESX 4.1 managed node while USB arbitration service is running.
   To fix the issue, stop the USB arbitration service and run the DUPs
   or the Inventory Collector.
   To stop the USB arbitration service:
   1. Use the “ps aux|grep usb" to check if the USB arbitration
      service is running.
   2. Use the “chkconfig usbarbitrator off” command to prevent the USB
      arbitration service from starting during boot.
   3. After you stop the usbarbitrator, reboot the server to allow the
      DUPs and/or the Inventory collector to run.

Note: If you require the usbarbitrator, enable it manually. To enable
the usbarbitrator, run the command - chkconfig usbarbitrator on.