IBM ServeRAID BIOS and Firmware Diskettes v7.12.14 for SCSI - Servers

• New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention
• New firmware update file formats

Note: You now have two ways of downloading files with the *.sh extension. You can use either the IBM Download Director, or the HTTP protocol to download these files. Do NOT use FTP as this will only cause the file to open your browser.

Supported operating systems:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4
  
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4 for AMD64 and EM64T
  
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
  
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64 and EM64T
• Linux 4.0
• SCO OpenServer 5.0.7
• SuSE Linux Professional 8.1
• SuSE Linux Professional 8.2 for Intel & AMD kernels
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for AMD64
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 64-bit Edition
• Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8
  
• SuSE Linux Professional 9.1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition for 64-bit Servers

IBM ServeRAID Firmware 7.12.14

Supports IBM ServeRAID 4h/4Mx/4Lx/5i/6M/6i/7k Controllers

BIOS/FW 7.12.14

Enhancement:

• Enhanced battery monitoring support for ServeRAID-7K, in order to report the user about the recommended life time of the battery.

BIOS/FW 7.12.13

Problem(s) fixed:

• Fixed problem with some Fujitsu drives going prematurely defunct after reboots

Enhancement: N/A
Limitations: N/A
Dependencies: N/A

BIOS/FW 7.12.12

Problem(s) fixed: N/A

Enhancement:

• Changed behavior of Copyback operation when an unrecoverable error occurs on the source disk. Prior behavior created a bad stripe. Enhancement fails copyback instead. User can recover by executing an array sync, then reinitiating copyback.

Limitations: N/A
Dependencies: N/A

BIOS/FW 7.12.11

Problem(s) fixed:

• Fixed a problem with 4h in which a spanned array is broken by copying configuration from drives
• Fixed a problem on the 7k tape support with SCSI pass through sense status in Windows 2000/2003

Enhancement: N/A
Limitations: N/A
Dependencies: N/A

BIOS/FW 7.12.07

Problem(s) fixed:

• Fixed problem with error recovery for media errors on RAID level 1 and 5

Enhancement: N/A
Limitations: N/A
Dependencies: N/A

BIOS/FW 7.12.04

Problem(s) fixed:

• Fixed problem with defunct drive not able to be replaced. If a drive is DDD and is not part of an array, the FW now allows the user to change the drive state from DDD to DHS using ipssend.
• Fixed problem with failure to import configuration on 7k when replacing both the controller and a bad drive at the same time.
• Removed 48 hour time limit for rebuild operations. 2TB RAID 1E0 arrays can take over 48 hours to rebuild. Rebuild timeout is now 10 minutes per stripe.

Enhancement: N/A
Limitations: N/A
Dependencies: N/A

BIOS/FW 7.10

Problem(s) fixed:

• Fixed a problem with the ServeRAID-5i firmware concerning dead battery recognition.

Enhancement: N/A
Limitations: N/A
Dependencies: N/A

BIOS/FW 6.11

Problem(s) fixed:

• Fixed a problem with tape drive firmware updates.

Enhancement: N/A
Limitations: N/A
Dependencies: N/A

BIOS/FW 6.00

Problem(s) fixed: N/A

Enhancement:

• Initial release supporting IBM ServeRAID-6i and ServeRAID-6M Ultra320 SCSI controller.

Limitations: N/A
Dependencies: N/A

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