Dell Precision WorkStation T5500 PERC 6/i Adapter Firmware A08
Manufacturer: Others
Date: May 5, 2009
Fixes:
1. The controller will preserve uncommited write cache for virtual disks that become offline or deleted because of missing physical disks.
2. Improved performance for RAID 0 virtual disks.
3. The controller now detects charged batteries that were previously fully depleted without rebooting the system.
4. Corrected an issue where the battery learn cycle delay was not delaying for the right amount of time.
5. Corrected an issue where battery warning messages were not correctly being disabled on controllers without batteries.
6. Added a workaround to address memory initialization problems seen with certain memory modules.
7. Addressed a performance issue with Native Command Queuing (NCQ) on SATA hard drives.
8. Resolved an issue with firmware package 6.1.1-0045 that occurs in a configuration where there are greater than eight virtual disks and the ninth virtual disk has a different stripe size than the previous eight.
9. Added support for revertible hot spares where a commissioned hot spare can be reverted back to its original hot spare assignment when a failed drive is replaced. This is useful for keeping hot spares in specific slots within disk storage enclosures.
10. The controller now allows the user to initiate a task to replace a disk without degrading the virtual disk.
11. Added support for the automatic replacement of a physical disk to an available hot spare when the disk shows a predicted failure.
12. Added the ability for a consistency check operation to be aborted when an inconsistency is found in a virtual disk.
13. Improved background initialization (BGI) performance.
14. The BIOS Configuration Utility (Ctrl-R) now reports the completion of fast initializations of virtual disks.
15. Storage management applications can now provide detailed information on foreign configurations.
16. Improved handling of hard drive errors.
17. Made several cosmetic and usability enhancements to improve customer experience.
1. The controller will preserve uncommited write cache for virtual disks that become offline or deleted because of missing physical disks.
2. Improved performance for RAID 0 virtual disks.
3. The controller now detects charged batteries that were previously fully depleted without rebooting the system.
4. Corrected an issue where the battery learn cycle delay was not delaying for the right amount of time.
5. Corrected an issue where battery warning messages were not correctly being disabled on controllers without batteries.
6. Added a workaround to address memory initialization problems seen with certain memory modules.
7. Addressed a performance issue with Native Command Queuing (NCQ) on SATA hard drives.
8. Resolved an issue with firmware package 6.1.1-0045 that occurs in a configuration where there are greater than eight virtual disks and the ninth virtual disk has a different stripe size than the previous eight.
9. Added support for revertible hot spares where a commissioned hot spare can be reverted back to its original hot spare assignment when a failed drive is replaced. This is useful for keeping hot spares in specific slots within disk storage enclosures.
10. The controller now allows the user to initiate a task to replace a disk without degrading the virtual disk.
11. Added support for the automatic replacement of a physical disk to an available hot spare when the disk shows a predicted failure.
12. Added the ability for a consistency check operation to be aborted when an inconsistency is found in a virtual disk.
13. Improved background initialization (BGI) performance.
14. The BIOS Configuration Utility (Ctrl-R) now reports the completion of fast initializations of virtual disks.
15. Storage management applications can now provide detailed information on foreign configurations.
16. Improved handling of hard drive errors.
17. Made several cosmetic and usability enhancements to improve customer experience.
- CATEGORY:
- Firmware
- COMPATIBLE WITH:
- Windows All
- file size:
- 1 MB
- filename:
- DELL_PERC-6-I-ADAPTER_A08_R201130.exe