Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 4e/Di, 4e/Si, 4e/DC, 4/DC, 4/SC, 3/QC, 3/DC, 3/DCL, 3/SC, PERC 4/Di, PERC 4e/Di, and CERC ATA100/4CH, Device Driver for Windows Server 2003.
Version 6.46.2.32
Level of Importance: Recommended
Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature enhancements or changes that will help keep your system software current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers and software).
1. If the Adapter is set to DEAD, all the IOCTLs sent to the driver would be returned with a special signature 0xEE to identify that the adapter is DEAD and not responding.
2. During Bus Reset, the driver issues a call to the firmware and returns without waiting for the call to finish and asks for the next request from OS. This next request got issued to the firmware even before the Reset call completed resulting in the Reservation conflict. Now the driver does not issue the next command until the reset call to the firmware completes.
3. SCSI commands issued to the Dummy Device exposed by the driver were not handled properly. Driver should have rejected all the commands issued to the Dummy Device except for the SCSIOP_INQUIRY and SCSIIO_READ_CAPACITY. This was causing the system to blue screen when using utilities sending SCSI commands to the Dummy Device. This release driver handles all the SCSI commands issued to the driver gracefully.
Additional Information
Additional Information
1. When installing a PERC 3/DCL controller in a system, Windows will automatically load a different PERC driver. This driver will show the PERC 3/DCL as a PERC 3/DC. You must upgrade the driver to the latest shipping level and after this upgrade the PERC 3/DCL will be displayed correctly.
2. When installing Windows Server 2003 and have a PERC 3/QC, PERC 3/DC, PERC 3/DCL, PERC 3/SC, PERC 4/DC or PERC 4/SC together in a system, you will see the following selection when choosing a logical drive to configure.
(xxxx)mb Disk 0 at Id (y) on bus (z) on mraid35x [MBR]
Where (xxxxx) is the size of the logical drive. Where (y) is the logical drive id per controller. Where (z) is the bus number.
If there is more than 1 logical drive per controller then id number will be incremented.
If there is more than 1 type of controller in a system then multiple selections will be displayed per controller.
(xxxxx)mb Disk 0 at Id (y) on bus (z) on mraid35x [MBR] (xxxxx)mb Disk 0 at Id (y) on bus (z) on mraid35x [MBR]
The user must be careful to select the appropriate id when installing Windows Server 2003.
Installation Instructions
Custom Instructions for perc-cerc-w2k3-6.46.2.32-A05.exe:
This is a self-extracting package of the Windows 2003 device driver installation diskette for PERC 4/DC, 4/SC, 3/QC, 3/DC, 3/DCL, 3/SC, CERC ATA100/4CH, PERC 4/Di, PERC 4e/Di, PERC4e/Si and PERC 4e/DC.
To build the installation diskette, execute the package, directing its output to an empty formatted diskette.
Refer to the readme file perc-cerc-w2k3-6.46.2.32-A05.txt for further driver installation instructions.
Updating an Existing Window 2003 Driver ---------------------------------------
Perform the following steps to update the Windows driver for the RAID controller already installed on your system.
NOTE: It is important that you idle your system before you update the driver.
1. Press Start > Control Panel > System. The System Properties screen displays. 2. Click on the Hardware tab. 3. Click the Device Manager and the Device Manager screen displays. 4. Click SCSI and RAID Controllers. 5. Double-click the RAID controller for which you want to update the driver. 6. Click the Driver tab and click on Update Driver. The screen for the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard displays. 7. Insert the appropriate driver diskette. 8. Click Next. 9. Follow the steps in the Wizard to search the diskette for the driver. 10. Select the name of the driver. 11. Click Next and continue the installation steps in the Wizard. 12. Click Finish to exit the wizard and reboot the system for the changes to take place. Custom Instructions for perc-cerc-w2k3-6.46.2.32-A05.txt:
Download the readme file 'perc-cerc-w2k3-6.46.2.32-A05.txt' to view information about this release. Dell Update Package Instructions for RAID_DRVR_WIN_R99970.EXE:
Download 1. Click the "Download Now" link to download the file. 2. When the File Download window appears, click "Save" to save the file to your hard drive.
Installation 1. Browse to the location where you downloaded the file and double-click the new file. 2. Read over the release information presented in the dialog window. 3. Download and install any prerequisites identified in the dialog window before proceeding. 4. Install any necessary Embedded Systems Management firmware prior to this BIOS update. 5. Click the Install button. 6. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update.
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