******************************************************************** * IBM Drive Update Program - Diskette 1 * * Version 1.01 * ******************************************************************** The IBM Drive Update Program Version 1.01 contains hard disk drive firmware updates. IBM PC Servers and Netfinity Severs with specific SCSI hard disk drive options installed may be affected. The specific drive options are listed below: The Following IBM Hard Disk Drive options may contain drives that will be updated: 94G7491, 94G7492, 02K0477,02K0478, 94G7098, 94G7099, 94G7429, 94G7430, 01K8053, 01K8055, 01K8009, 01K8054, 01K8503, 01k7956, 01K7959, 01K8501, 01K7960, 01K8499, 01K8500 The update program will find the options listed above and only updates the firmware as needed. The update supports Hard Disk Drive options installed in IBM PC Servers, Netfinity Servers, or external storage enclosures controlled by any Adaptec 2940/78xx-based SCSI Ultra controllers, Adaptec 2940U2W/79xx-based SCSI Ultra2 controllers or any of the IBM ServeRAID family of adapters as well as Hard Disk Drives attached to the IBM Netfinity Fibre Channel RAID Controller. For more information about IBM Netfinity Server products, visit http://www.pc.ibm.com/netfinity on the World Wide Web. ______________________________________________________________ CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Updating the Hardfile Firmware 2.0 Description of the firmware update program 3.0 Description of the IBM Drive Update Program Update Diskettes 4.0 Description of the firmware changes 5.0 Release History 6.0 Trademarks and Notices ____________________________________________________________ 1.0 Updating the Hard Disk Drive Firmware ___________________________________ To update the Hard Disk Drive Firmware: NOTE: Before upgrading the Hard Disk Drive Firmware, first update IBM ServeRaid family of controllers BIOS/Firmware and the IBM Netfinity Fibre Channel Raid Controller to their latest levels . If the drives you are updating are being used in a Microsoft Cluster Server Environment please carefully read the CLUSTER.TXT file on this diskette first. 1. If new logical drives have been created in a RAID5 array with the IBM ServeRaid family of adapters or the Netfinity Fibre Channel Raid Controller, wait until the background initialization/synchronization of the array has completed before attempting to update the drives with the IBM Drive Update Program. 2. Insert the IBM Drive Update Program - Diskette 1 into the diskette drive; then, turn on the system. If the system is already turned on, press Ctrl+Alt+Del. 3. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen. 4. After the update completes, you may reboot the system once again with IBM Drive Update Program - Diskette 1 to verify that the hard disk drive firmware has been updated. ____________________________________________________________ 2.0 Description of the firmware update program ______________ The IBM Drive Update Program will detect if your server has installed drives that require a firmware update. The first screen will indicate which drives if any need to be updated. All others will be marked O.K. To confirm that the updates have been applied, restart the program and all drives should be marked with a status of O.K. _____________________________________________________________________ 3.0 Description of the IBM Drive Update Program Update Diskettes ___________________________________________________________________ o Diskette 1 contains the update program and binary firmware images. o Diskette 2 contains additional binary firmware images. o Diskette 3 contains additional binary firmware images. o Diskette 4 contains additional binary firmware images. _____________________________________________________________________ 4.0 Description of the firmware changes _____________________________________________________________________ FIRMWARE HARD DRIVE MODELS (by IBM part number) ========== ================= 6464 93G2854, 93G2863, 93G3159, 93G3160, 27H1735, 27H1736 04F0 59H6597, 59H6598, 59H6599, B203-x129 36L8720, 10L6017, 10L6046 SAB0 25L1950, 25L1951, 25L1952, 25L1953, Enhancements/Fixes (for all of the above models): - All firmware upgrade versions enhance the error recovery robustness of the firmware. - Firmware upgrade 6464 improves the overall performance of the drive. - Firmware version 4F made improvements to PFA functions, fixes a communication problem between the drive and contoller if the drive is power cycled independently of the controller, and fixes a rare problem in a multi-initiator environment and enhancements to logging features. - Firmware upgrade SAB0 fixes a problem in a multi-initiator environment and enhancements to logging features. ____________________________________________________________________ 5.0 Release History _________________________ 08/23/99 Version 1.00 Initial Release 09/10/99 Version 1.01 Added 25L1950, 25L1951, 59H6597 support ____________________________________________________________________ 6.0 Trademarks and Notices _________________________ The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: IBM HelpCenter Netfinity Server