Dell PowerVault MD3000i Update Manual page 13

4 Select the appropriate file for your SATA physical disk vendor model.
5 Upgrade each SATA physical disk within the Dell server or MD1000 with
the latest firmware.
Upgrading SATA Physical Disks Using MD Storage Manager
NOTE:
Dell recommends stopping all I/O to the array when downloading physical
disk firmware.
NOTE:
Due to a limitation with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, physical disk firmware
updates must be performed using out-of-band management only. Failure to do so
may result in the host server becoming unresponsive and may require a reboot.
1 Click the Support tab and then click Download firmware.
2 From the Download firmware display, click Download Physical Disk
Firmware. A dialog box lists the current physical disk firmware version in
use.
3 Click Add to browse to the file that you want to download. By default, only
firmware images that are compatible with physical disks in the storage
array appear.
4 Click the file in the File selection are and then click OK.
5 If the file you selected is not valid or is incompatible with the physical
disks in the storage array, an error message appears. Click OK to close it,
and select a compatible file.
6 Click Transfer.
7 A Confirm Download dialog box appears listing the current versions and
the versions you selected of the physical disk firmware. To complete the
download, click Yes.
Updating to Support SATA II Disks
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