Nortel 1002rp, Maintenance And Diagnostics

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January 2007 RAID operations
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Configuring RAID firmware, driver, and
power console
Verifying the RAID configuration
There is a direct relationship between the driver, firmware and Power
Console utility versions used with a RAID card. While mixing driver
versions with firmware is not critical, mixing Power Console Utility with
the wrong driver or firmware can lead to system instability and data
corruption. Table 17 on page 159 shows the accepted and tested
combinations for Windows 2003
Table 17:RAID driver, firmware, and Power console configuration.
To determine the current RAID firmware version:
1 Launch the MegaRAID client using: Start
➝
Programs
➝
Power
Console Plus
➝
Launch Client.
2 From the MegaRAID Power Console Plus, Server Selection
window, select Access Mode
➝
Full Access to view or change
configuration information and click OK.
3 Select Adapter
➝
Properties.
RAID card Driver Firmware
MegaRAID
Power Console
LSI1600 6.45 (6.36 works
temporarily but must
be upgraded) 111U 5.00i
LSI320-2 6.45 (6.36 works
temporarily but must
be upgraded) 1L37 5.00i