RELEASE NOTES FOR CERC ATA100/4ch FIRMWARE 
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Firmware version has been changed from the previous release.


Install Instructions

Dell Webpack:

This program creates a bootable diskette to upgrade the firmware of the 
controllers. You will need a formatted 3 1/2 inch floppy diskette for the 
following procedure.

1) Download the file to a directory on your hard drive. The file downloaded is a 
self extracting executable.
2) Insert a blank diskette into the system's diskette drive.
3) Double click on the file that you downloaded and follow the instructions on 
the screen to extract the files to the diskette.
4) Insert the diskette into the system with the RAID controller for which you 
want to update the firmware and reboot the system.
5) Follow the instructions on the screen to update the firmware.

NOTICE: pflash.exe will be executed automatically and will report existing code 
level and prompt you to reconfirm before starting the firmware upgrade 
process.

To perform this process in non-interactive mode please execute,
pflash /?
and read about possible command line switches.

6) Remove the diskette and reboot the system.


Dell Update Package:

Download
1. Click the "Download Now" link to download the file.
2. If the Export Compliance Disclaimer window appears, click the "I agree" link to accept the agreement.
3. 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.



Fixes or Enhancements

Version Numbers:
Component Current Version Previous Version
1. Firmware	6.67		6.66
2. BIOS		1.04		1.04
3. Ctrl-M	5a42		5a42
4. Boot Block	1.4.3		1.4.3
5. Web BIOS	1.43		1.43

Firmware 6.67 - \FW
Changes with respect to Previous release(6.66):
Bug fix: 
When a drive on secondary channel is removed, the other drive on primary channel is sometimes not responding, 
so firmware gets time-out.  FW retries for 3 times if a command is timed-out before failing the drive. 
Whenever FW retries, a variable called "retry count" is updated to hold the information of how many retries have 
been carried out. This variable was not cleared properly for a fresh command. It held the "old" value. This was 
causing FW not to retry the timed-out command for the drive on primary channel and fail the drive following the 
very first time-out error.
The variable retry count is properly cleared now and the problem is fixed.



Change History

Version Numbers:
Component Current Version Previous Version
1. Firmware	6.66		6.65
2. BIOS		1.04		1.04
3. Ctrl-M	5a42		5a42
4. Boot Block	1.4.3		1.4.3
5. Web BIOS	1.43		1.43

Firmware 6.66 - \FW
Changes with respect to Previous release(6.65):
1.Change the default setting of the option “BIOS stops on error” from “OFF” to “ON”.
2.Change the default setting of the option “BIOS configuration auto selection” from “NVRAM” to “USER”.

Version Numbers:
Component Current Version Previous Version
1. Firmware   	6.65   		6.64
2. BIOS	      	1.04   		1.03
3. Ctrl-M     	5a42   		5a42
4. Boot Block 	1.4.3  		1.4.3
5. Web BIOS   	1.43   		1.43

Firmware 6.65 - \FW
Changes with respect to Previous release(6.64):
1.Change the default setting of the option “BIOS configuration auto selection” from “DISK” to “NVRAM”.


Version Numbers:
Component Current Version Previous Version
1. Firmware    	6.64     	6.63
2. BIOS        	1.03     	1.03
3. Ctrl-M      	5a42     	5a42
4. Boot Block  	1.4.3    	1.4.3
5. Web BIOS    	1.43     	1.43

Firmware 6.64 - \FW
Changes with respect to Previous release(6.63):
1.Checking if the inserted/destination drive is large enough before starting the rebuild. 
2.The function that deletes a logical drive and re-initializes/clears up the related variables didn’t update the consistency status with the correct value. This caused FW to return the status of consistency check in progress even though it was not really started. This is fixed.


Version Numbers: 
Component Current Version Previous Version
1.Firmware    	6.63     	6.62
2.BIOS        	1.03     	1.03
3.Ctrl-M      	5a42     	5a42
4.Boot Block  	1.4.3    	1.4.3
5.Web BIOS    	1.43     	1.43

Firmware 6.63 - \FW
Changes with respect to Previous release(6.62):
1. Fixed auto-rebuild issue. Now auto rebuild starts after a failed drive inserted back within 30 seconds.
2.Force UDMA data transfer mode be UDMA 66 even if drives support more than that.