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S5000PSL raid firmware

idata
Employee
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I am re-purposing some servers with S5000PSL boards in them. I updated the BIOS, BMC and FRU. I noticed there were two choices of firmware to update the raid;

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19804&lang=eng&OSVersion=OS%20Independent&DownloadType=# help http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19804&lang=eng&OSVersion=OS%20Independent&DownloadType=# help

or

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19008&lang=eng&OSVersion=OS%20Independent&DownloadType= http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19008&lang=eng&OSVersion=OS%20Independent&DownloadType=

These are in non-Intel chassis, no backplanes just two SAS drives that I will mirror.

I would like to have the latest RAID firware on these when I redeploy them.

Any input on which I should be using would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Edward_Z_Intel
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Hope this small tool can help you to locate the correct download:

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/CS-030283.htm http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/CS-030283.htm

If you're using onboard SATA RAID, the FW is included in the BIOS alreadly.

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DSilv11
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Sure hope he's not using the on-board SATA raid as he would likly have lots a problems talking to his 2 SAS HDD.

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Edward_Z_Intel
Employee
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Oh sorry for missing that part... Thanks for pointing that out Doc.

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