SII4726 Storage Appliance

Firmware

Version 1.2061

 

Download Instructions and Known Issues

 

 

Installing the SiI4726 firmware

1.         Launch the SII4726 Manager v4.0.0.9 configuration utility.

2.         Verify that the SII4726 Manager is version 4.0.0.9 or earlier.  Click on the Help menu and select About to retrieve the version information. If the SII4726 Manager software version succeeds 4.0.0.9, downgrade by downloading previously released software from www.siliconimage.com.

3.         Select Specify Firmware from the Edit menu of the Status window.

4.                  Select the SII4726 requiring an upgrade.

5.                  In the Upgrade firmware from file text box, enter the file name of the new firmware you wish to use or click the Browse button to locate the file on a CD or hard disk.

6.                  Click Install Firmware to begin the upgrade.

 

Note: Do not power off the SII4726 Storage Appliance during the download. The firmware download should take less than a minute to complete. We recommend that the SII4726 is not accessed when performing a download.

 

7.                  For screen captures and additional guidance please refer to the “Install new firmware (upgrade)” section of the SII4726 User's Guide.

8.                  Upgrade to SiI4726 Configuration Manager to 4.0.0.9

 

Changes in this release

 

SiI4726 Configuration Manager version 4.0.0.9 introduces the email notification and 5 HDD FAST storage policy.

 

Known Issues

The following issues are known to exist in this version.

 

 

Item

Description

Solution

1

Under rare circumstances, pulling a drive from the system may result in I/O to other volumes stopping.

None at this time.

2

Attempts to initialize SiI4726 configuration device in Disk Manager result in pop up error.

The configuration device does not need to be initialized and the error can be safely ignored.

3

Reads/Writes to the SiI4726 configuration device result in system crash.

This should not happen unless the device is accessed in Windows raw device mode.  Please do not attempt to access this device in raw mode.

4

The SiI4726 Configuration Manager does not support more than four SII4726 units connected in a single system.

None at this time.

5

Hot spare and serial number from previous releases of the SiI4726 Storage Manager are not carried forward to the new version.

None at this time.

 

 

Contact Information

Technical Support contact for products purchased from Silicon Image can be obtained from http://www.siliconimage.com/support.

 

Please contact your Sales representative to get support for products not purchased directly from Silicon Image.