Firmware Issues

This section describes issues related to the system firmware.

sas2ircu Message That RAID Volume Sizes Other Than MAX Are Not Supported Needs Clarification (CR 6983210)

If you attempt to create a RAID volume smaller than MAX, the following series of messages is returned:

You are about to create an IR volume.
 
WARNING: Proceeding with this operation may cause data loss or data
         corruption. Are you sure you want to proceed (YES/NO)? yes
 
WARNING: Volume created with size other than 'MAX' is not supported.
         Do you want to continue with volume creation (YES/NO)? n
SAS2IRCU: you must answer "YES" or "yes" to proceed; operation aborted!
SAS2IRCU: Error executing command CREATE.

RAID volumes smaller than MAX are not supported. However, if you want to create a volume below MAX size for nonproduction use, the software will allow you to do so. This situation is not clear from the message.

Workaround: Ignore the messages and answer yes for the question “Do you want to continue with volume creation (YES/NO)?”.

Blue LED on Drive Does Not Light When the Drive Is Ready to Remove (CR 7082700)

When you attempt to unconfigure a drive for removal, the drive's blue LED that indicates the drive is ready for removal might not light. This situation occurs after you place a drive in a slot in place of a drive that had a different WWN.

Workaround: If you inserted a drive after booting the server, realize that the blue LED does not perform this function until the server has booted again.