Release Notes

Network adapter firmware Broadcom NetXtreme family of adapters
Broadcom NetXtreme II family of adapters
Intel PRO PCI-E Gigabit family of adapters
QLogic Network family of adapters
Emulex Network family of adapters
Mellanox-Alpha Centauri Network family of adapters
Mellanox Network Adapter Firmware
KNOWN ISSUES
For all Dell Update Packages
 On a Hyper-V virtual machine setup, while updating the Host OS components, ensure that the Guest OS’s is
not running.
 On systems with a FAT32 partition as the boot drive, you cannot execute DUPs and the inventory collector
used by SUU as FAT32 does not support access control lists.
 Do not run other applications while executing Dell Update Packages.
 For firmware Dell Update Packages, an update package will not inventory the device if only a native non-Dell
driver is installed. Thus the firmware update packages will not upgrade a device with a native driver.
 For driver Dell Update Packages, an update package can inventory the device, but will not upgrade the driver
if the native driver is at a higher version than the Dell driver being installed.
 On some servers running Windows 2000 Server, the digital signature information of signed Dell Update
Packages displays the message
"The certificate is not valid for requested usage."
Root Cause:
The message is caused by an out-of-date root certificate on the server.
Solution:
To update the root certificate:
i. Enable Windows Update.
ii. Go to "www.update.microsoft.com".
iii. Select "Custom" to perform a scan of your machine for updates.
After the scan completes, it will list all available updates.
Select the "Software, Optional" category.
iv. Look for "Root Certificates Update", and select it. Your root certificates will be updated.
v. After your root certificates are updated, check the digital signature information of your Dell
Update Packages again. The information should now indicate that the digital signature is
valid.
See the following Website for reference:
"http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsecure/html/rootcertprog.asp"
 If you encounter the message, "This Update Package is not compatible with any of the devices detected on
your system", for a supported device, ensure that you have the latest Dell drivers for
your system from the Dell Support website at "www. dell.com/support"
 If you are using Windows BitLocker on Windows Server 2008, wait for BitLocker to finish encrypting the
drive before executing Dell Update Packages.
 The DUP update process involves several resets to the USB bus which cause all USB devices to be
enumerated again by the Operating System. If you insert the USB device for the first time and if you are
prompted with the “Scan and Fix” process, select it to avoid multiple “Scan and Fix” messages each time the
USB bus reset happens.
 Dell Update Packages do not require new refreshes of existing DUPs to be reinstalled since the firmware or
driver payload does not change when the DUP is refreshed. A new DUP is available if changes have been
made to the firmware or driver payload.
 If you login to a system running on Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 operating system, by
default you are logged in as a regular user even though you may have Administrator privileges. This is due to
an in-built feature called User Account Control (UAC) that automatically reduces the potential of security