SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP16373 

PART NUMBER:  
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  M&P Patch
VERSION:  1.60
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  SoftPaqs

DIVISION:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  
Systems Updated:
- ProSignia, ProSignia VS, ProSignia 200/300/500, Prosignia Server 720/740
- Proliant 800/850R/1000/1200/1500/1600/1850R/2000/2500/3000/4000/4500/5000/5500/
  6000/6500/7000/8000/8500/DL380/ML350/ML370/ML530/ML570/DL580, Rack-Mountable Proliant 
  Servers or Systempro, Systempro/e, Systempro/LT, Systempro/XL

Options Affected:
- Compaq SMART-2 Family of Array Controllers
- Compaq SMART Array 3100ES, 3200, 221, 431, 4250ES, 4200 and 5300 Array 
  Controllers
- Compaq Integrated SMART Array Controller
- Compaq RA4X00 Controller
- All Compaq 4.3 GB, 9.1 GB, 18.2 GB, 36 GB and 72 GB SCSI Server Hard Drives  
  (S.M.A.R.T. Enabled)


OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 29, 2001

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  4.X

SUPERSEDES:  SP16277
	     

DESCRIPTION:  The M&P Patch Utility resets any false predictive 
failure indicators and returns the drive from a falsely degraded 
condition to a normal operating condition. This will also prevent
any future false predictive failure errors from occurring.

* NOTE: No Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) 
        attributes or values are changed so that any actual S.M.A.R.T. 
        predictive failures will remain triggered.  

* NOTE: The M&P Patch Utility eliminates the traditional hard drive 
        M&P tests and associated thresholds. Compaq Insight Manager will show 
        these tests as N/A (Not Applicable) in the hard drive monitoring 
        section of the application. A future release of Compaq Insight Manager 
        will replace these test fields with the associated S.M.A.R.T. 
        predictive failure tests and values. 

	Disk 1 - M&P Patch Utility Version 1.60

 
* NOTE: This utility only applies to Compaq SCSI hard drives attached to
        RA4XXX systems and Compaq SMART Array Controllers.  
        Hard drives attached to standard SCSI controllers are not affected.

KNOWN ISSUES:
* Compaq Insight Manager will show the traditional hard drive M&P tests as N/A 
  (Not Applicable) in the hard drive monitoring section of the application. A 
  future release of Compaq Insight Manager will replace these test fields with 
  the associated S.M.A.R.T. predictive failure tests and values. 

  
 
HOW TO USE:

1. Obtain one (1) formatted 1.44-MB diskettes.

2. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change 
to that directory. The file that is downloaded is an executable with 
a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above.

3. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file 
and follow the on-screen instructions. You will be prompted to 
insert the formatted diskette in a drive to create the diskette.

4. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the  
SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2.

5. The M&P Patch Utility diskette is a self-booting diskette. Place the
diskette into your drive A: diskette drive and power cycle your
system to apply the utility.

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