Dell Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 SAS Hard Disk New Firmware Released ~ 11/20/2010

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Support Dell Seagate 15K.6 3.5" SAS Hard Drives.
Vendor model numbers 450GB ST3450856SS, 300GB ST3300656SS and 146GB ST3146356SS.

Release Date:        11/15/2010
Version:        HS11, A07

Fixes / Enhancements:

1. Resolved issue that cause poor read performance under high temperatures
2. Resolve a rare condition that could cause an incorrect check condition when ECC error is reported
3. Improved drive error handling
4. Optimized drive seek algorithms


Release Date:        7/7/2010
Version:        HS10, A06

Fixes and Enhancements:

1. Resolved rare issue causing check condition when Write Cache is Enabled
2. Corrected issue with Background Media Scan timer when under heavy I/O
3. Corrected issue with Smart not report exceeding high temperature
4. Improvements the SMART predication threshold
5. Improved performance of sequential reads
6. Improved performance of sequential read stream with raid5 configuration running 16K QD 35
7. Corrected issue causing invalid sense code to be reported during drive spin up
8. Enhancements to SMART logging


Release Date:        9/9/2009
Version:        HS0F, A05

Fixes and Enhancements:
Various fixes/Enhancements including:

Performance Enhancements
1. Performance improvements to 4KB random reads



HS11, A07 Download:
http://ftp.us.dell.com/sas-hdd/FRMW_WIN_R276749.EXE