Revision Date Comment 1.3 1-JUL-2011Updated Workaround/Solution section with updated information on how to find the firmware upgrade instructions.
1.2 29-MAR-2011Updated Workaround/Solution section with proper FW versions 15427 and updated Cisco Bug ID for WAAS defect.
1.1 15-FEB-2011 Updated link for firmware download and firmware version number in the Workaround/Solution section. 1.0 23-SEP-2008 Initial Public Release
Products Affected WAE 600 - WAE-674-K9 WAE 700 - WAE-7341-K9 WAE 700 - WAE-7371-K9
A problem has been identified in the RAID controller firmware used in the products listed below, which under certain rare circumstances can cause the disk storage sub-system to go offline and the affected devices to hang:
WAE-674
WAE-7341
WAE-7371
The defects mentioned above have been resolved and a new firmware is available, which addresses the defects. All users of the affected products listed above are recommended to update to this new version of RAID controller firmware.
Symptoms include:
1) WAE hangs after reload on an event which triggers a file system rebuild, such as disk encryption on/off.
2) WAE goes to kdb on reload while the file system is building up/during traffic.
3) File system becomes read-only during traffic.
4) RAID controller goes offline.
5) Unable to load a WAAS image.
6) WAE hangs randomly during traffic.
7)
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takes a very long time to respond, sometimes a few hours.8) RAID failure alarm is shown.
Solution:
Upgrade to the 5.2-0 (15427) RAID Controller Firmware, which can be found on cisco.com at the WAAS Firmware Download area (registered customers only) page.
The Firmware Binary Image is named L4_15427_FIRMWARE.bin.
Instructions on how to apply the firmware update are posted on cisco.com together with the firmware in the file named L4_15427_FIRMWARE.pdf, which you can see after you click the Download link for the firmware.
To follow the bug ID link below and see detailed bug information, you must be a registered customer and you must be logged in.
DDTS Description CSCso21714 (registered customers only) ACNS Defect CSCsr75784 (registered customers only) WAAS Defect
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