NETGEAR is pleased to announce the release of RAIDiator 4.2.17 (x86), the latest firmware for the following ReadyNAS network attached storage products:
ReadyNAS 2100
ReadyNAS 3100
ReadyNAS 3200
ReadyNAS 4200
ReadyNAS Ultra 2/Plus
ReadyNAS Ultra 4/Plus
ReadyNAS Ultra 6/Plus
ReadyNAS Pro 2
ReadyNAS Pro 4
ReadyNAS Pro 6
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition
ReadyNAS NVX
ReadyNAS NVX Pioneer Edition
The simplest way to update is to use the System/Update/Remote tab in Frontview. If you prefer, you can choose to do a local update by first downloading the new image here: RAIDiator-x86-4.2.17. We recommend that you update your ReadyNAS to this latest RAIDiator release to ensure your ReadyNAS is running with all the latest bug fixes and enhancements.
WARNING: If you update to 4.2.17, you will NOT be able to go back to 4.2.15 or earlier due to the automatic change in the partition format to support 3TB+ hard disks. The following are changes since RAIDiator 4.2.16.
New features and enhancements
- Provide download links for exported user and group lists instead of asking for an email address.
- Raised iSCSI intiator limit to 256.
- Updated ReadyNAS Remote to the latest version.
Bug fixes
- Add monitoring support for the Ultra 2, Ultra 2 Plus, and Pro 2 CPU temperature. Speed up the fan quickly if the CPU temp rises out of conservative safe zone. This fixes a problem with the specified systems potentially freezing in higher temperature environments.
- Fixed bug in log truncation that caused AFP service to quit.
Limitations
- Once you upgrade to this release, you cannot downgrade back to 4.2.15 or prior releases.
- IE 6 no longer supported. Please update to IE 7 or 8.
- Volume expansion will not work beyond 16 TB. To support 16 TB or greater, you’ll have to factory default with that capacity in place.
- Snapshot resizing is disabled in the release. We will re-enable this feature in a future update.
- If you have previously configured an SNMP monitored UPS and attach a local USB UPS, the USB UPS will be monitored by the ReadyNAS. To switch back to SNMP monitoring, disconnect the USB UPS and then re-enter the IP address of the SNMP monitored UPS device.
- ReadyNAS 3200 and 4200 are limited to 2TB on channels 5-12. Channels 1-4 supports 3TB+ drives with RAIDiator 4.2.16+.