Download Firmware Netgear ReadyNAS Raidiator 4.2.20

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Netgear has released a new version of ReadyNAS Raidiator, the software that runs on several of the company’s NAS devices. These are the ReadyNAS 1500, 2100, 3100, 3200, 4200, Ultra 2/Plus, Ultra 4/Plus, Ultra 6/Plus, Pro 2, Pro 4, Pro 6, Pro Business Edition, Pro Pioneer Edition, NVX and NVX Pioneer Edition. Updating can be done by navigating to the System > Update > Remote tab in Frontview or by checking the new image yourself first to download. This release includes support for VMware ESXi 5. Furthermore, the email that is sent can now indicate which disk is failing in the event of problems and provides the cifsservice better performance with certain devices. The full changelog looks like this:

New features and enhancements

  • Updated iSCSI service to work with VMware ESXi 5.
  • HTTP service configuration changes to be NESSUS scanner compliant.
  • Added alert subject to SNMP trap messages to help identify disk#.
  • Updated NTP service for more accurate clock syncs.
  • Allow passwords with ‘$$’ in them.
  • Enhanced CIFS service to provide better performance to some devices.
  • Updated ReadyDLNA to latest version (1.0.24).

Bug fixes

  • Fixed issue where volume maintenance was performed weekly regardless of interval setting.
  • Updated AFP service to resolve misc bugs.
  • iSCSI work-around for Novell NetWare 6.5 clients that don’t follow spec.
  • Fix Route tab on Ultra systems not functioning.
  • Fix iSCSI UI issue on non-English clients.
  • Fix issue where layer2+3 teaming settings could be lost.
  • Fix possible system hang during upgrade from pre-4.2.16 releases to latest.

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 16TB. 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.

Version number 4.2.20
Release status Final
Website netgear
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File size

52.70MB

License type Freeware
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