Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 10.8.0.1003 Production Version Release Notes

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10 November 2011

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Supported Operating Systems

    Microsoft Windows 7*

    Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Edition*

    Microsoft Windows Vista*
    Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition*
    Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition*
    Microsoft Windows XP Professional*
    Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition

    Microsoft Windows Server 2008* ⁺⁺
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition*⁺⁺
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64* ⁺⁺
Microsoft Windows Server 2003* ⁺⁺
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition*⁺⁺

Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition*

⁺⁺ Not available on mobile platforms

Revision History

Date	Driver Revision	Build Number
10 November 2011	10.8.0.1003 Production Version	1003

Notes:

1. This release is to resolve defects 3234763 and 3235920. For more details refer to the following documents: IBP #487724 “Intel® Rapid Storage Technology: RAID 5 Volume Data Loss Exposure” and IBP #487730 “Intel® Rapid Storage Technology: 4TB Disk Data Loss Exposure”.

Note: To resolve 3234763 the RAID OROM must be updated to version 10.8.0.1303 which is contained in the RAID OROM and Utilities directory of this kit. After updating the RAID OROM, boot the system to Windows* and run the VerifyMaker.exe utility which is also located in the RAID OROM and Utilities directory. Contact your Intel field representative for further details and assistance.

2. For this release, the RAID OROM version is 10.8.0.1303, the driver and user interface version is 10.8.0.1003.

3. Known Issue is defined as a potential RST issue that has been replicated internally by the Rapid Storage Technology team but has not been root caused to be an RST defect.

4. Specification Clarification: This is a clarification of a previously undocumented limitation of the Intel® RST product for Rapid Recover Technology volumes. When creating an RRT Volume at least one member disk (master or recovery) must include 100% of the available capacity of the disk and the disk capacity must be less than or equal to 1.3125 TB.

5. When an ODD is in the Zero Power state, some ODDs may disappear when a hardware re-scan is initiated via the Windows Device Manager.  A second hardware re-scan conducted before the Zero Power Idle Timeout value is reached (default is 60s) will return the drive to an OS visible state. This behavior is believed to be related to the length of time an ODD requires to become ready during power on from the zero-power state.

6. Microsoft* .NET Framework 3.0 is required to be installed on the system in order for the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology User Interface to install. Note that not all Microsoft* Operating Systems have .NET 3.0 installed by default. Refer to the Microsoft* website for details.

7. A Vista OS Installation using a Matrix RAID Array on a system with a 9.5 or newer OROM requires the user to F6 a 9.5 or newer driver.

8. Possible issue where RST is slow to start on Windows XP or Vista with .NET 3.0

Issue description: Under certain network conditions, on systems with .NET 3.0, the RST application and notification icon (a.k.a. tray icon) may take about a minute to start.  

Resolution: Contact Microsoft* to receive the hot fix described by KB article 936707 or upgrade to .NET 3.5.

9. Possible Issue regarding File writes on Windows XP with Service Pack 2

Issue description: System hangs, ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES or ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_QUOTA observed when writing large numbers of files on Windows XP with Service Pack 2.

Resolution: Contact Microsoft* to receive the hot fix described by KB article 888413.

Resolved Issues

Resolved Issues in 10.8.0.1003 PV
Reference No	Description	Affected OS's
3234763	SUT cannot boot to degraded bootable RAID5 volume after one HDD removed	N/A
3235920	>4TB Disk Data Loss Exposure	Vista, Vista-64, Win7, Win7-64, Windows 2003, Windows 2003-64, Windows 2008, Windows 2008-64, Windows XP, Windows XP-64
3236038	RST Caching fails to resume from S4 after entering OROM>Acceleration Options and sometimes causes BSOD 0050 & 0051	N/A
3236265	RAID 1 degradation and drives not always being detected by the Intel® RAID Option ROM	N/A
3234888	When 2 RAID Volumes are present on a system and left idle for a long time will cause IO fail	N/A

Known Issues

Known Issues in 10.8.0.1003 PV
Reference No	Description	Affected OS's
3006179	Volumes go to Degraded state after rebuilding matrix and shows installed disk as missing	Vista-64
3006119	Changing RAID type results in Data Migration Email	Win7, Win7-64
3006316	RAIDCfg32 does not check if RST Cache device is internal/external	Win7-64
3006539	Rapid Recover Technology: Accessible recovery drive is unable to reboot system	Win7-64
3006700	Clean disk is not working on >2TB disks	Windows 2008-64
3005451	Accessibility issue - Incorrect font size in high contrast settings for Help	Vista,Win7,Windows XP
3006373	Tray icon disappears prematurely	Vista,Vista-64,Win7,Win7-64,Windows 2003,Windows 2003-64,Windows 2008,Windows 2008-64,Windows Media Center,Windows XP,Windows XP-64
3006447	Changing contrast settings eliminates User Interface information	Windows 2008-64
3006781	Help Icon on status page is missing if the accelerated status is changed	Vista,Win7,Windows XP
3006972	Reset cache SSD to passthru appears to work, but doesn't when writes are failed to SSD	Win7-64
3007006	RAID migration does not fail after drive sends Status Err 0x40	Windows 2008
3007102	Disassociating help icon hover text string is incorrect	Win7
3007123	Clear and Reset disk to normal in user interface may not work	Vista,Vista-64,Win7,Win7-64,Windows 2008,Windows 2008-64
3007138	GPT formatted drives create error message in user interface when RRT creation is attempted	Win7-64
3007203	OS SMART Enable command to RAID volume not being sent to member disks	Win7
3007204	Naming Volume "Array_0000" makes it completely disappear in the RST user interface	Win7
3007274	0x8E BSOD observed sporadically with Smart Response Technology	Win7-64