Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 11.0.0.1024 Beta Version Release Notes


29 September 2011

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Supported Operating Systems

    Microsoft Windows 7*

    Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Edition*

    Microsoft Windows Vista* (not supported on Panther Point platforms)
    Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition* (not supported on Panther Point platforms)
    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

29 September 2011

11.0.0.1024 Beta

1024

14 July 2011

11.0.0.1015 Alpha

1015

25 May 2011

11.0.0.1009 Alpha1

1009

Notes:  

1. 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.

2. Microsoft Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit) is not supported on Panther Point based platforms.

3. The RAID OROM version for this release is 11.0.0.1204, the driver and user interface version is 11.0.0.1024. 

4. This release includes both the RAIDCFG32 & RAIDCFG64 utilities which are contained in the RAIDcmd utility component of this kit.  Contact your RST representative with any questions.

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 11.0.0.1024 Beta

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

3235441

WinDVD 10 playback of CPRM protected content will be denied after installing the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver

Win7-64

3235696

OS crashes when running "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" on a RAID volume

Win7, Win7-64

3235317

Degrading an Accelerated (Max mode) RAID5 Volume with 16 KB Strip Size sporadically causes catastrophic Data Loss upon Reboot

N/A

3235387

SUT halts at the 1st cycle while running specific utility in DOS with a RAID5 volume

N/A

3235580

SUT cannot boot to degraded bootable RAID5 volume after one HDD is removed from the RAID5 volume

N/A

3235494

Legacy OROM does not handle Segment Wrapping of Data Buffers for int13 I/O. Always returns NOT_SUPPORTED

N/A

3235456

RcfgSata.exe does not allow enabling acceleration if RAID0 is disabled via BCFS

N/A

3235061

RCfgSata.txt in RST 11.0 - missing parameter documentation

N/A

3006447

Changing contrast settings eliminates UI info

WinXP-64

3235422

Unbundling of the OS sporadically results in 0x7E BSOD with Smart Response Technology enabled

Win7-64

3235548

Disable Acceleration twice on an Accelerated single disk RAID0 OS volume during a data migration then Enable again induces 0x7A BSOD

Win7-64

3007204

Naming Volume "Array_0000" makes it completely disappear in RST UI

Win7

3234687

Online Help: Volume Requirements table is missing Cougar Point in the "Controller Support" column

WinXP-64

3234887

System report heading does not match in saved text file

Win7-64, WinXP

3235067

Smart Response Technology not honoring user's power plan

Win7-64

3235253

Device detection failure after resuming from S3

Win7-64

3235380

Volume can't be renamed when other volume in the Matrix RAID is in verification/rebuild/initialization state

Win7, Win7-64

3235553

Unknown controller displayed in the RST UI

Win7-64

3235558

Disassociating help icon hover text string incorrect

Win7

3235572

Optical Disk Drives reported as Type: Hard disk, in RST UI System Report

Win7

3235622

Readme needs update - Remove obsolete Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller

Vista, WinXP, Win7

3235149

Reset disk to normal button is not shown in UI

Vista, Vista-64

3235279

Accelerated pass-through data disk: Error message pop-up in UI when trying to use a different SSD to Accelerate the disk after auto-transition Enhanced mode to OFF due to missing Cache SSD

Win7, Win7-64

3235305

Wrong device name on Chief River

Vista

3235378

BSOD during Bad Block tests on XP 32 Rose City system

WinXP

3235129

0x7E BSOD may occur during RAID operations if volume name is 16 characters

Win7, Win7-64, Windows Server 2008-64

3235277

Accelerated RAID Volume: Clicking 'Disassociate' link pops-up Error message in UI after Acceleration auto-transition from Enhanced to Off due to SSD being removed

Win7, Win7-64

 

Resolved Issues in 11.0.0.1015 Alpha

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

3007123

Clear and Reset disk to normal in user interface may not work

Vista,Vista-64,Win7,Win7-64,Windows 2008,Windows 2008-64

3234888

When 2 RAID Volumes are present on a system and left idle for a long time will cause IO fail

N/A

3235087

0x7E BSOD sporadically seen when RAID member disk is hot removed during migration

Win7-64

 

 

 

Known Issues

Known Issues in 11.0.0.1024 Beta

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

3235475

System does not reconstruct metadata after a S3 performed from windows that may lead to OS corruption

Win7,Win7-64

3235998

When trying to enable acceleration, the disk selection screen shows full disk capacity, max 64 GB for the cache which is not true all the time

Win7,Win7-64

3235487

SUT shows unknown icon in the taskbar during the installation of RST

Win7,Win7-64

3235412

"Disk data cache" resets to "enable" after resuming from S4/S5 in RST UI

Win7,Win7-64

3235655

After using Sysprep, the system is no longer able to boot when Smart Response Technology is enabled

Win7-64

3235719

Significant read performance degradation seen on 2-drive RAID1 to a 2-drive RAID0 migration due to Coalescer being disabled and not re-enabled

Win7-64

3235067

Smart Response Technology is not honoring the user’s power plan

Win7-64

3235083

0x50 BSOD sporadically seen after disconnecting cache volume from system

Win7-64

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

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

3007203

OS SMART Enable command to RAID volume not being sent to member disks

Win7

3006031

Error Injection causes non-NCQ data verification failure

Win7

3007165

0x9F BSOD sporadically seen when running reboot/suspend stress test on ICH10 platforms

Win7

3235279

Accelerated pass-through data disk: Error message pop-up in UI when trying to use a different SSD to Accelerate the disk after auto-transition Enhanced mode to OFF due to missing Cache SSD

Win7,Win7-64

3235185

Activate Port x LED, doesn't work if SATA disk drives ports are not in sequential order.

Win7

3235555

Acceleration is getting disabled while changing a specific SSD from one port to another port in S3

Win7-64

3235466

Maximized Accelerated disk/volume is not enumerated as Accelerated by the RST driver after the OS doesn't shutdown cleanly

Win7-64

3234671

Smart Response Technology data mis-compare after 235 dirty shutdowns

Vista-64

3235978

RST UI warning message not sufficient when disabling acceleration and then re-enabling

Win7-64

3235807

Failed caching SSD does not fail accelerated volume; volume stays in maximized mode

3235310

Trying to unlock a drive that is part of an accelerated volume causes the UI/OS to freeze

Win7

3235980

UI requires two attempts to complete Acceleration action after Cache SSD removed and replaced in Enhanced mode. Error message pops up when trying to Accelerate with different SSD.

Win7-64