Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 11.1.0.1006 Production Version Release Notes


29 February 2012

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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 February 2012

11.1.0.1006 Production Version

1006

17 February 2012

11.1.0.1006 Production Candidate

1006

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 11.1.0.1413, the driver and user interface version is 11.1.0.1006. 

Note: An Intel Core or Xeon branded CPU is required to enable the Smart Response Technology feature beginning with this 11.1.0.1413 OROM release.

4. This release includes both the RAIDCFG32 & RAIDCFG64 utilities which are contained in the RAIDcmd utility component of this kit.  The RAIDCFG32 & RAIDCFG64 version is 11.1.0.1010.

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 11.1.0.1006 PV

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

4158571

RaidCfg64 tool doesn't return the correct string about the model name

Win7, Win7-64

4158538

RAIDCFG32/64 "/std" command  does not show full device name

Win7, Win7-64

4158576

When HDDs serial number is over 16 characters, RAIDCFG64.exe will fail on accelerate enable.

Win7, Win7-64

3235695

RST does not correctly safely remove disks with formatted partitions

Win7,Windows XP

3236135

User Interface Help does not notify the user how to increase partition/Volume size after a migration

Win7-64

3236445

Enabling Acceleration of a RAID Volume Does Not Disable the Volume's Write Back Cache

Win7-64

3236782

Revert changes to support Acceleration after hot-unplug and re-insert of SSD

Win7-64

3236795

BSOD 0xD5 sporadically seen during hot plug test

Win7

3236883

'Create' tab appears in the user interface when a cache volume is created by RcfgSata.exe or Raidcfg32/64.exe, when it should not

Win7-64

3237050

SRT Caching thrashes cache contents running a specific test

Win7

3237165

0x50/0x7E BSOD occurs during Write Test

Win7-64

3237194

RST copyright corrected to be 2012

Vista,Vista-64,Win7,Win7-64,Windows 2003,Windows 2003-64,Windows 2008,Windows 2008-64,Windows XP,Windows XP-64

3237197

When a data volume is set to 8GB on a 32GB SSD HDD, SRT does not use the remaining space on the SSD

Win7,Win7-64

3237135

ODD tray eject by PowerDVD* take ~10sec when ODD is in Zero Power state

Win7-64

3236307

0x7E BSOD observed when running extended S3 cycles

Win7-64

3237225

RST not properly reporting HDD SMART information by IOCTL(SMART_RCV_DRIVE_DATA)

Win7-64

3237275

RAID Error and Warning Event IDs are set to Zero

Win7

4158536

Setting for adaptive spindown causing noticeable delays on HDD spin up

Win7,Win7-64

 

Known Issues

Known Issues in 11.1.0.1006 PV

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

4158587

System will hang when accelerometer ‘shock’ is invoked on an SRT data volume

Win7-64

4158631

BSOD 0x9F / Cursor blinking issue during WLK CSS

Win7-64

3237300

System fails to boot under RAID mode if a 3rd party RAID card is installed in PCIe slot also

Windows XP,Windows XP-64,Win7,Win7-64

3235185

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

Win7

3237136

HDD name isn't constant in "device manager" after installing RST driver.

Win7,Win7-64

3236447

0x7A BSOD and 0xF4 BSOD (when disabling acceleration with AOAC+PUIS enabled)

Win7-64

4158521

A locked member disk of RAID5 or RAID0 volume fails after OS is shutdown and then the disk is unlocked.

Win7-64

3236551

Accelerate button shows up in the user interface after booting with no SSD attached and then hot plugging an SSD during OS runtime

Win7-64

3235083

BSOD 0x50 observed after disconnecting cache volume

Win7-64

3236284

BSOD 0x9086; Trying to unlock a drive that is part of an accelerated volume causes the UI/OS to freeze

Win7

3007165

0x9F BSOD observed during extended reboot/suspend stress rebuild test

Win7

3236078

CD door opening when waiting for ZPODD awake

Win7

3236121

Enlarging the user interface window by double clicking the top bar causes the user screen to change

Win7-64,Windows XP-64

3006031

Error Injection Causes Non-NCQ Data verification failure

Win7

3236282

Error pop-up message when opening RST Tray Icon after boot, service not running yet

Win7-64

3237299

F6 install cannot fully format the volume of a GPT 6-drive RAID0 with all 3TB drives

Vista-64

3235466

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

Yes

3007203

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

Yes

3236365

Test application fails after DirtyShutdown due to no D: present

Yes

3007006

RST 9.6/10.1 does not fail RAID migration after drive sends Status Err 0x40

Windows 2008

3234671

Smart Response Technology data miscompare after hundreds of dirty shutdowns

Vista-64

3237013

Acceleration fails to enable after installing a specific utility on Z68 production boards

Win7

3237271

RST user interface allows Volume Name to begin with a Space Character

Win7,Win7-64

3006972

Reset cache SSD to Passthru looks like it works, but doesn't when writes are failed to SSD

Win7-64

4158536

Setting for adaptive spindown causing noticeable delays on HDD spin up

Win7,Win7-64

4158522

Booting to an accelerated, degraded RAID1 volume that is re-inserted fails and induces BSOD 0x7B

Win7-64

3236644

Driver fails to enumerate an accelerated disk or volume during an F6 install if a system disk is already attached to the system

Win7-64

3236630

ZeroPowerODD: mediaPresent state mismatch (False) after S3

Win7-64