Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 11.6.0.1030 Production Version Release Notes


12 September 2012

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Supported Operating Systems

    Microsoft Windows 7*

    Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Edition*

    Microsoft Windows 8*
    Microsoft Windows 8 x64 Edition*

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

 

Revision History

Date

Driver Revision

Build Number

07 September 2012

11.6.0.1030 Production Candidate

1030

12 September 2012

11.6.0.1030 Production Version

1030


Notes:
 

1.    The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver and user interface version of this release is 11.6.0.1030 and the RST OROM/UEFI version is 11.6.0.1702.

2.    RST 11.6 is the first RST release to contain support for X79 platforms (HEDT).

3.    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.

4.    Microsoft* .NET Framework 3.0, 3.5, or 4.5 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, 3.5, or 4.5 installed by default.  Refer to the Microsoft* website for details.

Contact your RST representative with any questions

Resolved Issues

Resolved Issues in 11.6.0.1030 PC

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

4160140

A warning message can’t be cleared by press ESC in UEFI RST OROM page

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

4160429

BIOS RAID SETUP item is not removed if user unloads the RST UEFI driver.

EFI

4160154

UEFI RST Driver Returns Incorrect Status Code For ReadBlocks() when wrong MediaID is sent.

EFI

4160035

Siler OROM drive recognition on refresh intermittent

Windows 8

4160617

CLI returns success after failing to delete metadata with SRT enabled

WinPE 3.0

4160692

Status page and Create button not properly updating upon hot plug of drives

Win7-64

4160712

WHQL: 0x7E BSOD during boot on ICH9M (BLOCKING)

Win7,Win7-64,Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4160189

APS HW bug in CPT and PPT which needs RST workaround

Win7

4160153

RST11.6 UI shows that the version number is 11.5

Windows 8 - 64

4160009

PC freeze and sometimes BSoD occur after resuming from sleep.

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

4160081

boot volume identifiers modifications to meet MSFT activation requirements

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4160183

ATA PassThrough commands READ DMA 256 Sector and READ DMA EXT 256 Sector fail

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

4160206

Optical Drive will auto-eject after system resumes from Standby with SSD HD

Windows 8 - 64

4160209

HDD Device name shows wrong in device manager after enabling Acceleration via RST UI

Windows 8 - 64

4159567

Cache Pilot 2: System crashes on resume from S3 with PUIS HDD, AOAC disabled

Win7-64

4160079

F4 BSOD during S3 and during checking disk spin status

Win7-64

4160258

ZPODD name changes in device manager after installing RST

Windows 8 - 64

4160100

The blank or rewritable disc is not detected correctly during Disc Copy

Windows 8 - 64,Win7-64

4159932

Disk order is reverse in device manager after SRT is enabled.

Windows 8 - 64

4160149

ZPODD takes a long time to eject the tray when ejected using PowerDVD or WinDVD while the drive is asleep

Windows 8 - 64

4160386

IAStorDataSvc has a memory leak and freezes/hangs the system.

Win7-64, Windows 8 - 64

4160021

AOAC: Black screen w/mouse curser after SDR0 with reboot

Windows 8 - 64

4160392

Cannot format SandForce controller drives under Win8

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4160420

If unallocated space is >=18.6 GB and <19GB the default custom-cache size will disallow acceleration

Win7-64

4160405

Master HDD status shows failed in RST UI when it is hot-unplugged in OS.

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4160338

RST does not return the Read Disc Information command.

Windows 8 - 64

4160431

ZPODD: Drive went to sleep but should have stayed awake

Windows 8 - 64

4159725

IAStorDataMgrSvc.exe CPU utilization continues to stay at >0.6% during idle

Windows 8 - 64

4159965

The metadata cannot be deleted by the following 11.5 rstcli32/64 command

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4160208

Recovery disk goes offline in Disk Management after clicking Access recover disk file link.

Win7-64,Windows 8

4160209

HDD Device name shows wrong in device manager after enable Acceleration via RST

Windows 8 - 64

4160321

System hang and BSOD with Shock sensor test program.

Windows 8 - 64

4160460

iaStorA should protect itself in handling IOCTLs from user space

Win7-64,Windows 2008-64

4160536

BSOD after trying to create ANY RAID volume through the RST UI

Windows 8 - 64

4160148

Sometimes ODD cannot eject via ROXIO creator.

Windows 8 - 64

4160446

Cache mode will NOT be retained if write-caching is disabled via device manager and then change mode to max

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

4160579

Some drives may not be correctly identified as OS flushing disabled due to serial number discrepancy

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

1460615

IAStorUI crashes when we elect to preserve data on a >2TB disk that has a partition on it.

Windows 8 - 64

4160626

RST UI fails to create ANY Create Volume From Disk RAID volume in Legacy mode that needs to be truncated to 2 TB

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

4160329

Some ODDs will disappear under My Computer after they system enters asleep state and resumes

Windows 8 - 64

 

Known Issues

Known Issues in 11.6.0.1030 PV

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

4160744

11.6 driver .inf needs FeatureScore to ensure the driver outweighs the 11.2 driver in Windows installation

Windows 8

4160419

A1h command (IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE) failure on ODD with Win8 RST driver

Windows 8 – 64

4160585

Accelerating system disk throws unknown error upon upgrade to 11.6.0.1021

Win7-64

4160617

CLI returns success after failing to delete metadata with SRT enabled

WinPE 3.0

4160627

Driver Verifier Violation BSOD encountered during SGIO tests on CPT-S

Windows 8 – 64

4160448

RST UI fails to show port is unpopulated

Windows 8 – 64

4159107

Hot-unplugging the SSD after switching mode from maximized to enhanced leaves the SSD marked as either a failed or a normal disk in the UI; resetting the absent disk to available and reaccelerating the system disk induces a BSOD or a system hang

Win7-64

4160481

Some instructions in RST GUI help are incorrect as the steps are for Win7 not for Win8.

Windows 8 - 64,Windows 8

4160480

Topic is unexpected to be changed to another topic in RST help

Windows 8,Windows 8 – 64

4158909

Performance drop when using SSDs with 3rd party controllers for caching.

Win7-64

4160542

Placing OS on 2-drive RAID0 volume at end of matrix array causes RST to construe incorrect HDD as the system

Win7-64

4160306

SRT Driver Fails "No Spin" TIME IOCTL request on FIRST S0 following S3 with PUIS enabled

Win7,Win7-64,Windows 8,Windows 8 – 64

4160612

SRT caching example files for OEMs contain mistakes that need fixing

Windows 8

4160186

SRT volumes do not report disk RPM = 1, breaks Win8 Connected Standby

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64,Windows Server 8,Windows Server 8 – 64

4160436

System Tray notification does not occur on Boot up on Recovery drive: OS = Rapid Recover Technology

Windows 8 – 64

4160239

The write caching of SSD will auto check after resume from S3/S4/CB

Windows 8 – 64

4160465

RST UI will allow acceleration with partitioned SSD even when doing so would violate the RAID volume limit

Win7-64

4160427

Unknown Error Creating Rapid Recover Technology Volume from System Disk

Windows 8 – 64

4160300

Verification and Repair Scheduler does not reflect correct date when set

Windows 8 – 64

4159925

System data intermittently got corrupted after dirty shutdown from S4 state

Windows 8 – 64

4160216

RST driver issues non-queued commands with NCQ commands outstanding

Windows 8 – 64

4160474

Some ODD under ZPODD state does not eject by pressing tray button after resuming from hibernation.

Windows 8 – 64

4160698

failure to format BD-R (Blu-ray) disk

Windows 8 – 64

4160846

System gets BSOD 0x9F after driver fails to reestablish communication with drives intermittently

Windows 8 – 64

4160853

Accelerating a RAID 5 volume in Enhanced mode causes functional and performance problems

Windows 8 – 64

4160789

Driver: If IRRTm OS volume is restarted while accessing files on the recovery disk the recovery disk is not re-associated back into the IRRTm volume.

Windows 8 – 64

4160793

RST EFI Driver hangs during boot after a subsequent power loss during S4 resume with SRT enabled

EFI, Windows 8 - 64

4160137

Running S4 stress test will cause system (AHCI mode) black screen w/o backlight intermittently

Windows 8 – 64, Windows 8

4160749

Accelerating OS after cache disassociation from missing passthrough disk induces BSOD F4 intermittently

Windows 7 – 64

4160370

BSOD occurs and system can't boot to Windows by running restart stress test intermittently

Windows 8 – 64

4160587

CrashDump causes G2TB OS Volume to become failed or degraded intermittently

Windows 8 – 64

4160079

F4 BSOD during S3 and during checking disk spin status intermittently

Windows 7 – 64

4160860

AHCI controller device string is incorrect in device manager on Siler platform

Windows 7 – 64, Windows 8 – 64