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Supported RAID Controllers
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(1) Intel(R) RAID SAS controller FALSASMP2

(2) Intel(R) RAID SAS Riser controller AFCSASRISER in Intel(R) S7000FC4UR Server System

(3) Intel(R) Server Boards and Systems:
 - S5000PSLSASR, S5000XVNSASR, S5000VSASASR, S5000VCLSASR, S5000VSFSASR
 - SR1500ALSASR, SR1550ALSASR, SR2500ALLXR, S5000PALR (with SAS I/O Module)
 - S5000PSLROMBR (SROMBSAS18E) without HW RAID activation key AXXRAK18E installed (native SAS or SW RAID modes only) - for HW RAID mode separate package is available
 - NSC2U, TIGW1U

   Intel(R) RAID controller (adapters):
 - SASMF8I, SASWT4I, SASUC8I

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Known Restrictions
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N/A

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Known Bugs
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(1) 
For Intel(R) chipset S5000P/S5000V/S5000X based server systems, please use the 32 bit, non-EBC version of sasflash which is SASFLASH_Ph15-1.18.00.00\sasflash_efi_bios32_rel\sasflash.efi, instead of the ebc version of sasflash which is SASFLASH_Ph15-1.18.00.00\sasflash_efi_ebc_rel\sasflash.efi.  The latter one may return a wrong sas address with a sasflash -list command.

(2) 
IR RAID Volume Creation Limitation of 2 Terabytes when configuring a volume with the EFI Boot Services Driver (BSD) version 3.10.00.

Products Affected:
Intel RAID controller SASWT4I 
Intel RAID controller SASUC8I 
Intel RAID controller FALSASMP2
Intel RAID controller AFCSASRISER

Description: 
Intel has identified an issue with the EFI BSD version 3.10.00 Configuration Utility where the utility cannot create RAID volumes larger than 2 Terabytes.     Volumes larger than 2TB can be created in using the LSI MPT SAS BIOS configuration utility* by pressing Ctrl+C during the server system POST or within the operating system using RAID Web Console 2 Utility.   The EFI BSD will then support these volumes, and the Operating System  and OS Disk Management utilities will detect and manage the volume sizes correctly. 

Corrective Action / Resolution:
EFI BSD version 3.10.00 is affected, the issue will be fixed in future version MPT BIOS.


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Readme for RAID Controllers
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(1) For products below:

- Intel(R) RAID SAS controller FALSASMP2 without RAID Activation Key AXXRAKSAS2 installed

Please refer to: "FALSASMP2_readme.txt"

- Intel(R) RAID controller FALSASMP2 with RAID Activation Key AXXRAKSAS2 installed

Please refer to: "SROMBSASMP2_HWRAID_readme.txt"

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(2) For products below:

- Intel(R) RAID SAS Riser controller AFCSASRISER in Intel(R) S7000FC4UR Server System without RAID Activation Key AXXRAKSAS2 installed

Please refer to: "AFCSASRISER_readme"

- Intel(R) RAID SAS Riser controller AFCSASRISER in Intel(R) S7000FC4UR Server System with RAID Activation Key AXXRAKSAS2 installed

Please refer to "AFCSASRISER_HWRAID_readme.txt"

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(3) For products below:

Intel(R) Server Boards and Systems:
- S5000PSLSASR, S5000XVNSASR, S5000VSASASR, S5000VCLSASR, S5000VSFSASR
- SR1500ALSASR, SR1550ALSASR, SR2500ALLXR, S5000PALR (with SAS I/O Module)
- S5000PSLROMBR (SROMBSAS18E) without HW RAID activation key AXXRAK18E installed (native SAS or SW RAID modes only) - for HW RAID mode separate package is available
- NSC2U, TIGW1U

Intel(R) RAID controller (adapters):
- SASMF8I, SASWT4I, SASUC8I

Please refer to: "ESRT2_IR_readme.txt"

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