Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 12.9.0.1001 Production Version release

 

12 December 2013

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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*    

   Microsoft Windows Server 2012*
   Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64 Edition*

   Microsoft Windows 8.1*
  Microsoft Windows 8.1 x64 Edition*

 

 

Revision History

Date

Driver Revision

Build Number

12 December 2012

12.9.0.1001 Production Version release

1001

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.    The RAID OROM & UEFI version for this release is 12.9.0.2006, the driver and user interface version is 12.9.0.1001.

3.    12.9 release is a maintenance release.

4.    For customers shipping with SSHD PUIS hybrid hinting enabled and Smart Connect Technology they must use iSCT agent 4.1.2308 or 4.2.2309 or later.

5.    With SSHD +Smart connect Agent there are cases where the driver may be busy when the agent request the timer be extended which might result in a disk spinup. To work around this scenario and get the iSCT and SSHD functionality, it is advisable to set AoacTimeout to 60 sec where the current default value is 10 sec.

·          Registry details: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\iaStorA\Parameters\Device] “AoacTimeout” "=dword (0x3c (h) or 60 (d)).

6.    Depending on the SSHD vendor, customers utilizing SSHD + Smart Connect Agent may encounter more than expected SSHD spin-ups.  Good spin suppression has been measured on at least one vendor’s SSHD when AOAC Timeout is set to 60 seconds.  RST and Smart Connect Agent teams working with SSHD vendors on root causing the issue.

 

*Contact your Intel® Rapid Storage Technology representative with any questions.*

 

Resolved Issues

Resolved Issues in 12.9.0.1001 Production Version release

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

 

4630412

The HW encryption option is not available for Samsung SSD-SED 256GB drive

Win7-64

 

4630421

System hangs for 1 min during audio playback in CS mode intermittently

Windows 8.1 - 64

 

4630187

HDD information is incorrect in Device Manager with SRT enabled

Windows 8.1 - 64

 

4630264

DSA page can still be seen on RST UI even though this function is disabled in BIOS

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

 

4630381

Win7 S4 resume after "Hibernate after" failed if iSCT is installed

Win7-64

 

4630207

60 second soft hang on a user resume from S3 during iSCT with a SSHD

Windows 8 - 64

 

4629781

System will hang black screen when running cold boot aging

Windows 8 - 64

 

4630005

WHQL: DF - Sleep With IO During (Certification) failure in RST 12.8 (NOT BLOCKING)

Windows 8 - 64

 

4630077

ODD missing at device manager/my computer (CD in) after resuming from S3

Win7,Windows 8

 

4630149

Unable to enable CS due to storage on a RAID0 configured system

Windows 8.1 - 64

 

4629950

eSATA HDD does not appear in Safety Removal icon on the task tray

Win7-64,Win7,Windows 8 - 64

 

4629841

DeviceIoContrl w/ ATA SMART Read Data & Identify Device commands fail (0x18: ERROR_BAD_LENGTH) on Win7

Win7,Win7-64

 

4629898

Intel RST UI crashes during SRT Disable operations BSOD Critical Process Died, no boot device found.

Windows 8.1 - 64

 

4629164

HDD information is incorrect in Device Manager with SRT enabled

Windows 8.1 - 64

 

4630208

Unable to boot to UEFI Boot Option for certain BD-ODDs loaded with Win 8.1 and Win8.

Pre OS

 

 

Known Issues

Known Issues in 12.9.0.1001 Production Version release

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

 

4630080

BLA cannot detect storage device with RST Driver version -CSMI

Windows 8, Windows 8 - 64, Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 - 64

 

4629941

Option to keep data present on certain fully partitioned disks in GPT format scheme when should not be

Windows 8.1 - 64

 

4629633

UI: Format issue with Server 2012 string in System Requirements help page.

Windows 8 – 64, Windows 8.1 – 64

 

4629555

SSHD accelerated in max mode with iSCT loaded onto system causes system to hang when trying to restart or go into S4

Windows 8 - 64

 

4629636

UI sporadically crashes during volume delete operations

Windows 8 - 64

 

4629638

UI: Help Icon present on Status page when it should not be present with only 1 SSHD (OS) attached to the system.

Windows 8.1 – 64

 

4629572

BSOD "Driver Power State Failure" when accelerated HDDpw volume is locked upon wake up from S4

Windows 8.1 – 64

 

4629519

Invoking "Create Additional Volume" page yields an unknown error

Windows 8 - 64

 

4629057

System hung on a Black screen or reboot when resuming from S1-S3 (S3 after S1)

Windows 8 - 64

 

4629308

UI Help - Getting Started Page - Incorrect Grammar

Windows 8 - 64

 

4629295

UI: Day field in Verify and Repair Scheduler doesn't set the Next Scheduled Run correctly

Windows 8 - 64

 

4629322

UI: Disk Events Help Page has incorrect images

Windows 8 – 64

 

4627759

ATAPI Pass-through path only handles Packet Identify Device

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

 

4628670

Ability to change write-cache buffer flushing policy is broken after changing volume name

Windows 8 - 64

 

4628030

After configuring SRT and conducting Dirty Shutdowns error: Unable to find System Disk

Windows 8

 

4629114

BSOD 0xF4: Accelerate/Change NVM mode to Enhanced/ Changing RST Caching mode to Enhanced on disk

Windows 2008-64

 

4160213

Bad Block Tests Fail With Volumes Going Degraded During the Verify and Repair Operation

Win7

 

4629242

CLI Command --accelerate --stats always returns 100% cache full

Win7,Windows 8

 

4628809

Constant events being sent after RRT creation

Win7-64

 

4159427

Deleting a non-OS matrix volume while it is migrating marks added disks as unknown

Win7-64

 

4161003

Failing R0 volume amidst an i/o onto it while system is in S3 causes system to hang/crash upon resume

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

 

4627802

Dynamic storage Accelerator: Setting system performance mode to "HighPerformance" does not cause gear to change to gear 3

Win7-64, Windows 8 - 64, Windows 8.1 – 64

 

4629125

Missing Mark Disk as Online event in Driver

Windows 8 - 64

 

4161019

RRT PM S4 command issued but does not recover

Windows 8 - 64

 

4161119

RRT failed master disk goes offline when setting disks to normal

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

 

4628443

RST Driver – Test hangs while running Inquiry command on ODD

Other

 

4628666

RSTCLI allows RAID volume comprised of SSDs to be accelerated

Windows 8 - 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

 

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

 

3236644

SRT: 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

 

4161172

UI Accessibility: Refresh issues when changing theme and arrow keys not functional in Help window

Windows 8

 

4628357

UI Unknown error enabling Volume write-back cache

Windows 8

 

4628664

UI allows locked spare disk to be reset to available after S4 resumption; exercising the option induces errors

Windows 8 - 64

 

4160745

UI erroneously exposes option to increase size of a >2TB volume if is created via the OROM

Win7-64

 

4161358

UI hangs and throws unknown error if we attempt to update data on an OnREQ RRT vol of SSDs

Windows 8 - 64

 

4160949

UI reports Unknown status and incorrect sync mode after hot-removing the recovery disk of an IRRTm while the sync is initializing.

Win7-64

 

4160829

UI shows "Mark as normal" link while a volume is rebuilding

Win7

 

4628838

UI will sporadically fail to refresh itself to render Enable acceleration and Refresh button clickable

Windows 8 - 64

 

4629191

UI: "WARNING:" text missing on "Disassociate Cache and Accelerated Device" Popup Window

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

 

3237042

WHQL: 0xCE BSOD during DP CPU Hot Add simulation on Server 2008 R2

Windows 2008-64

 

4160928

WHQL: RST not compliant with Device.DevFund.Memory.DriverFootprint requirements for x86

Windows 8

 

4628161

ZPODD power off timer does not reset upon receipt of CSMI I/O

Win7,Windows 8