This release note and the software that accompanies it are copyright(c) 2014, Intel Corporation or its suppliers, and may only be installed and used in accordance with the license that accompanies the software. This Software is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of that license. No license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document. The Software is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Intel Corporation or its suppliers to market, license, sell or support any product or technology. Unless otherwise provided for in the license under which this Software is provided, the Software is provided AS IS, with no warranties of any kind, express or implied. Except as expressly permitted by the Software license, neither Intel Corporation nor its uppliers assumes any responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear herein. Except as expressly permitted by the Software license, no part of the Software may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form, or distributed by any means without the express written consent of Intel Corporation. ========================== Supported RAID Controllers ========================== This download supports Intel(R) Integrated RAID Modules RMS25KB040 and RMS25LB040 and Intel(R) RAID Controller RS25FB044 in the Intel(R) Server S2600JF and S2600WP family configurations. Please verify that this package has been tested with the RAID device you have chosen to use by checking the drivers web page for your controller at http://www.intel.com/support/ ================ Package Information ================ Package version: 2015.11.23 FW Version = 20.00.04.00 ================ Known Restrictions ================ 1) This download does NOT support EFI v1.1 environment. Please use the EFI shell command “ver" which will display the EFI version, to identify the EFI version. ================ Known Bugs ================ N/A ================ Update Instructions ================ 1. Unzip all of the files from the zip package onto USB key, maintaining the directory structure. Please make sure that the USB key is fully compatible with the EFI version on your motherboard. Some incompatible versions may prevent USB key working normally. 2. Boot to the EFI shell - Press 'F2' during POSt to enter BIOS Setup - Select Boot Manager -> EFI Shell 3. Change drive and directory location to where you unzipped the package by typing the following commands: fs0: cd Note: You can always get a list of files and sub-directories in the current directory by typing 'dir' command. Instead of 'fs0: you may need to type 'fs1:' or 'fs2:', etc. depending on your drive configuration and removable media type. 4. Type in the name of the batch file that matches your board model and press : rms25kb040_2U4Nodes.nsh Intel(R) Integrated RAID Module RMS25KB040 rs25fb044_2U4Nodes.nsh Intel(R) RAID Controller RS25FB044 rms25lb.nsh Intel(R) Integrated RAID Module RMS25LB 5. Wait for the flash to complete. Do NOT reboot the system during the update. 6. If this is the initial configuration of the system, or if this is the first time that a special firmware which is only for the Intel(R) Server S2600JF and S2600WP family has been applied to the controller, run this command after the firmware update. sas2flash -list For example, after applying your latest Phase 19 HWFF package to FB044, it should look more like this: LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility Version 19.00.00.00 (2014.03.17) Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2308_2(D1) Controller Number : 0 Controller : SAS2308_2(D1) PCI Address : 00:82:00:00 SAS Address : NVDATA Version (Default) : 11.00.BE.04 NVDATA Version (Persistent) : 11.00.BE.04 <-- should be the SAME as above line Firmware Product ID : 0x2714 (IR) Firmware Version : 19.00.00.00 NVDATA Vendor : LSI NVDATA Product ID : RS25FB044 BIOS Version : 07.37.00.00 UEFI BSD Version : 07.26.01.01 FCODE Version : N/A Board Name : RS25FB044 Board Assembly : Board Tracer Number : Finished Processing Commands Successfully. Exiting SAS2Flash. 7. If the Default and Persistent pages do not match, then you must run sas2flash -o -e 3 Note, that running sas2flash -o -e 3 will cause any special boot settings to be returned to defaults, so you will need to enter the configuration utility with Ctrl-C in order to perform any customizations again. You will also need to manually make any RAID volumes 'Active' as the sas2flash -o -e 3 will mark them 'Inactive'. No data is lost. 8. Reboot (even if skipped step 6 & 7) ================ Fixes/Updates ================ version 2015.11.23 1) Resolves bug in earlier ph20 releases which could cause slow drive performance as well as I/O timeout errors on SATA drives. 2) Resolves issue with properly displaying 4Kn drives in OpROM 3) Resolves long POST time with certain new chipsets version 2015.07.14 1) Firmware added Log code to address corner case where IO was completing with an error during pull/push of a drive on a RAID 1 volume. 2) Firmware enhanced hardware register access to avoid race condition where an IO could become lost. 3) Firmware fixed a bug where a diagnostic reset could cause a hang when both Active and Inactive IR volumes are present. 4) Firmware fixed a bug where a host inquiry to a newly created IR volume could cause a firmware fault. 5) Firmware implemented a work around to avoid a stuck SAS/SATA link condition. 6) Firmware fixed a bug where Write Same (10) and Write Same (16) SCSI commands were not working for the last LBA of a SATA drive. 7) Firmware enhanced its reaction to an Adapter Reset request from the host to avoid a hung bus condition corner case. 8) Firmware enhanced initialization of 2308 chip hardware to avoid the conditions where certain PCIe timeouts occur in the presence of Link Unavailable and cause a hang condition or data corruption. 9) Optimized signal integrity parameters for RS25FB044 and RMS25LB in 2U 4 node configurations version 2015.01.06 1) Fixed the issue of Linux dmesg log may show the message of "mpt2sas0: log_info(0x31120303): originator(PL), code(0x12), sub_code(0x0303) " 2) Optmized signal integrity parameters for RMS25KB040 in 2U 4 node configurations version 2014.10.06 1) First general release of 2U4Node package NVDATA versions to improve ease and consistency of fw update version 2014.08.22 1) Support for RMS25LB moved to this 2U4Node package. version 2014.07.03 1) RMS25LB signal integrity parameters improved for slots 2 and 4. version 2014.05.19 1) sas2ircu and sas2flash commands which write to USB key will now work. In previous release, running command "sas2ircu.efi 0 logir upload" at EFI shell may cause server system hang. version 2013.12.17 1) Replaced EBC version of UEFI driver with unsigned x64 version. Signed x64 version is now in "Signed" subfolder. 2) Firmware now autodetects HII capability and loads HII configuration pages if BIOS supports HII 3) Enabled Standby Immediate command 4) Resolved bug which prevented module interoperability with Intel 910 SSD Version 2013.01.11 1) Special build to tune internal SAS ports on RS25FB044 for use with HWFF boards version 2013.04.29 1) Added update support for Intel(R) Integrated RAID Module RMS25LB040, RMS25LB080 and Intel(R) RAID Controller RS25FB044 2) Resolved bug which prevented module interoperability with Intel 910 SSD 3) Added x64 UEFI driver to support Microsoft Secure Boot. Previous releases used EBC version. Version 2012.10.30 1) Added support for Intel(R) Integrated RAID Module RMS25LB040, RMS25LB080 and Intel(R) RAID Controller RS25FB044. 2) Fixed RAID 1 volume fails to resync when compatible drive is available. 3) Fixed potential data loss issue, see Intel Technical Advisory TA-1023-01 available at http://www.intel.com/support/ for more information. Version 2012.06.22 1) Fixed firmware setting for MRAM. Version 2011.11.11 1) Added support for Intel(R) Integrated RAID Module RMS25JB040, RMS25JB080, RMS25KB040 and RMS25KB080. Version 2011.01.21 1) Fixed module hang when SAS HDD attached in EFI Optimized Boot mode. *Third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.