Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 11.5.0.1109 Alpha Version Release Notes

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05 August 2011

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Supported Operating Systems

    Microsoft Windows 8*

    Microsoft Windows 8 x64 Edition*

Microsoft Windows 7*

    Microsoft Windows 7 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
05 August 2011	11.5.0.1109 Alpha	1109

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. This release will not enable the TRIM on RAID0 feature, but it will be added in the next RST 11.5 release. Contact your RST AE representative with questions.

3. This is the first release of RST that includes UEFI driver support. Note that the UEFI driver will not work with any previous releases of the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager/Rapid Storage Technology product. This means if you plan to use the RST 11.5 UEFI driver then you must use the RST 11.5 driver as well.

4. The RAID OROM version for this release is 11.5.0.1111, the driver and user interface version is 11.5.0.1109.

5. This release contains the CLI (Command Line Interface) replacement utility for RAIDCFG32. There is a 32 and 64 bit CLI utility which reside in the CLI 32 & 64 bit Utility component of this kit.

6. The Windows 8 version used during RST validation of this release is 8028.

7. 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.

8. 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.

Known Issues

Known Issues in 11.5.0.1109 Alpha
Reference No	Description	Affected OS's
3235129	0x7E BSOD sporadically seen during RAID operations if the volume name is 16 characters	Win7,Win7-64,Windows 2008-64,Windows Vail
3235277	Accelerated RAID Volume: Clicking 'Disassociate' link pops-up Error message in UI after Acceleration auto-transition from Enhanced to Off due to SSD being removed	Win7,Win7-64
3005451	Accessibility issue - Incorrect font size in high contrast settings for Help	Win7,Windows XP
3235083	BSOD 0x50 after disconnecting cache volume	Win7-64
3234510	Boot time performance gain percentage will drop when the HDD boot partition size is increased	Win7
3006781	Help Icon on status page is missing if the accelerated status is changed.	Win7,Windows XP
3007203	OS SMART Enable command to RAID volume not being sent to member disks	Win7
3007006	RST 9.6/10.1 does not fail RAID migration after drive sends Status Err 0x40	Windows 2008
3006972	Reset cache SSD to Passthru looks like it works, but doesn't when writes are failed to SSD	Win7-64
3234689	Can’t safely remove the ODD bay device via the eject lever after S4 swap	Win7,Win7-64