Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
9.5.0.1016 Alpha Release
Notes
11 June 2009
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Supported Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows 7*
Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Edition*
Microsoft Windows
Vista*
Microsoft Windows Vista x64
Edition*
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition*
Microsoft Windows XP Professional*
Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008* ++
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
x64 Edition*++
Microsoft
Windows Server 2003* ++
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
x64 Edition*++
Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition*
++ Not available on
mobile platforms
Revision History
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Date
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Driver Revision
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Build Number
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11 June 2009
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9.5.0.1016 Alpha
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1016
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01 May 2009
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9.5.0.1008 Pre-Alpha
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1008
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Notes:
1. For Known issues prior to 9.5 refer to the Intel® Matrix Storage
Manager 8.9.0.1023 Release Notes.
2.
Windows XP is not support for Braidwood in this Alpha release
3.
Possible issue where RST is slow to start on Windows XP or Vista with .NET 3.0
Issue description: Under certain network conditions, on
systems with .NET 3.0, the RST application and notification icon (a.k.a. tray
icon) may take about a minute to start.
Resolution: Contact Microsoft* to receive the hot fix described by KB article
936707 or upgrade to .NET 3.5.
4.
Possible Issue regarding File writes on Windows XP with Service Pack 2
Issue description: System hangs, ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES
or ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_QUOTA observed when writing large numbers of files on
Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
Resolution: Contact Microsoft* to receive the hot fix described by KB article
888413.
1: Supplemental
Notes on RST 9.5 Alpha Featuring Braidwood Non Volatile Caching
1.1 General Known
Issues
In addition to the known
defects list provided in these release notes, there are several general points
that are important for the OEM to understand when evaluating the NV cache
feature of RST 9.5 (and RST in general) with this Alpha release:
- BugChecks (BSOD): There
are several RST specific BSOD codes in this Alpha and, given the nature of a
Alpha code, it is expected that OEMs will experience these as they evaluate the
caching capability or even some of the other new features (like Port
Multiplier). Please assure that all systems are configured for kernel
mode dumps (not mini dumps) and no auto-restart and kindly provide all
dump files along with standard sighting reporting information to your support
representative. When experiencing a BSOD, note that dump files may not
always be written. Following a BSOD, the user should power down the
system (as opposed to warm reboot) completely. Upon reboot, the RST OROM
may display a series of messages regarding rebuild of data depending on the
state of the cache at the time of the bug check. This is normal and the
system should continue to boot and at that point the dump file (if one was
created) can be collected and testing may resume. Common BugCheck codes
include:
600n, 800n: This series
of BugChecks indicates specific internal driver conditions that can
be fatal if processing is allowed to continue.
908n: Any BugCheck that
begins with 908 is a general internal driver timeout. It indicates that
the driver needed to wait on another internal process that never completed.
8089: Indicates that there
was a fatal error in the NV cache subsystem
8090: Indicates that an IO
submitted to the NV cache subsystem has timed out and that attempts to recover
from this timeout have failed
- OROM Messages: For
NV cached disks, the OROM may occasionally display a cached disk/volume as
"Disabled" when booting/rebooting. Refer to the user's manual
for detailed information on the scenarios that can cause this and what specific
steps to take when this is seen. Until the issues driving this condition
are resolved, the cached disk/volume is not usable (and if it is the boot
volume, the system will not be able to boot). If running with an NV
cached disk the OROM may display a message
"WARNING: NVM initialization still in progress…”
may appear with up to a 15 second delay. This message indicates that the
NV firmware has taken an excessive (abnormal) amount of time to initialize and
this behavior does not need to be reported however its occurrence should be
considered an event that invalidates any boot time measurements that were
affected. These periodic excessive boot times will be addressed in
upcoming releases.
- S3/S4 Issues: The RST
driver is heavily dependent on lower level firmware (and hardware) components
in the system in order to reliably perform extended series of power state
transitions without issues. Depending on the platform being used (CRB or
OEM) the BIOS and/or specific BIOS settings may impact the ability to perform
power state testing. Please report any issues to your support
representative. For Intel CRBs, ensure that
ASPM (for desktop & mobile) as well as the Intel Ignition firmware (for
desktop only) are disabled and for desktop turn off all C-states (see example
below).
Disable C-States:
CPU C3 Report->Disabled
CPU C6 Report->Disabled
CPU C7 Report->Disabled
Package C State Limit->C0
Enhanced C1->Disabled
C1 State Auto Demotion->Disabled
C3 State Auto Demotion->Disabled
Disable ASPM:
Advanced-->PCI Subsystem Settings-->ASPM
Support-->Disabled
Disable SKU management:
Intel Ignition SKU Configuration -> Intel Ignition SKU” =
Disabled
- Performance:
·
PCMark® Vantage overall suite showing positive results on
4GB, 8GB, 16GB modules, customers should validate performance results are
within published range on their platforms
·
Mobile Mark 07 power savings – initial power measurements
with 8GB module showing 500mW savings
·
Sysmark 2007 – known performance issue with 4GB and 8GB
modules – engineering is targeting several areas for performance
optimization in Beta that will improve 4/8/16 GB results – customers should
align performance testing to the Beta release
·
Boot performance – engineering also looking at performance
improvements for boot, customers should align boot measurements to Beta
- S State Transition: There is a
known issue with the firmware in that there is a possibility of data corruption
when doing S state transitions (so far only observed with S3) therefore these
scenarios should be avoided when testing with this Alpha release as results may
be unpredictable. This will be fixed in
an up coming release.
- S3 Resume Times: There
is a known issue with the firmware resume time coming out of S3 when NV cache
is enabled. It can take anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds for an S3 resume to
complete during which time video will be available and the mouse will move,
however the sys will appear unresponsive to user interaction until the 5 to 30
second delay period has ended. This behavior will be corrected in
upcoming releases.
1.2 Additional
Information
- Using the Intel mobile CRB,
it has been reported that SATA port 0 may sometimes fail to enumerate on power
on / reboot scenarios (issue has also been seen on other ports but with much
less frequency). Please refer to the BIOS release notes for full details,
it is recommended that RST be used on SATA ports other than 0 to minimize the
impact of this issue during Alpha evaluation.
Resolved Issues
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Resolved
Issues in 9.5.0.1016 Alpha
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|
Reference
No
|
Description
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Affected
OS's
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2724170
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DRIVER SHUTDOWN HANG can eventually result in : Sysmark
benchmark renders OS and BWD Modules disabeld after full system iteration
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Vista
|
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2724213
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Driver allows Creation of Accelerated Disk/Volume
when not supported by OROM
|
Vista
|
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2724202
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With two attached volumes OROM always detects a dirty
shutdown
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Vista
|
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2724209
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NVM: "Multiple users cannot run the
application at same time" error message box comes up when inserting
drives
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Vista
|
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2724241
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NVM – User Interface Shows Two Devices That Are Associated
with NVM Attributes (SSD and Cache)
|
Vista
|
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2724108
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User Interface for Intel® Rapid Storage
Technology: When user pins new applications the pinned app size shown
immediately on the right pane is incorrect
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Win7
|
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2724266
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Help content - string update need for
Troubleshooting Flash Memory
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Vista
Windows XP
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2724193
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Help content - string update required for Getting
Started topic
|
Vista Win7
Windows XP
|
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2724200
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Help Search - Need to change background color of tables
- found terms have the same highlight color
|
Vista
Windows XP
|
Known Issues
|
Known
Issues in 9.5.0.1016 Alpha
|
|
Reference
No
|
Description
|
Affected
OS's
|
|
2724264
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The User Interface for Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
does not show lock Icon on a locked volume
|
Vista
|
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2724083
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Graphic is cut in the Help file Volume type page
|
Vista
|
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2724243
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The User Interface tray icon for the Intel® Rapid
Storage Technology shows busy Icon when a locked volume is present
|
Vista
|
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2724239
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SATA transfer mode for ATAPI device does not
display in Mbyte/sec
|
Vista
|
|
2724279
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THA_All error or warning messages can be resized
and create cut text
|
Vista
|
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2724239
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SATA transfer mode for ATAPI device does not
display in Mbyte/sec
|
Vista
|
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2724112
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PTB PTG DEU - On the list of available ports and
devices the words "Internal" and "External" need to be
either masculine feminine or neuter depending on the noun that precedes it.
|
Vista
|
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2723959
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In Win7, a disk is put to offline after deleting
RAID1 or Intel® Rapid Recover Technology volume
|
Vista
|
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2724310
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Intel® Control
Center Does Not Show
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Application Link
|
Vista, Win7
|
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2724338
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Volume cache check failing
|
Vista, Win7, Win7-64, Windows2008
|
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2724300
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Hot Unplug Detect not working with Exar Port Multipliers
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Vista
|
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2688572
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During Volume creation the tray icon shows 2
significant digits more than necessary
|
Vista, Vista-64, Windows XP, Windows XP-64
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2688583
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User Interface for Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
Password Protected Status is Shown as “Unknown”
|
Vista, Windows XP-64
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2724409
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When removing Master disk of a non-system Recovery
volume "IAStor UI has stopped working" message appears
|
Win7
|
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2724497
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"Dirty" Maximized Cached Disk becomes Disabled
after booting to DOS USB
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Win7,
Win7-64
|
|
2723976
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Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver is
statically allocating an array in the crash dump
|
Vista, Windows XP-64
|
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2723743
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Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver doesn't
properly disable LPM when device that only supports HIPM is connected
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Windows2008
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2724074
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The Preference Screen in the User Interface does
not warn of changes if User Interface is closed
|
Windows
XP
|
|
2723619
|
THA Help file Index is not alphabetizing
correctly
|
Vista,
Vista-64
|
|
2723624
|
L10N-I18N JPN/CHS The register symbol is
corrupted in the title bar
|
Windows2008, Windows XP
|
|
2723928
|
HEB The checkmarks in the checkboxes need to go
the same direction as the green checkmarks on the left-hand side of the UI.
|
Vista,
Vista-64, Windows XP
|
|
2723625
|
L10N
I18N: JPN, KOR, CHS, CHT characters are displayed as if they are Bolded
through out UI & Help in XP
|
Windows XP
|