Intel AHCI SATA Driver v9.6.0.1014 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 - IBM System x 3200 M3, x3250 M3

Download Description

• New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Change history

Severity: Suggested

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 9.6.0.1014 Production Version
Release Notes

17 March 2010

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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
 

17 March 2010 9.6.0.1014 Production Version 1014

Notes:  

• Microsoft* .NET Framework 3.0 or newer 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 or newer installed by default. Refer to the Microsoft* website for details.
• A Vista OS Installation using a Matrix RAID Array on a system with a 9.5 or newer OROM requires the user to F6 a 9.5 or newer driver.
• 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.
• 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.

Resolved Issues

• 3005593 0xC7 BSOD during extended S4 cycling Vista-64, Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 3005627 Dual RAID array configurations with Intel® RST causes slow system responsiveness or system lock Windows 7-64
• 3005606 OROM member disks of Rebuilding Recovery Volume are Incompatible Windows XP, Vista, Vista-64, Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 3004638 Degraded performance for RAID 1 w/ Intel RST 9.5 PV build Vista, Vista-64, Windows 7, Windows 7-64, Windows XP, Windows XP-64
• 3005408 9086 BSOD after hot plug of smart disk in raid 1 with spare Windows 7, Windows 7-64, Windows XP-64
• 3005586 Drive selection in BOOT>Hard Drive BBS Priorities only allows Legacy SCSI Card when all ports populated. Windows 7-64, Windows XP-64
• 3005608 Disk data cache disabled by default when part of a volume created through Intel® Rapid Storage Technology User Interface Vista, Windows 7
• 3004808 In boot page of BIOS setup utility, HDD will lost letters under RAID mode
• 3004820 Intel® RST User Interface allows spare HDD to be master HDD under recovery mode Vista
• 3004995 Access violation seen when running WHQL Common Stress Scenario w/IO test Windows 7
• 3005222 0xC9 BSOD encountered after hot plugging disk that was part of a RAID 5 volume before hot unplugging Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 3005252 Intel® RST User Interface displays incorrect error message when booted in Windows Safe Mode Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 3005290 Intel® RST User Interface displays in English when language setting is set to localized in Windows XP 64 bit, Windows XP-64
• 3005347 0x70860002 BSOD on legacy platform RAID configurations Vista, Vista-64, Windows 2003, Windows 2003-64, Windows 2008, Windows 2008-64, Windows XP, Windows XP-64
• 3005350 Intel® RST driver fails to install with F6 using certain HDDs Windows 7
• 3005358 0xD1 and 0x7E BSOD when hot unplugging certain eSATA devices Vista-64, Windows 7
• 3005363 0xCC BSOD encountered during DTM Common Scenario Stress Test Vista, Vista-64, Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 3005377 Drives disappear from the Intel® RST User Interface when a RAID volume is deleted. Windows 7-64
• 3005379 AHCI mode STORAGE_ADAPTER_DESCRIPTOR returns BusTypeATA (WLK1.5 BLOCKING)
• 3005389 Intel® RST User Interface displays incorrect UI for Chinese Hong Kong Vista
• 3005394 Interrupting a recovery disk update process via Intel® RST will cause the master and recovery to show as "incompatible" in the OROM
  Vista, Vista-64, Windows 7 Windows 7-64, Windows XP, Windows XP-64
• 3005402 Error occurs on particular SSDs during rebuilding or migrating RAID 1 Windows XP, Vista
• 3005412 0xA BSOD encountered during IO using PassMark* Vista, Windows 7
• 3005426 It takes a long time to boot into Windows XP when installed on a RAID 0 using 2*SSD Windows XP
• 3005294 eSATA HDD is not detected after the second hot attach Vista, Vista-64, Windows 7
• 3005360 0xD1 BSOD seen during extended S4/S3 power cycling Vista, Vista-64, Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 3005469 Readme.txt in Program Files\Intel\IRST does not append appropriate License Agreement text in Vista

Known Issues

• 2688478 Bogus un-initialization status after migrating RAID1 to RAID0 Vista, Windows XP
• 2688481 Errors seen after volume data verification on expanded RAID volumes Windows XP, Vista
• 2723901 SGPIO defaults not functioning correctly Windows 2008
• 2724026 Event ID 9 "iaStor" error in the system log Windows XP, Vista
• 2724212 "File not found" errors for Language Resource Version strings in Event Viewer Vista, Windows XP
• 3005141 Cannot rebuild to a new hard drive on RAID 5 Windows XP
• 3005428 Memory.dmp file is not being written with 9.5 based Intel® RST driver when Verifier is running Windows 2003
• 3005585 OS sporadically hangs with 0x7F BSOD during S4 cycling test Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 3005587 OS sporadically hangs with 0x7A BSOD during S4 cycling test Vista,Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 2221871 Intel® RST driver returns different data for reads to the same sector of an uninitialized, mirrored RAID volume Vista,Vista-64,Windows 7-64,Windows 2003,Windows 2003-64,Windows XP, Windows XP-64
• 2554217 IOMeter* sequential writes on 6-disk R5 slow with WBC disabled Vista,Vista-64,Windows 2000,Windows 7, Windows 7-64,Windows 2003,Windows 2003-64,Windows Media Center,Windows XP,Windows XP-64
• 2556766 Modification of one volume fails during migration of a different volume Vista,Vista-64,Windows 2003,Windows XP,Windows XP-64
• 2688213 Driver returns truncated device firmware version Vista
• 2688463 HDDPWD-After Entering BIOS Password for Locked Disk During Resume from S4 Disk/Volume is still Locked Windows XP-64
• 2688466 HDDPWD-After Disconnecting Locked Disk From Redundant RAID Volume the Volume is Shown as Degraded But is Not Exported to OS Windows XP-64
• 2688483 Driver proceeds with volume creation if disk is missing Windows XP
• 2688691 Metadata is stored on target HDD when the UI blocks creation of recovery volume Vista
• 2723742 Driver doesn't properly disable LPM when device that doesn't support LPM is connected Other, Windows 2008
• 2723749 Hot-plug eSATA/ODD results in OS and external ports to disappear from UI in AHCI mode Vista, Windows XP
• 2723771 After deletion of RAID 1 the second disk appears as offline Windows 7
• 2723869 >2TB single disk passthru support does not work properly Vista-64
• 2724036 Failure to Sync Following Togglemount Command Windows 7-64
• 2724057 Creation of a RAID 1 volume from OS drive hangs then fails the source drive Vista,Windows 7
• 2724082 HDDPWD-After S3/S4 a previously unlocked volume is shown as locked but is exported to OS Windows 7-64
• 2724223 Register definition doesn't match AHCI spec Vista
• 3004454 The Serial Number information of CD/DVD Drives is being reported incorrectly from the physical sticker Vista,Vista-64
• 3004567 Driver sending ATA commands to devices which don’t support the commands Vista
• 3004736 No "busy" feedback provided to end-user in UI during synchronous calls to service Windows XP-64
• 3004737 Modal dialogs violating Windows* UI guidelines (not emulating modal dialog behavior) Windows XP-64
• 3004738 Lack of button pressed state (for compliancy with Windows* standards) Windows XP-64
• 3004750 Event Viewer - Service started successfully txt is not localized on localized XP Windows XP
• 3004763 Windows Error Recovery screen on reboot –NoVE Windows 7
• 3004911 Intel® RST driver automatically starts Rebuild from Continuous Degraded Normal State when Master Disk attached Windows 7
• 3004916 Intel® RST driver incorrectly sets master disk as Smart error after rebuild if recovery disk has smart error Windows 7
• 3004944 Manage Volume status does not update from Add Disk if more help is launched from Add Disk dialog Windows XP
• 3004972 3-drive RAID 0 Volume status is “Unknown”during Automatic rebuild to spare drive after SMART event Windows 7-64
• 3005121 Volume status "unknown" after recovering data from a degraded recovery volume Windows XP-64
• 3005199 Report.txt need to have both English and localized text when installed on Localized OS. Vista
• 3005247 No details under 'manage' when drive is warned Vista-64
• 3005263 Change RAID0 type to RAID5 type fails in UI Windows 7
• 3005390 Hot unplug/plug true ESATA while System disk is migrating into RAID 1 causes UI migration data % to = 0 Windows 7
• 3005391 During RAID 0 migration, hot plug/unplug of pass-thru disk causes RAID "Type" under UI to change to RAID 1 Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 3005407 RAID 1 smart event does not rebuild to spare but tray icon reports migration Windows 7, Windows 7-64,Windows XP-64
• 3005410 System hangs during Toggle mount on a recovery Volume Vista,Vista-64,Windows XP
• 3005411 IMSM 8.9 32-bit shell.exe allows user to setup RAID (1+0)x6 arrays Vista,Vista-64,Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 3005419 'Intel® RST service cannot be started in safe mode' dialog is not RTL-enabled (ARA + HEB only) Vista
• 3005435 UI displays incorrect colors for High Contrast themes offered by OS Vista,Vista-64,Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 3005453 Lack of button pressed state (for compliancy with Windows* standards) Windows XP-64
• 3005455 Help file Index is not alphabetizing correctly in CHS, CHT Vista,Vista-64
• 3005464 Driver sending ATA commands to devices which don’t support the commands Vista
• 3005468 Sporadic system lock on eSATA hot-unplug and hot-plug Windows 7
• 3005477 Event Viewer - Service started successfully txt is not localized on localized XP Windows XP
• 3005487 Driver automatically starts Rebuild from Continuous Degraded Normal State when Master Disk attached Windows 7
• 3005490 Driver incorrectly sets master disk as Smart error after rebuild if recovery disk has smart error Windows 7
• 3005492 Manage Volume status does not update from Add Disk if more help is launched from Add Disk dialog Windows XP
• 3005553 RAID 1 smart event does not rebuild to spare but tray icon reports migration Windows 7, Windows 7-64,Windows XP-64
• 3005568 OROM User Interface showing empty drive (no model number, serial number) Vista
• 3005573 Tools tip go back and forward between Localized and English in Windows XP, Windows XP
• 3005599 Scroll bars displaying incorrect behavior under ‘Create’tab Vista,Vista-64,Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 3005610 SGPIO: Activate LED not working properly after a RAID 10 rebuild. Windows 2003,Windows 2008,Windows 2008-64
• 3005617 Deleting a RAID 10 while migrating leaves raw partitions on multiple drives Windows 7
• 3005618 Extra character after "Intel" in the System Manufacturer section Windows 2008
• 3005620 Clicking on system report page causes it to scroll to the bottom Windows 2008
• 3005621 The USB transfer rate is dropped down when querying for a SMART event on a drive Windows 7, Windows 7-64
• 3005628 0xD5 BSOD sporadically observed during extended S4 cycles Windows 7-64
• 3005630 The Readme file has the wrong description of the -NOSERVICE and the -NOIRSTGUI command line switches Vista
• 3005652 Help - Content is missing for SATA transfer mode 6 Gb/s (Gen 3) Vista,Windows 7,Windows XP
• 3005664 Localized OS shows Help top menu items in ENU on History/Backlog list Windows 7
• 3005666 :0 or colon + zero is appended to serial number of drive in recovery volume Vista,Vista-64,Windows XP
• 2723625 JPN, KOR, CHS, CHT characters are displayed as if they are Bolded throughout UI & Help in XP Windows XP
• 3005503 ARA/HEB_error dialogs on Online Support in Help not RtL enabled Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
  2723856 ARA/HEB Help page Arrow icon is not following the correct layout Vista
  2723619 Help file Index is not alphabetizing correctly in CHS, CHT Vista, Vista-64