Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
    9.5.0.1037 Production Version Release Notes


09 October 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

Date

Driver Revision

Build Number

09 October 2009

9.5.0.1037 PV

1037

06 October 2009

9.5.0.1037 PC

1037

24 September 2009

9.5.0.1034 PC

1034

23 July 2009

9.5.0.1023 Beta

1023

11 June 2009

9.5.0.1016 Alpha

1016

01 May 2009

9.5.0.1008 Pre-Alpha

1008

Notes:  

1. 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 driver.

2. 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.

3. 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

Resolved Issues in 9.5.0.1037 Production Candidate

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

3005025

RST 9.5 install to Matrix RAID results in OS loss, OROM reports HDDs as Incompatible – platform specific (ICH8R, ICH8MR and ESB2)

Vista, Vista-64, Win7, Win7-64, Windows 2003, Windows 2003-64, Windows 2008, Windows 2008-64, Windows XP, Windows XP-64

3005049

RAID Option ROM loses disk info with specific hard disk drives

N/A

3005058

Peforming hot plug events while IO flood to RAID1/RAID1 matrix arrays with mirror drives missing sometimes results in a 0x9086 BSOD

Vista-32

3005064

System will hang up with Norton Internet Security Installed

Win7-64

3005072

0xD1 BSOD observed sporadically during extended hibernation (S4) testing

Windows XP

3005083

SCSI Compliance commands stall against RAID pass-through

Vista-32, Vista-64, Windows 2008, Windows 2008-64

3005084

RAID Option ROM does not recognize RAID volumes on auto-reboot following system crash

Vista, Vista-64, Win7, Win7-64, Windows 2003, Windows 2003-64, Windows 2008, Windows 2008-64, Windows XP, Windows XP-64

Resolved Issues in 9.5.0.1034 Production Candidate

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

3005042

Driver incorrectly setting RAID1 attribute in metadata for a RAID10 volume and an IRRT volume

Vista-64

 

3004556

Bad Block I/O timeout (and data miscompare) during VERFIY 24-25%

Win7

2723864

Data miscompare during bad block raid1 error injection test

Vista, Windows 2003, Windows 2008

3004713

Disk selection not shown when attempting to add disk to 2 RAID 5 volumes on the same array

Vista

3004780

When hot swapping HDD for ODD, the HDD is detected as a 'Removable Disk' and is not usable

Win7, Windows XP

3004809

Intel® RST drops and detects SATA ports after S3 resume

Vista, Vista-64, Win7, Win7-64

2688344

Removdrv.txt states that the mobile platform does not support RAID

Vista

3005049

OROM losing disk info with Hitachi Deskstar DLA

None

3004886

IRST driver needs to implement a "busy" state during device enumeration

Vista, Vista-64, Win7, Win7-64

3004889

WHQL: Storage Query Property testing failing during StorageAdapterProperty query (BLOCKING)

Vista, Vista-64, Win7, Win7-64, Windows 2008, Windows 2008-64

3004910

Intel® RST UI shows status of "Unknown" for continuous BrokenClone IRRT Volume

Win7

3004937

Spanned RAID1 Volume not setting all disks to incompatible in RAID OROM

N/A

3004939

Error Injection Causes Drive to Appear Failed, Appear Removed, or BSOD

Vista

3004952

0xC4 BSOD intermittently seen while running the test of System-Common Scenario Stress with IO overnight

Vista

 

3004956

SGPIO: System locks up while doing a rebuilding of a Raid 5 Volume

Vista-64

3004967

UI does not detect driver "busy" state

Vista, Win7, Windows XP

3004975

BSOD 0xC9 (0x224) during WLK 1.4 Common Scenario Stress when booting to 3rd party controller

Win7

3004497

WHQL: BSOD (StopCode 0x50) during Dynamic Partitioning Hot-Add CPU testing

Windows 2008-64

3004665

DLAE and ATAPI bits aren't set for the port connected with ODD.

Vista

3004771

Multiple hot-plugs of disks in same volume in between hardware scans causes 0x7E BSOD

Vista, Win7, Win7-64

3004897

RaidCfg32 does not allow creation of a volume to span internal and external ports when the BCFS bits are configured to support/allow it

Vista

3004812

RAID 1 creation with NTFS partition on one of the disks fails

Windows XP

3004654

0xD5 BSOD when hot unplugging E-SATA device

Win7, Win7-64

3004801

IRRT allows invalid config but then gives an error message when trying to create.

Windows XP

3004852

Managing a RAID 0 volume with available pass thru disks crashes the UI

Vista, Vista-64, Win7, Win7-64, Windows XP, Windows XP-64

3004611

ODD drive does not display Serial number in mouse over tool tip for some ODDs

Vista, Vista-64

3004668

UI displays an ‘add disk’ option when it should not be displayed.

Vista

3004688

Unknown error occurs when creating an IRRT vol using 1.5TB drives

Vista, Win7

3004715

UI allows attempt to change a RAID 1 volume to an IRST volume with another RAID volume present.

Vista

3004572

UI allows entering 5 invalid passwords for Locked drives when 3 is the Max.

Vista

3004695

BSOD 0x8086 occurred when open Roxio/ Creator Business DVD.

Win7

3004709

Manage Disk does not refresh usage if Swap master and recovery disks pressed and Manage Disk is checked immediately

Vista, Win7

3004716

UI should prevent disk actions on an array disk when the array is busy

Vista

3004735

Recovery volume that recovers its master to a new disk shows 3 disks in the volume the master, recovery, and a missing disk

Win7-64

2553818

ISDI returns success after failing to mark a disk as pass-thru after volume deletion

Vista

2688638

Intel(R)RST: NAI Informational Balloon Message is Erroneous for device addition and removal

Windows XP

2724309

BSOD 0x50 on XP32

Windows XP

3004419

With disc inserted, ATAPI device shows no memory usage or availability

Win7

3004492

UI graphic for a disk removed from a volume is a green circle with a white checkmark

Win7, Win7-64

3004534

UI graphic for a failed disk is a yellow bang with exclamation mark

Win7-64

3004550

Drive icons do not update dynamically when disk fails or is reset

Win7

3004474

WHQL: INF Test failure due to format of date captured in Driver Verifier

Vista, Vista-64, Win7, Win7-64, Windows 2003, Windows 2003-64, Windows 2008, Windows 2008-64, Windows XP, Windows XP-64

3004545

BSOD occurs when unlocking drives from the UI

Vista, Win7

3004562

Clicking Search button twice displays different information

Win7

3004573

Cannot unlock drives in the UI after entering Max invalid passwords and rebooting

Vista

3004575

UI displays "Update Mode: Continuous" incorrectly after hot unplugging Master disk from Intel® RRT

Vista-64,Win7,Windows XP

3004618

UI allows the user to set the master and recovery disk as the same disk

Vista, Vista-64

3004675

Moving internal drive to external drive on IbexPeak mobile causes UI failure

Vista-64

Resolved Issues in 9.5.0.1023 Beta

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

2552010

CSMI Smart IOCTL sent only to port 0 from middleware

WindowsXP

2662621

 

A bootable 6 disk RAID10 can be created using ‘Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive’

WindowsXP

2688583

Intel® RST User Interface Password Protected Status is Shown as Unknown

Vista, WindowsXP-64

2688650

 

User Interface system report does not show password protected Hardware Information

 

Vista, WindowsXP-64

2724483

Many Modal dialogs do not respond to Escape key to close dialog

WindowsXP

2724074

The Preference Screen in the UI does not warn of changes if UI is closed

WindowsXP

2724243

User Interface Tray Icon Shows Busy Icon When a Locked Volume is Present

Vista

2724264

User Interface is not showing lock icon on locked volume

Vista

2724334

Intel® RST UI does not prevent the user from attempting to create a spanned volume

Vista, Win7 & WindowsXP

2724368

Driver does not set the LPM.ASP bit correctly when SALP=0

WindowsXP

2724388

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology UI takes about one minute to open in Win 7

Win7-64

2724444

Unable to create a RAID 0 or 1 volume from existing disks in the UI when one is an SSD

Vista

2724474

User Interface does not allow user continue volume creation if disks are selected in descending order when attempting to create a RAID0 or 1

Win7

2724480

Help-the Customizing Notifications link in Notification Area content closes the entire App

Vista

2688357

SATA LPM Issue: Seagate HDD and PHY Calibration

Vista, WindowsXP

2688714

RAIDCPLY tool fails tests 6.1 and 6.3 even though the RAID OROM is loaded

DOS

2724029

S4 causing BSOD 9086 after removal of eSATA HDD

Vista, Win7-32&64

2724065

BSODs with S3/S4 and/or hot plug

Vista

2724083

Graphic is cut in the Help file Volume type page

Vista

2724110

Intel® RRT is unable to boot from recovery drive (when enabled in OROM) after mounting partner disk in UI

Vista, Win7

2724230

Set SGPIO LED defaults to off

Vista, Windows2003

2724232

Multiple Interrupts and missed hot plug insertion

Vista

2724239

SATA transfer mode for ATAPI device does not display in Mbyte/sec

Vista

2724312

No improvement seen on boot time with Braidwood

Vista

2724330

When disks are connected through Internal PM, info tip displays internal PM as internal

Vista, Win7 & WindowsXP

2724346

Volume Graphic Shows an Incorrect Capacity Representation for Various RAID Levels

Vista

3004337

User Interface should not allow Recovery Disk Creation from a Maximized-Mode cached volume

Vista, Win7

3004358

Driver AHCI bugcheck when booting on a non-PCH system

Vista, WindowsXP

2688484

Middleware doesn't check for error when converting between IRRT and RAID1

WindowsXP

2723544

Intel® MSM driver not updating previous task file register values

WindowsXP

2723555

User Interface does not warn user about exceeding 2TB limit when RAID Option ROM does not include that support

Vista

3004395

Add 2 TB limit/warning to create page

Vista-32&64, Win7-32&64, Windows 2003-32&64, Windows 2008-32&64, WindowsXP-32&64

2723816

User Interface error shown when attempting to unlock a disk

Vista, WindowsXP

2724014

ODD doesn't consistently get detected w/Warm Swap during S3 and platform fails to enter S3 anymore afterwards

WindowsXP

2724060

Recovery volume is not visible when Access Recovery Volume selected in Win7.

Win7

2724270

Save button for System Report is difficult to see

Vista-32&64, Win7-32&64, Windows 2003-32&64, Windows 2008-32&64, WindowsXP-32&64

3004401

User Interface Help Section is missing how to Synchronize Maximized disks/volumes using OROM UI


Vista

3004462

"adding a disk" link in "managing volumes" section in help file does not work properly

Win7

 

3004411

OROM does not support two digit major/minor version numbers (ie: 8.10, 10.0, etc)

N/A

3004425

Strip size drop down should not display for RAID1 in Create Configure Volume and Change Type dialog

Vista, Win7 & WindowsXP

3004428

OROM loses bad block log when initiating rebuild

Vista

3004473

IO timeout followed by a sync section IO can result in system hang

Vista

2724382

User Interface mishandles serial numbers that are longer than 15 characters

Win7-64

3004370

Hot plugging of multiple HDDs results in system lock up and return a 9086 BSOD

Win7

3004403

System Report shows "RAID" info when in "AHCI" mode

Vista

3004465

The "Accessing Disk Files" in Index section of help page contains the Link “Accessing Disk Files”

Win7

3004468

In the help window, the "Degraded Volumes" page has a link "Failed Volumes" which is a link back to "Degraded Volumes"

Win7

3004458

Removdrv.txt file needs to be updated with Ibexpeak controller names

Vista, Win7 & WindowsXP

3004490

User Interface Displays “None” Under “Password Protected:”

Win7

3004482

Help page contents is missing an "online support section" in left contents tree

Win7

2724318

C9 BSOD When trying to access files from an On Request Recovery volume

Win7-64

3004363

BSOD occurs when the head unload in HDD occurs while entering hibernation

WindowsXP, Vista-32&64

3004459

Delayed OROM log processing affects boot performance

Vista

3004499

System Hang / Crash (BSOD Stop Code 0x3B) during SCSI Compliance testing

Vista-32&64, Win7-32&64, Windows 2003-32&64, Windows 2008-32&64

3004503

User Interface allows R1 rebuild to a disk that is too small

Vista

3004571

0xD1 BSOD on system boot

Win7

 

Known Issues

Known Issues in 9.5.0.1037 PC

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

3004935

0xD1 BSOD observed at times when performing S4 extended cycling

Win7-64

3004995

Access violation seen at times when running WHQL Common Stress Scenario w/IO test overnight

Win7

3005020

ODD disappears when the media eject button is pressed

Win7

3005036

Running stress tests cause one hard drive to fail and cause RAID1 volume to degrade

Vista

2554217

IOMeter sequential writes on 6-disk R5 slow with WBC disabled

Vista,Vista-64,Win2000,Win7,Win7-64,Windows 2003,Windows 2003-64,Windows Media Center,Windows XP,Windows XP-64

2556715

Intel® Rapid Recover Technology: sync does not automatically re-start upon re-plugging the master disk into a system with a degraded recovery volume that was in the middle of syncing the data on the master and recovery drives while in manual sync mode

Vista-64

2556766

Modification of one volume fails during migration of a different volume

Vista,Vista-64,Windows 2003,Windows XP,Windows XP-64

2556799

Intel(R) Rapid Recover Technology: Fast sync log is corrupt if no data is written to the master drive of the IRRT volume

Vista-64

2557006

Marking mounted recovery disk as spare is allowed when it should not be

Windows XP

2688459

HDDPWD-BSOD 0xD5 After Disconnecting Unlocked PWD Drive During Rebuild

Vista-64

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

2688639

Splash Screen Not Shown When UI is Started For the First Time During a Login Session

Vista-64,Windows XP-64

2688691

Metadata is stored on target HDD when the UI blocks creation of IRRT volume

Vista

2724057

Creation of a RAID 1 volume from OS drive hangs then fails the source drive and on reboot if you mark the failed disk as normal the rebuild will complete and work as expected.

Vista,Win7

2724103

0x7B BSOD when attempting to boot from a RAID-boot volume with a locked drive

Vista,Vista-64,Win7,Win7-64,Windows XP

3004463

The AHCI register (PxSctrl) is being written without a read first.

Vista

3005048

Inf strings remains in English until going through Name translation process

Vista

2723619

Help file Index is not alphabetizing correctly in CHS, CHT

Vista- 32&64

2723625

JPN, KOR, CHS, CHT characters are displayed as if they are Bolded throughout UI & Help in XP

WindowsXP

2723856

ARA/HEB Help page Arrow icon is not following the correct layout

Vista

3004750

Event Viewer - Service started successfully txt is not localized on localized XP

Windows XP

 

 

 

3004690

OROM doesn't always destroy metadata

Vista,Vista-64,Win7,Win7-64,Windows XP,Windows XP-64

3004874

Two disk RAID 0 with one disk password protected and lock, shows as three disks in Disk Manager

Win7

3004898

BSOD when running raidcfg32 from batch file. Issue occurs after immediately deleting an IRRT volume after the volume creation completes

Vista

3004899

IRST displays incorrect error message when booted in Safe Mode

Win7,Win7-64

3004902

When True E-SATA drive is connected, erratic disk behavior is present in UI and disk manager

Windows XP,Windows XP-64

3004911

Automatically, Rebuild from Continuous Degraded Normal IRRT State when Master Disk attached begins

Win7

3004916

Master disk is incorrectly set as Smart error after rebuild if recovery disk has smart error

Win7

3004944

Manage Volume status does not update from Add Disk if more help is launched from Add Disk dialog

Windows XP

3004982

Master Disk Fails during RAID volume creation (R1/R5/IRRTC)

Vista,Vista-64,Windows XP,Windows XP-64

3004992

Drive Information of Hover windows is incomplete once Drive is a member of any Raid Volume

Vista,Vista-64

3004994

UI Does Not Display Correct String when Invalid Password Entered 5 Times Or More on Locked Drive

Win7

3005002

0x70860002 BSOD intermittently seen when performing multiple hot plug insertions/removals of drive while performing extended S3 cycling

Vista

3005026

0x9F BSOD intermittently when running extended S3 cycling and IO

Win7

3005033

0x7E BSOD observed sporadically when hot unplugging E-SATA drive multiple times

Win7

3005058

BSOD 0x9086 intermittently seen when hot plugging while IO flood to RAID1/RAID1 matrix arrays with mirror drives missing

Vista

2688162

DISABLE WRITE CACHE is sent to ATAPI device during hardware scan.

Vista,Vista-64

2688381

RAID F6 driver install twice issue

,Vista

2688481

Errors seen after volume data verification on expanded RAID volumes

Windows XP,Vista

2688495

Flush Cache is sent to ATAPI device when it shouldn't

Vista,Vista-64

2688509

Automatically DVD playing fail to start with showing Windows error Dialog.

Vista

2723901

SGPIO defaults not functioning as described in the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 8.5 PRD and OEM Technical Guide

Windows 2008

2723967

iaStor System event log, event id 9 seen under various scenarios

Windows XP

2724026

Event ID 9 "iaStor" error in the system log

Windows XP,Vista

2724125

Event ID 9 of iastor occurs during heavy IO on AHCI system.

Windows 2003

2724413

SATA ODD intermittently disappears from Intel Matrix Storage Console upon resuming from S3 on ICH9M

Vista

2724524

Hot plug removals of eSATA devices are sometimes not detected

Vista

3004378

9.5.0.1016 default for cache is disabled

Vista

2688533

0x7E BSOD occurs after hotplug event with disks from different IRRT volumes

Vista

2688639

Splash Screen Not Shown When UI is Started For the First Time During a Login Session

Vista-64,Windows XP-64

2688648

RAID10 fail to rebuild after recovery from a 2 disk failed state

Vista,Vista-64

2688756

Removdrv.txt Not Shown When Uninstalling Intel® RST

Vista,Vista-64,Windows XP,Windows XP-64

2723557

Full array expansion w/ new disk fails while doing IO

Vista,Vista-64,Windows XP-64

2723575

‘Intel’ Start menu folder not deleted after uninstall of Intel® RST

Vista,Vista-64,Windows XP,Windows XP-64

2723591

Driver doesn't delete partition after deleting volume during migration

Windows 2008

2723596

0x7E BSOD when hot plugging Intel(R) RRT member disk during volume update.

Vista

2723632

Installer displays incorrect string "Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller" when overwriting newer driver

Vista

2723634

System BSOD if middleware transfer buffer is smaller than requested driver parameter table.

Vista

2723557

Full array expansion w/ new disk fails while doing IO

Vista,Vista-64,Windows XP-64

2723869

>2TB single disk passthru support does not work properly

Vista-64

2723887

Disk goes into unknown state when expanding volume

Vista-64,Windows XP

2723982

Volume is Stuck in a Verifying and Repairing Loop While PATIN Runs Following Dirty Shutdown

Windows XP

2723990

System Hangs While Performing Volume Expansion

Windows XP,Windows XP-64

2724018

Restart after capacity expansion fails on 2TB testing

Win7

2724020

PCH Desktop System locks up during migration and expansion

Windows XP

2724072

PCH Desktop fails transition from MIGRATING TO NORMAL after RAID Expansion

Win7

2724082

After S3/S4 a Previously Unlocked Volume is Shown as Locked But is Exported to OS

Win7-64

2724182

Iastor needs to backpocket address spaces to use in low memory conditions

Vista,Vista-64,Win7,Win7-64

3004418

Flash memory module is randomly no longer seen by the Intel® RST OROM

Vista

3004477

WHQL: 0x50 BSOD upon reboot when Driver Verifier is enabled against iastor.sys

Windows XP

3004479

Platform BSOD 0x9086 while entering S3/S4 (SI-3726*)

Vista

3004484

System BSOD after Hot plugging a raid member drive with code of D1 (SI 3726*)

Win7-64

3004485

Performance on a 4-disk RAID 5 with one disk failed is poor

Vista

3004567

Driver sending ATA commands to devices which don’t support the commands

Vista