Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 12.6.0.1033 Production Version Release Notes


2 May 2013

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Supported Operating Systems

    Microsoft Windows 7*

    Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Edition*

    Microsoft Windows 8*
   Microsoft Windows 8 x64 Edition*

 

   Microsoft Windows Server 2008*
   Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition*
   Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64*  

 

Revision History

Date

Driver Revision

Build Number

2 May 2013

12.6.0.1033 Production Version

1033

17 April 2013

12.6.0.1028 Production Candidate

1028

20 February 2013

12.6.0.1002 Alpha

1002

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.    The RST driver and user interface version for this release is 12.6.0.1033 and the RST PreOS components are version 12.6.0.1867.

3.    Microsoft* .NET Framework 4.5 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 4.5 installed by default.  Refer to the Microsoft* website for details.

*Contact your Intel® Rapid Storage Technology representative with any questions.*

 

 

 

Resolved Issues

Resolved Issues in 12.6.0.1033 Production Version

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

4628170

System hangs during shutdown for approx. 10 minutes, then eventually shuts down

Windows Server 8 - 64,Windows 2008-64

4628002

Multiple BSODs occurs with SRT enabled when running stress tests S3,S4 and Restart test

Windows Server 8 - 64

4627924

Western Digital HDD model reporting wrong in Win 8

Windows 8

4161467

iaStorF using invalid buffer for ATA_PASS_THRU PIO DATA OUT commands

Windows 7

4629102

Hybrid hints is disabled when entering and exiting Hibernate or doing a shutdown on win8 and then re-enabled on restart

Windows 8 - 64

Resolved Issues in 12.6.0.1028 Production Candidate

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

4628850

Not allocating enough space for ACPI UEFI tables causes invalid memory access

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64,Win7,Win7-64

4628476

Trim on RAID 0 failure - LBAs of deleted files are not all zero

Other

4628800

Cannot detect movie DVD (Panasonic UJ8C2 ZPODD)

Windows 8 - 64

4628896

AEN does not respond to ATAPI hot plug events with the proper event bits set

Win7,Win7-64,Windows 8, Windows Server 8,Windows Server 8 - 64

4628800

AEN does not respond to ATAPI hot plug events with the proper event bits set

Win7,Win7-64,Windows 8, Windows Server 8,Windows Server 8 - 64

4628866

System hangs while running Disk Verification on SRT system

Windows 8 - 64

4628657

SDL security code checks - Add in "extra" IOCTL security checks

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4628760

Update mode status cannot change immediately after click change mode button with recovery RAID mode

Windows 8 - 64,Windows 8,Win7-64,Win7

4628907

HIPM/DIPM reported by WD as not enabled for SSHDs

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4628677

 Abnormally Long S4 Entry Time with RST Driver and RTD3 Enabled.

Windows 8

4628689

RTD3 - missing logic for disk when going down to S3/S4/Shutdown when BIOS does not put port OFFLINE

Windows 8 - 64

4627924

Western Digital HDD model reporting wrong in Win 8

Windows 8

4628761

WHQL Sleep & PNP issue will induce a BSOD

Windows 8 - 64

4628598

OROM UI incorrectly exposes option to remove acceleration from an accelerated locked volume

N/A

4628676

OROM: Create operation fails repeatedly if we ESC out of the 'Select Disks' submenu

N/A

4628544

"IAStorUI has stopped working" message appears when creating RRT volume with specific M-Sata SSDs

Win7

4628680

rstcli64 -I fails as soon as there is a ODD drive not reporting serial no. present in the system

Windows 8 - 64,Win7-64

4160150

Registry key name incorrectly displayed with RST driver installed vs. MS inbox driver

Windows 8 - 64,Win7-64

4628679

UI: Help Icons on Performance Page for Link Power Management not Working

Windows 8 - 64

4628191

Unknown error displays enabling cache

Windows 8 - 64,Windows 8,Win7,Win7-64

4628739

WHQL: Optical Media Burning test failure during write scenario

Win7,Win7-64,Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64,Windows Server 8 - 64

4628641

Dynamic Storage Accelerator Enable help button leads to Introduction help topic

Windows 8 - 64

4628726

No standby immediate command is sent upon going into S4

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4628643

SRT performs as HDD when cache is filled before running Vantage.

Windows 8 - 64

4628671

 

UI shows all disks of any type with "Clear Metadata" link once you click each disk in the UI.

Windows 8 - 64

628504

UI: 'More Help on this page' actionable link takes you to wrong help page

Windows 8 - 64

4161446

UI exposes option to increase size and disable/enable flushing after CLI deletes unassociated cache

Windows 8 - 64

4161476

UI: unable to select the advance in "Manage" of RAID 1 using keyboard

Windows 8 - 64

4628442

Storage system accelerate status details string mismatch

Windows 8 - 64

4628578

UI keeps crashing when ODD is attached and waking up from sleep states

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

4627886

BSOD during hybrid sleep cycle with SRT enabled + SD Media card

Windows 8 - 64

4628524

WHQL: Optical Media Burning test failure during write scenario

Win7,Win7-64,Windows 8,

Windows 8 - 64,Windows Server 8 - 64

4627907

ZPODD: ZPODD does not recognize a media inside

Windows 8 - 64

4627886

BSOD during hybrid sleep cycle with SRT enabled + SD Media card

Windows 8 – 64

4628511

UI disallows acceleration when prospective cache SSD is uninitialized in Disk Manager

Windows 8 – 64

4628338

Attaching SSHD while system is in hibernation induces DPC Watchdog violation BSOD upon resume

Windows 8 – 64

4161045

System Black Screen happened during extended S4 cycling

Windows 8 - 64

4161128

UI incorrectly allows acceleration to be enabled with dynamic GPT SSDs and induces unknown errors

Windows 8 - 64

4628330

UI shows defunct help icons in both status and performance page for SSHD when it is hot-inserted

Windows 8 - 64

4159041

RST UI does not display the correct port number while hot plugging or port swapping the ports during S3

Win7,Windows 8 - 64

4628174

ZPODD device takes >10s to open when ejecting from PowerDVD or WinDVD.

Windows 8 - 64

4628302

UI exposes option to change mode on failed RRT volume. Exercising it induces unknown error

Windows 8 - 64

4628398

No Dynamic Storage Accelerator option in UI

Windows 8 - 64

4628309

Actionable link "more help" on acceleration page takes you to Introduction page that does not mention accelerating drives

Windows 8 - 64

4161128

UI incorrectly allows acceleration to be enabled with dynamic GPT SSDs and induces unknown errors

Windows 8 - 64

4628018

BSOD 0x7E occurs when Liteon LCS-256M6S SSD is used in SRT configuration

Windows 8 - 64,Win7-64

4628343

Enabling SRT in max mode on Win7 causes the system to default to enhanced mode anyway

Win7

4628123

BSOD occurred when the recovery disk with password protected is plugged-in in RRT mode

Win7,Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4628214

BSOD at S3/resume with Intel Cherryville SSD

Windows 8 - 64

4628358

No tray icon to notify user the system booted to recovery drive

Windows 8 - 64

 

 

 

Known Issues

Known Issues in 12.6.0.1033 Production Version

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

4629075

Driver: ODD is not present in Devices and Printers

Windows 8 - 64

4628333

Critical Process Died BSOD occurs with SRT Mode change and restart cycles

Windows 8 - 64

4628748

9F BSOD seen intermittently with s3

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

4627759

ATAPI Pass-through path only handles Packet Identify Device

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4628670

Ability to change write-cache buffer flushing policy is broken after changing volume name

Windows 8 - 64

4628030

After configuring SRT and conducting Dirty Shutdowns error: Unable to find System Disk

Windows 8

4628199

BSOD 0x0A during PnP surprise removal

Windows 8 - 64

4160213

Bad Block Tests Fail With Volumes Going Degraded During the Verify and Repair Operation

Win7

4161486

SSD not detected after S3 state intermittently

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4628809

Constant events being sent after RRT creation

Win7-64

4159427

Deleting a non-OS matrix volume while it is migrating marks added disks as unknown

Win7-64

4628517

Disks not seen after hot plug insert

Other

4160627

Driver: Driver Verifier Violation BSOD encountered during SGPIO tests on CPT-S

Windows 8 - 64

4628832

External: Soft hang encountered in Connected Standby after running SATA traffic

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4161003

Failing R0 volume amidst an i/o onto it while system is in S3 causes system to hang/crash upon resume

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

4627952

HDD PW: A failed volume which is then locked and unlocked via S4 becomes normal

Windows 8 - 64

4160202

Hot-removing Sandforce SSD BEFORE the accelerate command finishes induces system hang and BSOD

Win7-64

4628488

RST UI Displays 0GB drives after idle

Other

4628922

Locked Disks not Shown as Locked in the UI

Windows 8 - 64

4161019

RRT PM S4 command issued but does not recover

Windows 8 - 64

4161119

RRT failed master disk goes offline when setting disks to normal

Win7,Win7-64,Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4628443

RST Driver - CDBFUZZ test stuck in loop while running Inquiry command on ODD using WinBlue

Other

4628666

RSTCLI allows RAID volume comprised of SSDs to be accelerated

Windows 8 - 64

4628613

RSTCLI incorrectly reports ANY partitioned SSD as system-partitioned SSD in its error report

Windows 8 - 64

4159308

Re-entering S4 causes the system to hang at PC 04 and then induces a BSOD 9F

Win7-64

4628819

Readme indicates version12.5 on RST12.6 builds

Win7,Win7-64,Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4160306

SRT Driver Fails "No Spin" TIME IOCTL request on FIRST S0 following S3 with PUIS enabled

Win7,Win7-64,Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

4160186

SRT volumes do not report disk RPM = 1, breaks Win8 Connected Standby

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64,Windows Server 8,Windows Server 8 - 64

3236644

SRT: Driver fails to enumerate an accelerated disk or volume during an F6 install if a system disk is already attached to the system

Win7-64

4628810

SSHD: Kernel_Data_Inpage_Error BSOD

Windows 8 - 64

4161172

UI Accessibility: Refresh issues when changing theme and arrow keys not functional in Help window

Windows 8

4628357

UI Unknown error enabling Volume write-back cache

Windows 8

4628664

UI allows locked spare disk to be reset to available after S4 resumption; exercising the option induces errors

Windows 8 - 64

4628509

UI displays defunct help icons in perf and status page after we disable accel on a hybrid hard drive.

Windows 8 - 64

4160745

UI erroneously exposes option to increase size of a >2TB volume if is created via the OROM

Win7-64

4161358

UI hangs and throws unknown error if we attempt to update data on an OnREQ RRT vol of SSDs

Windows 8 - 64

4160949

UI reports Unknown status and incorrect sync mode after hot-removing the recovery disk of an IRRTm while the sync is initializing.

Win7-64

4160829

UI shows "Mark as normal" link while a volume is rebuilding

Win7

4159843

UI shows incorrect transition status if we perform an unclean shutdown/restart during cache transition

Win7-64

4628838

UI will sporadically fail to refresh itself to render Enable acceleration and Refresh button clickable

Windows 8 - 64

4628893

UI: Neg Test shows Accelerating and Caching Info on Help Page

Windows 8,Windows 8 - 64

3237042

WHQL: 0xCE BSOD during DP CPU Hot Add simulation on Server 2008 R2

Windows 2008-64

4160928

WHQL: RST not compliant with Device.DevFund.Memory.DriverFootprint requirements for x86

Windows 8

4628604

When removing ZPODD from system while it is in Awake or Sleep state, the drive remains in Windows Explorer

Windows 8 - 64

4628161

ZPODD power off timer does not reset upon receipt of CSMI I/O

Win7,Windows 8

4628658

ZPODD: Windows Explorer shows media in drive when drive tray is opened

Windows 8 - 64

4627784

creating new simple volume on a PT disk converts it to a system disk

Windows 8 - 64

4627802

Dynamic Storage Accelerator: Setting system performance mode to "HighPerformance" does not cause gear to change to gear 3

Windows 8 - 64