Intel SAS Hardware RAID Driver 6.712.13.00

Defects Fixed:

- SCGCQ01111726 Windows MR6.12Beta-eSDS1.1-Invader: -9% to -11% Perf Drops RW IO Sizes-4K-64K QD(128,256) ,12GSAS HDD,x16x40PD,EPD(WT_Mode)

- SCGCQ01166120: CSET: Windows iMR6.11 GCA Perf: IOPS and Throughput are not scaling up for 24D/40D 6G SATA/SAS HDD - (SCGCQ01151414)

- SCGCQ01164539: MR6.12 Beta Windows driver-Performance: Invader: Seen 20-25% drops with 12G SAS-HDD for 40 drive JBOD in 4K SR at all QD's.

- SCGCQ01134779: MR_6.12: Windows Driver not sending any Kill adapter to FW, when command struck in FW infinite time

- SCGCQ01152442: CSET: Windows MR driver - don't log critical events to System Event log when management app is already monitoring events - (SCGCQ01128806)

- SCGCQ01126148: Driver should forward SYNC_CACHE command to the FW if the canHandleSyncCache bit is set

- SCGCQ01095397: EXSDS: Kill adapter Seen when running IO's on JBOD with SPACES volumes and Cable breaker on one of the active path

- SCGCQ01095397: EXSDS: Kill adapter Seen when running IO's on JBOD with SPACES volumes and Cable breaker on one of the active path

- SCGCQ01077991: Windows Server 2016 Nanoserver validation for MR and IT -- MR 6.12/SAS3 Phase 13

- SCGCQ01100038): Allow Sync CACHE Command for Invader and Intruder controllers by MR Windows Driver

- SCGCQ01095425): MR6.12: BSOD (Driver_IRQ_NOT_LESS_THAN_EQUAL) megasas2.sys is seen when system wakes up from hibernation on Avalon 7

- SCGCQ01099510): CSET: Handle Liberator Cachecade SGEs for MR 6.11 Windows Driver - (SCGCQ01099489

- Respinning the Release order to fix Build Issues for low performance .

- SCGCQ01088341-Invader MR6.12-Beta: Perf-Windows 2012 R2: SATA-SSD(x8)–RAID5- RR- 512B,4K,8K,32K IO size,QD(64,256) – Drops (-13% to -15%)

- SCGCQ01088165-Windows MR6.12Beta-eSDS1.1-Invader: -20% to -32% Perf Drop SW/SR/RW/OLTP, IO Sizes-4K, QD(8-256),12G SAS SSD,x24&16PD,EPD

- SCGCQ01057383-CSET: Driver loses JBOD disk after OFU from 6.10 to 6.4 - (SCGCQ01056377)

- SCGCQ01057549): MR_6.12: In Device Manager MegaRAID card results to SDS card, after upgrading Win 10 X64 driver to latest megasas driver

- SCGCQ01058107): Set the coalesce capable bit irrespective of regionlock and raid level.

- SCGCQ01047784: CSET: A0Rework: FW6130 montask when set Pd offline for second LD(3 lds R1 total) - (SCGCQ01039100)

- SCGCQ01050145): CSET: Ventura MR: Pom Data corruption with MR_PD_INFO_GET Dcmd - (SCGCQ01006869)

- SCGCQ01046075: Add the registry entry of StorPort PowerSrbTimeout for Miniport driver for Server 2016.

- SCGCQ01044294: CSET: Correct the order for Synronize Shutdown State machine - (SCGCQ01044278)

- SCGCQ01038940: ESDS: FW crash with PL Fault 00005853 observed with cable breaker and IO in progress in multipath with supported RAID level

- SCGCQ01019522-Handle Sequence Mismatch in MR WINDOWS DRIVER using a timer

- SCGCQ01041237): Modify INF File for RAID mode for Windows 10 to have a common binary for both SDS and RAID mode

- SCGCQ01025992-Set Windows Registry Entry to NoClobber for MR WINDOWS DRIVER

- SCGCQ01034102- OEM: Add OEM PnP ID to 3108 ROMB MR release.

- SCGCQ01037085 - Set the EPDs Queue Depth to divisional algorithm instead of limiting it o 64

- SCGCQ01002558): Merge eSDS stream into MR 6.12 Mainline Windows Driver

- SCGCQ01002829: MR6.11_FW: OS does not come up after hibernation on iMR card

- SCGCQ01000732: Add PnP IDs for OEM

- SCGCQ00969194: Lenovo PR- Unaligned IOs: Observed Performance drops of 6% for 24 drive SATA JBOD and 9% for 8 drive R6

- SCGCQ00993568: Driver/ FW handshake on the need for coalescing depending on the workload

- SCGCQ00976733: CSET: MR 6.10 Beta Perf: 24% drop x24 RAID0 with 4k,8k IO for SW with SS 64K in Higher QD 24PD-12G 4K SAS SSD W2K12-R2. - (SCGCQ00966844)

- SCGCQ00954227): CSET: Win2k12 R2 OS getting corrupted after installing the 6.10-6.710.09.00-SCGCQ00944279 driver - (SCGCQ00952825

- SCGCQ00936554: MR_6.10: Region lock and length mismatch while running IO's on VD's with multipath push pull

- SCGCQ00952877: Sync the code with MR 6.11 code with the latest MR 6.10

- SCGCQ00952809: Change the Driver version from Octal/9 base to generic to build debug drivers for version 08/09

This download is valid for the product listed below:

- Intel RAID Controller RS2BL080

- Intel RAID Controller RS2BL040

- Intel RAID Controller RS2PI008

- Intel RAID Controller RS2WC080

- Intel RAID Controller RS2WC040

- Intel RAID Controller RS2PI008DE

- Intel RAID Controller RS2MB044

- Intel RAID Controller RS2WG160

- Intel RAID Controller RS2SG244

- Intel RAID Controller RT3WB080

- Intel RAID Controller RS2VB080

- Intel RAID Controller RS2VB040

- Intel RAID Controller RS25DB080

- Intel RAID Controller RS25NB008

- Intel RAID Controller RS25SB008

- Intel Integrated RAID Module RMS25PB080

- Intel Integrated RAID Module RMS25PB040

- Intel Integrated RAID Module RMT3PB080

- Intel Integrated RAID Module RMS25CB080

- Intel Integrated RAID Module RMS25CB040

- Intel Integrated RAID Module RMT3CB080

- Intel Server System R1304EP2SHCN

- Intel RAID Controller RS25AB080

- Intel RAID SSD Cache Controller RCS25ZB040

- Intel RAID SSD Cache Controller RCS25ZB040LX

- Intel RAID Controller RS3UC080

- Intel RAID Controller RS3WC080

- Intel RAID Controller RS3DC080

- Intel RAID Controller RS3DC040

- Intel RAID Controller RS3MC044

- Intel RAID Controller RS3SC008

- Intel Integrated RAID Module RMS3HC080

- Intel Integrated RAID Module RMS3CC080

- Intel Integrated RAID Module RMS3CC040

Installation Procedure:

1. Boot Windows.

2. Under Control Panel, select Administrative Tools -> Computer Management. Then Select Device Manger and identify the new add-in device. Double click the device, then select the Drier Page, click Update Driver to install the new driver.

3. Insert the driver diskette into the A: drive.

4. Click the 'Browse My computer for driver software' button.

5. Click the 'Browse' button to specify the driver disk location A:

6. Click the 'Next' button then system will search driver in the specified location and install the driver automatically.

7. Click the 'Close' button to complete the driver installation.

8. Repeat this process for all the controllers on your system.

About SAS (Serial-Attached SCSI):

Install the SAS software and your system will properly recognize the serial attached SCSI (SAS) protocol, as well as have the ability to make use of all available functions regarding this bus technology.

Once installation of this package is complete, computers will benefit from a wider range of features like error recovery, reservations, and block reclamation, but they will also be able to use functions such as tagged command queuing, and SCSI command sets, as well as several other options.

When it comes to applying this release, make sure you refer to the update guide provided by the manufacturer. As a general rule, the only steps you have to follow are: get the software, extract it if necessary, run the available setup, and follow the on-screen instructions for a complete installation.

Bear in mind that even though other OSes might be compatible, we recommend you to install this version only on specific platforms. Also, don’t forget to perform a system reboot to make sure all changes take effect properly.

That being said, download this SAS software, refer to the upgrade manual, and then apply it on your system. Visit us as often as possible and stay “updated one minute ago.”