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Supported RAID Controllers
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This download supports Intel(R) RAID controllers using SAS software stack (RS2WC080, and RS2WC040), please verify that this utility has been tested with the RAID card you have chosen to use by checking the drivers web page for your controller at http://support.intel.com.

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Package Information
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Flash package = 20.5.1-0003
Firmware Version = 2.70.04-0862

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Attention!
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Intel recommends to loading Factory Default setting after the firmware upgrade which will not affect data on any existing array. To do so:
1. Reboot the system and login to the RAID BIOS Console. 
2. Select the controller and select 'Adapter Properties'->'Next'
3. Set the 'Set Factory Defaults' setting to 'Yes' and submit the change.
4. Reboot the system (the default settings are applied).
5. Re-configure to the desired settings in RAID Web Console2.

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Known Restrictions
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1) This download does NOT support EFI v1.1 environment. Please use the EFI shell command "ver", which will display the EFI version, to identify the EFI version.
2) When 2 or more VDs are created, VD cache settings must be the same.

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Contents on the package
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The following files are included in this zip:

Name:									Description:
IR3_2008SASHWR_Firmware-v2.70.04-0862_readme.txt	This file
Web License.rtf							License Agreement
2008_862.rom 							Firmware binary
update.bat								DOS firmware update batch file
update.nsh								UEFI firmware update batch file
CmdTool2\DOS\*							DOS update utility and support files 
CmdTool2\UEFI\*							UEFI update utility and support files
CmdTool2\Linux\*							Linux update utility and support files
CmdTool2\Windows\*						Windows update utility and support files
CmdTool2\Solaris\*						Solaris update utility and support files
License_v2.pdf							License Agreement
COPYING.NEWLIB.txt						License Agreement


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Installation instructions:
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UEFI (EFI 2.0) instructions for updating RAID Firmware:
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   1. Download and extract all files to a local drive.
   2. Boot the target system to EFI shell. 
   3. Change directory to the local drive and directory containing the flash update files and the firmware image file.
   4. Type "update.nsh" or "efi\cmdtool2 -adpfwflash -f 2008_862.rom -noverchk -aall"
   5. Wait for the flash to complete. Do NOT reboot the system during the update.

Windows and Linux instructions for updating RAID Firmware:
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The firmware update may be run from Within Windows or Linux using the appropriate versions of CmdTool2.
  In Windows, unzip the utility into the same directory as the rom file by typing 
      "cmdtool2 -adpfwflash -f 2008_862.rom -aall". 
  The Linux CmdTool2 by running the rpm and then calling the utility from /opt/MegaRAID/CmdTool2 as 
      "./CmdTool2 -AdpFwFlash -f 2008_862.rom -aall"

DOS instructions for updating RAID Firmware:
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   1. Download and extract all files to a local drive.
   2. Boot the target system to DOS. 
   3. Change directory to the local drive and directory containing the flash update files and the firmware image file.
   4. Type "update.bat" or "dos\cmdtool2 -adpfwflash -f 2008_862.rom -aall"
   5. Wait for the flash to complete. Do NOT reboot the system during the update.

You can also use RAID Web Console 2 to update the RAID firmware. For more detail, please refer to the Intel(r) RAID Software User's Guide.

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Fixes/Updates 
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v2.70.04-0862
1) Fixed Fw error during R50 9per per span rebuild. 
2) Fixed >2TB : DATA TLB ERROR Exception is hit while creation of VD. 
3) Fixed Change nvdata version stretagy to reflect corresponding train 
4) Fixed Dummy defect to checkin the Liberator B4/ Falcon B2 downgrade scenarios 
5) Fixed PL5 SAS_DISC_DS_MAX_ENCLOSURES_EXCEED 
6) Fixed DC is hit on VIEWs after OCR during rebuild. 
7) Fixed DI Issue : LDBBM entries are lost after REBOOT/OCR 
8) Fixed 6919982 Activity LEDs are backwards 
9) Fixed "DDF_ConfigReadPd" Error is shown in FW print on creating config OR during boot. 
10) Fixed FW hit mon task after connect cable to enclosure. 
11) Fixed Dummy defect to check in ieee changes 
12) Fixed No OCR after controller halt for OEM specific Sentinel change 
13) Fixed >2TB iMR: PR fails to detect medium errors 
14) Fixed >2TB : PR fails to find any medium errors on all RAID levels. 
15) Fixed Pl merge 05.00.07.00 
16) Fixed Sentinel Testing:Copy pattern to R0, reboot and doing CC will result in MegaMon 
17) Fixed All applications hangs when pdlist command is executed with 2TB SATA Drives. 
18) Fixed DATA TLB ERROR Exception is hit while creation of VD on SATA PDs 
19) Fixed Rebuild does not progress on a 2.2TB drive(restarts once it reaches 2%) 
20) Fixed DI Issue : FW fails to populate valid LDBBM entries. 
21) Fixed Sentinel testing: fw broke into MegaMon when test file is read (R0 and R1) 
22) Fixed Sentinel file gets corrupted on VDs with non default stripe size 
23) Fixed Dummy defect to check in B2 downgrade scenario changes for Falcon 
24) Fixed Sentinel testing: Megamon hit at reboot after copying pattern to R0,R1,R5,R6(4 drive) 
25) Fixed fw hits megamon on PD command timeout 
26) Fixed iMR Drake Controller doesn't auto rebuild drives on McCave Backplane 
27) Fixed DF365856 >2TB SATA drives are reported as only having 2TB capacity 
28) Fixed FW went to mon_tsk() when running heavy IO's + Rebuilding 
29) Fixed IO fail when running on 16 VDs. 
30) Fixed iMR PL5 FW removes pds when failing redundant path 
31) Fixed OEM changes for Sentinel 
32) Fixed (RW LSIP200062530) Dummy defect to checkin the Liberator B4/ Falcon B2 downgrade scenarios 
33) Fixed FW crashed when you Pull/Push SATA and SSD Drive with SAS Drive Present. 
34) Fixed FW breaks to MonTask: line 2771 in file ../../dm/mpt2/mptcmd. 
35) Fixed VD goes offline with command timeout on PDs in MP 
36) Fixed FW breaks into MegaMon during boot if unconfigured SATA drives are present in a Shea enclosure 
37) Fixed >2TB : DC is hit on R1/R5 VDs 
38) Fixed > 2TB : Drive comes up as foreign even when there is no config. 
39) Fixed DI Issue : CC/rebuild fails to detect the medium error. 
40) Fixed Support for snapshot is missing in Special handling of Pattern.  
41) Fixed Sentinel testing: Drive drop during cc after rebuild, and also during reconstruction 
42) Fixed >2TB: iMR Drive comes up as foreign after clearing config and reboot 
43) Fixed An un-configured PD comes up as configured after reboot. 
44) Fixed Sentinel file (read) causes specific drive model to fail 
45) Fixed >2TB-iMR-hotplug enclosure,debugger hit montask line 199 
46) Fixed CC fails to detect Media errors for above 2TB VD size 
47) Fixed >2TB : DI Issue : LDBBM entries are lost after REBOOT/OCR 
48) Fixed >2TB : DC is hit on PRL 11 using >2TB drives ST33000650NS 
49) Fixed Cascaded enclosures go missing when reconnecting enclosures to import foreign config.

v2.60.04-0829
1) Fixed Fix DATA TLB exception while updating DDF
2) Fixed Check in PL 2.20 which has permenant fix for alignement exception

v2.40.04-0787
1) Fixed Patrol Read wrongly detects medium error after full initialization.
2) Fixed Update MFC defaults in NVDATA
3) Fixed Change NVDATA to Enable exposeEnclosureDevices
4) Fixed change the slot mapping starting offset
5) Fixed Controller Properties Incorrectly Validated
6) Fixed HDD power save option is enabled by default for particular OEMs, and attempting to disable feature will not work

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