Intel Matrix Storage Manager
Production Version 7.6.0.1011
Release Notes

July 24, 2007

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Supported Operating Systems

    Microsoft Windows Vista*
    Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition*
    Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition*
    Microsoft Windows XP Professional*
    Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition*
    Microsoft Windows Server 2003* ++
    Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition*
 

++ Not available on mobile platforms

Revision History

Date

Driver Revision

Build Number

July 24, 2007

Production Version 7.6.0.1011

1011

May 17, 2007

Beta 7.6.0.1006

1006

Notes:  

Port Multiplier Update:

Support for port multipliers is not provided in Intel Matrix Storage Manager 7.6.

OROM Update:

Below are the list of OROM skus for ICH9R/DO controller

1)       RAID 0/1/5/10 + 256 TB:  This SKU supports Base RAID capability and support for data volumes greater than 2 TB.

Note: for Intel Rapid Recovery Technology (IRRT) OROM, please refer to the IMSM 7.5.0.1017 PV kit (10963).   

Enabling LPM on ICH9R: For systems having Intel ICH9R controller hub, Link Power Management (LPM) is supported, but not enabled by default. To enable the LPM on ICH9R systems, please refer the instructions in Section 13 of the OEM technical guide for this posting (7.6.0.1011).

Known Issues

Known Issues in Production Version 7.6.0.1011

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

2449920

UI informs that >2TB will be seen as Incompatible by OROM on >2TB SKU

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2482453

No bootable disk is found if put SUT into S4 while it is migrating  in RAID10 mode

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2445727

2TB question dialog shown on wrong place or shown as an error message.

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2451533

Raidcfg32 creates a 3 disk RAID10 and doesn't include the 4th disk which has the boot drive

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2482219

 

S4 hangs on resume with eSATA device removed after hibernate

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2325020

Chinese (Hong Kong): Installer (IIF) UI failed to load Chinese Traditional characters on Chinese - Hong Kong Vista and XP.

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2325021

Chinese (Hong Kong): Console UI failed to load Chinese Traditional characters on Chinese - Hong Kong Vista and XP.

Windows XP/Windows Vista

1946253

2052877

2332632

(Arabic :) The Firmware number of the HDD on the left pane is corrupted in the UI;

Rendering of percentage numbers in variables inconsistent between dialogs;

The word finish is miss matched between UI and the finish Button.

All OSs

2328186

Recovery volume does not get converted to RAID 1 volume in IMSM UI on ICH9R

Windows XP/Windows Vista

1967402

RTL: form caption of About dialog is not RTL reading order

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2140100

When rebuilding RAID1 volume, progress status title and completion message display "Updating Volume"

All OSs

2158365

Intel Matrix Storage console application crashes when enter more than 16 localized character on recovery volume name

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2197551

UI returns non descriptive error when deleting recovery volume with mounted disk

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2199152

Recovery volumes that auto-recover after being failed during a rebuild don't auto-continue the rebuild. Will have to go and manually rebuild.

All OSs

2079363

Resetting any drive of a RAID 1 boot volume makes both drives appear as system drives and may hang the system. This is an expected behavior and not a defect.

All OSs

2256215

Create Recovery volume lets user to select the same drive both for master and for recovery in IMSM console

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2436919

Greater than 2 TB volume information dialog prompts when creating a volume size not greater than two terabytes

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2326475

Convert to Recovery volume error message and Access Recovery Files information message in English in localized version of matrix storage

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2435738

KOR removdrv.txt has incorrect FNS information

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2211306

Create Recovery Volume Progress screen does not come up when process starts.

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2254072

Fails to handle error when master drive bigger than recovery drive on ICH9R

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2327523

Matrix Storage Console UI Basic Mode does not display bitmap and wrap text causing text cut when window size is small

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2330169

CHS: Next button corrupted on Welcome screen of Create Recovery Volume Wizard, Convert Recovery Volume to RAID 1 Wizard, and Modify Recovery Volume Wizard.

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2332390

JPN: inconsistent font style and font size in Create Recovery Volume dialog

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2223744

Need to localize string "offline Member" for all languages

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2198287

HUN_Cut text occurred on the sys tray icon message for Recovery volume(Master) Offline

Windows XP/Windows Vista

 

Resolved issues

Issues Resolved in Production Version 7.6.0.1011

Reference No: 

Description

Components

 Affected OS's

2443663

System will stall with heavy I/O with a 50% chance it may not recover resulting in data integrity loss. Issue is more prevalent when doing I/Os to drives attached to Port Multipliers.

Driver

Windows XP/Windows Vista

2326588

Host initiated power management settings change after STANDBY immediate command

Driver

Windows Vista

2438129

RaidCply does not support ICH9R (A0,A1, or A2) nor ICH9MR

RaidComply

DOS 6.22

2440501

RaidCply.txt incorrectly documents section 6

RaidComply

DOS 6.22

2442037

Raidcfg displays the Wrong Error Messages when doing Negative R1 and NOR5 testing

RaidCfg

DOS 6.22

2442121

Raidcfg does not permit to eliminate second RAID volume

RaidCfg

Windows Vista/XP

2442343

System gets intermittent bluescreen "0x86" when running S4 resume

Driver

Windows Vista

2446768

When verifying a RAID Volume the IMSM utility shows 65535 errors found

UI

Windows Vista

2447047

IMSM UI allows eSATA HDD to be part of RAID1 rebuild

UI

Windows Vista

2449514

Bluescreen when doing a hot plug on eSATA

Driver

Windows Vista

2450714

Bug Check (0xD1) when resuming from S4 after pulling eSATA

Driver

Windows XP

2450743

Intermittent loss of Port-0 when hot swapping eSATA device

Driver

Windows Vista

2450808

Hot disconnect of eSATA device causes OS malfunction

Driver

Windows Vista

2450850

SUT can't resume from S4 or Hybrid S3 (w/AC Pull) w/eSATA in some configurations

Driver

Windows Vista

2482219

S4 hangs on resume with eSATA device removed after hibernate

Driver

Windows Vista

2447633

Bluescreen when the IOCTL_SCSI_GET_ADDRESS command is being called with 7.5.0.1017 driver

Driver

Windows XP