Intel SAS Hardware RAID Driver 6.708.07.00

Fixes:

- (Closed) - Change in OCR handling code when DCMD issued in Interrupt mode timeouts.
- (Closed) - Hibernation fails as StorPortGetUncachedExtension routine unable to allocate required memory.
- (Closed) - Unexpected shutdown is reported On server with Windows 8 64 Bit during S4 sleep
- (Closed) - Add a sanity check in BuildIO for GroupMaxDepth > 1 when setting canGroup if you have coalescing disabled .
- (Closed) - Fatal firmware error: Driver detected possible FW hang, halting FW
- (Closed) - Sequence JBOD's are not exposed to OS.
- (Closed) - Windows System continuous rebooting by itself after upgrading driver from MR 6.7(6.707.05.00 ) to MR 6.8(6.708.01.00)
- (Closed) - IOs activity on VDs goes for complete freeze and unresponsive after overnight OCR and JBOD on-off switch.
- (Closed) - Unexpected shutdown is reported On server with Windows 2012 R2 64 Bit during S4 sleep .
- (Closed) - Wrap the Debug prints under a debug macro For Windows Driver
- (Closed) - iMR MonTask: line 1276 in file ../../raid/1078dma.c while doing ocr when IOs are running on JBODs
- (Closed) - OCR is not happening after 180 secs if 'PD List Query 'DCMD is timed out on Windows

Enhancements:

- (Closed) - Rebranding effort for MR 6.6 PnP Additions
- (Closed) - Add support for automatic selection of the default driver build parameters file during the build
- (Closed) - Large I/O Support - support 1MB transfer size
- (Opened) - Windows Add support: PNPs and support for 16 port 12G designs
- (Closed) - PCI ID Addition for product
- (Closed) - Add build support for new Windows Event Logging
- (Closed) - Create script to support both Production and InBox releases
- (Closed) - Add support to Windows Driver Build tools for InBox drivers, and renaming them per Microsoft requirements
- (Closed) - Use sequence number for JBOD FastPath I/O’s to eliminate command block after drive replacement
- (Closed) - MFI command timeout has to be handled with OCR.
- (Closed) - Add PnP ID to 3108 ROMB MR release.
- (Closed) - Rebranding effort for MR 6.6 PnP Additions
- (Closed) - Fixed queue depth allocation among LDs and PDs
- (Closed) - Added support for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 to the build scripts.
- (Closed) - WinDrvBldTools --- Update Attribution Language - Copyright, Trademark, Confidentiality to Avago

This download is valid for the product listed below:

- Intel Server Board S2400EP2

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 specified 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.”