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Microsemi Adaptec RAID Release Notes dated: May 11, 2016========================================================
These release notes contain the following:
1. Description of the Release
2. Supported Controllers
3. Enhancements and Bugfixes
1. Description of the Release:===============================
This is the official software release containing the list of software
components listed below:- Series 7 Firmware Version 7.5.0 Build 32106- Series 8 Firmware Version 7.9.0 Build 33023- Windows Driver (32-bit and 64-bit) Version 7.5.0.41063- Linux Driver Version 1.2.1-50667- VMware Driver Version 1.2.1.-50667- maxView Storage Manager (MSM) Version 2.01 Build 22270
2. Supported Controllers:=========================- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 7805
- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 7805Q- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 78165- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 71605E- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 71605- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 71605Q- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 71685- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 72405- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 8405
- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 8805
- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 8885
- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 8885Q- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 81605Z- Microsemi Adaptec RAID 81605ZQ
3. Enhancements and Bug Fixes:==============================
General:- Microsemi Adaptec Series 7 and 8 SAS RAID Controllers refresh, including:- Support for new operating systems- Support for SMR HA/DM1 drives on Simple Volumes on Series 8 controllers- New power management defaults: IPM disabled for new logical drives- Support for latest gcc and Visual Studio versions for SDK- Storage management utilities update (see the maxView Storage Manager & ARCCONF CLIReadme)
Firmware:- Series 7:- Resolved an issue where the controller could assert during an IO completion on a degraded RAID 5 array.
- Resolved an issue where direct-attached devices were not detected during system POST when in SGPIO mode.
- Resolved an issue where outstanding I/O's could not complete during a RAID 5 rebuild.
- Resolved an issue with the 7805, where hot added devices were not detected if brought online with zero devices attached.
- Resolved an issue on the 72405, where Micron M600 drives would unexpectedly disappear from the controller.
- Series 8:- Resolved an isue where an incorrect cache status was reported for a logical device when the AFM-700 was removed.
- Added support for detecting SATA and SAS SMR host-managed drives.
- Resolved an issue where direct-attached physical devices were not being detected during POST in SGPIO mode.
- Resolved an issue where physical devices were incorrectly displaying 0C temperature when using ARCCONF getinfo.
- Resolved an issue where system could not boot after an AFM restore.
- Resolved an IO timeout issue when a physical drive would reset and the Test Unit Ready command would timeout.
- Resolved an issue where outstanding I/O's could not complete during a RAID 5 rebuild.
- Resolved an issue where the controller would assert when attempting to delete a logical drive behind an expander in BIOS.
- Resolved an issue where the controller would assert while re-scanning of direct-attached physical devices.
- Resolved an issue where the AFM would remain in a "Preparing" state.
- Resolved an issue where physical drive temperature wasn't displayed for some model drives.
- Resolved a controller assert issue when source drive would fail while copyback was in progress.
- Enhanced enclosure LED support.
- Resolved host operating system abort/command timeout issue in large configurations consistinged of 512e drives and a drive
hot plug event occurs.
- Resolved an issue with PBSI where a hotplugged physical device would remain listed when hotplugged.
- Resolved an issue with PBSI where an incorrect RAID type was displayed for failed extended RAID levels.
- Resolved an issue with PBSI where a physical drives would show online from BMC after it was removed.
- Added cache recovered AIF events across dirty shutdowns. These messages are captured in /var/log.
- Resolved a controller firmware assert issue when running passthrough log page 10 command to expander.
- Resolved an issue with PBSI where a direct-attached enclosure would report as expander attached.
- Resolved an issue with the AFM being disabled after the driver is unloaded and reloaded.
- Resolved an issue where data corruption could occur during enclosure power failure on redundant RAID levels.
Driver:- Windows changes:- Added events in the Windows event log for unsafe shutdown and cache loss.
- Resolved a BSOD issue seen when a Secure Erase was started.
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- Linux/VMware changes:- Added Support for Fedora 22, Debian 8- Resolved an issue where the driver would crash when a Series 7/8 was installed in a system with an HBA-1000 controller andthe HBA-1000 would initialize first.
- Enhanced logging in dmesg logs of driver initailization failure events.
- FreeBSD changes:- Added support for FreeBSD 10.2-------------------------------------------------------------------© 2016 Microsemi Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsemi and the Microsemi logo are trademarks of Microsemi Corporation.
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