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Adaptec RAID Release dated: December 5, 2013===========================================
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:- Firmware Version 7.4.0 Build 30862- Windows Driver (32-bit and 64-bit) Version 7.4.0.30850- Linux Driver Version 1.2.1-40300- VMware Driver Version 1.2.1.-40301- maxView Storage Manager (MSM) Version 1.04 Build 20853
2. Supported Controllers:=========================- Adaptec RAID 7805
- Adaptec RAID 7805Q- Adaptec RAID 78165- Adaptec RAID 71605E- Adaptec RAID 71605- Adaptec RAID 71605Q- Adaptec RAID 71685- Adaptec RAID 72405- Adaptec RAID 8805
- Adaptec RAID 8885
- Adaptec RAID 8885Q- Adaptec RAID 81605ZQ
3. Enhancements and Bug Fixes:==============================General:- New product release of the Series 8 Adaptec RAID Controller Family- Added 4k native sector support- Added two new controller modes, RAID: Expose RAW mode and RAID: Hide RAW mode
- Added Save Support Archive feature to UEFI
- Drive spinup staggering control added to CTRL-A and ARCCONF- Added maxCache Plus support for 8Q/8ZQ
Firmware:- Resolved a rare issue where a controller could become inoperable after an un-safe system shutdown occurs
after a successful firmware flash upgrade is performed- Resolved an issue that could result in Host IO errors, RAID Volume state changes, non-responsive
systems, and system reboots or resets in rare cases where extremely high IO loads are served almost
entirely from controller cache- Resolved an issue that could cause a controller BlinkLED during a RAID 5 expansion or migration- Resolved an issue with Global Hot Spare assignments when 512b and 4k drives are inter-mixed- Resolved an issue where USB keyboard would cease to function with Series 7 installed- Silencing the alarm within the UEFI BIOS now functions properly- Corrected a discrepancy issue with max RAID size when created via UEFI versus CTRL+A- Improved random write cache algorithms and enhanced disk ramp-up time
- Support for ATA passthrough non-data commands- Enhanced hot remove/add detection and reporting- Resolved an issue where maxCache read cache was disabled if no AFM was attached- Resolved an issue where a drive could be marked offline due to excessive aborted commands- Resolved an issue where a kernel panic could occur on the controller when large number of logicaldevices were configured- Corrected an issue where a RAID 0 with a failed member would report as "Degraded" in UEFI BIOS, insteadof "Offline"- Resolved a BSOD issue with a bootable RAW drive when controller switched to auto-volume/RAID mode
- Resolved an issue where a hot added drive enclosure with no drives installed would appear as a drive inmaxView/ARCCONF- Resolved an issue where ARCCONF was reporting inaccurate latency values- Fixed several incorrect statistics reported in ARCCONF Stats output- Resolved an issue where <F6> would not load controller defaults- Physical devices are now sorted by enclosure in UEFI HII1

- Resolved an issue where drives were not detected when multiple SMC enclosures are attached- Added support for SATA drives in Raw Mode to work in SEC4 and SEC5 security states- Corrected an issue that would result in an error of "Not Enough Available Space" when attempting tocreate an array in UEFI HII- Corrected an issue that would prevent the deletion of a RAID in UEFI HII if created in CTRL-A- Resolved an issue preventing Windows 2012 from resuming after sleep
Driver:- All Operating Systems:- 4k native sector support- MSIX support- Performance enhancements- Support for new Series 8 Family- Windows changes:- Resolved an issue that prevented the installation of Windows 8/2012 on an RAW drive when controller set
to RAID mode
- Resolved BSOD condition when attempting sleep mode state change in Windows 8- Linux changes:- Added DKMS driver support for Fedora kernel versions 3.8 and 3.9.
- Resolved an issue where the displayed logical device name was truncated if greater than 15 characters- Resolved an issue where there was a discrepancy between the reported size of a logical device atcreation versus what is made available to the operating system- Corrected an issue that would cause a kernel hang during a driver re-load- Corrected an issue that could cause a kernel panic under VMware (4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5) during a reboot
maxView/ARCCONF:- Added support for 4k native sector size drives- Increased SMART data available in ARCCONF GETSMARTSTATS- Resolved an issue where configuration changes were not populating in maxView under Windows SBS 2011
- Corrected a Java exception issue with the Linux maxView installer- Corrected an issue where maxView would become unresponsive during pro-longed use- Identified an issue where events were not properly propagating into maxView event log- Corrected an issue where the controller would disappear from maxView after attempting to delete alogical device- Resolved an issue where maxView would cease working after a system reboot- Resolved an issue where maxView would not launch under SLES 11 SP3- Enhanced maxView user login operation- Resolved an issue where PLAYCONFIG option in ARCCONF was not functioning- Resolved an issue where a successful drive firmware update operation in maxView would incorrectly reportas failed- Resolved an issue where maxView would be inoperable due to blue screen within browser window- Resolved an issue where NCQ setting change was not being properly reflected in maxView- Corrected an issue preventing the migration from a Simple Volume to a RAID 1 in maxView- Corrected an issue where a scheduled task could not be deleted in maxView- Added Simple Volume as a maxCache container option in maxView- Resolved an issue that would prevent the deletion of a failed logical device in maxView and ARCCONF- Resolved an issue where controller firmware update operation would failed in maxView under a 32-bit
version of Windows- Enhanced event monitor under Linux- Added event type filtering to event notification configuration in maxView- Corrected an issue where maxCache Write Cache could not be disabled in maxView- Added Force Online option for forcing an offline RAID array online within maxView- Corrected an issue where the maxCache pool size was incorrectly displayed in maxView- Resolved a display issue with the locate logical device/maxCache wizard-------------------------------------------------------------------(c) 2013 PMC-Sierra, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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