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Intel Corporation or its suppliers, and may only be installed and used in accordance with the license 
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Supported RAID Controllers
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This download supports Intel(R) RAID controllers using SAS software stack (RS2SG244, RS2WG160, RS2BL080, RS2BL080DE, RS2BL040, 
RS2MB044, RS2PI008, RS2PI008DE, RMS2MH080, RT3WB080, RS2VB080, RS2VB040), 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://www.intel.com/support/.

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Package Information
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Flash package = v12.14.0-0167 (firmware 2.130.393-2551)

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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 commander" 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_2108SASHWR_FWPKG-v12.14.0-0167_readme.txt		This file
COPYING.NEWLIB.txt					License Agreement
License_v2.pdf						License Agreement
MR411.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\FreeBSD\*					FreeBSD update utility and support files
CmdTool2\Linux\*					Linux update utility and support files
CmdTool2\Solaris\*					Solaris update utility and support files
CmdTool2\UEFI\*						UEFI update utility and support files
CmdTool2\Windows\*					Windows update utility and support files


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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 MR410p.rom -noverchk -aall"
   5. Wait for the flash to complete. Do NOT reboot the system during the update.

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 MR410p.rom -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 MR410p.rom -aall". 
  The Linux CmdTool2 by running the rpm and then calling the utility from /opt/MegaRAID/CmdTool2 as 
      "./CmdTool2 -AdpFwFlash -f MR410p.rom -aall"

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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Firmware Package (with CacheCade Pro 2.0):  12.14.0-0167 (MR4.11)
 Firmware - 2.130.393-2551
Fixed - CC schedule is changed to an unjust date by "Configuration Clear"
Fixed - Sequential Read performance is less on CacheCade associated LD's.
Fixed - MR4.7 FW reports detected problem with iBBU07 charging circuit
Fixed - When attempting to secure LD during RLM, receive option to secure LD, LD not secured (message incorrect/misleading.)
Fixed - Prevent overtemp warnings while charging
Fixed - Modify MR fw to eliminate four second window where drive swap is not recognized.
Fixed - Prevent data correction in pagefil.sys to happen during Check Consistency after heavy I/O test.
Fixed - When a Cachecade PD marked as missing is reused to make Cachecade VD IO integrity error is observed.
Fixed - Saved Release Note DataSLIB returning bad data as good data after host reboots
Fixed - Minimum Capacity needed for relearn is incorrect in 2208 MR FW
Fixed - Potential data integrity issue seen when IOs are in progress and cachecade PD is marked as missing and reused to create another SSC VD.
Fixed - Card Running iMR Machine Checks when Requesting Host Memory
Fixed - Verify drive reinsertion within/before drive-removal-delay setting -verify discovery (Without IO)
Fixed - Firmware returns invalid data in OOB packet
Fixed - Data Miscompare found while running I/O overnight with degraded virtual drives
Fixed - Potential data integrity issue with R5 cachedIO mode
Fixed - IO integrity error seen after Source VD associated with CacheCade VD is forcibly unblocked
Fixed - Sequential Read performance is less on CacheCade associated LD's.
Fixed - During rebuild on PRL11 CacheCade VD and rebuild on RAID6 Source VD IO integrity error is seen.
Fixed - Source VD gets blocked on OCR after one PD removal from R0 WB CCVD and reuse of that PD in creating another CCVD.
Fixed - SAS2XFW-25.05.04.00_MFGIMG-25.05.04.00 
NVDATA - 2.09.03-0045
Fixed - Change the showSgpio activity to 0 for SSID = 9276
Fixed - Requested changes from Channel Factory Defaults for MFC values
Fixed - Need OEM's "showSgpioActivity" setting set back to 0
 BootBlockCommon  -09.250.01.219
 BootBlock - 2.02.00.00-0000 
 ROMENV - 1.08
 WebBIOS - 6.0-52-e_48-Rel
Fixed - Unable to read the correct value of controller property "Boot Error Handling" after changing
 PCLI - 4.04.20
 UEFI_Driver - 0x05270000
 Hii - 1.37.00
Fixed - System with SSD HDD will pop up an error message after creating VD via HII
 BIOS - 3.28.00
Fixed - OpROM not getting relocated to runtime segment if the segment address is 0xC0000
 FCODE - 4.14.05.00
Fixed - Not possible to probe a volume > 2Tb on Niwot raid card



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