ServeRAID M5000 Series SAS/SATA Controller Firmware Update

Adapters Supported: ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller (46M0829)
ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller (46M0916)
ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller (46M0830)

NOTE TO SERVICE - Reference RETAIN #N/A


Version 12.13.0-0179 - Critical
-------------------
Enhancement:
- Implemented limited band charging for iBBU08. (RETAIN tip H21631)
- CacheCade 2.0 read and write caching on SSDs is supported on ServeRAID
M5014 and ServeRAID M5015 with the ServeRAID M5000 Series Performance
Accelerator Key.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue in multipath topology to use an alternate IO path if the
current active path is removed.
- Fixed an issue where drive states were marked as online before the
creation of recontruction volumes completed.
- Resolved controller hang condition during system bootup.
- Fixed issue causing iBBU07 to always show "Charging" state
(RETAIN tip H211025)
- Fixed issue causing Virtual Disks to remain in Write-Through state
after a relearn (RETAIN tip H211101)
- Addressed data exposure issue when using CacheCade

Version 12.12.0-0133 - Suggested
-------------------
Fixes:
- Addressed an issue where battery over temperature messages could occur
during charging.
- Fixed issue in the HII broswer where the drive performing copyback
will be stated as replacing and not copyback.
- Fixed issue in the HII browser where the RPM for SATA drives show "0"
- Fixed issue in HII browers where port 4 is shown on both ports 0 and 1
- Fixed HII browser issue where the user will get an error message when a
global hot spare is created.
- Fix HII browser issue where a RAID volume with greater then 3 spans will
fail to create.


Version 12.12.0-0126 - Critical
-------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed a issue where the RAID configuration can be lost when updating
from firmware package 12.0.1-0097 or below.
- Fixed an issue with 4-kilobyte (KB) sector disk support compatibility in
NTFS by disabling 512E drive support mode.

Version 12.12.0-0111 - Suggested
-------------------
Enhancement:
- Support for 512e and 4k SAS/SATA hard drives added
- Implemented limited band charging for iBBU 07.
- CacheCade 2.0 read and write caching on SSDs is supported on ServeRAID
M5014 and ServeRAID M5015 with the ServeRAID M5000 Series Performance
Accelerator Key.
Fixes:
- Set the compatibility bit to 1 so that Patrol reads can be executed on
SSD's
- Fixed an issue where EEPROM init failures are not handled properly
causing the user to see the following message on POST "The native
configuration is no longer supported by the current controller and
firmware."
- Fixed an issue where the controller fails to read the header info from
CFI Flash ROM.
- Resolved issue switching to WT mode for recently failed batteries.

Version 12.12.0-0098 - Suggested
-------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed issue where the battery gauge is not accurate for aged batteries
due to the discharge profiles of aged batteries not matching that of the
new batteries.
- Fixed a issue where a reboot would cause a hot spare to revert to
'Unconfigured Good' state when Performance Accelerator Key is attached.
(RETAIN Tip H204925)

Version 12.12.0-0085 - Suggested
-------------------
Enhancements:
- Prevent non IBM firmware from being flashed on IBM ServeRAID branded
controllers.
- Enabled iBBU08 battery modes.
- ibbu battery will no longer be marked as bad when very high capacity is
detected.
- Dimmer Switch function has been disabled by default.

Fixes:
- Fixed a issue where firmware was taking to long to complete the PCI
config read, causing the system to generate an NMI.
- Fixed issue where enabling security causes the configuration to be missing,
and a configured FDE array to be seen as foreign on reboot.
- Removed BBU mode select from Web BIOS for all controllers.
- Fixed issue where pulling VD 0 from a R60 and rebooting would cause two
foreign configurations.
- Fixed issue where WebBIOS gives unclear message when enabling FDE on an
existing Disk Group.
- Fixed issue where iBBU07 batteries display 65K capacity and are marked SOH
bad.
- Fixed issue where iBBU Absolute Charge is displayed differently
- Fixed issue where the logical Unit ID (VPD page 0x83) changed after
foreign import.
- Fixed issue where the LDBBM entries are incorrect after foreign import.
- Fixed issue where the controller does not work with pci set to nomsi in
kdump kernel.
- Fixed issue where the LED behavior is incorrect, wrong drive will blink
activity.
- Fixed issue where the controller cannot sustain at least 950 MBps
performance with Cache Flush setting one sec.
- Fixed issue where the set properties command fails
- Fixed issue where the iBBU07 battery reported remaining capacity is much
too high (64751 mAh) after a learn cycle.
- Fixed issue where extended retries of write verify commands cause a driver
timeout.
- Fixed issue where the configuration becomes foreign after the firmware
fails multiple attempts to access raid key during boot.
- Fixed firmware issue where a replacement drive is not seen if the
replacement is added during power cycle.
- Fixed a issue where an alert should be sent when one phy connector
between the SAS controller and SAS expander is degraded.
- Enabled puncturing for SATA drives.
- Enabled copy back on SMART.
- Fixed an intermittent RAID key failure during power-on.
- Fixed firmware issue where firmware would cause the controller to
(sles11sp1/rhel6) reset when ‘lspci –vvx’ command is executed.
- Change for iBBU-08 to support firmware Mode5 WB capacity from 960mAh to
674mAh for low power DDR-2
- Fixed a issue where the iBBU battery will not charge while the server
continually resets causing the iBBU battery to over-charge.

Version 12.12.0-0065 - Critical
-------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed issue where the firmware takes too long to complete a PCI Config
Read cycle causing SLES11 to kernel panic.
- Fixed issue where MegaCLI may not be able to change drive or controller
cache setting resulting in a return code of 0x03.
- Added check to return SCSI sense Check condition if PMI is set and LBA
is non Zero for SCSI Read Cap 16
- Fixed issue where a blue screen occurs handling RAID 1 with HSP and medium
errors. The blue screen occurs because the driver times out while the
firmware is retrying sense 0x02. Firmware causes Fatal Error when HSP drive
responded with Sense 0x02 for Write/Verify or TUR
- Change the boot with pinned cache RAID level support which was only allowed
for raid level 0. The check is removed and is allowed for any raid level.
- Fixed hang condition or condition where the uEFI driver does not load due
to the uEFI Driver issuing a command in poll mode to firmware to early
- Remove the following message "Battery cannot initiate transparent learn
cycles" when the iBBU08 is under mode 4 or 5
- Fixed issue where BGI will not disable when a user issues megacli
-LDBI -Dsbl -L0 -a0

Version 12.12.0-0056 - Critical
-------------------
Fixes
- Fixed issue where multi-bit ECC's are not reported during POST
- Lowered the capacity level at which event notifications are generated
for early warning and end of life alerts for iBBU to equal 48 hours

Version 12.12.0-0047 - Critical
-------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed issue where uEFI WebBIOS version may not display the product
name of the second controller
- Fixed issue to prevent users from downleveling firmware to older versions
- Fixed an issue where firmware reports "Unexpected sense, Invalid field
in CDB" for LOG SENSE command sent to Seagate drives
- Fixed issue where SMART failures can take longer then 5 minutes to
report or in some cases fail to report
- Fixed issue where it appears to the user the harddrive cache policy
is changed when requested but the change did not occur
- Fixed issue where a remote iBBU08 will not be seen by the controller
- Fixed data issue When IO is in progress to a RAID 1 array that contains
media errors and is under a rebuild
- Fixed issue where a drive is not marked as foreign during a drive
move between servers causing the import of the configuration to fail
- Fixed issue where the uEFI WebBIOS does not accept the + symbol in
the key code or pass phrase
- Fixed issue for iBBU08

Enhancement:
- Enhancement to Reserve/release call for VCS Symantec configurations
- Enhancements to iBBU event notifications, including the addition of
early warning message.
- Raised the capacity level at which event notifications are generated
for early warning and end of life alerts for iBBUs.

Version 12.12.0-0039 - Critical
-------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed intermittent initialization failure during POST with the
ServeRAID M5025, M5015, and M5014 where the RAID BIOS could fail to
load or the user will see one of the following error messages on
POST:

RAID Adapter Unrecoverable Error!!!
Please check the SDRAM connection.

or

Multi-bit ECC errors were detected on the RAID controller

Version 12.12.0-0037 - Critical
-------------------
Enhancement:
- Add support for iBBU08 (Battery Backup)


Fixes:
- Addressed data issue while reconstructing from RAID1 to RAID0.
- Addressed data issue after power lose to ServeRAID controllers.
- Addressed data issue in some database applications.
- Added fixes from LSI channel products.

Version 12.7.0-0020 - Critical
-------------------
Enhancement:
- Initial release for ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller (46M0830)

Fixes:
- Addressed data issue with database applications that use overlapping
read write operating.
- Addressed data issue which may occur during a reconstruction on some
RAID levels that have an associated CacheCade virtual drive enabled.
- Fixed issue where the controller may halt if a drive has medium errors
that are being used in a check consistency, patrol read, or have delayed
writes.

Version 12.0.1-0097 - Critical
-------------------
Fixes:
- Addresses an issue where data becomes inaccessible when drive is
secured after data has been written
.
Version 12.0.1-0096 - Critical
-------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where the BBU may not be seen on POST.
- Fixed an issue where the firmware doesn't follow the spinupdelay
and maxtargetspinup values set in NVDATA causing spin up of all
the drives a at the same time.
- Fixed a very intermittent issue where the RAID key (M5000)
authentication may not occur on boot leaving users without key
options.
- Addressed a very rare issue with the expander devices where the
firmware megamon could occur if the sgpio configuration cable has
errors.

Version 12.0.1-0090 - critical
-------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed issue where controller properties such as Rebuild, CC, and
BGI are not changing when up and down arrow keys are used.
- Fixed issue on x3950 M3 servers that can cause a system hang at
reboot

Version 12.0.1-0084 - Non-critical
-------------------
Enhancement:
- Support added for the ServeRAID M5000 Series Advanced Feature Key.


Version 12.0.1-0064
-------------------
- Initial release
ibm_fw_sraidmr_m5000-12_13_0-0179-1_windows_32-64_chg

===============================================================================
Emulex 4Gb Fibre Channel Firmware Package
===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 2.82x6 (w/ 5.12a15 Universal Boot Code) (supported on
IBM System x)

Problems Fixed:
- None

Incremental Interoperability:
- Windows 2012 R2
- VMware vSphere 2013 (ESXi 5.5)

Known Issues:
- None

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 2.82x6 (w/ 5.12a15 Universal Boot Code) (Supported for IBM
System x)

Problems Fixed:
- System hang when attempting to enter BIOS screen on AMI BIOS based servers

Incremental Interoperability:
- SLES 11.3 on IBM System x

Known Issues:
- None

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 2.82x6 (w/ 5.12a13 Universal Boot Code) (Supported for IBM
System x)

Problems Fixed:
- Emulex FC Adapter does not auto-enable SAN boot mode when boot target
configuration is made via IFM (BOFM)
- Emulex FC configuration utility is in the wrong F1 setup screen

Incremental Interoperability:
- None

Known Issues:
- None

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 2.82x6 (w/ 5.12a10 Universal Boot Code)

Incremental Interoperability:
- UEFI 2.3.1 compatibility

Problems Fixed:
- Utility in adapter selection screen shows PCIe2.5Gb/s X 4
- Miscellaneous issues with boot BIOS

Known Issues:
- None

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 2.82x6 (w/ 5.12a5 Universal Boot Code)

Problems Fixed:

- Multiple adapters connected to same PCIe bridge port can request more I/O
space than system can allocate.
- Updated firmware kernel code so Saturn based HBA and mezz cards do not use
or advertize need for system I/O Space.

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 2.82a4
Boot Code Version: 5.10a2

- Initial Release

===============================================================================

elx_fw_fc_ibm1212-2_82x6-14_windows_32-64_chg

Integrated Management Module (IMM) Firmware Update
Change History

IMPORTANT: Prerequisite for updating to IMM firmware version 1.30 (yuooc7e)
========== Updating to IMM firmware version 1.30 (yuooc7e) requires the current
IMM firmware version to be 1.10 (yuoo57h), or later. If this prerequisite is not
met before updating to version 1.30 (yuooc7e) the system will not power on
correctly. If the system is not running a minimum of IMM version 1.10 (yuoo57h),
update the IMM before attempting to update to 1.30 (yuooc7e).
This prerequisite was a limitation of IMM version 1.30, and it has been fixed
in IMM version 1.31(yuooc7f). This prerequisite does not apply to IMM version 1.31
or later.

IMPORTANT: Please DO NOT apply the firmware update (yuoo91e, v1.24)
========= if you are using AEM functions in x3620M3 or x3630M3. The
v1.24 firmware will disable the power capping functionality in those two
systems. Please remain on the current IMM version or update the firmware
to v1.25 or newer. Users not using AEM functions can still update to v1.24.

IMPORTANT: Read before using the MAX5
========== This Technical Update supplements the documentation that comes
with the IBM MAX5 for System x. Keep this document with your other MAX5
documentation. Before you attach the MAX5 to the server and try to use it,
you must update the server firmware with the latest level of firmware or
code. If you attach and try to use the MAX5 without updating the server
firmware, you might get unexpected system behavior or the server might
not power on. For special instructions to follow before you attach the MAX5
to the server, go to
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5085756.

IBM maintains pages on the World Wide Web where you can get the latest
technical information and download device drivers and updates. To access
these pages, go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/ and follow the
instructions.

IMPORTANT: If you are at IMM firmware versions prior to 1.12 (yuoo67c) and
========== updating IMM firmware in Microsoft Windows, when you update IMM to
versions between 1.14 (YUOO73M) and 1.30 (YUOOC7E), it will take up to 10 minutes
additional wait time; when you update IMM to version 1.30 (YUOOC7E) or later, it
will take up to 20 minutes additional wait time. This is due to the iflash tool
checking the IMM before flashing. During this time the flashing process may appear
hung or unresponsive. The flashing will then complete and there is no functional
impact.

IMPORTANT: Make sure the current IMM firmware level is 1.14 or later
========== before you update the uEFI, FPGA, or DSA Preboot firmware.
The recommended firmware update sequence is IMM followed by UEFI
followed by FPGA followed by DSA Preboot.

IMPORTANT: A firmware change was made in YUOO57H (v1.10) that enforces the
========= requirement for login accounts on the IMM to have passwords that
contain both alpha and numeric characters. If you are updating the IMM firmware
from YUOO56K (v1.09) or earlier, to YUOO57H (v1.10) or newer, prior to updating
the firmware, please ensure that the IMM user account passwords contain
both alpha and numeric characters. If the firmware is updated and the passwords
do not contain both alpha and numeric characters, you may need to reset the IMM
to its default settings using the menus in the UEFI F1 set up display.

IMPORTANT: When updating the IMM firmware from a version earlier than
========= version 1.05 (build YUOO32F) to version 1.05 or newer, the
Remote Alert Recipient Email Addresses and the Daylight Saving
Time setting will revert to the default setting.
Users that utilize these settings will need to set them again
after the update.

IMPORTANT: When updating IMM, uEFI, pDSA, FPGA via any method,
========== please follow firmware update best practice document
(http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?brand=
5000020&lndocid=MIGR-5082923) for suggested update sequence and prerequisite.

IMPORTANT: Due to an Intel errata, if your server is running a 32-bit Linux
========== Operating System, C-states may need to be disabled while updating
uEFI, IMM, or DSA Preboot through the Linux command line interface. See
RETAIN TIP H195678 for more information. Updates performed through the AMM,
Bootable Media Creator, or the IMM web or CLI interfaces do not have this
requirement.

IMPORTANT: Updated firmware version numbers might not be visible in SMBIOS
========== tables until after the server is rebooted.

IMPORTANT: After downgrading IMM firmware from version 1.22
========== to an earlier version, the user needs to reset the
IMM to factory default before normal operation.

Version 1.44, YUOOG6C
Problem Fixed:
- Critical Fix for x3550M3, x3650M3, dx360M3, x3630M3, x3400M3, x3620M3, x3500M3, x3200M3, x3250M3, dx360M2, x3550M2, x3650M2, x3400M2, x3500M2, x3850/x3950X5, x3690X5
-- Updated the firmware with patches to address the OpenSSL vulnerabilities listed in CVE-2014-0224, CVE-2014-0076
Enhancements: N/A

Version 1.43, YUOOG6B
Problem Fixed:
- Fixed the problem that the LDAP group filter name changed after upgrading IMM.
- Fixed the problem on blade servers where the management bus will become unstable if the AMM in slot1 is removed from chassis.
- Fixed the problem that the SNMP engine ID is changed after IMM reset.
Enhancements:
- Add security enhancements.

Version 1.42, YUOOG2C
Problem Fixed:
- Fixed a NTP sync problem on IMM web
- Fixed a time zone setting problem on IMM web

Enhancements:
- Added SHA256 and SHA512 support
- Add a message in IMM event logs when power on is blocked due to VRD issue on x3850 X5
- Power off the server after N boot attempts without locating a boot device on x3850 X5/x3950 X5/HX5.

Version 1.41, YUOOF7C
Problem Fixed:
- Fixed the problem on blades where sometimes no throttle event was reported by AMM when CPU temperature is higher than Tcontrol.
Enhancements:
- Enhanced logging for throttle and Power Management.

Version 1.40, YUOOF7A
Problems Fixed:
- Fixed the problem on x3690X5 that host OS will be shut down due to wrong overtemp event.
- Fixed the problem that "unsupported software version" could be showed in event logs after updating IMM version 1.30 or newer on x3850/x3950 X5, x3690X5 and HX5
- Fixed the problem that SMTP user name field on IMM web page only allows 16 chars.
- Fixed the problem on HS22 where IMM reports 0 watt power during initialization

Enhancements:
- Enabled IMM to fail over to backup automatically when there is a IMM firmware corruption
- Enhanced IMM web GUI response.
- Added notification when a corrupted GUID Partition Table (GPT) is encountered by UEFI during POST. Please refer to RETAIN Tip H207759 for details.
- Enhanced logging for Power Controls management.

Version 1.39, YUOOF2C
Problems Fixed:
- Fixed the problem on IBM System x3850X5 where SAP HANA configurations can reset in rare cases. More details in RETAIN Tip H207295.

Version 1.38, YUOOF2B
Problems Fixed:
- Fixed the problem on x3850 X5/x3950 X5 where the System Fault LED will be lit when only one PSU is installed.

Version 1.37, YUOOE9C
Problems Fixed:
- Corrected the voltage sensor threshold for HS22 and HS22V system.

Version 1.36, YUOOF2A
Enhancements:
- Improved IMM web page Accessibility

Version 1.35, YUOOE9B
Problems Fixed:
- Fixed the thermal issue for Broadcom quad port ethernet (IBM PN 49Y7948., FRU 49Y7949).
- Fixed the problem that user authentication for LDAP with SSL will fail when Configured Credentials is enabled.
- Updated the thermal profile for NVIDIA M2090 GPU card support in dx360 M3.
- Fixed the problem on HS22 systems where pressing the KVM button too soon (right after Power LED starts blinking slowly) would make the KVM owner unable to be changed.
- Fixed the problem on blade servers where IMM may report the "Unsupported blade/blower combination" error for 130W Westmere CPUs.
- Fixed the problem on x3200 M3 where when power policy is set as "restore" or "always on" in uEFI, enforcing system shutdown during POST will cause automatic system boot-up.
- Fixed the problem about SNMP drops intermittently and SNMP data cannot be accessed in a period of time
- Fixed the problem on x3850 X5/x3950 X5 Multi-Node systems where "redundancy lost" event is not logged in the Primary Node when one of the power supplies in the Secondary Node is lost.
- Optimized CPU power consumption calculation method for x3690 X5.
- Fixed the problem on blade servers where IMM does not automatically recover NCSI.
- Fixed the problem on blade servers that IMM constantly has "Init Failures" and fails to start up.
- Fixed the Readme file problem that some IP addresses of LAN-over-USB instructions are inconsistent.
- Fixed the CMOS Voltage Over Threshold problem on HS22V systems.
- Fixed the problem that SSH login failed when the setting is configured as "Local first then Ldap" or ldap settings are not valid.
- Fixed the problem that the IMM web interface responds too slowly or even fails to respond.

Enhancements:
- Enhanced the entropy (randomness) when generating SSL keys.
- Added secure SMTP authentication support.
- Added I/O board VPD information in IMM web interface
- Added the function of letting Location LED remain on after system power-off.
- Enhanced event Severity reporting of the QPI Link LED on x3850 X5/x3950 X5 so that IBM Director can interpret it correctly.
- Improved IMM version reporting for IBM Director.
- Added a function to keep 110V Power Supply Redundancy by throttling the system for x3850 X5/x3950 X5.
- Usability enhancement: all events will be checked by default on the alert setting web page.
- Enabled ASU to control each sub-category for email alert recipient setting and SNMP alerts setting.
- Added new BCH Midplane (that supports 8Gbit Fibre Channel) support.
- Added the function to capture all IMM logs with one button click.
- Enhanced the DataPower appliance blade support.

Version 1.34, YUOOE3E
Enhancement:
- Add support of the following fusion-io adapters :
1.2TB High IOPS MLC Adapter for IBM System x
2.4TB High IOPS MLC Adapter for IBM System x
365GB High IOPS MLC PCIe Adapter for IBM System x
785GB High IOPS MLC PCIe Adapter for IBM System x

Version 1.33, YUOOE3C
Problems Fixed:
- Fixed the problem that a blade's Fault LED is showed as "on" on AMM GUI while there is no active critical event and the LED on the physical blade is off.
- Fixed the problem that the "Date" header is missing from the IMM SMTP trap.
- Fixed the problem that the "Look Below" LED (CR48) on x3690 X5 Memory Expansion Board may turn on incorrectly when there are no errors detected.
- Fixed the problem on x3850 X5/x3950 X5 where the system information in the IMM configuration file may be truncated and the incomplete system information will cause the HTTP server in IMM run into an unstable state.
- Fixed the problem that the Scalability LED turns off after the IMM on either node of a 2-Node x3850 X5/x3950 X5 is reset.
- Fixed the problem that IMM on x3850 X5/x3950 X5 might fail to start after the IMM firmware is successfully upgraded.
- Fixed the problem where "Comm Errors" may occur when the IMM firmware on HX5 is upgraded.
- Fixed the problem that dx360 M3 may have PCI errors when a NVIDIA M2090 GPU card is installed.
- Fixed the problem that opening the ActiveX remote console closes all open tabs in the same Internet Explorer window.
- Fixed the problem that x3550 M3 may occur ServerRAID BBU over temperature and ServerRAID M5016 over heat issues.

Enhancements:
- Added Internet Explorer 9 support.
- Changed the maximum User's Distinguished Name(DN) for LDAP from 128 bytes to 256 bytes.
- Removed the limitation of 255 memberOf groups for an LDAP user in IMM.
- Enhanced IMM Web session management.
- Added an IMM command line (CLI) command for one time PXE boot option setting.
- Added a new unique error code in AMM and changed the text in AMM and IMM for CMOS battery errors.
- Updated Russia time zone definition to no more daylight saving time.

Version 1.32, YUOOD4G
Problems Fixed:
- Fixed a problem where IMM web interface does not lock out a user if
the same user exhausts login retries and gets locked out through the
SSH interface
- Fixed a problem that caused the IMM to report false critical DIMM
temperature events
- Fixed an intermittent problem where sometimes the Power Supply DC
status LED is not illuminated on the x3550 M2/M3, x3650 M2/M3,
x3620 M3 and x3630 M3
- Fixed a problem that sometimes causes the IMM web interface to shut
down after multiple invalid login attempts
Enhancements:
- Added Service Advisor support on x3850/x3950 X5 and x3690 X5
- Changed the IMM firmware to allow every service port to be Enabled
or Disabled
- Changed the IMM firmware to not disable the network interface when
there is a conflict IP address on the network
- Changed the IMM firmware to permit SSL client certificates to be managed
while the SSL client is enabled

Version 1.31, YUOOC7F
Problems Fixed:
- Fixed the problem that after updating IMM firmware from versions prior
to v1.10(YUOO57H) to v1.30(YUOOC7E) the system won't power on correctly

Version 1.30, YUOOC7E
Problems Fixed:
- Fixed the intermittent Power Supply error on x3550M2/M3 and x3650M2/M3
- Fixed the false alarm message for ArBel Power Supply on x3550M2/M3 and x3650M2/M3
- Fixed the issue that a blade intermittently does not respond to
the system management bus on HX5 and HS22/S22V
- Fixed the duplicate PECI messages issue on x3850/x3950 X5, x3690X5 and HX5
- Fixed the intermittent problem that a user can not login to IMM web
after inventory from IBM Director
- Fixed the problem that SMTP test alert doesn't work
- Fixed the problem that SNMP remote alert doesn't work
- Fixed the intermittent IMM reset problem
- Fixed the SSL vulnerability issue
Enhancements:
- Added 64-bit ActiveX Remote Presence Client support
- Added BGE overweight detection on HS22
- Added support of differentiating memory failures happening
during UEFI POST and during run-time
- Added support of reporting AC restore status on x3850/x3950 X5
- Added the change to include DIMM slot number info in the memory error event message

Version 1.29, YUOOB7F
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fixed a problem where false memory configuration error messages are
sometimes reported on the x3850/x3950 X5

Version 1.28, YUOOB7C
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fixed a problem where the IMM sometimes records duplicate event log
entries
- Fixed a problem that caused the DIMM Bank number to not be correctly
reported
- Fixed a problem that prevented the system from powering on when there
is a firmware mismatch
- Fixed a problem that didn't allow a password to be saved if it contains
a & or < character
- Fixed a problem where the IMM VPD sometimes is not available on the web
page
- Fixed a problem where one port on the QLogic 8GB HBA card sometimes
is not recognized
- Fixed a problem that sometimes caused the DVD drive to disappear in
RHEL5 after the IMM is reset
- Fixed a false Power Supply failure message
- Removed the error message pop up when changing the IMM password to default
- Fixed the problem that BBU gets over temp during discharging on x3550 M3
- Corrected a problem where the BOFM address became permanent after BOFM is
disabled on the AMM
- Corrected a system hang when a Multi-Bit memory error occurs with a mixture
of 2GB & 4GB DIMMs installed
- Fixed the problem where the reported DC Power consumed on the dx360 M3
is higher than actual AC input power
- Fixed the MIB mismatch issue
- Fixed the incorrect OID in MIB
Enhancements:
- Added support for 32-bit ActiveX Remote Presence Clients
- Added the ability to change the SMTP port number
- Changed the firmware to completely shut down the telnet sevice when
the telnet max user count is set to 0
- Added support for LDAP Active Directory Application Mode
- Added support for LDAP Authentication Only Mode
- Changed the firmware to report a configuration error if the CPU
installed on the EXA system is not a Westmere CPU
- Changed the firmware to allow the x3690X5 to be powered on sooner
- Changed the firmware to decrease the amount of time that it takes
for the IMM to become ready after it is reset


Version 1.27, YU00A7C
Enhancements:
- Added support for the IBM BladeCenter HX5(MT: 1910,7873)

Version 1.26, YU00A6A
Enhancements:
- Added support for the System x3850/x3950 X5(MT: 7143,7191)
and System x3690 X5(MT: 7147,7192)

Version 1.25, YU0091K
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fixed a problem that hangs the server when F2 is pressed during POST
to start Diagnostics
- Fixed a problem in the HS22/HS22v that causes the IMM to report an
unexpected throttle condition after the AMM is reset
- Fixed a problem that causes the IMM lose its DHCP assigned IP address
- Improved the monitoring of hard drive status when the server is powered up
- Fixed a problem when using a Japanese keyboard with the remote presence
function
- Fixed a gradual fan speed reduction due to pressure sensor fluctuation on
System x3690 X5, System x3550 M2/3, System x3650 M2/3
- Improved the response to an IO Hub over temperature condition on
System x3690 X5, System x3650 M2/M3, and System x3550 M2/M3
- Fixed a problem that IBM Systems Director needs to re-discover IMM
in order to receive events from IMM after IMM upgrade
Enhancements:
- Added support for a 460W power supply in the System x3620 M3
- Added support for a 675W high efficiency power supply in the
System x3620 M3 and System x3630 M3

Version 1.24, YU0091E
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fixed a problem where the IMM sometimes incorrectly reports a Pwr Rail
fault or Pwr 240A_A/Pwr 240A_B fault
- Fixed an issue where blade would hang on boot with ABR firmware corruption
message
- Fixed a problem when downgrading IMM firmware from version 1.22 to earlier
levels. The IMM network fails
- Fixed a problem that caused the firmware update using IMM Command Line
Interface to fail on an IPv6 network
- Fixed a problem that caused the IPv6 Link-local address not to be displayed
after resetting the IMM to its defaults
- Fixed a problem where the IMM fails to set SNMP configuration using ASU
- Fixed a problem where IMM cannot set the value 10 for the OSWatchdog value
using ASU
- Fixed a problem where IMM Remote Media would not re-initialize after
network error
- Fixed problem if KCS error bit status may not be clear which may cause KCS
communication stop
- Fixed a problem that IMM web interface hang with Remote Control session
opened
- Fixed a problem that blade unexpected powered on after power off command
Enhancements:
- Added IPv6 configuration support via IMM SNMP interface
- Added support for BladeCenter PCIe Expansion 4 on BladeCenter HX5
- Added support for BladeCenter GPU Expansion on BladeCenter HS22
- Added support for LDAP sub-tree searching with Novell eDirectory 8.7
- Added support for SNMP trap definitions
- Updated fan response and logic for Fusion IO PCIe adapter
- Updated ambient temperature sensor calculation

Version 1.22, YUOO84C
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fixed a problem where the IMM sometimes incorrectly reports a Processor 2
(CPU 2) internal error
- Fixed a problem where after powering down an HS22, the HS22 powered on
without user request
- Fixed a problem while Log in to IMM might fail if the Host name contains
a dash
- Fixed a problem where the IMM makes some certificate management settings
protected that should not be protected
- Fixed a problem where users can't get the full details of an expansion card
using the IPMI FRU command
- Fixed a problem where IMM would hang after an LDAP login using some German
or French characters
- Fixed a problem with the IMM SMTP client not conforming to RFC821
- Fixed a problem where the email alert setting won't accept a hyphen
- Fixed a problem with the Windows key in the IMM Remote Control feature
- Fixed a problem where IMM login via LDAP authentication fails to acquire
Supervisor authority via Group membership with an OpenLDAP server.
- Fixed a problem where a user with Remote Server Power/Restart Access
authority can't change the power off delay
- Fixed a problem that prevented a Processor Throttled event from being
logged for the x3200 M3 and x3250 M3 models
- Fixed a problem that where a user's permission is always set from the
LDAP account not the local account profile
- Fixed a problem where the CPU2 VCore/CPU2 VDIMM sensors become unreadable
after updating the IMM in the x3500 M3 model
- Fixed problem for DHCP may get time out if using "Shared NIC" mode but without
any LAN cable to be plugged into "Sys Mgmt" port
Enhancement:
- Added IPv6 support
- Added Dynamic DNS support (IPv4 only)
- Added support for BladeCenter PCIe Expansion 4 on BladeCenter HS22
- Added BCH-R3 support

Version 1.21, YUOO75V
Enhancement:
- Added support for BladeCenter Max 5 Memory Expansion Unit (MEU)
- Added feature to report SMI Lane failure for BladeCenter HX5

Version 1.20, YUOO75T
Enhancement:
- Added support for Max 5 Memory Expansion Unit (MEU)for SystemX 3690 X5
- Added support for Max 5 Memory Expansion Unit (MEU)for BladeCenter HX5
- Added feature to show pending firmware level during firmware update process
- Added feature to block power on when multi-node complex has firmware mismatch
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fixed DASD LED behavior for drives 8-32
- Fixed fan over cooling on SystemX 3690 X5
- Fixed Flash failure due to packet loss
- Fixed Power Cycle events not appearing in SystemX 3690 SEL
- Fixed DIMM throttle behavior in acoustic mode for BladeCenter HX5
- Fixed CPU type checking

Version 1.19, YUOO75X
Enhancement:
- Added support for Max 5 Memory Expansion Unit (MEU)for SystemX 3850/3950 X5
- Added support for 130W CPUs in High Performance Blades
- Added virtual NIC VPD support
- Changed the default value of SerialExitCLIKeySequence to ^[(
- Added TPM Physical Presence Sensor support
- Added AC metering and capping to System x3850/3950 X5
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fixed server time out authority in web interface
- Fixed non-recoverable events that appeared as warning events in web event log
- Fixed Server State "unknown" status in web interface
- Prevented multiple log entries from being created for the same event
- Fixed IPMI multi-session handling when sessions fail
- Fixed IMM flash failed at 0 percent update progress error
- Fixed Internal Error 255 during FPGA update
- Fixed CPU Overtemp messages on FPGA update.
- Removed unnecessary events for Power Unit sensors
- Fixed failure to log VRD error on voltage fault
- Fixed Power Redundancy Sensor handling for 220V configurations
- Fixed CPU configuration check for System x3850/3950 X5
- Fixed IMM Network ARP
- Fixed flash error "Image transfer timed out - error 15"
- Corrected a problem that caused the system to not automatically power on after
performing an Automatic BIOS Recovery (ABR)

Version 1.18, YUOO75J
Enhancement:
- Added support for the System x3630 M3

Version 1.17, YUOO75H
Enhancement:
- Added support for the System x3690 X5

Version 1.16, YUOO73O
Enhancement:
- Added support for the BladeCenter System HX5


Version 1.14, YUOO73M
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Corrected the MIB file to address a compiling problem
- Fixed a problem when a second CPU might not been recognized by the IMM,
when cycling power on the System x3550
- Fixed a problem where web session may hang after staying on the System
Status web page for a while
- Disabled the interface to the shared network port when the dedicated systems
management network interface is selected.
- Fixed a web page pop-up error message that may occur after upgrading the
IMM from 48d and 57f
- Fixed power/thermal calibration error in the x3620 M3
- Fixed a problem where the IMM may log a CPU Automatically Throttled event
or a Redundancy Lost for a cooling zone event in the log after cycling power
- Fixed a problem where the IMM doesn't send an ambient temperature alert or
IO Hub temperature alert in the x3400 M3 and x3500 M3
- Corrected a remote presence problem that occurs while mounting an ISO image
if the remote client does not have any removable devices.
Enhancement:
- Added a fan control enhancement for performance mode
- Added support for additional types of power supplies
- Improved the accuracy of power readings on 3550 M3,
3650 M3, and 3620 M3


Version 1.14, YUOO73K (released for multinode System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 only)
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fixed a problem that caused the IMM not to respond to some IPMI commands
- Corrected a problem with LDAP authentication when role-based security
is enabled
- Corrected a problem which could cause a false CPU error to occur
- Prevented false automatic boot failure recovery events from being reported
Enhancements:
- Added multinode support for System x3850 X5 and System
x3950 X5
- Added support to activate FPGA updates with a warm boot
- Added support for AC power metering and AC power capping on single node
System x3850 X5 and System x3950 X5
- Added support to improve permit early power on support
- Add support to report the version information for updates that have been
flashed but not yet activated
- Added support to report an FPGA firmware mismatch


Version 1.12, YUOO67C
Problems(s) Fixed:
- Adjust the Planar VBAT voltage threshold in HS22
Enhancement:
- Added support for the System x3620 M3
- Added support for DC power supplies in the System x3550 M3 and
System x3650 M3


Version 1.11, YUOO56O
Enhancements:
- Improved ABR handling to prevent invalid ABR behavior


Version 1.10, YUOO57J (released for HS22 only)
Problem(s) Fixes:
- Fixed a problem where the IMM sometimes incorrectly reports a Processor 1
(CPU 1) internal error


Version 1.10, YUOO57H
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Made changes to improve the robustness of firmware update operations.
- Corrected an LDAP authentication problem.
- Corrected a problem where SNMP settings could be lost after updating
the firmware.
- Enable ssh by default.
- Permit the Adavnced Setting Utility to enable or disable ssh.
- Added support for logging a message when the blade CPU is not compatible
with the chassis' blower capacity
- Permit the realtime power management controller firmware to be flashed
to an earlier level.
- Corrected a problem that prevented the remote presence function from
working with network address translation
- Fixed an issue where blades would throttle/hang when chassis power supply is removed
Enhancement:
- Added support for the System x3550 M3, System x3650 M3, System x3500 M3,
System x3400 M3, System x iDataPlex dx360 M3, and the HS22V blade
- Enhanced power measurement and capping capabilities in support of
xSmartEnergy control
- Increased support for the number of DIMMs from 12 to 18


Version 1.09, YUOO56K
Enhancement:
- Added support for the System x3850 X5 and the System x3950 X5


Version 1.08, YUOO48F
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Made changes to improve the robustness of firmware update operations.
Limitations:
Limitations for versions 1.07 and 1.08:
If you are down-leveling the IMM firmware to a version older
than 1.07 and the IMM firmware is currently at version 1.07
or 1.08, you must remove AC power from the server before
performing a server reboot.


Version 1.07, YUOO48E
Prerequisites:
IMPORTANT: This firmware update contains changes to permit servers
========== to be powered on sooner after plugging them into AC power.
Before installing UEFI with firmware that supports the early power on
changes, be sure to update the IMM with this firmware version.
UEFI Firmware with early power on support:
BladeCenter HS22 UEFI Build P9E131A or newer
System x3550 M2 UEFI Build D6E131C or newer
System x3650 M2 UEFI Build D6E131C or newer
System x3200 M3 UEFI Build GYE129A or newer
System x3250 M3 UEFI Build GYE129A or newer
System x3400 M2 UEFI Build Y4E131B or newer
System x3500 M2 UEFI Build Y4E131B or newer
System x iDataplex dx360 M2 UEFI Build TME132A or newer
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Corrected an Ethernet bug that caused network packets to be dropped
- Changed the firmware to improve server performance when the Ethernet
over USB interface is enabled
- Corrected an intermittent problem where some of the IMM interfaces would
not function after flashing the IMM with new firmware
- Corrected a problem where LDAP users in nested groups are not permitted
access to the IMM
- Corrected a problem where the fault LED is not lit on the HS22 server
when a hard drive is removed
- Fixed a problem where the IMM sometimes incorrectly reports faults when
the server is power cycled (for example, a loss of redundancy or a critical
fan fault, or a processor is operating in a Degraded State, etc...)
- Corrected a problem where the server would sometimes hang at checkpoint 'E8'
- Changed the firmware to light the Information LED if the primary UEFI bank
becomes corrupted
- Corrected a problem that prevented the Remote Disk on Card feature
from properly working
- Corrected a problem that prevented an HS22 server with a full configuration
from powering on
- Changed the firmware to send processor information to the Advanced Management
Module for display
- Corrected a problem where faults for fan numbers 2 and 4 for the System
X3200 M3 were swapped
- Corrected a problem where the IMM firmware could corrupt itself over time
Enhancements:
- Changed the firmware to permit servers to be powered on sooner after
plugging them into AC power
- Improved the performance when displaying pages on the web interface
- Added support to permit management traffic over the daughter cards in the
HS22 server


Version 1.06, YUOO39B
Enhancement:
- Added support for Machine Types 4251, 4252, 4261, 7327, 7328


Version 1.05, YUOO32F
Limitations:
Problem(s) Fixed:
- This update package contains updated Management Information Base files
for use when managing the server through the IMM's SNMP interface
- Fixed a problem where user accounts and settings could become lost
- Improved performance when changing settings through the web interface
- Corrected a problem where some configuration settings were lost after
flashing the IMM with new firmware
- Improved the wording of messages in the Chassis Event Log
- Restored the ability to the IMM SNMP interface to add or remove user
accounts and to set the account security level
- Corrected a problem that prevented some configuration settings from being
set through the Advanced Setting Utility (ASU)
- Fixed a problem that prevented a user from specifying an email alert
recipient with a hyphen in the name
- Fixed an IMM flash update problem where the IMM erroneously reports a CPU
Configuration error and/or illuminates the fault LED on the HS22 Blade
Server with no corresponding entry in the Advanced Management Module log
- Fixed an IMM flash update issue which can result in blades never completing
the Discovery state
Enhancement:
- Added support for the BladeCenter PCIe Expansion module 3
- Added support for servers running real-time Linux
- Enhanced the automatic recovery of communication errors in BladeCenter
- Added the ability to configure a hostname for SNMPV3 traps, rather than just
an IP address


Version 1.04, YUOO24I
Problem(s) Fixed:
- This is a critical update for x3550 M2 and x3650 M2.
It corrects a possible problem that can occur when adding options
such as memory, hard drives, and Central Processing Units (CPUs),
and makes the system may become unresponsive.
In some cases the server cannot power on again, or network connectivity
to the Integrated Management Module is not possible. The problem may
also occur when rebooting the IMM while the system is powered on with
certain hardware configurations.
- Replaced the ibm_rndis_server_os.inf and device.cat in the IMM firmware
update package for Windows. The new files are used to workaround a
potential performance issue when the IMM's Ethernet over USB is enabled.
Enhancement:
- Added support for different hard drives
- Added support that enables the Advanced Management Module to display CPU
information for the HS22 blade.


Version 1.03, YUOO23C
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Removed the empty virtual drives that were presented to the
server by default. Virtual drives are now not presented
to the server unless media is present and mounted from
the Remote Control client.
Enhancement:
- Added support for Machine Types 7836, 7837, and 7839


Version 1.02, YUOO19G
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Corrected a problem where a critical fan fault was erroneously logged
when powering off the server


Version 1.01, YUOO19E
Enhancement:
- Added support for Machine Types 7946, 4198, 7947, 4199, 7321, 6380, 7323


Version 1.00, YUOO18D
- Original Release
- Supports Machine Types 7870, 1936


(C) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2008 - 2013.
All rights reserved.







ibm_fw_imm_yuoog6c-1_44_anyos_noarch_chg

===============================================================================
Emulex 16GB FC Firmware Package
===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 1.1.43.3 (Release for IBM System x)

Incremental Interoperability:
- VPD-W for Lancer

Problems Fixed:
- Emulex FC Adapter does not auto-enable SAN boot mode when boot target
configuration is made via IFM

Known Issues:
- None

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 1.1.21.9 (Previous release for IBM Rack)

Incremental Interoperability:
- IBM Server machine types. Refer to IBM ServerProven for specifics

Problems Fixed:
- Fixed FCP_CONF handling bug
- No SRR sent after drop write data frame, I/O fails
- Adapter does not invoke recovery after dropped read data frame
- I/O throughput performance improvements
- Link failover when connected to FC Tape
- Cosmetic: Cleaned up miscellaneous error handling messages in debug log
files
- If a new device comes online and attempts to acquire an AL_PA after the link
has already come up, the FC link appears to hang until the cable is pulled
- Cleaned up link negotiation at 4GB/8GB/16GB speeds with specific switches

Known Issues:
- None

==============================================================================

Firmware Version: 1.0.11.108

- Initial release
elx_fw_fc_ibm1212-1_1_43_3-1_windows_32-64_chg

IBM ServeRAID MR10i and MR10is SAS Controller Firmware Update

Adapters Supported: IBM ServeRAID MR10i SAS Controller (43W4296)
IBM ServeRAID MR10is SAS Controller (44E8695)

NOTE TO SERVICE - Reference RETAIN #NA


Version 11.0.1-0042 - Critical
-------------------
Enhancements:
Adjust various battery parameters and alerts to improve product
- Reword the battery ‘Prefail‚ and ‘Fail‚ Alerts and all places it is documented
- Add visibility of ‘battery nearing end of usable life‚ condition to CLI and MSM
- Adjust parameters used to calculate battery capacity amount for Early Warning
and EOL alerts

Fixes
- Fixed issue where While correcting massive UNC sectors, I/O will be
interrupted causing OS becomes unusable
- Fixed issue where SPD Data can get Corrupted on Boot causing the following
message on boot the message displayed is "Check SDRAM Connection".
- Fixed issue where firmware has Incompleted Writes During Power Fail and Recovery
causing the following message on boot "Controller cache discarded due to
memory/battery problems

Version 11.0.1-0040 - Critical
-------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue that was contributing to early fallout with battery packs.
- Fixed an issue that was causing a loss of battery capacity.
- Fixed an issue where the gas gauge was reporting capacity of
65000+mAh and then marking battery as SOH bad.
- Fixed issue where multiple reboots were required after a new battery was
inserted in a controller.
- Fixed issue where T95: VT#00560-T95386=Battery cannot support data retention
for more than 59 hours. Please replace the battery. When battery logic generates
the event MR_EVT_BBU_REPLACEMENT_NEEDED_SOH_NOT_OPTIMAL, the FW prints the error,
T95: EVT#00538-T95: 386=Unknown ARG type=24, code=182.

- Changed post message from

RAID ADAPTER
Memory Error !!!
Please check the SDRAM connection.
If problems persist contact Tech Support.
Press Any Key to Continue…

to

Check the SDRAM connection, if applicable, or replace the controller."

Version 11.0.1-0036 - Critical
-------------------
Enhancements
- BBU AEN enhancements

Fixes:
- Fixed issue where firwmare fault could occur when a hot spare drive responds
with Sense 0x02 for Write/Verify.
- Fixed issue where a firwmare fault could occur when consecutive Medium
Errors are found in Degraded SATA RAID5, 6 state

Version 11.0.1-0033 - Critical
-------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed issue where SATA hard drive write cache could be enabled on a drive
insert or system reboot.

Version 11.0.1-0032 - Critical
-------------------
Fixes:
- Modified memory settings for the ServeRAID MR10k that where not optimal for
the controller causing memory failues.

Version 11.0.1-0031 - Critical
-------------------
Fixes:
- Addressed an issue where a physical drive with an excessive amount of
medium errors will cause the array to fail

Version 11.0.1-0030 - Critical
-------------------
Fixes:
- Leaving array size field blank during array creation to resolve issue
where raid level would change but array size did not change with the level.
Retain tip H196863.
- Fixed issue where the Cursor movement is not proper while entering
Security Key/PassPhrase in EFI WebBIOS environment
- Fixed issue where the Visibility of webbios version doing controller
selection is not there
- Address compatabilty issue with uEFI WebBIOS in the x3850 x5 and HS22 x5
- Fixed issue where a fatal FW Error happens during Consistency Check
operation while a patrol read is in progress.

Version 11.0.1-0024 - Critical
-------------------
NOTE TO SERVICE - H196421, H196426, H196374
Fixes:
- Fixed issue with Firmware Hang (Fatal Error) when drive responds with
Sense 0x02 for Test Unit Ready Command.
- Fixed an issue where the ServeRAID-MR10ie (CIOv) battery fault
indicator never clears
- Added limit to quantity of consecutive relearn cycles to cache
battery unit
- Fixed issue where the Pass phrase can not be entered on the ServeRAID
MR10is controller
- Fixed issue where the user cannot enter the uEFI WebBIOS or system
will hang on boot

Version 11.0.1-0022 - Critical
-------------------
NOTE TO SERVICE - No current tips
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where systems that use DL_DOWN instead of (or in
addition to) PCI reset exhibit 1800 PCI ERROR.
- Fixed an issue where a non-responsive disk caused fatal firmware error
- Fixed an issue with write journaling
- Fixed an issue with READ XOR logic in RAID1 special operations

Functionality:
- Added support for dynamically toggling readjustment of PCIe maximum read
request size

Version 11.0.1-0019 - Critical
-------------------
NOTE TO SERVICE - No current tips
Fixes:
- Addressed an issue in x3550 M2 and x3650 M2 where the slot numbers could
change on a cold reboot.


Version 11.0.1-0017 - Suggested
-------------------
NOTE TO SERVICE - No current tips
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where, on shudown, firmware was not sending a command for
the drive to flush its internal cache.
- Removed I/O delay during device firmware update for non-disk devices.
- Added check for additional error data from mode sense command.

Functionality:
- Added pass through command support for applications.


Version 11.0.1-0014 - Critical
-------------------
NOTE TO SERVICE - Reference RETAIN #H194939
Fixes:
- Addressed an issue where, during I/O and manual copyback on a degraded RAID
6 virtual drive with medium errors, incorrect data could be created on the
drive.
- Fixed an issue where, on the ServeRAID 10ie (CIOv), a new or changed battery
installation was not detected on the iBBU.
- Fixed an issue where SATA drives may not be detected at POST when attached
to an expander. (Retain tip H194939)
- Addressed an issue where the controller may hang if a medium error occurs
during a rebuild.
- Fixed an issue where cache data could be lost during a reset after the
express link is dropped.
- Addressed an issue where a consistency check doesn't regenerate parity after
hitting a double media error.
- Fixed an issue where the uEFI WebBIOS can hang if the user presses the right
mouse button when user input is not required.
- Addressed an issue where an invalid memory or battery error is reported on
boot, but does not reappear on a subsequent boot.

Version 11.0.1-0012 - Suggested
-------------------
NOTE TO SERVICE - No current tips
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where, rarely, cached data may be lost on system shutdown or
reboot.

Version 11.0.1-0008 - Critical
-------------------
NOTE TO SERVICE - Reference RETAIN #H194224, H194505, H194171
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue which could result in incorrect data on the drives after
heavy I/O. (Retain tip H194224)
- Fixed an issue where, if medium errors are experienced while a background
operation is running, incorrect data could be written to the drives. (Retain
tip H194505)
- Changed the warning message that appears when the card goes in to temporary
write through mode. (Retain tip H194171)
- Fixed an error where erroneous Bad Battery messages were displayed even
after a Learn Cycle was performed.
- Fixed an issue that resulted in SERRs on a ServeRAID-MR10M controller.
- Improved the handling of bad cable scenarios which could cause system hangs.

Functionality:
- Added support for UEFI based systems.
- Added support for Solid State Drives (SSDs).
- Added tape support for the ServeRAID 10ie (CIOv) controller.
- Added the ability to handle SGPIO and SES signalling on a per-port basis to
handle configurations with both direct attached and expander attached drives
on a single controller.
- Added a field to show hard drive model names in WebBIOS.


Version 9.0.1-0030 - Critical
------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where, if a battery was fully discharged and was reported as
'missing', a reboot was be required before the battery would be detected as
'charging'.
- Fixed an issue where a hotspare was reported as unconfirmed good after
replacement.
- Fixed an issue where an invalid alert 2121 was logged when a virtual drive
was created.
- Display and log a warning message when a consistency check is started on an
uninitialized logical drive.
- Fixed an issue where the message "SES enclosure 1 Recovered after fault"
would be logged, after which the discovery process would take a very long
time.
- Fixed an issue where the multipath enclosure IDs were not updated
correctly when an ESM or a drive was pulled and reinserted.
- Fixed an issue where, if a unconfigured drive was pulled and reinserted,
the size of the drive would be reported incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue where a dedicated hotspare would become a global hotspare.
This could happen after a migration or, in some circumstances, after a
system reboot.
- Fixed an issue where the firmware could hang when trying to view hotspare
information under CTRL-R.
- Fixed an issue where a rebuild would not start when a new drive was
inserted.
- Fixed an issue where a logical drive is still shown as optimal after a
drive was pulled.
- Fixed a critical firmware error that occurred when a physical drive was
pulled from a RAID10 or RAID1E during heavy I/O.
- Fixed an issue where a hang could occur when an ESM was removed.
- Fixed an issue where, if multiple physical drives are pulled from an
enclosure, additional drives might be lost. This could lead to incorrect
data on the disks.
- Fixed an issue where reconfiguring a virtual disk by adding a drive, or
similar activity, will cause a dedicated hotspare to become unassociated.
- Fixed an issue where a success code was incorrectly returned when data was
sent to a failed drive. This could cause a loss of data.
- Fixed an issue where, if additional drives failed in a virtual disk while a
rebuild was happening, the system could hang.
- Fixed an issue where daisy-chained enclosures would all be reported with
the same position number. Also fixed a related issue where 'locate' did
not function properly for daisy-chained enclosures.
- Fixed an issue where the controller could hang if diagnostics were run
while a rebuild was happening.
- Fixed an issue where hotspares were lost during configuration import.
- Fixed an issue where, if two enclosures were configured and the cable was
pulled from each, then reattached in a swapped configuration, the system
would hang on boot.
- Fixed an issue where successive power cycles in a multi-enclosure
configuration could result in offline drives or a system hang.
- Fixed an issue where, with the controller mux set to 'Auto', configuration
would be lost during reboot.
- Fixed an issue where rebuilds might fail to resume after enclosure power is
restored.
- Corrected several issue where the consistency check was not properly
handling double medium errors.
- Ensured that BGI (Background Initialization) setting was retained during
foreign configuration import.
- Fixed an issue which caused MSM to not allow creation of additional virtual
disks once 16 virtual disks existed.
- Fixed an issue that caused a hang if a rebuild was in progress when a
configuration was migrated from an IR to an MR controller.
- Fixed an issue where load balancing would not resume properly after a cable
pull.
- Fixed an issue where, during a target or chip reset, the Disk Write Cache
setting on a SATA drive would be reset to default, which is generally
'enabled'.
- Fixed an issue where, when BGI is aborted, the status for the CC
(consistency check), rather than the status for the BGI, is reported.
- Fixed an issue where, if a physical disk fails, causing a logical drive to
become degraded, trying to clear or change the configuration would result
in a hang until the failed drive was physically removed.
- Fixed a hang that was seen when a cable was pulled just before system
shutdown.
- Ensured that a hotspare would revert back to hotspare state after a rebuild
to that hotspare failed.
- Fixed several issue that could cause "Illegal Request Sense Data" messages.
- Fixed an issue where a rebuild would hang if one of the logical drives on
the array was deleted during the rebuild.
- Fixed an issue which could result in incorrect data in a scenario where
RAID 50 arrays are running in a degraded state for an extended period of
time.
- Fixed several issues where medium errors could result in offline drives,
incorrect data on drives, failed rebuilds, or system hangs.
- Fixed an issue where, when a redundant path in a multipath system fails,
some drives are marked offline.
- Fixed an issue which could cause hangs when replacing a controller with an
existing configuration.
- Fixed several grammatical and formatting issues.
- Fixed an issue where importing foreign configuration under CTRL-R could
cause the firmware to crash.
- Fixed an issue where an unresponsive SEP could result in a "greater than
122 devices detected" message.
- Fixed an issue where the, after a RAID 6 is reconstructed as a RAID 5, the
configuration is reported incorrectly upon reboot.
- Fixed an issue which could result in incorrect data on the drives when I/O
is run while a capacity expansion is in progress.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a hang when an enclosure is power cycled
while I/O is running.
- Fixed an issue where, if a physical drive became invalid during a rebuild
to that drive, the rebuild would pause, rather than fail.
- Fixed an issue where Battery Warning messages would appear, even when
disabled.
- Fixed an issue which resulted in "Unexpected sense" messages in the log
with SATA drives.
- Fixed an issue where Cache Data could be lost during a power failure.
- Fixed an issue where not all SATA drives were found during discovery.
- Fixed an issue which may result in a firmware hang during a reconstruction
operation.
- Fixed an issue where the firmware would continue to try to communicate with
a bad drive. The symptom of this issue is a drive where the status light
is blinking amber and the activity light is solid green.
- Fixed an issue where an enclosure reboot could, very rarely, cause a
condition where the driver sends a Kill Adapter signal.
- Fixed an issue where, if a medium error is encountered on a source drive
during a rebuild, the bad block may not get marked as bad.
- Fixed an issue where running in degraded mode with medium errors could
cause the firmware to hang.
- Fixed an issue where running heavy I/O on daisy-chained enclosures for an
extended period of time could cause a hang.
- Fixed an issue where, with some hardware, the configuration is not found
within the timeout time on a cold reboot. This leads to a prompt to import
configuration, after which, the configuration is seen correctly.
- Fixed an issue with I2C LED support.
- Fixed an issue where the write cache policy would unexpectedly change from
write back to write through, then would change back after about a minute.
- Fixed an issue where, if a cable is pulled in a multipath environment, the
alternate path is sometimes not followed.
- Fixed an error in the ECC error logging which can cause a memory leakage.
- Fixed an issue where the firmware will hang if discovery does not complete
in two minutes.
- Fixed an issue where full initialization of a large number of SATA drives
would cause timeouts.
- Fixed several LED issues with I2C backplanes.
- Fixed an issue sensing dual I2C backplanes in a multipath environment.

Functionality:
- Added support for 64 virtual disks per array.
- Added support for expanded RAID 1, a form of RAID 1E which supports even
numbers of drives.
- Added the ability to hot-swap a battery.
- Added the ability to manually initiate the battery learn cycle.
- Added multipathing support for SATA drives.
- Added the ability to enable or disable NCQ from the CLI or WebBIOS.
- Added the copyback feature, which is used when a drive goes defunct and the
array rebuilds to a hotspare. Copyback allows the hotspare to rebuild to a
new drive that is inserted to replace the defunct drive.
- Clarified several log event messages.
- Implemented load balancing when multipath SAS is used.
- Added logging for some events that were not previously logged.
- Increased the PHY count from 512 to 640 to support 21 enclosures.


Version 8.0.1-0036 - Non-critical
------------------
Fixes:
- Address issue where SATA drives attached to an expander will not respond in
a specific time period causing the drives to be seen as foreign.
- Add support for the IBM ServeRAID 10il SAS/SATA adapter.

Version 8.0.1-0033 - Suggested
------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed issue where current write policy is not changed to write back even if
iBBU completes the charging in 1078 HWR.
- Fixed an issue where the firmware reports "MonTask: line 3566 in file
../../raid/1078dma.c" while running reconstruction on a degraded logical
drive and injecting media errors.
- Fixed an issue where a controller would hang during a reboot.
- Fix is done to invalidate the parity cache for the punctured block before
releasing the cache line
- Fix for WebBIOS hangs with greater then 5 MegaRAID adapters installed.

Version 8.0.1-0029 - Critical
------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where, while performing I/O during a RAID level migration or
an array capacity expansion, incorrect data may be passed during a data
transfer.


Version 8.0.1-0027 - Critical
------------------
Fixes:
- Implemented changes to ensure the firmware does not violate the DDR2 spec
during the initialization sequence in a 1078 ROMB environment.
- Fixed an issue where the controller enters MegaMon when a rebuilding span
is removed.
- Fixed an issue where the operating system may crash after an S3 resume
followed by a manual restart.
- Fixed an issue where a bad SAS cable, connected between two enclosures,
could cause the firmware on the associated controller to crash.
- Fixed a chip reset that could happen during boot sequence of RHEL 5 64-bit.
- Fixed an issue where WebBIOS does not initially see external devices, and,
if RAID is configured, the “missing config” prompt is shown in the BIOS.
This was caused by the firmware not waiting for the second discovery
attempt that is necessary to find external devices.
- Fixed an issue where, on a 1078 chip, firmware was not properly marking a
drive dead. Consequently, a write to that drive would appear to complete
successfully, but would actually fail, therefore the data could be
incorrect.
- Fixed an issue where, under heavy load, with write back enabled, the
following error was seen: "ERROR: Stale read check failure. Page image
returned does not match previous write. Check hardware and caches. Read
size was 16384"
- Fixed an issue where import of foreign drive configuration would fail.
- Fixed an issue where firmware could crash when a large number of hard
drives is connected to a ServeRAID MR10M.
- Fixed an issue where multiple reboots of cascading enclosures could result
in incorrect data.
- Fixed an issue where the Global Hard Drive Summary LED was not working.
- Disallowed the addition of logical drives in an array that is being
rebuilt. This fixes an issue where a newly created logical drive on a
rebuilding array would be deleted on reboot.
- Fixed an issue where the drive sizes were shown incorrectly after drive
migration in an array with two or more different sized drives.
- Fixed an issue where the source drive in a rebuild would be failed after
several ECC errors.

Functionality:
- Implemented Slot ID mapping support in a mixed topology.
- Implemented a performance enhancement for sequential read workloads.
- Reenabled offline hard drive firmware flash. Now hard drive firmware can
be flashed in either an online or an offline state.
- Implemented a new event so that dirty cache will be discarded on a virtual
drive that is missing or offline.


Version 8.0.1-0021
------------------
- Initial release
ibm_fw_sraidmr_10i-10is-11_0_1-0042_windows_32-64_chg

BIOS/FW/UEFI Update for ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x

Controller Supported: ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x (81Y4492)

NOTE TO SERVICE - Reference RETAIN #N/A


Version 1.15.02 - Suggested
-------------
Contains:
BIOS Firmware UEFI Driver
7.29.01.00 15.00.00.00 7.22.04.00

BIOS Changes
Enhancement(s):
- Core BIOS and BIOS configuration utility will display "FF" as the PCI slot
number when proper slot information is not available.
- Increased the disk drive spin-up timeout value to accommodate disk drives
having larger spin up times.

Fix(es):
- Fixed an issue where the adapter order does not get written to NVM and
"Updating Adapter Order" displays on every reboot.
- Fixed issue where zero sized volume was showing "4. 0 GiB."
- Fixed issue where devices, which are not attached to adapter 0, could not be
promoted to positions in the boot order when they were selected in the
configuration utility.
- Fixed an issue where IOS Banner(POST) not showing SAS Discovery error
when more than one HBA is connected to the host system.
- Fixed an issue where the SMART status is not correctly displayed for bare
drives.
- Fixed an issue in SAS topology where a RAID disk is highlighted and attempted
to set as preferred boot device or alternate boot device, the configuration
utility displays a SAVE/DISCARD prompt.
- Fixed an issue where the firmware was showing a large elapsed time when a
format operation crosses midnight in the system clock.

Firmware Changes
Enhancement(s):
- Added support for 4GB DIMM
- Added the ability for user the enable/disable of the drive write cache
during the BIOS start up.

Fix(es):
- Fixed an issue where a request sense command, which is executed after a
SATA drive is in active state is moved to idle power condition state, has no 'Additional Sense' information set.
- Fixed an issue where protected information error "Logical block reference
tag check failed" is received when an IR volume is deleted.
- Fixed an issue Self-Test Results log page where values for update parameter
code, format and linking, and parameter length are not recorded.
- Fixed an issue sending vital product data inquiry with vital product data
page set as invalid (0xFF) while diagnostic is running on a SATA drive
results in segmentation fault 0x1901.
- Fixed an issue where input/output is sent to SATA drives before the drives
are ready.
- Fixed an issue where fault 8405 was being hit while disabling and enabling
the phy to which secondary drive is connected with IOs active.
- Fixed an issue where subsequent commands sent to a SATA drive fail after a
write same command failure until NCQ error handling is triggered or the device
is reset.
- Fixed an issue where Report Luns command sent to SATA drive fails if the
drive is spun down.
- Fixed an issue where hotspare does not resynch with second raid volume when
both volumes are in degraded state.
- Fixed an issue where incorrect sense data is populated when Security
Protocol IN/OUT command is sent to supported drive.
- Fixed an issue where allocation length for inquiry SCSI Command is not
handled Properly during SATA Drive Format.
- Fixed an issue during SATA drive format where vital product data inquiry
command is executed for SATA drive with invalid page code, and the command is passed with no data instead for failing with CC and sense data.
- Fixed an issue where the host will not indicate the existence of the
expander attached drives if the direct attached device re-ordering feature is enabled.
- Fixed an issue where protected information errors are observed on a RAID 1
volume its BGI is not completed, and its member physical disks are removed and inserted.
- Fixed an issue where the TM response was set to failed if the device is
missing due to the DO NOT SEND TASK IU flag being enabled.
- Fixed an issue where DMD (Device Missing Delay) timer is not set to the
default time when the total Report Device Missing Delay is greater than 0x7F
seconds.
- Fixed an issue where RAID1 volume fails to resynch when a new compatible
bare drive is available in the primary drive slot.
- Fixed an issue where error handling for errors, that cause the DMA engines
to halt, are not handled properly and multithreaded IOs can hang if the same
control block is used too soon.
- Fixed an issue where a third hotspare is created even if the number of
hotspares currently present in the RAID Configuration is 2.
- Fixed an issue where inactive foreign volume information cannot be seen in
SASBIOS when a native volume is deleted.

UEFI Changes
Enhancement(s)
- Additional information such as vendor id and product id added to
the HII Create Configuration Screen.
- Added ability to check to detect missing hotspares to HII.
- Modified to be obtained PCI Slot Number information from the
system firmware protected information.
- Additional character "M" will be displayed as part of the device
display identifier of a multipathed disk.
- Ability in HII to detect missing hotspares and provide a facility
to delete the missing hotspares.
- Implemented Configuration Summary and Simple Virtual Disk
Creation Support for Unified Configuration Management.
- Modified UEFI driver to wait for a maximum of 10 seconds for
the controller to become ready, so controller gets discovered in
the OS.

Fix(es):
- Fixed an issue where Enable/Disable write cache does not work for
SAS drives.
- Fixed an issue where HII Configuration utility does not allow
the user to create a RAID0 with single disk present in the topology.
- Fixed an issue in Create Configuration menu where additional drive
information is not getting updated appropriately in HELP area.
- Modified to prevent Write Cache settings options from appearing
for the IR firmware.
- Fixed an issue where SATA volume members and hotspare drives are
labeled as 'M' in a multipathed environment.
- Fixed an issue to prevent HII from allowing the option to
enable/disable write cache for SATA drives.
- Fixed an issue where multipathing is disabled in Manufacturing
page settings, but volume members and hotspare drives are
labeled as "M."
- UEFI driver modified to check BIOS Options in order to determine
if is should manage the controller.

Version 1.10.08 - Suggested
-------------
Contains:
BIOS Firmware UEFI Driver
7.19.00.00 10.00.11.00 7.18.04.04

Enhancement
- Add support for Unified Configuration Management
- Add support for single drive RAID 0

Fixes
- Fixed a problem where PFA alerts are not seen in the IMM or CMM

Version 1.10.06 - Suggested
-------------
Contains:
BIOS Firmware UEFI Driver
7.19.00.00 10.00.08.00 7.18.04.03

Fixes:
- Fixed issue where HII do not report Multi-LUN devices from external
RAID enclosure.
- Do not show external RAID LUNs in HII RAID configuration page.
- Report NVDATA version consistently in Hex or Decimal.

Version 1.10.05 -Critical
-------------
Contains:
BIOS Firmware UEFI Driver
7.19.00.00 10.00.08.00 7.18.04.02

Note: HII changes may not affect all controllers. Changes for the controller are
based on RAID volume support.
- HII fix to return EFI_SUCCESS when RETRIEVE Action is given in HII Callback
function.
- HII fix for Write cache disabling fails for SATA HDD/SSD connected to the IT
controller.
- HII fix for saved Controller Events Filename.
- Behvioral change for the way a volume is created in HII.

Note: The following fixes only effect blade systems that support Bofm.
- Fixed boot issues in Windows 2008 where after installation in uEFI the os will not
boot due to the BuildDevicePath not allocating enough memory for the
DevicePathreturned to caller.
- Fixed issue with Bofm configurations where the BOFM supplied addresses for
external/switch attach Phys are being assigned to the internal/direct attach Phys.
- Fixed a Bofm issue where the SAS WWIDs not reverting to Man Page 5 Default when a
Blade is moved back to non-BOFM slot.

Version 1.10.04 - Suggested
-------------
Contains:
BIOS Firmware UEFI Driver
7.19.00.00 10.00.08.00 7.18.01.11

Note: HII changes may not affect all controllers. Changes for the controller are
based on RAID volume support.

- HII change to Remove Legacy BIOS Enable/Disable option.
- Fixed issue where after creating a volume using SATA SSD the Associated Physical
Disks always show up as SATA HDD.
- Fixed issue where a hotspare could not be created for any volume in the HII browser.
- HII fix for the View Physical Disk Properties form where the Serial number of SATA
disks were being displaced with a space.
- HII fix for the IR help strings displayed when using an IT controller.
- Fixed HII issue where a 'Question value mismatch with Option value' error occurs when
saying No for creating RAID10/RAID1E volume.
- Fixed HII issue where help is not available when having only RAID0 and RAID1 levels
in Create Configuration form.
- Fixed a problem where the UEFI driver ATA PassThru Protocol is corrupt while trying
to access the Mode field.
- HII behavior change for 'Manage Foreign Configurations.'
- HII change to provide proper extended RAID Levels in help messages based on supported
extended RAID Levels.

Version 1.10 - Initial release
-------------
Contains:
BIOS Firmware UEFI Driver
7.19.00.00 10.00.03.00 7.18.01.05
ibm_fw_mpt2sas_h1110-1_15_02_windows_32-64_chg

Mellanox Technologies

===============================================================================
Mellanox OFED for Windows UpdateXpress Release Notes for IBM
Version MLNX_WinOF 4.55
Last Modified on October 13, 2013
===============================================================================


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===============================================================================
Table of Contents
===============================================================================
1. Overview
2. Changes in This Release
3. Supported Firmware and Firmware Tools
4. Change Log History
4.1 WinOF VPI v4.55 Main Changes (from v4.3)
4.2 WinOF VPI v4.3 Main Changes (from v4.2)
4.3 WinOF VPI v4.2 Main Changes
5. Known Issues
6. Bug Fixes History
6.1 WinOF VPI v4.55 Bug Fixes
6.2 WinOF VPI v4.40 Bug Fixes
6.3 WinOF VPI v4.2 Bug Fixes
7. API Changes
7.1 WinOF VPI v4.55 API Changes:
7.1 WinOF VPI v4.40 API Changes:

===============================================================================
1. Overview
===============================================================================
This document addresses the Mellanox WinOF VPI driver package distributed for
Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64 only).
Mellanox WinOF VPI is composed of several software modules that contain an
InfiniBand and Ethernet driver. The Mellanox WinOF VPI driver supports
Infiniband and 10GB Ethernet ports. The port type is determined upon boot
based on card’s capability and user setting.

===============================================================================
2. Changes in This Release
===============================================================================
WinOF VPI v4.55 provides the following changes and new features:

- Generic
- Added support for Windows Server 2012 R2 Operating System
- Added the ParentBusPath option to each port registry key
- Added a new hardware ID for ConnectX®-3 Pro NICs
- The QP numbers allocation are now round-robin manner
- RecvCompletionMethod as Interrupt is no longer supported
- Removed the LsoV1IPv4 from the registry/UI
- Removed from the bus driver configuration the ‘Non-DMA’ option
- Removed the TXRingNum option from the UI
- NVGRE
- NVGRE hardware off-load with ConnectX®-3 Pro cards only
- Added to the UI the *EncapsulatedPacketTaskOffload option when using ConnectX®-3 Pro NICs
- Performance
- Added the nd_send_bw and nd_send_lat ND benchmarking tools
- Ethernet
- Added IP-IP checksum off-load support
- Added Ports TX arbitration/Bandwidth allocation per port
- The following ND providers, MLX4ND and MLX4ND2 are installed by default
- InfiniBand
- IPoIB performance improvements
- RoCE
- Added Sniffer for RoCE packets
- The used RoCE mode set upon driver load is printed into event log message
===============================================================================
3. Supported Firmware and Firmware Tools
===============================================================================
- Firmware:
- ConnectX®-3 Pro QDR/FDR10/FDR and ConnectX®-3 Pro EN - For the firmware
version, please contact Mellanox support.
- ConnectX®-3 QDR/FDR10/FDR and ConnectX®-3 EN - Firmware v2.11.0500 and
above
- ConnectX®-2 SDR/DDR/QDR and ConnectX®-2 EN - Firmware v2.9.1200 and above

- Tools:
- MFT (Mellanox Firmware Tools) version 2.7.0 and later

===============================================================================
4. Change Log History
===============================================================================
4.1 WinOF VPI v4.40 Main Changes (from v4.3):
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Added a notification in the event log in case SMB is not supported
in ConnectX®-2 firmware
- Added the trace tool for WPP tracing
- Set 512 RX buffers by default
- Removed TXRingNum
- Changed the perf_tuning setting to achieve a better performance tuning
- Added Transmit Side Scaling (TSS)
- Added Ethernet QoS proprietary counters, diagnostics and traffic for monitoring,
using Windows’ perfmon utility
- Enabled MaxRssProcessirs support of the following values: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32,64
- Added to the MTU size the IP header size (1500 ->1514, 9600->9614).
Thus the minimum Jumbo frame size is 614.
- Interrupt moderation supports the following profiles:
- Low Latency
- Moderate
- Aggressive in addition to old values that are not supported anymore
- Made mlx4_bus and Ethernet devices removable
- Network Direct: Added support for NDv2
- Network Direct: Set the default ND provide value to mlx4nd2
- Network Direct: Removed the option of NDK registration failure requiring a reboot
of the machine to register it again
- Network Direct: Added the option of sensing the incoming Read messages according
to the device capabilities when creating an EndPoint limit
- Removed the QoS attributes when disabling QoS
- Added active_mtu field to struct ib_port_attr_t
- Added the option of vstat displaying the active_mtu of the ports
- Allowed registration of a large Memory Region which is splitted to many segments
- Added the option of ibv_devinfo displaying the correct MTU value after
it was changed
- Added the option of part_man printing the adapter name when the Port GUID
is set to zero
- Added the option of part_man printing the leading zeroes of port GUID
- Prevented displaying a message to upgrade the firmware for OEM NICs if it has
the latest firmware version
- Removed portsetting registry key during uninstall

4.2 WinOF VPI v4.3 Main Changes (from v4.2):
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Added support for a new provider called MLX4ND, which supports both NDv1
and NDv2 interfaces
- Enabled performance tuning running according to the operating systems that
are running over it
- The keywords added to the registry in NDIS support Windows 2012 are:
- RssMaxProcNumber
- NumRSSQueues
- RSSProfile
- The keywords added to the registry In NDIS support Windows 2008 R2 are:
- RssBaseProcNumber
- MaxRssProcessors
- RssBaseProcGroup
- The rest of the keywords are added in all versions of NDIS.
This change is based on:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff570864(v=vs.85).aspx
- RoCE MTU value is no longer set to 1024 by default
- All options stay as they are and can only be chosen if they were selected
explicitly in the UI/registry
- The current default state is as follows: The value is now derived from the MTU
(or MaxFramSize, or Jumbo Packets value) and they are all aliases for the same value).
The value is aligned to 256,512,1024,2048 in a way that it will be rounded down
to the nearest power of two of the ETH MTU.
- Added ibdiagnet utility support

4.3 WinOF VPI v4.2 Main Changes:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Modified RSS cores and changed VMQ affinity on the fly
- Added support for K-GROUPS processors (more than 64 processors support) to
allow assignment of MSI-X affinity for multiple processor groups.
- Set an adequate number of MTTs to map all physical memory
- Allocated firmware and ICM memory in chunks of non-paged memory instead of
using contiguous physical memory.
- Changed device names in device manager and their hardware IDs.
The changes were made to distinguish between ConnectX®-2 and ConnectX®-3:
- for ConnectX-2: MLX4\ConnectX-2_Eth and IBA\ConnectX-2_IPoIB
- for ConnectX-3: MLX4\ConnectX-3_Eth and IBA\ConnectX-3_IPoIB
- Set QoS settings only for ConnectX-3. Changing the hardware ID,
forces the OS to install new device and re-build the registry keys.
- Added an event log to indicate driver failure upon start if there are two
HCA burned with the same GUID.
- Added firmware upgrade support as part of the setup process. The setup burns
the new firmware only on Mellanox cards. Firmware burning failure does not
prevent the driver’s installation, therefore, it will show a warning.
In this case, it is recommended to update the firmware manually.
- Enabled configuration of TxRingNum registry key from the UI
- Improved the "Port Protocol" dialog
- Added Registry key documentation to the setup package
- Optimized code performance
- Increased send parallelism
- Memory used in receive flow is now allocated with the same affinity of the
handling processor for faster access
- Statistics parameters are now directly read from hardware instead of
being calculated by software
- Added support for BlueFlame. BlueFlame is now the default working mode for
all packets that have a descriptor which fits into a BF register
(currently 256 bytes).
- Use "BlueFlame" registry key to enable\disable this feature.
- Added support for RSS functionality on available processors numbers.
Used to be restricted to start at the first processor.
- Changed RSS registry defaults to give better out of the box performance
- Added a performance UI to tune performance under various scenarios
- Added a tool to tune performance under various scenarios
- Added support for multiple TX rings
- Added an option to verify that the number of multicast groups used is
no higher than the firmware limits
- Improved performance in virtualization when using VMQ
- Added support for multiple TX rings. The new driver advertises its TSS capability
(using multiple TX rings). This feature will not be used when communicating with
older version drivers (such as the inbox driver). This way IPv4 communication in
a mixed environment that includes the inbox driver should work.
IPv6 communication may be problematic in such an environment.
- Eliminated some race conditions in IPoIB mcast handling
- Added mcast addresses according to the Windows mcast table in addition to mcast
addresses from igmp\mld queries, in order to connect to such mcasts that
are not reported by the queries.
- Removed redundant LID_CHANGE events. This fixes the redundant reconnection
of all IPoIB mcasts.
- Added support for VM migration. When a VM is migrated from one host to
another it does not send a new ARP to hosts it already knew when it was
sitting on the first host. In order to prevent communication interruption
to such hosts, the driver will initiate an ARP to learn them again.
- Removed affinity restriction to group 0 for NDK
- Added support for the part_man tool. It can create only one additional
IPoIB interface per port GUID. This feature can be utilized to use different
IPoIB interfaces for SMB and Hyper-V.
The virtual ports configuration is removed during uninstal
- Installed ND by default
- The following tools were added to the setup package:
- ibv_asyncwatch.exe
- ibv_atomic_bw.exe
- ibv_atomic_lat.exe
- ibv_devinfo.exe
- ibv_rc_pingpong.exe
- ibv_rdma_bw.exe
- ibv_rdma_lat.exe
- ibaddr.exe
- ibcacheedit.exe
- iblinkinfo.exe
- ibqueryerrors.exe
- ibsysstat.exe
- saquery.exe
- smpdump.exe

===============================================================================
5. Known Issues
===============================================================================
- On rare occasions, depends on the GUID assignment, the IPoIB MAC address
can be assigned with a multicast MAC (the least significant bit of the most
significant address octet is set to 1).In that case, all of the traffic
over the IPoIB I/F are dropped.
If you experience this issue, please contact Mellanox support.
- OpenSM is currently at beta level. We do not recommend using it
in deployment setups. If OpenSM is required in your setup, please
use a Mellanox managed switch or UFM.
- WinVerbs is no longer supported. We recommend installing MLX4ND.
- The following are the unsupported functionality/features in WinOF Rev 4.55:
- Connect-X® adapter cards
- ND over WinVerbs provider
- SRP
- ConnectX®-2 Adapter Limitations
- Limited NDK support - for details contact Mellanox Support.
- CQ to EQ feature is not supported - consequently, the driver may associate RSS and
VMQ packets with the wrong CPUs
- Mellanox perfmon counters are not supported
- Auto-sensing is not supported
- ibdump is not supported
- QoS is not supported
- Pinning all the physical memory (used by RDMA operations, such as register memory, pin user memory) on the machine, on Operating Systems prior to Windows Server 2012, may cause the machine to hang.oS is not supported
- The displayed MAC address in the DHCP server of virtual IPoIB I/F may display a wrong data (FF00........) although the I/F is still fully functional.
- When running applications that use ND or libibumad (such as OpenSM) the system might get to a unstable state when trying to shutdown/restart/hibernate it.
- Activating NC-SI in WinOF v4.55 may cause the driver to fail loading
- When trying to use the following WMI classes and operations, an error or empty messages will be displayed:
- MLNX_Card
- MLNX_FirmwareIdentity
- MLNX_FirmwareInstallationServic
- MLNX_Realizes
- The maximum values returned by the ib_query_ca() function (for example: max_qp, max_mr) are the upper limits of the supported resources by the device. However, it may be impossible to use these maximum values, since the actual number of any resource that can be created may be limited by the machine configuration, the amount of host memory, user permissions, and the amount of resources already in use by other users/processes.
- On ConnectX-2/ConnectX-3 Ethernet adapter cards, there is a mismatch between the GUID value returned by firmware management tools and that returned by fabric/driver utilities that read the GUID via device firmware (e.g., using ibstat). Mlxburn/flint return 0xffff as GUID while the utilities return a value derived from the MAC address. For all driver/firmware/software purposes, the latter value should be used.
- When uninstalling and reinstalling the driver, the ConnectX-3 Pro Ethernet device will be displayed in the Device Manager with a yellow bang (!).
- Active links disappear after changing the cable connectivity from Ethernet to InfiniBand or vise versa.
- The installation process does not close any applications running in the background, and may cause a BSOD as a result of a stuck cmd.
- InfiniBand application that was compiled with an SDK version earlier than WinOF v4.40 isn't binary compatible
- WMI does not work due to lack of permissions
- WinOF 4.40 and above IPoIB driver is not IPv6 compatible with earlier driver versions, including Window 8 Inbox driver.
If WinOF 4.50 IPoIB node receives an icmpv6 message from the legacy IPoIB node, the following event will appear in the event log:
"IPoIB driver detected a possible incompatibility with Windows 8 inbox IPv6 support due to which there is no IPv6 connectivity”.
- On rare occasions, as a result of port configuration change (IB/ETH) the UI may get stuck for up to a few minutes. This effect does not require any user action. The UI returns to its proper functionality after a few minutes.
- WinOF Inbox driver does not support upgrade. When installing WinOF v4.40 and above on a Windows Server 2012 and above machine, the Inbox driver is uninstalled prior to starting the new installation and any previous configurations is lost. The Inbox driver will be reinstalled automatically when the new driver is uninstalled.
- Without separate ports for each stream, WinSock multiplexes every packet to every subscriber socket and then filters it out.
- The "Packets Received Discarded" and "Packets Received Errors" counter may display wrong results.
- Firmware upgrade may fail during installation if there was a prior firmware upgrade on the machine without a reboot after it. A firmware upgrade failure does not fail the whole installation.
- The drivers’ functionality is limited up to 1TB of memory and up to 128 cores.
- Connection failure on ND tests while machine A have IBAL provider and machine B have MLX4ND provider
- Hibernate and Sleep are not functional when user-space is using its resources.
- Calling ib_join_mcast() with timeout_ms = 0 may result in a BSOD.
- IPoIB does not support:
- MAC address change
- QoS (packet priority)
- Load balancing and fail-over (LBFO)
- Connected Mode
- Partition
- Memory registration on 32bit machines is limited to up to 256GB.
- In an interoperability environment that has both Linux and Windows OSs, the MTU value must be the same, otherwise packets larger than the minimum will not go through. The default MTU for Linux is 2K and for Windows is 4K
- Old InfiniBand application must be recompiled with the latest SDK version.
- iSCSI boot over IPoIB is currently not functional
- OpenSM does not run as a service during installation since the SM requires the GUID parameter to decide which port to work on. Setting it on setup causes it to work only on the first port and not the others.
- Tools issues:
- ibportstate does not work on RoCE ports
- ibdiagpath may crash on Hyper-V machines
- If an application which uses InfiniBand runs while the driver is being restarted, a bluescreen or an NMI may occur.
- If OpenSM is up during driver restart on the same machine, it might stop working when the driver is being backed up.
- When configuring one of the ports to be IPoIB, Mellanox device appears in the Eject Devices.
- A virtual IPoIB interface, created by the part_man utility, reports an Active state when the physical link is in the Initializing state and OpenSM is not running in the subnet
- Disabling the "Priority & VLAN tag" in the UI which VLANID is configured, may result in sending packets with the configured VLANID.
- WakeOnMagicPacket registry key is not added to the registry although WoL is supported by the driver and by the NIC.
- When the ports of the device are configured as Ethernet only, ibstat/vstat may display wrong information
- The DCB component specifies a default traffic classification that is applied to all egress packets that do not match other classification conditions. In this case, the network adapter assigns the IEEE 802.1p priority level that is associated with the default classification to these egress packets. The default traffic classification has the following attributes:
- It has a traffic classification condition of type NDIS_QOS_CONDITION_DEFAULT.
- It is the first traffic classification defined in the array of NDIS_QOS_CLASSIFICATION_ELEMENT structures
- High multicast drop rate on multicast storming.
- When there is a stress in TCP connection establishments, some of those connections may fail
- Wake on Lan (WoL) cannot be disabled on NICs which supports it.
- When NVGRE offload is enabled the GRE traffic cannot be accepted as a regular L2 traffic and requires special L2_TUNNELING steering rules. In such case the GRE packets are dropped or directed to promiscuous queue.
- GRE traffic steering by inner MAC and by outer MAC simultaneously is currently not supported.
- If VMQ set filter request are accepted without a GRE flag (i.e. requested steering by outer MAC), the GRE packets do not reach that VMQ.
- Running Quality of Service (QoS) commands without the parameter "-PolicyStore ActiveStore” may cause machines to load without Quality of Service policy.
- RoCE does not support:
- Traffic cannot go through the router. It works in the same subnet only
- Multicast traffic
- VLAN
- Layer 3 feature
- Using different versions of RoCE in your cluster is not supported.
- When using WinOF 4.40 or above, low throughput will be seen on 40GbE adapters when QoS is enabled
- Perf_tuning is supported only when one of the two NUMA nodes are in use.
- Execution of nd_write_lat over mlx4ndv1 or mlx4ndv2 may never end.
- When the vSwitch is detached from the ETH\IPoIB device while the driver is disabled, the device does not reacquire the static IP it had before the attachment of the vSwitch. When the vSwitch is attached to the ETH\IPoIB device while there is no link, it will not receive the device IP when the link is back up.
- After attaching the vSwitch to the ETH\IPoIB device, changing the “Jumbo Packet” registry key on the ETH\IPoIB device does not affect the vSwitch configuration and vice versa.
For example, if the user sets the “Jumbo Packet” on the ETH\IPoIB device to X, and the “Jumbo Packet” on the vSwitch to X+Y, X+Y sized packets will be passed from NDIS down to the driver and they will be dropped by it.
- Unexpected behavior might occur when running in a virtualized environment and creating two virtual switches bound to each of the ports of a dual port NIC and then using both of them with two vNICs from the same VM.
- When moving an IPoIB interface in a VM from non-VMQ to VMQ or from VMQ to non-VMQ,
a reset to the NIC may occur and in the event log the following message will appear:
‘device reports a "CQE error" on cqn qpn Status . Therefore, the HCA Nic will be reset. (The issue is reported in Function ). For more information refer to details.’
- In IPoIB when using long Multicast traffic from a Virtual Machine (VM) to an external host there might be up to 0.5% loss in 5% bursts
- Hyper-V is at low bandwidth on LBFO vSwitch, Windows 2012
- In Ethernet to achieve better iperf TCP performance between a Linux VM and a Windows VM on different hosts, when using MS MUX over the Ethernet driver, use the non VMQ mode for the VMs.
- After disabling and enabling a port on a guest, a ping to it may be renewed after a minute. The ARP requests sent by Windows are less frequent as the time passes. If the guest port was down for a while, it could take time until Windows decides to send another ARP request to it.
- When VMQ is enabled after reset, the driver loads all the VMQs that existed before the reset. However, it is not guaranteed that each VMQ will receive the same QP number it had before the reset.
This can cause some delay as a result of resetting before connectivity is reestablished. The delay is caused by the time it takes for the ARP table to update after initiating the Gratuitous ARP.
- The IPoIB non-VMQ mode is supported only when the VMQ is enabled according to the registry values.
- Upgrading the driver while the UI is opened with the "ConnectX NIC device" may cause the installation process to never end.
- Rebooting the machine reboot while uninstalling WinOF, may result in installation failure.
- Canceling the installation process may leave the bus driver in a disable state. The driver appears in a yellow bang containing the following error message:
“Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)”.
- Downgrade is not supported
- ibdump may encounter packet drops upon a burst of more than 4096 (or 2^max-burst) packets
- Packets loss is not reported by ibdump
- Running ibdump on a RoCE Ethernet port may decrease the functional bandwidth due to the overhead of creating extra copy for each packet. This may lead to packet drops on the link.
Verify Ethernet flow control is enable to ensure a lossless link
- Sniffing over IB ports is currently not supported




===============================================================================
6. Bug Fixes History
===============================================================================
6.1 WinOF VPI v4.55 Bug Fixes:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Fixed nd_*_bw to achieve better performance (memory buffer alignment) and consistent results
- Fixed the issue preventing messages to be sent in VLAN 0 when using many VMQ rings
- Fixed a part_man issue related to wrong statistics over virtual partman interfaces

6.2 WinOF VPI v4.40 Bug Fixes:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Fixed an issue causing the setup to fail upon perf_tune failure during the
installation. An error message will be printed in the installation log
upon perf_tune failure.
- Removed port setting registry key during uninstall
- Fixed and issue with the Mellanox adapter being shown on the USB removal menu,
which caused the removal of the Mellanox adapter once removing the USB.
- Fixed the perf_tuning indication of the last chosen tuning scenarios
- Fixed a crash in the ib_send_lat/bw utilities caused when the port link was down
- Fixed the “Restore to defaults” option in the perf_tuning tool.
Now the default values are being restored
- Fixed WoL support on NIC with a single port
- Fixed the default RoCE configuration on NICs with a single ports
- Fixed the values for the MTU and rate of the CM-REQ
- Fixed miniport reset on sending scenarios
- Network Direct: Fixed a crash occurred when more than 4 SGEs elements were
used in an ND write operation
- Network Direct: Fixed the swap of InboundReadLimit and OutboundReadLimit when
creating an EndPoint and in Connector::GetConnectionData
- Network Direct: Fixed disallowing creation of EndPoint with zero
attributes in the Receive Queue
- Network Direct: Fixed a failure when creating an EndPoint with zero
attributes in the Receive Queue
- Fixed a bluescreen issue that occurred when disabling the interface
after a TX stress over the VMQ
- Fixed a failure of MPI/ND over InfiniBand

6.3 WinOF VPI v4.2 Bug Fixes:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Fixed restart issue when there are not enough MSI-X vectors for each
machine core
- Fixed RSS indirection table mapping building when there are less RX
rings than RSS cores
- Fixed a bug, preventing standard work with BAR value more than 4GB.
- Fixed memory leaks
- Fixed error flows causing a Bluescreen in driver startup/unload
- Fixed a Bluescreen occurrence upon shutdown due to leak in active resources
- Fixed a bug that prevented IBAL applications from working on machines with 2 cards
- Fixed a bug that caused packet drop on remote node when the first sent
packet is not an ARP or a multicast packet
- Fixed IPoIB VMQ affinity update bugs
- Fixed IPoIB VMQ parent queue management race during reset
- Fixed a bug in passing DHCP packets from a Linux VM
- Fixed bug in RDMA statistics for NDK

===============================================================================
7. API Changes
===============================================================================

7.1 WinOF VPI v4.55 API Changes:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- RDMA_TRANSPORT_RRDMAOE_1_5 - Enumerated values were added
- RDMA_TRANSPORT_RRDMAOE_2_0 - Enumerated values were added
- RDMA_TRANSPORT_RRDMAOE It is an alias to RDMA_TRANSPORT_RRDMAOE_1_5
- is_rroce(), is_xroce() - Added new functions
- IB_AC_SNIFFER - Added a new macro
- struct ib_qp_mod_t - The field state.init.flags was added

7.2 WinOF VPI v4.40 API Changes:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERBS_MINOR_VER - Increased its value, 0009 -> 000a
- enum eth_link_speeds - Enumerated values were added
- struct ib_port_attr_t:
- The mtu field was separated into two fields:
- max_mtu (maximum MTU supported by the port)
- active_mtu (actual MTU which the port is configured with)
- Added the eth_link_speed field
- WR_SEND_INV - Enumerated value was added
- struct ib_send_wr_t - The type of invalidate_rkey was changed from net32_t -> ib_net32_t
- IB_SEND_OPT_SKIP_DOORBELL - Added the send Write flag
mlnx_fw_nic_4_55_9096p4_win2k12r2_32-64_chg

===============================================================================
Emulex FCoE Device Driver for Windows
===============================================================================

Driver version: 2.74.016.001 (supported on IBM System x, BladeCenter and Flex)

Problems Fixed:
- Cleaned up a variety of corner case issues to avoid BSODs
- Fixed IOCTL encounter bug-chk on BE3 during NPIV tests
- Fixed reporting incorrect error code when creating vport on a switch without
NPIV supported
- Updated the default model name for 10Gb CNAs and 16G HBAs

Incremental Interoperability:
- None

Known Issues:
- None

===============================================================================

Driver version: 2.74.014.001 (Supported for IBM System x & BladeCenter)

Problems Fixed:
- None

Incremental Interoperability:
- PCI-IDs added for XE4310R controller applications

Known Issues:
- No known issues

===============================================================================

Driver version: 2.74.009.001
(Previously supported on IBM SystemX, BladeCenter & Flex)

Problems Fixed:
- Clean up non-critical legacy FC and uCNA incompatibilities
- LUN masking doesn't persist after reboot
- Emulex GUI crashes when closing a running Upgrade utility and re-open it in
802.3 configuration with IP or MAC
- Several bugs related to creation or deletion of vports

Incremental Interoperability:
- Windows 2012
- Improved debug capabilities
- Tighter integration with MS Windows Design Kit

Known Issues:
- None

===============================================================================

Driver version 2.70.018
(Previously supported on IBM SystemX, BladeCenter & Flex)

Problems Fixed:

- Fixed sending ABTS continuously to Flogi issue
- Fixed reset and link bounce issues for SLI4 FC public loop
- Added support for ABTS timeout handling for both SLI3 and SLI4
- Fixed loopback test incorrectly dropping the loopback frame in SLI4
- Fixed exchange management issue in SLI4 CT receive path causing array
overflow
- Fixed firmware version update issue following download in link up state
- Fixed problem in init_vfi completion handler that stalled fabric login on BE
FCoE FW
- Fixed problem that caused OCM ELS Echo Test to fail
- Fixed the loopback test issue in recovering from error condition
- Add persistent link down support for SLI4 FC
- Fix DFC_IssueDumpMBox to manage request type 3 which includes link select
option
- Modified reinitialization sequence following reset to fix discovery failure
post type 1 or type 3 reset
- Fixed new firmware dump issue

===============================================================================

Driver Version 2.50.007
(Previously supported on IBM SystemX & BladeCenter)
elx_dd_cna_ibm1212-2_74_016_001-6_windows_32-64_chg

IBM HBA/LSI 6Gb SAS/SATA/SSD Driver for Windows 2012/2008 R2/2008/2003

Supported Controllers:
- IBM N2125 SAS/SATA Controller (46C9011)
- IBM N2115 SAS/SATA Controller (46C8989)
- ServeRAID H1135 Controller for IBM Flex System and BladeCenter (90Y4750)
- ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x (81Y4492)
- IBM 6Gb SAS HBA (46M0907)
- IBM 6Gb SSD HBA (68Y7362)
- Onboard LSI 2004 SAS


NOTE TO SERVICE - Reference RETAIN #N/A


Version 2.00.60.00 - Suggested
------------------
Enhancements(s):\
- Added support for 8MB+ IO's
- Modified sense data processing code to check for an ATA Passthrough command
(either 12 or 16 byte).
- Added RTTrace hooks to increase logging coverage within driver.
- Implemented Extended SRB support (StorPort enhancement) in driver.
- Added checks to catch physical DMAable memory allocations outside a single 4GB
block as required by the adapter hardware.

Fixes:.
- Fixed an issue where cable break between enclosures causes the adapter to reset.
- Fixed an issue where MSM sends input/output control causing BSOD in Windows 2012
Extended SRB driver.
- Fixed an issue where SAS2FLASH sends input/output control causing BSOD in Windows
2012 Extended SRB driver.
- Fixed data alignment issue which could result in corrupt sense data under Windows
2012.
- Changed RTTRACE version to match record structure used by driver.
- Fixed an issue in Windows Server 2003 where executing LSIutil 1.65 Option 65
virtual serial port causes a bluescreen if memory has been severely fragmented.


Version 2.00.45.00 - Suggested
------------------
Ehancement(s):
- Add support for ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x
- Add conversion of sense data descriptor format to fixed format, so drives 2.1TB in
size and greater can return descriptor format sense data. For these drives to work
properly under Windows, the miniport needs to convert the descriptor format sense
data to fixed format before returning the sense data up the stack.

Fixes:
- Add check for sense data type (fixed vs. descriptor) in CheckSmartInfo where large
physical drives 2TB in size and greater use the descriptor format for sense data in
order to pass back 64-bit LBA addresses. Most drives use the fixed format sense data,
is the only format the upper layers of the Windows stack supports

Version 2.00.17.30 - Initial release
------------------
ibm_dd_mpt2sas_2_00_60_windows_32-64_chg

Fibre Channel Adapter STOR Miniport Driver for Windows
Release Notes
February 18, 2014

QLogic Driver Release Notes

QLogic Corporation
All rights reserved
Package Version 9.1.11.26.b
Driver Version 9.1.11.26

Table of Contents

1. Change History
2. Known Issues
3. Notices
4. Contacting Support


1. Change History

The following changes have been made to the Fibre Channel Adapter
STOR miniport driver for version 9.1.11.26.

The following changes have been made to the Fibre Channel Adapter
STOR miniport driver between versions 9.1.11.25 and 9.1.11.26.

* API version 1.28.0.112 (QLSDM)
* [ER115248]: Read NVRAM fails after write
Resolution: Added delay between write and read in api
Scope : 8200 Series Adapters
* [ER115315]: Unable to update EDC
Resolution: Fixed wrong lengh in built-in FLT
Scope : 2500 Series Adapters
* [ER114713]: Poor read write performance at certain large block sizes
Resolution: Fixed delay in handling SRB queue
Scope : 2600 Series Adapters
* Firmware version: 7.01.00 (2400/2500 Series 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters)
* [ER114741]: Login to tape device times out
Scope : All FC and FCOE Adapter
Resolution: Retry Relogin once
* [ER113510]: Maximum number of GNNFT entries is limited to 128
Scope : All Adapters
Resolution: Increased maximum number of GNNFT entries
* [ER113482]: Failover on EMC storage not working when zoning is deactivated on switch
Resolution: Fixed for not relogin after timeout
* [ER112112]: SnapDrive cannot see luns through the QLE10K
Scope : 10000 series adapter
Resolution: Change the number of ports in AdapterAttributes to 1
* [ER112725]: Issue with processing certain response entry during stop HBA operation
Resolution: Added check for HBA stop state before response queue processing
* [ER112726]: Multi-queue debug trace feature
Scope : 2500 and 2600 Series Adapters
Resolution: Added per-queue debug information trace
* Added support for the following devices (supported platforms):
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_02841077 (x86, x64)

Version 9.1.11.24

* Firmware version: 5.09.00 (2400/2500 Series 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters)
* API version 1.28.0.105 (QLSDM)
* Fix MailboxPassthru by removing restriction on writing mbx8 register [ER104361]
* Added support for Skip 4G FC [ER104575]
* Allow application modify "Execution Throttle" field in nvram for 2600 series adapters [ER103297]
* Add Service Pack number to OSName [ER104204]
* Added api to read 2600 series adapters ASIC temperature [ER102430]
* Added mailbox passthru api [ER102988]
* Added reading ASIC temperature for Ninja and Sensei [ER103001]
* Removed Advanced tab from Device Manager properties
* Added support support for full 64 bit physical addressing [ER101742]
* Added support for QLE10000 series adapters

Version 9.1.10.28

* Firmware version: 5.07.02 (2400/2500 Series 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters)
* API version 1.28.0.101 (QLSDM)
* Removed support for 2Gb speed in port supported speed for 16Gb FC in 2600 series adapters [ER100053]
* Added get/set I2V registers and get/set serdes registers - OEM Adapter [ER99727]
* Added support to address OEM adapter Re-design I2C access issue [ER99562]
* Added adapter disable state check on timer routine re-init state handling [ER96662]
* External loopback support OEM adapter when in loop mode [ER98834]
* Fixed skipping OEM adapter vpd update [ER100458]
* Fixed Ext Loopback test fails with Loopback connector (8Gb loop mode) [ER99702]
* Fixed crash in fwdump routine [ER101039]
* Limit support to node-interleaving configurations

Version 9.1.10.27

* Fixed event Viewer Error 154 (Disk I/O error) occurs when running
Diskercise on FC LUN [ER97809]

Version 9.1.10.26
* API version 1.28.0.97 (QLSDM)
* Added series adapters temperature handling [ER94159]
* Removed driver family version support [ER95755]
* Removed flash FLT error logging for 24xx/25xx [ER96144]
* Returned NOT_SUPPORTED for SDForceFcMctpDump in api [ER96352]
* Fixed memory access error [part of ER96188]
* Fixed extra 4K in variable transfer sizes (64K, 128K) [ER94081]
* Added support to relogin if the device logs out [ER93867]
* Removed event logging for fw dump event [ER98897]

Version 9.1.10.25

* Added Windows Server 2012 support [ER92249]
* Not to update i2c vpd if Sensei in api [ER93800]
* Fixed Flash Layout Table memory usage [ER93668]
* API version 1.28.0.96 (QLSDM)
* Code cleanup [ER92250]
* Added support for Set Driver version for OCBB and family
driver version [ER92243]
* Issue with LB connector attached after it was in point-to-point mode,
driver was still issuing echo instead of loopback command [ER93050]
* Fixed Adapter Port type in P2P mode [ER92357]
* Process completed PRLI [ER89053]
* Fixed multiple request single response queue initialization issue [ER95259]

Version 9.1.9.48

* Firmware version: 5.06.05 (2400/2500 Series 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters)

Version 9.1.9.47

* Firmware version: 5.06.04 (2400/2500 Series 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters)

Version 9.1.9.46

* Firmware version: 5.06.03 (2400/2500 Series 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters)
* API version 1.28.0.92 (QLSDM)
* LUN disappearance after tape reboot [ER84117]
* Failed to reissue some i/o's after controller failover (8Gb)
[ER86660]

Version 9.1.9.29

* Firmware version: 5.06.02 (2400/2500 Series 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters)

Version 9.1.9.28

* Firmware version: 5.05.05 (2400/2500 Series 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters)
* API version 1.28.0.87 (QLSDM)

Version 9.1.9.27

* Updated firmware version: 5.04.04 (2400/2500 Series 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters)
* API version 1.28.0.85 (QLSDM)
* Fixed an issue where drives were not detected in direct connect
topology [ER81138]

Version 9.1.9.25

* No fixes in this driver release.

Version 9.1.8.25

* Closed WMI mapping interoperability with HBAAPI.DLL issue.

Version 9.1.8.19

* Driver restores 4G Fibre Channel PCIe Device Control and Link
Control registers based on saved value.
* In multi-processor systems, the clustering driver timer
popped as a result of unrecovered I/O through a LUN reset.
[ER0000000067688 closed]

Version 9.1.8.17

* Firmware versions: 5.01.02 (4Gb and 8Gb)
* API version 1.28.0.73 (QLSDM)
* Driver restores 4G Fibre Channel PCIe Device Control and Link
Control registers based on saved value.

Version 9.1.7.18

* Firmware versions: 3.03.25 (2Gb), 4.04.00 (4Gb and 8Gb).
* API version 1.28.0.63 (QLSDM).

Version 9.1.7.17

* Added support for the following devices (supported platforms)
(2.3m):
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_8432&SUBSYS_010E1077 (x86, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2432&SUBSYS_014B1077 (x86, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_01701077 (x86, ia64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_01711077 (x86, ia64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_01721077 (x86, ia64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_01731077 (x86, ia64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_01741077 (x86, ia64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_01751077 (x86, ia64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2432&SUBSYS_004A1137 (x86, ia64, x64)
* Removed support for the following devices (supported platforms):
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2432&SUBSYS_011C1077 (x86, x64)
NOTE: Microsoft requires x86 and x64 support for all Fibre Channel
Adapters.
* Firmware versions: 3.03.25 (2Gb), 4.03.02 (4Gb).
* API version 1.28.0.63 (QLSDM).
* Added support for 64-bit QLSDM DLLs.
* Enabled FDMI by default.
* Added support for Atmel flash AT26DF081A.
* Removed support for obsolete qd parameter.
* Changed the driver to not log events caused by I/O completion
errors.

Version 9.1.7.16 QL

* Added support for the Windows Server 2008 operating system.
* Applied a fix to handle logout in the loop environment.

Version 9.1.7.15 QL

* Added support for the following devices (supported platforms):
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2432&SUBSYS_01081077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_015C1077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_015D1077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_015E1077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_015F1077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_01601077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_01611077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_01621077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_01631077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_01641077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_3261103C (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_3262103C (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_3263103C (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2532&SUBSYS_3264103C (x86, IA64, x64)
NOTE: Microsoft requires x86 and x64 support for all Fibre Channel
Adapters.
* Firmware versions: 3.03.25 (2Gb), 4.02.00 (4Gb).
* API version: 1.28.0.50 (QLSDM).
* Unique assignment of management server N_Port handle values to be
for each virtual port.
* NPIV (N_Port ID virtualization).
* Target link speed (iiDMA).
* PcieLinkCap/Stat to HbaDeviceChipProperty.
* Flash layout regions for 4Gb and returned flash layout table from
flash if it is valid.
* Three Alternate Boot Devices and OOFR (out-of-order
frame receive).
* Removed QL2XHAI2: IHVs are required to use Host Bus Adapter API
provided by Microsoft.
* Preserved BIOS defaults when updating multi-boot image whose BIOS
locations can be anywhere in the image.
* Fixed checksum calculation in QLSDM when two-bios image
is flashed.
* Initiator discovery problem caused a large burst of
RSCN activity when the NetApp does its failover. A failed GPNID
command occurring during ports discovery must not cause the
termination of the discovery process.
[ER50975 fixed]
* Handled the case where the GNNFT command was failing due to
incorrectly calculated the maximum data response length.
* Setting the alternate WWN and enabling it in the NVRAM did not
propagate through to the Host Bus Adapter. Reading the NVRAM and
reinitializing the Host Bus Adapter will handle this case.

Version 9.1.4.16 QL 3.03.21 4.00.26

* Adhered to Subsystem Id document v2.2m+.
* Firmware versions: 3.03.21 (2Gb), 4.00.26 (4Gb).
* API versions: 1.28.0.37 (QLSDM), 2.0.0.14 (QL2XHAI2).
* Initiator discovery problem caused a large burst of
RSCN activity when the NetApp does its failover. A failed GPNID
command occurring during ports discovery must not cause the
termination of the discovery process. [ER50975]

Version 9.1.4.15 QL 3.03.21 4.00.26

* Firmware versions: 3.03.21 (2Gb), 4.00.26 (4Gb).
* API versions: 1.28.0.37 (QLSDM), 2.0.0.14 (QL2XHAI2).
* Adhered to Subsystem Id document v2.2m+.
NOTE: Microsoft requires both x86 and x64 support all Host Bus
Adapters.
* Added support for the following devices (supported platforms):
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2322&SUBSYS_01151077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2322&SUBSYS_01161077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2422&SUBSYS_1336103C (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2432&SUBSYS_015B1077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_5432&SUBSYS_01551077 (x86, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_5432&SUBSYS_01561077 (x86, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2422&SUBSYS_014A1077 (IA64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2432&SUBSYS_014B1077 (IA64)
* Removed support for the following devices:
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_6312&SUBSYS_01301077 (x86, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2422&SUBSYS_01471077 (IA64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2432&SUBSYS_01451077 (IA64)
* Conformed QLSDM and the driver to the revised for "Get/Set Target
Link Speed".
* Increased loopback test buffer size to 2048 bytes in QLSDM.
* Loopback test always failed when the NVRAM frame
size is set to 512 or 1024 (Windows). Pass in transfer size
instead of hard-coded value in QLSDM. [ER50975 fixed]
* Handled the case where the device becomes not ready in the
StartIO routine.
* Fixed in SANsurfer 5.0.0 Build 4 – Driver 9.1.3.10b2—Windows
IA64 SP1—HP. The Host Bus Adapter model numbers do not show up on
Information page. [ER48374]
* Fixed Long Erase (0x019) issues with DLT S4 and QLE2462.
Error occurs (most likely a bus reset) when running a long erase
that takes longer than 110 minutes on the Quantum DLT-S4
(firmware:0808) drive, which exceeds the built in 4Gb firmware
timeout limit. [ER48117 (AR 48907, SR70415 [REF:609618455])]

Version 9.1.3.16 QL 3.03.21 4.00.23

* This version replaced the invalid release 9.1.3.15.
* Firmware versions: 3.03.21 (2Gb), 4.00.23 (4Gb).
* API versions: 1.28.0.35 (QLSDM), 2.0.0.14 (QL2XHAI2).
* Removed I/O Reduction support for the 4G Host Bus Adapter.

Version 9.1.3.15 QL 3.03.21 4.00.23

* Firmware versions: 3.03.21 (2Gb), 4.00.23 (4Gb).
* API versions: 1.28.0.35 (QLSDM), 2.0.0.14 (QL2XHAI2).
* Added OEM specific support for assigning a virtual world wide port
name via registry key.
* Added "Get/Set" target link speed support.
* Changed the INF to enable the I/O Reduction for the 4Gb Host Bus
Adapter for the IA64 platform based on Microsoft document.
* Added multiple BIOS support in QLSDM.
* Initialized debug file name variable during DLL load (QL2XHAI2).
* Closed EMC OPT23605: x64 Server hangs during boot at the “Applying
Computer Settings.”
* Cleaned up code related to get Object text for OS Device Name
(QL2XHAI2).
* Attached target devices not visible to OS after server reboot
(QLE220) [ER47338 closed].
* Driver not Login into Target Devices (QLE220) [ER47436 closed]
* Topology diagram is not displaying properly when LIP issued on
QLA2462 port. [ER47530 closed]

Version 9.1.2.19 QL 3.03.19 4.00.23

* Firmware versions: 3.03.19 (2Gb), 4.00.23 (4Gb).
* Bus Resets Under Heavy I/O Load. [ER46891 closed]
* API Versions: 1.28.0.33 (QLSDM), 2.0.0.12 (QL2XHAI2).
* SANsurfer FC HBA Manager B83 showed only one port see the storage
even though no zoning. [ER47166 closed]
* Port failure after disconnecting and reconnecting ISL port
used by MirrorView. [Closed OPT 235681]
* SANsurfer FC HBA Manager does not display the topology view
correctly when the Host Bus Adapters are set to loop only until
the system is rebooted. [ER47235 closed]

Version 9.1.2.18 QL 3.03.19 4.00.22

* Firmware versions: 3.03.19 (2Gb), 4.00.22 (4Gb).
* API Versions: 1.28.0.33 (QLSDM), 2.0.0.12 (QL2XHAI2).
* Added VPD update support for 2432 4-port adapter in 1.28.0.33
(QLSDM).
* Recognized Asynchronous Event 8048h as a valid AEN.
* Modified timer task to handle the case when Host Bus Adapter
is in a stopped state.
* 24xx only: Added support for NVRAM Nodename option bit.
* 4Gb only: Added support for reading data from SFP (small
form-factor pluggable) optical transceivers via QLSDM.
* Adhered to Subsystem Id document v2.2g.
* Added support for the following devices (supported platforms):
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2422&SUBSYS_014D1077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2432&SUBSYS_014C1077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2432&SUBSYS_01521077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2432&SUBSYS_01531077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2432&SUBSYS_01541077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_5432&SUBSYS_014E1077 (x86, x64)
* Adhered to firmware dump procedure per 2400 Series Firmware
Interface Specification version C.
* RX2600 fails to boot Windows after 1MB bin flash—SANsurfer
2.0.30b84_windows. [ER47113 closed]
* Fixed: LUNs disappeared after DS4000 controller firmware download
in direct attach.
* "Bind By Port ID + Present Targets that are persistently bound
only" is not working (in loop environment). [ER46586 closed]
* Changed to perform the full firmware dump when firmware error
occurs.
* JBOD disks turn offline in SANsurfer FC HBA Manager and SANsurfer
FC HBA CLI when settings are Present targets that are
persistently bound + Bind by Port ID (in loop environment).
[ER46141 closed]
* Corrected firmware region size in option ROM layout, that is,
firmware size in flash.
* GPN_ID has wrong payload length after unplug and re-plug.
[ER45035 closed]
* When using the QLSDM to retrieve the transceiver data, you may get
SDMGT_CANNOT_GET_SFP_DATA error on system platforms using specific
models of Supermicro motherboard such as P3TDL3 and P3TDLE. The
QLSDM retrieves the transceiver data using underlying 4Gb firmware
(v4.00.21) that reports an error code of 4005 for this operation.
* Verified support for Atmel flash chip AT26DF081A.

Version 9.1.2.16 QL 3.03.19 4.00.18

* Firmware versions: 3.03.19 (2Gb), 4.00.18 (4Gb).
* Adhered to Subsystem Id document v2.2f.
* Added support for the following devices (supported platforms):
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_6312&SUBSYS_01191077 (x86, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_6312&SUBSYS_011C1077 (x86, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_6312&SUBSYS_01301077 (x86, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_6322&SUBSYS_012F1077 (x86, x64)
* Set additional firmware option bit 10 for 2Gb Host Bus Adapter so
the firmware waits for the task management command, (such as reset
LUN to complete.)
* Host Bus Adapter does not re-login to target after target sends
LOGO to Host Bus Adapter. [Closed OPT226506]
* The link status behaves differently between QLE2460 and QLA2342.
[ER44735 closed]
* Incorrect HwVersion string is reported by QLogic
IHV HBA_GetAdapterAttributes call. [ER45228 closed]
* Event Id 11 entries logged by ql2300 at offset x10
and offset x34 do not match the Error Codes published on the Web.
Because the miniport uses Microsoft's Storport.sys driver to
actually log the error event, and it has been confirmed that the
storport.sys driver logs the event incorrectly. A bug has been
reported to Microsoft on this: SRX041110604850 (STORport—Incorrect
event data is logged when storport's storportlogerror). Meanwhile,
the Miniport driver is changed to log the event code at offset x10
by default. This workaround is controlled by the registry
parameter mevtwrkaround. For details on this parameter, please
see the readme file. [ER45230 closed]
* Use memory map mechanism in the driver. [ER45232 closed]

Version 9.1.2.15 QL 3.03.19 4.00.17

* Firmware versions: 3.03.19 (2Gb), 4.00.17 (4Gb).
* Adhered to Subsystem Id document v2.2e.
* Added support for the following devices (supported platforms):
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_5432&SUBSYS_013E1077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_5432&SUBSYS_013F1077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2422&SUBSYS_014A1077 (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2432&SUBSYS_014B1077 (x86, IA64, x64)
* Added support to use combined 2Gb IPX firmware.
* Added support for SST25VF080B flash part.
* Added option for not to dump code section for 24xx firmware dump.
* Serial number for the 4Gb Host Bus Adapter should
be obtained from the VPD. [ER44270 closed]
* Windows 2000/qla2340/Veritas tape backup long cable pull failed
error message ERROR_DEVICE_NOT_CONNECTED. [ER38787 closed]

Version 9.1.1.15 QL 3.03.18 4.00.12

* Firmware versions: 3.03.18 (2Gb), 4.00.12 (4Gb).
* QLogic 4Gb driver returns selection timeout
immediately after cable pull in an OEM special dual loop
configuration. [Closed PTR 90818]
* QLogic Driver returns a selection timeout when
rebooting a controller in an OEM special dual loop configuration.
[Closed PTR 90652]

Version 9.1.0.18 QL 3.03.18 4.00.12

* Firmware versions: 3.03.18 (2Gb), 4.00.12 (4Gb).
* Adhered to Subsystem Id document v2.2d.
* Added support for the following devices (supported platforms):
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2422&SUBSYS_12D7103C (x86, IA64, x64)
- PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_2312&SUBSYS_01491077 (x86, IA64, x64)

Version 9.1.0.17 QL 3.03.18 4.00.12

* Firmware versions: 3.03.18 (2Gb), 4.00.12 (4Gb).

Version 9.1.0.16 QL 3.03.16 4.00.12

* Firmware versions: 3.03.16 (2Gb), 4.00.12 (4Gb).
* Embedded 24xx firmware in the driver.
* New driver could not detect any device to install as BOOT from
SAN on one specific setup. [ER43175 closed]

Version 9.1.0.15 QL 3.03.16

* Firmware versions: 3.03.16 (2Gb), (Use onboard 4Gb firmware.)
* Added 24xx support.
* Need to change bit used to control LED mode. [ER42601 closed]

Version 9.0.2.17 QL 3.03.13

* Firmware versions: 3.03.16 (2Gb).

Firmware (Embedded in Driver)
-----------------------------

The following lists show the changes and bug fixes to the firmware
that is embedded in the drivers for the 4Gb Fibre Channel Adapters
and 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters from versions 4.03.01 to 5.04.04.

From Version 5.04.02 to 5.04.04

Changes
-------
* 2500 Series. Ensured that correct slot-specific SerDes settings
will be used for specific mezzanine cards. [ER78047]

Bug Fixes
---------
None

From Version 5.04.01 to 5.04.02

Changes
-------
* Current Fibre Channel Adapter firmware supports maximum frame
sizes of 512, 1024, and 2048 in the received PLOGI or PLOGI-ACC.
This change provides an option to disable this restriction by
setting bit 6 of Firmware Options 2 through Set Additional
Firmware Options Mailbox Command (038h). Note that this option
bypasses the Maximum Transmit Data Frame Size set by the Set
Transmit Parameters Mailbox Command (019h). [ER76448]

Bug Fixes
---------
None

From Version 5.04.00 to 5.04.01

Changes
-------
* Option to Disable Automatic FDISC:
Currently, the firmware automatically performs FDISC for enabled
virtual ports (VPs) upon receiving an FLOGI_ACC. This procedure
does not mesh well with driver architectures, which typically
control the FDISCs.
A new option bit allows you to suppress the automatic FDISCs. This
option bit is available in both the ISP25xx and ISP81xx firmware.
Older firmware ignores this option bit.
Functional Description:
The Disable FDISC bit (multi-ID initialize firmware control block,
Global VP Options field, bit 4) disables the automatic FDISCs.
If this bit is set, any VPs enabled in the multi-ID initialize
firmware control block remain enabled, but the ID is not in the
acquired state. The driver must issue a Modify Virtual Port
Configuration IOCB (with the Command field set to 3h) to instruct
the firmware to transmit the FDISC after it receives the report
ID acquisition (RIDA) for VP0.
When Disable FDISC is set, no FDISC is transmitted for the enabled
VPs on any event, which results in a FLOGI. The driver should
issue a Modify Virtual Port Configuration IOCB (with the Command
field set to 3h) to instruct the firmware to transmit the FDISC
for a specific VP (after receiving the RIDA for VP0). The driver
must instruct the firmware to transmit an FDISC for all enabled
VPs. After all the FDISC is completed, the firmware state changes
to ready. In addition, a Port Database Changed AEN (8014h), with
the Outgoing Mailbox 1 register set to FFFFh and Outgoing
Mailbox 2 register set to 6h, is generated and passed to the
driver. If the driver does not transmit FDISC for a VP, the
driver must disable that specific VP using Virtual Port Control
IOCB (Entry Type field 30h). This step is needed because a VP
is enabled, but the ID is not in the acquired state, which can
prevent the firmware state from changing to ready, and prevent
generation of the Port Database AEN as previously stated.
The option applies only to fabric point-to-point topology and
NPIV environments. [ER74448]

* Added option to disable PRLI REC_SUPPORT bit. To disable the PRLI
REC_SUPPORT bit (PRLI REC_SUPPORT bit is set by default), set
bit 6 of the additional firmware option 3 of the Set Additional
Firmware Options (38h) Mailbox Commands). This option has to be
set prior to Initialize Firmware mailbox command (60h or 48h).
[ER74764]

Bug Fixes
---------
* Customer-specific fix. [ER74764]

* 24xx/25xx MID. Fixes potential drops of PRLI request or firmware
incorrectly assigning multiple N_Port Handles for same Port_id.
[ER73958]

From Version 5.03.00 to 5.04.00

Changes
-------
* Customer-specific changes.[ER69516, ER70666, ER71711, ER71936,
ER69589, ER70279, ER69620, ER71031, ER72037, ER73006]

* 81xx only. Added Additional Firmware Options 2, bit 9 to improve
NIC bandwidth when NIC and FCoE receive traffic are running
concurrently. [ER69565]

* 81xx/25xx MIDQ only. Provide capability in Queue Management (1Fh)
mailbox command to move a queue base address. For details, refer
to the Multiple Queue Support for 2500 Series Fibre Channel and
8100 Series Converged Network Adapter Controllers Applications
Note. [ER69606]

* 81xx only. Added support for LR Optics. Requires MPI FW 1.39.00
or later with proper configuration files. [ER69613]

* Added an Additional Firmware Options 3 bit to discard any frames
received out of order unless the Initialize Firmware Options 3
bit 6 (Enable Receive Out-of-Order Data Frame Handling) is set
to 1. Changes to Set Additional Firmware Options (38h) Mailbox
Command interface:
- Add to Additional Firmware Option 3 Bits (Incoming mailbox 3
register) Table: Bit 15 Do not transfer received out of
order data for an exchange to host memory (except during
SRR recovery).
- Replace bit_15 description with:
Bit 15 (Do not transfer received out of order data for an
exchange to host memory). When this bit is set to 1, the ISP
firmware does not transfer received out-of-order data for an
exchange to host memory, except during SRR recovery. A frame
is considered "out-of-order" after a previously-received frame
is dropped due to an error, as well as a true out-of-order
frame receipt condition.
NOTE: Bit 15 is ignored when Initialize Firmware Options 3 bit 6
(Enable Receive Out-of-Order Data Frame Handling) is set
to 1.
[ER70311]

* 24xx/25xx only. Bit 8 of State Flags field in Status IOCB Type has
been changed from Reserved to "Unable to send OPN to Destination."
This bit is set when the destination device sends an immediate
CLS in response to an OPN from ISP. [ER71132]

* Add option to disable the firmware automatic port login (PLOGI)
to the simple name server (SNS). To enable this feature, set
Bit 15 of Additional Firmware Options 2 when issuing Set
Additional Firmware Options Mailbox Command 0038h. [ER71742]

* 24xx SB2 only. Return the lower 16-bit of current RBC count in
Receive IU and Add Buffer IOCBs. This extends the scope of
ER68875 to include 24xx.
- For IOCB type 0x4D, the lower 16-bit of the counter is stored
at offset 0x3E to 0x3F.
- For IOCB type 0x4C, the lower 16-bit is stored at offset 0x1C
to 0x1D.
[ER71764]

* 81xx only. Added an Additional Firmware Options 2 bit to post all
Asynchronous IOCBs to the ATIO queue when target mode is enabled.
Changes to Set Additional Firmware Options (38h) mailbox command
interface:
- Add to Additional Firmware Option 2 Bits (Incoming mailbox 2
register) Table:
Bit 11 Enable Asynchronous IOCBs to ATIO queue.
- Replace bit 11 description with:
Bit 11 (Enable Asynchronous IOCBs to ATIO queue). When this
bit is set to 1, the firmware posts all asynchronous IOCBs
(PUREX, ABTS Received, and Report ID Acquisition) to the ATIO
queue when target operation is enabled. Additionally, if a
login-affecting ELS command (PLOGI, PRLI, PRLO, LOGO, ADISC,
PDISC, or TPRLO) is passed up to the target driver, an
Immediate Notify IOCB with Status Code 46h, Login affecting
ELS command received, shall not be sent. Initialize Firmware
Options 3 bit 26 (Enable Ethernet Header Receive IOCB for ATIO
Queue) is used to request the firmware place an Ethernet Header
Receive IOCB on the ATIO queue before each PUREX and ABTS
Received IOCB. Initialize Firmware Options 3 bit 27
(Enable Ethernet Header Receive IOCB for Response Queue) shall
be ignored. When bit 11 is set to 0, the firmware posts
asynchronous IOCBs to queues specified in the ISP81xx firmware
specification.
Changes to Initialize Firmware, Firmware Options 3:
- Bit 27 (Enable Ethernet Header Receive IOCB for Response Queue).
When Additional Firmware Option 2 bit 11 (Enable Asynchronous
IOCBs to ATIO queue) is set, this bit is ignored.
- Bit 26 (Enable Ethernet Header Receive IOCB for ATIO Queue).
When Additional Firmware Option 2 bit 11 (Enable Asynchronous
IOCBs to ATIO queue) is set, and this bit is set, the firmware
places an Ethernet Header Receive IOCB on the ATIO queue before
each PUREX and ABTS Received IOCB.
[ER71877]

* MID only. Send LOGO if an FDISC is rejected with error/explanation
code 03/0D. After LOGO ACC is received, the firmware retries the
FDISC. [ER72460]

Bug Fixes
---------
* 81xx only. Corrected FCP-2 processing during a link disruption
until re-discovery is complete. [ER66337]

* MIDQ builds. Corrected N_Port-N_Port FLOGI Dest ID of 0.
[ER67952]

* 2532-based adapter only. Corrected an issue that could prevent
the link from being established when connected to specific targets
operating at 8Gb link speed in a loop topology. [ER68658]

* Correct abort handling of a Command Type 6 IO that could result
in fatal firmware error or I/O timeout. [ER68965]

* 81xx only. Set a Buffer Credit value of 16 in FLOGI/FDISC for
interoperability with FCFs that incorrectly use the field.
[ER69182]

* 81xx only. Correct handling of received stale frames forwarded
by an FCF after the link is re-established. [ER69245]

* 81xx only. Corrected an issue that would prevent the link from
being re-established after a cable pull. [ER69291]

* Correctly set the "sequence initiative transferred bit" (F_CTL)
for transmission of status mode 2 FCP_RSP with confirmation
request. [ER69336]

* 81xx only. Added support to detect MPI pause during heartbeat
processing. [ER69457]

* Disk CRC only. Correct firmware reported residual Byte Count for
CRC (T10) Read commands. [ER69564]

* 81xx only. Corrected CTIO handling when the link was down.
[ER69683]

* 81xx only. Corrected an issue with Internal Loopback failure
reported when link is up to an FCF. [ER69685]

* 24xx CRC only. Resolve 8002 system error during DIF error
processing. [ER69922]

* 25xx and 81xx only. Corrected possible memory leak during
clean-up of T10 CRC IOs with DIF Bundling enabled. [ER70018]

* 25xx and 81xx only. Corrected false DIF error reported during
T10 CRC transmit IO with DIF Bundling. [ER70038]

* Corrected Target XCB count returned by Get Resource Counts
Mailbox Command (0042h). [ER70149]

* Corrected a RISC pause condition after the Diagnostic Echo
Test (44h) mailbox command completed with an error status.
[ER70166]

* 25xx and 81xx only. Corrected a potential I/O timeout of T10 CRC
IO when using DIF bundling. [ER70319]

* 25xx and 81xx only. Corrected potential invalid PCIe access when
aborting a T10 CRC IO when using DIF bundling. [ER70558]

* Corrected N_Port Handle assignment by firmware when Purex is
enabled. [ER70575]

* 81xx only. The firmware could incorrectly set bit 15 of N_Port
Handle returned by the Get Port/Node Name List (75h) mailbox
command. [ER70664]

* 81xx only. Corrected a problem where the values supplied in the
Set Timeout Parameters (32h) mailbox command were not honored.
[ER70708]

* Prevent 8002 system error when processing a severely malformed
IOCB. [ER70910]

* Corrected a RISC pause condition during SRR received notify ACK
processing. [ER70921]

* Customer-specific issues. [ER70970, ER71426, ER72657, ER71475]

* 24xx only: Improved link init time when using Inline Credit
Extender in an N_Port-N_Port configuration. [ER71034]

* Fixed Loopback mailbox command timeout when Fibre Channel event
(FCE) extended tracing is enabled. [ER71269]

* Corrected a problem that could result in a Task Management
command timeout. [ER72100]

* Corrected handling of frames received with DID = 000000h.
[ER72270]

* 81xx only. Fix CTIO with terminate exchange bit returned good
completion status (01h) after the CTIO is already completed.
The CTIO with a terminate exchange bit should instead return an
invalid receive exchange address (08h) completion status.
[ER72491]

* MID builds only. Fix CTIO with terminate exchange bit failed with
completion status=29h. [ER72571]

* 81xx only. Corrected a problem that caused FDISC not generated by
the firmware when Virtual Port Control IOCB (type=30h) is used to
enable VP. [ER72921]

* MID only. Correct the cleanup of outstanding ELS requests during
VP disable. [ER73048]

* MID only. Resolve RISC pause after cable pull or link event.
[ER73090]

From Version 5.02.00 to 5.03.00

Changes
-------
* Added feature to return LOGIN info via Mailbox Command 5Ah - Get
Params, using type 7.
Entry Parameters (Incoming):
Mailbox0 - opcode (005ah)
Mailbox1 - Type<15:8>, reserved<7:0>
Mailbox2 - buffer addr<31:16>
Mailbox3 - buffer addr<15:0>
Mailbox6 - buffer addr<63:48>
Mailbox7 - buffer addr<47:32>
Mailbox8 - DW Xfr Length (only valid for Type 7)
Exit Parameters (Outgoing):
Mailbox0 - (4000h) normal completion
- (4002h) DMA error
- (4005h) error during command execution
- (4006h) if unsupported type or DW Xfr requested
is too small ( 28DW <.. ) data got truncated
Mailbox1 - If Outgoing Mailbox 0 is 4005h, then Outgoing
Mailbox 1 will have the following sub-code:
0002h - No IOCB
Mailbox8 - DW Xfr Data (should be 28 for typical PLOGI, only
valid for Type 7)

The format returned is according to FC-LS-2 (Fibre Channel - Link
Services - 2), rev.2.00 - FLOGI/PLOGI payload minus ELS
command code. [ER66811]

* 8100 only. Added support for MPI heartbeat feature. Contact QLogic
for details. [ER67656]

* 8100 only. Changes to support additional MPI mailbox commands in
the range 136h to 150h. [ER67716]

* 2532/8100 CRC. Implemented CTIO Type CRC_2 and support DIF
bundling on CTIO CRC IOCBs.[ER67727]

* 2532 SB2 only. Return the lower 16-bit of current RBC count in
Receive IU and Add Buffer IOCBs.
- For IOCB type 0x4D, the lower 16-bit of the counter is stored at
offset 0x3E to 0x3F.
- For IOCB type 0x4C, the lower 16-bit is stored at offset 0x1C to
0x1D.
NOTE: This feature will be documented in the upcoming SB-4 spec.
[ER68875]

Bug Fixes
---------
* MID only. Do not report RSCN for VPs that have been disabled.
Previously, the firmware generated 8015 AEN with an invalid
vpindex. [ER62856]

* 2532/8100 CRC T10. Resolved bad FCP_DATA sequence due to incorrect
re-initialization of the CRC context for Header mode. This
affected T10 write commands with multiple FCP_XFER_RDYs. [ER67220]

* Removed zeroed optional association headers from RRQ payload.
[ER67210]

* 24xx/2532 only. Corrected a problem in PLOGI ACC processing that
could result in failure to respond to a subsequent PRLI.
[ER67333]

* 8100 only. Changed login/logout IOCB processing to correctly
format a LOGO sent to the fabric controller. [ER69214]

* Resolved a Fatal Firmware Error (8002h) due to a race condition
when the exchange timer expires at the same time FCP_XFER_RDY
is received. [ER69068]

* 8100 only. Changed link down handling to prevent a stall in
received FCoE frame processing. [ER68914]

* Prevented Fatal Firmware Error (8002h) when processing an invalid
ELS response type. This problem could occur if a switch sent an
erroneous ELS response to a CT pass-thru request. [ER68488]

* 8100 only. Fixed a hang that could occur when processing a new
request for an FCP2 capable device after a link status change.
[ER68339]

* 2532/8100 only. Resolved intermittent Fatal Firmware Error (8002h)
and FKA failures during Flash access. [ER68257]

* Modified RNID processing to correctly handle a response with a
"Specific Identification Data Length" field of zero. [ER67623]

* 2532/8100 CRC T10. Changed buffer pointer validation to prevent
erroneous 8002 system errors. [ER67568]

* 24xx/2532 only. Fixed a Fatal Firmware Error (8002h) caused by a
problem cleaning up after a port discovery timeout. [ER67345]

* 8100 only. Prevented accidental overwrite of the PortName within a
port descriptor data structure. Problem could occur during the
execution of mailbox commands 30h, 31h, 51h, or 60h. [ER67181]

* Fixed 200ms delay for Command Type 6 IOCBs when residual underrun
occurs, and FCP_RSP DMA is enabled. [ER67159]

* 8100 only. Resolved intermittent resource allocation failures in
Read SFP mailbox command (31h). Improved failure sub code
reporting in mailbox 1 for both Read(31h) and Write(30h) mailbox
commands. [ER69146]

* Corrected ADISC ELS check for ELS passup and fixed potential bad
pointer when building ELS frame. [ER67799]

* Fixed mailbox command Diagnostic Loop Back failures with Status
4005 and Subcode 0x17. [ER67690 8100 only]

* Fix erroneous discard of a valid FIP VLAN Notification frame
when the frame does not have an IEEE 801.2 Q Tag and the FIP
descriptor list length is greater than 8 (words).
[ER67062 8100 only]

* 24xx/2532 only. Improved firmware handling of I2C SFP interface
to better support some SFPs. [ER67479]

From Version 5.01.00 to 5.02.00

Changes
-------
* Customer-specific changes. [ER55377, ER65196, ER66011, ER65528]

* 8100 only. Report NIC driver attached status in Get firmware State
Mailbox Command (069h). For details, see the 8100 Series Fibre
Channel Firmware Interface Specification, rev C. [ER65051]

* 8100 only. Firmware will return parameter error (4006h) if the
Initialize Firmware Mailbox Command (060h) or Initialize Firmware
Multiple IDs Mailbox Command (048h) specifies use of the optional
Extended Initialization Control Block and provide a length of zero
bytes. [ER65184]

* 8100 only. Changed the Perform Implicit LOGO Mailbox Command
(072h) to allow the Perform Logout for All Ports across All
FCFs option (bit 1 of incoming Mailbox Register 1) in single FCF
configurations. [ER65220]

* 8100 only. Added FIP Version 1 support.
[ER65589, ER65593, ER65595, ER65605, ER65805]

* Added a feature to reject PRLI from Fabric Control (FFFCxx) when
target mode is disabled. To enable this option, set bit 7 of
Mailbox 2 in the Set Additional Firmware Options Mailbox Command
(0038h). [ER66061]

* 8100 only. Changed Get Link Status/Read Port Status Mailbox
Command (06Bh) and Get Link Statistics and Private Data Mailbox
Command (06Dh) to return counters consistent with the FCoE Link
Error Status Block (LESB). Figure 3-4 of the 8100 Series Fibre
Channel Firmware Interface Specification now contains the
following counters: Link Failure Count, Virtual Link Failure
Count, Missing FIP Keep Alive or Discovery Advertisement Count,
Symbol Error During Carrier Count, Error'd Block Count,
and Frame Check Sequence Error Count. [ER66125]

Bug Fixes
---------
* MID only. Fixed an issue to prevent invalid VP misconfigurations
that can result in a Fatal Firmware Error 8002h. [ER63706]

* Corrected DMA Error checking logic during Loopback Mailbox Command
(0045h). [ER64335]

* 8100 MID only. Prevent transmission of ELS requests before receipt
of FLOGI accept. [ER64498]

* Fixed potential hang due to mishandling of completer aborts during
transmit DMA. [ER64513]

* 8100 only. Enhanced FIP, CVL, FLOGI/FDISC, SCR, SNS PLOGI retry
error handling. [ER65077, ER65585, ER65759, ER65780, ER65962,
ER66186]

* 8100 only. Corrected ELS and BLS timeout units conversion when
processing Mailbox Commands Get Timeout Parameters (0022h) and
Set Timeout Parameters (0032h). [ER65155]

* 8100 only. Corrected an issue after External Loopback was
performed that prevented FIP from completing. [ER65165]

* SB2 only. Corrected a condition in RRQ processing that could
result in a Fatal Firmware Error (8002h) after receipt of an ABTS.
[ER65232]

* Fixed an issue that caused a rediscovery of FCFs
if FIP FLOGI timed out. [ER65757]

* Corrected a problem in target mode operation during confirmation processing that could result in a
Fatal Firmware Error 8002h. [ER65415 8100 only]

* 24xx and 2532 only. Corrected auto-negotiation algorithm that
would restore the link at the previous speed instead of the
maximum speed. [ER65802]

* 8100 non MID only. Corrected a condition where the firmware state
would not become Ready after switch port was shutdown and
restored. [ER65980]

* Retry FIP VLAN Discovery after FIP Discovery
Solicitation fails to find a primary FCF. [ER65980]

* Return LoginState in IO Parameter 1 when Login/Logout IOCB PRLI
IO Parameter 0 = 4 (Command Failed). [ER66045]

* 2532 and 8100 MID only. Corrected VP Index range checking during
processing of VP Control IOCB. [ER66068]

* Corrected Firmware Error reported during Purex IOCB processing if
the Port Database for the target device had been initialized.
[ER66082]

* 8100 only. Fixed detection of EP device. [ER66204]

* MID only. Corrected a problem which could result in LOGO sent with
SID=000000 or incorrect reporting of VP status after a VP is
disabled. [ER66553]

* 2532/8100 MIDQ only. Resolved a long delay in processing Command
Type 6 IOCBs after link level fault injection. [ER66755]

* Fixed RISC pause condition when using T10 CRC with DIF_bundling.
[ER66803]

From Version 5.00.00 to 5.01.00

Changes
-------
* Customer-specific changes. [ER61070, ER62265, ER62894, ER63194,
ER63873]

* 2532 and 8100 only. Add DSD chaining support to command CRC type
IOCBs. [ER62531]

* 8100 only. Updated Immediate Notify to reflect format described in
the firmware spec. For details, see the 8100 Series Fibre Channel
Firmware Interface Specification Rev C. [ER63872, ER64455]

* 8100 only. Implement FIP VLAN Discovery. [ER64026]

* 8100 only. When detected, report MPI configuration error and
reason code in Get Firmware State Mailbox Command (069h).
For details, see the 8100 Series Fibre Channel Firmware Interface
Specification Rev C. [ER64342]

* 8100 only. Added new error completion codes to Restart MPI Mailbox
Command (03Dh). For details, see the 8100 Series Fibre Channel
Firmware Interface Specification Rev C. [ER64391]

* 8100 only. Implement SFP Read/Write Mailbox Commands
(031h and 030h). For details, see the 8100 Series Fibre Channel
Firmware Interface Specification Rev C. [ER64406]

* 8100 only. Modify Report ID Acquisition IOCB to return subcode for
status 0x01, Unable to acquire ID, for FDISC. The subcode is
returned at offset 10h. [ER64497]

* 8100 only. Update Get DCBX Parameters Mailbox Command (051h) to
match latest spec. For details, see the 8100 Series Fibre Channel
Firmware Interface Specification Rev C. [ER64672]

* 8100 only. Implement Get XGMAC Statistics Mailbox Command (07Ah).
For details, see the 8100 Series Fibre Channel Firmware Interface
Specification Rev C. [ER64673]

* 8100 only. Return SFP status information. See Asynchronous Event
8012h and Mailbox Commands 05Dh, 048h, 060h, and 069h. For
details, see the 8100 Series Fibre Channel Firmware Interface
Specification Rev C. [ER64732]

Bug Fixes
---------
* 8100 only. Corrected handling of FLOGI Timeout and Reject
processing by using Retry Count and Timeout as specified in
Initialize Firmware Control Block. [ER63856]

* Corrected a condition where an Immediate Notify could be sent
to the system driver when a VP is not configured for Target Mode
operation. [ER64176]

* Corrected cleanup of pending Transmit Data requests across fault
injection. [ER64251]

* 8100 only. Corrected a potential firmware hang condition after
processing an ELS timeout or recovering from an internal error.
[ER64265]

* SB2 only. Corrected a condition where the System Defined 1 field
of an IOCB being returned to the system driver may be overwritten.
[ER64315]

* 8100 only. Correct an issue with Flash Access Mailbox Command
(003Eh). [ER64377]

* 8100 only. Corrected potential FCoE traffic stall after Port Reset
completes. [ER64435]

* 8100 only. Fix FIP Failure to find FCF after a number of cable
pulls/insertions into different FCF ports. [ER64454]

* 8100 only. Get FCF List Mailbox Command (050h) may fail to find
valid FCF Index. [ER64507]

* 8100 only. Corrected false Loopback errors reported during
internal and external tests. [ER64520]

* Corrected potential RISC pause when PUREX
is enabled. [ER64520]

* 8100 only. Fixed incorrect Destination MAC address in FIP FLOGI
request after an FCF Fabric name change. [ER64585]

* 8100 only. Allow primary port to be discovered via FDISC after it
received a Clear Virtual Link or Fabric LOGO and another Virtual
Port becomes the master. [ER64590]

* 2400/2532 only. Corrected a condition where a FCP RSP could be
transmitted across a LIP and before the discovery timer expires
in private loop topology. [ER64705]

* 8100 only. Corrected Firmware hang condition after receiving an
ABTS. [ER64902]

From Version 4.06.00 to 5.00.00

Changes
-------
* MID only. The firmware now returns a Port Unavailable (28h)
Completion Status if the VP Index fails validation during a
SCSI Task Management request. [ER62857]

* MID only. The firmware now allows Get VP Database Mailbox
Command (49h) regardless of VP Status. [ER62858]

* SB2 only. The firmware now allows Get Link Status Mailbox
Command (06bh) to complete even though Process Login has not
completed. [ER63650]

Bug Fixes
---------
* Fixed an issue to prevent initiating an LR upon a Transmit timeout
while the firmware services other requests. [ER61666]

* Fixed an issue that delayed starting new Transmit requests if a
Transmit error is pending. [ER61682]

* Corrected the auto-negotiation algorithm that could prevent the
link from establishing when connected to a switch.
[ER62000, ER62172]

* Corrected CTIO handling when link is down and CTIO received with
an Exchange Address of FFFFFFFFh. [ER62715]

* MID only. Corrected various issues relating to VF support.
[ER62798]

* Corrected issues found with VF and Fabric LOGO processing. Also
corrected the valid VP Count range to 1-254. [ER62826]

* MID only. Corrected Source and Destination Address on an
SCR retry. [ER62886]

* Completed various FCE tracing fixes. [ER62952, ER63400]

* Customer-specific fix. [ER63104]

* Corrected IDLE character to ArbFF when connected at 8Gb rate.
[ER63488]

* Corrected an issue where a Mailbox or Mailbox IOCB request would
not complete if a Fabric LOGO occurred. [ER63563]

* DISK CRC only. Corrected a RISC Pause condition reported during
cable pull testing.[ER63564]

* Fixed an incorrect Response In Pointer reported in the RISC to
Host Status Register when running in ZIO mode. [ER63790]

* 2532 MID multiple queue only. Corrected a link credit issue that
resulted in decreased performance. [ER63913]

From Version 4.05.00 to 4.06.00

Changes
-------
* 2532 only. Added support for Virtual Fabrics. Contact QLogic for
API changes to support VFs. [ER60036, ER60250]

* Customer-specific change. [ER61654, ER61694, ER61837, ER62184]

* MID only. Added feature to allow the firmware to perform SNS Login
and SCR registration for virtual ports. This feature is enabled
by setting bit 6 of the Options field during Initialize Firmware -
Multiple IDs Mailbox Command (048h). Added the following status/
substatus values to Report ID Acquired IOCB:

VP Status Description
--------- -----------
3 SNS Timeout. See byte offsets 23:20 for Sub-status.
4 SNS LS_RJT (Reason/Explanation/Vendor Unique in IOCB
byte offsets 23:20).
5 SCR Timeout. See byte offset 23:20 for Sub-status.
6 SCR LS_RJT (Reason/Explanation/Vendor Unique in IOCB
byte offsets 23:20).[ER61930]

Bug Fixes
---------
* MID only. Process received LOGO from F_Port. The associated Port
Database Changed (8014h) asynchronous event will differ from a
LOGO received from an N_Port as follows:

Outgoing Mailbox N_Port F_Port
---------------- ------ ------
0 8014h 8014h
1 N_Port Handle 7FEh
2 0007 0007
3 0Bh/VPIndex 1Ah/VPIndex [ER60623]


* MID only. Corrected validation of VP Index received in a CT Pass-
Through request. [ER61522]

* Corrected verification of RX_ID in received ABTS frame. [ER61591]

* Disk CRC only. Corrected inadvertent drop of received XFER_RDY.
This problem was introduced as a result of ER60318. [ER61659]

* Corrected Fatal Firmware Error 8002h when firmware received
back-to-back SRRs for the same exchange. [ER61757]

* Corrected Fatal Firmware Error 8002h when an invalid FAN is
received and Disable Automatic PLOGI option is selected.
[ER61763]

* Populate hard address field in ADISC when previous address bit
is set when the ISP is operating in a loop topology.
[ER61765]

* 24xx only. Improved link recovery after LR/LRR when using Inline
Credit Extender. [ER61775]

* Mercury Converged Network Adapter only. De-Register MAC address
associated with a logged out Virtual Port. [ER61890]

* Corrected upper 16 bits of receive exchange address when CTIO
Error completion status is returned. [ER62084]

* Corrected Fatal Firmware Error 8002h during target mode operation
when attempting to transmit a FCP RSP after fault injection.
[ER62118]

* A Command Parameter Error will be returned for a Login/Logout IOCB
received with a non reserved N_Port Handle with a reserved Port
ID. [ER62321]

* MID only. Corrected potential issue with sending a frame with
incorrect Port/Node Name. [ER62348]

From Version 4.04.00 to 4.05.00

Changes
-------
* Customer-specific change. [ER60313, ER60909, ER61325, ER61654]

* 2532 only. Added the ability to specify a maximum Fibre Channel
Link speed to be negotiated. This feature is enabled by bit 12 of
the Initialize Firmware Control Block’s Firmware Option 3. When
this bit is set to 1, firmware will negotiate the FC data rate
from the given max speed specified by driver in bits 15-13 of the
Initialize Firmware Control Block’s Firmware Options 3 field to
two speeds down to what the SFP allowed.
This option can also be set in the Data Rate Mailbox Command
(05dh). When incoming mailbox 1 is set to 03h, firmware forces
a loss of sync, restarts link initialization, and negotiates the
FC data rate from the given max speed specified by driver in
incoming mailbox 2 to two speeds down to what the SFP allowed.
[ER60321]

* Allow system driver to send LOGO ELS via ELS Pass-Through IOCB
using an N_Port Handle of FFFFh. [ER60400]

* MID only. Return Command Parameter Error (4006h) if the number
of requested VP’s exceeds the limit when issuing Initialize
Firmware – Multiple-IDs Mailbox Command (048h).

* 2432 only. Disable PCIe Completion Timeout. PCIe Completion
Timeout has been disabled to address issues seen on certain
systems where PCIe completion could take over 50ms. [ER61461]

Bug Fixes
---------
* MID only. Corrected problems related to fault injection.
[ER59740, ER60612]

* MID only. Various fixes to improve detection and processing
of topology changes. [ER60127, ER60326, ER60610, ER60633]

* Corrected timing of when RRQ is issued after ABTS ACC is received.
[ER60248]

* Corrected Out-of-Order handling of overlapped or repeating
received XFR_RDY frames. [ER60318]

* 2532 Disk CRC only. Various Disk CRC changes to remove Fatal
Firmware errors (8002h) being reported. [ER60336, ER61222,
ER61223]

* MID only. Corrected a problem where a LOGO ELS could be sent
to a port that was not logged in. [ER60565]

* MID only. Corrected a problem where a FLOGI/FDISC would not be
sent to the switch after a previous FLOGI/FDISC completed with
an ELS RJT. [ER60566]

* MID only. A PLOGI could be rejected for a Virtual Port even though
the Primary Port parameters have not changed. [ER60568]

* MID only. Corrected a problem where an incorrect number of
acquired AL_PAs could be reported during the LIRP and LILP
phases of loop initialization. [ER60569]


* MID only. Login/Logout IOCB completion status was incorrect when
no FLOGI ACC ELS had been received. [ER60571]

* Corrected a Fatal Firmware Error (8002h) when a CTIO IOCB with
Confirmation Satisfied is received when the FCP_RSP has not been
sent yet. The CTIO will be returned with a completion status of
Invalid Request (06h). [ER60572]

* MID only. Corrected handling of incoming frames while waiting for
LOGI ACC ELS for the primary port. [ER60576]

* Corrected a problem when attempting to abort an ELS Pass-Through
operation when a PLOGI is received that changes the ports D_ID.
[ER60637]

* Class 2 only. Corrected Fatal Firmware Error (8002h) reported when
attempting to abort transmit operations. [ER60698]

* Corrected timer values used with link recovery. [ER60877]

* Improved handling of receiving an ABTS for a CT Pass-Through
exchange. [ER61007]

* Corrected a problem with aborting IOs for the incorrect LUN
when a LUN Level Task Management Function is active.
[ER61155]

* MID only. Ensure that Buffer-Buffer Credits are not modified
when processing FDISC or FDISC-ACC. [ER61187, ER61216]

* MID only. Correctly track changing of local 24-bit ID during
cleanup. [ER61200]

* Handle race condition of completing transmit of PLOGI-ACC and
receiving PRLI. [ER61465]

From Version 4.03.02 to 4.04.00

Changes
-------
* Customer-specific change. [ER56370, ER58608, ER59978]

* Corrected failures reported by Loopback Mailbox Command (45h)
and Echo Mailbox Command (44h). Added sub-error codes to
Outgoing Mailbox 3 of the Echo Command to match the Loopback
Command. [ER59630, ER59631]

Bug Fixes
---------
* Disk CRC only. Corrected handling of frames received out of order
in target mode. [ER58251, ER58760, ER58761]

* 2532 Disk CRC only. Corrected condition where the firmware would
overwrite the IOCB Entry Status field when the device receives
invalid IOCBs. [ER58532]

* 2532 Disk CRC only. Fixed a condition that could result in false
DIF Errors when receiving runt block data. [ER58533]

* Disk CRC and 2532 only. Corrected an issue with multi-sequence
DIF Remove functionality. [ER58752]

* 2532 only. Corrected a RISC pause that occurred when optional
external memory is present. [ER58783]

* Corrected endianess of RNID user defined data field.
[ER58802]

* Set correct Immediate Notify IOCB sub-code during fault
injection. [ER58897]

* Improved handling of switches that transition link from F-FL-F
when the device is directly connected to a switch port.
[ER59100]

* Corrected issues relating to the EHAFT feature.
[ER59279, ER59431]

* Corrected a target mode issue where an ATIO Queue update
interrupt would not be posted when using a small ATIO queue.
[ER59385]

* Corrected a Fatal Firmware Error (8002h) reported when ISP
receives FCP_RSP with a payload length greater than 240 bytes.
This problem would occur when Command Type 6 IOCB is used with
the option to DMA the FCP_RSP payload to the host is enabled.
[ER59503]

* 2532 only. Corrected the ending memory address reported by About
Firmware Mailbox Command (08h) when external memory is present.
[ER59793]

* 2532 only. Corrected the Report Link Statistics information
for Loop topology. [ER59989]

* SB2 only. Corrected a problem where the firmware was clearing
the N_Port Handle field of a SB2 Send IU IOCB. [ER60017]

* Disk CRC and 2532 only. Corrected false DMA error reported when
using CTIO Type 7 IOCB (Target Mode) with Status Mode 2 selected.
[ER60067]

* Fixed a problem that may cause a target level Task Management
Function to fail while a LUN Level Task Management Function is
outstanding. [ER60126]

* MID and 2532 only. Corrected a Fatal Firmware Error (8002h)
reported after adapter side fault injection. [ER60256]

* Corrected a condition where the local loop would not recover
after a transmit error was encountered.[ER60301]

From Version 4.03.01 to 4.03.02

Changes
-------
* 2532 only. Enabled additional FC SerDes parameters to be set
via Flash for mezzanine cards. [ER59755]

Bug Fixes
---------
None

From Version 4.03.00 to 4.03.01

Changes
-------
* 2532 only. Added support for mezzanine adapters Added a new bit,
Embedded HBA, in Flash to indicate an adapter that does not use
SFP+, and transmits FC signal over a copper backplane
or mid-plane. [ER58635]

Bug Fixes
---------
* 2432 only. Corrected a condition where Mailbox Commands
issued to Function 1 would not complete after issuing Stop
Firmware Mailbox Command (14h) to Function 0. [ER58617]


2. Known Issues

None.


3. Notices

Information furnished in this document is believed to be accurate and
reliable. However, QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for
its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of
third parties which may result from its use. QLogic Corporation
reserves the right to change product specifications at any time
without notice. Applications described in this document for any of
these products are only for illustrative purposes. QLogic Corporation
makes no representation nor warranty that such applications are
suitable for the specified use without further testing or
modification. QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for any
errors that may appear in this document.


4. Contacting Support

For further assisance, contact QLogic Technical Support at:
http://support.qlogic.com


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qlgc_dd_fc_9_1_11_26_b_windows_32-64_chg

Change History

Drivers Software Release for eServer System x Intel-based Fast Gigabit
and 10 Gigabit Ethernet products

Version v18.5



Change History and Driver Versions Details
==========================================


Drivers Family Driver Name 18.5 Previous 18.3 Comments
============== =========== ====== ============== ========

Microsoft Windows NDIS drivers:




Gigabit (PCI-e 2nd generation)
=======

NDIS6.2 EMT64 E1Q62x64.SYS 12.7.27.0 12.7.27.0 Win 7/WS08 R2 x64
NDIS6.3 32-bit E1Q6332.SYS 12.7.27.0 12.7.27.0 Win 8/WS08 x86
NDIS6.3 64-bit E1Q63x64.SYS 12.7.27.0 12.7.27.0 Win 8/WS08 x64

NDIS6.2 EMT64 E1Y62x64.SYS 10.1.17.0 10.1.17.0 Win 7/WS08 x64

NDIS6.x EMT64 E1R62x64.SYS 12.7.28.7777 12.7.28.0 Win 7/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x 32-bit E1R6332.sys 12.7.28.0 12.7.28.0 Win 8/WS08 x86
NDIS6.x 64-bit E1R63x64.sys 12.7.28.0 12.7.28.0 Win 8/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x 64-bit E1R64x64.sys 12.8.26.0 --------- Win 8.1/2012 R2 x64

NDIS6.x EMT64 E1C62x64.SYS 12.6.45.0 12.6.45.0 Win 7/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x 32-bit E1C6332.SYS 12.6.45.0 12.6.45.0 Win 8/WS08 x86
NDIS6.x 64-bit E1C63x64.SYS 12.6.45.0 12.6.45.0 Win 8/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x 64-bit E1C64x64.SYS 12.9.15.0 --------- Win 8.1/2012 R2 x64

Gigabit (Virtual Function)
=======
DIS6.x EM64T v1q62x64.sys 1.4.5.0 1.4.5.0 Win7/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x EM64T v1q63x64.sys 1.4.5.0 1.4.5.0 Win7/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x EM64T v1q64x64.sys 1.4.5.4 -------- Win7/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x EM64T vxn62x64.sys 1.0.15.3 1.0.15.3 Win7/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x EM64T vxn63x64.sys 1.0.15.3 1.0.15.3 Win8/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x EM64T vxn64x64.sys 1.0.16.0 -------- Win8.1/2012 R2 x64

10 Gigabit (PCI-e)
=======

NDIS6.x 32-bit ixe6232.sys 2.4.36.0 2.4.36.0 Vista/WS08 x86
NDIS6.x 64-bit ixe62x64.sys 2.4.36.0 2.4.36.0 Vista/WS08 x64


NDIS6.x 64-bit ixn62x64.sys 3.7.5.0 3.5.21.0 Win7/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x 32-bit ixn6332.sys 3.7.5.0 3.5.21.0 Win8/WS08 x86
NDIS6.x 64-bit ixn63x64.sys 3.7.5.0 3.5.21.0 Win8/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x 64-bit ixn64x64.sys 3.6.31.0 -------- Win8.1/2012 R2 x64
NDIS6.x 64-bit ixt62x64.sys 3.4.47.0 3.4.47.0 Win7/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x 32-bit ixt6332.sys 3.4.47.0 3.4.47.0 Win8/WS08 x86
NDIS6.x 64-bit ixt63x64.sys 3.4.47.0 3.4.47.0 Win8/WS08 x64
NDIS6.x 64-bit ixt64x64.sys 3.6.31.0 -------- Win8.1/2012 R2 x64



Notes:

This v18.5 sw release replaces all previous sw releases for IBM eServer System x
Intel-based Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters.


The key updates with this v18.5 software release include:
=========================================================

- Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
- Support for the Intel(R) Ethernet OCP Server Adapter X520-2
- Support for the Intel(R) Ethernet OCP Server Adapter X520-1
- Removed driver and software support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R1
- Removed Microsoft Windows driver and software support for Itanium-based systems



intc_dd_nic_18_5_windows_32-64_chg

ServeRAID m5016 SAS/SATA Controller Firmware Update for Windows

Adapters Supported: ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x (90Y4304)

NOTE TO SERVICE - Reference RETAIN #N/A

Version 23.33.0-0018 - High Impact/High Probability of Occurrence
-----------
Fixes:
- Incorporated MegaRAID FW stack 5.13
- Fixed an issue where drive temperature cannot be displayed for a drive in Failed or Foreign state (SCGCQ00693959)
- Fixed an issue where after creating an LD via StorCLI or MSM the firmware writes into saved power condition mode page (0x1a) of all PDs in the LD and enables their idle timers (SCGCQ00658701)
- Fixed an issue where Patrol Read would sporadically correct the same defective LBA repeatedly (SCGCQ00729591)
- Fixed an issue where importing a Foreign array onto a new controller may fail with "Cannot force emulate VD to 512E since enable512Esupport is false" error in firmware log (SCGCQ00721106)
- Fixed an issue where the controller may enter MegaMon sporadically (SCGCQ00776409)
- Fixed an issue where MSM may not report a Full Initialization Aborted error until system rebooted (SCGCQ00759100)
- Fixed an issue where Link Speed may show UNKNOWN when attaching a 3G or 6G SATA drive (SCGCQ00803522)
- Fixed an issue where StorLib may return 0x00ff (fail) code even though operation succeeds when creating a VD out of an existing drive group (SCGCQ00827685)
- Fixed an issue where format process of SSD may take much longer than in previous firmware (SCGCQ00674388)
- Fixed an issue where controller must have cleared config to enable 240VD unless existing config only included single-drive RAID0 VDs (SCGCQ00559643)
- Fixed an issue where some commands would timeout with CDB=ff ff ff ff (SCGCQ00459760)
- Fixed an issue where slot ordering in iMR mode might differ from slot numbering in MR mode (SCGCQ00559274)
- Blocked CacheCade deletion when multiple CacheCade volumes are associated with Virtual Drives (SCGCQ00830977) (RETAIN TIP H214323)

Features/enhancements:
- Added support for 512e drives (SCGCQ00425363)
Enhanced Event Log to include CVPM health details after every Learn Cycle to allow closer monitoring of CVPM health (SCGCQ00819877)
- Implemented a retry for reads of CVPM data to avoid erroneous event 386 or 150 in the Event Log (SCGCQ00392439)
- Added ability for firmware to report the temperature for all SAS/SATA HDD/SSD (SCGCQ00490819)
- Implemented ability for firmware to read drive temperature immediately following SAS discovery (SCGCQ00602573)
- Added ability to clear the MaintainPdFailHistory (SCGCQ00474559)


Version 23.29.0-0015 - Suggested
-------------------
Enhancement
- Provide mechanism to disable PCIe backchannel training via SBR.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where self-encrypting (SED) hard disk password fails to
allow access to virtual disk configurations
- Fixed an issue where the ‘cli set securitykey=Lsi@12345’ command fails
with error code 1001 and error message invalid key.
- Fixed an issue where foreign configuration import could fail.
- Fixed an issue where storcli.exe /c0 show all command repeatedly prints to
termlog with respect to upgradekey presence.
- Fixed an issue where boot message ‘cached data was lost,’ even when there was
no battery present.
- Fixed an issue where the order of the first 64 VDs in the POST is not the
same sequence as returned from the firmware.
- Fixed storCLI adpfwflash option crash and adpallinfo option failure.
- Reduced the bootblock Init time, which effectively reduces the configuration
retry time to approximately 700 mS.

Version 23.22.0-0024 - Non-Critical
-------------------
Enhancement(s):
- Display the Native Command Queuing (NCQ) enabled/disabled status of every
SATA disk drive in the output of StorCLI and MegaCLI.
Fix(es):
- Disable PI CRC checking when the drive is not initialized during a CC.
- Increased the SuperCap learn time out value for 2GB TMM-B solution.
- Fixed an issue for 2GB memory modules where SuperCap does not get connected
to the controller and hence cache offload fails.
- Fixed an issue where cache policy of virtual drives(VD) does not change to
write through(WT) mode even after detecting a bad supercap.
- Fixed an issue where a RAID configuration created with physical disks in
powersave mode could be losted after rebooting the system.
- Fixed an issue where an invalid frame sent during a PIO-mode SATA passthrough
command results in resetting the drive.
- Fixed an issue where the system is not allocating memory correctly when MR
and iMR controllers are in the same system.
- Fixed an issue where deep learn does not start immediately when the relative
state of charge (RSOC) is just equal to 95%.
- Fixed an issue where performing a re-key operation in external key management
(EKM) mode without doing a reboot, and then switching to local key management
Mode(LKM) results in the Firmware logs showing that a drive security key
was created but HII says the key is incorrect.
- Fixed an issue where on a local key management (LKM) enabled controller, the
user is asked to enter the security key to unlock and
import a foreign drive, which is locked and has external key management
(EKM) enabled.

Version 23.16.0-0027 - Critical
-------------------
Fix(es):
- Addressed data exposure issue when using CacheCade
- Fixed issue where Supercap shows 0 Capacitance
- Fixed iBBU08 and iBBU09 battery issue that caused a VD cache policy to
remain in write-through mode after a manual relearn
- Fixed iBBU08 and iBBU09 battery issue that caused a VD cache policy to
periodically toggle between write-back/write-through mode
- The limits for iBBU08 and iBBU09 battery charging were not updating properly
in a learn cycle
- Ensures a single supercap pack is not supported on 2GB memory module.
- Resolves a firmware crash seen while doing continuous sas cable pulls.
- Ensures OpROM loads even if segment address is 0xC0000.
- Fixed an issue where the adapter is running iMR machine checking after
requesting host memory.
- Fixed an issue where HII does not allow the user to make use of the remaining
free capacity to configure additional VD for R50/R10.
- Fixed an issue where an HII: empty warning prompt is given when creating a
CacheCade VD with forced writeback option.
- Fixed and issue where Windows cannot install without a VGA device on board.
- Fixed and issue in EFI WebBIOS were consistency check is still shown in
progress after 1 PD is removed from a R1 array.

Version 23.12.0-0011 - Suggested
-------------------
Enhancement(s):
- Changed BIOS check to determine if running in HAMR, in order to ensure nothing
gets broken when user has an iButton which is not programmed.
- Changed controller status for safe mode to show controller status as safe mode
and disable debug message logging in serial port.

Fix(es):
- Addressed an issue where deeply discharged Cache Vault Power Modules would be
prematurely be marked as failed.
- Fixed an issue where HII hangs when trying to enter configuration
management while in safe mode. Changed the safe mode warning message as below:
"Controller is running in safe mode. Safe mode is used for diagnostic purposes
only. Limited operations such as Configuration Preview, Clear Configuration
and View/Change Controller Properties are allowed in this mode. Other
operations such as Create Configuration, Import and Clear Foreign
Configurations are not allowed. To exit safe mode, correct the fault, and
reboot your computer."
- Fixed an issue where having more than three adapters results in a
calculation error for the offset to store physical disk info for fourth adapter,
due to BIOS not clearing upper byte of AX (that is AH which is containing
some non zero value).
- Fixed an issue where the Wrong spanned drive group size is displayed
by WebBIOS (Ctrl-H).

Version 23.7.1-0010 - Suggested
-------------------
Fixes:
- Fix an issue related to the where the TSOC (EEPROM) is not able to read
or write from the firmware which will result in the message "Incompatible
secondary iButton present."
- Fix a HII broswer issue where Cachecade virtual drive can be selected as
a boot device.
- Fix a HII broswer issue where the user is unable to clear the controller
configuration when there are no drives attached.
- Fix an issue where the BIOS doesn't display the RAID level and VD size
correctly at BIOS POST.

Version 23.7.1-0009 - Suggested
-------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where SoH is bad after a learn cycle but iBBUI shows good
status.
- Fixed an issue where hi-temp warning was not being displayed.

Version 23.7.1-0004 - Suggested
-------------------
Fixes:
- Corrected differential signals for Phys 2 and 3 that caused slot numbers in
simple swap configurations to be wrong.
- Fixed an issue when “maintain PD Failed history” is enabled, a cable is
removed and added drives states go to optimal instead of foreign unconfig
bad.
- Fixed an issue where a capacity change is reported after a rebuild
completes on a cache.
- Fixed a controller firmware hang when the recovery of a medium error takes
to long.
- Fixed an issue where the SATA BBM (Bad block manager) list was getting
corrupted as the logic was not accounting for a boundary condition of zero.
- Fixed an issue where FoD (Feature on Demond) Options are lost because of
errors while accessing the TSOC
- Fixed an issue where the controller firmware will crash and drives will go
offline when a bad block entry is created during a check consistency
operation.
- Fixed an issue where drives marked as unconfigured bad (foreign) gets
marked as unconfigured bad on reboot
- Fixed problem where a drive member of a cache cade volume does not get
marked as foreign when the drive is pulled with maintain PD history
enabled.
- Fixed an issue where during a reboot a former hotspare which was in a state
of unconfigured good moves to the state hot spare automatically and copy
back stops causing the rebuild to start again.
- Fixed an issue where a controller fault occurs when a reboot happens while
a physical device is in progress of a PD Erase.

Version 23.7.0-0029 - Suggested
-------------------
Enhancements:
- Added support for Cache Cade 2.1
- Added Support for PI Drives

Fixes

- Fixed an issue where the firmware reports device initialization completion status to
be greater than 100% at startup.
- Fix an issue where when a secure foreign drive was present, VD creation fails because
firmware becomes unresponsive
- Added a check for the presence of PD before writing the data arms of a protected LD
during BGI.
- Fixed Firmware asserts in CacheMemAllocForPrebootApps() when memory was allocated
twice by BIOS.
- Fixed an issue with USB Cacheoffload restore fails after multiple power cycles on
ServeRAID M51xx controllers.
- Fixed an issue where querying SMART / PFA Status returns ‘all zeros’ in Sense Data.
- Fixed an issue where the import of a config from MR to iMR resulted in a firmware crash.
- Fixed an issue where iMR firmware crashed while creating 8/16/32 KB stripe size Lds.
- Fixed background initialization watermark conversion to PD LBA.
- Fixed write protected R1E data arms during initialization.
- Fixed an issue where MR firmware crashed while discarding pinned cache.
- Fixed an issue where a dirty LD dependency information of SSD pd has stale entries.
- Corrected an issue during system booting from pinned cache, firmware goes to loop
message BootMsgDcmd
- Fixed an issue where a BGI was aborted and restarted, elapsed time was not reset.
- Fixed an issue where the start ref for a shared cache line was not an indicator of
the offset into the stripe.
- Fixed an issue where the firmware hangs while running CC on a rebuilt R1 VD with SBBM.
- Fixed an issue where the firmware was wrongly adding puncture entries.
- Fixed an issue where rebuild was ran twice on a target drive with 100% full SBBM table.
- Fixed an issue where the firmware was generating powersave change event when DS3 was
not enabled, due to this application are not parsing the event.
- Fixed an issue where recon from R0 to R1 using 3 TB drive causes firmware to report
excessive unexpected sense events.
- Fixed an issue, in which the bbuMode would revert to the factory default value of 5,
when automatic learn cycle was enabled.
- Fixed an issue where cache offload firmware reports unnecessary High Temp Event due
to incorrect temp value.
- Fixed an issue in which a Patrol Read may not start under certain conditions.
- Fixed an issue where the firmware hits montask after discarding the cache when a
snapshot VD was involved.
- Fixed an issue where the firmware hangs during pin cache destage as dirty lines in
that map never become zero.
- Fixed an issue where CC fails to correct media error at 2TB location on 2 3TB SATA
drives that support WU.
- Fixed an issue where a new XML file was added to the nvdata, the buffer to hold the
uncompressed nvdata overflowed.
- Fixed an issue where an imported drive becomes unconfigured good when secure VD
erase was running.
- Fixed an issue where CC stops progressing on a R6 VD with media errors.
- Fixed an issue where 3TB Hitachi HDD failed in immunity test (Electrostatic Noise
test).
- Fixed an issue where controller features are lost if RAID Key was not detected
- Fixed an issue where performance degraded in RAID 5 Sequential Writes due to
command Out-of Ordering.
- Fixed an issue where ‘Native configuration is no longer supported’ message in post.
- Fixed an issue where (DDR3) Initialization fails with fault 0x91a1 - initial DFIRL
selected too low.
- Fixed an issue where subsequent drives are dropped when all drives in the stagger
spin up drives fails on boot sequence.

Version 23.2.1-0043 - Suggested
-------------------
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where "Potential non-optimal configuration due to drive PD
commissioned as emergency spare" alarm would trigger erroneously.
- Fixed an issue where Copyback does not progress upon inserting drives.
- Fixed an issue When allowMixInLD is Disabled, and causes Copyback Fails after
Rebuild to Emergency Hot Spare.
- Fixed an issue where the Firmware faults while flashing.
- Fixed the Querying SMART / PFA Status to Return All Zeros in Sense Data.
- Fixed an issue where the Re-inserted Drives becomes Unconfigured_good causing auto
rebuilds to fail to start.

Version 23.2.1-0021-01
-------------------
- Packaging fix only to resolve flash failure.
Note: Firmware version has not changed.

Version 23.2.1-0021
-------------------
- Initial release
ibm_fw_sraidmr_5016-23_33_0-0018_windows_32-64_chg

IBM ServeRAID BR10i SAS Controller BIOS and Firmware Update
BIOS Version 6.30.02.00, Firmware Version 1.30.10.00 and BSD Version 3.16.00.06

Adapters Supported: IBM ServeRAID BR10i SAS Controller (44E8689)


NOTE TO SERVICE - Reference RETAIN #N/A

NOTE: This change history is common between several of the IBM and LSI Basic
or Integrated RAID SAS controllers for non-BOFM enabled, uEFI systems.
Not all levels were released for all controllers.


Version 2.75 - Critical
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.30.02.00
- Firmware Version: 1.30.10.00
- BSD Version: 3.16.00.06

BSD Fixes
- Fixed OS boot failure due to a previous LSI controller BIOS update.

Version 2.74 - Critical
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.30.00.00
- Firmware Version: 1.30.10.00
- BSD Version: 3.16.00.06

BSD Fixes
- Removed the "SAS/SATA missing" warning message when SAS and SATA arrays
are present on the same controller.
Firmware Fixes
- Addressed issue where 6Gb SATA drives will only negotiate at 1.5Gb/s
instead of 3Gb/s.
- Fixed issue where SAS/SATA mixing errors will occur when the controller
is setup to allow mixing of devices.
- Fixed issue with large topology of SATA drives where media errors on a
single drive will cause one phy to hang after IOs to other drives start
to timeout.
- Fixed discovery Error 0x2 in maximum topology with SATA devices,
- Addressed issue where Credit would be stuck at zero until controller
resets resulting in a phy becoming hung and IO failing. Only occurs
with very high IO.

Version 2.72 - Suggested
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.30.00.00
- Firmware Version: 1.30.05.00
- BSD Version: 3.16.00.05

Enhancement
- Support 2TB LUNS and greater

Fixes:
- Addressed issue with SATA devices where the drive could go missing for
several minutes.
- Fixed issue where incorrect release of scatter gather list could cause
issues with pending IO to missing devices.
- Addressed issue where IOs to a host with a bad drive could fail.

Version 2.71 - Suggested
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.30.00.00
- Firmware Version: 1.30.03.00

Fixes:
- Fixed issue where Target mode responds with incorrect WWID after ports are
swapped.
- Fixed issue with Incorrect/Unexpected discovery errors on RAID storage
enclosures.
- Fixed issue where device added events are not sent to the host on RAID
storage enclosures.
- Fixed issue where it is possible for a Incorrect/Duplicate Device handle
to get assigned to a target that is a SSP Initiator.
- Fixed problem of the boot order selection not being saved

Version 2.70 - Critical
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.30.00
- Firmware Version: 1.30.00
- BSD Version: 3.10.00.01

Fixes:
- Changed BIOS text to state an IS Volume creation can be 1 to 10 drives.
- Fixed issue with 2TB and above drives where SAS MPT BIOS CU reports wrong
array size.
- Addressed an issue that will maintain Target IDs for attached devices to
an enclosure if the enclosure is removed for a short time.

Version 2.68 - Suggested
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.26.00
- Firmware Version: 1.27.88
- BSD Version: 3.10.00.01

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where, after running heavy I/O to NCQ enabled SATA drives,
the controller may log false data underruns for read or write I/Os. The
PHY on which the I/Os were reported as underrun may eventually lock up.


Version 2.66 - Suggested
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.26.00
- Firmware Version: 1.27.86

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where Solid State Drives (SSDs) were not seen after a link
reset.
- Fixed an issue where direct attached SATA drives were not reported missing
after they were removed. This could result in degraded or failed volumes
being reported as healthy.
- Fixed an issue introduced by new functionality in package 2.50. The issue
would cause a dual attached device to be hidden from both the direct
connection and the expander connection.
- Changed the behavior during drive quiescing/un-quiescing to prevent the
drive metadata from being unnecessarily updated.
- Fixed an issue where drives might go offline during a firmware update, due
to I/O timeouts caused by the length of time needed to update the firmware.


Version 2.63 - Suggested
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.26.00
- Firmware Version: 1.27.83

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where volumes can become inactive due to the metadata on the
drives getting out of synch with NVSRAM.


Version 2.62 - Suggested
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.26.00
- Firmware Version: 1.27.82

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where, on certain drives, it was not possible to create a
RAID 0.
- Fixed an issue which could cause drive ID0 to go offline.
- Fixed an issue with SSD hot spares being reported as Orphaned.
- Fixed an issue where hot spares could not be created when the first
physical disk of a roaming IME volume is missing.
- Fixed a memory leak which could occur in verification of hot spare.
- Fixed several issues involving creating a volume or hot spare immediately
after deleting a volume or hot spare.
- Fixed various issues with hot spare reporting.
- Fixed an issue where, in a multi-path environment under heavy I/O, an open
timeout can cause Linux file systems to become read-only.
- Fixed an issue where drives may go offline during a firmware flash under
Windows.
- Fixed an issue that caused a 0x7600 fault while running heavy I/O to
expander attached disks.
- Fixed an issue where, when a driver at a certain volume ID is roamed, the
volume ID would change on the next reboot.
- Fixed an issue which caused a 0x266D fault on reinsertion of a hotspare.
- Fixed an issue where a volume cannot be deleted due to foreign metadata from
a new drive.
- Fixed an issue where a 0x8055 fault could occur upon insertion of drives
with deleted metadata.
- Fixed a rare issue where drives could go missing under a heavy load.
- Fixed an issue where a 0x800F fault may be seen at startup on large
topologies.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a 0x0B83 fault when a SATA drive failed to
initialize.
- Fixed an issue where the LED of a critical drive would revert to the pattern
for an optimal drive before the drive was truly optimal again.
- Fixed an issue where a resync would resume, rather than restart, when a
primary drive was removed and re-inserted.
- Fixed an issue that could result in 0x6001 faults while running I/O.
- Removed some extraneous error messages, which were triggered by reboots or
firmware flashes, from the firmware log.
- Fixed an issue which cause a 0x266D fault during volume creation.

Functionality:
- Enhanced support for SSDs (Solid State Drives).
- Implemented support for single drive RAID 0.
- Added a new volume status 'Sync Pending' for a volume that could be
resynching, but is waiting for the first volume to complete resync.
- Added ability to remove an orphaned hot spare when its associated, missing,
volume is deleted.
- Implemented some LED blink pattern changes to account for new hardware.
- Added the ability to enable/disable data scrubbing on SSDs.
- Enabled functionality to update drive firmware on disks in a degraded
volume (the update must be done via the IBM Online SAS/SATA HDD Update
Program, which must also contain a fix to enable this function).


Version 2.51 - Suggested
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.22.00
- Firmware Version: 1.26.84

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue which could cause the operating system's file system to
become read only in a multi-path environment.
- For the 1064 option for System x3200 M2, x3250 M2, or x3350, fixed an issue
where the amber LED would not light up on a defunct drive.


Version 2.50 - Critical
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.22.00
- Firmware Version: 1.26.81

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where, with dual solid state disks (SSD) installed, hard
drive 0 goes defunct or disappears or a RAID 1 mirror becomes degraded.
- Fixed an issue which slightly degraded performance in a Large Drive Count
(LDC) configuration.
- Fixed an issue where SATA drives may fail when alternate paths are removed
and reinserted in a multipath configuration.
- Fixed a condition which caused a 0x1904/0x1903 fault when issuing a TARGET
RESET to certain SATA drives.
- Fixed an issue where a 0x0800 fault occurs when an inactive or non-optimal
volume is deleted.
- Changed a resource allocation so that topology and other discovery related
events aren't affected when other resources are heavily stressed.
- Fixed an issue where, if a volume is removed, then reinserted, into a SAS
topology, the volume becomes inaccessible.
- Fixed an issue where discovery appears to hang due to multiple Expander
Removed events sent for a single expander.
- Fixed an which causes an OS not to boot if one of the hard disks in the boot
volume is removed. An error similar to "Adapter LSI RAID 0/1 SAS 4P (0) was
1: Disk (0) missing after reboot".
- Fixed an issue where continuous 'device added' events would be sent during
discovery when a controller is attached to a topology with more end devices
than are supported.
- Fixed an issue that could cause I/O timeouts or 0x0900/0x1600 faults with
SATA drives under heavy I/O load during any memory deallocation.
- Fixed an issue where multiple WRITE BUFFER commands may cause a 0x4202
fault.
- Fixed an issue where a 0x1904/0x1903 fault may be seen when a duplicate I/O
results in a double completion.
- Prevented task management timeouts which occurred when the SATA engine was
involved with multiple error handling.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Initiator Command queue to become
corrupt, resulting in a 0x6001 fault.
- Fixed an issue where some error information was lost during Record Not Found
media errors.
- Fixed an issue with the reporting/retrieval of some LDC statistics.
- Fixed an issue which may cause firmware initialization failure when many
(more than 50) SATA targets are attached.
- Fixed an issue which, in rare cases, could cause a 0x266D fault.
- Fixed an issue which could cause a 0x1904 fault when issuing task management
requests during heavy IO.
- Fixed an issue that caused a break of the MPI spec in a scenario where an
end device fails SATA initialization or an expander is out of routing table
entries.
- Fixed an issue where a virtual PHY is counted multiple times, resulting in
the same Bus/Target ID being assigned to two different devices.
- Fixed a stack overflow issue which could result as a 0x0900 fault or a fault
code 11h during system initialization.
- Enabled modification of Write Cache settings for RAID 0 volumes.
- Fixed an issue which caused an "Insufficient Resources" response for an MPT
RAID Passthrough command.
- Fixed an issue where SMP requests are sent through the SMP passthrough, a
0x4203 fault occurs.
- Fixed an issue where drives with SMART errors are not detected as volume
members.
- Prevented a false "Device Not Responding" event during discovery under heavy
I/O.
- Fixed an issue where an Activity LED would erroneously blink when a raw hard
drive was added to a previously occupied slot.
- Fixed an issue which could result in media errors at 51% rebuild point when
a hot spare is present.
- Fixed I/O timeouts and/or invalid SAS Expander Page #0 content which could
occur if a bad link caused rapid linkup/linkdown states on a drive.
- Fixed an issue which could result in a 0xBADn fault (where n is the PHY
number) after a HARD RESET primitive is received.
- Corrected an issue where the swap out status of a drive is always set to 0,
rather than to a meaningful value.
- Fixed an issue where, if a card enters fail-safe mode due to unreadable or
unreachable settings, a fault 0x0700 was seen and the card would never enter
READY state.
- Fixed an issue where a hotspare which was created through the BIOS would not
be correctly reported until after a reboot.
- Corrected an issue where media errors would cause unnecessary device resets.
- Fixed an issue where, if a disk is hot swapped with an incompatible disk,
the new disk would incorrectly be assigned the volume ID as its target ID.
- Prevented multiple paths from being returned unless multipathing is
specifically enabled in NVDATA.
- Fixed an issue which results in a 0x6014 fault during discovery in complex
topologies.
- Corrected an issue where pulling a drive in a volume would caused a 0x801F
fault.
- Fixed an issue where a 0x6002 fault is encountered in LDC topologies.
- Ensured the MPI_EVENT_IR2_RC_PD_REMOVED event is properly reported when a
foreign disk is removed.
- Fixed an issue which could result in a 0x0800 fault under heavy I/O.
- Corrected an issue which results in 0x4E01 fault when processing multiple
simultaneous NCQ errors.
- Fixed an issue where, if four or more drives are configured as any mix of
volumes or hot spares, when you delete the volume, the associated hot
spare(s) are correctly deleted, but the physical drives don't reappear in
BIOS until after a reboot.
- Fixed an issue where, if the same LUN is issued two active resets, the
second reset could be completed before the first reset.
- Fixed an issue which causes SATA initialization failure if a WRITE command
is processed concurrently with a RESET command. The volume would then
change to a FAILED state.
- Ensured that metadata size is automatically detected by the firmware.
- Fixed an issue where the BIOS stops responding if a rebuilding hard drive is
removed.
- Fixed an issue where 0x7600 faults were encountered when running heavy I/O
to cascaded x12 expanders.
- Fixed an issue where, with a 1078 chip, a 0x266D fault may occur when hot
spare is reinserted.
- Corrected an issue where SAS or SATA drives may be reported missing after a
target reset to an end device.
- Fixed an issue where, if the drive at the volume ID slot is roamed, the
volume ID might change on the next reboot.

Functionality:
- Implemented various changes to the LED blink pattern for SGPIO.
- New functionality to ensure that, if a dual-ported device is connected via
both direct and expander attached connections, only the direct connection is
hidden when the HideNonzeroAttachedPhyIdentifiers bit is set.

Note:
- The multi-path read only fix that was added in version 2.45 is not present
in 2.50. It is reintroduced in version 2.51.


Version 2.45 - Suggested
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.22.00
- Firmware Version: 1.25.85

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue which could cause the operating system's file system to
become read only in a multi-path environment.


Version 2.44 - Critical
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.22.00
- Firmware Version: 1.25.84

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where there is a very low probability of experiencing data
corruption while under very heavy I/O stress.
- Reworked the firmware download function into an asynchronous operation to
allow I/O to continue during the process.
- Fixed an issue where a direct-attached SEP device will not be assigned an
ID or handle which will prevent communication with the device.
- Fixed an issue where a direct-attached SEP will be incorrectly assigned
TargetID 0.


Version 2.41 - Non-critical
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.22.00
- Firmware Version: 1.25.81

Fixes:
- Added support for Dual Direct Attached I2C SEP to 1064e and 1068e chips
using an I2C Multiplexer.


Version 2.40 - Suggested
------------
Contains:
- BIOS Version: 6.22.00
- Firmware Version: 1.25.80

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where, in a setup with cascaded expanders, a timeout occurred
during PortEnable after an adapter initialization.
- Increased several preset maximum values to allow all devices to be seen in
large topologies.
- Fixed an issue where SATA initialization would hang in a multiple initiator
environment.
- Fixed an issue that could result in a system hang when an active-active MUX
that did not support NCQ was detected in the topology.
- Fixed several issues which would cause doorbell faults when using SATA
drives. Faults include 0x6001, 0x0B85, or 0x6212.
- Fixed an issue where "Persistent Table Full" messages were seen even with
persistent mapping disabled.
- Fixed a SATA initialization error which could occur when I/O was sent to the
drive shortly after the DEVICE ADD event.
- Fixed a discovery error that was seen when rebooting initiators under heavy
I/O in a multi-initiator environment.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a 0x7A02 doorbell fault in a 1078-based
complex topology environment.
- Fixed an issue which caused doorbell fault 0x4203 when an expander is
disconnected during discovery.
- Fixed a multipathing issue where devices were not seen after a secondary
path was removed and readded quickly.
- Fixed an issue where, under heavy I/O, the message indicating discovery
completion could be lost.
- Fixed multiple issues that were specific to multipathing.
- Fixed issues where a controller would hang after firmware or BIOS flash.
- Fixed an issue that could cause loginfo 0x31123000 during heavy I/O.
- Fixed various issues that could cause doorbell faults 0x4104, 0x0B85,
0x266D, 0x2100, 0x4202, or 0x7711.
- Fixed an issue where SATA initialization would fail if the drive did not
support write caching.
- Fixed an issue where, when logs were generated for a passive path, the
enclosure handle and slot information for the active path were stored in the
logs.
- Fixed an issue where all disks become inaccessible if a SATA logical loop is
introduced into a topology with SAS drives.
- Fixed an issue which caused BIOS timeouts which resulted in the boot device
not being found.
- Fixed an issue where, during certain MPT BIOS activity, the system BIOS
could not read the MPT BIOS, resulting in a "no bootable device" error.
- Fixed an issue where, if translated SCSI commands where sent to a SATA drive
the I/O would hang.
- Fixed an issue where a hard reset sent to one initiator in a multi-initiator
environment could cause a cascade of hard resets through the environment.
- Fixed an issue where a corrupted sector in a primary volume was not being
correctly restored with the correct data from the secondary volume.
- Fixed an issue where, if the secondary drive is cold swapped during a volume
resync, the resync is not resumed on system start.
- Fixed an issue where the driver temperature info is not sent for SCT enabled
drives.
- Fixed an issue where the second path is not being hidden when a non-volume
drive is inserted in a volume ID slot.
- Fixed an issue where, during initialization, the SAS BIOS displays 'Adapter
Malfunctioning!' Fault 13.
- Prevented Device Missing Delay replies when DevMissingTimeout and
IoDelayTimeout are disabled.
- Fixed and issue where, when inserting a new drive into the topology while
I/O is running, I/O to existing drives may experience a delay of ~600msec.
- Fixed an issue where the execution of a command in CFGGEN following
execution of a command without a ‘noreset’ switch causes controller to hang.
- Fixed an issue where firmware update of an online SATA drive would fail.
- Fixed several issues where, when detecting whether a device is an HDD or SDD,
the device type was detected incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue where physical disk firmware download commands were being
rejected.
- Fixed an IOC hang that could be caused by a SCSI INQUIRY command.
- Fixed an issue where, in a multipath environment, a degraded RAID volume
with a missing disk is rebooted, it may re-sync to a non-RAID disk.
- Fixed a SATA specific issue where a doorbell fault 0x1903 or 0x1904 was seen
when hot-plugging an active drive.
- Fixed a large topology issue where I/O to the SAS drives times out after a
bus reset.
- Fixed an issue where, when the last device in a volume is missing, the
volume may be calculated as the wrong media type. This will prevent hotplug
and failover from working correctly.
- Fixed an issue where the volume ID changes after removing the drive at a
roamed volume ID.
- Fixed an issue where, when a volume's disk is swapped and starts to resync,
a controller reset (reboot) may result in either the volume losing a disk
that was previously in the volume, and/or the wrong disk reported as the
primary.
- Fixed an issue where discovery would fail when a 1078 controller is
connected to a JBOD with dual-I2C SEP functionality.

Functionality:
- Initial release for:
IBM BladeCenter LS22 and LS42 onboard LSI 1064e controller
- Fixed the ability for the BIOS configuration utility to create hotspares
with SSD (Solid State Drive) devices.
- Enhanced SATA I/O performance for NCQ drives.
- Allowed the host to set the name of a RAID volume.
- Added ability to retrieve SATA drive temperature through "Information
Exception".
- For SGPIO, turned on the fault LED when an IR volume member is detected as
missing.
- Added ability to specify bus/target ID & slot mapping for direct-attached
disks.
- Expanded the ability for the backplane to define the sideband interface
method (I2C/SGPIO). This was previously enabled for 1078, now it is enabled
for 1064 and 1068 as well.
- Several changes the blink LED patterns.
ibm_fw_sraidbr_10i-2_75_windows_32-64_chg

IBM Online SAS/SATA Hard Disk Drive Update Program
Version 1.14.03-2 Build ID: SAS11403-2

NOTE TO SERVICE - Reference RETAIN TIPS H211424 & H211667
*******************************************************************
IBM SAS Hard Disk Drive Update Program
Version 1.14.03-2
Critical Release
Reference RETAIN TIP H211424 & H211667

This package includes updates to drives with product ID strings of:


SAS 3.5"

Initial Code Releases
- ST1000NM0023, ST2000NM0023, ST3000NM0023, ST4000NM0023 to BC5B
- ST2000NM0043, ST4000NM0043 to EC59
- WD1001FYYG-23S, WD2001FYYG-23S, WD3001FYYG-23S,
WD4001FYYG-23S to XA35

Other
- ST1000NM0001, ST2000NM0001 to BC4A - support persistent reservation
- HUS723020ALS64, HUS723030ALS64 to J3K8 - servo adjustments


SAS 2.5"

Initial Code Releases
- ST300MM0006, ST600MM0006, ST900MM0006 to B56H
- ST300MM0026, ST600MM0026, ST900MM0026 to B568
- TXA2D20200GA6I, TXA2D20400GA6I, TXA2D20800GA6I, TXA2D21600GA6I
to GB76 - see Retain Tip H211424.
- HUC101212CSS60 to J2M7
- HUC101212CSS61 to N2M7
- T1200MM0007 to B576
- T1200MM0017 to E574
- ST600MX0001 to BH13
- WD3002BKTG-23E, WD6002BKTG-23E, WD9002BKTG-23E to ZC31
- ST9500431SS to ED12
- ST9146703SS to E536
- ST973352SS to E625
- ST9300553SS to E636
- HUC109030CSS61E, HUC109060CSS61E, HUC109090CSS61E to N2EF
- MK3001GRDB, MK6001GRDB, MK9001GRDB to SB35 - drive Que depth fix;
see Retain Tip H211667.
- HUC109030CSS60, HUC109060CSS60, HUC109090CSS60 to J2EF
- HUC109030CSS61E, HUC109060CSS61E, HUC109090CSS61E to N2EF

Other
- WD3001BKHG-23D, WD6001BKHG-23D, WD9001BKHG-23D to ZA32 -
performance, non-critical fixes and robustness changes.

- ST9600204SS to B54A with maintainance fixes and performance
improvements.

- MBD2147RC, MBD2300RC to SB1B - drive Que depth fix;
- MBE2073RC, MBE2147RC to SC18 - drive Que depth fix;
- MBF2300RC, MBF2600RC to SB2F - drive Que depth fix;
- MK1401GRRB, MK3001GRRB to SC2E - drive Que depth fix;
see Retain Tip H211667.

- ST9500620SS, ST91000620SS to BD2F - support persistent reservation
and maintainance fixes.


SATA 3.5"

Initial Code Release
- WD801ABYS-23C0A0, WD1601ABYS-23C0A0 to 06.06H05
- WD5003ABYX-23 to WC38 - added mfg. parameters.
- WD2000FYYZ-23UL, WD3000FYYZ-23UL, WD4000FYYZ-23UL to WD36
- ST1000NM0033, ST2000NM0033, ST3000NM0033, ST4000NM0033 to BB58

Other


SATA 2.5"

Initial Code Release
- SG9XCS2D50GEIBM to SE6H
- WD3000BLHX-23V7BV to YA31
- SSDSC2BA200G3I, SSDSC2BA400G3I, SSDSC2BA800G3I to NA34
- SSDSC2BB120G4I, SSDSC2BB240G4I, SSDSC2BB400G4I, SSDSC2BB800G4I
to NB34

Other
- ST9250610NS, ST9500620NS, ST91000640NS to BE29 - maintainance
updates.
- MTFDDAK064MAR-1J1AA, MTFDDAK128MAR-1J1AA, MTFDDAK256MAR-1K1AA,
MTFDDAK512MAR-1K1AA to MA57 - added mfg. parameters.


SATA 1.8"

Initial Code Release
- SSDSC1NA200G3I, SSDSC1NA400G3I to NA34
- SSDSC1NB080G4I, SSDSC1NB240G4I, SSDSC1NB400G4I to NB34

Other
- MTFDDAA064MAR-1J1AB, MTFDDAA128MAR-1J1AB, MTFDDAA256MAR-1K1AB,
MTFDDAA512MAR-1K1AB to MA57 - added mfg. parameters.

===================================================================
Version 1.13.01 Build ID: SAS_113

NOTE TO SERVICE - Reference RETAIN H207993

*******************************************
IBM SAS Hard Disk Drive Update Program
Version 1.13.01
Critical Release
Reference RETAIN H207993

This package includes new updates to drives with product ID strings of:

SAS 3.5"

- HUS723020ALS64 to J3K7 Additions to VPD information used by
manufacturing and fixes for overall robustness.

- HUS723030ALS64 to J3K7 Initial Code Release

- ST31000424SS, ST32000444SS to BC2D
- ST1000NM0001, ST2000NM0001 to BC49
Fixes for overall robustness.

- ST33000650SS to BC3E Initial Code Release


SAS 2.5"

- MK1401GRRB, MK3001GRRB to SC29
Fixes for overall robustness.

- MBF2300RC, MBF2600RC to SB2C
Initial Code Release.

- ST9300605SS, ST9600205SS, ST9900805SS to B55D
ST9146853SS, ST9300653SS to B63B
ST9500620SS, ST91000640SS to BD2E
ST9300505SS, ST9600105SS, ST9900705SS to E557
ST9146753SS to E636
Additions to VPD information used by manufacturing and
fixes for overall robustness.

SATA 3.5"

- ST500NM0011, ST2000NM0011, ST1000NM0011 to BB4A
ST3500514NS, ST31000524NS, ST32000644NS to BB2C
Reliability improvements, Additions to VPD information
used by manufacturing

- ST33000650NS to BB3A Initial Code Release

- WD5003ABYX-23 to WC36, WD1003FBYX-23Y7B0 to WB35,
WD2003FYYS-23W0B0 to WA35
Reliability improvements, Additions to VPD information
used by manufacturing

- HUA723020ALA640 to MK7OA910
Additions to VPD information used by manufacturing.

- HUA723030ALA640 to MKAOA910 Initial Code Release

- HUA722050CLA330, HUA722010CLA330 to A3PH
Initial Code Release

SATA 2.5"

- TE22D10100GE8IBM to SR3B Initial Code Release

- MTFDDAK064MAR-1J1AA, MTFDDAK128MAR-1J1AA,
MTFDDAK256MAR-1K1AA, MTFDDAK512MAR-1K1AA
to MA55 Initial Code Release

- ST9250610NS, ST9500620NS, ST91000640NS to BE28
Fixes for overall robustness.

SATA 1.8"

- MTFDDAA064MAR-1J1AB, MTFDDAA128MAR-1J1AB,
MTFDDAA256MAR-1K1AB, MTFDDAA512MAR-1K1AB
to MA55 Initial Code Release

- TX21B10100GE8IBM, TX21B10200GE8IBM, TX21B10400GE8IBM
to SP3A Initial Code Release

===============================================================

Version 1.12.01
Critical Release
Reference RETAIN #H207740

This package includes new updates to drives with product ID strings of:

SAS 3.5"

- VPCA300900EST1, VPCA450900EST1, VPCA600900EST1 to A3C4,
Corrects firmware bug that may cause data corruption.
For further information, please refer to Retain Tip H207740.

===============================================================

Version 1.12
(Critical)

Added Support for SAS Controllers M5115 and H1135

SAS 3.5"
Product ID FW

IBM-ESXSST336754SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST373454SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST3146854SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST336754SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST373454SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST3146854SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST373455SS BA2D
IBM-ESXSST3146855SS BA2D
IBM-ESXSST3300655SS BA2D
IBM-ESXSST373355SS BA38
IBM-ESXSST3146755SS BA38
IBM-ESXSST3300555SS BA38
IBM-ESXSST3146356SS BA4D
IBM-ESXSST3300656SS BA4D
IBM-ESXSST3450856SS BA4D
IBM-ESXSST3300657SS BA5A
IBM-ESXSST3450857SS BA5A
IBM-ESXSST3600057SS BA5A
IBM-ESXSST3750630SS BC1I
IBM-ESXSST31000640SS BC1I
IBM-ESXSST31000424SS BC2C
IBM-ESXSST32000444SS BC2C
IBM-ESXSST33000650SS BC3D
IBM-ESXSST1000NM0001 BC48
IBM-ESXSST2000NM0001 BC48
IBM-ESXSVPCA300900EST1 A3C2
IBM-ESXSVPCA600900EST1 A3C2
IBM-ESXSVPBA073C3ETS11 A496
IBM-ESXSVPBA146C3ETS11 A496
IBM-ESXSVPBA300C3ETS11 A496
IBM-ESXSVPBPA300C3EST1 A529
IBM-ESXSVPA036C3-ETS10 A650
IBM-ESXSVPA073C3-ETS10 A650
IBM-ESXSVPA146C3-ETS10 A650
IBM-ESXSHUS723020ALS64 J26C
IBM-ESXSHUS723030ALS64 J26C
IBM-ESXSGNA073C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA146C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA300C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA073C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA146C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA300C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSBBA036C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA073C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA146C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA036C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA073C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA146C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSMAU3036RC S902
IBM-ESXSMAU3073RC S902
IBM-ESXSMAU3147RC S902
IBM-ESXSMBA3073RC SA0A
IBM-ESXSMBA3147RC SA0A
IBM-ESXSMBA3300RC SA0A
IBM-ESXSMAX3036RC T907
IBM-ESXSMAX3073RC T907
IBM-ESXSMAX3147RC T907

SAS 2.5"
Product ID FW

IBM-ESXSST936701SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST973401SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST936701SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST973401SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST973402SS B52B
IBM-ESXSST9146802SS B52B
IBM-ESXSST9300603SS B53E
IBM-ESXSST9146803SS B53E
IBM-ESXSST9600204SS B549
IBM-ESXSST9300605SS B55C
IBM-ESXSST9600205SS B55C
IBM-ESXSST9900805SS B55C
IBM-ESXSST936751SS B617
IBM-ESXSST973451SS B617
IBM-ESXSST973452SS B62C
IBM-ESXSST9146852SS B62C
IBM-ESXSST9146853SS B63A
IBM-ESXSST9300653SS B63A
IBM-ESXSST9500430SS BD14
IBM-ESXSST9500620SS BD2C
IBM-ESXSST91000640SS BD2C
IBM-ESXSST9300503SS E536
IBM-ESXSST9300505SS E555
IBM-ESXSST9600105SS E555
IBM-ESXSST9900705SS E555
IBM-ESXSST9146752SS E625
IBM-ESXSST9146753SS E635
IBM-ESXSCBRBA073C3ETS0 C49C
IBM-ESXSCBRBA146C3ETS0 C49C
IBM-ESXSCBRCA146C3ETS0 C610
IBM-ESXSCBRCA300C3ETS0 C610
IBM-ESXSHUC106030CSS60 D3A6
IBM-ESXSHUC106060CSS60 D3A6
IBM-ESXSMAV2036RC S116
IBM-ESXSMAV2073RC S116
IBM-ESXSMBB2073RC SB07
IBM-ESXSMBB2147RC SB07
IBM-ESXSMBD2147RC SB1A
IBM-ESXSMBD2300RC SB1A
IBM-ESXSMBF2300RC SB2B
IBM-ESXSMBF2600RC SB2B
IBM-ESXSMBC2073RC SC06
IBM-ESXSMBE2073RC SC17
IBM-ESXSMBE2147RC SC17
IBM-ESXSMK1401GRRB SC27
IBM-ESXSMK3001GRRB SC27
IBM-ESXSMAY2036RC T107
IBM-ESXSMAY2073RC T107
IBM-ESXSWD9001BKHG-23D ZA31
IBM-ESXSWD6001BKHG-23D ZA31
IBM-ESXSWD3001BKHG-23D ZA31

SATA 3.5"
Product ID FW

WD2003FYYS-23T8B0 01.00D04
WD802ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B05
WD1602ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B07
WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B08
WD2003FYYS-23W0B0 WA34
WDC WD1003FBYX-23Y7B0 WB33
WD5003ABYX-23 WC34
ST380819AS 3.05
ST3160828AS 3.05
ST340212AS 3.05
ST3160023AS 3.48
ST380013AS 3.48
ST340014AS 3.48
ST3500641NS 3.AES
ST3250620NS 3.AEV
ST3500630NS 3.AEV
ST3750640NS 3.AEV
ST3250621NS 4AEV
ST3500631NS 4AEV
ST3750641NS 4AEV
ST3250310NS BB15
ST3500320NS BB15
ST3750330NS BB15
ST31000340NS BB15
ST3500514NS BB2A
ST31000524NS BB2A
ST32000644NS BB2A
ST33000650NS BB38
ST1000NM0011 BB47
ST2000NM0011 BB47
ST500NM0011 BB47
HUA721050KLA330 GK6OABDA
HUA721075KLA330 GK8OABDA
HUA721010KLA330 GKAOABDA
HUA722020ALA330 JKAOA3IA
HDS721025CLA382 JP1OA54C
HUA722050CLA330 JP2OA3GB
HUA722010CLA330 JP4OA3GB
HDS725050KLA360 K2AOAT3A
HUA723020ALA640 MK7OA900
HUA723030ALA640 MKAOA900
Hitachi HDS721680PLA3 P21OABCA
Hitachi HDS721616PLA3 P22OABCA
HDS728040PLA320 PF1OA6EA
HDS728080PLA380 PF2OA6EA
HDT722516DLA380 V43OA9JA
HDT722525DLA380 V44OA9JA
Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 V5DOA7CA

SATA 2.5"
Product ID FW

WD3000BLFS-23YBU0 04.04V10
ST9160511NS BE1A
ST9500530NS BE1A
ST9250610NS BE25
ST9500620NS BE25
ST91000640NS BE25

SSD
Product ID FW

TX21B10200GE1IBM PRO6SP36
TX21B10400GE1IBM PRO6SP36
TX21B10100GE8IBM PRO6SP36
TE22D10100GE8IBM PRO6SR36
SG9XCS1B50GMIBM SA03SB6F
SG9XCS1F200GEIBM SA03SB6F
SG9XCS2D200GEIBM SA03SE6H
GBRL0015XVECCM 4.17
GBRL0031XVECCM 4.17
GBRL0015XVEUCM 4.17
GBRLB015XVECCM 4.26
GBRLB031XVECCM 4.26
GBRLB015XVEUCM 4.26
MTFDDAA512MAR-1K1AB MA52
MTFDDAK128MAR-1J1AA MA52
MTFDDAK256MAR-1K1AA MA52
MTFDDAK064MAR-1J1AA MA52
MTFDDAK512MAR-1K1AA MA52
MTFDDAA064MAR-1K1AB MA52
MTFDDAA128MAR-1K1AB MA52
MTFDDAA256MAR-1K1AB MA52
STEC M8PSB1 0409
STEC MACH8 IOPS 2804
STEC M8PSB2 T4 SM06
STEC M8PSB1 T4 SM16

SAS 3.5"

- ST3300657SS, ST3450857SS, ST3600057SS to BA5A
VPCA300900EST1, VPCA600900EST1 to A3C2
Additions to VPD information used by manufacturing

- ST3750630SS, ST31000640SS to BC1I
ST31000424SS, ST32000444SS to BC2C
Mode Page change to address performance issues under certain system configurations

- ST33000650SS to BC3D
ST1000NM0001, ST2000NM0001 to BC48
Protection Information Fix - see Retain Tip H206140

- HUS723020ALS64, HUS723030ALS64 to J26C
Initial Code Release

SAS 2.5"

- ST9300603SS, ST9146803SS to B53E
ST9600204SS to B549
Additions to VPD information used by manufacturing

- ST9300605SS, ST9600205SS, ST9900805SS to B55C
ST9146853SS, ST9300653SS to B63A
ST9500620SS, ST91000640SS to BD2C
ST9300505SS to E555
ST9146753SS to E635
Protection Information Fix - see Retain Tip H206140

- ST9600105SS, ST9900705SS to E555
Inital Code Release

- HUC106030CSS60, HUC106060CSS60 to D3A6
Performance improvements, critical fixes for Protection Information (PI)
operation - see Retain Tip H206140

- MK1401GRRB, MK3001GRRB to SC27
Additions to VPD information used by manufacturing

- WD9001BKHG-23D, WD6001BKHG-23D, WD3001BKHG-23D to ZA31
Initial Code Release

SATA 3.5"

- WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 to 02.03B08
WD1602ABYS-23B7A0 to 02.03B07
Critical fix to address premature drive failures.

- ST3500514NS, ST31000524NS, ST32000644NS to BB2A
ST33000650NS to BB38
ST1000NM0011, ST2000NM0011, ST500NM0011 to BB47
Fixes a potential, but rare data corruption issue which requires
a background reallocation that exceeds the error recovery timer.

- HUA723020ALA640 to MK70A900
HUA723030ALA640 to MKA0A900
Initial Code Release

SATA 2.5"

- ST9160511NS, ST9500530NS to BE1A
- ST9250610NS, ST9500620NS, ST91000640NS to BE25
Fixes a potential, but rare data corruption issue which requires
a background reallocation that exceeds the error recovery timer.

SSD

- TX21B10200GE1IBM, TX21B10400GE1IBM, TX21B10100GE8IBM to PRO6SP36
TE22D10100GE8IBM to PRO6SR36
Initial Code Release

- MTFDDAK128MAR-1J1AA, MTFDDAK256MAR-1K1AA to MA52
Initial Code Release

- MTFDDAA512MAR-1K1AB, MTFDDAK064MAR-1J1AA, MTFDDAK512MAR-1K1AA,
MTFDDAA064MAR-1K1AB, MTFDDAA128MAR-1K1AB, MTFDDAA256MAR-1K1AB to MA52
Fixes SMART attribute 190 (Current Temp) which caused warning messages
with some versions of Linux

- STEC MACH8 IOPS to 2804
STEC M8PSB2 T4 to SM06
Additions to VPD information used by manufacturing
Fixes potential drive failure if power loss occurs during firmware update.

*******************************************

Version 1.11
(Critical)

SAS 3.5"
Product ID FW

IBM-ESXSVPCA300900EST1 A3C0
IBM-ESXSVPCA600900EST1 A3C0
IBM-ESXSVPBA073C3ETS11 A496
IBM-ESXSVPBA146C3ETS11 A496
IBM-ESXSVPBA300C3ETS11 A496
IBM-ESXSVPBPA300C3EST1 A529
IBM-ESXSVPA036C3-ETS10 A650
IBM-ESXSVPA073C3-ETS10 A650
IBM-ESXSVPA146C3-ETS10 A650
IBM-ESXSST336754SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST373454SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST3146854SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST336754SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST373454SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST3146854SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST373455SS BA2D
IBM-ESXSST3146855SS BA2D
IBM-ESXSST3300655SS BA2D
IBM-ESXSST373355SS BA38
IBM-ESXSST3146755SS BA38
IBM-ESXSST3300555SS BA38
IBM-ESXSST3146356SS BA4D
IBM-ESXSST3300656SS BA4D
IBM-ESXSST3450856SS BA4D
IBM-ESXSST3300657SS BA59
IBM-ESXSST3450857SS BA59
IBM-ESXSST3600057SS BA59
IBM-ESXSST3750630SS BC1H
IBM-ESXSST31000640SS BC1H
IBM-ESXSST31000424SS BC2B
IBM-ESXSST32000444SS BC2B
IBM-ESXSST33000650SS BC3A
IBM-ESXSST1000NM0001 BC44
IBM-ESXSST2000NM0001 BC44
IBM-ESXSGNA073C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA146C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA300C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA073C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA146C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA300C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSBBA036C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA073C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA146C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA036C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA073C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA146C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSMAU3036RC S902
IBM-ESXSMAU3073RC S902
IBM-ESXSMAU3147RC S902
IBM-ESXSMBA3073RC SA0A
IBM-ESXSMBA3147RC SA0A
IBM-ESXSMBA3300RC SA0A
IBM-ESXSMAX3036RC T907
IBM-ESXSMAX3073RC T907
IBM-ESXSMAX3147RC T907

SAS 2.5"
Product ID FW

IBM-ESXSST936701SS B51D
IBM-ESXSSTLFF_SATA3401SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST936701SS B51D
IBM-ESXSSTLFF_SATA3401SS B51D
IBM-ESXSSTLFF_SATA3402SS B52B
IBM-ESXSST9146802SS B52B
IBM-ESXSST9300603SS B53C
IBM-ESXSST9146803SS B53C
IBM-ESXSST9600204SS B548
IBM-ESXSST9300605SS B559
IBM-ESXSST9600205SS B559
IBM-ESXSST9900805SS B559
IBM-ESXSST936751SS B617
IBM-ESXSSTLFF_SATA3451SS B617
IBM-ESXSSTLFF_SATA3452SS B62C
IBM-ESXSST9146852SS B62C
IBM-ESXSST9146853SS B637
IBM-ESXSST9300653SS B637
IBM-ESXSST9500430SS BD14
IBM-ESXSST9500620SS BD29
IBM-ESXSST91000640SS BD29
IBM-ESXSCBRBA073C3ETS0 C49C
IBM-ESXSCBRBA146C3ETS0 C49C
IBM-ESXSCBRCA146C3ETS0 C610
IBM-ESXSCBRCA300C3ETS0 C610
IBM-ESXSHUC106030CSS60 D390
IBM-ESXSHUC106060CSS60 D390
IBM-ESXSST9300503SS E536
IBM-ESXSST9300505SS E553
IBM-ESXSST9146752SS E625
IBM-ESXSST9146753SS E633
IBM-ESXSMAV2036RC S116
IBM-ESXSMAV2073RC S116
IBM-ESXSMBB2073RC SB07
IBM-ESXSMBB2147RC SB07
IBM-ESXSMBD2147RC SB1A
IBM-ESXSMBD2300RC SB1A
IBM-ESXSMBF2300RC SB28
IBM-ESXSMBF2600RC SB28
IBM-ESXSMBC2073RC SC06
IBM-ESXSMBE2073RC SC17
IBM-ESXSMBE2147RC SC17
IBM-ESXSMK1401GRRB SC23
IBM-ESXSMK3001GRRB SC23
IBM-ESXSMAY2036RC T107
IBM-ESXSMAY2073RC T107

SATA 3.5"
Product ID FW

ST340212AS 3.05
ST380819AS 3.05
ST3160828AS 3.05
ST340014AS 3.48
ST380013AS 3.48
ST3160023AS 3.48
ST3500641NS 3.AES
ST3250620NS 3.AEV
ST3500630NS 3.AEV
ST3750640NS 3.AEV
ST3250621NS 4AEV
ST3500631NS 4AEV
ST3750641NS 4AEV
ST3250310NS BB15
ST3500320NS BB15
ST3750330NS BB15
ST31000340NS BB15
ST3500514NS BB29
ST31000524NS BB29
ST32000644NS BB29
ST33000650NS BB36
ST1000NM0011 BB46
ST2000NM0011 BB46
ST500NM0011 BB46
HUA721050KLA330 GK6OABDA
HUA721075KLA330 GK8OABDA
HUA721010KLA330 GKAOABDA
HUA722020ALA330 JKAOA3GA
HDS721025CLA382 JP1OA3GE
HUA722050CLA330 JP2OA3GB
HUA722010CLA330 JP4OA3GB
HDS725050KLA360 K2AOAT3A
Hitachi HDS721680PLA3 P21OABCA
Hitachi HDS721616PLA3 P22OABCA
HDS728040PLA320 PF1OA6EA
HDS728080PLA380 PF2OA6EA
HDT722516DLA380 V43OA9JA
HDT722525DLA380 V44OA9JA
Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 V5DOA7CA
WD2003FYYS-23W0B0 WA32
WDC WD1003FBYX-23Y7B0 WB31
WD5003ABYX-23 WC31
WD2003FYYS-23T8B0 01.00D04
WD802ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B05
WDC WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B06
WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B07
WD1602ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B07

SATA 2.5"
Product ID FW

WD3000BLFS-23YBU0 04.04V10
ST9160511NS BE19
ST9500530NS BE19
ST9250610NS BE24
ST9500620NS BE24
ST91000640NS BE24

SATA 2.5" SSD
Product ID FW

GBRL0015XVECCM 4.17
GBRL0031XVECCM 4.17
GBRL0015XVEUCM 4.17
GBRLB015XVECCM 4.26
GBRLB031XVECCM 4.26
GBRLB015XVEUCM 4.26
STEC MACH8 IOPS 2765
STEC M8PSB2 T4 SM05
SG9XCS2D200GEIBM SA03SE6C
MTFDDAK128MAR-1JAAB MA44
MTFDDAK256MAR-1JAAB MA44

SATA 1.8" SSD
Product ID FW

STEC M8PSB1 0409
STEC M8PSB1 T4 SM16
SG9XCS1B50GMIBM SA03SB6C
SG9XCS1F200GEIBM SA03SB6C


SAS 3.5"

- ST33000650SS to BC3A
ST1000NM0001, ST2000NM0001 to BC44
Additions and corrections to VPD information used by manufacturing

SAS 2.5"

- ST9300605SS, ST9600205SS, ST9900805SS to B559
ST9146853SS, ST9300653SS to B637
ST9500620SS, ST91000640SS to BD29
ST9300505SS to E553
SST9146753SS to E633
HUC106030CSS60, HUC106060CSS60 to D390
Additions and corrections to VPD information used by manufacturing

- MK1401GRRB, MK3001GRRB to SC23
Fixes a pottential data corruption bug if there is an
unexpected power loss.

SATA 3.5"

- ST3250310NS, ST3500320NS, ST3750330NS, ST31000340NS to BB15
ST3500514NS, ST31000524NS, ST32000644NS to BB29
ST33000650NS to BB36
ST1000NM0011, ST2000NM0011, ST500NM0011 to BB46

SATA SSD

- SG9XCS1B50GMIBM, SG9XCS1F200GEIBM to SA03SB6C
SG9XCS2D200GEIBM to SA03SE6C
Fix for potential hang during an unexpected power cycle

MTFDDAK128MAR-1JAAB, MTFDDAK256MAR-1JAAB to MA44
Initial Release

===========================================

Version 1.10
(Critical)

SAS 3.5"
Product ID FW

IBM-ESXSVPCA300900EST1 A3C0
IBM-ESXSVPCA600900EST1 A3C0
IBM-ESXSVPBA073C3ETS11 A496
IBM-ESXSVPBA146C3ETS11 A496
IBM-ESXSVPBA300C3ETS11 A496
IBM-ESXSVPBPA300C3EST1 A529
IBM-ESXSVPA036C3-ETS10 A650
IBM-ESXSVPA073C3-ETS10 A650
IBM-ESXSVPA146C3-ETS10 A650
IBM-ESXSST336754SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST373454SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST3146854SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST336754SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST373454SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST3146854SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST373455SS BA2D
IBM-ESXSST3146855SS BA2D
IBM-ESXSST3300655SS BA2D
IBM-ESXSST373355SS BA38
IBM-ESXSST3146755SS BA38
IBM-ESXSST3300555SS BA38
IBM-ESXSST3146356SS BA4C
IBM-ESXSST3300656SS BA4C
IBM-ESXSST3450856SS BA4C
IBM-ESXSST3300657SS BA58
IBM-ESXSST3450857SS BA58
IBM-ESXSST3600057SS BA58
IBM-ESXSST3750630SS BC1H
IBM-ESXSST31000640SS BC1H
IBM-ESXSST31000424SS BC2B
IBM-ESXSST32000444SS BC2B
IBM-ESXSST33000650SS BC37
IBM-ESXSST1000NM0001 BC42
IBM-ESXSST2000NM0001 BC42
IBM-ESXSGNA073C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA146C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA300C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA073C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA146C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA300C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSBBA036C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA073C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA146C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA036C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA073C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA146C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSMAU3036RC S902
IBM-ESXSMAU3073RC S902
IBM-ESXSMAU3147RC S902
IBM-ESXSMBA3073RC SA0A
IBM-ESXSMBA3147RC SA0A
IBM-ESXSMBA3300RC SA0A
IBM-ESXSMAX3036RC T907
IBM-ESXSMAX3073RC T907
IBM-ESXSMAX3147RC T907

SAS 2.5" (SFF)
Product ID FW

IBM-ESXSST936701SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST973401SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST936701SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST973401SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST973402SS B52B
IBM-ESXSST9146802SS B52B
IBM-ESXSST9300603SS B53C
IBM-ESXSST9146803SS B53C
IBM-ESXSST9600204SS B548
IBM-ESXSST9300605SS B556
IBM-ESXSST9600205SS B556
IBM-ESXSST9900805SS B556
IBM-ESXSST936751SS B617
IBM-ESXSST973451SS B617
IBM-ESXSST973452SS B62C
IBM-ESXSST9146852SS B62C
IBM-ESXSST9146853SS B635
IBM-ESXSST9300653SS B635
IBM-ESXSST9500430SS BD14
IBM-ESXSST9500620SS BD26
IBM-ESXSST91000640SS BD26
IBM-ESXSCBRBA073C3ETS0 C49C
IBM-ESXSCBRBA146C3ETS0 C49C
IBM-ESXSCBRCA146C3ETS0 C610
IBM-ESXSCBRCA300C3ETS0 C610
IBM-ESXSHUC106030CSS60 D340
IBM-ESXSHUC106060CSS60 D340
IBM-ESXSST9300503SS E536
IBM-ESXSST9300505SS E552
IBM-ESXSST9146752SS E625
IBM-ESXSST9146753SS E632
IBM-ESXSMAV2036RC S116
IBM-ESXSMAV2073RC S116
IBM-ESXSMBB2073RC SB07
IBM-ESXSMBB2147RC SB07
IBM-ESXSMBD2147RC SB1A
IBM-ESXSMBD2300RC SB1A
IBM-ESXSMBF2300RC SB28
IBM-ESXSMBF2600RC SB28
IBM-ESXSMBC2073RC SC06
IBM-ESXSMBE2073RC SC17
IBM-ESXSMBE2147RC SC17
IBM-ESXSMAY2036RC T107
IBM-ESXSMAY2073RC T107

SATA 3.5"
Product ID FW

ST340212AS 3.05
ST380819AS 3.05
ST3160828AS 3.05
ST340014AS 3.48
ST380013AS 3.48
ST3160023AS 3.48
ST3500641NS 3.AES
ST3250620NS 3.AEV
ST3500630NS 3.AEV
ST3750640NS 3.AEV
ST3250621NS 4AEV
ST3500631NS 4AEV
ST3750641NS 4AEV
ST3250310NS BB15
ST3500320NS BB15
ST3750330NS BB15
ST31000340NS BB15
ST3500514NS BB29
ST31000524NS BB29
ST32000644NS BB29
ST33000650NS BB34
ST1000NM0011 BB45
ST2000NM0011 BB45
ST500NM0011 BB45
HUA721050KLA330 GK6OABDA
HUA721075KLA330 GK8OABDA
HUA721010KLA330 GKAOABDA
HUA722020ALA330 JKAOA3GA
HDS721025CLA382 JP1OA3GE
HUA722050CLA330 JP2OA3GB
HUA722010CLA330 JP4OA3GB
HDS725050KLA360 K2AOAT3A
Hitachi HDS721680PLA3 P21OABCA
Hitachi HDS721616PLA3 P22OABCA
HDS728040PLA320 PF1OA6EA
HDS728080PLA380 PF2OA6EA
HDT722516DLA380 V43OA9JA
HDT722525DLA380 V44OA9JA
Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 V5DOA7CA
WD2003FYYS-23W0B0 WA32
WDC WD1003FBYX-23Y7B0 WB31
WD5003ABYX-23 WC31
WD2003FYYS-23T8B0 01.00D04
WD802ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B05
WDC WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B06
WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B07
WD1602ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B07

SATA 2.5"
Product ID FW

WD3000BLFS-23YBU0 04.04V10
ST9160511NS BE19
ST9500530NS BE19
ST9250610NS BE24
ST9500620NS BE24
ST91000640NS BE24

SATA 2.5" SSD
Product ID FW

GBRL0015XVECCM 4.17
GBRL0031XVECCM 4.17
GBRL0015XVEUCM 4.17
GBRLB015XVECCM 4.26
GBRLB031XVECCM 4.26
GBRLB015XVEUCM 4.26
STEC MACH8 IOPS 2765
STEC M8PSB2 T4 SM05
SG9XCS2D200GEIBM SA03SE6C

SATA 1.8" SSD
Product ID FW

STEC M8PSB1 0409
STEC M8PSB1 T4 SM16
SG9XCS1B50GMIBM SA03SB6C
SG9XCS1F200GEIBM SA03SB6C

This package includes new updates to drives with product ID strings of:

SAS 3.5"

- VPCA300900EST1, VPCA600900EST1 to A3C0
Correction to VPD information used by manufacturing

- ST31000424SS, ST32000444SS to BC2B
Fixes to improve robustness from certain read errors due to encroachment

- ST33000650SS to BC37
Fixes to improve overall robustness.

- ST1000NM0001, ST2000NM0001 to BC42
Inital Release

SAS 2.5" (SFF)

- ST9300605SS, ST9600205SS, ST9900805SS to B556
- ST9146853SS, ST9300653SS to B635
Fixes to improve overall robustness.

ST9300505SS to E552
ST9146753SS to E632
Initial Release

- ST9500620SS, ST91000640SS to BD26
Improve general robustness and added support for DPICZ

- HUC106030CSS60, HUC106060CSS60 to D340
Improve general robustness

- MBF2300RC, MBF2600RC to SB28
Improves performance in certain benchmarks

SATA 3.5"

- ST33000650NS to BB34
Fixes to improve overall robustness.

- ST1000NM0011, ST2000NM0011, ST500NM0011 to BB45
Initial Release

- ST3500514NS, ST31000524NS, ST32000644NS to BB29
Fixes for intermittent drive hangs

- ST3250310NS, ST3500320NS, ST3750330NS, ST31000340NS to BB15
Added enhancement for improved robustness


SATA 2.5"

- ST9250610NS, ST9500620NS, ST91000640NS to BE24
Initial Release

- ST9160511NS, ST9500530NS to BE19
Fixes for overall robustness.


SATA 2.5" SSD

- STEC MACH8 IOPS to 2765
STEC M8PSB2 T4 to SM05
Fixes potential drive lock up during cold or warm boots
Fixes issues with RHEL 6.x installation

- SG9XCS2D200GEIBM to SA03SE6C
Fixes default drive VPD information for manufacturing,
the default LED behavior on certain systems and
fixes issues with client install thru VMWare 5.x

SATA 1.8" SSD

- STEC M8PSB1 to 0409
STEC M8PSB1 T4 to SM16
Fixes potential drive lock up during cold or warm boots
Fixes issues with RHEL 6.x installation

- SG9XCS1B50GMIBM to SA03SB6C
SASG9XCS1F200GEIBM to SA03SB6C
Fixes potential drive lock up during cold or warm boots and
the default LED behavior on certain systems and
fixes issues with client install thru VMWare 5.x

===========================================

Version 1.09
(Critical)

SAS 3.5"
Product ID FW

IBM-ESXSVPCA300900EST1 A3B8
IBM-ESXSVPCA450900EST1 A3B8
IBM-ESXSVPCA600900EST1 A3B8
IBM-ESXSVPBA073C3ETS11 A496
IBM-ESXSVPBA146C3ETS11 A496
IBM-ESXSVPBA300C3ETS11 A496
IBM-ESXSVPBPA300C3EST1 A529
IBM-ESXSVPA036C3-ETS10 A650
IBM-ESXSVPA073C3-ETS10 A650
IBM-ESXSVPA146C3-ETS10 A650
IBM-ESXSST336754SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST373454SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST3146854SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST336754SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST373454SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST3146854SS BA1A
IBM-ESXSST373455SS BA2D
IBM-ESXSST3146855SS BA2D
IBM-ESXSST3300655SS BA2D
IBM-ESXSST373355SS BA38
IBM-ESXSST3146755SS BA38
IBM-ESXSST3300555SS BA38
IBM-ESXSST3146356SS BA4C
IBM-ESXSST3300656SS BA4C
IBM-ESXSST3450856SS BA4C
IBM-ESXSST3300657SS BA58
IBM-ESXSST3450857SS BA58
IBM-ESXSST3600057SS BA58
IBM-ESXSST3750630SS BC1H
IBM-ESXSST31000640SS BC1H
IBM-ESXSST31000424SS BC28
IBM-ESXSST32000444SS BC28
IBM-ESXSGNA073C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA146C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA300C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA073C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA146C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSGNA300C3ESTT0Z BH0J
IBM-ESXSBBA036C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA073C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA146C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA036C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA073C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSBBA146C3ESTT0Z BH0K
IBM-ESXSMAU3036RC S902
IBM-ESXSMAU3073RC S902
IBM-ESXSMAU3147RC S902
IBM-ESXSMBA3073RC SA0A
IBM-ESXSMBA3147RC SA0A
IBM-ESXSMBA3300RC SA0A
IBM-ESXSMAX3036RC T907
IBM-ESXSMAX3073RC T907
IBM-ESXSMAX3147RC T907

SAS 2.5" (SFF)
Product ID FW

IBM-ESXSST936701SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST973401SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST936701SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST973401SS B51D
IBM-ESXSST973402SS B52B
IBM-ESXSST9146802SS B52B
IBM-ESXSST9300603SS B53C
IBM-ESXSST9146803SS B53C
IBM-ESXSST9600204SS B548
IBM-ESXSST936751SS B617
IBM-ESXSST973451SS B617
IBM-ESXSST973452SS B62C
IBM-ESXSST9146852SS B62C
IBM-ESXSST9500430SS BD14
IBM-ESXSST9500620SS BD22
IBM-ESXSST91000640SS BD22
IBM-ESXSCBRBA073C3ETS0 C49C
IBM-ESXSCBRBA146C3ETS0 C49C
IBM-ESXSCBRCA146C3ETS0 C610
IBM-ESXSCBRCA300C3ETS0 C610
IBM-ESXSHUC106030CSS60 D2F8
IBM-ESXSHUC106060CSS60 D2F8
IBM-ESXSST9300503SS E536
IBM-ESXSST9146752SS E625
IBM-ESXSMAV2036RC S116
IBM-ESXSMAV2073RC S116
IBM-ESXSMBB2073RC SB07
IBM-ESXSMBB2147RC SB07
IBM-ESXSMBD2147RC SB1A
IBM-ESXSMBD2300RC SB1A
IBM-ESXSMBC2073RC SC06
IBM-ESXSMBE2073RC SC17
IBM-ESXSMBE2147RC SC17
IBM-ESXSMBF2300RC SB28
IBM-ESXSMBF2600RC SB28


IBM-ESXSMAY2036RC T107
IBM-ESXSMAY2073RC T107

SATA 3.5"
Product ID FW

ST340212AS 3.05
ST380819AS 3.05
ST3160828AS 3.05
ST340014AS 3.48
ST380013AS 3.48
ST3160023AS 3.48
WD2003FYYS-23T8B0 01.00D04
WD802ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B05
WDC WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B06
WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B07
WD1602ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B07
ST3500641NS 3.AES
ST3250620NS 3.AEV
ST3500630NS 3.AEV
ST3750640NS 3.AEV
ST3250621NS 4AEV
ST3500631NS 4AEV
ST3750641NS 4AEV
ST3250310NS BB14
ST3500320NS BB14
ST3750330NS BB14
ST31000340NS BB14
ST3500514NS BB28
ST31000524NS BB28
ST32000644NS BB28
HUA721050KLA330 GK6OABDA
HUA721075KLA330 GK8OABDA
HUA721010KLA330 GKAOABDA
HUA722020ALA330 JKAOA3GA
HDS721025CLA382 JP1OA3GE
HUA722050CLA330 JP2OA3GB
HUA722010CLA330 JP4OA3GB
HDS725050KLA360 K2AOAT3A
Hitachi HDS721680PLA3 P21OABCA
Hitachi HDS721616PLA3 P22OABCA
HDS728040PLA320 PF1OA6EA
HDS728080PLA380 PF2OA6EA
HDT722516DLA380 V43OA9JA
HDT722525DLA380 V44OA9JA
Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 V5DOA7CA
WD2003FYYS-23T8B0 01.00D04
WD802ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B05
WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B07
WD1602ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B07
WD2003FYYS-23W0B0 WA32
WDC WD1003FBYX-23Y7B0 WB31
WD5003ABYX-23 WC31

SATA 2.5"
Product ID FW

WD3000BLFS-23YBU0 04.04V10
ST9160511NS BE18
ST9500530NS BE18
ST9250610NS BE21
ST9500620NS BE21
ST91000640NS BE21

SATA 2.5" SSD
Product ID FW

GBRL0015XVECCM 4.17
GBRL0031XVECCM 4.17
GBRL0015XVEUCM 4.17
GBRLB015XVECCM 4.26
GBRLB031XVECCM 4.26
GBRLB015XVEUCM 4.26
STEC MACH8 IOPS 2732
STEC M8PSB2 T4 SM04

SATA 1.8" SSD
Product ID FW

STEC M8PSB1 0408
STEC M8PSB1 T4 SM15
SG9XCS1B50GMIBM SA03SB63
SG9XCS1F200GEIBM SA03SB63


This package includes new updates to drives with product ID strings of:

SAS 3.5"

- ST31000424SS, ST32000444SS to BC28
Added enhancement for improved RV robustness

- MBE2073RC, MBE2147RC to SC17
- MBA3073RC, MBA3147RC, MBA3300RC to SA0A
Added VPD changes for manufacturing

SAS 2.5" (SFF)

- ST9300603SS, ST9146803SS to B53C
ST9600204SS to B548
SST973452SS, ST9146852SS to B62C
CBRCA146C3ETS0, CBRCA300C3ETS0 to C610
Added fixes for overall drive robustness

- MBD2147RC, MBD2300RC to SB1A
Added VPD changes for manufacturing
Addresses issues seen with DSA HDD Diagnostic test.

- MBF2300RC, MBF2600RC to SB25
Addresses issues seen with DSA HDD Diagnostic test.

- ST9500620SS, ST91000640SS to BD22
HUC106030CSS60, HUC106060CSS60 to D2F8
Inital Release

SATA 3.5"

- WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 , WD1602ABYS-23B7A0 to 02.03B07
Addresses firmware issues that may cause a drive to be marked defunct
prematurely under certain application workloads.

- ST3250310NS, ST3500320NS, ST3750330NS, ST31000340NS to BB14
ST3500514NS, ST31000524NS, ST32000644NS to BB28
Added enhancement for improved robustness

- WD5003ABYX-23 to WC31
Initial Release

SATA 2.5"

- WD3000BLFS-23YBU0 to 04.04V10
(Critical)
Addresses firmware issues that may cause a drive to be marked defunct
prematurely under certain application workloads.


- ST9250610NS, ST9500620NS, ST91000640NS to BE21
Initial Release

SATA 2.5" SSD

- STEC MAC8 IOPS to 2732
STEC M8PSB2 T4 to SM04
Addresses an issue installing RHEL 6.0 onto this drive.

SATA 1.8" SSD

- SG9XCS1B50GMIBM, SG9XCS1F200GEIBM to SA03SB63
Addresses rare issue where the drive may not being seen on
power up.

- STEC M8PSB1 to 0408
STEC M8PSB1 T4 to SM15
Addresses an issue installing RHEL 6.0 onto this drive.

===============================================================

Version 1.08.01
(Critical)

SAS 3.5"
Product ID FW

VPCA300900EST1 A3B8
VPCA450900EST A3B8
VPCA600900EST1 A3B8
VPBA073C3ETS11 A496
VPBA146C3ETS11 A496
VPBA300C3ETS11 A496
VPBPA300C3EST1 A529
VPA036C3-ETS10 A650
VPA073C3-ETS10 A650
VPA146C3-ETS10 A650
ST336754SS BA1A
ST373454SS BA1A
ST3146854SS BA1A
ST336754SS BA1A
ST373454SS BA1A
ST3146854SS BA1A
ST373455SS BA2D
ST3146855SS BA2D
ST3300655SS BA2D
ST373355SS BA38
ST3146755SS BA38
ST3300555SS BA38
ST3146356SS BA4C
ST3300656SS BA4C
ST3450856SS BA4C
ST3300657SS BA58
ST3450757SS BA58
ST3600057SS BA58
ST3750630SS BC1G
ST31000640SS BC1G
ST31000424SS BC26
ST32000444SS BC26
GNA073C3ESTT0Z BH0J
GNA146C3ESTT0Z BH0J
GNA300C3ESTT0Z BH0J
GNA073C3ESTT0Z BH0J
GNA146C3ESTT0Z BH0J
GNA300C3ESTT0Z BH0J
BBA036C3ESTT0Z BH0K
BBA073C3ESTT0Z BH0K
BBA146C3ESTT0Z BH0K
BBA036C3ESTT0Z BH0K
BBA073C3ESTT0Z BH0K
BBA146C3ESTT0Z BH0K
MAU3036RC S902
MAU3073RC S902
MAU3147RC S902
MBA3073RC SA08
MBA3147RC SA08
MBA3300RC SA08
MAX3036RC T907
MAX3073RC T907
MAX3147RC T907


SAS 2.5" (SFF)
Product ID FW

ST936701SS B51D
ST973401SS B51D
ST936701SS B51D
ST973401SS B51D
ST973402SS B52B
ST9146802SS B52B
ST9300603SS B53B
ST9146803SS B53B
ST9600204SS B546
ST936751SS B617
ST973451SS B617
ST973452SS B629
ST9146852SS B629
ST9500430SS BD14
CBRCA146C3ETS0 C370
CBRCA300C3ETS0 C370
CBRBA073C3ETS0 C49C
CBRBA146C3ETS0 C49C
ST9300503SS E536
ST9146752SS E625
MAV2036RC S116
MAV2073RC S116
MBB2073RC SB07
MBB2147RC SB07
MBD2147RC SB19
MBD2300RC SB19
MBC2073RC SC06
MBE2073RC SC16
MBE2147RC SC16
MAY2036RC T107
MAY2073RC T107


SATA 3.5"
Product ID FW

ST340212AS 3.05
ST380819AS 3.05
ST3160828AS 3.05
ST340014AS 3.48
ST380013AS 3.48
ST3160023AS 3.48
ST3500641NS 3.AES
ST3250620NS 3.AEV
ST3500630NS 3.AEV
ST3750640NS 3.AEV
ST3250621NS 4AEV
ST3500631NS 4AEV
ST3750641NS 4AEV
ST3250310NS BB13
ST3500320NS BB13
ST3750330NS BB13
ST31000340NS BB13
ST3500514NS BB26
ST31000524NS BB26
ST32000644NS BB26
Hitachi HDS721680PLA3 P21OABCA
Hitachi HDS721616PLA3 P22OABCA
Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 V5DOA7CA
HUA721050KLA330 GK6OABDA
HUA721075KLA330 GK8OABDA
HUA721010KLA330 GKAOABDA
HUA722020ALA330 JKAOA3GA
HUA722050CLA330 JP2OA3GB
HUA722010CLA330 JP4OA3GB
HDS725050KLA360 K2AOAT3A
HDS728040PLA320 PF1OA6EA
HDS728080PLA380 PF2OA6EA
HDT722516DLA380 V43OA9JA
HDT722525DLA380 V44OA9JA
WDC WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B07
WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B07
WD802ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B05
WD1602ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B05
WD2003FYYS-23T8B0 01.00D04
WD2003FYYS-23W0B0 WA32
WDC WD1003FBYX-23Y7B0 WB31

SATA 2.5"
Product ID FW

WD3000BLFS-23YBU0 04.04V09
ST9160511NS BE18
ST9500530NS BE18


SATA 2.5" SSD
Product ID FW

GBRL0015XVECCM 4.17
GBRL0031XVECCM 4.17
GBRL0015XVEUCM 4.17
GBRLB015XVECCM 4.26
GBRLB031XVECCM 4.26
GBRLB015XVEUCM 4.26
STEC MACH8 IOPS 2582

SATA 1.8" SSD
Product ID FW

STEC M8PSB1 0405


This package includes new updates to drives with product ID strings of:

SATA 3.5"

- WDC WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 and WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 to 02.03B07
Added enhanced background function to prevent premature
failure of the drive.



===============================================================

Version 1.08.00
(Critical)

SAS 3.5"

- ST373455SS, ST3146855SS, ST3300655SS to BA2D
- ST373355SS, ST3146755SS, ST3300555SS to BA38
- ST3146356SS, ST3300656SS, ST3450856SS to BA4C
- ST3300657SS, ST3450757SS, ST3600057SS to BA58
- ST3750630SS, ST31000640SS to BC1G
- ST31000424SS, ST32000444SS to BC26
(All Above Critical)
These codes addresses a rare potential for data corruption.
For this issue to occur, the drive write cache must be enabled.
For further information, please refer to retain tip H197382.

- MBA3073RC, MBA3147RC, MBA3300RC to SA08
This code corrects a firmware bug that may cause the drive to not
come ready on a cold boot.

SAS 2.5" (SFF)

- ST973402SS, ST9146802SS to B52B
- ST936751SS, ST973451SS to B617
- ST9146803SS, ST9300603SS toB53B
- ST9600204SS to B546
- ST973452SS, ST9146852SS to B629
- ST9300503SS to E536
- ST9146752SS to E625
- ST9500430SS to BD14
(All Above Critical)
These codes addresses a rare potential for data corruption.
For this issue to occur, the drive write cache must be enabled.
For further information, please refer to retain tip H197382.

SATA 3.5"

- ST3500514NS, ST31000524NS, ST32000644NS to BB26

- WD2003FYYS-23W0B0 to WA32
- WDC WD1003FBYX-23Y7B0 to WB31
Initial release


SATA 2.5" SSD

- STEC MACH8 IOPS to 2582 (Critical)
Corrects firmware bug that may cause data corruption.
For further information, please refer to retain tip H197650.

SATA 1.8" SSD

- STEC M8PSB1 to 0405 (Critical)
Corrects firmware bug that may cause data corruption.
For further information, please refer to retain tip H197650.


===============================================================

Version 1.07.01
(Critical)

Added support for the following controller:

- IBM 6Gb SSD HBA (68Y7362)

The following is a list of drives and the firmware that they will be
checked for and updated to as necessary.


SAS 3.5"
Product ID FW

VPCA300900EST1 A3B8
VPCA450900EST A3B8
VPCA600900EST1 A3B8
VPBA073C3ETS11 A496
VPBA146C3ETS11 A496
VPBA300C3ETS11 A496
VPBPA300C3EST1 A529
VPA036C3-ETS10 A650
VPA073C3-ETS10 A650
VPA146C3-ETS10 A650
ST336754SS BA1A
ST373454SS BA1A
ST3146854SS BA1A
ST336754SS BA1A
ST373454SS BA1A
ST3146854SS BA1A
ST373455SS BA2A
ST3146855SS BA2A
ST3300655SS BA2A
ST373355SS BA36
ST3146755SS BA36
ST3300555SS BA36
ST3146356SS BA4A
ST3300656SS BA4A
ST3450856SS BA4A
ST3300657SS BA56
ST3450757SS BA56
ST3600057SS BA56
ST3750630SS BC1E
ST31000640SS BC1E
ST31000424SS BC21
ST32000444SS BC21
GNA073C3ESTT0Z BH0J
GNA146C3ESTT0Z BH0J
GNA300C3ESTT0Z BH0J
GNA073C3ESTT0Z BH0J
GNA146C3ESTT0Z BH0J
GNA300C3ESTT0Z BH0J
BBA036C3ESTT0Z BH0K
BBA073C3ESTT0Z BH0K
BBA146C3ESTT0Z BH0K
BBA036C3ESTT0Z BH0K
BBA073C3ESTT0Z BH0K
BBA146C3ESTT0Z BH0K
MAU3036RC S902
MAU3073RC S902
MAU3147RC S902
MBA3073RC SA07
MBA3147RC SA07
MBA3300RC SA07
MAX3036RC T907
MAX3073RC T907
MAX3147RC T907


SAS 2.5" (SFF)
Product ID FW

ST936701SS B51D
ST973401SS B51D
ST936701SS B51D
ST973401SS B51D
ST973402SS B52A
ST9146802SS B52A
ST9300603SS B53A
ST9146803SS B53A
ST9600204SS B544
ST936751SS B616
ST973451SS B616
ST973452SS B626
ST9146852SS B626
ST9500430SS BD13
CBRCA146C3ETS0 C370
CBRCA300C3ETS0 C370
CBRBA073C3ETS0 C49C
CBRBA146C3ETS0 C49C
ST9300503SS E534
ST9146752SS E623
MAV2036RC S116
MAV2073RC S116
MBB2073RC SB07
MBB2147RC SB07
MBD2147RC SB19
MBD2300RC SB19
MBC2073RC SC06
MBE2073RC SC16
MBE2147RC SC16
MAY2036RC T107
MAY2073RC T107


SATA 3.5"
Product ID FW

ST340212AS 3.05
ST380819AS 3.05
ST3160828AS 3.05
ST340014AS 3.48
ST380013AS 3.48
ST3160023AS 3.48
WD2003FYYS-23T8B0 01.00D04
WDC WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B05
WD2502ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B05
WD802ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B05
WD1602ABYS-23B7A0 02.03B05
ST3500641NS 3.AES
ST3250620NS 3.AEV
ST3500630NS 3.AEV
ST3750640NS 3.AEV
ST3250621NS 4AEV
ST3500631NS 4AEV
ST3750641NS 4AEV
ST3250310NS BB13
ST3500320NS BB13
ST3750330NS BB13
ST31000340NS BB13
ST3500514NS BB26
ST31000524NS BB26
ST32000644NS BB26
HUA721050KLA330 GK6OABDA
HUA721075KLA330 GK8OABDA
HUA721010KLA330 GKAOABDA
HUA722020ALA330 JKAOA3GA
HUA722050CLA330 JP2OA3GB
HUA722010CLA330 JP4OA3GB
HDS725050KLA360 K2AOAT3A
Hitachi HDS721680PLA3 P21OABCA
Hitachi HDS721616PLA3 P22OABCA
HDS728040PLA320 PF1OA6EA
HDS728080PLA380 PF2OA6EA
HDT722516DLA380 V43OA9JA
HDT722525DLA380 V44OA9JA
Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 V5DOA7CA


SATA 2.5"
Product ID FW

WD3000BLFS-23YBU0 04.04V09
ST9160511NS BE18
ST9500530NS BE18


SATA 2.5" SSD
Product ID FW

GBRL0015XVECCM 4.17
GBRL0031XVECCM 4.17
GBRL0015XVEUCM 4.17
GBRLB015XVECCM 4.26
GBRLB031XVECCM 4.26
GBRLB015XVEUCM 4.26
STEC MACH8 IOPS 2366

SATA 1.8" SSD
Product ID FW

STEC M8PSB1 0404


This package includes new updates to drives with product ID strings of:

SAS 3.5"

- VPCA300900EST1, VPCA450900EST, VPCA600900EST1 to A3B8
Initial Release

- VPBPA300C3EST1 to A529
Initial Release

- ST3300657SS, ST3450757SS, ST3600057SS to BA56
(Critical)
Performance improvements under certain workloads.
Corrects a firmware bug that may cause the drive to not
come ready on a warm or cold reboot.

- ST31000424SS, ST32000444SS to BC21
Initial Release


SAS 2.5" (SFF)

- ST9300603SS, ST9146803SS to B53A
(Critical)
Performance improvements under certain workloads.
Corrects a firmware bug that may cause the drive to not
come ready on a warm or cold reboot.

- ST9600204SS to B544
(Critical)
Corrects a firmware bug that may cause the drive to not
come ready on a warm or cold reboot.

- ST973452SS, ST9146852SS to B626
Performance improvements under certain workloads.

- ST9500430SS to BD13
Performance improvements under certain workloads

- ST9300503SS to E534 and ST9146752SS to E623
Performance improvements under certain workloads.

- MBD2147RC, MBD2300RC to SB19 (Critical)
MBE2073RC, MBE2147RC to SC16 (Critical)
Corrects a firmware bug that erroneously reported medium
errors which may cause the drive to report PFA alerts and
in some cases be marked offline

SATA 3.5"

- WDC WD2502ABYS-23B7A0, WD2502ABYS-23B7A0, WD802ABYS-23B7A0,
WD1602ABYS-23B7A0 to 02.03B05 (Critical)
Corrects a firmware bug that may cause the drive to not
come ready on a warm or cold reboot.


- ST3500514NS, ST31000524NS, ST32000544NS to BB26 (Critical)
This code addresses a rare potential for data corruption.
For this issue to occur, the drive write cache must be enabled.
For further information, please refer to retain tip H197382.

- ST3250310NS, ST3500320NS, ST3750330NS, ST31000340NS to BB13
(Critical)
This code addresses a rare potential for data corruption.
For this issue to occur, the drive write cache must be enabled.
For further information, please refer to retain tip H197382.

- HUA722020ALA330 to JKAOA3GA
HUA722050CLA330 to JP2OA3GB
HUA722010CLA330 to JP4OA3GB
Initial Release

SATA 2.5"

- WD3000BLFS-23YBU0 to 04.04V09
(Critical)
This code corrects an additional issue where the drive may be
marked defunct.

- ST9160511NS, ST9500530NS to BE18 (Critical)
This code addresses a rare potential for data corruption.
For this issue to occur, the drive write cache must be enabled.
For further information, please refer to retain tip H197382.
Also improves performance under certain workloads.


SATA 2.5" SSD

- STEC MACH8 IOPS to 2366 (critical)
Corrects firmware bug that may cause degraded performance
and in some cases the drive may not come ready after a warm or
old boot.

SATA 1.8" SSD

- STEC M8PSB1 to 0404
Turns the default for write cache off
Initial Release

===============================================================

IBM SAS Hard Disk Drive Update Program
Version 1.06
(Critical)

Added support for the following controllers:

- IBM ServeRAID BR10il SAS controller v2 (49Y4731)
- IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS controller (46M0831)
- IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS controller (46M0829)
- IBM ServeRAID M5014 SAS controller (46M0916)

This package includes new updates to drives with product ID strings of:

SAS 3.5"

- ST373455SS, ST3146855SS, ST3300655SS to BA2A
ST373355SS, ST3146755SS, ST3300555SS to BA36
(Critical)
These codes addresses a rare potential for data corruption. For this issue
to occur, the drive write cache must be enabled. When a write is issued
while the drive write cache is enabled and a read-verify is performed
immediately afterwards, undetected data corruption can occur. For further
information, please refer to retain tip H194632.

- ST3750630SS, ST31000640SS to BC1E
ST3146356SS, ST3300656SS, ST3450856SS to BA4A
This code address an issue where the drive may report an erroneous
hardware error to the controller.

- MBA3073RC, MBA3147RC, MBA3300RC to SA07
This code improves sequential write performance under certain workloads
when write cache is turned on.

- ST3300657SS, ST3450757SS, ST3600057SS to BA52
NOTE: This is the first code release to be included in the hard drive
update package.

SAS 2.5" (SFF)

- ST973402SS, ST9146802SS to B52A
ST936751SS, ST973451SS to B616
(Critical)
These codes addresses a rare potential for data corruption. For this issue
to occur, the drive write cache must be enabled. When a write is issued
while the drive write cache is enabled and a read-verify is performed
immediately afterwards, undetected data corruption can occur. For further
information, please refer to retain tip H194632.

- MBB2073RC, MBB2147RC to SB07
MBD2147RC, MBD2300RC to SB17
MBE2073RC, MBE2147RC to SC14
CBRCA146C3ETS0, CBRCA300C3ETS0 to C370
This code improves sequential write performance under certain workloads
when write cache is turned on.

- ST9500430SS to BD11
This is the first code release to be included in the hard drive
update package.

SATA 3.5"

- WD2003FYYS-23T8B0 to 01.00D04
This is the first code release to be included in the hard drive
update package.

SATA 2.5"

- WD3000BLFS-23YBU0 to 04.04V08
(Critical)
This code corrects an issue where the drive may generate a false PFA alert.
It also corrects an issue where the drive may be marked defunct

- ST9160511NS, ST9500530NS to BE16
This is the first code releases to be included in the hard drive
update package.

===============================================================
IBM SAS Hard Disk Drive Update Program
Version 1.05

SAS 2.5" (SFF)

ST9xxxx51SS to B616
ST9xxxx02SS to B52A
- This code improves the robustness of write cache operations.

ST9xxxx52SS to B624
ST9xxxx03SS to B536
- This code improves the robustness of write cache operations and
sequential write performance when write cache is enabled

MBD2xxxRC to SB14
- Initial release

SAS 3.5"

ST3xxxxx6SS to BA49
ST3750630SS to BC1D
- This code improves the robustness of write cache operations.

SATA 3.5"

WDC WD2502ABYSxxxxx tp 02.03B04
- Fixes incorrect VPD data

SATA 2.5"

WD3000xxxxx to 04.04V05
- Adjusted PHY setting for better signal quality margin.

SATA 2.5" SSD

STEC MACH8 IOPS to 2269
GBRL0xxxxx to 4.17
GBRLBxxxxx to 4.26
- The new firmware will correct a rare data error condition
in the drives where invalid data may be passed to the system
without any error condition flagged.

Due to the severity of this potential issue, IBM strongly
recommends applying this firmware as soon as possible.

For further information, please refer to retain tip H195663.
=================================================================

IBM SAS Hard Disk Drive Update Program
Version 1.04

SAS 2.5" (SFF)

CBRBAxxxxxx to C49B
- Modified VPD for JSxx Blades

MBBxxxxxx to SB05
- Fixed a performance issue when synchronizing or rebuilding an
array when used in a LSI 1064 based SAS controller

MBC2073RC to SC04
- Fixed a performance issue when synchronizing or rebuilding an
array when used in a LSI 1064 based SAS controller

SAS 3.5"

MBAxxxxxx to SA06
- Fixed a performance issue when synchronizing or rebuilding an
array when used in a LSI 1064 based SAS controller

ST3xxxxx6SS to BA48
- This code addresses a rare potential for data corruption.
For this issue to occur, the drive write cache must be enabled.
When a write is issued while the drive write cache is
enabled and a read-verify is performed immediately afterwards,
undetected data corruption can occur.
For further information, please refer to retain tip H194632

ST3750630SS to BC1A
- This code addresses a rare potential for data corruption.
For this issue to occur, the drive write cache must be enabled.
When a write is issued while the drive write cache is
enabled and a read-verify is performed immediately afterwards,
undetected data corruption can occur.
For further information, please refer to retain tip H194632

- Fixes a hang condition during failover operation on a
Bladecenter-S chassis with an RSSM controller.

BBAxxxxxx to BH0K
- Fixes an issue where a drive may prematurely report a PFA trip

GNAxxxxxx to BH0J
- Fixes an issue where a drive may prematurely report a PFA trip


SATA 3.5"

ST31000340NS, ST370330NS, ST3250310NS, ST3500320NS to BB12
- This code addresses a rare potential for data corruption.
For this issue to occur, the drive write cache must be enabled.
When a write is issued while the drive write cache is
enabled and a read-verify is performed immediately afterwards,
undetected data corruption can occur.
For further information, please refer to retain tip H194632

- This code addresses a rare potential for data loss.
After a power cycle, the drive will no longer be available
and becomes unresponsive. Data will become inaccessible due to the
drive not responding.
For further information, please refer to retain tip H194623.


WDC WD2502ABYSxxxxx tp 02.03B04
- Fixes incorrect VPD data

SATA 2.5"

WD3000xxxxx to 04.04V04
- Fixes a Critical issue - IBM recommends a backup of the data
on the drive before attempting to update the firmware.
This is a fix for an issue where data required for spinup of the
drive may be overwritten rendering the drive inoperable on a
subsequent warm or cold system reboot.

- Fixes a issue with an internal timer that may cause drive to
go offline when used in a non-raid environment.

SATA 2.5" SSD

STEC MACH8 IOPS to 2103
- Initial Release

=================================================================

IBM SAS Hard Disk Drive Update Program
Version 1.03

Added support for the following controllers:

IBM ServeRAID MR10il SAS Controller
IBM ServeRAID MR10is SAS Controller
IBM ServeRAID BR10i SAS Controller
IBM ServeRAID BR10il SAS/SATA Controller
IBM SAS/SATA RAID Kit
IBM SAS Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM BladeCenter
IBM SAS Connectivity Card (CFFv) for IBM BladeCenter

New updates to drives with product ID strings of:

SAS 2.5" (SFF)

ST9146802SS, ST973402SS to B529
- Added support for JS2x Blades in a Bladecenter-S chassis
- Picked up the latest network roll of firmware fixes to
address some unexpected system hangs,

ST936751SS, ST973451SS to B615
- Added support for JS2x Blades in a Bladecenter-S chassis
- Picked up the latest network roll of firmware fixes to
address some unexpected system hangs,

CBRBAxxxxxx to C495
- Initial release

MBBxxxxxx to SB04
- Initial release

MBC2073RC to SC03
- Initial release

SAS 3.5"

VPBAxxxxxx to A496
- Added support for JS2x Blades in a Bladecenter-S chassis

ST3146855SS, ST3300655SS, ST373455SS to BA29
- Added support for JS2x Blades in a Bladecenter-S chassis
- Picked up the latest network roll of firmware fixes to
address some unexpected system hangs,

ST3450856SS to BA47
- IBM was notified by our vendor that there is a defect in
a level of firmware used in the IBM 450GB 15K SAS 3.5" HS HDD
(PN 41Y8454) in option 42D0519, which under certain conditions
may lead to data being written or read back incorrectly on the
drive. IBM has worked closely with the vendor to identify the
problem and developed a firmware fix to resolve the problem.
Customers should upgrade to firmware level BA47

MBAxxxxxx to SA05
- Initial release

ST3750630SS to BC17
- Initial release


SATA 3.5"

ST3250620NS, ST3500630NS, ST3750640NS to 3.AEV

ST3250621NS, ST3500631NS, ST3750641NS to 4AEV

ST31000340NS, ST3750330NS, ST3250310NS, ST3500320NS to BB10
- Initial release

HUA721050KLA330, HUA721075KLA330, HUA721010KLA330, to AB4A
- Initial Release

SATA 2.5" SSD

GBRL001xxx, GBRL0031xxx to 4.14
- corrects intermittent hangs during operations
=============================================================

IBM SAS Hard Disk Drive Update Program
Version 1.02

Support of ServeRaid 8s Raid controller
Support of ServeRaid 10i Raid controller
Support of ServeRaid 10k Raid controller
Support of ServeRaid 10m Raid controller
Support of LSI 1078 SAS controller
Support of SATA drives attached to SAS controllers

Support and updates to drives with product ID strings of:

VPAxxxxxx to A650
Change to improve performance in sequential write workloads
Improvements to internal drive logging and media checking.
Critical Fix:
This code addresses a rare potential for data loss
This code update should be applied to prevent the event from occurring.

ST340XXXAS and ST380XXXAS to 3.48
Fix to address Read Log Command abort error.

ST340XXXAS, ST380XXXAS and ST3160XXXAS to 3.05
Fix to address intermittent hard drive no-shows
after system comes out of hibernation.

ST3500641NS to 3.AES
Changes to the refresh rate of the DRAM used on the drive.

ST3500640NS to 3.AEJ
Initial release.

HDTXX... & HDSXX... codes go to Masked ROM version.
HDS725050KLA360 to AQ1A to also
Fix an issue that occurs while running in NCQ mode with
write cache disabled.

ST3xxxx4SS to BA26
Improves intialization times with some ServeRaid controllers
Performance improvements under some sequential workloads.

ST3xxxx5SS to BA35
Improves intialization times with some ServeRaid controllers

ST9xxx51SS to B612
Intial release of firmware

ST9xxxx2SS to B526
Improves intialization times with some ServeRaid controllers

MAUxxxx and MAXxxxx
Added support for new SAS features required by new SAS controllers.

==============================================================

IBM SAS Hard Disk Drive Update Program
Version 1.01
Please refer to RETAIN tip H186019.

Support of ServeRaid 8e Raid controller
Support of ServeRaid 8k Raid controller
Support of ServeRaid 8l Raid controller
Support of on-board LSI 1064 controller
IBM MegaRaid 8480 Raid Controller

Firmware updates to drives with Product ID strings:

GNAxxxx and BBAxxxx to BH0G
Picks up the latest network roll of firmware fixes
to improve performance under some sequential workloads
and improvements to signal quality parameters.

ST9xxxx to B51D amd ST3xxxx to BA18
Picks the latest network roll of firmware fixes
to address unexpected system hangs and some
performance improvements.

MAVxxxx to S116 and MAYxxxx to T107
Picks up the latest network roll of firmware fixes
and to improve signal quality parameters.

MAXxxxx to T904
Initial release
============================================================

IBM SAS Hard Disk Drive Update Program
Version 1.00
Initial Release

Support of Adaptec 48xxx based controllers
Support of ServeRaid 8i Raid controller
Support and updates to drives with product ID strings of:
ST936701SS
ST973401SS
ST336754SS
ST373454SS
GNAxxxxx
BBAXXXXX

ibm_fw_hdd_sas-1_14_03-2_windows_32-64_chg

IBM and LSI Basic or Integrated RAID SAS Controller Driver for Windows

NOTE TO SERVICE - Reference RETAIN #N/A

Version 1.31.02.00 - Suggested
Enhancement:
- Added registry entry of "Enable520B=1:" to enable this special 520-byte
sector proprietary CRC handling Integrated Windows Driver Configuration
Utility (WDCFG) into driver.
- Added support for Server 2008 R2 operating systems.

Version 1.30.04.00 - Suggested
- Fixed isse where the system can bluescreen if connected to a target that
supports Broadcast Async Event notification, and a task management reset
is issued to the target.

Version 1.30.02.00 - Critical
- Updated to MPI headers 1.05.19.
- Fixed an issue which caused a blue screen when a drive was pulled.
- Corrected some inconsistent and incorrect information in the INF file.
- Fixed a timestamping issue which caused drivers to become uninstallable on
Windows 2008.
- Fixed an issue that cause invalid Event Log entries.
- Added the ability to log internal device reset completion events.
- Fixed an issue that caused a bluescreen if an adapter was unexpectedly
removed.
- Fixed an issue where aborted I/O was being reported as complete, rather than
being retried. This could result in incorrect data.
- Added several new enclosures to LSINODRV.INF to suppress 'driver needed'
messages when these enclosures are present.

Version 1.27.03.00 - Suggested
- Updated to MPI headers 1.05.18.
- Added several new SES PnP IDs to the inf file.
- Lowered the minimum accepted value for MaximumTargetQueueDepth from 8 to 1.
- Fixed an issue where the driver could take up to 20 minutes to boot in some
configurations.
- Fixed an issue which caused Event 11 with data 0xAD010036 at offset 0x10 to
appear in the Windows Event Log.
- Fixed an issue with outstanding I/Os after issuing a Bus Reset while running
Windows PE.
- Fixed some bit conflicts caused by new functionality in MPI 1.7.

Version 1.26.05.00 - Suggested
- Added support for Windows Server 2008.
- Added support for detecting dual port SAS drives and SATA or SATA drives
that are behind a port selector.
- Fixed issue where the system may hang when updating the firmware on the IR
chip.
- Fixed an issue where the system may hang during a DMA (Direct Memory Access)
transfer when there is more than 36 GB of memory in the system.
- Fixed an issue where, after updating the firmware on an enclosure, the
driver was no longer found by Device Manager.
- Fixed an issue were a Diag Reset could fail if another PCIe device was
sharing interrupts with the controller.

Version 1.25.10.08 - Suggested
- Fixed an issue where a yellow bang warning was erroneously seen in device
manager.
- Fixed an issue where an inactive volume was reported as 'OK'. It is now
reported as 'Offline'.

Version 1.25.10.07 - Critical
- Added support for Microsoft Vista.
- Added support for multiple hot spare drives.
- Added timing fix for issue which caused sasflash to fail during BIOS or
firmware flash.
- Modified hot spare test method to allow a missing hot spare drive to be
displayed in GetRaidConfig even after a reboot of the system.
- Fixed issue where, in a system with over 4GB of memory, it is possible in
rare cases for the driver to cause memory corruption.

Version 1.21.28.00 - Suggested
- Fixed hot spare index in GetRaidConfig (was not initialized to 0 in the
correct location).
- Fixed reporting of volume capacity in GetRaidConfig for volumes > 2TB.
- Fixed GetLocation IOCTL when a RAID volume physical disk was missing (was
returning FAILED status on IOCTL).

Version 1.21.26.00 - Suggested
- Modify check for PortSCSIID > SYM_MAX_TARGETS. Log error only for parallel
SCSI. For FC or SAS, if check fails set initiator ID to 255. (caused Event
11 with AD010019) This only occurs with IT F/W that supports > 126 targets.
- Fixed GetRaidConfig and GetLocation IOCTLs to check for proper hot spare
compatibility.
- Fixed GetLocation IOCTL to return location info for non-IR SATA disks.

Version 1.21.15.50
- Initial release
ibm_dd_mptsas_1_31_02_00_windows_32-64_chg

uEFI Flash Update
Version 1.20 (BuildID D6E162A)
Change History

Version 1.20 - BuildID: D6E162A - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
Enhancements:
Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.19 - BuildID: D6E161A - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fix string typo at POST.
Enhancements:
Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.18 - BuildID: D6E160A - Critical
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Incorporated Microcode Update (MCU) M03106A5_00000019 (Nehalem) and M03206C2_0000001A (Westmere)
to address Intel Erratum BD132 and AAK167 for System Resets with 32-bit (PAE Enabled) Guest OS
and VT FlexPriority enabled. For more information, refer to IBM RETAIN Tip H21370.
- Incorporated Microcode Update (MCU) M03206C2_0000001A (Westmere)to address Intel Erratum BD131
Intel Xeon X5675, X5687, X5690 6-core Westmere-EP Processors. For more information,
refer to IBM RETAIN Tip H21371.
Enhancements:
Limitations:
Dependencies:
Version 1.17 - BuildID: D6E159A - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Updated README for new year 2013
- Fixed CPU C-state Limit ACPI C2_C3 test fail

Enhancements:
- Added confirmation message for Reset System option
- Intel Memory Reference Code Release 2.50
- Improved handling of memory in high stress application/usage
Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.16 - BuildID: D6E158A - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Added Broadcom quad port ethernet (IBM PN is 49Y7948. ,FRU is 49Y7949.) detection to inform iMM increasing fan speed.
- Change the 64 bit I/O resource to disable.
Enhancements:

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.15 - BuildID: D6E157A - Critical
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fix the SMBIOS shows wrong information in type 41
- Fix the error on VMware Direct PASS function w/ VT-d enable

Enhancements:
- Intel Memory Reference Code Release 2.40
- Add power table for X5690 Processor.
- Add VLAN ID support
- Add Limit boot attempt support

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.14 - BuildID: D6E156B - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fixed iSCSI attempt could not be saved in Setup Menu.
- Fixed Solaris 10 8/11(update 10)installed failed.

Enhancements:
- Update iMM flash utility version to v1.12.12
- Upgraded SMBIOS type 9 and type 41 to version 2.6
- Added SMBIOS type 11 structure to support slot group/bus/device/function information.
- Intel Microcode Update SRV_P_108

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.13 - BuildID: D6E154B - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Workaround for Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter to fix at x4 Lane Speed
- Fixed Corrupted iSCSI Attempt List issue
- Fixed iSCSI boot issue
- Address a potential issue relates to direct device assignment
in Intel Virtual Technology application

Enhancements:
- F1 Network page update: categrized consistent MAC notation
- Intel Westmere B_1 Microcode Update SRV_P_100
- Intel Memory Reference Code Release 2.30
- Added CRTM Information at Setup Menu


Version 1.12 - BuildID: D6E153A - Critical
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fix no LEDs or Logs from CPU Type Mismatch.

Enhancements:
- Support IPv6.
- Enable power management tab for on board NIC under Windows 2003.
- Add POST Attempts Limit in Setup Menu

Version 1.11 - BuildID: D6E150D - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fixed system stop booting when bluefield card installed in slot 5.
- Fixed SMBIOS Type 11 UDI strings disappeared.
- Disable propagation of Intel VT-d faults as fatal errors to avoid guest VM to cause the entire system to crash.
- Fixed memory multi-bit error event can't be deasserted after re-enable
- Fixed IMM Network Settings have not been saved if reset IMM immediately
- Fixed iMM backup flashing behavior is misleading
- Fixed hang when updating FLASH from version 1.02, 1.03, or 1.04 directly to version 1.10
Enhancements:
- Implement Intel Specification update: increase peak-to-peak transmit voltage swing

Version 1.10 - BuildID: D6E150A - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Update VPD extraction from IMM to strip trailing blanks from buildid
Enhancements:
- Update Intel 56xx Processor Microcode to version 0x00000013
- Add Out-of-band PXE Configuration
- Renaming of output files to add version information.
- Re-enable disabled DIMM while AC Power Cycle.
- Reverse F1 Setup Event Log number order and change the number format.

Version 1.09 - BuildID: D6E149C - Critical
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Enhance performance for Intel NIC card.
- Add 16th DIMM info in DMI table
- To correct an Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5600 series processor's internal circuit marginality issue, that could cause false memory errors when the C6-state is enabled

Enhancements:
- Update Intel Westmere Memory Reference Code to V2.21
- Update Intel Westmere QPI Reference Code to V1.85
- Add IMM IP6 enablement code to Setup

Version 1.08 - BuildID: D6E148B - Critical
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fix system can not use PXE BOOT in EFI mode
- Fixed issue where UEFI SYSTEMS WITH HBAs AND > 2 TB LUN MAY HAVE DATA ERRORS.
Please refer to RETAIN tip number: H16222 or MIGR-5084554 for additional details
- Fix the iMM HostName can not be changed under uEFI setup menu.
- Fix Memory DIMM configuration Error message.
- Fix the information of DIMM 16 and 7 are incorrect in DMI Table
- Fix the value of Thermal Mode can not be changed
- Fix ASU default miss Sparing mode
- Fix ASUTool will make system crash


- Fixed unable to enable boot ROM with uxdiag tool
- Fixed PCI devices show as on-board
- Change the QPI tap value for QPI performance issue
- Fix Unsupported config on 16G DIMMs, system could not indicate config error.
- Fix OS lag with 12 16GB DIMMs in RH5,Sles10.
- Fix 16GB Quad rank DIMM can not be displayed correct information in uefi setting.
- Remove "High Power Processor Check Required" event when 130W processor is installed.

Enhancements:
- Enable spread spectrum function for Mirage Emulex 10G fiber adapter.
- Add power table for 16GB DIMMs.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.07 - BuildID: D6E145F - Critical
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Update Intel 56xx Processor Microcode to version 0x0000000C
- Fixed issue where the system can hang following a UEFI flash,
due to a numeric configuration setting getting corrupted
when the new UEFI image no longer supports the value.

Enhancements:
- Allow disabling of Intel 56xx Processor Data Reuse Optimization
feature to improve performance for Enterprise workloads (settable
by Advanced Setup Utility (ASU) only)

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.06 - BuildID: D6E145C - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- General
# Early video shuts down during POST
# SAS topology was ignored when it was available
# VPD string content was not consistent across boot system firmware releases
# Processor Turbo mode was not being enabled properly leaving it disabled
- RAS
# Incorrect DIMM is called out for double bit error in mirrored mode
# Improve reporting of memory related CATERRs
# Correct a potential memory error problem caused by demand scrubbing collisions
# Incorrect message for SEL almost full event
- Network
# Hang during legacy PXE boot when MAC address is disabled in PXE configuration
# PXE VLAN settings do not persist across boot cycles
# PXE Boot error when PXE server is not the same server as the TFTP server
# iSCSI boot errors when initiator/target names are longer than 72 characters
- FLASH Update Package
# UEFI FLASH update fails intermittently before transferring image to IMM

Enhancements:
- Intel Xeon processor 5600 series support
- Updrade TianoCore EDK support to version 1.05.05
- Update Intel Framework Code to Release 8.6.4.1.W1.0
- Update Intel QPI/Memory Reference Code to release P2.50
- Update Intel Memory Reference Code to V2.11
- Upgrade Broadcom NIC driver support to version T.5.0A.3.1
- Setup
# Allow L1 power state to be disabled to improve system performance
# Allow 2DPC support to be enabled from ASU
# Improve several setup options displaying behavior
# Add Quiet Boot selection

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.05 - BuildID: D6E131C - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Abnormal behavior after applying early power-on support

Enhancements:
- Allow 2DPC support to be enabled from ASU

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.04 - BuildID: D6E131B - Critical
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- POST:
# Hang during early POST (PEI) initialization
# Hang during POST when power cycling systems
- SMBIOS:
# Invalid change in SMBIOS structure data occurs over AC power cycles
# Incorrect status displayed in current usage of system slots information
- RAS:
# No usable memory causes system to reset and execute POST repeatedly
# Incorrect slot number for SAS/SATA RAID riser-card
- Setup:
# Initial display of 'Adapters and UEFI Drivers' did not auto refresh
# Execute Disable Bit setup menu setting had no effect
# Administrative password dialog accepts 5 letter passwords
# iSCSI CHAP password lenghts of 12 caused problems in the Setup browser
# Incorrect Processor options display when setting power performance modes
# Change Boot Order does not operate correctly
# Power restore policy is not reset to default setting properly
# C-states are exposed to OS when package limit is less than C-state
# When enabling DIMMs, there is no prompt to save settings before exiting
# Inproper message display when saving change for iMM subnet mask
# System Event Log (SEL):
+ Unable to display a full SEL
+ Invalid event descriptions in SEL
+ Empty Extended Service Data records when injecting multi-bit memory errors into OS
+ SEL event log display shows incomplete BMC sensor events
+ Empty Event Data when front panel Video/USB cable loosened
# Miscellaneous typographic errors and incorrect/misleading prompts/help text
- Advanced Setup Utility (ASU):
# Display of Devices and Option ROMs contained many unused entries
# Advanced Setup Utility (ASU) is unable to update iSCSI.MacAddress parameter
# ASU shows unsuppoted values of PackageCState
- USB:
# May not be able to boot a fixed disk in a USB enclosure
# Miscellaneous problems when booting from legacy USB devices
- pDSA:
# Unable to boot when a Sandisk USB key is installed
# Memory test only reports the first 256 correctable errors
- Miscellaneous:
# Reverse PCI slot number for riser-cards
# On-board video fails during some legacy mode operations under UEFI
# System had no video when booting with multiple add-in video adapters
# Microsoft WLK Test Kit 1: WHEA Test failed
# ACPI:
+ Processor C-State information was not visible
# Network
+ When booting with iSCSI interface, system would not login to SAN unit
+ A PXE function could respone with a failure when there was no problem

Enhancements:
- Update Intel UEFI/PIA Reference Code to version 8.6.4.P1 Thurley 1.0
- Enable early power-on support for IMM (requires future IMM update)
- Improve early (PEI) video support for console messages
- Improve DIMM SMBUS recovery mechanism to prevent possible bus hangs and loss
of access to DIMM(s) during memory initialization.
- Update SMBIOS Type 11 strings with addition descriptive text
- Update memory PFA conform with internal standards
- Setup:
# Allow user to:
+ Enable/Disable legacy USB 2.0
+ Enable/Disable ACPI C2 (CPU C3) state
+ Select PCIe Gen1/Gen2 configuration per slot (add-in options only)
# Add support for controlling UEFI PCI Option ROM execution
# Improve 'look and feel'
- Support:
# Two DIMMs/channel @ 1333 MHz (qualified DIMMs only)

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.03 - BuildID: D6E128A - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Boot Selection/Manager:
# System hangs upon entering 'Start Options'
# Boot list disappeared after deleting a WOL boot item
- Power Management:
# An error in power throttling tables that prevented operation at 100% power
- RAS:
# CRTM error messages had no useful description text
# No indication of booting with a non-production signed CRTM build
# Multiple error events were logged for single-bit error injected into the OS
# System reported a 'Failed to boot 3 times' error when a power loss
occurred after a Wake-On-Lan (WOL) boot request
# System was forced to go into setup after a 'Failed to boot 3 times'
error instead of booting with default values.
# When an ABR condition occurred, the backup image failed to display the
'F3' option to switch back to the primary image.
# System Event Log (SEL):
+ System hung when attempting to view SEL
- Setup:
# PCIeGenSelection setup menu setting had no effect
# HyperThreading Enable setup menu setting had no effect
# Processor C3/C6 power mode settings were coupled together incorrectly
# UEFI network boot dialog did not work properly
# Miscellaneous typographic errors and incorrect/misleading prompts/help text
- Advanced Setup Utility (ASU):
# iSCSI parameter updates from ASU failed when an IP address setting
specified an invalid value.
- Miscellaneous:
# ACPI:
+ IBFT table contained erroneous information
+ P-States Table (PCD_) reported incorrect/invalid information to the OS
# USB:
+ Legacy USB SMI handler caused system to hang during POST
+ Legacy booting of USB storage device based on Setup settings did not work
+ System failed to recognize and/or boot from some USB storage devices
+ Legacy USB devices were not always stable

Enhancements:
- Setup:
# Allow user to:
+ Select number of active cores in a CPU package (1/2/4)
+ Enable/disable onboard CDROM/DVD device
+ Enable/disable CPU prefetch setting
# Improve 'look and feel'
- Support:
# Real Time OS (RTOS) in System Maintenance Manager (SMM)
# Keyboard/mouse devices on legacy USB 2.0 controller

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.02 - BuildID: D6E126A - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- Correct abnormalities in SOL display when running pre-boot Diagnostics
- Correct errors in the display of SEL error entries
# Incorrect descriptions for IPMI error entries
# Display of SEL full message when SEL is not full
- Errors when PXE booting with a SAS adapter card installed in the system
- Missing help text for Setup IMM configuration
- Correct video display problem when installing SLES 11
- Correct a problem setting Setup PackageCState option via ASU
- Force reservation of SATA/IDE interrupt even if no hard drive is installed
- Add RTOS table to CSM EBDA to support RTOS
- Correct improper handling of an interrupt shared with an IDE device interrupt
- Correct inability to set 'Physical Presence' for TPM updates

- Update the PXE TFTP_GET_FILE_SIZE API interface to return a proper size
value instead of a 'load error' response
- Correct a problem in which WOL boot options could not be configured
- Correct inconsistent text displayed for some SEL messages
- Fix an error reporting problem in which PCIe errors in some slots were
not being reported.
- Correct text errors in security information panel displays
- Correct simultaneous display of BDS hot keys and password dialog
- Correct a problem where boot order information from ASU was not being
accepted
- Correct a program exception which occurred during boot option configuration
- Correct a CSM problem in which the network option ROM is being called with
an invalid parameter

- Correct a PCI device problem where an unused base address register on a
device could cause the resource allocation algorithms to fail resulting in
a system hang.

- Add a setup option to allow disabling of processor execution.

Enhancements:
- Update Intel CPU microcode to release 0011
- Update Intel QPI/Memory Reference Code to release 1.05
- Add setup options to support selection of system power profiles
- Add setup option to allow disablement of USB 2.0 support
- Add basic video support during PEI boot phase
- Update memory error handling support for Pre-boot Diagnostics
- Add WHEA error log support

- Improve reliability of memory configuration updates

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.01 - BuildID: D6E124A - Suggested (Be aware to check the change history for any critical updates)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
- FLASH utility (iflash, lflash, wflash) problems which caused:
# an error 15 when updating host system firmware to a previous
level of the firmware.
# the MEM and CNFG error lights to be turned on after an update
- The default setup value for an iSCSI option was invalid
- An SMBIOS table problem which caused the Windows HCT to fail
- Interrupt routing was not valid for VMWARE 4.0
- Erroneous disablement of some DIMM's during POST.
- Sub-optimal setting for chipset control parameters
- USB errors when installing Windows 2003
- Errors when using SOL to view the IMM System Event Log
- Legacy (CSM) iSCSI does not support all defined boot attempts
- Failure to report ACPI/WHEA messages after fatal PCI errors
- Errors when reading DVD media for some drive/media combinations
- Long delay at splash screen during POST when iSCSI DHCP enabled
- missing ACPI IBFT table entry when booting a legacy OS

Enhancements:
- Enable user control of USB-EHCI enabling via ASU
- Improve system security:
# Lock SMRAM for updates after POST
# Update settings for chipset SMRAM control registers
- Improve RAS support:
# Improve DIMM error handling
# Automated disabled DIMM recovery
# Add error messages for PCI option ROM errors
# Improve IMM SEL display presentation
# Enable error reporting for chipset thermal alerts
- Increase available high Post Memory Manager (PMM) space
- Update onboard Broadcom 5709 UEFI driver to level 4.6.35


Version 1.00 - BuildID: D6E123A (Initial Release)
-------------------------------------------------
Problem(s) Fixed:
Enhancements:
Limitations:
Dependencies:

ibm_fw_uefi_d6e162a-1_20_anyos_i386_chg

===============================================================================
Emulex BE2/BE3 Firmware Package
===============================================================================

Firmware version: 4.6.281.26 (supported on IBM System x, BladeCenter and Flex)

Problems Fixed:
- CN4054 VPD is not valid during/after IMM flash
- Links go down after 497 to 498 days in VMWare
- Send 'link down' to switch if UE occurs on ASIC

Incremental Interoperability:
- Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA IIIr for IBM System x
- Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded VFA IIIr for IBM System x

Known Issues:
- After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes. Be sure to
select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
legacy rack and blade servers.

- Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
some legacy rack and blade servers.

- When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.

===============================================================================

Firmware version: 4.6.281.21 (supported on IBM System x, BladeCenter and Flex)

Problems Fixed:
- OCe10 VFA CNAs stuck in "Switch Independent Mode"
- Port Identification fails on Port 1 under uEFI menu for PCIe rack VFA

Incremental Interoperability:
- IBM Flex System CN4054R 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
- IBM Ivy Bridge CPU Based Servers

Known Issues:
- After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes. Be sure to
select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
legacy rack and blade servers.

- Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
some legacy rack and blade servers.

- When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.

===============================================================================

Firmware version: 4.6.281.8 (supported on IBM System x, BladeCenter and Flex)

Problems Fixed:
- HW iSCSI offload is now supported in UFP Mode (UFP limited to IBM Flex)
- Server may hang during boot with multichannel disabled with switch default
settings. The IBM 10Gb Virtual Fabric Switch has trunking enabled and the
Brocade Converged 10Gbe Switch Module has ports in "Access" mode. If the
Brocade Converged 10Gbe Switch Module ports are switched to trunking mode,
the hang no longer occurs.
- When using Config Patterns with virtual MACs the bandwidth settings are
are intermittently reset after some number of server reboots.

Incremental Interoperability:
- IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module
- IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet Switch
- IBM Flex System x222 10Gb Virtual Fabric LOM
- SLES 11.3 on IBM System x and BladeCenter
- Complete NIC/iSCSI/FCoE support for ASU/Config Patterns for Flex and ASU
for IBM System x & BladeCenter

Known Issues:
- After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes. Be sure to
select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
legacy rack and blade servers.

- Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
some legacy rack and blade servers.

- When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.

===============================================================================

Firmware version: 4.6.166.9 (supported on IBM System x & BladeCenter)

Problems Fixed:
- When connected to Cisco Nexus 4k and 5k switches, the virtual link may not
recover on a switch port bounce (shut/no shut) in an ESXi environment. A
switch port re-bounce will recover the link.

- When connected to Cisco Nexus 4k and 5k switches, OneCommand Manager reports
CRC's and there is poor network performance in an ESXi environment

- In some cases of heavy traffic or broadcast storm, users can experience a
loss of ethernet connectivity or PSOD (ESXi)

Incremental Interoperability:
- ASU/Config Pattern configuration for iSCSI and FCoE (BE3)
- UFP for iSCSI (BE3)
- Support for using 10Gb ports with legacy 1Gb switches installed in a
BladeCenter-S chassis or MSIM/MSIM-T expansion units in a BladeCenter-H or
-HT chassis
- Update Express System Packs now support Linux errata kernels
- ESXi 5.1

Known Issues:
- After making changes to any options in the sub-menus under 'controller
configuration' in the Emulex UEFI NIC configuration utility and escaping
to the prior menu, there is no prompt to save the changes. Be sure to
select 'Save' before exiting the configuration menu. Applies to some
legacy rack and blade servers.

- Intermittently, when changing the multichannel mode, the system will not
auto-reboot after exiting F1 UEFI setup and will continue through POST.
Manually reboot the server to ensure all changes are applied. Applies to
some legacy rack and blade servers.

- Server may hang during boot with multichannel disabled with switch default
settings. The IBM 10Gb Virtual Fabric Switch has trunking enabled and the
Brocade Converged 10Gbe Switch Module has ports in "Access" mode. If the
Brocade Converged 10Gbe Switch Module ports are switched to trunking mode,
the hang no longer occurs.

- When using a Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module, intermittently the 10Gb link
may come up as 1Gb link speed. An internal switch port bounce will typically
establish a 10Gb link. Setting the switch port speed to fixed 10000 will
also allow a guaranteed 10Gb connection. More info available in the Cisco
Nexus 4001i Switch Module firmware release notes.

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Firmware Version: 4.4.180.3 (Previously supported on IBM Flex)

Problems Fixed:

- 10Gb ports intermittenly linking at 1Gb speed with the IBM Flex System
Fabric EN4093/EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch.
- Switch Configuration after an erase configuration is not reflected after
reboot
- 'Logical Admin Link' not enabled after applying BOFM in Switch Agnostic mode
- IBM pre-boot Diagnostics NIC physical loopback test fails in Command and GUI
mode
- Multiple cosmetic issues with iSCSI UEFI BIOS
- 10Gb ports do not detect 'Link Down' with some switches
- When adding an iSCSI hardware target in UEFI through discovery login, the
boot target setting is ignored.

Interoperability since previous release:

- UEFI 2.3.1 Compliance
- Increased VF count in SR-IOV (was 16 VFs per port, is now 32 VFs per port)
- Support for next generation 10GbaseT PHY
- Expose IBM Feature On Demand licensing information in UEFI configuration
utility
- IBM Universal Configuration Manager for Ethernet
- IBM Unified Fabric Protocol
- Ability to assign Switch Agnostic VLAN IDs without intermediate reboot
- Changes to Personality or Multichannel in PXESelect allows further changes
to be made w/o reboot
- Support for IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch

Known Issues:

- HW iSCSI offload is not currently supported in UFP mode

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Firmware Version: 4.1.422.8 (Previously supported on IBM Flex)

Problems Fixed:

- PHY Loopback fails on 10G ports
- RH 6.2 and W2k8 servers crashed after shut/no shut the switch port with FCoE
connection and 50 vlans configured
- DSA: NIC physical loopback test fails in Command and GUI mode
- Firmware update fails to update all VPD Code Level fields
- DCBX does not converge with FW 4.1.422 on Cicso 5k.

Interoperability Since Previous Release:

- Support for IBM Flex System x440 10Gb Virtual Fabric LOM

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 4.1.422.0 (Previously supported on IBM Flex)

Problems Fixed:

- SR IOV: Unable to ping IPV6 from DUT VF to Peer VF
- Reading VPD from BE3 timesout making SR IOV fail in newer kernels
- 1Gb devices are being suppressed by kernel during the PCI probe in
SLES11 SP2
- MAC Loopback fails when Mgmt Adapter Creation fails
- Failure of MAC loopback test after firmware update and warm reboot
- Suppress efat dump mailbox commands in the efat dump log
- Running ethtool with BE3 takes longer than expected after cable pull
- Out of Order CQEs
- TRACE_LOG function not printing the messages for some of the VF's
- esx4/5 issue. svc target cannot be configured properly
- RSCN is not generated by switch when a driver restarts
- Port Link stays up even after switch removed

Interoperability Since Previous Release:

- Support for IBM Flex System EN4054 4-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter
- Support for IBM Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
- Support for IBM Flex System x240 10Gb Virtual Fabric LOM
- Support for IBM Flex System Manager 10Gb Virtual Fabric LOM

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 4.2.433.3 (Previously supported on IBM SystemX & BladeCenter)

Problems Fixed:

- Intermittent link status with IBM Virtual Fabric Switch when set to IBM
Virtual Fabric Mode
- The option to enable/disable SRIOV on HS23 LOM Port 0 is missing from
OneCommand Manager. This selection is available in UEFI F1 setup.
- Under high network stress, NMI errors can be seen with x3690 X5 and x3850 X5
- 10GbE ports running at 1GbE speed 10% below wirespeed at certain block sizes.
- Unable to perform PXE boot with LPVID assigned to vNIC interface
- 1Gb ports of HS23 do not handle tagging properly if multichannel mode
enabled (pnic ok). Note: ESX driver patch also required.
- Port flapping link after FW upgrade and "reboot" when connected to 10Gb PTM
module (DAC)

Interoperability Since Previous Release:

- Support for Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced (BE2) for IBM
BladeCenter
- Support for Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter (BE2) for IBM BladeCenter
- Support for Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter (BE2) for IBM System X

Known Issues:

- All 10Gb KX4 ports must be used with 10Gb switches. They will not link at
1Gb. This applies to HS23 LOM and IBM BladeCenter VFA adapters only.
- IPv6 IP address not visible via IMM GUI for IBM Option 90Y6456

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 4.2.412.0 (Previously supported on IBM SystemX & BladeCenter)

Problems Fixed:

- All VFS on Port 1 on optional Card unreachable from outside the host (x3750
M4)
- 'Logical Admin Link' not enabled after applying BOFM in Switch Agnostic mode
- IBM pre-boot Diagnostics NIC physical loopback test fails in Command and
GUI mode
- Multiple cosmetic issues with iSCSI UEFI BIOS
- 10Gb ports do not detect 'Link Down' with some switches
- 1Gb ports on HS23 LOM not able link up with IBM ICPM (FRU part 44W4486) in
BCS chassis
- Performance issues with specific DAC cables and SND top of rack switch

Interoperability Since Previous Release:

- UEFI 2.3.1 Compliance
- Increased VF count in SR-IOV (was 16 VFs per port, is now 32 VFs per port)
- Support for next generation 10GbaseT PHY
- Expose IBM Feature On Demand licensing information in UEFI configuration
utility

Known Issues:

- All 10Gb ports must be used with 10Gb switches. They will not link at 1Gb.
- IPv6 IP address not visible via IMM GUI for IBM Option 90Y6456
- Intermittent link status with IBM Virtual Fabric Switch when set to IBM
Virtual Fabric Mode
- The option to enable/disable SRIOV on HS23 LOM Port 0 is missing from
OneCommand Manager. This selection is available in UEFI F1 setup.

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 4.1.455.6 (Previously supported on IBM SystemX & BladeCenter)

Problems Fixed:

- Fixed an issue where ASIC randomly hangs losing network connectivity
when certain commands are sent from the host. Resulting behavior
varies between OS's (Yellow bangs in Windows, PSOD in VMWare)
- PHY Loopback fails on 10G ports
- UE and hang on LOM or Robalo when powering off Janice in UEFI or PXESelect
- Loopback on HS23 now functional in DSAp
- DCBX does not converge with firmware on a FCoE fabric
- Control C Broken on BE2
- 7 second delay in GET_CARD_ATTRIBUTES command
- Emulex VF adapter FCoE link lost on VMware 5.0
- flow control set for 10G Base T phys for autonegotiation
- Dynamic link update is not working with NIC UEFI driver
- Remove unused definitions in UEFI NIC
- Emulex driver expects that the Login Options field be zero
- "map r" displays a iSCSI BLK device when no LUNs presented
- "X/x Exit without save" does not work as expected
- Display proper description as part of EFI Driver Model Related Information
- Intermittent "Configuration changed. reset to apply it now?"
- Garbled output being displayed at the LUN configuration section.
- All Emulex Configuration settings get lost after a reset
- Perform additional checks when no Luns are mapped to the target
- CHAP name only accepts 6 to 10 characters
- Hii ???iSCSI Initiator Configuration??? showing old version screen
- iSCSI name is case sensitive
- iSCSI HII allows user to select first 8 LUNs as bootable.
- iSCSI Boot Enable/Disable option should be port specific
- LUN Configuration shows LUN 0, even if no LUNs presented to initiator.

Interoperability Since Previous Release:

- Support for Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced (CFFh, 2+2) for IBM
BladeCenter

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 4.1.334.47 (Previously supported on IBM SystemX & BladeCenter)

Problems Fixed:

- NCSI transmit workaround for IBM
- Issues with data reporting when BOFM enabled
- Improved network performance throughput
- Issues with IBM Management network performance
- Logical link status for IBM mezz card shown as 'N/A'
- Serial Over LAN fails when more than one blade installed with a single
switch
- Removed UEFI menu items for unsupported functions on a port
- Issues with diagnositics in virtual NIC/UMC mode
- Issues with MAC and PHY loopback on OneConnect devices
- Several issues with FCoE on some OEM fabric switches

Interoperability Since Previous Release:

- Support for HS23 Virtual Fabric LAN on Motherboard
- Support for VFA III (95Y3762, 95Y3768), 90Y6456
- Support for IBM's Features on Demand (FOD)
- Formal support for SR-IOV

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 4.0.1062.0 (Previously supported on IBM SystemX & BladeCenter)

Problems Fixed:

- iLab Tucson - lpfc Device Resets and path failures continue after error
inject.
- Writes do not complete when running LIP test on BE3 port 2
- IPV6 implementations no longer experience an unrecognized routing type
error.
- VLAN tagging is now disabled on the OneConnect UCNA when multichannel is
disabled.
- UEFI/BIOS-assigned LPVIDs now function properly on the OneConnect
10102-based UCNA.
- OneConnect UCNAs no longer send and receive only double-tagged packets
and discard all other packets.
- PHY, MAC, and External loopback tests no longer fail on all platforms.
- Firmware now returns the proper OneConnect UCNA model number.
- IPV6 implementations no longer experience an unrecognized routing type
error.
- Installing Windows 2008 or Windows 2008 R2 on remote iSCSI disks no
longer causes the system to hang.
- Issues no longer occur when resetting a server configured for multipathing
on VMware ESX systems.
- VLAN tagging is now disabled on the OneConnect UCNA when multichannel is
disabled.
- UEFI/BIOS-assigned LPVIDs now function properly on the OneConnect
10102-based UCNA.
- OneConnect UCNAs no longer send and receive only double-tagged packets and
discard all other packets.
- An adapter hardware error no longer occurs when running I/O with LUNs on
x86 platforms.
- Changing from Convergence Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) to Chassis Internal
Network (CIN) and then rebooting no longer fails to link-flap (CIN Fabric
Login (FLOGI) now occurs).
- PHY, MAC, and External loopback tests no longer fail on all platforms.
- Firmware now returns the proper OneConnect UCNA model number.
- DCB settings can now be configured.
- (iSCSISelect) When enabling DHCP for an iSCSI initiator, the Emulex iSCSI
Network Configuration utility now waits approximately 20 seconds to make a
DHCP connection before returning control.
- (FCoE BootBIOS) FCF CEE parameters for Boot from SAN configuration are now
saved properly.

Interoperability Since Previous Release:

- Added support for switch-independent multichannel mode.
- Added support for IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb RackSwitch firmware 6.8.1.0.
- Added support for IBM Virtual Fabric 10G Switch Module firmware 6.8.1.0.
- Added support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) on rack systems.
- Added support for iSCSI hardware offload on rack systems.
- Added support for Cisco Nexus 5000-series switches.

===============================================================================

Firmware Version: 2.103.397.3806 (Blade) / 2.103.269.31 (Rack)

- Initial Release

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