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Supported RAID Controllers
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This download supports Intel(R) RAID controllers using SAS software stack (SRCSAS18E, SRCSAS144E, SROMBSAS18E, SRCSASJV, SRCSASRB, SRCSATAWB, SROMBSASFC), please verify that this utility has been tested with the RAID card you have chosen to use by checking the drivers web page for your controller at http://support.intel.com.

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Package Information
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Driver Version = 00.00.03.18-2

OS supported = Red Hat Versions, See kernel versions below.
DUDs:
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ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel30-U4-all.img
	RHEL 3.0 i686   GA
	RHEL 3.0 athlon GA
	RHEL 3.0 i686   U3
	RHEL 3.0 i686   U4
	RHEL 3.0 ia32e  U4
	RHEL 3.0 x86_64 U4
	RHEL 3.0 athlon U4

ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel30-U5-U6-all.img
	RHEL 3.0 i686   U5
	RHEL 3.0 ia32e  U5
	RHEL 3.0 x86_64 U5
	RHEL 3.0 athlon U5
	RHEL 3.0 i686   U6
	RHEL 3.0 ia32e  U6
	RHEL 3.0 athlon U6
	RHEL 3.0 x86_64 U6

ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel30-U7-U8-all.img
      	RHEL 3.0 i686  	U7
	RHEL 3.0 ia32e 	U7
	RHEL 3.0 x86_64 U7
	RHEL 3.0 athlon U7
	RHEL 3.0 athlon U8      	
	RHEL 3.0 i686  	U8
	RHEL 3.0 ia32e 	U8
	RHEL 3.0 x86_64 U8

ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel30-U9-all.img
      	RHEL 3.0 i686  	U9
	RHEL 3.0 ia32e 	U9
	RHEL 3.0 x86_64 U9
	RHEL 3.0 athlon U9

ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel40-all.img
	RHEL 4.0 i686   GA
	RHEL 4.0 x86_64 GA
	RHEL 4.0 i686   U1
	RHEL 4.0 x86_64 U1
	RHEL 4.0 i686   U2
	RHEL 4.0 x86_64 U2
	RHEL 4.0 i686   U3
	RHEL 4.0 x86_64 U3
	RHEL 4.0 i686   U4
	RHEL 4.0 x86_64 U4

ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel40-u5-all.img
	RHEL 4.0 i686   U5
	RHEL 4.0 x86_64 U5

ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-2-rhel40-u6-all.img
	RHEL 4.0 i686   U6
	RHEL 4.0 x86_64 U6

ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel50-all.img
      	RHEL 5.0 i686       GA
	RHEL 5.0 x86_64     GA
	RHEL 5.0 xen i686   GA
	RHEL 5.0 xen x86_64 GA


ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-2-rhel50-U1.img
      	RHEL 5.1 i686
	RHEL 5.1 x86_64
	RHEL 5.1 xen i686
	RHEL 5.1 xen x86_64



DKMS RPM:
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ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-2.noarch.rpm
	All of the above


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Attention
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N/A

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Known Restrictions
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N/A

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Contents on the package
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The following files are included in this package:

Name						Description
ir3_RHEL_DRV_v00.00.03.18-2_readme.txt		This File
ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel50-all.img		RHEL 5.0 GA installation driver disk images
ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-2-rhel50-U1.img		RHEL 5.1 installation driver disk images
ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel40-all.img		RHEL 4.0 GA/U1/U2/U3/U4 installation driver disk images
ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel40-u5-all.img	RHEL 4.0 U5 installation driver disk images
ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-2-rhel40-u6-all.img	RHEL 4.0 U6 installation driver disk images
ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel30-U4-all.img	RHEL 3.0 GA/U4 installation driver disk images
ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel30-U5-U6-all.img	RHEL 3.0 U5/U6 installation driver disk images
ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel30-u7-u8-all.img	RHEL 3.0 U7/U8 installation driver disk images
ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-1-rhel30-u9-all.img	RHEL 3.0 U9 installation driver disk images
ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-2.noarch.rpm		Driver DKMS installation package
ir3_sas-v00.00.03.18-src.tgz			Driver source files
dkms-2.0.13-1.noarch.rpm			DKMS support package
osd.xml						Install support
Web License.rtf					License file

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Installation Instructions
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This updated driver can be applied using the normal OS installation options.
Extract package contents to a user specified location such as = a:\

1. Extract the .img file to create a "DUD" on a floppy diskette.
2. Boot to CD-ROM or DVD-ROM with OS Disk 1.
3. At the Linux installation prompt type: linux dd
4. Press <Enter> at the boot prompt on the Welcome screen.
5. Copy the Linux driver image from the Universal Driver Suite CD to diskette.
	Insert the diskette with driver image.
5. Select Yes. 
6. Scroll down to select the Intel RAID adapter driver. 
7. The utility locates and loads the driver for your device. 
8. Follow the Red Hat Linux installation procedure to complete the installation.
9. Reboot the system.


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Component Features
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N/A	

		
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Known Issues
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N/A


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Fixes/Updates
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Version 00.00.03.18-2
1. Added RHEL 4 U6 and RHEL 5.1 support

Version 00.00.03.16-1
1. Added RHEL 3 U9 support

Version 00.00.03.13-2
1. Added support for RHEL4 U5
2. Added hibernation support for Linux OS 
3. Added providing view of SAS Linux driver settings
4. Fixed system frozen issue when the driver try to reset the controller
5. Fixed DKMS driver installation failure issue
6. Added basic S1, S3 and S4 sleep states supporte
7. Fixed the diskdump for RHEL4
8. Fixed unable to boot up to RHEL5 64 bit XEN kernel

version 00.00.03.09-3
1. Fixed System running heavy IO reports SCSI IO errors and "lost page write"s and DRIVER_TIMEOUT errors.
2. Added RHEL 5 support
3. Added support for SRCSASJV, SRCSASRB, SRCSATAWB and SROMBSASFC

version 00.00.03.07-1
1. Fixed Driver can't flash to Cashe of BBU issue
2. Fixed heavy IO make programs become sluggish and stop responding.
3. Script modified to add SLES 10 driver support in RPM file

version 00.00.03.03-1
1. Improve the driver performance
2. Added Diskdump support for RHEL 4.0 & RHEL 3.0 (Except GA, U3)

Version 00.00.03.01-1
1. Fixed Driver does not clean up proc entries on RHEL3.
2. Now we clear the interrupt before invoking initilization routine to avoid getting any interrupt while processing init routine in the driver. 
3. Reset timeout made same for both SLES and RHEL (90 seconds).

Version 00.00.02.06-1
1. Add Diskdump support

Version 00.00.02.03-1
1. 16 Byte CDB support / > 2 TB support added.
 
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