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Supported RAID Controllers
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This download supports Intel(R) Embedded Server RAID Technology II RAID
 products (Intel(R) RAID controller SASMF8I; Intel(R) RAID SAS controller 
AXX4SASMOD; on server boards enabled for ICH9R SATA RAID, ICH10R 
SATA RAID, S5000 (ESB2) SATA RAID, LSI1064e/1068 SAS RAID, 3420 PCH SATA RAID - 
including 5000PAL,S5000XAL,S5000PSL,S5000XSL,S5000XVN,SC5400RA,S5000VSA,S5000VCL,S5300SF,
S5400SF,S5520HC,S5520HCT,S5500HCV,S5520SC,S5520UR,S5520URT,S5500BC,S5500WB,S5500WBV,
S3000AHX,S3000AH,S3000AHV,S3200SHX,S3200SHC,S3200SHL,S3200SHV,S3000SHC,X38MLST,
S3420GPX,S3420GPC,S3420GP,S3420GPV,S3420GPR,S7000FC4UR). 
Please verify that this package has been tested with the RAID device 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 = 13.16.0308.2010
OS supported = Microsoft* Windows 2008R2 (x64), Windows 7 (x86 & x64), Windows 2008 (x86 & x64), Windows Vista (x86 & x64), Windows 2003 (x86 & x64), and Windows XP (x86 & x64).

All these drivers have completed WHQL certification, and required .cat files are included in the appropriate directories.

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Attention!
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None

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Known Restrictions
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Contents in the package
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This package includes subdirectories for each version of Windows that is supported. Each of these directories contains the files necessary to support installation for that version of the Windows operating system. 

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Installation Instructions
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This updated driver can be applied using the normal OS installation options.


The following procedure describes how to install Windows 7/2008/Vista system onto RAID logical disk:

1. Copy the driver files to a removable media, such as USB flash drive, CD-ROM, or floppy disk
2. Create RAID logical disk(s) using ESRT2 OpROM Config Utility (during POST).
3. Boot Windows 7/2008/Vista installation disk. Follow instructions on screen until below step is reached.
4. At "Which type of installation do you want?" screen, select "Custom (advanced)"
5. At "Where do you want to install Windows?" screen, select "Load Driver"
6. Install the removable media with the driver files (extracted in step 1)
7. Select "Browse" and locate the folder with the driver files and then select "OK"
8. Select "Next". There may be a 1-2 minute delay as drivers are loaded.
9. Select "Drive options (advanced)" to customize partitions - if necessary
10. Select "Next" to continue with the installation
11. There are several reboots during installation - ensure that the selected RAID array is the boot device during every reboot.

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The following procedure describes how to provide the driver during installation of Windows 2003/2000/XP system:

NOTE: You will need a USB floppy drive in order to provide the driver during Windows installation. Some models of floppy drives have known limitations that result in driver installation failures. Intel recommends using USB floppy drives listed on the Tested Hardware and Operating Systems list for the serverboard you are using.

1. Extract package contents to a floppy diskette.
2. Start the Windows 2003/2000/XP installation by booting from the Windows installation CD-ROM.
3. Press <F6> when the screen displays: "Press F6 if you need..." 
Note: You must press <F6> for the system to recognize the new driver.
4. Choose <S> to specify an additional device when the screen displays:
"Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices..."
Note: If this screen is not displayed as the first user input, then pressing <F6> was not seen by the setup program. Reboot the system, and return to step 2.
5. The system prompts for the manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk. Insert the floppy diskette containing the Windows 2003/XP device driver, and press <Enter>.
6. Scroll down the list until the appropriate selection for your system which contains the Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology II and for your operating system displays, then click <OK>.
7. Continue with the normal installation procedure.
   If installation fails after the first reboot, try another model of USB floppy drive from the tested list.

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Installation of the driver after the operating system is installed:

1. Boot into applicable Windows OS. Click the Windows Start button and select Settings.
2. Click Control Panel.
3. Select Adapter.
4. Select the Drivers tab.
5. Scroll down the list until the appropriate selection for your system which contains the Intel(r) Embedded RAID Technology II and for your operating system displays, then click <OK>.
6. Select it, then remove it by clicking the Remove button.
7. Click the Add button.
8. Select the Have Disk button.
9. Insert the diskette into the floppy drive.
10. Select drive letter A: and click on <OK>.
11. Select Intel(r) Embedded RAID Technology II and click OK.
12. After Windows* copies the driver, reset the system.


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Known Bugs
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None


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Fixes/Updates
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Version 13.16.0308.2010
1. Fixed - Add new PCI ID's for new OEM system BX960 S2 and S1 using ESRT2 driver
2. Fixed - Particular OS System reports Processor IERR and hangs after >100 reboots
3. Fixed - Selecting any PD makes it Global Hot Spare
4. Fixed - Drive crash on bootup
5. Fixed - driver file dbglvl_g has ¡°other¡± write permission.

Version 13.15.1218.2009
1. Fixed - "Deleting media" could not complete with error on DVD-RAM drive.

Version 13.14.1209.2009
1. Fixed - ESRT2 with RAID 10 (6 drives) config will create Event ID 129 under Windows 2008 x64
2. Fixed - PCI Id's missing in MegaSR.inf

Version 13.13.1021.2009
1. Fixed - RAID Web Console 2 stops responded when a predictive fail drive goes offline.
2. Fixed - Vendor ID is incorrect with SATA SW RAID.
3. Fixed - Hardware ID did not meet the requirement for win7 x64 compliance.

Version 13.11.0922.2009
1. Added support for Windows 7.
2. Added support for Windows 2008 R2.
3. Added new device IDs for 1068E/1064E SW RAID 5.


Version 13.10.0708.2009
1. Added new 3420 PCH chipset IDs for OEM.
2. Added new customer IDs for ICH10R.
3. Reenable Intel(R) RAID Controller SASMF8I IDs.

Version 13.06.0212.2009
1. Added new PnP ID for Software RAID driver.
2. Added new customer IDs for ICH10R.
3. Added new Device ID to txtsetup.oem and megasr.inf.
4. Fixed - Missing README file for rpm.
5. Fixed - RAID Web Console 2 logs unnecessary event when it found unrecoverable medium error during recovery in Software RAID1 environment.

Version 12.08.1023.2008
1. Added ICH7 PnP ID to Software RAID driver.
2. Fixed - The driver file detail shows previous driver version in Operating System.
3. Fixed - driver for Windows 2008 EM64T cannot be loaded under SASMF8I.

Version 11.02.0626.2008
1. Added several new PCID combinations for newly supported products
2. Fixed a product naming issue (cosmetic)
3. Resolved an issue with debug IOC messages being displayed as errors in the log

Version 10.21.0507.2008
1. Fixed - the issue with The LED functions are not working inside the OSes for SWR5

Version 10.20.0414.2008
1. 
Version 09.32.0207.2008
1. Added support for windows* Server 2008
2. Fixed data miscompare under Windows* Vista when media errors are injected to HDDs in RAID5 array

Version 09.28.1220.2007
1. Added support for SASMF8I

Version 09.21.0914.2007
1. Added support for more than one SAS expander
2. Added graceful handling of situation when more than 8 HDDs are installed (the limit of 8 drives still exists).
3. Minor bug fixes

Version 08.09.0518.2007
Initial release for Windows Vista only

Version 07.15.0209.2007
1. Pass thru support for up to 2 SATA CD/DVD devices when the controller is in SW RAID mode
    - boot from CD/DVD-ROM with floppy emulation or hard-drive emulation not supported

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