Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
Production Version 6.0.0.1022

Release Notes


May 22, 2006
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Supported Operating Systems

    Microsoft* Windows* XP Home Edition
    Microsoft* Windows* XP Professional
    Microsoft* Windows* XP x64 Edition
    Microsoft* Windows* 2000 Advanced Server**
    Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003

    Microsoft* Windows* 2003 x64 Edition    
    Microsoft* Windows* Media Center Edition

** Not available for ICH6M

Revision History

Date

Driver Revision

Build Number

May 22, 2006

Production Version 6.0.0.1022

1022

May 18, 2006

Production Candidate 6.0.0.1022

1022

May 4, 2006

Beta 6.0.0.1021

1021

April 5, 2006

Beta 6.0.0.1017

1017

March 9, 2006

Beta 6.0.0.1012

1012

January 24, 2006

Beta 6.0.0.1009

1009

December 16, 2005

Alpha 6.0.0.1007

1007

October 28, 2005

Pre-Alpha 6.0.0.1004

1004

New Features

New Features in Baseline 6.0

Feature 

Description 

ICH8R/DH support

Support for systems based on the ICH8R/DH I/O controller hubs

Known Issues

Known Issues in Production Candidate 6.0.0.1022

Reference No: 

Description

Affected OS's

2015920

Volume size is limited to 2TB when the PRD says 4TB

All OS’s

2016907

Intel® Matrix Storage Console 6.0 shows a progress text box when it should be hidden.

Windows XP

1996570

Win* XP install from SATA ODD cannot start on RAID 5 volume where drives other than the first one have active partitions on them

Windows XP

1702964

OS fails to boot when RAID-5 volume metadata is re-created on a system which has RAID 5 volume created using RAIDCFG32 in Win* PE

Windows XP

1974558

System Manufacturer and Model Information is missing in KOR language in System Report

Windows XP

2000963

 

System freezes about 60 seconds when resuming from S3, when security bit is enabled on the HDD

Windows XP/Windows Media Center Edition

 

2002717

 

Sometimes RAID 1 array is degraded upon a warm boot.

Windows XP/Windows Media Center Edition

2001677

 

Priority queues working on ATAPI drives - Hangs system

Windows XP

2039218

FRA: Missing/corrupted characters in Licence agreement appended to Readme

All OS’s

Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved in Production Candidate 6.0.0.1022

 

 Reference No:

Description

Components

 Affected OS's

1981676

Error in Event Viewer  after running Motherboard test of PC-Doctor* 5 for Windows*

Driver.AHCI

Windows XP

1982794

Raid1 will not resume from S3 (Standby)

Driver

Windows XP

2000036

S3 will hang at "Preparing to Standby" screen. (RAID ON)

Driver

WindowsMediaCenter/Windows XP

Issues Resolved in Beta 6.0.0.1021

 

 Reference No:

Description

Components

 Affected OS's

1983023

Installer reports 'system does not meet minimum system requirements' during install

Installer

WindowsXP/Vista/Vista64

1998890

Failed to create RAID1 by Migrating from SATA HDD to another(larger->smaller)

UI

Windows XP-64

2001637

Failed to create RAID1 by Migrating from SATA HDD to another(smaller->larger)

UI

Windows XP-64

1983925

Fix the OROM on desktop systems so it prompts user to select disks 2 to 4 during RAID volume creation

RAID OROM

N/A

1968727

 

RaidCply may take several minutes to complete 8.2 test on ICH8

RAID Cmply

N/A

Issues Resolved in Beta 6.0.0.1017

 

 Reference No:

Description

Components

 Affected OS's

1977507

Actions menu does not include any options

UI

Vista/Vista 64

Issues Resolved in Beta 6.0.0.1012

 Reference No:

Description

Components

 Affected OS's

1946258

The default volume name shows up in Arabic and Hebrew but this is not a valid name

Loc Translation

All supported OS's

1778202

Non-translated strings (Help, Uninstall) are displayed in Start->Program menu in Japanese language

Installer

All supported OS's

1945833

Tray Icon menu is not displayed in right-to-left manner in Hebrew and Arabic languages

UI

Windows XP / 2000

Issues Resolved in Beta 6.0.0.1009

 

 Reference No:

Description

Components

 Affected OS's

1949745

Serial ATA tape drive not functioning properly with RAID enabled

Driver

Windows XP / 2000

1947109

Black screen seen in operating system when using a CD-ROM

Driver

Windows XP / 2000

1940820

Takes 1hr before hard drive is polled for SMART events in AHCI mode

UI

Windows XP / 2000

1778206

'Show Migration Process' dialogs seen during rebuilds not localized

UI

Windows XP / 2000

 

Issues Resolved in Alpha 6.0.0.1007

 

 Reference No:

Description

Components

 Affected OS's

1778201

 -l switch is not functional under the English language

Installer

Windows XP / 2000

1716939

Installer not working on Windows XP x64 Edition

Installer

XP 64

1940820

Event viewer error when resuming from S3 power management state in RAID mode

Driver

Windows XP / 2000

1940820

After deleting a 4-drive RAID 10 volume, partition still exists on 2 of the drives

RAID OROM

DOS

 

Issues Resolved in Pre-Alpha 6.0.0.1004

 

 Reference No:

Description

Components

 Affected OS's

 

N/A

N/A