Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 15.2.0.1020 Production Version Release

 

22 September 2016


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Supported Operating Systems

Platform Support

OS Version

Kaby Lake CPU

Skylake CPU

N

Y

Microsoft Windows 7*

N

Y

Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Edition*

N

Y

Microsoft Windows 8.1*1

N

Y

Microsoft Windows 8.1 x64 Edition*

Y

Y

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 Edition*

Y

Y

Microsoft Windows 10* 1

Y

Y

Microsoft Windows 10 x64 Edition*

Y

Y

Microsoft Windows 10 TH2* 1

Y

Y

Microsoft Windows 10 TH2 x64 Edition*

Y

Y

Microsoft Windows 10 Redstone1*

1 - These OS versions pass validation testing, but are not WHQL certified.

Revision History

Date

Driver Revision

Build Number

22 September 2016

15.2.0.1020 PV Release

1020

16 September 2016

15.2.0.1020 PC Release

1020

24 June 2016

15.2.0.1008 Beta Release

1008

2 June 2016

15.2.0.1004 Release

1004

15 April 2016

15.1.0.1016 Alpha Release

1016

8 April 2016

15.1.0.1014

1014

 Notes:  

1.    Known Issue is defined as a potential RST issue that has been replicated internally by the Rapid Storage Technology team but has not been root caused to be an RST defect.

2.    15.1 version is renamed to 15.2 version for internal logistic purposes. RST 15.1 version will no longer be used.

3.    This build has been validated on and supports Windows 10 RS1.

4.    The RAID OROM & UEFI version for this release is 15.2.0.2754, the driver and user interface version is 15.2.0.1020. For RAID configurations, it is recommended that both the pre-OS and RST OS driver components are updated. Please contact your CE for further details.

5.    No RST support for PCIe storage devices in AHCI mode.

 

Supported Hardware

 

Chipset Name

Platform

SKU Details

Kaby Lake Platforms

Intel® 200 Series Chipset Family

Kabylake Desktop

 KBP PCH-H

·   Q250 (A)

·   B250 (A)

·   Z270

·   H270

·   Q270

·   X299 (H)

 

Intel® 100 Series Chipset Family

Kabylake Mobile Halo

SPT PCH-H

·   HM175

·   QM175

·   CM238

 

Intel® 7th Generation Core Processor Family Platform I/O SATA AHCI/RAID Controller

Kabylake Mobile LP

SPT PCH-LP

(Mobile-LP)

·   Base-U (A)

·   Premium-U

Skylake Platforms (N – 1)

Intel® 100/C230 Series Chipset Family

Skylake SPT PCH-H (Desktop/WS)

·   H110 (A)

·   Q150 (A)

·   B150 (A)

·   Z170

·   H170

·   Q170

·   C236

Intel® 100/C230 Series Chipset Family

Skylake SPT PCH-H (Mobile/Mobile WS)

·   HM170

·   QM170

·   CM236

Intel® 6th Generation Core Processor Family Platform I/O SATA AHCI/RAID Controller

Skylake SPT PCH-LP (Mobile)

·   Base-U (A)

·   Premium-U

·   Premium-Y

 

A – Does not support RAID

H – HEDT SKU

 

Resolved Issues

Resolved Issues in 15.2.0.1020 PV Release

 

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

 

1304649417

Crash dump is not generated on raid configurations

windows.10_rs1.x64

 

1804345567

SLP_S0 residency is sporadically poor on samples

windows.10_rs1.x64

 

1804297007

System - PNP (disable and enable) with IO Before and After (Reliability)" failed.

windows.10_th.x64

 

1804333817

'Flexible data protection (Recovery)' is not available when the secondary hard drive is the same size as the primary hard drive.

All OS

 

1405255592

Glitch in camera video feed when access to USB simultaneously with SRT background traffic

windows.10_rs1.x64

 

1804340898

Hang after power off cache disk

All OS

 

1804297003

BSOD 0xF4 when run restart only test on win7OS.

windows.7.x64

 

1804333718

Create option missing from RST UI in discrete graphics legacy boot mode with RAID enabled.

windows.7.x64

 

1804338631

Intel RST 15.0.0.1039 UI displays Windows 10 version and build number different from msinfo

windows.10_th.x64,

windows.10_rs1.x64

 

1804335800

RST Bugcheck A0 during  stress test when resuming from hibernate

windows.10_rs1.x64

 

1804327407

Windows 10 is not listed as a  supported OS in the Readme File Information for IRST

windows.10_th.x64

 

1804327868

BSOD when performing S4 right after creating RAID volume with OS

windows_10_x64

 

1804306938

M.2 SSD also show SMART risk event when a SMART HDD is connected

 

 

1804327229

Error message when user try to import DevSlp registry keys

windows.10_rs1.x64

 

1804324647

Platform hangs during enter into S3/S4 with remapping

windows.10_rs1.x64

 

1804315575

The new ZPODD tool version is still not changed ( 1.0.0.1003) after installed ZPODD tool v15.0

All OS

 

1804322496

iRST will disappear from Control Panel after repair with different install kit

windows_10_th_desktop_x64

 

Resolved Issues in 15.2.0.1008 Beta Version

 

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

1804299849

Link Power Management state is disabled when RST driver is installed

windows_10_x64

 

1804279647

There is BSOD under S3/S4 stress test overnight

other

 

1804302853

USB KB/MS lose function when installing Win7 on RAID mode NVME SSD

windows_7_x64

 

1804302745

System shows blue screen after installing iRST driver on QS sample

All OS

 

Resolved Issues in 15.2.0.1004 Version

 

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

 

1804293895

RST driver cannot be installed, because KBL SATA AHCI DID is wrong

windows_10_th_desktop_x64

 

1804295141

Inf has been updated to reflect the platform supported sku’s

All OS

 

1804279720

Devslp function doesn't work with certain SSD’s.

windows_8_x64

 

1804279858

ZPODD tool shows error message "No Zero Power ODD or intel RST driver found"

windows_8.1_x32

 

1804279657

CSMI_SAS_PHY_INFO cannot be obtained on some kind of chipset

windows_7_x64,

windows_8.1_x64

 

1804279783

System occurred BSOD (0XA0) when the first time enter S4 after create recovery volume in RSTUI.

windows_7_x64

 

1804279750

S3 resume ODD lost issue

windows_7_x64,

windows_7_x32

 

1804279815

Long time to sleep or resume (S3/S4) from system with IRST v14.8.1.1043.

 

Windows 10-64

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resolved Issues in 15.1.0.1016 Alpha Version

 

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

 

4939311

Additional KBL platform SKU support added

Windows 10-64

 

Resolved Issues in 15.1.0.1014

 

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

 

4938767

Issue with HDD returning to maximum performance level when resuming from CS.

Windows 10-64

 

4938838

RST does not process some HPA security commands.

Windows 10 – 64

 

4938874

System will hang after finishing disk schedule error checking.

Windows 7-64

 

4938911

NVMe APST registry function fails with S3/S4 resume.

Windows 10 – 64

 

4938497

No performance improvement after PCIe remapping enabled.

Windows 8.1-64

 

4938904

Power consumption increased with certain platform configurations.

Windows 10 – 64

 

4939144

BSOD xEF while running S3 testing.

Windows 10-64

 

4938799

Link power management in UI doesn't change the registry values after deleting RAID 1 or 0

Windows 10 - 64

 

4937068

ROHI: SMART Event disk rebuilding after system reboot of successful Raid 1 creation

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64,Windows 8 - 64

 

4938308

RST un-installer doesn't recover original Windows register settings which  can have OS performance impact

Windows 10-64

 

4938720

Special characters during creating volume inside Name text box are accepted but should not be.

Win7-64,Windows 8 - 64

 

4938976

Some NVMe devices hang when sending pass through command

Win7-64,Windows 10-64,

Windows 8 - 64

 

4938782

Cannot unlock hard drive after creating RAID

Windows 8 - 64

 

4938766

Cannot delete RRT (Recovery) volume when RTD3 is enabled in BIOS

Windows 10-64

 

4938754

UI shows unknown port for cache disk after accelerating disk with remapped disk

Windows 10 - 64

 

 

 

 

 

Known Issues

 

Known Issues in 15.2.0.1020 PV Version

 

 

 

Reference No 

Description

Affected OS's

 

 

1804342367

There is a black screen on S4 stress test

windows.10_th.x64,

windows.7.x64

 

 

1804342366

OS does not run smoothly during about one minute after resume from s3.

windows.10_th.x64

 

 

1804340991

Keyboard loses function at the "Ctrl+I" menu in RAID mode after touch the touchpad

windows.10_rs1.x64

 

 

1804340990

Cannot use left/right arrow in RAID menu (Ctrl I) after we idle test unit more than one minute.

windows.7.x64

 

 

1804340981

The "Ctrl+I" menu will hang when trying to choose some options via “up” between “down” key for a short period of time in RAID mode.

All OS

 

 

1804339843

System has BSOD 0XEF issue when playing video and running" HDD copy and compare" at the same time.

windows.10_rs1.x64

 

 

1804339839

System will auto enable "write-caching" after S3/S4/CB resume only  on NVMe SSD

windows.10_rs2.x64

 

 

1804338638

When enter SLP_S0, the SSD power consumption is too high - more than 20mW.

windows.10_th.x64

 

 

1804338633

System get SCT fail under RAID mode.

windows.10_rs1.x64

 

 

1804338632

"Zero Power ODD Tool" cannot be installed normally on Win8.1 if QFE - KB3126593 is installed.

windows.8_1.x64

 

 

1804338258

It takes more than 30 sec to send command to NVMe device after it enters D3

windows.10_th.x64

 

 

1804334481

When secure boot is on the SUT will boot into OS and create some error logs.

All OS

 

 

1804333726

SUT will hang on Logo when change slot with NVMe SSD

All OS

 

 

1804329218

System Run 3D mark11 Got low performance issue with IRST installed.

windows.10_th.x64

 

 

1804327901

RAID1 system will hang, when one of the HDDs is removed from the RAID volume.

windows.10_th.x64

 

 

1804325216

BSOD or Lost disk during S4 on 2 remapped disks with RAID0/RAID1 and in nonRAID status

windows.10_rs2.x64

 

 

1804315591

There is BSOD on DS3 aging overnight.

windows.10_th.x64

 

 

1804279831

The benchmark result of RAID1 and RAID5 are too low

other

 

 

1804280021

SRT not correctly created when doing system restart immediately after enabling acceleration

windows_10_th_desktop_x64

 

 

1804279982

Disk was removed from RRT volume after clicked "Access recovery disk files"

windows_10_th_desktop_x64,

windows_8.1_x64

 

 

1804279979

After using all disk in logical volumes then clicking create, IAStroUI has stopped working appears on the screen

windows_8_x64

 

 

1804279952

After Encrypting OS on Nvme device, it becomes Inaccessible after 3 Hibernations or 3 Restarts

windows_10_th_desktop_x64

 

 

Terminology

Common Terms and Acronyms

Definition

AEN

Asynchronous Event Notification

AHCI

Advanced Host Controller Interface

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment

ATAPI

Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface

BIOS

Basic Input / Output System

BUS PROTOCOL GROUP

A bus protocol group represents a set of bus protocols with similar performance characteristics. Bus Protocol Groups are listed here in decending order of speed:

1- PCIe
2- SATA

Chipset

A term used to define a collection of The PNHCI components required to make a PC function.

CSMI

OEM Common Storage Management Interface for reporting RAID configurations and SMP, SSP, STP pass through.

DEVSLP

Serial ATA Device Sleep

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DOS

Disk Operating System

DIPM

Device Initiated Power Management

Disk’s Write Cache

A memory device within a hard drive, which is allocated for the temporary storage of data before that data is copied to its permanent storage location.

GB

Giga-byte = 10243bytes

HDD

Hard Disk Drive

HIPM

Host Initiated Power Management

Hot Plug

A term used to describe the removal or insertion of a SATA disk while the system is powered on.

ICH

Input / Output Controller Hub

InstantGo*

Microsoft Windows* 8.1 connected standby low-power state that features extremely low power consumption while maintaining Internet connectivity.

KB

Kilo-byte   = 1024bytes

LPM

Link Power Management

M.2

Specification for internally mounted computer expansion cards and associated connectors. It replaces the mSATA standard. Formerly known as the Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF)

MB

Mega-bytes  = 10242bytes

MEMORY GROUP

A memory group represents a set of backend storage media types with similar performance characteristics. Memory Groups are listed here in ascending order of speed:

1- Spindle Device (HDD)                                              4- PCIe NAND Device (SSD)

2- NAND Spindle Hybrid Device                                 5- PCIe NAND Device (SXP)

3- PCH SATA NAND Device (SSD)        

mSATA

Computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives. Uses PCI Express Mini Card-like connector that is electrically SATA.

NAI

Notification Area Icon

NTFS

NT File System

NVC

Non-Volatile Cache

NVMe

Non-Volatile Memory Express: Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface Specification (NVMHCI), is a specification for accessing solid-state drives (SSDs) attached through the PCI Express (PCIe) bus

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

ODD

Optical Disk Drive

OROM

Option ROM

OS

Operating System

PCH

Platform Controller Hub

PCIe

PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express): is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard

Port

The point at which a SATA drive physically connects to the SATA controller.

PRD

Product Requirements Document

PUIS

Power Up In Standby - Drive feature that allows a spindle device to be powered up in standby mode without spinning the disk up.

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks
Matrix RAID: A configuration supporting two RAID levels by having two volumes in a single RAID array that use Intel® RST

RTD3

Runtime D3

SATA

Serial ATA

SIPM

Software Initiated Power Management

S.M.A.R.T.

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology: an open standard for developing hard drives and software systems that automatically monitors a hard drive’s health and reports potential problems.

SED

Self-Encrypting Drive

SRT

Smart Response Technology. Intel® RST’s premium feature to use caching technology that enables caching of a device or volume using a faster device

SSD

Solid State Drive – non volatile memory used as storage media

SSHD

Solid-State Hybrid Drive

TB

Tera-byte = 10244bytes

UEFI

UEFI pre-OS driver

UI

User Interface

ZPODD

Zero Power Optical Disk Drive