LSI Logic MegaRAID Firmware Release

OEM Name:                   	LSI
Controllers Supported:	 	471/475/493/494
Release date:   	    	01/20/03  
New Release Version:        	F170
BIOS Version:               	3.13
Ctrl+M Version:             	5.26
Boot Block Version:         	1.4.8 
WebBIOS:			1.59		
Qlogic 12160t firmware:		11.12.19	
Previous Release:		C170/3.13/5.26/1.46



Controllers Supported:
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Series 471   = MegaRAID Enterprise 1600
Series 475   = MegaRAID Express 500
Series 493   = MegaRAID Elite 1600
Series 494   = MegaRAID Elite 1650



Firmware Changes:
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1.  Ctrl-M hangs on issuing inquiry command on some Intel systems. This has been fixed.
2.  Rollover to WebBIOS version 1.59.
3.  Auto-Rebuild on NON - SAFTE - Enclosures is broken. This has been fixed.

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WebBIOS Changes:
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1.   In the logical drive definition screen, when Accept button is pressed, configuration was not updated and sometimes resulted in crash.
     This was due to "array number" coming as junk. This has been fixed.
2.   Signed integer overflow in "addlogicalDrive" routine causing f/w crash. This has been fixed.
3.   SCSI level was shown for processor. This has been fixed.
4.   RAID3 option removed from WebBIOS for LSI.
5.   Physical drive property will not show SCSI level in some systems. This has been fixed.
6.   In the Logical drive definition of configuration (with cluster enabled) screen, when we span the array, which is already fully configured, 
     along with new arrays, firmware will crash due to a divide-by-zero condition. This has been fixed.
7.   In a non-cluster config, in the Logical drive definition screen (4/5), without entering any value in the "Select Size" text box, 
     if Accept button is pressed, some random value is taken as configured size. 
     This has been fixed.
8.   While consistency check is running on RAID 5, using Web Bios, type a single value in boot logical drive option, it is displayed twice. 
     This has been fixed. 
9.   The default write policy was changed to write through for all single-channel boards.
10.  Cache Flush Interval was inconsistent between Ctrl-M and Ctrl-H. This has been fixed.
11.  Added coercion algorithm option to WebBIOS for LSI.
12.  The first scanning screen after boot-up was not showing the vendor properly.
13.  If arrays are spanned, WebBIOS automatically configured logical drives with full available size. This has been fixed.
14.  Support added to allow any available logical drive to be the Boot drive.
15.  Bus number and Device number were not displayed properly on the Title bar. This has been fixed.
16.  Progress bars for more than 6 Rebuilds not popping up. This has been fixed.
17.  Reconstruction Progress bar would disappear if Physical drive property were accessed through Physical Drive main page. This has been fixed.
18.  Default radio button selection set for properties in Physical Drive main screen.
19.  If an array has a mix of OFFLINE and DEGRADED logical drives, the physical drive present in that array will not rebuild. This has been fixed.	
 
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Known Limitation:
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WebBIOS:
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1.   When multiple 160m controllers are present in the system, one is displayed as unknown on the first screen.
2.   Default settings are different in Ctrl-H from Ctrl-M. Ctrl-H has Adaptive Read Ahead and Ctrl-M has Normal Read.
3.   Raid 3/30 options are not present in WebBIOS.
4.   WebBIOS allows you to span partial arrays.


Cluster Configuration:
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1.   This firmware has not been fully qualified for cluster configurations.
     Use C170 for cluster configurations.




Installation:
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YOU MUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE FLASHING THIS FIRMWARE TO A MEGARAID CONTROLLER FROM LSI LOGIC CORPORATION.

Boot to DOS and type MFLASH. Your MegaRAID Controller should be detected and you will be prompted to continue with the flash utility. 
Do not reboot your system until the flash process is complete.

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Features:
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Span Support:         	8
SMART Support:        	Yes
Type of SAF_TE:       	UNIVERSAL
>4GB support:         	Yes
Memory Support:       	SDRAM
Auto-Rebuild support: 	Yes
Cluster Support:      	No
Max Logical Drives:   	40
Drive Size Coercion:	Yes

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File Listing:
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Size    	Date     	Time   		File
1,048,576 	11-27-02  	11:51a 		471GEN.rom
  131,408  	12-17-02  	05:58p 		mflash.exe
    5,119  	01-20-03  	10:28a	 	F170.txt
