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LSI Logic MegaRAID Firmware Release 

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Release date: 02/25/08

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Supported Controllers:
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MegaRAID SAS 8704ELP
MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP
MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP
MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 
MegaRAID SAS 8880EM2


Component:
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SAS MegaRAID Firmware Release
Release Date: 02/25/08


Version Numbers:	
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Current Firmware Package: 8.0.1-0029 (O2-P12)
Current Package Details:  APP-1.12.122-0393_BB-1.00.00.01-0011_BIOS-NT16_WEBBIOS-1.1-33d-e_11-Rel
Previous Firmware Package: 8.0.1-0023
Previous Package Details:  APP-1.12.62-0364_BB-1.00.00.01-0010_BIOS-NT16_WEBBIOS-1.1-33c-e_11


Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
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Firmware:
LSID100091500 (CO) Add HW, PnP ID, and MFC (ini) 
LSID100092545 (CO) CR_Ref# LSID100090303: Improve 1078 MegaRAID BGI Performance 
LSID100090949 (DFCT) Enable offline HDD FW flash. 
LSID100091104 (DFCT) HWR FW violates the DDR2 spec during the initialization sequence in 1078 ROMB environment. 
LSID100090683 (DFCT) 1078 FW cannot mark a drive dead after the Sense response 0x03-0C-03 for Write command. 
LSID100092085 (DFCT) 1078 FW cannot mark a drive dead after the Sense response 0x03-0C-03 for Write command. 
LSID100091480 (DFCT) Offline HDD/ESM microcode update feature broken 
LSID100091338 (DFCT) Possible data integrity issue on R50 IO's with LD is running in degraded mode 
LSID100092828 (DFCT) Possible data integrity issue when running I/O and performing capacity expansion 
LSID100092084 (DFCT) Possible data integrity issue when all medium errors were punctured 
LSID100090449 (DFCT) 1078 controller hangs on extended reboot test with 8GB system memory 
LSID100092239 (DFCT) Possible data integrity issue w/ write journal verification tool 

BootBlock:
LSID100092211 (DFCT) S3 BSOD with 8888ELP in x16 (Gen2) slot 
LSID100092340 (DFCT) Controller not posting in a particular system 


Installation:
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Use MegaCLI to flash the SAS controllers.  The DOS version of MegaCLI is included
in the zip file.  Windows and Linux MegaCLI can be downloaded from the download
section of www.megaraid.com.

Command syntax:  MegaCli -adpfwflash -f SAS1078_FW_Image.rom -a0


