Netware Drivers for MegaRAID Controllers
Version: 7.00d
OEM: LSI
Release date: 01/09/03

Component names and version #s:
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Current release:
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MEGA4_xx.ddi
   Device Driver Initialization file required to install MEGA4_xx.ham driver

MEGA4_xx.ham version 7.00d
   HAM Driver for Netware 5.1 and 6.0

MEGAMGR.NLM version 5.11
   MegaRAID utility for Netware

MEGAMMIO.NLM version 1.02e
   Media manager interface module for Mega4_xx.ham driver

MEGAMON.NLM version 1.29
   Monitor program for Netware 


Previous release:
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MEGA4_xx.ddi
   Device Driver Initialization file required to install MEGA4_xx.ham driver

MEGA4_xx.ham version 6.02d
   HAM Driver for Netware 5.xx and 6.xx

MEGAMGR.NLM version 5.09
   MegaRAID utility for Netware

MEGAMMIO.NLM version 1.02c
   Media manager interface module for Mega4_xx.ham driver

MEGAMON.NLM version 1.28
   Monitor program for Netware 




NOTE:
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	You can get latest MegaRAID Firmware images and Drivers and Utilities from LSI Logic web Site 
	http://www.megaraid.lsilogic.com.

Important Notes:
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1. Use latest Novell Service packs for the Netware version you are using.
2. MegaRAID drivers: Mega4_xx.ham, 
   
   Mega4_xx.ham works with:
      a. NWPAUPGRADE package
      b. Netware v4.2
   Only Mega4_xx.ham works with:
      a. Netware v5
3. Use the MEGA4_xx.ham driver whenever possible. The other drivers are provided for older versions of Netware.
4. The driver will load and display all possible slots where it finds a supporting device. (Ex. If there are 2 
   438's in the system in slot 2 & 7), the driver will display slots 2 & 7 and prompt the user to choose a slot number.  
   If the driver is loaded a second time, it will only display the last unused slot.    
5. Virtual Sizing
   Prerequisites:  
     - CTRL-M Objects->Logical Drives->Virtual Sizing set to ENABLED.
   Features: 
     - /VS option can be specified on the command-line 
       for the driver, e.g. load mega4xx.ham /vs=288 to change the default size recognized by the driver. 
     - Default "Virtual Size" is 80GB, the minimum
     - Mask write and read from last cylinder - 64K for a 64K region only.
   Limitations:
     - NSS Partitions are not supported.
   Advantage:
     - Allows online capacity expansion limited by available drives in an array.

6. Dynamic Volume Expansion
   Prerequisites:  
     - CTRL-M Objects->Logical Drives->Virtual Sizing set to DISABLED.
   Features: 
     - Standard Media Manager functions supported
   Limitations:
     - Four (4) NetWare Partitions are possible, so only 4 OCE (Online Capacity Expansion) will 
       be possible per logical drive.
     - Requires MEGAMGR Utility to activate.
     - Cannot delete a partition created unless you restart the server or unload/reload driver instance.
   Advantage:
     - No preset Virtual Size or option needs to be provided for this feature
     - NSS Partitions supported


Changes:
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Bug Fix:

1. Mega4_xx.ham: Monitor service locks up NW6 server on some systems.
		 This has been fixed. 
2. Mega4_xx.ham: NW 5.1 installation fails some systems.
		 This has been fixed. 
3. Mega4_xx.ham: Memory corruption on device scanning will cuase the system hang and/or crash.
                 This has been fixed.
4. Megamgr:      The utility was displaying bus/device numbers in the select adapter menu.
 	         This has been fixed.
5. Megammio:     System could crash when running heavy IO in degraded mode.
                 This has been fixed.
6. Megammio:     Netware freezes if more than one drive fails from different redundant RAID sets. 
                 This has been fixed.


Enhancement:

1. Mega4_xx.ham: Support added for Verde 320-2X & 320-4X.
2. Mega4_xx.ham: Support added for 523 controllers.
3. Mega4_xx.ham: Queue freezes mechanism modified according to the NWPA specification.
4. Mega4_xx.ddi: VID and SS VID has been changed from 101E to 1000.
5. Megamgr: The utility gives the user the option to view ongoing Initialization, Check Consistency
            and Background Initialization progress now. 
6. Megamgr: Support added for SATA-6-150 cards.
7. Megamon: Utility now reports the Rebuild and initialization progress.


Restrictions:
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1. Usage of megamgr or megamon on systems with more than 2GB of memory, is possible ONLY AFTER
   the support pack 2, (Nw51sp2) for Netware 5.1 is applied, and the Server is restarted.


File Listing
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File Name           	  Size    	Date      	Time
MEGA4_XX DDI        	  15,723  	12-06-02  	10:27a 
MEGA4_XX HAM	    	  58,310  	12-20-02  	 9:31a 
MEGAMGR  NLM        	 309,830  	10-31-02 	 9:06a 
MEGAMMIO NLM        	  27,463  	12-13-02  	 4:08p 
MEGAMON  NLM         	 426,244  	12-11-02  	12:45p 
Nw700d   TXT         	   4,979  	01-09-03 	 8:11a 	   

