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LSI Logic MegaRAID Linux SMI-S Provider

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Release date: 09/23/13

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Supported Controllers:
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MegaRAID SAS 9270-8i
MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i
MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i
MegaRAID SAS 9271-8iCC
MegaRAID SAS 9286-8e
MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8e
MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC
MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i
MegaRAID SAS 9285-8e
MegaRAID SAS 9285CV-8e
MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i
MegaRAID SAS 9266-8i
MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i
MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i
MegaRAID SAS 9260-4i
MegaRAID SAS 9260CV-4i
MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i
MegaRAID SAS 9260CV-8i
MegaRAID SAS 9260DE-8i
MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i
MegaRAID SAS 9280-4i4e
MegaRAID SAS 9280-8e
MegaRAID SAS 9280DE-8e
MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e
MegaRAID SAS 9280-16i4e
MegaRAID SAS 9260-16i


Component:
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SAS MegaRAID Linux SMI-S Provider
Release date: 09/23/13


Version Numbers:
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Current Version: 00.39.00.03
Previous Version: 00.38.00.03

Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
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SCGCQ00378956 - (Closed) - SMI - SoftwareIdentity:FirmwarePackageIdentity does not show correct version
SCGCQ00381584 - (Closed) - SMI-S Provider crashes when sfcbd-watchdog service is stopped
SCGCQ00385156 - (Closed) - Messages INTERNAL StoragePoolProvider::populateNonKeyAttributes fill log in VMware 5.0U2 with 2208 and 2004
SCGCQ00392009 - (Closed) - Fix for compilation error after merge
SCGCQ00397456 - (Closed) - Creation of VD in a hole
SCGCQ00397805 - (Closed) - Provider allows creation of storagepool by mixing SAS and SATA drives
SCGCQ00400170 - (Closed) - SMI:Provider allows creation of storagepool with PI enabled drives even when PIType is disabled
SCGCQ00403029 - (Closed) - SMI : Installation of provider on Win2K3 R2 sp2 (32-bit) throws error code 14001
SCGCQ00420109 - (Resolved) - Querying for lsiesg_isspare returns null even when there is a Global Hot Spare.
SCGCQ00395208 - (Closed) - CIMSUB utility does not work due to indicationfilters from LSI
SCGCQ00403704 - (Closed) - Added support for online drive which supports CommissionedHotSpare.
SCGCQ00408220 - (Closed) - Error while execution of class clearbadblocks .
SCGCQ00310163 - (Closed) - Updated Storelib to 3.83
SCGCQ00374474 - (Closed) - Creation of R50 and R60 with 8 drives is unsuccessful
SCGCQ00391302 - (Closed) - AlertingManagedElement is populated with CIMObjectPath.
SCGCQ00397311 - (Closed) - Enum type cast not needed for class InitiatorTargetControllerProvider and IntegratedRAIDControllerProvider
SCGCQ00407831 - (Closed) - PackEnergy value of zero for iBBU
SCGCQ00363320 - (Closed) - The getinstance of lsiesg_ldinitializationMethodResult throws exception in vmware.
SCGCQ00395635 - (Closed) - Attribute 'ElementNameMask' missing from instance of 'cli gi lsiesg_batterycapabilities'.
SCGCQ00403734 - (Closed) - Instance of the job BadBlockScanJob are not created when patrol read is started by MegaCli.
SCGCQ00406967 - (Closed) - Fails to create Virtual drive on 4K drives .
SCGCQ00408247 - (Closed) - Creation of Large configuration via SMI-S Provider
SCGCQ00416013 - (Closed) - Synchronization issue with event handling mechanism in provider
SCGCQ00421632 - (Closed) - Provides Tags validation tests fails with error "Registered Profile Not Found for cim.DMTF.DSP1028 = 1.0.0"
SCGCQ00421650 - (Closed) - LSIESG_MegaRAIDHBAAdvanceSoftware 21 properties defined in MOF, but 22 are populated
SCGCQ00379005 - (Closed) - code analysis tool defects in smis-provider 5.6
SCGCQ00399399 - (Closed) - Global Hot spare is displayed as Local Redundancy set
SCGCQ00400341 - (Closed) - SMIS Provider crashes with Foreign Drive present .
SCGCQ00390356 - (Closed) - LSI messages spam syslog in ESX 5.1 with M5015 and M1015
SCGCQ00391300 - (Closed) - Internal relationships in interop model not implemented.
SCGCQ00393018 - (Closed) - code analysis tool found defects in smis-provider 5.6
SCGCQ00402553 - (Closed) - Windows Thread syncronization modified for events updating provider cache.
SCGCQ00408287 - (Closed) - BackgroundInitializationJob's percentage show incorrect value when job is in running state
SCGCQ00407830 - (Closed) - SMI:Field version under 'cli gi lsiesg_diskdriveproduct' for SSD drives is shown wrong
SCGCQ00395658 - (Closed) - Performance Improvement: IR\IT Filteration can be improved
SCGCQ00402589 - (Closed) - One instance per BackPlane would be delivered.
SCGCQ00335359 - (Closed) - Wrong CIM Provider error code returned for Invalid Namespace from Customized ESXi 5.0
SCGCQ00391996 - (Closed) - SMIS Provider Support for 2308 / 3004 / 3008 IR/IT controllers
SCGCQ00369608 - (Closed) - Rebuild time reset
SCGCQ00341757 - (Closed) - CSA 1.5 changes for SMI-S Provider
SCGCQ00356418 - (Closed) - CSA 1.5 changes for SMI-S Provider - Post MR API changes
SCGCQ00378296 - (Port_Complete) - Generation of getBBUCapacityInfo related errors for FBU capacitor.
SCGCQ00385981 - (Port_Complete) - Changing makefile.unix of SBMA_Linux_Installer to remove the executable permissions of Storelib binaries
SCGCQ00386117 - (Port_Complete) - UEFIDriverIdentity is not part of association result between cim_softwareIdentity and managedElement.
SCGCQ00403282 - (Active) - Instance of the job 'PdSecureEraseJob' not getting populated under 'cli gi cim_job'.
SCGCQ00435017 - (Port_Complete) - Segmentation fault while querying for niall
SCGCQ00386003 - (Port_Complete) - implemented semaphore using pthread
SCGCQ00403011 - (Port_Complete) - CIMPAT - cli CIMException when query for storagevolumeoperationalcapabilities and ControllerBiosIdentity
SCGCQ00412879 - (Port_Complete) - Implementation of assoication between SMI-S Registered profile of Interop namespace and all instances of Registered Profile.
SCGCQ00386116 - (Port_Complete) - Update Mof file to match implementation
SCGCQ00391223 - (Port_Complete) - Values missing from the instances of provider as per the requirement (SCGCQ00295750)
SCGCQ00394000 - (Port_Complete) - CIMPAT : HHRC - Instance::CIM_SoftwareIdentity test failed
SCGCQ00403038 - (Port_Complete) - CIMPAT Execution on VMware ESXi5.0
SCGCQ00378680 - (Port_Complete) - Termination of checkconsistencyjob fails in SMIS.
SCGCQ00394003 - (Port_Complete) - Schema_Property_Validation test failed
SCGCQ00407319 - (Port_Complete) - Value of LSIESG_StorageRedundancySet.OtherInstanceId becomes invalid value.
SCGCQ00422487 - (Port_Complete) - Platform Agent sends LSI events in local time, but get logged without correct timezone offset
SCGCQ00423911 - (Port_Complete) - Property "TimeLeft" is being displayed in UTC format.
SCGCQ00398468 - (Port_Complete) - FW generated different event when move group. So lsi message need to update the config file


Installation:
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Please refer to the ReadMe.txt file in the zip file.




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Previous Releases
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Component:
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SAS MegaRAID Linux SMI-S Provider
Release date: 05/30/13


Version Numbers:
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Current Version: 00.38.00.03
Previous Version: 00.37.00.03

Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
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SCGCQ00357145 - (Closed) - After delete volume CopyBackJob status does not change
SCGCQ00360643 - (Closed) - Properties identityInfoType and identityInfoValues are present for lsiesg_softwareidentity which are not relevant.
SCGCQ00363945 - (Closed) - code analysis tool defects found in smis-provider
SCGCQ00369836 - (Closed) - Values other than the ones defined for 'setdefaultcachepolicy' under the 'method lsiesg_storagevolume' are taken as inputs.
SCGCQ00359340 - (Closed) - property identityinfotype is missing for ESMFirmwareidentity,BackplaneKernelFirmwareIdentity & BackplaneAppFirmwareIdentity.
SCGCQ00365157 - (Closed) - PI support for IR2 Controller in provider
SCGCQ00369118 - (Closed) - Values missing from the instances of provider as per the requirement (SCGCQ00295750)
SCGCQ00373591 - (Closed) - code analysis tool defects found in smis-provider
SCGCQ00360638 - (Closed) - Enumeration of LSIESG_DriveFirmwareIdentity fails.
SCGCQ00364849 - (Closed) - Progress of the job not shown under the instance "lsiesg_badblockscanjob".
SCGCQ00367690 - (Closed) - FIXED: LSIESG_TapeDrive instance was missing.
SCGCQ00377445 - (Closed) - Value of LSIESG_StorageRedundancySet.OtherInstanceId becomes invalid value.
SCGCQ00360462 - (Closed) - SMIS - CacheCade VD creation returns 4
SCGCQ00369359 - (Closed) - CreateOrmodifyStoragePool throwing exception during pool creation.
SCGCQ00369908 - (Closed) - The enumerateinstance of cim_managedelement for namespace root/lsi_mr_1_3_0 is failing.
SCGCQ00362390 - (Closed) - GetAvailableExtents() and GetSupportedSizes() fails with a return code of 5
SCGCQ00376653 - (Closed) - Checkin storelib IR 2 phase 16 library.
SCGCQ00333219 - (Closed) - Support for the changing variables namely enableSpinDownUG, disableSpinDownHS or spinDownTime.
SCGCQ00342415 - (Closed) - new attributes aadded to physical card softwareidentity inititator target chip and integrated raid chip provider
SCGCQ00333205 - (Closed) - changed provider to display status of non HDD devices
SCGCQ00371861 - (Port_Complete) - source code changes
SCGCQ00377139 - (Port_Complete) - Creation of R50 and R60 with 8 drives is unsuccessful
SCGCQ00354505 - (Port_Complete) - CIM_StorageCapabilities.CreateSetting DOES NOT return expected value
SCGCQ00371984 - (Port_Complete) - xmlparser file fclose called twice and this causes blocks in vmware
SCGCQ00353624 - (Port_Complete) - Health state of a DEGRADED VD is shown as "15" instead of "10".
SCGCQ00359694 - (Port_Complete) - Error in stripe length for raid50 and raid60. - (SCGCQ00351192)

Installation:
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Please refer to the ReadMe.txt file in the zip file.




Component:
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SAS MegaRAID Linux SMI-S Provider
Release date: 03/02/13


Version Numbers:
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Current Version: 00.37.00.03
Previous Version: 00.34.00.01

Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
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SCGCQ00343835 - (Closed) - SMI Hang while performing few tests on SMI-S Provider
SCGCQ00322453 - (Closed) - AssignSpares() returns incorrect value after LD degraded.
SCGCQ00310847 - (Closed) - fixed: provider was not delivering alert indication
SCGCQ00334053 - (Closed) - Resolving compilation error after merging
SCGCQ00337037 - (Closed) - Porting:SCGCQ00326435
SCGCQ00317044 - (Closed) - fixed: diskdrive.status updates as expected
SCGCQ00313378 - (Closed) - Need terminology changes for the term "Cachecade", needs to be shown as "Nytro Caching" in SMIS
SCGCQ00319875 - (Closed) - Selecting caching RAID 1 option creates Nytro cache RAID 0 VD in SMIS using CIMPTT tool
SCGCQ00343082 - (Closed) - Creation of Drive7 Raid5 in provider.
SCGCQ00322454 - (Closed) - fixed: provider crash coredump while sfcb is stopped
SCGCQ00317124 - (Closed) - Fixed: remove and insert CacheCade member PD, the value of LSIESG_DiskExtent.StorageRedundancy gets updated
SCGCQ00337014 - (Closed) - possible Seg fault in CC LD Creation
SCGCQ00336965 - (Closed) - preparing for CIMPAT certification
SCGCQ00319385 - (Closed) - Fixed: broken values when ld is deleted and recreated
SCGCQ00318644 - (Closed) - True Online Firmware Update
SCGCQ00322295 - (Closed) - 4k sector support
SCGCQ00324233 - (Closed) - SMIS support for - RRB 44 - CacheCade SSD Qualifier (ASD)
SCGCQ00322780 - (Closed) - MPT2 Provider to enable version identification for both BIOS and BSD instances
SCGCQ00318505 - (Closed) - Adding controller support to SMI-S provider
SCGCQ00327107 - (Port_Complete) - enumerate lsiesg_ATAPROTOCOLENDPOINT instances


Installation:
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Please refer to the ReadMe.txt file in the zip file.




Component:
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SAS MegaRAID Linux SMI-S Provider
Release date: 12/28/12


Version Numbers:
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Current Version: 00.34.00.01
Previous Version: 00.32.00.01

Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
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SCGCQ00310847 (DFCT) - fixed: provider was not delivering alert indication
SCGCQ00322453 (DFCT) - AssignSpares() returns incorrect value after LD degraded.
SCGCQ00342494 (DFCT) - Handled null in inquiry page of SSD drives
SCGCQ00343082 (DFCT) - Creation of Drive7 Raid5 in provider.
SCGCQ00343835 (DFCT) - SMI Hang while performing few tests on SMI-S Provider
SCGCQ00348519 (DFCT) - Incorrect Strip size shown for VD in SMIS(VD with 8kb strip size is shown as 63.99 kb in SMIS).
SCGCQ00344138 (DFCT) - Updation of directory structure


Installation:
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Please refer to the ReadMe.txt file in the zip file.






Component:
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SAS MegaRAID Linux SMI-S Provider
Release date: 10/08/12


Version Numbers:
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Current Version: 00.32.00.01
Previous Version: 00.30.00.05

Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
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LSIP200156288: (SMISDF_0011)SMI-S Provider : StartingAddress and EndingAddress are not implemented in LSIESG_BasedOn.
LSIP200232633: Defer LSIP200232415) Exception thrown when trying to reconstruct
LSIP200233138: Including Header file typeinfo
LSIP200233145: it should be possible to create subscriptions and listen for inidications from the interop namespace in a denali setup.
LSIP200233206: Command 'cli gi cim_job' shows multiple instances for Reconstruction job.
LSIP200233307: DF:LSIP200233126Checkin the renaming the LUN change in MR5.4
LSIP200233311: Instances of Rebuild operation not shown under the command 'cli gi cim_job'
LSIP200233409: SMI - different job instance shows different operational status.
LSIP200245891: Cim Exception shown while installing provider.
LSIP200246010: vib crashes after 12 hours
LSIP200246011: sles 11 64 bit rpm found in release directory.
LSIP200246020: Porting Cimpat changes.


Installation:
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Please refer to the ReadMe.txt file in the zip file.




Component:
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SAS MegaRAID Linux SMI-S Provider
Release date: 06/18/12


Version Numbers:
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Current Version: 00.30.00.05


Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
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Initial SMIS provider posting for Linux


Installation:
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Please refer to the ReadMe.txt file in the zip file.