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No "Accelerate" button under RST

webadmin@intel.com — Sun, 29 May 2011 20:02:43 GMT

Have the latest 10.5.0.1027 installed in Windows 7 64-bit. Check all the drivers via the Intel check driver utility. I can see the SSD I want to use to accelerate but there is no Accelerate buttoin available in the IRST app. Suggestions?

RAID size

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:36:23 GMT

Hi,

I'm working on a script that should automatically provision servers. Server I'm working on are Supermicro X9DRW that have HDDs connected to the onboard RAID controller. One of the function of my script is to create RAID1 volume for the OS install. Creation is working fine, but I have noticed that volume created by my script is utilizing the whole space on the HDD, while volume created by the RSTe firmware is always 5% smaller than the size of the physical drives. Tried this with drives of different sizes and in each case 5% was not used.

Is there any particular reason why the 5% of the drive is "reserved"? I've checked the "Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise for Linux OS" document, and could not find any answer to my question. Moreover, commands specified in section 5 "Volume creation" create volume that is utilizing the whole drive.

Anyone seen that before?

Regards,

Paul

Raid1 "Error Occurred(0)" on Good Drive After Replacing SMART Event Drive

webadmin@intel.com — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:17:42 GMT

Hello,

I have an Intel RAID1 setup in a Gateway FX530 computer.

I have been experiencing Blue Screens recently and was led to the conclusion that the problem could be with one of the drives. I restarted the system and entered the RAID configuration menu. One of the drives was indicated as having a SMART Event(0).

After some searching online, I thought it would probably be best to replace the drive which was indicated as having the SMART event.

After replacing the drive and restarting the system, I initiated the rebuild process from the RAID setup menu.

Long story short... there have been several additional Blue Screen shutdowns. (None with the iastor message.)

Looking at the RAID configuration menu, the drive which was part of the original RAID1 setup is indicated as "Error Occurred(0)" in the setup menu, with the RAID status as "Degraded".

I'm interested in knowing if this is common. Do I now need to replace the second original drive? (The new drive was a Seagate that was similar to the one removed. It was the same type of drive (SATA), and the size was the same (931.5GB); but it was a different height (thinner). I asked at BestBuy when I purchased it and was told that as long as it is SATA and the same size I should be good.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Jeff

Cannot create raid volume

webadmin@intel.com — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:06:02 GMT

I have upgraded to version 11.5.0.1207 and now I cannot seem to create my raid 5 on my 4 1.8tb drives. I was able to create my raid 0 for my two SSD boot drives but now it keeps telling me I have reached my maximum number of volumes even though it shows the four drives as non raid drives. I did have them configured before this last install but now I just cant get them to work.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Denton

Intel RST driver 12.6.0.1033 not saving cache mode

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:23:34 GMT

I've tested this with version 12.5.0.1066 and the latest 12.6.0.1033 for windows 8, the system has the express chipset

when I restart my system, the RAID array performance settings are reverting back to a default mode with:

- write-cache buffer flushing: enabled

- cache mode: none

when I have set the system for:

- write-cache buffer flushing: disabled

- cache mode: write back

after rebooting the system defaults (as noted above), I have to open the RST application, disabled flushing and re-enabled the cache mode... otherwise performance is terrible...

is there a workaround to this, or something in the registry that needs to be cleared or modified?

thanks!

RST service won't start on Windows 8 when using a Storage Space

webadmin@intel.com — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:34:04 GMT

Hi,

AFter I create a storage space in windows 8 the intel rst service no longer starts/opens.

REinstalling, doesn't fix it. If I delete the storage space then reinstall rst it works again.

anyone know anything about this?

Rapid Storage Technology drivers for Windows server 2012

webadmin@intel.com — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:35:07 GMT

Hello, when will Rapid Storage Technology (RST) drivers be available for Windows Server 2012?

Chipsets with VTd I/O support

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:23:05 GMT

Hi,

Do other chipsets than Q77 support VT-d I/O?

Officially, e.g. Z77 does not support VT-d I/O, see:

ARK | Intel® Z77 Express Chipset (Intel® BD82Z77 PCH)

However, I found this list of motherboards that support Intel VT with Directed I/O

Desktop Boards — Compatibility with Intel� Virtualization Technology (Intel� VT)

Mikka

IRST frequent BSOD on Windows 7

webadmin@intel.com — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:25:15 GMT

Recently upgraded my machine to the following specs:

Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H Motherboard (Rev 1.0)
Intel i7-4770k CPU
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4x4GB DDR3, PC3-12800
Two Western Digital 1TB SATA drives
Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit

I set the two hard drives up as a RAID 1 in the BIOS using the on-board Intel hardware RAID controller. It's caused me nothing but a slew of blue screen errors that run the gamut:

MAXIMUM_WAIT_OBJECTS_EXCEEDED - 0x0000000c
BAD_POOL_CALLER - 0x000000c2
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - 0x0000000A
ATTEMPTED_EXECUTE_OF_NOEXECUTE_MEMORY - 0x000000FC

I've been dealing with this for 3 days now and have followed all of the standard troubleshooting techniques. All system drivers are updated and running the latest versions. Intel Rapid Storage Technology is at v12.5.0.1066. BIOS is at v5. I removed all the old, unused system drivers, display drivers, storage drivers, etc. Although I had been using these RAM chips in another machine with no problems, I still ran MemTest86+ and encountered no errors. I ran Windows Verifier on all active drivers.

Running WinDbg on my latest MEMORY.DMP file yields the following results:

STACK_COMMAND: kb

FOLLOWUP_IP:

iaStorA+1b508

fffff880`0142b508 4883c420 add rsp,20h

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: d

SYMBOL_NAME: iaStorA+1b508

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

IMAGE_NAME: iaStorA.sys

BUCKET_ID: WRONG_SYMBOLS

All signs are pointing to this being a problem with the Intel RST drivers. Any help would be appreciated.

Intel RST reports Raid-0 array as failed, files fully accessible

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:46:47 GMT

A computer running Win7_64bit off a partition on a 2-drive-RAID-0 array built with Intel Rapid Storage Technology BSODed during video playback. Everything had worked fine for approximately 6 months. On first two restarts, RAID driver did not detect any hard drives connected to the system. On next restart RAID driver detected both hard drives and recognized an array. Windows booted but BSODed again upon opening Firefox and attempting to restore lost tabs. On next and several subsequent restarts RAID driver detects both hard drives but recognizes only one as a member of an array, and labeles the other 'ERROR OCCURED (0)'. Windows boots but Intel RST reports array failed and the 2nd drive inaccessible. However files fully accessible and computer seems to have full functionality.

Before examing the issue further, I connected an identical pair of drives, used Intel RST to construct a RAID-0 array, then cloned the old volume to it using a bootable Acronis Disk Director cd. Clone completed without errors. With the old pair of drives disconnected, RAID driver detects the new pair fine, Windows boots and Intel RST reports no errors. Computer seems fully functional.

So what kind of an error can cause a drive to simultaneously be accessible and inaccessible, cause BSODs but have no problem reading its whole 1 TB worth of contents, be alternatingly detectable and not detectable, and even affect whether another drive in the system is detected?