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Package for P16 Firmware BIOS Upgrade on MSDOS & Windows
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LSI Host Bus Adapter(HBA) - LSI SAS 9211_8i

Package Contents- 

Readme first note      :  README_9211_8i_Package_P16_IR_IT_Firmware_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows.txt 

Installer(SAS2FLSH)    :  \sas2flash_dos_rel\sas2flsh                   Version no: 16.00.00.00     Release date: 01-MAR-13
Installer(SAS2FLASH)   :  \sas2flash_win_x86_rel\sas2flash              Version no: 16.00.00.00     Release date: 01-MAR-13 
Installer(SAS2FLASH)   :  \sas2flash_win_x64_rel\sas2flash              Version no: 16.00.00.00     Release date: 01-MAR-13 
Installer(SAS2FLASH)   :  \sas2flash_win_ia64_rel\sas2flash             Version no: 16.00.00.00     Release date: 01-MAR-13

Reference Guide        :  SAS2Flash_ReferenceGuide.pdf                  Version no: 2.1             Release date: JUNE-11

Firmware               :  \firmware\HBA_9211_8i_IT\2118it.bin           Version no: 16.00.00.00     Release date: 27-FEB-13
Firmware               :  \firmware\HBA_9211_8i_IR\2118ir.bin           Version no: 16.00.00.00     Release date: 27-FEB-13

BIOS                   :  \sasbios_rel\mptsas2.rom                      Version no: 7.31.00.00      Release date: 28-FEB-13
Readme for BIOS        :  \sasbios_rel\mptbios.txt                      Version no: NA              Release date: NA
 
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An issue has been identified with the IR firwmare v16.00.00.00


Integrated RAID (IR) configuration can show an HDD as offline under UEFI during OS installation, causing the installation to fail

Required Configuration:

Phase 16 IR Firmware

Volume over 2TB under any OS but only with UEFI


Due to the possibility of this issue being experienced in the field, LSI recommends customers with the aforementioned configuration update their IR firmware at the earliest opportunity to Phase 17


More details are outlined in the release notes.
