Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel®

RST) 17.5.2.1024 – Release

14 July 2019

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Supported Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows 10 Redstone 19H1 x64*
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 x64 Edition*

Revision History
Date Driver Revision Build Number
14 July 2019 17.5.2.1024 PV Release 1024
11 June 2019 17.5.0.1017 PV Release 1017
09 April 2019 17.5.0.1011 Beta Release 1011

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Notes:
1. Known Issue is defined as a potential Intel® RST issue that has been replicated internally by
the Intel® RST team but has not been root caused to be an Intel® RST defect.
2. The RAID OROM & UEFI version for this release is 17.5.2.4317, the driver and user interface
version is 17.5.2.1024. and Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management (HSA) driver
version 17.5.1005.0. For Intel® RST Premium features (e.g. RAID, Intel® Optane™ memory,
CPU Attached Storage), it is recommended that both the Intel® RST pre-OS and Intel® RST OS
driver components are updated. Please contact your CE for further details.
3. RST driver Injection in WinPE image: CHKDSK tool reports an error after WinPE is loaded
on the Intel® Optane™ Memory volume and 17.x RST Driver is not injected to WinRE image.
 Intel® RST driver17.0 or later is required to be injected in WinPE image.
 It is recommended not to load WinPE image if Intel® Optane™ Memory H10 is already
paired and if RST driver 17.0 or later is not loaded in WinPE image.
 For more details please refer technical advisory titled “Guidance for Injecting Intel® Rapid
Storage Technology Driver in Windows* Pre-Installation Environment (WinPE) Technical
Advisory WW29, 2019” CDI # 613907.
4. Security update [starting with RST 17.5.1.1021]: Intel® RST 17.5.1.1021 and later has
been updated to include functional and security updates. Users should update to the latest
Intel® RST version. Users should update to the latest Intel® RST version.
 Configuration Impacted: Intel® Optane Memory volume – 32 GB and higher.
5. Enabling Intel® Optane™ memory with H10 (Teton glacier) SSD recommendation
 Intel® Optane™ Memory H10 must be enabled in AC mode.
 In addition, good practice is to match the Intel® RST driver version in Windows* PE
manufacturing and the shipping image.
 For more details please refer technical advisory titled “Intel® Optane™ Memory H10
and Intel® RST Potential Black Screen or No Boot Device Detection” CDI # 612180.
6. Intel® Optane™ memory volume roaming: Intel® Optane™ memory volume when moved
from Intel® RST Premium with Intel® Optane System Acceleration (RAID Mode) to AHCI/non-
Optane mode configuration and switched back to Intel® RST Premium with Intel® Optane
System Acceleration (RAID Mode) can make the drive non-bootable.
7. RTD3: If RTD3 is enabled, Windows can turn off disk for very short time (e.g. 20ms). The
minimum off time for some disks can be much longer (even 1s). If the disk is turned on too
fast, it can hang in some undefined state. RTD3 should be disabled if the disk specification
states longer minimum off time.
8. For more information on these features, please refer to RST_OEM Tech Guide 17.x-rev.1.2.6.pdf
or later.

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Supported Hardware
Initial RST Release Version Chipset Name Platform / PCH / PCH SKU
(Segment) Details
17.x/16.x Intel® 200 Series Chipset CLX-N1 - X299
Family Comet Lake (CML-LP) PCH:
KBP-H - H310(A)
- B360
Cannon Lake (CNL)/Coffee - B365
Lake (CFL) - H370
PCH: Cannon Point- - Z390
H (CNP-H) - Q370
(DT, HEDT) - H310C
Intel® 300/240 Series Chipset CNL/CFL - C246
Family PCH: CNP-H (WS) - H310D
CNL/CFL - QM370
PCH: CNP-H - HM370
(Mobile Halo) - CM246
Intel® 8th Generation Core CNL - Premium-U
Processor Family Platform I/O PCH: CNP-LP - Base-U(A)
SATA AHCI/RAID Controller (Mobile LP)
N-1
15.8 / Intel® 200 Series Chipset Coffee Lake (CFL-S, 8+2) - Z370***
15.9 Family PCH: Kaby Point (KBP-H)
(Desktop)
15.7 Intel® 200 Series Chipset Basin Falls (w/ KBL-X) - X299
Family PCH: KBP-H (HEDT)

Intel® 8th Generation Core Kaby Lake Refresh (KBL-R) - Base-U

Processor Family Platform I/O PCH: SPT-LP - Premium-U
SATA AHCI/RAID Controller (Mobile-LP) - Premium-Y
15.5 Intel® 100/C230 Series Chipset Greenlow-Refresh (w/ KBL - C236
Family CPU)
PCH: SPT PCH-H (WS)
15.2 Intel® 200 Series Chipset KBL - Q250(O)
Family PCH: KBP-H - B250(O)
(Desktop) - Z270
- H270
- Q270
Intel® 100/C230 Series Chipset (w/ KBL CPU) - HM175
Family PCH: SPT-H - QM175
(Mobile Halo) - CM238
15.0 Intel® 7th Generation Core (w/ KBL CPU) - Base-U(A)
Processor Family Platform I/O PCH: SPT-LP - Premium-U
SATA AHCI/RAID Controller (Mobile-LP) - Premium-Y

(A) This SKU of the chipset supports AHCI mode only

(O) This SKU of the chipset supports both AHCI mode and OptaneTM non-Premium mode (non-RAID)

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Resolved Issues
Resolved Issues In 17.5.2.1024 – Release

ID Title Operating System

[BSOD] IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (a)
1807053857 NA
during file verification
Intel® Optane™ volume can't be identified
1807697044 windows.10_rs5.x64
under WinPE
Intel® Optane™ volume can't be identified
1807843569 under WinPE - HMB not disabled on driver windows.10_rs5.x64
unload.
0x139_27_INVALID_DISPATCH_CONTEXT_i
1807834015 NA
aStorAfs!EventCollector::_EventCollector
Remapport fixing AlignmentMask for
1807747826 NA
software remapped devices.
Sporadic 0xA0 bugcheck when entering S4
1807715549 NA
and S5-Fast startup
Intel® RST GUI will show error if install
1807362826 Optane™ on PEG x16 slot with Intel® RST windows.10_rs3.x64
remapping disable

Resolved Issues In 17.5.0.1017 – Release

ID Title Operating System

The system will show "No Operating
1807588985 windows.10_rs5.x64
System" on first power on.
0xA0 bugcheck when entering S4 and S5-
1807580778 windows.10_rs5.x64
Fast startup
Mark as Spare option for Teton Glacier is
1806504889 windows.10_rs5.x64
Active in RST UI
ISDI2.dll crash and TestSuiteCli.exe crash
1807510991
after disabling Intel® Optane™ Memory
1306396396 Unknown controller in Intel® RST GUI windows.10_rs5.x64
1807509318 Secure Erase Format returns error 1117
DVDRAM GUE0N lost when run S3(F/R:
1806236632 windows.10_rs4.x64
1/9unit; 200/3600cycles)
Error code 0xA008000F when trying to
1806943522 disable Intel® Optane™ Memory with
SMART on fast drive

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 [Teton Glacier]: SMART Critical Warnings
1407537680 require system reboot to flag in Intel® RST windows.10_rs5.x64
Driver
Intel® RST GUI will show error if install
1807362826 Optane™ on PEG x16 slot with Intel® RST windows.10_rs3.x64
remapping disable
[BSOD]
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1) |
1806122047 MODULE_NAME: hiber_iaStorAC | windows.10_rs4.x64
16.5.0.1022 | Second NVME added while
system in hybrid S3 or S4
Warning message about SMART event
1806943509 overlap other UI elements and "Open Event
Viewer" button does not work
Windows cannot boot when CPUa disk is
1807356618
present in system
RAID 10 Reporting Wrong RAID Level under
1806853630 windows.10_rs5.x64
Device Manager.

Resolved Issues In 17.5.0.1011 – Beta Release

ID Title Operating System

1807263061 Add support for new CFL-S 82 R0 CPU N/A
Link Power Management default is disabled
1806593734 in Performance tab of "Intel® Optane™ windows.10_rs5.x64
Memory and Storage Management" UI
[RstMwService] RstMwService is not
1306030452 removed or turned off on Intel® RST N/A
uninstall/downgrade
[HSA] HDD/RAID cannot show the correct
2206428050 size in Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage windows.10_rs5.x64
Management UI with the HDD/RAID>1TB
[HSA] Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage
2206429373 Management APP will crash when click windows.10_rs5.x64
'change type' in Raid0/1 manage UI
[HSA] Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage
2206513115 windows.10_rs5.x64
Management UI can't full screen normally.
[HSA] Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage
Management App can't launch when
2206782224 windows.10_rs5.x64
RAID0/1/10/5/RRT all disabled with
Pentium and Celeron CPU

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 [HSA] Message "Enabling Intel® Optane™
Memory" always show when do dirty
2206585530 windows.10_rs5.x64
shutdown during Intel® Optane™ Memory
enable process

Known Issues
Known Issues In 17.5.2.1024 – Release
ID Title Operating System
1808033523 CHKDSK reports an error after WinPE is windows.10_rs5.x64
loaded on paired Teton Glacier and 17.x
RST driver version is not injected in WinPE
image
1807885745 In WinPE and 19H1 OS, after drvload TG windows.19h1.x64
could not be detected with RST
v17.5.0.1017 - Optane is not visible.
In WinPE and 19H1 OS, after drvload TG windows.19h1.x64
1807885740 could not be detected with RST
v17.5.0.1017 - Slaves are not detected.
1807969793 BSOD 0x9F Blackscreen without backlight windows.19h1.x64
when run S3 loop stress (1s shutdown)
1806549091 In Winpe to drvload F6 Driver with TG will windows.10_rs5.x64
happen BSOD when "Legacy Support"
option is Disable
1807642041 [BSOD] DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE windows.19h1.x64
(9f) bugcheck occurs intermittently with
S3/S4 power cycles
1807624730 [Optane] Smart event on fast drive not windows.19h1.x64
reported correctly in CLI/Optane UI
1807673668 Wrong Neptune Harbor Disk Serial is windows.19h1.x64
printed in rstcli.exe
1807630575 Brazil OS_Intel_RST_Storage install page windows.19h1.x64
translated wrong.
1806854820 [TG] [DDA] Optane volume status reported windows.10_rs5.x64
offline after disable DDA in PreOS
Workaround: run DiskPart to put drive
back to online state.
1807290841 BSOD 0x133 seen with pass thru SSD windows.10_rs5.x64
intermittently
1807075716 Intel® RST UEFI driver reports garbage windows.10_rs3.x64
names of some ODD

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 1805815700 Sporadically restart option not showing, windows.10_rs3.x64
After enabling/disabling Intel® Optane™
with one touch
1604306111 Unexpected_Kernel_Mode_Trap BSOD is windows.10_rs1.x64
observed during Shrink of Disk Partition
(C:) drive after enable Optane before
Restart the SUT

Terminology

Common Terms Definition

and Acronyms

AEN Asynchronous Event Notification

AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface

ATA Advanced Technology Attachment

ATAPI Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface

BIOS Basic Input / Output System

BUS PROTOCOL A bus protocol group represents a set of bus protocols with similar
GROUP performance characteristics. Bus Protocol Groups are listed here in
descending order of speed:
1- PCIe*
2- SATA

Chipset A term used to define a collection of The PNHCI components required to

make a PC function.

CSMI OEM Common Storage Management Interface for reporting RAID

configurations and SMP, SSP, STP pass through.

DEVSLP Serial ATA Device Sleep

DMA Direct Memory Access

DOS Disk Operating System

DIPM Device Initiated Power Management

Disk’s Write A memory device within a hard drive, which is allocated for the temporary
Cache storage of data before that data is copied to its permanent storage
location.

GB Giga-byte = 10243bytes

HDD Hard Disk Drive

HIPM Host Initiated Power Management

Hot Plug A term used to describe the removal or insertion of a SATA disk while the
system is powered on.

HSA Hardware Supported App

ICH Input / Output Controller Hub

InstantGo* Microsoft Windows* 8.1 connected standby low-power state that features
extremely low power consumption while maintaining Internet
connectivity.

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 KB Kilo-byte = 1024bytes

LPM Link Power Management

M.2 Specification for internally mounted computer expansion cards and

associated connectors. It replaces the mSATA standard. Formerly known
as the Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF)

MB Mega-bytes = 10242bytes

MEMORY GROUP A memory group represents a set of backend storage media types with
similar performance characteristics. Memory Groups are listed here in
ascending order of speed:
1- Spindle Device (HDD)
2- NAND Spindle Hybrid Device
3- PCH SATA NAND Device (SSD)
4- PCIe* NAND Device (SSD)
5- PCIe* NAND Device (SXP)
mSATA Computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage
devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives. Uses PCI Express Mini
Card-like connector that is electrically SATA.

NAI Notification Area Icon

NTFS NT File System

NVC Non-Volatile Cache

NVMe* Non-Volatile Memory Express: Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller

Interface Specification (NVMHCI), is a specification for accessing solid-
state drives (SSDs) attached through the PCI Express (PCIe*) bus

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

ODD Optical Disk Drive

OROM Option ROM

OS Operating System

PCH Platform Controller Hub

PCIe* PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express): is a high-

speed serial computer expansion bus standard

Port The point at which a SATA drive physically connects to the SATA
controller.

PRD Product Requirements Document

PUIS Power Up In Standby - Drive feature that allows a spindle device to be

powered up in standby mode without spinning the disk up.

RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks

Matrix RAID: A configuration supporting two RAID levels by having two
volumes in a single RAID array that use Intel® RST

RTD3 Runtime D3

RS2 Redstone2

SATA Serial ATA

SIPM Software Initiated Power Management

S.M.A.R.T. Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology: an open standard for

developing hard drives and software systems that automatically monitors
a hard drive’s health and reports potential problems.

SED Self-Encrypting Drive

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 SRT Intel® Smart Response Technology. Intel® RST’s premium feature to use
caching technology that enables caching of a device or volume using a
faster device

SSD Solid State Drive – non volatile memory used as storage media

SSHD Solid-State Hybrid Drive

TB Tera-byte = 10244bytes

UEFI UEFI pre-OS driver

UI User Interface

VC Validation Candidate

ZPODD Zero Power Optical Disk Drive

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