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Release Definitionsfor SDMS 4.7 CD-ROMSoftware

LSI Logic distributes an SDMS Software Device Drivers and Utilities CD-ROM that contains SDMS device drivers and utilities for specificoperating systems. This software release represents the SDMS 4.7 CD-ROM version and contains updated software since the SDMS 4.6version. This document represents the SCSI release definitions andprovides details concerning the updated SDMS device drivers andutilities.

The release definitions list the new enhancements, which include thenewest features and corrections to previously know problems fromsubsequent releases. Additionally, this document updates you aboutexisting problems and workaround solutions as well as specific releaserestrictions. Note that not all the device drivers or utilities have hadsoftware updates since the previous SDMS 4.6 release.

The PCI Boot ROM is documented first and followed by the Flash Utility.Then, the device drivers are listed and grouped according to their specificoperating system. Utility tools and services that are operating systemspecific are listed within their appropriate sections.

For ease of reading, this information is presented in tables. One set oftables lists the name, version number, new features, and restrictionsbeing lifted. The other set of tables lists the name, version number,release restrictions, and workaround solutions to certain problems. Anydrivers or utilities that have not been updated will have “No Updates”listed in the new features or restrictions lifted columns. However, thesesame drivers and utilities will still contain their release restrictions andworkaround solutions as it reflects the software version currentlyreleased and distributed on the SDMS 4.7 CD-ROM.

December 2000 1 of 32Release 4.7

Table 1 Release Definitions: New Features/Restrictions Lifted

SDMS Software/Version Number New Features

Problems Corrected/Restrictions Lifted

PCI BootRom4.18.00

Support for Post MemoryManagement

Support for more LSI53C1010 hostadapter versions

Extended backward compatibility forEDD, Enhanced Disk Drive 3.0 speci-fication packets size.

Changed method of handling INT13and INT40 chaining to improvecompatibility with new generation ofsystem BIOS

Changed banner display for Ultra160devices

Ability to locate free memory whenPost Memory Management is notsupported

Added a Configuration Utilityselection via Global Settings to work-around the system BIOS that improp-erly handles INT40. In most cases,you will want the default hook on Inter-rupt 40h, but some PCs will hangwhen INT40 is hooked, so an alterna-tive setting is now provided.

Gave NVS a higher priority for globalsettings than NVM so that settingswould be more persistent.

Prior versions of this software may notwork with the newest versions of theAMI system BIOS due to interruptchanining methods that conflict. Thisversion of the BIOS is "aware" of itschaining environment and handles theinterrupt chain properly.

While less convenient than the key-pad "+" and "-", some users prefer touse the keys on the top row of themain keyboard area. For their conve-nience, support for the "+" and "-"keys on the top row was added.

Ultra160 devices that support differentsynchronous offsets when operated atless than Ultra160 do not always

report the correct offset for the nego-tiated speed. Checks were added toensure the negotiations result in aworking offset and speed.

The BIOS now forces integritybetween the Termination Control set-tings as follows: if MFG Data indicatesthat termination is controllable, thenthe NVM default will be auto/on; oth-erwise, the default is off.

The Configuration Utility now allowsconfiguration of adapters in the bootorder which have been disabled forthe current boot.

The Configuration Utility no longerallows narrow/Ultra160 as a selection.Ulta160 is possible only on a widebus.

2 of 32 Release Definitions for SDMS 4.7 CD-ROM SoftwareDecember 2000 - Release 4.7Copyright © 2000 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.

PCI Flash Utility1.13.00

Added support for the following flashparts:-Winbond W29C020-Atmel AT29C020-AMD 29LV010B-MXIC MX29F001T/P, MX29F002T,MX28F2000P

-NexFlash NX29F010

Supports the LSI53C1010 chip (66MHz)

The menu display allows flashing upto 8 boards at a time.

Correct image sizes are now reportedwhen backing up multiple images.

ASPI8XX.SYS4.10.00

Support for the LSI53C1010 chip forboth 33 MHz and 66 MHz

None

SYMCD.SYS4.06.00

No Updates No Updates

SYMDISK.SYS4.04.00


ASPI Format Utility4.01.00


SYMDIAG (VerifyUtility)4.02.00


SYM53C8XX InstallUtility4.05.00


SYM5C8XX Config-uration Utility4.02.00


Mass Storage DMIBrowser-LSIDMI2.05.00


Table 1 Release Definitions: New Features/Restrictions Lifted (Cont.)



Release Definitions for SDMS 4.7 CD-ROM Software 3 of 32December 2000 - Release 4.7Copyright © 2000 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows NT FLINTSYMC8XX.SYS4.15.00

Added Domain Valdation Support bothat a driver initialization and through auser application.

Added Nextreme RAID softwaresupport

Added support for 16-byte SCSICDBs. Window NT will never issue a16-byte CDB, but some applicationsuse a 16-byte vendor-unique CDB inSCSI pass-through commands.

Processing of the SCSI Wide Residuebyte results now in transferring thecorrect data to the application.

In detecting NVS storage, the searchboundaries for the LSI Logic optionROM have been changed to 512 byteboundaries.

The Windows NT Flint driver nowchecks to ensure that the bus masterenable bit in the PCI Command regis-ter is set.

Processing of a SCSI Restore Point-ers message results now in passingthe correct data to an application.

Windows NT SYM-HINT SYM_HI.SYS4.15.00

Added Domain Valdation Support bothat a driver initialization and through auser application.




The Windows NT SYMHINT drivernow checks to ensure that the busmaster enable bit in the PCI Com-mand register is set.






Windows NTSYM_U3.SYS5.05.00

Renamed driver from LSI_U3 toSYM_U3

Added support for the LSI53C1010 66MHz chip and LSI53C1000 chip alongwith the associated host adapterboards


Added Zero-channel RAID support


Implemented additional error loggingat the miniport driver level for SCSIparity errors, SCSI gross errors, andillegal instruction interrupts.

Changed NVS detection code tosearch on 512 byte blocks instead of2K blocks

The true length of data transferredbefore the check condition status isnow returned correctly to the operat-ing system.

A check for context validity on anunexpected disconnect now occurs.

The Windows NT SYM_U3 driver nowchecks to ensure that the bus masterenable bit in the PCI Command regis-ter is set.

Domain Validation and SCSI negotia-tion code support SCSI-1 devices andSCSI bus expanders better.

Corrected an error condition in thecommon software code.


A resync of a mirrored partition nolonger causes excessive BUSYreturns during operating system boot.

NT ConfigurationUtility 1.06.00

Supports the LSI53C1010 66 MHzchip and its associated LSI Logic hostadapter boards

None

NT DMI CI2.10






NT ASPI for Win321.06.00


SCSI Tools for Win-dows NT &Windows 95/981.10.00


Windows 95/98FLINTSYMC8XX.MPD4.15.00

Added Domain Valdation Support at adriver initialization.

Added support for 16-byte SCSICDBs. Window 95/98 will never issuea 16-byte CDB, but some applicationsuse a 16-byte vendor-unique CDB inSCSI pass-through commands.

Processing of the SCSI Wide Residuebyte results now in transferring thecorrect data to the application.


The Windows 95/98 Flint driver nowchecks to ensure that the bus masterenable bit in the PCI Command regis-ter is set.


Windows 95/98SYMHINTSYM_HI.MPD4.15.00

Added Domain Valdation Support at adriver initialization.



The Windows 95/98 SYMHINT drivernow checks to ensure that the busmaster enable bit in the PCI Com-mand register is set.






Windows 95/98SYM_U3.MPD5.06.00


Added support for the LSI53C1010 66MHz chip and LSI53C1000 chip alongwith the associated host adapterboards




The Refresh function in the DeviceManager allows all devices to be seenor accessible.

Windows 2000FLINTSYMC8XX.SYS4.15.00

Added support for the Windows 2000operating system (Professional,Server, Advanced Server, DataCenter)

Supports Domain Validation

Added Nextreme RAID support

Added support for 16-byte SCSICDBs. Window 2000 will never issue a16-byte CDB, but some applicationsuse a 16-byte vendor-unique CDB inSCSI pass-through commands.


Processing of the SCSI Wide Residuebyte is now being handled properly.

The Windows 2000 FLINT driver nowchecks to ensure that the bus masterenable bit in the PCI Command regis-ter is set






Windows 2000SYMHINTSYMHI.SYS4.15.00

Added support for the Windows 2000operating system )Profressional,Server, Advanced Server, DataCenter)

Supports 64-bit DMA allowing directdata access about 4 Gbytes



Added support for 16-byte SCSICDBs. Windows 2000 will never issuea 16-byte CDB, but some applicationsuse a 16-byte vendor-unique CDB inSCSI pass-through commands.


The Windows 2000 SYMHINT drivernow checks to ensure that the busmaster enable bit in the PCI Com-mand register is set.


Windows 2000SYM_U3.SYS5.07.00


Supports the LSI53C1010 66 MHzchip and LSI53C1000 devices alongwith their associated host adapterboards


Added Zero-channel RAID support




The true length of data transferredbefore the check condition status isnow returned correctly to the operat-ing system.

A check for context validity on anunexpected disconnect now occurs.

The Windows 2000 SYM_U3 drivernow checks to ensure that the busmaster enable bit in the PCI Com-mand register is set.

Domain Validation and SCSI negotia-tion code support SCSI-1 devices andSCSI bus expanders better.


A resync of a mirrored partition nolonger causes excessive BUSYreturns during operating system boot.





Windows 2000SYM_895A.SYS4.15.00

Disabled support for LSI53C896 andLSI53C1510 devices

Renamed the driver to support freshinstallation of Windows 2000 using anLSI53C895A device or LSI8953U hostadapter board

Supports 64-bit DMA allowing directdata access above 4 Gbytes





The Windows 2000 SYM_895A drivernow checks to ensure that the busmaster enable bit in the PCI Com-mand register is set.


NetWare NWPASYM8XXNW.HAM4.08.00


NetWare NWPASYM_HINW.HAM4.08.00


NetWare NWPASYM_U3NW.HAM5.02.00

Supports LSI53C1010 66 MHz chip None

NetWare DMI CI2.09.00






OS/2 SYM8XX.ADD4.11.00


OS/2 SYMHI.ADD4.12.00

Supports the LSI53C895A device andLSI8953U host adapter board

Supports LSI53C1010 33 MHz and 66MHz chip along with their associatedhost adapter boards

Supports LSI53C1000 devices and theLSI8955U host adapter board

Allows up to 32 devices on a system

Allows quiet failure when no adapter ispresent and the /V option is not set onthe command line

Supports Ultra160 data transfers

Supports Parallel Protocol Request(PPR)

Permits use of command line optionsto increase the negotiated synchro-nous transfer rate or the negotiatedwidth.

Devices that report data overruns orunderruns are now detected.

Added timer to check if the reset lineis still active during a SCSI bus reset.

Added bus mode reportingcapabilities.

I/Os are managed properly on remov-able-media devices that receive sensedata indcating a power on, reset, orbus device reset.

The system now handles switching anLVD-capable part from non-HVD toHVD properly.

If the reset bit is set when attemptingto abort SCRIPTS, the abort com-pletes successfully.

When disconnects are allowed on anautomatic request sense with heavyI/Os, the first request sense com-pletes successfully now.

The value of the STEST4 register thatwas saved during the last modechange is used when SCRIPTS arerunning instead of reading theregister.

After a phase mismatch in messageout or command phase, SCRIPTS arerestarted at ClearAck instead of Phas-eSwitch. This clears ATN so thedevice won’t immediately go back to amessage out phase when the mes-sage out byte count has been zeroedout.





Linux SYM53C8XX1.6b

Supports the LSI53C1010-66 MHzchip

Upgraded SCRIPTs support

Modified the DMA memory mappingalgorithm

Added capability to use PPR negotia-tion without running DomainValidation to provide Ultra160 supportwhen integrity checking code is notexecuting.

Driver now sets the maximum dataoffset based on the transfer mode.

UnixWare 2.1x SCSIDriver DDI74.08.00


UnixWare 7 SCSIDriver DDI84.24.00

Supports LSI53C1010 66 MHz chip

Supports Double Transition data trans-fers operating on a 66 MHz bus

None

SCO UNIXOpenServer BTLD4.11.00

Supports LSI53C1010 66 MHz chip None

Solaris 7 SYMHISL4.06.00

Supports the LSI53C1010 33 MHzand 66 MHz chip

Supports the LSI53C1000 chip

The SYMHISL ITU will now install insystems whose LSI Logic SCSI con-trollers have subsystem vendor IDsother than 1000h and subsystem IDsother than 1010h


Supports the LSI53C1010 33 MHzand 66 MHz chip

Supports the LSI53C1000 chip

Supports the Solaris 8 operating sys-tem only

Added new realmode driver for Solaris8

Supports hot swapping of devices

None

Solaris DMI CI2.10.00

The Solaris DMI CI is based on theexisting LSI Logic CI products. It isdesigned to work with theSymbios2.mif version 2.11.

None





Table 2 Release Definitions: Restrictions/Workarounds

SDMS Software/Version Number Release Restrictions

Problems and Workarounds in thisrelease

PCI Boot ROM4.18.00

Versions of the Boot ROM prior to4.05 cannot detect a BIOS BootSpecification (BBS) enabled BootROM that is loaded before the BBSversion. The BBS enabled ROM candetect both previous versions, andBBS versions that are loaded beforeit.

When operated in a non-BBS PC, thissoftware will operate in a “legacy”mode. Legacy in this definition meansthat Spin Up and El Torito CD bootwithout BBS will execute. BBS will beignored.

In general, advanced operating sys-tems do not use INT13 after they areloaded. Until those operating systemsare rewritten to have knowledge ofthe BIOS Boot Specification (BBS),problems with drive order may occuron BBS-enabled platforms.

*******************************************Problems and Workarounds inthis release (Continued)*******************************************Problem: On some machines, theCTRL keys (A, E, and N) cannot beentered before the BIOS initializes.

Solution: Hold down the CTRL keyduring the boot up process and theBIOS will wait until it is released. Thedesired key (A, E, and N) can then betapped and released with CTRL. Onmany PCs, the best time to depressthe CTRL key is during memory scan.

Problem: On some machines, theCTRL-C message that displays whenall adapters are off disappears beforeit can be responded to.

Solution: Hold down the CTRL keyduring the boot up process and waitfor the system to execute the LSILogic BIOS. Then tap the C key.

Problem: Windows NT 4.0 and earlierreplace INT13h calls with their owndrivers which causes the drive numberordering selected by the user to bereplaced by internal numbering.

Solution: On BBS enabled PCs, it willbe necessary to make the Boot Con-nection list match the list in orderpresented at Boot ROM initializationtime.

Problem: Boot Connection listsgreater than 8 cause a system BIOSfailure and will not boot up.

Solution: Use less than 8 boot con-nection devices. Caution: Even devicesthat do not exist can cause a failure.The system BIOS creates an entry foran IDE driver even if it does not exist.This means that the limit is actually 7SCSI drives in many instances.

Problem: If Adaptec’s driver is loadedfirst and all adapters are disabled inour BIOS, the CTRL-A sequence willinvoke Adaptec’s configuration utilityrather than enabling all of ouradapters.

Solution: Use the CTRL-E keypressinstead.

Problem: On some machines withAMI system BIOS, the assignment ofIRQs 14 and 15 may cause theadapter to fail.

Solution: Do not assign IRQ 14 or 15to PCI slots with a LSI53C8XXadapter.


PCI Flash Utility1.13.00

Boards with Flash parts and LSILogic LSI53C885 Revision 0 andRevision 1 chips cannot be updatedacross a PCI bridge. Installation ofthese boards on a PCI bridge willresult in a system halt upon executionof the Flash 8x5 utility.

Boards with flash parts and LSI LogicLSI53C875 Revision 0 and Revision 1chips installed on PCI Bus 1 of aPEER Bus system cannot be flashed.

Maximum flash image size is 256Kbytes.

Boot diskette must not load any mem-ory managers.

Problem: Only LSI8951U cards willflash correctly in bus 0 of the Proliant7000 system.

Solution: Use another PCI bus in thesystem to flash other LSI Logic hostadapter cards.

Problem: Memory managers mayconflict with mapping memory space tothe flash ROM.

Solution: Run the program from abootable floppy diskette that does notload a memory manager.

Problem: Low memory error handlingis not working correctly.

Solution: Ensure a minimum of 200Kbytes free memory is available.

Problem: The F2 SCSI BIOS file listoption has a potential limitation. Onlythe first 18 BIOS files are user-select-able from the F2 menu.

Solution: If more than 18 BIOS imagefiles are required, spread them into dif-ferent directories and enter thatdirectory path prior to pressing the F2key.

Problem: Cards do not flash wheninstalled in the 64-bit PCI slots on Pro-liant 7000.

Solution: Move them to another PCIbus in order to update them with a newimage.

Problem: Cards do not flash in certainPCI slots on the HP LH4 system witha network card is installed.

Solution: Use another PCI bus in thesystem to flash other LSI Logic cards.





ASPI8XX.SYS4.10.00

None Problem: The DOS ASPI Managerhas experienced problems when a PCISCSI adapter has been assigned anIRQ level of 14 and Windows version3.1x is run. This is a system BIOSproblem.

Solution: Refer to the Boot ROM sec-tion regarding problems when the userassigns IRQ 14 to a PCI device.

Problem: QEMM 7.5 works withoutDOS-UP and stealth mapping. Whenthese features are enabled, the systemcannot find the command interpreter ordevice drivers.

Solution: Reboot the system with afloppy diskette, and manually edit outthe changes made to the CONFIG.SYSfile. Do not use QEMM 7.5 with DOS-UP and stealth mapping enabled.Problem: APSI8XX.SYS will hang(waits forever) during boot if the follow-ing condition exists if termination is notpresent on the SCSI bus and has notbeen disabled.

Solution: Provide required terminationto prevent the hang condition.

Problem: When using the /DC with the/D command line option, both the /Dand the /DC actions will occur.

Solution: None. Displays only ver-bose information on the screen anddoes not cause any side effects.

SYMCD.SYS4.06.00

None Problem: The Pioneer DR-5068.32xCD-ROM (FW: 1.05) is not supportedwhen it is set for Ultra or Ultra2 in theBIOS or ASPI command line.

Solution: Set to asynchronous regularSCSI or Fast in the SCSI BIOS Config-uration Utility (or on the ASPIcommand).





SYMDISK.SYS4.04.00

This driver no longer supports drivesthat have INT13h support beforeSYMDISK.SYS is loaded.

For removable media, SYMDISK.SYSassumes a 2048-byte sector size as adefault when no media is present.

Note: When using the SYMCONFIGUtility, the help text for SYMDISK.SYSunder the sector size switch usagestates: “In the case of removablemedia, SYMDISK.SYS assumes a512-byte sector size when no mediais present.” For all versions ofSYMDISK.SYS 4.03.00 and greaterthis statement is incorrect. Thedefault has been changed to 2048bytes.

Problem: When repartitioning a used1 Kbyte media, the formatted partitionsize is 4 times the actual size. Thisproblem occurs only on Magneto Opti-cal (MO) devices that use 1 Kbyteblock size media.

Solution: Low-level format devicesthat use 1 Kbyte media by using a for-mat utility. Recommend usingASPIFMT and/or BIOS Format Utility.

Problem: Cannot format 1024, 2048,or 4096 sector size HDDs or MOs withSYMDISK.SYS.

Solution: Use an earlier version(4.00.04.20) of SYMDISK to format thenon-512 sector size drives. Once for-matted, SYMDISK.SYS behavesnormally.

ASPI Format Utility4.01.00

This utility formats the drive in thenative sector size for that drive (notnecessarily 512-byte sector sizes).

Note: The BIOS Format Utility for-mats all drives to 512-byte sectorsize.

Problem: The ASPIFMT Utility screenis unreadable due to a possible graph-ics card problem.

Solution: ASPI Format Utility requiresa VGA monitor.

SYMDIAG (VerifyUtility) 4.02.00

None Problem: The Sony CDU-920S showsup as a Magneto Optical device.

Solution: None.

Problem: When locating SCSI CD-ROM drives, the event log MSG sub-section may misstate that no CD-ROMdrives were found.

Solution: None.





SYM53C8XX InstallUtility4.05.00

When the EMM386.EXE version 4.48or lower is used, the /noems switch isset, and the drivers are loaded high,the system may hang. Several alter-natives can be utilized to avoid asystem hang up (system waitsforever):

1. Upgrade EMM386.EXE to version4.49 for the executable file; or

2. Remove the /noems switch; or

3. Load the device driver low.

Problem: If Selectable is chosen,newly added drivers are inadvertentlyloaded in front of the ASPI8XX.SYS-driver. This occurs when some but notall of the drivers had been loaded in aprevious installation.

Solution: Edit the CONFIG.SYS fileand manually move SYMCD.SYS orSYMDISK.SYS after theASPI8XX.SYS driver.

Problem: If multiple /D switches existon the MSCDEX.EXE line in theAUTOEXEC.BAT file, the install pro-gram may not correctly update boththe SYMCD.SYS /D switch and theMSCDEX.EXE line correctly.

Solution: Manually check all multiple/D switches to ensure they match,which is necessary for the drive to berecognized.

SYM53C8XXConfiguration Utility4.02.00

When using the SYMCONFIG Utility,the help text for SYMDISK.SYSunder the sector size switch usagestates:

“In the case of removable media,SYMDISK.SYS assumes a 512-bytesector size when no media ispresent.”

For all versions SYMDISK.SYS4.03.00 and greater this statement isincorrect. The default has beenchanged to 2048 bytes.

Problem: If multiple /D switches existon the MSCDEX.EXE line in theAUTOEXEC.BAT file, the install pro-gram may not correctly update boththe SYMCD.SYS /D switch and theMSCDEX.EXE line correctly.

Solution: Manually check all multiple/D switches to ensure they match,which is necessary for the drive to berecognized.

Problem: When the MSCDEX lineexists in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and isrewritten during the configuration pro-cess, /DCDROM_NAME is placed beforethe MSCDEX key word. Thus, theCDROM driver is not recognized.

Solution: Manually edit the MSCDEXline, and move /DCDROM_NAME afterthe MSCDEX key work. For lostCDROM, manually reinstall theCDROM drive. Enter/DLOST_CDROM_NAME after the MSC-DEX line.





Windows NT FlintSYMC8XX.SYS4.15.00

When upgrading to a newer versionof Windows NT, make sure that theFLINT driver is active. It is possiblethat a previous driver like NCRS-DMS.SYS, NCRC810.SYS,SYMC810.SYS, or an older versionof SYMC8XX.SYS may instead beactive, even after upgrading.

In this case, you should delete the olddriver using Start-->Settings -->Con-trol Panel-->SCSI Adapters andactivate the newer one. To check theversion of the driver, highlight the filein Windows Explorer and selectFile-->Properties.

Device exclusion functionality (drivernot controlling an 8XX device) wasremoved from the driver. Deviceexclusion cannot be performed withinthe miniport driver.

For Windows NT 4.0 and above, theFLINT driver supports the WindowsNT limitation of 255 scatter/gatherentries (or 1 Mbyte - 8 Kbytes). Thedefault maximum size is 64 Kbytes,but this can be increased by using aregistry entry.

Some older SCSI devices do notadhere to the SCSI specification anddo not support Domain Validation.Domain Validation can be disabled forthese devices individually by usingthe SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility.The other alternative is to disableDomain Validation for the entire SCSIchannel by using a registry entry.

Nextreme RAID software requires anLSI Logic PCI RAID BIOS to beactive on the system.

Problem: The SCRIPTS “Store” com-mand does not properly flush theprefetch buffer.

Solution: Devices that supportLoad/Store commands (LSI53C810A,LSI53C860, LSI53C875, LSI53C876,LSI53C885, LSI53C895) have PCIprefetch turned off in this release.





Windows NTSYMHINTSYM_HI.SYS4.15.00

For Windows NT 4.0 and above, theSYMHINT driver supports the Win-dows NT limitation of 255 scatter/gather entries (or 1 Mbyte - 8Kbytes). The default maximum size is64 Kbytes, but this can be increasedby using a registry entry.



None

Windows NTSYM_U3.SYS

For Windows NT 4.0 and above, theSYM_U3.SYS driver supports theWindows NT limitation of 255 scat-ter/gather entries (or 1 Mbyte - 8Kbytes). The default maximum size is64 Kbytes, but this can be increasedby using a registry entry.



Problem: When using an LSI53C101066MHz revision A1 device, multipleSCSI devices running at differentspeeds may experience I/O timeoutsor SCSI bus hang conditions.

Solution: Do not mix SCSI devices ofdifferent speeds on the same SCSIbus. Another alternative would be toset the sync speed settings in the LSILogic PCI SCSI BIOS ConfigurationUtility on all devices to the speed ofthe slowest device on the SCSI bus.

Problem: Usage of dissimilar SCSIcables, types, and widths may result inone or more devices being unavailable.

Solution: For higher speed devices(Ultra2, Ultra160 in LVD mode, or Ultrain SE mode) do not use older SCSI-1cables or wide/narrow bus converters.All data lines on the SCSI bus must beterminated correctly for properoperation.





NT ConfigurationUtility 1.06.00

Supports English language only. Problem: Sync speed choices dis-played in the Domain Validation testmenu may not reflect the bus widthsetting.

Solution: Choices displayed are syn-chronized again once both values havebeen changed once. Initial values dis-played are based on current storedsettings and not current negotiatedsettings.

NT DMI CI2.10.00

The issuing and format of AMSevents has not been verified.

Minimum testing under LanDesk.

No testing under Windows 2000Release Candidate.

Minimum testing for SYMI2)M driver.

None

NT ASPI for Win321.06.00

None None

SCSI Tools forWindows NT andWindows 95/981.10.00

None None





Windows 95/98FLINTSYMC8XX.MPD4.15.00

Device exclusion functionality (drivernot controlling an 8XX device) wasremoved from the driver. Deviceexclusion cannot be performed withinthe miniport driver.

For Windows 95/98 Microsoft hasrequested that SCSI miniport driverssupport a maximum transfer size of64K.



Solution: Devices that supportLoad/Store commands (SYM53C810A,SYM53C860, SYM53C875,SYM53C876, SYM53C885,SYM53C895) have PCI prefetchturned off in this release.

Problem: The Refresh function inDevice Manager will sometimes resultin a newly arrived device not beingseen or accessible

Solution: Perform the refresh twice.

Windows 95/98SYMHINTSYM_HI.MPD4.15.00



Problem: The Refresh function inDevice Manager will sometimes resultin a newly arrived device not beingseen or accessible

Solution: Perform the refresh twice.





Windows 95/98SYM_U3.MPD5.06.00







Windows 2000FLINTSYMC8XX.SYS4.15.00

The Windows 2000 installation CD-ROM contains a bundled version ofthe FLINT driver and it cannot beoverridden by a driver installed from aflex disk using the F6 key. A freshinstallation can be performed usingthe bundled FLINT driver. Onceinstallation has completed, the drivercan be upgraded using the DeviceManager.

The FLINT driver supports the Win-dows 2000 limitation of 255scatter/gather entries (or 1 Mbyte - 8Kbytes). The default maximum size is64 Kbytes, but this can be increasedby using a registry entry.


Solution: Devices that supportLoad/Store commands (LSI53C810A,LSI53C860, LSI53C875, LSI53C876,LSI53C885, LSI53C895) have PCIprefetch turned off in this release.





Windows 2000FLINTSYMC8XX.SYS4.15.00(Continued)



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Windows 2000SYMHINTSYM_HI.SYS4.15.00

The SYMHINT driver supports theWindows 2000 limitation of 255 scat-ter/gather entries (or 1 Mbyte - 8Kbytes). The default maximum size is64 Kbytes, but this can be increasedby using a registry entry.



None





Windows 2000SYM_U3.SYS

The SYM_U3 driver supports theWindows 2000 limitation of 255 scat-ter/gather entries (or 1 Mbyte - 8Kbytes). The default maximum size is64 Kbytes, but this can be increasedby using a registry entry.







Windows 2000SYM_895A.SYS

The SYM_895A driver supports theWindows 2000 limitation of 255 scat-ter/gather entries (or 1 Mbyte - 8Kbytes). The default maximum size is64 Kbytes, but this can be increasedby using a registry entry.



None.





NetWare NWPASYM8XXNW.HAM4.08.00

The final SCSIHD.CDM andSCSIHD.DDI should be dated July23, 1998 or newer.

NWPA.NLM must be version 2.32f,dated February 9, 1998 or newer.

SCAM level I and II are not supportedby NetWare. If SCAM is enabled inthe BIOS NVM, manually disableSCAM or the driver may not load forthat adapter.

New minimum ASPI8XX.SYS andBIOS versions are required. TheASPI8XX.SYS driver must be at least4.09 or the driver will not load. TheBIOS version for the LSI53C896 sup-port must be 4.11 or later. When theASPI8XX.SYS driver is not present,then the minimum BIOS version is4.16 for all LSI53C8XX hardware.

Device that return vendor uniqueASC and ASCQ codes may require acustom CDM (Custom Device Mod-ule). This has been observed onRAID devices.

Does not support Driver Hot Swap inthe NWPA Functional Specification.

Problem: The EXABYTE tape CDMhas a bug that causes our driver tohang during the loading of theexatape.cdm.

Solution: None.

Problem: SBACKUP software opera-tions using tape retention and restoremay fail.

Solution: Use an alternative backupprogram to do these operations.

NetWare NWPASYMHINW.HAM4.08.00




Problem: The EXABYTE tape CDMhas a bug that causes our driver tohang during the loading of theexatape.cdm.

Solution: None.





NetWare NWPASYMHINW.HAM4.08.00(Continued)

New minimum ASPI8XX.SYS andBIOS versions are required. TheASPI8XX.SYS driver must be at least4.10 or the driver will not load. TheBIOS version for the SYM53C896support must be 4.11 or later. Whenthe ASPI8XX.SYS driver is notpresent, then the minimum BIOS ver-sion is 4.16 for all SYM53C8XXhardware.

Devices that return vendor uniqueASC and ASCQ codes may require acustom CDM (Custom Device Mod-ule). This has been observed onRAID devices.


Problem: SBACKUP software opera-tions using tape retention and restoremay fail.

Solution: Use an alternative backupprogram to do these operations.

NetWare NWPASYM_U3NW.HAM5.02.00




New minimum ASPI8XX.SYS andBIOS versions are required. TheASPI8XX.SYS driver must be at least4.10 or the driver will not load. TheBIOS version for the LSI53C1010support must be 4.16 or later. Whenthe ASPI8XX.SYS driver is notpresent, then the minimum BIOS ver-sion is 4.16 for all LSI53C8XXhardware.

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NetWare NWPASYM_U3NW.HAM5.02.00(Continued)

Devices that return vendor uniqueASC and ASCQ codes may require acustom CDM (Custom Device Mod-ule). This has been observed onRAID devices.


If the SYM_U3NW driver is loadedwhen ASPI8XX is already loaded,Ultra160 devices that are controlledby ASPI must be limited to Ultra2 forASPI8XX. The devices must retaintheir Ultra3 settings in BIOS NVM torun at Ultra3 under NetWare.ASPI8XX devices can be set toUltra2. Modify the CONFIG.SYS fileto DEVICE=[PATH]ASPI8XX.SYS/SYNCH_RATE=40<hba_number>.The hba_number is the zero-basedhost adapter board number.

Compatibility with all software config-urations has not been fully tested,except for the SDMS 4.XX SCSI bootROM without ASPI8XX.SYS,SYMCD.SYS, or SYMDISK.SYSloaded.

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OS/2 SYM8XX.ADD4.11.00

RAID devices have not been tested.

A system dump can only be obtainedwith BIOS 4.13.00 or later versionswhen the boot drive is accessedthrough an 8XX controller.

A BIOS version 4.13.00 or later isnecessary to guarantee the driver willrecognize the presence of NVRAM.With an earlier version of the bootROM, NVRAM settings may be dupli-cated using the driver’s command lineoptions if the driver does not seeNVRAM.

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OS/2 SYMHI.ADD4.12.00

RAID devices have not been tested.

If the boot drive is attached to anLSI53C895A, LSI53C896,LSI53C1010, or LSI53C1010 control-ler, a system dump can only beobtained when using the LSI Logicboot ROM version 4.13 or later.

The LSI Logic Boot ROM version 4.13or later is necessary to guarantee thedriver will recognize the presence ofNVRAM. With an earlier version ofthe boot ROM, NVRAM settings maybe duplicated using the driver’s com-mand line options if the driver doesnot see NVRAM.

Problem: A wide device that allowsdisconnects may time out on I/O trans-fers when attached to an LSI53C101033 MHz chip. Error messages such as"The <drive lettter>: device is notready", "The <drive letter>: device isnot functioning" or "A program in thissession encountered a problem andcannot continue" are indications of thisproblem.

Solution: Use the SCSI BIOS Config-uration Utility or the device driver’scommand line option to disable discon-nects for the device.

Linux SYM53C8XX1.6b

Driver requires chips to supportLoad/Store commands:

LSI53C810A, LSI53C825A,LSI53C860, LSI53C875, LSI53C876,LSI53C895A, LSI53C896,LSI53C1010 (33 and 66 MHz)

(Note: ncr53C8xx driver supports:

LSI53C810, LSI53C810A,LSI53C825, LSI53C825A,LSI53C860, LSI53C875, LSI53C876,LSI53C895A, LSI53C896)

Tested on Linux 2.2.5 and 2.2.13 ker-nels using Red Hat 6.0 and Red Hat6.1 base with Intel I386 architectureplatform. Patches available only for2.2.5, 2.2.12, 2.2.13, 2.2.14, 2.2.15,2.3.99-pre8, Red Hat 6.1 and RedHat 6.2 kernels.

Problem: Wide-narrow-wide SCSI busconfiguration results in device notattaching.

Solution: None. This problem will becorrected in the next release.

Problem: Negotiates to non-existentLUNs when attached to a target-initi-ated negotiation disk.

Solution: This is a cosmetic problemand of no significant consequence.





Linux SYM53C8XX1.6b

Applixware Software applicationwould not install during test.

Installation may occur only to those8XX devices supported by the versionof the driver bundled in the kernelshipped by your vendor. Therefore,installation is not possible to a diskattached to an LSI53C1010 device atthis time. However, once installationhas completed and the driver hasbeen upgraded to recognize the newchip, reboot is possible.

Problem: Unlimited retries if a disk ispowered off during a write cycle.

Solution: Do not power off a disk dur-ing a write cycle. The driver does notsupport hot plug.

Problem: Unlimited retries if a diskresponds with the wrong phase afterselection.

Solution: SCSI standard requires tar-gets to switch to Message Out phaseafter selection with attention. Disksthat violate this requirement will causemajor failure. Use disks that meet theSCSI standard.

SCO UNIX BTLD4.11.00

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SCAM level I or II is not supported bySolaris. If it is enabled in the BIOSNVM, it must be manually disabled orthe driver may not load for thatadapter.

The SYMHISL ITU will now install onsystems with LSI Logic SCSI control-lers that have Subsystem Vendor IDsother than 1000h and Subsystem IDsother than 1010h.

Solaris 8 SYMHISL4.0700

Does not support Solaris 7.

SCAM level I or II is not supported bySolaris. If it is enabled in the BIOSNVM, it must be manually disabled orthe driver may not load for thatadapter.

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Solaris DMI CI2.10.00

Does not support AMS events.

Component Instrumentation does nothave support enabled for SAF-TE,Network Adapters, or Fibre Channelgroups.

Problem: Ultra160 hard drives onLSI53C1010 adapters show as havinga negotiated speed under Bus PortAssociation of 152 Mbytes/s instead of106 Mbytes/s.

Removable media devices have acheck condition status after mediainsertion which causes the CI to report"Media loaded: False" after mediainsertion.

Solution: None

Problem: When the CI attempts toadd a new device, the service providercorrupts the data, specifically theMedia Data Block Size and FormattedMedia Capacity fields displayed underStorage Devices. The service provideralso causes spaces to appear in theconsole window. The two things occuras a result of the same Service Pro-vider call.

Solution: This bug has been reportedagainst the Solaris Service provider.





UnixWare 2.1xSCSI Driver DDI74.08.00

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*******************************************Problems/Workarounds(continued)*******************************************

Problem: Commands issued todevices attached to LSI Logic hostadapters will timeout with no com-mand completions due to the failureof the operating system.

Solution: Patch ptf4019a may needto be installed on certain Compaqmultiprocessor machines when theSMP package is being installed withUnixWare 2.1.3 version.

Problem: Under certain conditions, if adevice is powered down during heavyI/O activity, the system may performerratically.Solution: If a device is to be removedfrom an actively running system with-out bringing down the system, use the“pdirm” command to logically removethe device from the system before apower down is performed. Avoid pow-ering down target devices that areperforming heavy I/O activity.

Problem: Commands issued todevices attached to LSI Logic hostadapters will timeout with no commandcompletions due to the failure of theoperating system.

Solution: Patch ptf3152c may need tobe installed on certain multiprocessormachines when the SMP package isbeing installed with UnixWare 2.1,2.1.1, and 2.1.2 versions.

UnixWare 7 SCSIDriver DDI8 4.24.00

Under certain conditions, if a deviceis powered down during heavy I/Oactivity, the system may performerratically. Avoid powering down tar-get devices which are performingheaving I/O activity. If a device is tobe removed from an actively runningsystem without bringing down thesystem, use the "sdirm" command tologically remove the device from thesystem before a power down isperformed.

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Mass Storage DMIBrowser-LSIDMI2.05.00

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*******************************************Problems and Workarounds*****************************************

Problem: On some systems, after areboot the first time a connection isattempted through the proxy server, itwill return a failure that it is unable toconnect.

Solution: A reconnection through theproxy server will work, as will anyother subsequent reconnection untilthe next time the system reoobts.

Problem: On some systems, if yourbrowser is Netscape, you will get anerror dialog when you bring up theHTML page that states a componentcould not be found.

Solution: Click continue, and theNetscape brower will be able to findall the components. The error dialogis incorrect.

Problem: No commercial CertificateAuthorities exist for issuing certificatesfor HotJava. Wihtout a trust root certif-icate, the browser will not run as isunder HotJava.

Solution: In order to run the browserunder HotJava, the broswer must trustthe LSI Logic Certificate. The digitalsignature of LSIDMI.JAR is generatedby LSI Logic, and thus not issued by aCertificate Authority.

Take the following steps:

1. Load the lsidmiHJ.htm page underHotJava.

2. From the menu bar, select Edit -->Preferences-->Applet Security. Awindow appears.

3. Select Low Security for DigitallySigned Applets, and click on the Applybutton.

4. Click on the Advanced button. Youwill see the LSI Logic certificate in thelist of certificates. Select this certificateand click on the Details button. A win-dows appears.

5. Check the Fingerprint Verified box,and click on the OK button.

6. A warning message appears if theprocedure worked stating “Warning:Applet Window” in subsequent LSIDMI Broswer windows






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