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LSI Logic MegaRAID MegaRC Release 

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Release Date: 12/15/2004

Supported Controllers:
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MegaRAID SCSI 320-0
MegaRAID SCSI 320-1
MegaRAID SCSI 320-2
MegaRAID SCSI 320-0X
MegaRAID SCSI 320-2X
MegaRAID SCSI 320-4X
MegaRAID SCSI 320-2E
MegaRAID SATA 150-4
MegaRAID SATA 150-6
MegaRAID SATA 300-4x
MegaRAID SATA 300-8x

Component:
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Linux MegaRC	Version : 1.11
Release Date: 12/15/2004
Products Supported: MegaRAID Controllers


Version Numbers:
Component		Current Version			PreviousVersion
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Linux MegaRC		1.11			  


Bug Fixes: 0
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1.	NONE

Enhancements: 0
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1.	NONE

Component Features: 25
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1.	Supported raid levels are
       	R0, R1, R3 and R5         (with out span support)
       	R10, R30 and R50          (with span support)
       	R3 & R30 are disallowed on U320 mode adapters such as 518, 520 and 531

2.	Supported channels: up to 4 (channel no. 0,1,2 and 3)

3.	Supported drives: 16 for 8ld firmware, 256 for 40ld firmware

4.	Supports random deletion of logical drives

5.	Supports log file generation

6.	Detects ongoing reconstruction (if any) on the adapter(s) and displays the message to the user

7.	-alladp option not supported for operations which can not be done while reconstruction is going on any adapter
       
8.	Changes Cache Page settings

9.	Clear error history for the physical drive(s) on the adapter

10.	Display error history for the physical drive(s)

11.	Supports maximum of 40 arrays
 
12.	Allow user to configure free array space (if any) in already configured array
 
13.	Display free array space information to the user
 
14.	Displays physical drive info and board serial & Slot number for given adapter
 
15.	Sets/Displays channel transfer rate for given adapter

16.	Displays disk spin up parameters for given adapter
 
17.	Appends the info to the existing log file
 
18.	Abortion of ongoing Check consistency/Background Initialization

19.	Enable/Disable Background Initialization for given adapter

20.	View physical drive extended sense log information if applicable

21.	View INIT/BI/CC progress on eligible log drvs for an adapter

22.	Enable/Disable Temporary Offline RAID for given adapter

23.	Enable/Disable Check Consistency Restoration for given adapter

24.	Enable/Disable SMART mode for given adapter

25.	Get/Clear NVRAM Event Log Entry info for given adapter


Known Restrictions: 0
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1.	No Free Space available in the specified array after addcfg option is run with that array

2.	Size option is not allowed with SpanAddCfg


Known Bugs: 0
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1.	NONE

Installation Notes:
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1.	 This is the first release for LSI Megarc on DOS.
 The utility supports many command line options, which can be seen by running help.

 The help can be seen in the following ways 

 megarc ?
 Gives the complete help regarding the command line options and their usage in brief. 

 Megarc xxx ?
 If xxx is invalid option, gives the help, which has a list of the valid command line options.
  
 Megarc cmd ?
 If the option is valid, gives the complete help regarding that particular option.

 This utility supports LSI 1030 ZCR controller with Vid 0x1000, Did 0x1960, ssVid 0x1000 and
 ssDid 0xA520 respectively