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Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST) 17.11.0.1000 – Production versionRelease13 October 2021DISCLAIMER: Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products. No license, express or implied,by estoppels or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document. Except as provided in Intel’sTerms and Conditions of Sale for such products, Intel assumes no liability whatsoever, and Intel disclaims any express orimplied warranty relating to sale and/or use of Intel products, including liability or warranties relating to fitness for aparticular purpose, merchantability or infringement of any patent, copyright or other intellectual property right. Intelproducts are not intended for use in medical, lifesaving, or life-sustaining applications.Intel may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time, without notice.Contact your local Intel sales office or your distributor to obtain the latest specifications and before placing your productorder.* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.Copyright Intel Corporation 2000-2021Supported Operating SystemsMicrosoft Windows 10 20H1/20H2 x64*Revision HistoryDateDriver RevisionBuild Number13 October 202117.11.0.100010005 March 202117.9.6.101910192 March 202117.9.1.1009.5Release with installer update17.9.1.1009100919 June 202010091

Notes:1. Known Issue is defined as a potential Intel RST issue that has been replicated internally by theIntel RST team but has not been root caused to be an Intel RST defect.2. The RAID OROM & UEFI version for this release is 17.8.0.4507, the driver and user interface versionare 17.11.0.1000 and Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management App version is17.9.1008.0. For Intel RST Premium features (e.g. RAID, Intel Optane memory, CPU AttachedStorage), it is recommended that both the Intel RST pre-OS and Intel RST OS driver componentsare updated. Please contact your CE for further details.3. New features and updates in RST 17.9.1:a) 20H1 OS supportb) End-of-Life of Intel RST User Interface (UI) and Intel Optane Memory UIc) Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management Application Improvement – Windows* Narrator Support Enhancing Visual Presentation of Intel Hybrid SSDd) Intel RST driver package Updates – Added new extension files for HSA (ExtensionHSA) and Pinning (ExtensionPinning) tomeet DCH compliance requirements.a.Shellpackage.msi will no longer be provided and the same functionality will beprovided through extension inf (ExtensionPinning).b.iaStorHsa Ext.inf,iaStorHsa inf : Required for HSA installation through driver inf andthe same extension is used by installer to invoke HSA installation.Installer package update – New SetupRST.exe installer will install the appropriate Intel RST driver in the system and the Intel Optane Memory and Storage Managementapplication . During the installation process,a.If the end-user chooses to install the Intel Optane Memory and StorageManagement application, the installer will initiate the request for Windows* Storeto install the application at the next system reboot.b.If the end-user chooses NOT to install the Intel Optane Memory and StorageManagement application, they can still directly go to Windows* Store and installthe application later.4. Security update: Intel RST 17.9.6.1019 has been updated to include functional and securityupdates. Users recommended to update to the latest Intel RST version. Configuration Impacted: Intel Optane Memory volume – 32 GB and higher.5. Intel Optane Memory Pinning Extension missing after Windows* OS upgrade issue: There was a known issue related to “Intel Optane memory pinning extensions dll missingpop-up” upon OS upgrade which is addressed in the Intel technical support article titled “Howto Resolve Intel Optane Memory Pinning Error: 'Unable to load DLL‘iaStorAfsServiceApi.dll'' Encountered”.2

oCustomer will still be able to pin the files and maintain their pinning files through themultiple Intel RST UI’s. Configurations impacted: Systems updated by the user through Intel RST/Optane installerpackages from Intel RST version 16.3.x – 17.2.x to Intel RST 17.5.x - 17.8 prior to OSupgrade. A system with factory installed (fresh OS installation) of Intel RST drivers between 17.5.x17.9.x are not affected by this issue. Recommend updating to Intel RST 17.9.1.1009 driver to prevent the issue from happeningbefore upgrading to Windows* OS 20H1.Resolved IssuesResolved Issues In 17.11.0.1000 – ReleaseIDTitleOperating System18016991417BSOD KERNEL MODE HEAP CORRUPTION (13a)observed during CS CyclingWindows 11 x64Resolved Issues In 17.9.6.1019 – ReleaseIDTitleOperating SystemN/A18011332230SQLite security update20H1 HKL - Connect Standby IO Stress test failed onSATA SSD intermittentlyIntel Optane Memory H10 with SSD CDMv6 SeqWrite performance can't meet spec 7306Intermittent Windows hang during IOMeter workload18014750358System will occur black screen/BSOD and can't enterOS after resume from S4 & set wrong password forHDD.Intel Optane Memory cannot be enabled withWin10 20H1 build intermittentlySystem gives black screen sporadically with BSOD0x139 dump during reboot stress dows.19h2 vanadium.x64windows.19h2 vanadium.x64windows.19h2 vanadium.x64windows.20h1 vibranium.x64Windows.19h1.x64Resolved Issues In 17.9.1.1009.5 – ReleaseIDTitleOperating SystemINTEL-TA00545Intel RST Installer Advisory Doc ID intel-sa-00545Installer version updated to 17.9.0.34N/AResolved Issues In 17.9.1.1009 – Release3

IDTitleOperating SystemN/AIntel Optane Memory Pinning Extension missingafter Windows* OS upgrade issue(Refer Notes section bullet 4 for more details)Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management UIshow random code in AR imageIntel Optane Memory and Storage Managementfails to launch – error: can't find root window pageNo "Rebuild to another disk" for degraded RAIDvolume in Intel Optane Memory and StorageManagementError message pops up when choose "Responsivenessmode" to enable Intel Optane Memory H10.Disable SATA APST to workaround SATA Controllerwith Automatic Partial to Slumber Transitions duringS4 entrySUT show blue screen during BTOA/WBT downloadprocess under WinPE environmentIntermittent BSOD 9F seen during S3/S4 power cyclesIntel Optane Memory Status fail with older versionof Intel Optane Memory and Storage ManagementSSD is not located in diskpart during Factory processSwitch marked as normal does not reset SMART eventfrom RSTCLISSD Unsafe shutdown count will increase after S4 orS5.Disabling Optane hangs on 100% due to incorrectlyhandled time out eventNo license files found for Intel Rapid Storage driver inMiddlewareBSOD 0x7B observed intermittently when FW isupdated and Sx cycles performedRAID volume operation notifications displayedmultiple timesIntel Optane Memory Enabled displayed withDouble colon in the UISW drips is 0% and HW drip not generated on Intel Optane Memory H10System might intermittently observe A0 BSOD whileenabling/disabling Intel Optane MemoryHost still sent PMREQ S in Modern Standby entryeven host is configured HIPM disabledIntel Optane Memory and Storage Management”cannot recognize certain ODD's serial 92015077104931809083529N/AN/AN/Awindows.20h1 vibranium.x64N/Awindows.20h1 19h2.x64windows.10 1.x644

180100490091809657160Error occurred while creating RAID1 volume, autoshrinking failed intermittently.Intel Optane Memory disappeared in diskpart andRSTCLI64.exe shows Intel Optane Memory as"Unknown disk usage" after drvload 17.8 driver underPure WinPE environmentWindows.19h1.x64Windows.19h1.x64Known IssuesKnown Issues In 17.11.0.1000 – 3180774861718058747591807684084TitleError received DO VERIFY VOLUME when ODDreturned 0x02 command during Read/WriteoperationCrystalDiskInfo - SSD Unsafe shutdown count willincrease after S4 or S5.Intermittent BSOD 0xA0 observed during Optane Volume separationIntel RST PreOS Is Not Showing All devices in BIOSPage When Plugged H10 device.BIOS Recovery failure when SATA mode is set to RSTand the recovery image size is more than 32MB.Enabling Optane fails with error 0xA0070015 whensystem has a drive connected in Ronin modeLess bandwidth on TG disk after updating Intel RSTdriver to 17.8.0.1022 and later with PCMark8*System configured with Intel Optane Memory H10- unable to boot or stuck in a boot loop/report badsystem config very sporadically, while performingdirty shutdown during extensive IO stress tests.(workaround: Doing a cold reboot will recover thesystem in case the system is stuck in boot loop)Intel RSTCLI returned incorrect code. Expected:Success Actual: InvalidParametersNVMe is not listed in Boot Manager when disableCPU Attached feature in BCFSVolume failed to go into Normal or Rebuilding stateafter trying to recover from failed volume stateCLI shows Roaming Supported when feature isdisabled in the driverOperating .x64windows.19h1.x64N/AN/AN/AN/Awindows.10 rs5.x64N/AN/AN/A5

TerminologyCommon Termsand AcronymsDefinitionAENAsynchronous Event NotificationAHCIAdvanced Host Controller InterfaceATAAdvanced Technology AttachmentATAPIAdvanced Technology Attachment Packet InterfaceBIOSBasic Input / Output SystemBUS PROTOCOLGROUPA bus protocol group represents a set of bus protocols with similar performancecharacteristics. Bus Protocol Groups are listed here in descending order of speed:1- PCIe*2- SATAChipsetA term used to define a collection of The PNHCI components required to make aPC function.CSMIOEM Common Storage Management Interface for reporting RAID configurationsand SMP, SSP, STP pass through.DEVSLPSerial ATA Device SleepDMADirect Memory AccessDOSDisk Operating SystemDIPMDevice Initiated Power ManagementDisk’s WriteCacheA memory device within a hard drive, which is allocated for the temporarystorage of data before that data is copied to its permanent storage location.GBGiga-byte 10243bytesHDDHard Disk DriveHIPMHost Initiated Power ManagementHot PlugA term used to describe the removal or insertion of a SATA disk while the systemis powered on.HSAHardware Supported AppICHInput / Output Controller HubInstantGo*Microsoft Windows* 8.1 connected standby low-power state that featuresextremely low power consumption while maintaining Internet connectivity.KBKilo-byteLPMLink Power ManagementM.2Specification for internally mounted computer expansion cards and associatedconnectors. It replaces the mSATA standard. Formerly known as the NextGeneration Form Factor (NGFF)MBMega-bytes 10242bytesMEMORY GROUP 1024bytesA memory group represents a set of backend storage media types with similarperformance characteristics. Memory Groups are listed here in ascending order ofspeed:1- Spindle Device (HDD)2- NAND Spindle Hybrid Device3- PCH SATA NAND Device (SSD)6