topic Re: Intel RS2BL040 RAID Card why does download centre show lower firmware as latest? in Intel® Xeon® Processor and Server Products

Intel RS2BL040 RAID Card why does download centre show lower firmware as latest?

GTobi1 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:32:47 GMT

Hello,

If you follow the link below for the downloads for the RS2BL040 you will be given the following versionsn....

12.12.0-0111 LATEST

12.13.0-0104 Previously Released

Surely V12.13 is newer than V12.12 ?

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Server+Products&ProductLine=Intel%C2%AE+RAID+Controllers&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+RAID+Controller+RS2BL040&ProdId=3152&LineId=113&FamilyId=37 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Server+Products&ProductLine=Intel%C2%AE+RAID+Controllers&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+RAID+Controller+RS2BL040&ProdId=3152&LineId=113&FamilyId=37

Re: Intel RS2BL040 RAID Card why does download centre show lower firmware as latest?

Edward_Z_Intel — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:46:33 GMT

Yes it's kind of confusing, and I don't know why, but 12.12.0-0111 is newer, if you compare the date of the ROM file...

Re: Intel RS2BL040 RAID Card why does download centre show lower firmware as latest?

GTobi1 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:18:36 GMT

yes but is 12.12.0.0111 just a bug fix for an older version while 12.13.0.0104 may be a completely new version?

Re: Intel RS2BL040 RAID Card why does download centre show lower firmware as latest?

idata — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:32:13 GMT

All,

The 12.13.0-0104 package was a parallel release to address some issues with the SSD cache option. Sorry for the confusion. That version was removed since it's no longer necessary. A new 12.12.0-0124 version has been posted that includes the fix and supports all the 2108 ROC controllers. It should be live in the next day or so.

Regards,

John

Re: Intel RS2BL040 RAID Card why does download centre show lower firmware as latest?

GTobi1 — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:47:26 GMT

Thanks for clearing the confusion.