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This Technical Advisory describes an issue which may or may not affect the customer’s product

Intel Technical Advisory TA-1024-2

5200 NE Elam Young Parkway

Hillsboro, OR 97124

February 1, 2013

A Firmware change is required to support the change of the flash chip

on the FALSASMP2

Products Affected

Product Code

MM#

Pre Change TA

Pre Change PBA

Post Change TA

Post Change PBA

FALSASMP2

892611

E18228-003

E14273-204

E18228-004

E14273-205

SR2625URLXT

904769

E84393-009

E14273-204

E84393-010

E14273-205

SR1625URSASR

905665

E86282-014

E14273-204

E86282-015

E14273-205

SR2600URLXR

905667

E86284-013

E14273-204

E86284-014

E14273-205

SR2625URLXR

905669

E86286-014

E14273-204

E86286-015

E14273-205

SR1625URSASRN

905167

E86282-014

E14273-204

E86282-015

E14273-205

SR2600URLXRNA

905742

E86284-013

E14273-204

E86284-014

E14273-205

SR2625URLXRNA

905744

E86286-014

E14273-204

E86286-015

E14273-205

Description

Due to a flash chip change on the FALSASMP2, a firmware change is required to accommodate the

with this new chip. Applying older firmware to the FALSASMP2 with the new chip will render the

FALSASMP2 nonfunctional. Firmware used to run the FALSASMP2 in MegaRAID mode is not affected

by this issue.

Root Cause

The flash chip on the FALSASMP2 will be changed from part number 28F640J3D75 part to part

numberJS28F640J3F75A. The Intel Part Number (IPN) for the FALSASMP2 will remain the same

number, D48955-001, however the PBA number of the product will be updated from E14273-204 to

E14273-205. The flash part change is occurring because the old flash part is End of Life (EOL). The

FALSASMP2 can operate in one of two modes.

1. The FALSASMP2 can operate in IR RAID mode which supports RAID 0,1, 1E. Older firmware

available to operate in this mode does not support the new flash part, which requires a

firmware update to firmware PH15upd_public 20121115 or later to support the register changes

in the new chip. Prior versions of firmware (PH15PT 20120330 and before) are not compatible

Summary of content (2 pages)

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This Technical Advisory describes an issue which may or may not affect the customer’s product Intel Technical Advisory TA-1024-2 5200 NE Elam Young Parkway Hillsboro, OR 97124 February 1, 2013 A Firmware change is required to support the change of the flash chip on the FALSASMP2 Products Affected Product Code FALSASMP2 SR2625URLXT SR1625URSASR SR2600URLXR SR2625URLXR SR1625URSASRN A SR2600URLXRNA SR2625URLXRNA MM# 892611 904769 905665 905667 905669 905167 Pre Change TA E18228-003 E84393-009 E86282-014
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with the updated FALSASMP2 that contains the new flash chip. Attempting to update the new version of the FALSASMP2 with PBA number E14273-205 with older firmware will flash incorrect data into the chips registers and render the FALSASMP2 non-operable. Firmware PH15upd_public 20121115 or later is compatible with the all versions of the FALSASMP2. 2. FALSASMP2 can operate in MegaRAID mode which supports RAID levels 0,1,10,5,50,6,60.