firmware:
LSISAS2208 RoC, suggested
http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public...190.15-1686.zip

Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
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This is a major product refresh known as MegaRAID Release 5.3, with numerous bug fixes and enhancements. This package includes support for CacheCade Pro 2.0 and CacheVault(if enabled). Some of the bug fixes and enhancements are provided below.

Firmware:
SCGCQ00289673 (DFCT) - Clean up bad block list during background init/check consistency failure
SCGCQ00291161 (DFCT) - Reverted back the changes of the issues: SCGCQ00287136 & SCGCQ00287140
SCGCQ00292666 (DFCT) - SATA BBM list corruption
SCGCQ00292697 (DFCT) - Stressing test on degrade raid with drives or rebuilding on drives will cause firmware hang
SCGCQ00291473 (CSET) - T-bolt firmware : makes unconfigured bad (foreign) to unconfigured bad on reboot.
SCGCQ00292663 (CSET) - cannot make the CacheCade configured PD as unconfigured bad even pulling it out during system online.
SCGCQ00292699 (CSET) - Hot Spare lost after FW update
SCGCQ00263872 (DFCT) - Stressing test on degrade raid with UNC drives or rebuilding on UNC drives will cause firmware hang
SCGCQ00269825 (DFCT) - Firmware reports device initialization completion status to be greater than 100% at startup
SCGCQ00280612 (DFCT) - Split large bitmap reads into pieces
SCGCQ00280820 (DFCT) - USB Cacheoffload restore fails after multiple power cycle.
SCGCQ00282739 (DFCT) - When secure foreign drive is present, VD creation fails because FW become unresponsive
SCGCQ00282930 (DFCT) - Check for the presence of PD before writing the data arms of a protected LD during BGI
SCGCQ00285004 (DFCT) - FW asserts in CacheMemAllocForPrebootApps() when memory is allocated twice by BIOS.
SCGCQ00285969 (DFCT) - USB Cacheoffload restore fails after multiple power cycle on an OEM controller
SCGCQ00281982 (CSET) - Querying SMART / PFA Status Returns All Zeros in Sense Data
SCGCQ00279897 (DFCT) - Save repository information in NVRAM
SCGCQ00280123 (DFCT) - MegaRAID FW could result in a deadlock condition when offloading data to USB cache module after a system power failure and a power restore condition before offload operation could be completed.
SCGCQ00280474 (DFCT) - When windows are freed, re-initialize those fields because freed windows can be allocated to other commands in case of window crunch scenario.
SCGCQ00280792 (DFCT) - iMR-f/w hang at Waiting for Expansion ROM to load.
SCGCQ00281742 (DFCT) - Skip spare check for R0 cachecade vd.
SCGCQ00281994 (DFCT) - Change protected R6 secure erase behavior
SCGCQ00282220 (DFCT) - Remove faulty check
SCGCQ00282420 (DFCT) - If LD is in offline state then dont initate flush. Delete the VD.
SCGCQ00282691 (DFCT) - DATA TLB error seen during cache offload while performing automated system power cycling test with cache present.
SCGCQ00281982 (CSET) - Querying SMART / PFA Status Returns All Zeros in Sense Data
SCGCQ00275826 (DFCT) - MonTask: line 1221 in file ../../raid/1078dma.c during I/O with CacheCade VD and degraded VD.
SCGCQ00278827 (DFCT) - Separate error recovery functionality between modules
SCGCQ00279508 (DFCT) - CC stops progressing on a R6 VD with media errors
SCGCQ00280146 (DFCT) - Defect SCGCQ00280146
SCGCQ00280846 (DFCT) - When a new XML file was added to the nvdata, the buffer to hold the uncompressed nvdata overflowed.
SCGCQ00280793 (CSET) - (DDR3) Initialization fails with fault 0x91a1 - initial DFIRL selected too low
SCGCQ00281617 (CSET) - Subsequent drives are dropped when all drives in the stagger spin up drives fails on boot sequence.
SCGCQ00271108 (DFCT) - New stat indicating that memory is not available for SSC operation is returned.
SCGCQ00278827 (DFCT) - Separate error recovery functionality between modules
SCGCQ00279163 (DFCT) - Port Hot spare disk does not adhere the disk cache policy (LSIP200229786).
SCGCQ00279488 (DFCT) - FW is generating powersave change event when DS3 is not enabled. Due to this applications are not parsing the event.
SCGCQ00279753 (DFCT) - VD erase on R1 hit montask line 278 1078int.c
SCGCQ00279877 (DFCT) - Churchill-LiberatorCacheOffload FW Unnecessary High Temp Event due to incorrect temp value.
SCGCQ00278830 (CSET) - During IO test, a lot of ID129 OS events "Device reset to SCSI device" occur in Windows OS system log.
SCGCQ00279843 (CSET) - 3TB Hitachi HDD failed in immunity test (Electrostatic Noise test)
SCGCQ00279856 (CSET) - Performance Degradation in RAID 5 Sequential Writes due to command Out-of Ordering
SCGCQ00279861 (CSET) - Patrol Read can cause data integrity issue if the LDBBM is full
SCGCQ00279961 (CSET) - Controller features are lost if RAID Key is not detected
SCGCQ00280115 (CSET) - Native configuration is no longer supported message in post
SCGCQ00277831 (ENHREQ) - Add recognition of Tbolt new silicon to MegaRAID FW
SCGCQ00279912 (CSET) - Port of Liberator 151207 to Thunderbolt FW - Read locate LED state
SCGCQ00263878 (DFCT) - Use the original command to determine the ref tag
SCGCQ00265319 (DFCT) - A defect in which a Patrol Read may not start under certain conditions was fixed.
SCGCQ00268429 (DFCT) - SCGCQ00268429: FW hangs while running CC on a rebuilt R1 VD with SBBM
SCGCQ00268574 (DFCT) - Fixed a defect, in which the bbuMode would revert to the factory default value of 5, when automatic learn cycle was enabled.
SCGCQ00269266 (DFCT) - EFI WebBIOS showing rebuild progress on iMR ThunderBolt controller after using EFIHostCLI
SCGCQ00269934 (DFCT) - Imported drive becomes unconfigured good when secure VD erase is running.
SCGCQ00271108 (DFCT) - New stat indicating that memory is not available for SSC operation is returned.
SCGCQ00271274 (DFCT) - Not enough BBM Info entries
SCGCQ00271567 (DFCT) - FW hangs during pin cache destage as dirty lines in that map never become zero.
SCGCQ00276222 (DFCT) - FW wrongly adding puncture entries.
SCGCQ00277805 (DFCT) - Rebuild is run twice on a target drive with 100% full SBBM table.
SCGCQ00264814 (DFCT) - Cacheline crunch issue when VD lines are getting pinned.
SCGCQ00265375 (DFCT) - Recon from R0 to R1 using 3 TB drive causes FW to report excessive unexpected sense events
SCGCQ00265670 (DFCT) - FW hit montask after after discarding the cache when a snapshot VD is involved
SCGCQ00265990 (DFCT) - MR_EVT_PD_RBLD_FAILED_BAD_TARGET is not seen when rebuild to SATA drive fails due to full SBBM table
SCGCQ00266481 (DFCT) - enable cachecade write for cachade read FOD key.
SCGCQ00266493 (DFCT) - MR_EVT_LD_CACHE_PINNED is not coming when FW raises pin windows.
SCGCQ00267733 (DFCT) - CC fails to correct media error at 2TB location on 2 3TB SATA drives that support WU.
SCGCQ00269309 (DFCT) - The start ref for a shared cache line is not an indicator of the offset into the stripe
SCGCQ00270254 (DFCT) - Clear PI properties on associated PDs
SCGCQ00271645 (DFCT) - Fix skinny compilation issues

BIOS:
LSIP200223808 (sev-2): unable to enter legacy web bios with 3 controllers present and one is missing memory on OEM system
LSIP200212354 (sev-1): Overwrites invalid address and force system to fail the boot.
LSIP200212039 (sev-3): Bios prints extra lines for press Ctrl_G to enter bios when you have some configuration errors
LSIP200221386 (sev-3): BT750 workaround code is not disabled in all the path
LSIP200149527 (PR): Need to display a message at POST if the TMM is defective or not installed

WebBIOS:
LSIP200230993 (DFCT) WebBIOS/Emergency hotspare status is being displayed for UG drives when UG for Emergency is disabled
LSIP200231071 (DFCT) WebBIOS/Next button on the PD info screen is seen even on last page of info
LSIP200231286 (DFCT) WebBIOS is not displaying "Deactivate All Trial Software" button in Advanced Software Options page
LSIP200231273 (DFCT) Warning message overlapping with Offline VDs windows box
LSIP200231528 (DFCT) Discard_Cache button overlapping with "Virtual Drives with Preserved Cache" windows
LSIP200231334 (DFCT) Read Policy in VD settings in the WebBIOS need to change to match MSM
LSIP200232489 (DFCT) WebBIOS deletes the VD when select to discard cache from the access blocked VD
LSIP200232485 (DFCT) webBIOS /Copyback is being displayed in certain areas and should be replace drive
LSIP200232526 (DFCT) Raid bios console doesn't display secure foreign drives properly
LSIP200223371 (DFCT) HII/HII browser sluggishness is seen when exiting browser, going to EFI WebBIOS, and then going back to HII browser
LSIP200223762 (DFCT) WebBIOS should not display 65535 minutes estimated recharge time when not charging
LSIP200224228 (DFCT) WebBIOS should not allow user to set the BBU property, if battery type TMMC with transparentlearns support.
LSIP200224240 (DFCT) "Home and Back" toolbar is out of screen when an error message shown in BBU property screen.
LSIP200224393 (DFCT) WebBIOS is displaying Next learn time as "None" for Automatic Learn cycle equals to Warn.
LSIP200224825 (DFCT) WebBIOS does not provide option to schedule BBU Relearn time and day as indicated in PR 200122939
LSIP200224828 (DFCT) WebBIOS does not show an option to change BBU mode on TB with LSI ID
LSIP200224833 (DFCT) BBU Mode setting under WebBIOS disappear from OEM subvendorID after set to mode 4
LSIP200225019 (DFCT) WebBIOS is displaying Next Learn Cycle instead of "Next Learn Cycle Time:" in Bettary property page.
LSIP200229854 (DFCT) EFI WebBIOS BBU Mode pull down menu has garbage on the menu display line
LSIP200229855 (DFCT) WebBIOS BBU Mode pull down menu has garbage on the menu display line and some menu items
LSIP200230444 (DFCT) battery operational status is not proper
LSIP200224735 (DFCT) PD Listing bleeds over to the rest of the screen, when selecting reset under advanced operations in Web Bios
LSIP200225187 (DFCT) Improper Allignment of UnconfigGood spin Down in Controller Prperties page-UEFI mode