Minimum Supported Card Firmware Version

The Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card runs with the firmware packages listed below:

Firmware Version Patch F80 Firmware Package (recommended) 13.05.11.01 SW2.0 25292120 F80 Firmware Package 09.05.41.00 SW1.1 1993331 F80 Firmware Package (minimum) 09.05.33.00 SW1.0 17860600

Summary of Changes in Firmware 13.05.11.01 Release

The following improvements and changes are included in SW2.0 Phase 13.05.11.01 release of the Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card:

• Permanently disabled SMART caching, removed the checksum error reported by smartctl.

• Bug 22727539 - FATAL resetting due to F80 and F40 fault_state(0x0d04)

• Bugs 22843161 and 22848220 - Cards failed with "poor performance" at the same time, due to background recycler. Fix for reset due to fault_state (0x0d04), and performance improvement due to background recycler.

If you install the Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card as an x-option on a server, you must update the firmware from 09.05.33.00 to 13.05.11.01, or a subsequent release if available.

Summary of Changes in Firmware 09.05.41.00 Release

The following improvements and changes are included in SW1.1 Phase 09.05.41.00 release of the Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card:

• Improved power cycle management.

• DDCLI 110.00.12.00 for F80 and F40 Management. Command line utility (OS specific) for management and monitoring of the F80 PCIe card.

If you install the Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card as an x-option on a server, you must update the firmware from 09.05.41.00 to 13.05.11.01, or a subsequent release if available.