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  User Information guide for MegaRAID Windows Drivers 
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This Document explains the Structure of Released Package for MegaRAID Windows Drivers.
Starting MR 7.11, new folder naming conventions have been provided in the same conventions as Microsoft releases.
Starting MR 7.14, Support for 32-bit OS architecture has been dropped and support for SAC release has been limited to N(latest SAC release).
Please refer to updated OS policy for more details. 

Controllers Supported : This Driver supports SAS3.5 MegaRAID 94xx (Ventura Family) and MegaRAID 95xx (Aero Family) of Controllers only. 

The following description helps to select proper driver for each release of Windows Operating Systems:
	
	
 	
	Win2019_Server_RS5_LTSC_f18_x64    - It should be used for Windows 2019 RS5 server x64.
	Win10_Client_RS5_LTSC_f18_x64      - It should be used for Windows 2019 RS5 Client x64.
	Win10_22H2_Client_x64              - It should be used for Windows 10 22H2 Client X64.
 	Win2022_Server_LTSC_x64	           - It should be used for Windows Server 2022 x64. 
 	Win11_22H2_Client_x64              - It should be used for Windows 11 22H2 Client X64.
    Win11_23H2_Client_x64              - It should be used for Windows 11 23H2 Client X64.
	Win2025_x64                        - It should be used for Windows Server 2025 X64.
    Win11_24H2_X64                     - It should be used for Windows 11 24H2 Client X64.
	
	Important Message to Customer for Critcom 2019-42: MR Drivers for Windows Activation of Retpoline Security
 
      As part of MR 7.12 and Phase 13, the MR and IT drivers for Windows 10 and Windows Server have activated the Microsoft Retpoline security fix. 
      Users deploying these drivers need to have reviewed and understood the Customer Advisory 2019-42. 
      The customer needs to take steps to patch their Windows 10 and/or Windows Server 2016 installs BEFORE loading the drivers.
      There is no minimum patch level required for Windows Server 2019 before using our drivers. 
      Below are  additional details to be considered: 
      IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE: For Windows Server 2016 (RS1 thru RS4), customer MUST be at or beyond the patch level indicated in customer advisory before installing a Broadcom Retpoline         enabled driver to avoid a system crash
      Drivers for MR 7.12 and above Windows drivers must not be installed until the OS has been patched to at least that level. 
      If the required patch level is not applied, there is a very good chance it will cause an unrecoverable system crash.  
      If that occurs, it will require an involved recovery procedure to get the machine to boot again, causing significant down time.
      Please make sure the entire customer advisory is read and understood before continuing.
	