Current Advisories

1. ASA4 Server 2003 crashes after upgrade from 7.x (ATCP) driver to 9.x (SNP) driver.
2. ASA5 Windows Update (KB948496) Disables TCP Offload.

1. ASA1 Issues With Alacritech SNMP Extension Agent
2. ASA2 Teaming is broken in release 6.3.0.5
3. ASA3 Applications that depend on iSCSI disks may fail to start correctly.

ASA1: Issues With Alacritech SNMP Extension Agent

Advisory Status: Retired. Only Applies to driver version 6.2.0.3 and earlier.
 
Summary:
Problems with the Alacritech SNMP Extension Agent (SlicAgent.dll) can cause interference with manipulation of network interfaces, including the ability to disable interfaces and the ability to form or remove teamed interfaces.
 
Full text of ASA1 (Microsoft word document)

 

ASA2: Teaming is broken in release 6.3.0.5

Advisory Status: Retired. Only Applies to driver version 6.3.0.5.
 
Summary:
Use of teaming with the Alacritech 6.3.0.5 release may cause the server to fail to boot.
 
Full text of ASA2 (Microsoft word document)

 

ASA3: Applications that depend on iSCSI disks may fail to start correctly.

Advisory Status: Retired. Only Applies to driver versions 6.3.1.1 and 7.1.0.1.
 
Summary:
Slow initialization of the Alacritech interface may delay availability of iSCSI disks, causing applications or services that depend on the disks to fail to function properly.
 
Full text of ASA3 (Microsoft word document)

 

ASA4: Server 2003 crashes after upgrade from 7.x (ATCP) driver to 9.x (SNP) driver.

Advisory Status: Active
 
Summary:
Installation of Service Pack 2 for Server 2003 after Alacritech driver 7.x has been installed causes subsequent upgrade to 9.x driver to destabilize the operating system.
 
Full text of ASA4 (Microsoft word document)

 

ASA5: Windows Update (KB948496) Disables TCP Offload.

Advisory Status: Active
 
Summary:
Microsoft has included KB948496 as a critical update for Server 2003 SP2. This update globally disables TCP offload.
 
Full text of ASA5 (Microsoft word document)