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Broadcom Limited Avenger MR 8.18 AV1 Storcli2
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Supported Controllers
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Avenger 9600-16e
Avenger 9600-8i8e
Avenger 9600-16i
Avenger 9600-24i
Avenger 9600w-16e
Avenger 9620-16i
Avenger 9660-16i
Avenger 9670W-16i
Avenger 9670-24i
Avenger2 9760W-16i
Avenger2 9760W-32i
Avenger2 9700W-32i

Component:
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Release Date:   2026-08-18


Version Numbers:	
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Current Version:   08.018.000.0014
Previous Version:  08.017.000.0008

Bug Fixes/Enhancements:  
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DCSG02052547 Jenkins Build script changes for jira migration
DCSG02081643 OS_Utils : Field Downgrade Gate implementation
DCSG02020505 Report "n/a" for consistency on R0 Volumes
DCSG02031621 (Port Of Defect DCSG02030986) Issues with error message and conventions.
DCSG02020520 SED KEY ID GET Improvements
DCSG02031817 Array Controller without Energy Pack Alert
DCSG02011025 Add help note to CLI2 for disabling Physical Drive temp polling
DCSG02071304 Sending multiple command requests before sending the smartselftest
DCSG02040555 MR_8.18: "storcli2 /cx/ex/sx show telemetrylogs" command not listed.
DCSG02034443 SPDM export is omiting last character from the given subject file
DCSG02029982 Tape drive support
DCSG02014622 OS_Utils: improve handling of SES page reads for faulty enclosures
DCSG02037151 Storcli2 Jenkins build changes for windows
DCSG02010143 Update ubuntu deb package to install with "apt-get install"
DCSG02046485 get debugtoken command is displaying time in number format
DCSG02009316 Add battery PPID support
DCSG01974933 Ability to fetch NVMe drive telemetry logs via Storcli2
DCSG02081617 Derive only valid slot count from SES Page 0x0A for faulty VSES enclosures
DCSG02043072 Error message shown while setting 'firstdeviceid' for pf0 needs correction
DCSG02014602 OS_Utils: Follow SAC_Guide_v1.9 for App Signing
DCSG01979637 Software that performs NVMe drive firmware update should respect minchunkSize
DCSG02046698 Show telemetry logs command is failing with syntax error
DCSG02029724 (Port Of Defect DCSG02029506) Show termlog command is adding an extra new line character after each line.
DCSG02044894 cli shows Controller status as "Needs Attention" for a Critical event
DCSG02076777 Storcli2 and MRSA displays inconsistent Virtual drive properties for strip size
DCSG02032826 (Port Of Defect DCSG02032090) Storcli shows incorrect error message for "foreign delete" operation.
DCSG02080122 Storcli displays "Controller 1 is in unknown fault state. Please flash the firmware." during F W flash.
DCSG02053221 StorCLI shows misleading controller status text when energy pack is absent (warnings vs missing)
DCSG02049319 CLI help for "show debugtoken" command has typo "Nounce
DCSG02042628 Volume detailed Information is not displayed correctly when controller is in safe mode with pinned cache.
DCSG02014594 Volume creation output should not show 000(triple zeroes) after decimal point
DCSG02040066 Update the Note for file usage for set security command
DCSG02034455 storcli support for Debug Token
DCSG02029326 (Port Of Defect DCSG02027463) Storcli shows inconsistency in some fields as part of "/cx show all" output.
DCSG01979257 Change energy pack type string from Supercap to Supercapacitor for CLI2
DCSG02067109 Storcli throws error when queried for Drive clear progress
DCSG02045919 Windows binary properties is showing older version
DCSG02081607 Core dump observed during "./storcli2 /call/eall/sall reset phyerrorcounters" operation.
DCSG02046703 Telemetry file is generated with noofblock as '0' value instead of an error
DCSG02045226 Storcli2 returns extra prints mesg when invalidate the certificate on the slot
DCSG02030257 Device shutdown by type and protocol and attach
DCSG02031441 (Port Of Defect DCSG02031050) No Error type displayed for "show vpd" command.
DCSG02037948 (Port Of Defect DCSG02033250) Controller IDs not displayed in "storcli show"
DCSG02081471 Field Downgrade Gate implementation
DCSG02079517 Status for Error Code to be Non-Zero for /eall show status
DCSG02053539 Missing secureboot info & security spdm command option
DCSG02069725 API change for ENCL REF
DCSG02051577 Storcli shows error when setting hddspindown value to "on" and "off"
DCSG02046763 Invalid size debug token nonce received after debug token disabled
DCSG02042201 MR_8.18: No ErrMsg and ErrType displayed for telemetry failure.
DCSG02079371 Storcli displays option "EventLogQualifier" but command fails with syntax error when used.
DCSG02041180 PersistentID design cannot identify previously know drives
DCSG02083073 Application exiting when volume is removed and requested for show all for the same
DCSG02079458 Supported Drive Media Types not listed for external card 9600w-16e.
DCSG02073869 Unable to set "pr factory" on ThinkSystem Gen5 Adapter
DCSG02048594 PEL event overlap/retreival enhancement
DCSG02014645 Apps to gracefully handle drive status of Unknown and Bad
DCSG02076115 Improve handling of SES page reads for faulty enclosures
DCSG02050351 Security QR field should be part of Secureboot Deatils
DCSG02029767 (Port Of Defect DCSG02024220) Event log "String" field truncated/incomplete for SnapDump delete operation
DCSG02041094 set debugtoken operation is faulting with larger files
DCSG02071030 Populate enclosure sequence number and update it for enclosure set operations.
DCSG02079393 Help command is not displaying any output in UEFI environment
DCSG02041871 Incorrect output for "Get rttdump" and "show" when med Error in progress.
DCSG02009321 Improve error reporting when key activation is in progress.
DCSG02057069 Storcli2 command 'storlci2 /c0 get debugtoken' displays incorrect label
DCSG02071622 storcli2.efi command output shows junk characters under the 'Description' field in UEFI for many of the commands
DCSG02047540 Debugtoken Schema file is not in JSON format.
DCSG02057131 storcli fails to list all the failure scenarios and issues w.r.t version.
DCSG02081619 Storcli show security keyid fails with no proper output.
DCSG02006593 Add support for Drive Power Control
DCSG02069871 Storcli2 displays Some of the units as KB/K instead of KiB and issue W.r.t "Cachebypass size"
