White Papers

32 Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft Cloud Platform System Standard
6 Dell EMC Payload for Update 1909
Dell EMC Update 1909 for CPS Standard includes the following driver and firmware updates.
WARNING: Once the Intel NIC firmware is updated to 18.8.x, do not downgrade to previous A-Rev
versions below 18.8.x.
• Dell Server PowerEdge BIOS R630/R730/R730XD Version 2.10.5 Fixes & Enhancements
This release contains new Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family Processor Microcode Enhancement to address
the security vulnerabilities (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures-CVE) such as CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-
12127, CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2019-11091, and CVE-2019-0089. This release contains BIOS firmware version
2.10.5 for Dell PowerEdge R630/R730/R730XD
o Enhancements
- Enhancement to address the security vulnerabilities (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures-CVE) such
as CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2019-11091, and CVE-2019-0089.
- Updated the Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v4 Product Family Processor Microcode to version
0x0b000038.
- Updated the Xeon Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Processor Microcode to version 0x43.
- Updated the Intel Management Engine firmware to version SPS_E5_03.01.03.072.0_GR_WBG_REL.
- Support for the iDRAC8 2.70.70.70 version.
o Fixes
- When booting to RHEL 8, the following message is displayed:
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal hardware error!
• Dell Server BIOS PowerEdge C6320 Version 2.10.5 Fixes & Enhancements
Enhanced BIOS security protection features. Updated the Intel Xeon Processor Microcode to version
0x0B000038 and Xeon Processor E5-2600 v3 Microcode to version 0x43. Updated the Intel Management Engine
firmware to version SPS_E5_03.01.03.072.0_GR_WBG_REL. Enhanced protection for the DIMM Serial Presence
Detect (SPD) data. For more information about specific items added and resolved in this BIOS version, see the
Fixes and New and enhanced features sections.
o Fixes
- When booting to RHEL 8, the following message is displayed: Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal hardware
error!
o Enhancements
- Enhancement to address the security vulnerabilities (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures--CVE)
such as CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2019-11091, and CVE-2019-0089.
- Updated the Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v4 Product Family Processor Microcode to version
0x0b000038.
- Updated the Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Processor Microcode to version 0x43.
- Updated the Intel Management Engine firmware to version SPS_E5_03.01.03.072.0_GR_WBG_REL.
- Support for the iDRAC8 2.70.70.70 version.
- Added setup option Lower Memory Mapped I/O Base to 512 GB. Default is set to Disabled.
- Enhanced protection for the DIMM Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data.
• IDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Version 2.63.60.61 Fixes & Enhancements