Important information

6 Important Information
If your system is not listed in either Table 1-1 or Table 1-2, see your system
documentation to determine whether SP2 is a supported operating system.
Table 1-3 lists the minimum BIOS requirements for Execute Disable (XD) and
Enhanced Intel
®
SpeedStep
®
Technology (EIST) support. PowerEdge
systems with Intel EM64T technology support the following features in SP2:
• Data Execution Prevention (DEP) , which requires XD-supported
processors that are shipped with supported PowerEdge systems since
October 2004.
•
System Balanced Processor Power and Performance , which leverages EIST
on supported Intel processors. Support for this operating system feature
depends on the processor model, frequency, and stepping.
DEP and System Balanced Processor Power and Performance are features
available in SP2 that require hardware support.
Table 1-1. Minimum Supported BIOS/BMC Versions
PowerEdge System Supported BIOS/BMC Version
Recent Releases
800 A03/A06 or later
830 A04/A04 or later
840 A02/A02 or later
850 A04/A04 or later
860 A02/A02 or later
1800 A07/A08 or later
1850 A06/A09 or later
1855MC A05/A04 or later
1900 1.2.0/A02 or later
1950 1.2.0/A06 or later
1955 1.1.0/A03 or later
2800 A06/A09 or later
2850 A06/A09 or later
2900 1.2.0/A04 or later