Monthly Specification Update

4. The hard drives connected through a SAS expander cannot be detected

in legacy mode

Problem If the hard drives are connected through an expander to the SCU ports and

configured in RSTe mode, the hard drives cannot be detected by the system in

legacy mode (default BIOS setting).

Implication Users cannot use the hard drives connected through an expander as the boot

devices to install OS. But users can install OS to other hard drives that are not

connected through an expander and load RSTe driver to make the hard drives

connected through an expander visible to OS. Or users can change Boot

Options -> EFI Optimized Boot to “Enabled” in BIOS Setup so that the hard

drives connected through an expander can be detected by the system.

Status This issue is fixed in BIOS 01.08.0003 and later releases.

Workaround None.

5. The on-board VGA cannot be set to the highest resolution (1920x1080

and higher)

Problem The Graphics ID register of the on-board video controller is set incorrectly.

Implication The video cannot be set to the highest resolutions listed here:

[1920x1080, High 256 Color, 60 Hertz]

[1920x1200, High 256 Color, 60 Hertz]

[1920x1080, High Color (16bit), 60 Hertz]

[1920x1200, High Color (16bit), 60 Hertz]

Status This issue is fixed in BMC Firmware 01.16.4010 and later releases.

Workaround None.

6. The hard drive locate LED may not instantly respond to the locate

command if the backplane is connected through a SAS expander to a

RAID controller

Problem If the backplane is connected through a SAS expander to a RAID controller, the

hard drive locate LED may not instantly respond to the locate command from

the RAID controller. The LED may blink after up to two minutes.

Implication The symptom will not happen if the backplane is directly connected to the RAID

controller. The root cause has been identified in the motherboard BMC.

Status This issue may be fixed in a future BMC release.

Workaround None.