Monthly Specification Update

Monthly Specification Update
Contents
Preface ......................................................................................................................................... 1
Nomenclature ............................................................................................................................ 1
Product Scope ........................................................................................................................... 1
Summary Tables of Changes ..................................................................................................... 2
Errata ............................................................................................................................................ 4
1. Linux* operating systems are not supported in RSTe mode.................................... 4
2. UEFI operating system installation is not supported in ESRT2 mode ..................... 4
3. RSTe GUI installation may fail if there are no devices attached to any on-board
AHCI ports 4
4. The hard drives connected through a SAS expander cannot be detected in legacy
mode 5
5. The on-board VGA cannot be set to the highest resolution (1920x1080 and higher)5
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 .................................... 5
7. The Memory Throttling sensor status will stay “Critical” after triggered on the
Integrated BMC Web Console Sensor Readings page ............................................................. 6
8. WOL (Wake on LAN) may not function for Red Hat* Linux 6.2 64bit OS ................ 6
9. The POST Code Diagnostic LEDs may continue to display a status after POST
has completed ........................................................................................................................... 6
10. The system only reports the first occurrence of power redundancy lost events ...... 6
11. No internal SSD support on current shipping 2U server system SKUs ................... 7
12. Microsoft Windows 2003* x86 installation fails in pass-through mode of the SCU
controller 7
13. The Intel
®
Server Systems configured with an Intel
®
FDR InfiniBand* ConnectX*-3
I/O Module may not comply with FCC regulations in the United States and Canada ................ 8
14. The PXE boot and iSCSI boot settings may not be saved after reboot ................... 8
15. The Intel
®
Xeon Phi
™
Coprocessor PCI Express* Card Status Sensor may show
"Unknown" 9
16. The Intel
®
Xeon Phi
™
Coprocessor PCI Express* Card sensor numbering may not
be consistent with riser slot numbering ...................................................................................... 9
17. The Activity/Link LED of the Intel
®
I/O Expansion Modules may not be solid green 9
18. The Intel
®
FDR InfiniBand* ConnectX*-3 I/O Module AXX2FDRIBIOM port 2 may
have the interconnect problem with Mellanox* 1m FDR or 7m SFP+ passive copper cables . 10
19. The reported processor frequency is lower than expected when the BIOS setup
option EIST is disabled and the system is also in idle mode ................................................... 10
20. The BMC 0121r6038 will cause fan noise ............................................................. 10
Documentation Changes .......................................................................................................... 11
1. I/O Module Support correction ............................................................................... 11
2. POST Progress Code Table correction ................................................................. 11
3. 2U system Internal fixed mount SSD support change ........................................... 11
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