Specification Update

Monthly Specification Update
III
Contents
Preface ......................................................................................................................................... 1
1. Nomenclature .......................................................................................................... 1
2. Product Scope ......................................................................................................... 1
Summary Tables of Changes ..................................................................................................... 2 
Errata ............................................................................................................................................ 4
1. Linux* Operating Systems are not supported on RSTe mode ................................. 4
2. UEFI Microsoft Windows Server 2008* R2 SP1 installation on SCU ports may fail
under RSTe RAID mode ............................................................................................................ 4
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3. UEFI Operating System installation is not supported on ESRT2 mode ................... 4
4. HDD status LEDs do not function under specific configuration ............................... 5
5. RSTe GUI installation may fail if there are no devices attached to any onboard
AHCI ports 5
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6. System may halt under specific BIOS configurations .............................................. 5
7. Microsoft Windows 2003* x86 installation failure under Pass-through mode of SCU
controller 6
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8. System may halt under unsupported configuration in ESRT2 mode ....................... 6
9. Integrated BMC Web Console – Power Statistics page – Minimum wattage reads
as zero. 6
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10. Integrated BMC Web Console – Power Control page – Perform Action button not
functional. 7
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11. IPMI Get Chassis Status command returns incorrect Chassis Identify State. ......... 7
12. The BIOS and ME Firmware can't be updated successfully using Intel
®
One Boot
Flash Update Utility (OFU) under SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit) with SP2 ............ 7
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13. BMC continuously sends HDD assert/de-assert event during HDD RAID rebuild
under ESRT2 mode of the SCU controller ................................................................................. 8
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14. High CPU utilization may occur when installing or running Microsoft Windows
Server 2008* R2 or Microsoft Windows* 7 with default NIC driver for Intel® Gigabit ET Dual
Port Server Adapter E1G42ET and Intel® Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter E1G44ET ... 8
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15. Intel
®
LAN driver installation failure on Microsoft Windows* 7 ................................. 8
16. Hard drives connected through SAS expander can’t be detected in legacy mode .. 9
17. On-board VGA cannot be set to the highest resolution (1920x1080 and higher) .... 9
18. Integrated BMC Web Console – Sensor Readings Page – Memory Throttling
sensor status will stay “Critical” once triggered ......................................................................... 9
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19. WOL (Wake on LAN) may not function under Red Hat* Linux 6.2 64-bit OS ........ 10
20. System only reports the first occurrence of power redundancy lost events ........... 10
21. The MAC address of Dual Port Intel® X540 10GbE I/O Module(AXX10GBTWLIOM
and AXX10GBTWLHW) in BIOS displays as all zero .............................................................. 10
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22. BMC will generate flood event log and send PEF continuously ............................ 11
23. Intel® FDR InfiniBand* ConnectX* -3 I/O Module may not comply with FCC and
Industry Canada regulations .................................................................................................... 11
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24. The Activity/Link LED of the Intel® I/O Expansion Modules may not be solid green12