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 5
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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. 6
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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 ................................................................................. 7
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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
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LAN driver installation failure on Microsoft Windows* 7 ................................. 8
16. Hard drives connected through SAS expander can’t be detected in legacy mode .. 8
17. On-board VGA cannot be set to the highest resolution (1920x1080 and higher) .... 9
18. Hard drive locate LED may not instantly respond to the locate command if
backplane is connected through SAS expander to a RAID controller ....................................... 9
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19. Some log names in SEL are displayed incorrectly after pressing the power button
to shut down Microsoft Windows 2008* R2 64bit ...................................................................... 9
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20. Fault LED on 4x3.5” hot swap HDD cage may not function normally during RAID
rebuilding with AHCI ESRTII RAID configuration .................................................................... 10
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21. Integrated BMC Web Console – Sensor Readings Page – Memory Throttling
sensor status will stay “Critical” once triggered ....................................................................... 10
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22. WOL (Wake on LAN) may not function under Red Hat* Linux 6.2 64bit OS ......... 10
23. System only reports the first occurrence of power redundancy lost events ........... 10