Specification Update

Monthly Specification Update
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13. BMC continuously sends HDD assert/de-assert event during HDD RAID
rebuild under ESRT2 mode of the SCU controller
Problem HDD fault will keep asserting and de-asserting frequent during RAID rebuild
under ESRT2.
Implication During HDD ESRT2 RAID rebuild, there's flood HDD fault assert/deassert (SAS
RAID) or Rebuild/remap (SATA RAID) logs into SEL.
Status This issue is fixed in ESRT2 driver release 15.00.0528.2012.
Workaround None
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
Problem There has been high CPU load observed when installing or running Microsoft
Windows Server 2008* R2 or Microsoft Windows 7* with default NIC (Network
Interface Card) driver for Intel
®
Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter E1G42ET
and Intel
®
Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter E1G44ET.
Implication When the ports are not electrically "linked" and the embedded driver is loaded,
the DPC rate steadily increases until the system slows to the point where it is
essentially unusable.
Status This issue is fixed in NIC driver 16.8 release and later version.
Workaround None
15. Intel
®
LAN driver installation failure on Microsoft Windows* 7
Problem The Intel
®
LAN driver version 16.8 and below may not be installed sucessfully
on Microsoft Windows 7* with the .bat installation scripts in the driver package.
Implication The LAN driver cannot be installed by the .bat installation scripts in the driver
package.
Status The issue is fixed in Intel
®
LAN driver version 17.1.
Workaround Two workarounds are available:
1. The LAN driver can be manually installed.
2. User can lower the User Account Control to Never Notify, then the driver
can be installed with the .bat installation scripts.