Specification Update
Monthly Specification Update
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24. The Activity/Link LED of the Intel® I/O Expansion Modules may not be
solid green
Problem The Activity/Link LED (on the left side) of the following Intel® I/O Expansion
Modules may not be solid green when there is active connection:
Ÿ Dual Port Intel® X540 10GbE I/O Module AXX10GBTWLIOM and
AXX10GBTWLHW
Ÿ Dual Port Intel® 82599 10GbE I/O Module AXX10GBNIAIOM
Implication The LED may keep off instead of solid green. Users can’t figure out whether an
active connection is established through LED behavior.
Status This issue has been fixed with new EEPROM cut in at factory, see PCN112163
for more details.
Workaround None.
25. Intel® FDR InfiniBand* ConnectX* -3 I/O Module AXX2FDRIBIOM port 2
may have interconnect problem with Mellanox* 1m FDR or 7m SFP+
passive copper cables
Problem Intel® FDR InfiniBand* ConnectX* -3 I/O Module AXX2FDRIBIOM port 2 may
have interconnect problem when used with Mellanox* 1 meter FDR or 7 meters
SFP+ passive copper cables.
Implication When used with Mellanox* 1m FDR or 7m SFP+ passive copper cables, port 2
of the module may not be able to establish a successful connection for signal
transmission. This issue does not impact other cables. This issue does not
impact Intel® FDR InfiniBand* ConnectX* -3 I/O Module AXX1FDRIBIOM.
Status The issue with 7m SFP+ passive copper cable has been fixed by Mellanox*
InfiniBand* ConnectX* -3 firmware 2.11.1308 and later release. Please refer to
the following website for downloading:
http://www.mellanox.com/page/firmware_table_Intel. The AXX2FDRIBIOM still
has limited issues with Mellanox* 1m FDR passive copper cable that may be
fixed in the future.
Workaround Port 2 of AXX2FDRIBIOM must be used with Mellanox* 2m or 3m FDR or 1m,
2m, 3m, 5m or 7m SFP+ passive copper cables, or active optical cables.
26. Reported processor frequency is lower than expected when the BIOS
setup option EIST is disabled and the system is also in idle mode
Problem When the system is in idle mode during OS runtime and EIST is disabled in
BIOS setup, the reported processor speed may report a lower than expected
frequency.