Technical Product Specification Update

Monthly Specification Update
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19. 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.
Implication EIST may function incorrectly.
Status This issue may be fixed in a future BIOS update.
Workaround N/A.
20. The BMC may become unresponsive intermittently when reconnecting
power or performing power cycling; status LED will be solid amber.
Problem When performing a power cycle or reconnecting system power, the system
may become unresponsive (no response by pressing the power button), the
status LED turning amber with a non-recover state due to a Power Fault. The
BWC\EWS virtual front panel also shows the power light as green, while the
system is powered off, and the power LED on the server is not illuminated. In
the BWC\EWS reports "there has been a soft power control failure" with a
Critical warning and SEL entry is generated.
Implication The shared NIC PHY is reset when the system powers on and boots. This is
expected behavior of the NIC PHY. Current BMC has no method to avoid this
reset.
Status This issue may be fixed in future BMC release.
Workaround None.
21. VMware ESXi* installation failure when detecting Network Adapters
Problem The system may encounter a failure when installing VMware ESXi* OS, and
the error messages could be “No Network Adapters”.
Implication Users may not be able to successfully install the VMware ESXi* (all versions).
Status VMware does not support Memory Mapped I/O above 4GB. This issue can be
fixed by disabling this BIOS option.
Workaround “Memory Mapped I/O above 4GB” is enabled by default in the latest BIOS.
Customers have to disable this option to make VMware ESXi* (all versions)
installation successful.