Specification update

Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing
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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
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
6. BMC continuously sends RAID volume rebuild event in RSTe mode of the SCU
controller 5
7. System may halt under specific BIOS configurations.............................................. 6
8. Microsoft Windows 2003* x86 installation failure under Pass-through mode of SCU
controller 6
9. System may halt under unsupported configuration in ESRT2 mode ....................... 6
10. Extra events may be seen in the System Event Log (SEL) during system global
reset 7
11. System may continuously report a faulty or assert/deassert log when having blank
HDD carriers or un-configured HDDs ....................................................................................... 7
12. Integrated BMC Web Console – Power Statistics page – Minimum wattage reads
as zero. 8
13. Integrated BMC Web Console – Power Control page – Perform Action button not
functional. 8
14. IPMI Get Chassis Status command returns incorrect Chassis Identify State. ......... 8
15. The BIOS and ME Firmware can't be updated successfully via Intel
®
One Boot
Flash Update Utility(OFU) under SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11* (64-bit) with SP2 ........... 9
16. BMC continuously sends HDD assert/de-assert event during HDD RAID rebuild
under ESRT2 mode of the SCU controller .............................................................................. 9
17. 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 ..... 9
18. Intel
®
RAID C600 Upgrade Key replacement Issue .............................................. 10
19. Intel
®
LAN driver installation failure on Microsoft Windows* 7 ............................... 10
20. Hard drives connected through SAS expander can’t be detected in legacy mode 10
21. System will boot from on-board video although install add-in video card .............. 11
22. On-board VGA cannot be set to the highest resolution (1920x1080 and higher). . 11
23. Hard drive locate LED may not instantly respond to the locate command if
backplane is connected through SAS expander to a RAID controller ..................................... 11