Specification update

Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update
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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
Problem OFU will fail to update BIOS & ME under SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11
(64-bit) with SP2 Operating System.
Implication If the system is running SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit) with SP2
Operating System, using OFU to update System Firmware Update
Package(SFUP) will fail.
Status This issue is fixed in OFU Version 11.0 Build 8 and later version.
Workaround Update System Firmware Update Package(SFUP) from EFI environment using
iFlash32, FWPIAUpdate and FRUSDR Utility
16.
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.
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
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.