Monthly Specification Update

Monthly Specification Update
Contents
Preface ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Nomenclature .......................................................................................................................... 1
Product Scope ......................................................................................................................... 1
Summary Tables of Changes ................................................................................................... 2
Errata ......................................................................................................................................... 4
1. Linux* operating systems are not supported on SCU ports in RSTe mode ............. 4
2. UEFI Windows Server 2008* R2 SP1 installation on SCU ports may fail in RSTe
RAID mode .............................................................................................................................. 4
3. UEFI operating system installation is not supported in ESRT2 mode ..................... 4
4. The HDD status LEDs do not function with specific configurations ......................... 5
5. RSTe GUI installation may fail if no devices are attached to any on-board AHCI
ports 5
6. The BMC continuously sends the RAID volume rebuild events in RSTe mode of
the SCU controllers .................................................................................................................. 5
7. The BIOS hangs if both “EFI Optimized Boot” and “Memory Mapped I/O Above
4GB” are enabled .................................................................................................................... 5
8. Microsoft Windows 2003* x86 installation fails in pass-through mode of the SCU
controllers 6
9. The system may halt with unsupported configurations in ESRT2 mode.................. 6
10. An extra event may be seen in the SEL during a system global reset .................... 6
11. The Minimum wattage reads as zero on the integrated BMC web console Power
Statistics page ......................................................................................................................... 7
12. The Perform Action button does not function on the integrated BMC web console
Power Control page ................................................................................................................. 7
13. The system may continuously report a fault or assert/de-assert log when having
blank HDD carriers or unconfigured HDDs ............................................................................... 7
14. The BIOS and ME firmware cannot be updated successfully using the Intel
®
One
Boot Flash Update Utility(OFU) for SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit) with SP2 ......... 8
15. The BMC continuously sends an HDD assert/de-assert event during an HDD RAID
rebuild in ESRT2 mode of the SCU controllers ........................................................................ 8
16. High CPU utilization may occur when installing or running Microsoft Windows
Server 2008* R2 or Microsoft Windows 7* with the default NIC driver for Intel
®
Gigabit ET
Dual Port Server Adapter E1G42ET and Intel
®
Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter
E1G44ET 8
17. The power supply sensors may not be available after power cycles ....................... 9
18. The chassis sags about 2.0 mm when fully loaded in the rack ............................... 9
19. Incorrect picture titles in the Chassis Quick Reference ........................................... 9
20. The system may halt with specific BIOS configurations ........................................ 11
21. Intel
®
LAN driver installation fails on Windows 7* ................................................. 11
22. Exit Air Temp reading mismatch when using IPMI command in Linux* ................. 12
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