Specification Update

Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update

45. Fails PXE boot from on-board NIC 2 and neither on-board NIC works

under DOS with BIOS R0079 and R0081

Problem With BIOS R0079 or R0081 installed on the Intel

Server Boards

S5000PSL/S5000XSL, it fails PXE boot from on-board NIC 2 and neither on-

board NIC works under DOS.

Implication The server fails to connect the PXE server through the on-board NIC 2 and on-

board NICs do not work under DOS.

Status This erratum was fixed with BIOS R0084.

Workaround None.

46. Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology II SAS RAID 5 consistence

check fails in BIOS console only if hard drives are docked in expander

HSBP

Problem If the Intel

Embedded Server RAID Technology II SAS RAID 5 volume

includes hard drives docked in expander HSBP, the RAID 5 volume

consistence check fails in the Intel

Embedded Server RAID Technology II

BIOS console.

Implication Consistence check works with other RAID volume types like RAID 0, 1, 10.

Consistence check only fails if the Intel

Embedded Server RAID Technology II

SAS RAID 5 volume includes hard drives docked in the expander HSBP, and

only fails in the Intel

Embedded Server RAID Technology II BIOS console.

Status This erratum was fixed with Intel

Embedded Server RAID Technology II BIOS

Version A.01.09121449I, which is included in Intel

Embedded Server RAID

Technology II firmware package:

ESRT2_LSI1064e_1068_MPT_MegaSR_FW_OpROM_v_2007_12_05.

Workaround Users may run Intel

Embedded Server RAID Technology II RAID 5

consistency check under the operating system using the Intel

RAID Web

Console 2.

47. Sluggish system performance may be experienced with BMC60

Problem An issue with BMC 60 is causing incorrect interpretation of the user-selected

BIOS Setup Open Loop Thermal Throttling (OLTT) options. Advanced BIOS

Setup contains OLTT selections for Performance Mode and Acoustic Mode.

BMC 60 is recognizing a Performance Mode selection in the BIOS setup as an

Acoustic mode request. Acoustic Mode selection in the BIOS setup is being

disregarded and fail safe defaults for Fan Profiles are enforced. This