Technical Advisory TA-915-06t

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NSW1U
SSR212MC2
S5000XVNR BIOS R91 or R91.6 BIOS R91 or R91.6 BIOS R91.6
MFSYS25
MFS5000SI
MFS5000SIB
UFU P2.3.1 or P2.3.5
BIOS R43 or R48.1
UFU P2.3.1 or P2.3.5
BIOS R43 or R48.1
UFU P2.3.5
BIOS R48.1
A
TTENTION: Customers using Intel
®
Workstation S5000XVN Should not use BIOS 94 but should
remain on BIOS 91.6 until a replacement BIOS is available in December 2008.
Intel will also review the BIOS evaluation process to determine how this type of issue can be found during validation.
Recommended Customer Action
Customers using the following processors can continue using BIOS R0091/Intel
®
Modular Server BIOS R0047:
• Intel
®
Xeon
®
processors 5100, 5200, 5300 series, any stepping, with the products listed above or
• Intel
®
Xeon
®
processor 5400 series, C-0 stepping, with the products listed above.
Customers using Intel
®
Xeon
®
processor 5400 series, E-0 stepping, must upgrade to BIOS R0091.6/Intel
®
Modular
Server BIOS R0048.1 or later.
Versions of BIOS before R0091/Intel
®
Modular Server R0047 can be upgraded to BIOS R0091.6/Intel
®
Modular Server
R0048.1 using any supported Intel
®
Xeon
®
processor 5000 sequence.
Intel recommends customers perform a shortened validation run with BIOS R0091.6 for the Intel Workstation
S5000XVN/Intel
®
Modular Server BIOS R0048.1 and perform a normal validation run with BIOS R0094/Intel
®
Modular
Server BIOS R50 when available.
Please contact your Intel Sales Representative if you require more specific information about this issue.
Enterprise Platforms & Services Division
Intel Corporation