Specification Update

Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update
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6. HSC and BMC versions intermittently not seen in the BIOS setup
Problem BMC and HSC revision informaiton is intermittently missing from the BIOS
Setup.
Implicaiton HSC and BMC information is not easily found.
Status This erratum was fixed in BIOS revision R0057.
Workaround Users must use the DOS utility, ‘fwpiaupd.exe’, to probe and get the backplane
HSC information. Boot to DOS and using the fwpiaupd.exe utility, which is used
to flash the BMC and HSC code onto the server system, enter the following
command: “fwpiaupd –i –address={c0, c2}” where c0= primary backplane
address and c2= secondary backplane address. This provides you with the
operational code revision for the HSC on each backplane.
To retrieve the BMC version informaiton, use the same ‘fwpiaupdt.exe’ utility
with the following command: “fwpiaupdt –i –address=20”
7. POST LEDs do not turn off after Operating System loads
Problem The POST Code LEDs at the rear of the system do not turn off once POST
completes and the operating system loads. The POST code LEDs will show
[Green Red Green Red] at the rear of the system.
Implication User may believe an error occurred since there are LEDs lit on the baseboard.
Status This erratum was fixed in BIOS revision R0057.
Workaround None.
8. Checkup7.exe (microcode update utility) is not storing microcode in the
BIOS
Problem The Checkup7.exe utility, which is used to update the processor microcode in a
BIOS, is not working properly. The utility says it completes the flash update
successfully; however, upon the next reboot, the microcode is not actually
present in the BIOS.
Implication Users cannot update their BIOS with a new processor microcode.
Status This erratum was fixed in BIOS revision R0057.
Workaround Users must update to the latest BIOS revision which includes the latest
processor microcode releases. They cannot use this utilty to add a microcode
patch to the existing BIOS.