Monthly Specification Update Intel® Server Boards S5500WBR, S5500WB12VR, Intel® Server System SR1690WBR and Intel® Server System SR1695WB Intel Order Number E73253-008 July, 2011 Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update Revision History Date Modifications April, 2009 Initial release. June, 2009 Fixed erratum 2, 18, 19. Added erratum 22. July, 2009 No Update. August, 2009 Add Intel Server System SR1690WB related information. January, 2010 Added erratum 30. February, 2010 Added erratum 31, 32. March, 2010 Added Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series support in documentation.
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Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update Contents Preface ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Nomenclature ......................................................................................................... 1 2. Product Scope ....................................................................................................... 2 Summary Tables of Changes .....
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 23. Error numbering of SATA ports in TPS rev1.0...................................................... 12 24. Error numbering of SATA ports in Quick Reference Label ................................... 12 25. Error numbering of SATA ports in Quick Start User’s Guide ................................ 12 26. HDD status LED on HDD carrier will light as bright amber during rebuild ............. 12 27.
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Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update Preface This document is an update to the specifications contained in the Intel® Server Boards ® S5500WB and S5500WB12V Technical Product Specification (Order Number E53971), Intel Server System SR1690WB Technical Product Specification (Order Number E72797) and Intel® Server System SR1695WB Technical Product Specification (Order Number E92079).
Monthly Specification Update 2. Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Errata are design defects or errors. Errata may cause the server board behavior to deviate from published specifications. Hardware and software designed to be used with any given processor stepping must assume that all errata documented for that processor stepping are present on all devices.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update Summary Tables of Changes The following tables provide an overview of known errata and known document changes that apply to the specified Intel Server Products. The tables use the following notations: Doc: Intel intends to update the appropriate documentation in a future revision. Fix: Intel intends to fix this erratum in the future. Fixed: This erratum has been previously fixed. No Fix: There are no plans to fix this erratum.
Monthly Specification Update No. Plans 28. No Fix 29. Fix 30. No Fix 31. Fix 32. No Fix 33. No Fix 34. Fixed 35. No Fix 36. No Fix 37. No Fix 38. No Fix 39.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update Errata 1. Errors are reported during the installation of SuSE* SLES 10 EM64T Problem When installing SuSE* SLES 10 EM64T with Advanced Error Reporting (AER) capabilites enabled, an AER error is logged in the operating system event log. Implication AER uses an optional ACPI requirement, -OCS, that is not available in the S5500 BIOS revisions. There is no functional impact.
Monthly Specification Update 4. Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Wake on LAN does not work on 1 GB I/O modules Problem When a 1 GB dual or quad port I/O module is installed, the system will not be able to wake from the S1 sleep state using the WOL feature. Implication Users will not be able to utilize WOL with 1 GB dual or quad port I/O modules. Status No Fix. Workaround None 5.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 7. Monthly Specification Update The PXE boot option is missing in BIOS Setup Problem If a user disables the primary (onboard) video in BIOS Setup, the PXE boot option will disapear from the BIOS Boot Manager. Implication Users that desire to utilize the PXE boot option must leave the primary (onboard) video enabled. Status This issue may be fixed in a future BIOS revision. Workaround None 8.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Status This issue may be fixed in a future BMC release. Workaround None 10. BIOS setup may report an incorrect firmware versions Problem The BIOS setup screens to display the versions of SDR and ME firmware version may report an incorrect version. The version displayed may be of the previously installed versions.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 13. Monthly Specification Update Server Board can’t detect a 10Gb IO Module or a QDR IB IO Module without a PCI Riser installed Problem When the riser is removed from the server board, the PCI-E lane settings prevent a x8 PCI-E IO Module (10GbE or QDR IB) from being detected. Implication Problem is only seen with the x8 PCI-E IO Modules and only when a riser is removed. This problem does not affect the other IO Modules.
Monthly Specification Update 16. Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Intel Deployment Assistant (IDA) cannot be used to perform unattended Windows OS installs Problem The OSD.XML file included on the Resource CD is incorrect and prevents IDA from properly installing RAID drivers when preparing an unattended install. Implication IDA cannot be used to prepare unattended installations of Windows OS’s. Status This issue may be fixed in a future revision of the Resource CD.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 19. Monthly Specification Update DCMI conformance test failure: LAN configuration ARP control Problem The DCMI conformance test may report a failure when testing the BMC’s ARP control parameters. The BMC does not support gratuitous ARP generation. Implication The DCMI conformance test suite will report a failure. The BMC can only support ARP responses, but gratuitous ARP messages are not supported by the BMC. Status This issue is fixed in BMC 38.
Monthly Specification Update 22. Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Excessive Time to Enter or Exit EFI Shell When AHCI is Enabled in BIOS Revision R0037 Problem If AHCI is enabled in BIOS setup, it will take the user approximately three or more minutes to enter the EFI shell from BIOS setup and approximatley three or more minutes to exit the EFI shell. Implication Users should expect long delays when entering the EFI shell from BIOS setup if AHCI is also enabled.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update Implication HDD fault LED(Amber) and HDD activity LED(Green) are sharing the same light pipe. They may light together during rebuild. Status This issue will NOT be fixed. 27. Port 1, 2, 3 fault LED (Amber) on HDD backplane will be flashing during POST Problem The Amber LED of HDD on front panel will be flashing randomly during system POST. Implication The blinking amber LED during POST does not indicate HDD fault.
Monthly Specification Update 30. Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing SLES11 kernel may halt for 20 seconds during installation with default BIOS setting Problem Customer may find SLES11 kernel halts for 20 seconds during installation with default BIOS setting. Implication When boots to SLES installation media, after clicking “installation” at the prompt, screen will go black and freeze for 20secs or until the “Enter” key on the USB keyboard is pressed.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update ® Implication Certain Power supply information is not available (blank) in the Intel Active System Console Predictive PS failure data (Internal voltage levels and fan speed) Power supply temperature data Power Supply FRU information FRUSDR utility can’t detect the presence of Power Supply Unit when updating the system SDRs and will report “PS1 not found” message when loading the SDR.
Monthly Specification Update Workaround 35. Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing None. System may go to EFI first instead of Hardware RAID configuration setup page Problem System may go to EFI first instead of Hardware Raid configuration setup page when using Hardware RAID and setting EFI as the first boot device Implication There is no function impact associated with this erratum. Status Will not fix. Workaround 36. 1. Change EFI booting order instead of first boot device. 2.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 38. Monthly Specification Update System with BIOS Revision R0054 may hang when Adaptec* 5405 or 5805 RAID card installed Problem On a system with the Adaptec* 5405 or 5805 RAID card installed, the system may hang during POST. Implication User may experience system hangs during POST with the above system configuration. Status This issue may be fixed in a future BIOS revision. Workaround Use BIOS revision R0050. 39.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Documentation Changes ® ® Intel Server Board S5500WB, Intel Server System SR1690WB and SR1695WB Configuration Guide has been updated to rev 2.4 Intel® Server System SR1690WB Techincal Product Specification has been updated to rev 1.7 Intel® Server Board S5500WB Techincal Product Specification has been updated to rev 1.
