Monthly Specification Update

Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update
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7. 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. Fans may boost temporarily when BMC is under load
Problem The system fans may boost when the BMC is operating under a heavy load.
This can include large sequential BMC tasks such as viewing the system event
log, configuring the BMC or resetting the system. The fans return to normal
automatically after the BMC operations are complete.
Implication The systems fans will run at a higher state temporarily, increasing the
acoustics.
Status This issue was fixed BMC 43 release.
Workaround None
9. Extra events may be seen in the SEL during system reset
Problem The BMC may log periodic, spurious SEL events during a system reset or AC
power cycle. These events may appear as fan errors or double appearances of
normal events. The spurious fan readings will only happen during reset and are
not an indication of an actual fan failure. Fan failure events that occur during a
reboot should be ignored.
Below SEL entries indicate the POST process after system reset/AC power
cycle.
System Event/BIOS Evt Sensor (# 0x83) Timestamp Clock Sync. 1
st
of pair.
Asserted Event.
System Event/BIOS Evt Sensor (# 0x83) Timestamp Clock Sync. 2
nd
of pair.
Asserted Event.
Implication The SEL log may indicate fan errors or double instances of normal events
intermittently.