Specification Update

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15. The BIOS and ME Firmware can't be updated successfully via

Intel® One Boot Flash Update Utility(OFU) under SuSE Linux

Enterprise Server 11* (64-bit) with SP2

Problem OFU will fail to update BIOS & ME under SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11*

(64-bit) with SP2 Operating System.

Implication If the system is running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11* (64-bit) with SP2

Operating System, using OFU to update System Firmware Update

Package(SFUP) will fail.

Status This issue was fixed in OFU Version 11.0 Build 8.

Workaround Update System Firmware Update Package(SFUP) from EFI environment using

iFlash32, FWPIAUpdate and FRUSDR Utility.

16. BMC continuously sends HDD assert/de-assert event during

HDD RAID rebuild under the ESRT2 mode of the SCU controller

Problem HDD fault will keep asserting and de-asserting frequent during RAID rebuild

under ESRT2.

Implication During HDD ESRT2 RAID rebuild, there's flood HDD fault assert/deassert(SAS

RAID) or Rebuild/remap (SATA RAID) logs into SEL.

Status This issue was fixed in ESRT2 drivers 15.00.0528.2012 release.

Workaround None.

17.

High CPU utilization may occur when installing or running Microsoft*

Windows* Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft* Windows* 7 with default NIC

driver for Intel® Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter E1G42ET and Intel®

Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter E1G44ET

Problem There has been high CPU load observed when installing or running Microsoft

Windows Server 2008* R2 or Microsoft Windows 7* with default NIC (Network

Interface Card) driver.

Implication When the ports are not electrically "linked" and the embedded driver is loaded

the DPC rate steadily increases until the system slows to the point where it is

essentially unusable.

Status This issue was fixed in NIC driver 16.8 release.

Workaround None.