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Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Contents Preface...1 1. Nomenclature...1 2. Product Scope...1 Summary Tables of Changes 2 Errata ...4 1. Linux* Operating Systems are not supported on RSTe mode 4 2. UEFI Windows Server 2008* R2 SP1 installation on SCU ports may fail under RSTe RAID mode ...4 3. UEFI Operating System installation is not supported on ESRT2 mode 4 4. HDD status LEDs do not function under specific configuration 5 5. RSTe GUI installation may fail if there are no devices attached to any onboard AHCI ports 5 6. BMC continuously sends RAID volume rebuild event in RSTe mode of the SCU controller 5 7. System may halt under specific BIOS configurations 5 8. Microsoft Windows 2003* x86 installation failure under Pass-through mode of SCU controller 6 9. System may halt under unsupported configuration in ESRT2 mode 6 10. reset Extra events may be seen in the System Event Log (SEL) during system global 6 11. System may continuously report a faulty or assert/deassert log when having blank HDD carriers or un-configured HDDs 7 12. Integrated BMC Web Console - Power Statistics page - Minimum wattage reads as zero. 7 13. Integrated BMC Web Console - Power Control page - Perform Action button not functional. 7 14. IPMI Get Chassis Status command returns incorrect Chassis Identify State. .........8 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 8 16. BMC continuously sends HDD assert/de-assert event during HDD RAID rebuild under ESRT2 mode of the SCU controller 8 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....9 18. Intel® RAID C600 Upgrade Key replacement Issue 9 19. Intel® LAN driver installation failure on Windows* 7 9 20. Hard drives connected through SAS expander can't be detected in legacy mode 10 21. System will boot from on-board video although install add-in video card 10 22. On-board VGA cannot be set to the highest resolution (1920x1080 and higher). .10 23. Hard drive locate LED may not instantly respond to the locate command if backplane is connected through SAS expander to a RAID controller 11 III

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Monthly Specification Update
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing
III
Contents
Preface
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1
1.
Nomenclature
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1
2.
Product Scope
........................................................................................................
1
Summary Tables of Changes
...................................................................................................
2
Errata
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4
1.
Linux* Operating Systems are not supported on RSTe mode
.................................
4
2.
UEFI Windows Server 2008* R2 SP1 installation on SCU ports may fail under
RSTe RAID mode
....................................................................................................................
4
3.
UEFI Operating System installation is not supported on ESRT2 mode
...................
4
4.
HDD status LEDs do not function under specific configuration
...............................
5
5.
RSTe GUI installation may fail if there are no devices attached to any onboard
AHCI ports 5
6.
BMC continuously sends RAID volume rebuild event in RSTe mode of the SCU
controller 5
7.
System may halt under specific BIOS configurations
..............................................
5
8.
Microsoft Windows 2003* x86 installation failure under Pass-through mode of SCU
controller 6
9.
System may halt under unsupported configuration in ESRT2 mode
.......................
6
10.
Extra events may be seen in the System Event Log (SEL) during system global
reset
6
11.
System may continuously report a faulty or assert/deassert log when having blank
HDD carriers or un-configured HDDs
.......................................................................................
7
12.
Integrated BMC Web Console – Power Statistics page – Minimum wattage reads
as zero.
7
13.
Integrated BMC Web Console – Power Control page – Perform Action button not
functional. 7
14.
IPMI Get Chassis Status command returns incorrect Chassis Identify State.
.........
8
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
.............
8
16.
BMC continuously sends HDD assert/de-assert event during HDD RAID rebuild
under
ESRT2 mode of the SCU controller
..............................................................................
8
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
....
9
18.
Intel® RAID C600 Upgrade Key replacement Issue
...............................................
9
19.
Intel
®
LAN driver installation failure on Windows* 7
................................................
9
20.
Hard drives connected through SAS expander can’t be detected in legacy mode 10
21.
System will boot from on-board video although install add-in video card
..............
10
22.
On-board VGA cannot be set to the highest resolution (1920x1080 and higher). . 10
23.
Hard drive locate LED may not instantly respond to the locate command if
backplane is connected through SAS expander to a RAID controller
.....................................
11