Intel S5000XSL Specification Update - Page 14

SAS Embedded Server RAID Technology II RAID 5 consistence check fails in ESRTII BIOS - drivers

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Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update No. Plans 19. Fixed 20. Fixed 21. Fixed 22. No Fix 23. Fixed 24. No Fix 25. Fixed 26. Fixed 27. Fixed 28. Fixed 29. Fixed 30. Fixed 31. Fix 32. Fixed 33. Fix 34. No Fix 35. No Fix 36. Fixed 37. Fixed 38. Fixed 39. Fixed 40. No Fix 41. No Fix 42. Fixed 43. Fixed 44. Fixed 45. Fixed 46. Fixed 47. Fixed 48. Fixed 49. Fixed 50. Fixed Description of Errata SEL events for HSC may appear after DC cycle. Fans may run faster than expected after exiting BIOS setup. System fault LED may report incorrect status for some events. Fan removal does not generate SEL even. Power supply redundancy state is misleading when only one power supply is installed. PCI-X slots 1 and 2 do not meet the letter of the Server System Infrastructure (SSI) EntryLevel Electronics Bay (EEB) Specification revision 3.61. Serial ATA (SATA) HDDs may be marked offline when populated behind a second Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander based drive enclosure. Failures seen installing to a SATA drive when SATA is set to Legacy in the BIOS setup. System Hangs after disabling onboard video in the BIOS setup. The SMBIOS entry point may not be visible under certain hardware configurations. Fans occasionally running too fast after the BIOS reset. SAS SW RAID option is erroneously available in the BIOS setup after loading optimal default settings on the S5000PSLROMB server board. RAID Web Console 2 Utility displays "Unexpected Sensor" warning message in Microsoft Windows* operating system. PS/2 keyboards and mice may stop functioning after Red Hat* Enterprise Linux is installed. HSC and LCP updates may take a long time. SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server may not install successfully with Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology II enabled. Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4 and the BIOS setup display a different L2 cache size for the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5300 Series. Change Logo Utility causes BIOS corruption. Microsoft Windows System Event Viewer* may record ID 11 error event. POST screen may generate "NMI has been received - System Halted" message after the system reboots. S5000PSLSAS software RAID 5 cannot be configured. SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server unable to boot after basic installation. Red Hat* Enterprise Linux may report the wrong processor speed. A kernel panic is likely to be observed with Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4 or SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9 when SpeedStep is disabled in the BIOS menu. SAS software RAID 5 activation key may NOT be detected. Microsoft Windows* operating systems without the service pack will exhibit blue screen with BIOS BIO79 and 81. Fails PXE boot from on-board NIC 2 and neither on-board NIC works under DOS with BIOS R0079 and R0081. SAS Embedded Server RAID Technology II RAID 5 consistence check fails in ESRTII BIOS console only if hard drives docked in expander HSBP. Sluggish system performance may be experienced with BMC60. Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 SP2 may exhibit blue screen during an operating system boot or shutdown with a specific version of I/OAT driver. Recent Intel® Server RAID Adapters fail to activate RAID BIOS Console by Ctrl+G in S5000PSL and/or S5000XVN PCI slot 4. Microsoft Windows Server 2008* and/or Microsoft Windows Vista* may report Performance Power Management error. 6

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Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing
Monthly Specification Update
6
No.
Plans
Description of Errata
19.
Fixed
SEL events for HSC may appear after DC cycle.
20.
Fixed
Fans may run faster than expected after exiting BIOS setup.
21.
Fixed
System fault LED may report incorrect status for some events.
22.
No Fix
Fan removal does not generate SEL even.
23.
Fixed
Power supply redundancy state is misleading when only one power supply is installed.
24.
No Fix
PCI-X slots 1 and 2 do not meet the letter of the Server System Infrastructure (SSI) Entry-
Level Electronics Bay (EEB) Specification revision 3.61.
25.
Fixed
Serial ATA (SATA) HDDs may be marked offline when populated behind a second Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS) expander based drive enclosure.
26.
Fixed
Failures seen installing to a SATA drive when SATA is set to Legacy in the BIOS setup.
27.
Fixed
System Hangs after disabling onboard video in the BIOS setup.
28.
Fixed
The SMBIOS entry point may not be visible under certain hardware configurations.
29.
Fixed
Fans occasionally running too fast after the BIOS reset.
30.
Fixed
SAS SW RAID option is erroneously available in the BIOS setup after loading optimal
default settings on the S5000PSLROMB server board.
31.
Fix
RAID Web Console 2 Utility displays “Unexpected Sensor” warning message in Microsoft
Windows* operating system.
32.
Fixed
PS/2 keyboards and mice may stop functioning after Red Hat* Enterprise Linux is installed.
33.
Fix
HSC and LCP updates may take a long time.
34.
No Fix
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server may not install successfully with Intel
®
Embedded Server
RAID Technology II enabled.
35.
No Fix
Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4 and the BIOS setup display a different L2 cache size for the
Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor 5300 Series.
36.
Fixed
Change Logo Utility causes BIOS corruption.
37.
Fixed
Microsoft Windows System Event Viewer* may record ID 11 error event.
38.
Fixed
POST screen may generate “NMI has been received – System Halted” message after the
system reboots.
39.
Fixed
S5000PSLSAS software RAID 5 cannot be configured.
40.
No Fix
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server unable to boot after basic installation.
41.
No Fix
Red Hat* Enterprise Linux may report the wrong processor speed.
42.
Fixed
A kernel panic is likely to be observed with Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4 or SuSE* Linux
Enterprise Server 9 when SpeedStep is disabled in the BIOS menu.
43.
Fixed
SAS software RAID 5 activation key may NOT be detected.
44.
Fixed
Microsoft Windows* operating systems without the service pack will exhibit blue screen with
BIOS BIO79 and 81.
45.
Fixed
Fails PXE boot from on-board NIC 2 and neither on-board NIC works under DOS with BIOS
R0079 and R0081.
46.
Fixed
SAS Embedded Server RAID Technology II RAID 5 consistence check fails in ESRTII BIOS
console only if hard drives docked in expander HSBP.
47.
Fixed
Sluggish system performance may be experienced with BMC60.
48.
Fixed
Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 SP2 may exhibit blue screen during an operating
system boot or shutdown with a specific version of I/OAT driver.
49.
Fixed
Recent Intel
®
Server RAID Adapters fail to activate RAID BIOS Console by Ctrl+G in
S5000PSL and/or S5000XVN PCI slot 4.
50.
Fixed
Microsoft Windows Server 2008* and/or Microsoft Windows Vista* may report Performance
Power Management error.