Intel S5000XSL Specification Update - Page 5

Recent Intel® Server RAID Adapters fail to activate RAID BIOS Console by Ctrl+G - s5000psl drivers

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Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 25. Serial ATA (SATA) HDDs may be marked offline when populated behind a second Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander based drive enclosure 16 26. setup Failures seen installing to a SATA drive when SATA is set to Legacy in BIOS 16 27. System Hangs after disabling Onboard Video in BIOS setup 16 28. The SMBIOS entry point may not be visible under certain hardware configurations17 29. Fans occasionally running too fast after BIOS reset 17 30. SAS SW RAID option is erroneously available in BIOS setup after loading optimal default settings on the S5000PSLROMB server board 18 31. RAID Web Console 2 Utility Displays "Unexpected Sensor" Warning Message in Microsoft Windows* Operating System 18 32. PS/2 keyboards and mice may stop functioning after Red Hat* Enterprise Linux is installed 19 33. HSC and LCP updates may take a long time 19 34. SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server may not install successfully with Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology II enabled 19 35. Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4 and BIOS setup display a different L2 cache size for the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5300 Series 20 36. Change Logo Utility causes BIOS corruption 20 37. Microsoft Windows System Event Viewer* may record ID 11 Error Event 20 38. POST screen may generate "NMI has been received - System Halted" message after the system reboots ...21 39. S5000PSLSAS software RAID 5 cannot be configured 21 40. SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server unable to boot after basic installation 21 41. Red Hat* Enterprise Linux may report the wrong processor speed 22 42. 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 BIOS menu 22 43. SAS software RAID 5 activation key may NOT be detected 22 44. Microsoft Windows* operating systems without service pack will exhibit blue screen with BIOS 79 and 81 ...23 45. Fails PXE boot from on-board NIC 2 and neither on-board NIC works under DOS with BIOS R0079 and R0081 24 46. Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology II SAS RAID 5 consistence check fails in BIOS console only if hard drives are docked in expander HSBP 24 47. Sluggish system performance may be experienced with BMC60 24 48. Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 SP2 may exhibit a blue screen during an operating system boot or shutdown with a specific version of I/OAT driver 25 49. Recent Intel® Server RAID Adapters fail to activate RAID BIOS Console by Ctrl+G in S5000PSL and/or S5000XVN PCI slot 4 25 v

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Monthly Specification Update
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing
v
25.
Serial ATA (SATA) HDDs may be marked offline when populated behind a second
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander based drive enclosure
................................................
16
26.
Failures seen installing to a SATA drive when SATA is set to Legacy in BIOS
setup
16
27.
System Hangs after disabling Onboard Video in BIOS setup
................................
16
28.
The SMBIOS entry point may not be visible under certain hardware configurations17
29.
Fans occasionally running too fast after BIOS reset
..............................................
17
30.
SAS SW RAID option is erroneously available in BIOS setup after loading optimal
default settings on the S5000PSLROMB server board
...........................................................
18
31.
RAID Web Console 2 Utility Displays “Unexpected Sensor” Warning Message in
Microsoft Windows* Operating System
...................................................................................
18
32.
PS/2 keyboards and mice may stop functioning after Red Hat* Enterprise Linux is
installed
19
33.
HSC and LCP updates may take a long time
........................................................
19
34.
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server may not install successfully with Intel® Embedded
Server RAID Technology II enabled
........................................................................................
19
35.
Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4 and BIOS setup display a different L2 cache size for
the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5300 Series
................................................................................
20
36.
Change Logo Utility causes BIOS corruption
........................................................
20
37.
Microsoft Windows System Event Viewer* may record ID 11 Error Event
............
20
38.
POST screen may generate “NMI has been received – System Halted” message
after the system reboots
..........................................................................................................
21
39.
S5000PSLSAS software RAID 5 cannot be configured
.........................................
21
40.
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server unable to boot after basic installation
..................
21
41.
Red Hat* Enterprise Linux may report the wrong processor speed
.......................
22
42.
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 BIOS menu
..................................
22
43.
SAS software RAID 5 activation key may NOT be detected
..................................
22
44.
Microsoft Windows* operating systems without service pack will exhibit blue
screen with BIOS 79 and 81
....................................................................................................
23
45.
Fails PXE boot from on-board NIC 2 and neither on-board NIC works under DOS
with BIOS R0079 and R0081
...................................................................................................
24
46.
Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology II SAS RAID 5 consistence check fails
in BIOS console only if hard drives are docked in expander HSBP
........................................
24
47.
Sluggish system performance may be experienced with BMC60
..........................
24
48.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 SP2 may exhibit a blue screen during an
operating system boot or shutdown with a specific version of I/OAT driver
............................
25
49.
Recent Intel® Server RAID Adapters fail to activate RAID BIOS Console by Ctrl+G
in S5000PSL and/or S5000XVN PCI slot 4
.............................................................................
25