Bull SAS BIOS RELEASE NOTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R450 F2 Version: 1.6.3 Release Date: 02/08/2011 This release supports following features since version 1.5.5 1. Added support for Lifecycle Controller version 1.5. 2. Added support for S100(SWRAID 2.0). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R450 F2 Version: 1.5.5 Release Date: 02/01/2011 This release supports following features since version 1.5.4 * Improved stability of systems when booting to Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2008 SP2 with Hyper-V or shutting down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R450 F2 Version: 1.5.4 Release Date: 01/13/2011 *********************************************************************** * IMPORTANT NOTE * * This BIOS update resolves an issue with a specific set of industry-standard * memory DIMMs. Certain DIMMs shipped between July and October 2010 are * susceptible to increased levels of correctable Single Bit Errors. This issue is * not unique to this server. When this occurs, the system may display * runtime error E2111. This BIOS update resolves the issue for the affected DIMMS. * * If you are experiencing an increase in occurrence of Single Bit Errors, this * optional BIOS revision may resolve the situation. * This optional BIOS modifies DIMM power management settings for specific * configurations, only those with the potentially affected DIMMs, to eliminate the * condition which can cause excessive errors. This BIOS may disable the * Package C6 power state. Disabling the Package C6 power state results in * increased system power consumption at system idle, but does not impact * system runtime power consumption. The BIOS update will not modify DIMM power * management for systems that do not have the affected DIMMs. * * If you are not experiencing this behavior with your system, you do not need to * install this BIOS. *********************************************************************** This release supports following features since version 1.5.3 * This update resolves an issue with a specific set of industry-standard memory DIMMs which may result in an elevated number of correctable memory errors while in system idle mode. These errors are primarily exhibited as E2111 (correctable memory errors). This issue is not unique to this server and is resolved in this BIOS revision. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R450 F2 Version: 1.5.3 Release Date: 10/28/2010 1.Updated Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 5600 Series B1 stepping microcode. 2.Added support for Intel(R) Single Root Input/Output Virtualization (SR-IOV) feature. 3.Added support for Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) feature. 4.Added support for Single Bit Error (SBE) Threshold Change. 5.Added support for improved thermal and acoustic functions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R450 F2 Version: 1.4.0 Release Date: 09/09/2010 *********************************************************************** * IMPORTANT NOTE * * This BIOS release includes a microcode update * for the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series. * Intel and Bull recommend applying the update as soon as possible. * *********************************************************************** * Updated Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 5600 Series B1 stepping microcode (Patch ID=0x10) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R450 F2 Version: 1.3.7 Release Date: 07/14/2010 * Added Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Server 2003 for Embedded Systems support * Added Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Server 2008 R2 for Embedded Systems support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R450 F2 Version: 1.3.6 Release Date: 05/28/2010 Added support for Lifecycle Controller version 1.4. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R450 F2 Version: 1.2.12 Release Date: 04/09/2010 *********************************************************************** * IMPORTANT NOTE * * This update includes a recommended microcode update from Intel. On a subset of * Intel(R) Xeon (R) 5600 Series Processors there is an issue which may result in * unpredictable system behavior. * *********************************************************************** * Updated Intel (R) Xeon (R) Processor 5600 Series B1 stepping microcode to 0x0000000C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R450 F2 Version: 1.2.10 Release Date: 03/02/2010 This release supports following features since version 1.1.4 1.Added support for Intel(R) 5500 chipset. 2.Added support for Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 5600 Series. 3.Added support for LV DIMMs. 4.Added support for Intel(R) Turbo Boost Power Optimization. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R450 F2 Version: 1.1.4 Release Date: 11/5/2009 This release supports following features since version 1.0.0 1.Added support for Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller Enabled version 1.3 2.Added support for China TPM. 3.Added support for 12 hard drives configuration. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R450 F2 Version: 1.0.0 Release Date: 09/25/2009 This release is the first customer release. _____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. 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