Bull SAS BIOS RELEASE NOTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R440 F3 Version: 1.6.0 Release Date: 03/07/2013 * Allows Memory 2X Refresh operation independent of temperature. This option is accessible through the System Profile Settings menu under the BIOS setup. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R440 F3 Version: 1.4.8 Release Date: 10/26/2012 * Updated Intel Management Engine (ME) binary to Rev 2.1.5.6D * Updated Intel Processor Power Management (PPM) reference code to Rev 1.24 (PPM is used when performance per Watt (OS) is selected in the system profile settings) * Updated BIOS to support Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Physical Presence Interface Specification version 1.2 * Updated the maximum supported frequency to 1600Mhz for RDIMMs and UDIMMs in both 1 DIMM per channel and 2 DIMMs per channel configurations, when operating at either 1.35V or 1.5V * Updated the default maximum supported frequency to 1333Mhz for RDIMMs and LRDIMMs in a 3 DIMM per channel configuration * Updated DIMM rank reporting for LRDIMMs to use physical rather than logical number of ranks * Updated chipset reference code to improve downstream Integrated IO (IIO) performance and PCIe x16 port operation * Increased the Asset Tag maximum length to 30 characters * Enhanced the serial baud rate detection algorithm for console redirection support * Added CPLD update support in Lifecycle Controller * Made minor improvements to the System Setup user interface * Added updates for future GP-GPU support * Added support when loading BIOS defaults using the keys, through the serial console terminal when console redirection is enabled * Updated iDRAC UEFI driver to v1.30.30.27 with the following changes: - Updated the System Summary page to display the iDRAC License, Current iDRAC network settings, and upstream and downstream backplane information - Updated the Network Settings page to configure the Auto Dedicated NIC and Static IPv4/IPv6 settings, and view the Active NIC interface - Added OS to iDRAC Pass Through configuration settings - Updated the Alerts page to configure 8 Alert Destinations and added support to configure IPv6 and FQDN address - Added System Event Log configuration settings - Updated Power Configuration settings to be enabled on the Rack and Tower servers with PMBus capable power supply ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R440 F3 Version: 1.3.6 Release Date: 09/11/2012 * Updated Authenticated Code Module (ACM) * Updated memory reference code * Updated processor reference code * Updated chipset reference code to improve PCIe x16 slot performance * Updated Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family microcode for C1 stepping to 00000619 * Updated Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family microcode for C2 stepping to 0000070D * Added Windows 2012 support * Increased the speed of the System Setup launch process * Enhanced the iDRAC virtual mouse performance in pre-boot GUIs such as System Setup and Lifecycle Controller * Enabled display of CPLD version information in BIOS setup * Added UEFI boot support for Ubuntu * Added support to allow PCI Memory Mapped I/O allocation above 4 GB * Improved Nvidia M2090 and M2075 PCIe training mechanism * Added logic to make I/O resource allocation more robust * Improved handling of storage devices without a native UEFI driver * Updated DIMM types used in power budget calculation to include LRDIMMs * Changed default option for the Memory Operating Mode for all Memory Configurations to “Optimizer” * Increased system memory speeds for Memory Configurations with all slots in a channel populated and when the System Profile in BIOS setup is set to "Performance" mode or Memory Frequency in the "Custom" mode is set to Memory Maximum Performance * Increased system memory speeds for 1600 MT/s DDR3L RDIMMS when one or two slots in a channel are populated * Enabled entering System Setup (F2 hotkey) on a boot where a one-time Service Partition Boot has been requested * Added new power management option "Collaborative CPU Performance Control" in the System Profile settings * Added new power limiting option "Logical Processor Idling" in the Processor Settings * Corrected an issue where HPET resources are not reported to OS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R440 F3 Version: 1.2.6 Release Date: 05/11/2012 * Updated Authenticated Code Module (ACM) * Updated memory reference code * Updated processor reference code * Updated chipset reference code * Updated management engine firmware * Enhanced mixed-stepping processors support * Enhanced GPU power support * Optimized System Profile Dense Memory mode support * Updated the iDRAC UEFI driver * Added ACPI5.0 error type structure support * Added UEFI HII browser enhancements * Updated memory POR speed support * Updated Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family microcode for C1 stepping to 00000616 * Updated Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family microcode for C2 stepping to 0000070B * Added IOAT feature * Improved Direct IO support * Improved SRIOV support * Disabled DDR opportunistic self-refresh feature for the Max Performance mode * Added NUMA IO support * Added ACPI consistent device naming support for add-in cards * Added CPLD firmware update capability for Lifecycle Controller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R440 F3 Version: 1.1.3 Release Date: 04/30/2012 * Fix a potential hang issue in POST after "Initialization complete". Caution: Back-flashing to BIOS versions earlier than 1.1.2 is not allowed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R440 F3 Version: 1.1.2 Release Date: 03/20/2012 * Enhanced BIOS update security to support new NIST security guidelines. Caution: Back-flashing to BIOS versions earlier than 1.1.2 is not allowed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R440 F3 Version: 1.0.4 Release Date: 02/23/2012 This release is the first customer release. _____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Copyright 2012 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks used in this text: Dell(TM) and PowerEdge(TM) are trademarks of Dell Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. 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