Bull SAS BIOS RELEASE NOTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 2.1.0 Release Date: 02/18/2011 * Added instant video support * Updated CPU RC * Updated MRC * Updated chipset RC * Updated chipset support * Updated Error logging support * Updated the iDRAC Configuration Utility * Updated supported memory configurations * Updated the embedded 5709C PXE/iSCSI option ROM to version 6.0.11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 1.2.2 Release Date: 01/07/2011 * Updated CPU Microcode * Refined Memory Error Reporting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 1.2.1 Release Date: 07/12/2010 * 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 R480 F2 Version: 1.2.0 Release Date: 07/01/2010 _____________________ * Updated CPU Microcode * Updated MRC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 1.1.7 Release Date: 05/27/2010 _____________________ * Support for Lifecycle Controller 1.4 * Updated the embedded 5709C PXE/iSCSI option ROM to version 5.2.7 * Updated the embedded 5709C UEFI driver to version 5.2.13 * Updated the iDRAC Configuration Utility * Updated CPU RC * Updated CPU Microcode * Updated MRC * Updated chipset RC * Updated chipset support * Updated Error logging support * UPdated supported memory configurations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 1.0.1 Release Date: 03/02/2010 This release is the first customer release. _____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. 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