Bull SAS BIOS RELEASE NOTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 2.7.0 Release Date: 04/02/2012 _____________________ This BIOS release resolves the potential for unpredictable system behavior in bull systems running Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E7-2800/4800/8800 Series. For systems running Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E7-2800/4800/8800 Series, Bull strongly recommends applying this critical update as soon as possible. Systems updated with this version of BIOS or newer and running Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E7-2800/4800/8800 Series will be blocked from flashing to BIOS versions earlier than 2.7.0. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 2.5.0 Release Date: 10/27/2011 _____________________ * Updated Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E7-2800/4800/8800 Series A2 stepping microcode (SRV_P_105) * Updated BIOS ACM (Authentication Code Module) to revision 1.3 and SINIT ACM to revision 1.1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 2.4.5 Release Date: 09/01/2011 _____________________ * updated CPU Microcode * Updated MRC * Removed the word "Integrated" from "Integrated Daughter Card" BIOS string. * Updated nested Power Profile dependencies. * Corrected an issue where UEFI Boot Manager was displaying multiple "EFI Fixed Disk boot device" string messages. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 2.2.3 Release Date: 04/06/2011 _____________________ * Updated SMBIOS information * Updated MRC * Implemented clock chip errata workaround ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull 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 * Added support for Intel Xeon Processor E7-2800/4800/8800 Product Family * Added support for Intel 7510 Scalable Memory Buffer * Added support for low voltage memory DIMMs (for the above processors and memory buffer combination) * Added TXT support (for the above processors and memory buffer combination) * Added 32GB DIMM support (for the above processors and memory buffer combination) * Added/Updated settings in SETUP (for the above processors and memory buffer combination) * Added/Updated BIOS POST error/warning messages (for the above processors and memory buffer combination) * Added AES-NI support (for the above processors) * Added memory DDDC mode support (for the above processors and x4 DIMMs) * Added predictive correctable memory failure support using WHEA method (requires OS support) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 1.2.2 Release Date: 01/05/2011 _____________________ * Updated CPU Microcode * Refined Memory Error Reporting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 1.2.0 Release Date: 06/29/2010 _____________________ * Updated CPU Microcode * Updated MRC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Bull NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 1.1.7 Release Date: 05/26/2010 _____________________ * 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: Bull NovaScale R480 F2 Version: 1.0.1 Release Date: 02/19/2010 This release is the first customer release. _____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Legal: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Portions of UEFI implementation are distributed under the BSD License from Intel Copyright (c) 2004, Intel Corporation All rights reserved. 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