Bull SAS BIOS RELEASE NOTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale T860 F2 Version: 3.0.0 Release Date: 02/07/2011 _____________________ *********************************************************************** * 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. * * This 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. * * *********************************************************************** * 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. * Added support for an option to disable predictive memory failure reporting using the Deployment Toolkit. * Updated the embedded 5709 UEFI driver to version 6.2.0 * Added Support for Lifecycle Controller 1.5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale T860 F2 Version: 2.3.10 Release Date: 02/01/2011 _____________________ * This update improves boot up and shutdown stability of systems running Windows Server 2008 SP2 with Hyper-V enabled. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale T860 F2 Version: 2.2.8 Release Date: 10/29/2010 _____________________ * Added TXT-SX support * Increased single-bit error logging threshold * Corrected the issue where BIOS disabled processor AES-NI before booting to the Operating System. * Updated the iDRAC Configuration Utility * Updated the embedded 5709 UEFI driver to version 6.0.0 * Updated MRC * Updated Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 5600 Series B1 stepping microcode (Patch ID=0x13) * Added SR-IOV support * Updated the embedded 5709C PXE/iSCSI option ROM to version 6.0.11 * Added support for additional memory configurations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale T860 F2 Version: 2.1.15 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 T860 F2 Version: 2.1.10 Release Date: 07/07/2010 * 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 T860 F2 Version: 2.1.9 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 UEFI drivers with certain fixes provided by the EFI Development Kit (EDK) between August 2009 and December 2009 * Updated the iDRAC Configuration Utility * Added settings in SETUP for Intel (R) Xeon (R) Processor 5600 Series * Added AES-NI display in SETUP for Intel (R) Xeon (R) Processor 5600 Series * Updated CPU RC * Updated MRC * Updated chipset RC * Updated chipset support * Enabled Round robin redirection for logical mode in Intel (R) 5500/5600 Series Chipset * Corrected an issue where, in a dual processor system, the Machine Check Error was logged as a CPU3 or CPU4 instead of CPU1 or CPU2. * Corrected to prevent 3 DIMMs per channel from operating at 1.35V in Custom Power Profile mode. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale T860 F2 Version: 2.0.13 Release Date: 04/08/2010 *********************************************************************** * 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 T860 F2 Version: 2.0.11 Release Date: 03/02/2010 * Added Intel (R) Xeon (R) Processor 5600 Series support * Added memory sparing mode support (for the above processors) * Added support for low voltage memory DIMMs (for the above processors) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale T860 F2 Version: 1.3.6 Release Date: 11/05/2009 * Updated UEFI drivers * Improved Power Management performance for “Active Power Controller” mode * Added Life Cycle Version 1.3 Support * Added support for additional memory configurations * Improved non-fatal error logging * Updated the iDRAC Configuration Utility * Added Virtual Flash IPMI boot support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale T860 F2 Version: 1.2.3 Release Date: 8/3/2009 * Added Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 2008 R2 support * Added Chipset Errata Updates * Updated Intel (TM) Nehalem processor microcode for D0 stepping to 0x00000011 * Updated the embedded 5709S NIC PXE/iSCSI option ROM * Updated the embedded 5709S NIC PXE/iSCSI UEFI driver * Updated the iDRAC Configuration Utility * Added support for Remote Enablement Capabilities for Lifecycle Controller Version 1.2 effort * Added SATA RD1000 boot support * Added support for Power Capping notification to VMware (R) * Changed System Setup default for "Power Management" mode to "Active Power Controller" * Added C1E Disable to Processor Settings menu of System Setup * Added support for CPU Power Capping notification in VMware * Enhanced Single CPU Thread Performance/Watt * Enhanced performance with Maximum Performance enabled ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: NovaScale T860 F2 Version: 1.0.0 Release Date: 5/28/2009 This release is the first customer release. _____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. 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