Specification update

Intel® Server Boards & Systems Monthly Specification Update

Problem With Intel

LAN driver version 17.1, WOL (Wake on LAN) may not function

under Red Hat* Linux 6.2 64bit OS.

Implication You may not be able to wake system through onboard NIC port.

Status This issue was fixed in a LAN driver 17.4 release.

Workaround None.

27. System only reports the first occurrence of power redundancy loss

Problem System only reports the first occurance of power redundancy loss, further

power redunduncy loss will not be reported unless an AC cycle is applied.

Implication Users can not see a power redundancy loss in System Event Log as below:

Power Unit, Pwr Unit Redund (#0x2)

Informational event: Pwr Unit Redund reports full redundancy has been lost.

Integrated BMC - LUN#0 (Channel#0)

Status This issue was fixed in a BMC 1.17 release.

Workaround None.

28. BMC will generate flood event log and send PEF continuously

Problem 1. Use IPMI tool to set a PEF (6 commands)

ipmitool –H xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx –U xxx –P xxxxxx raw 0x04 0x12 0x01 0x01

ipmitool –H xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx –U xxx –P xxxxxx raw 0x04 0x12 0x02 0x01

ipmitool –H xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx –U xxx –P xxxxxx raw 0x04 0x12 0x9 0x14 0xa8

0x1f 0x0

ipmitool –H xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx –U xxx –P xxxxxx raw 0x04 0x12 0x6 0x14 0x80

0x1 0xa 0x10 0xff 0xff 0xff 0xff 0xff 0xff 0xff 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0

ipmitool –H xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx –U xxx –P xxxxxx raw 0x0c 0x01 0x1 0x12 0xf

0x80 0x5 0x7

ipmitool –H xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx –U xxx –P xxxxxx raw 0x0c 0x01 0x1 0x13 0xf 0x0

0x0 0xa 0x24 0x71 0x7b 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0

2. Go to BMC web console and go to configurations=>alert, check all alert and

must set destination IP to remote concole =>Save

3. Try to generate an event (unplug power), you can see there are a lot of event in

event log and make event log full.

4. Even when restore the PSU, the SEL is continuing to grow w/o PSU

redundancy regain.

Implication The flood even log will fulfill the SEL in several minutes

Status The issue may be fix in future BMC release

Workaround Restore the system and uncheck all alerts in BMC web console.