Specification update

Monthly Specification Update Intel® Server Boards & Systems
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Contents
Preface ....................................................................................................................................... 1
1. Nomenclature ......................................................................................................... 1
2. Product Scope ........................................................................................................ 1
Summary Tables of Changes ................................................................................................... 3
Errata ......................................................................................................................................... 5
1. Linux* Operating Systems are not supported on RSTe mode ................................. 5
2. UEFI Windows Server 2008* R2 SP1 installation on SCU ports may fail under
RSTe RAID mode .................................................................................................................... 5
3. UEFI Operating System installation is not supported on ESRT2 mode ................... 5
4. HDD status LEDs do not function under specific configuration ............................... 6
5. RSTe GUI installation may fail if there are no devices attached to any onboard
AHCI ports 6
6. BMC continuously sends RAID volume rebuild event in RSTe mode of the SCU
controller 6
7. System may halt under specific BIOS configurations.............................................. 6
8. Microsoft Windows 2003* x86 installation failure under Pass-through mode of SCU
controller 7
9. System may halt under unsupported configuration in ESRT2 mode ....................... 7
10. Extra events may be seen in the System Event Log (SEL) during system global
reset 7
11. System may continuously report a faulty or assert/deassert log when having blank
HDD carriers or un-configured HDDs ....................................................................................... 8
12. Integrated BMC Web Console – Power Statistics page – Minimum wattage reads
as zero. 8
13. Integrated BMC Web Console – Power Control page – Perform Action button not
functional. 8
14. IPMI Get Chassis Status command returns incorrect Chassis Identify State. ......... 9
15. The BIOS and ME Firmware can't be updated successfully via Intel® One Boot
Flash Update Utility(OFU) under SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11* (64-bit) with SP2 ............. 9
16. BMC continuously sends HDD assert/de-assert event during HDD RAID rebuild
under ESRT2 mode of the SCU controller .............................................................................. 9
17. High CPU utilization may occur when installing or running Microsoft* Windows*
Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft* Windows* 7 with default NIC driver for Intel® Gigabit ET Dual
Port Server Adapter E1G42ET and Intel® Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter E1G44ET .. 10
18. Intel® RAID C600 Upgrade Key replacement Issue ............................................. 10
19. ESRT2 RAID is not supported on Intel® Server Board S2600CP2/S2600CP2J ... 10
20. System may detect unrecognized sensors ........................................................... 11
21. Intel
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LAN driver installation failure on Windows* 7 .............................................. 11
22. Hard drives connected through SAS expander can’t be detected in legacy mode 11
23. System will boot from on-board video although install add-in video card .............. 12
24. On-board VGA cannot be set to the highest resolution (1920x1080 and higher). . 12