Monthly Specification Update Intel®Server Board S5520UR Intel®Server System SR1600UR Intel®Server System SR1625UR Intel®Server System SR2600UR Intel®Server System SR2625UR Intel®Server System SR2612UR Intel Order Number E69054-001 June 2013 Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Revision History Date Modifications April 2009 Initial release. June 2009 Added Erratum 27. Updated Errata 10, 16, and 19.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Date Monthly Specification Update Modifications Sep 2012 Added Erratum 46 Oct 2012 No Update Nov 2012 No Update Dec 2012 Added Erratum 47 and 48 Jan 2013 No Update Feb 2013 No Update March 2013 Added Erratum 49 April 2013 No Update May 2013 No Update June 2013 Added Erratum 50 Disclaimers The Intel Products Specified may contain design defects or errors known as errata that may cause the products to deviate from the published specifications.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Contents Preface ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Summary Tables of Changes ................................................................................................... 2 Errata ......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 21. Monthly Specification Update Firmware will detect a missing server board battery as present and good ............ 12 22. Server Board cannot detect a 10 Gb I/O Module or a Quad Data Rate InfiniBand* I/O Module without a PCI Riser installed ................................................................................ 12 23. Cannot update DVD Drive Firmware when Six DIMMs are installed ..................... 13 24.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 45. With 3TB or larger size hard disk drive installed, the reported storage capacity size in BIOS setup or onboard software RAID configuration utility is inconsistent with the actual value. 22 46. Voltage Change Error Message is logged in the SEL when LVDIMM’s are installed22 47. Intel NIC adapter E1G44ET is not supported in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1* on Intel server board S5520HC and S5520UR ......................................
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Preface This document communicates product Errata and Documentation Changes and Corrections for the following Intel Server Products: Intel® Server Board S5520UR Intel® Server System SR1600UR Intel® Server System SR1625UR Intel® Server System SR2600UR ® Intel Server System SR2625UR ® ® For specification updates concerning the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series processors, refer ® ® to the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series Speci
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update Summary Tables of Changes The following tables provide an overview of known errata and known document changes that apply to the specified Intel Server Products. The tables use the following notations: Doc Intel intends to update the appropriate documentation in a future revision. Fix Intel intends to correct this erratum. Fixed This erratum has been corrected. NoFix There are no plans to correct this erratum.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 23 Fixed Cannot Update DVD Drive Firmware when Six DIMMs are installed 24 Fix Closed Loop Thermal Throttling (CLTT) is not automatically detected and set when using unbuffered memory (UDIMMs) 25 Fixed Failed power supply fans in Intel Server System SR2600UR/SR2625UR may cause continuous reboots 26 Fix Intel Deployment Assistant cannot be used to perform unattended Microsoft Windows* OS installs 27 Fix Excessive Time to
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update The following sections provide in-depth descriptions of each erratum / documentation change indicated in the tables above. The errata and documentation change numbers referenced in the following sections correspond to the numbers in the tables above.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Errata 1. System will hang while accessing RAID BIOS setup screen with RAID Midplane in hardware mode installed Problem On a system with the RAID midplane installed and with the I-button attached, the system will hang trying to enter the RAID BIOS menu (CTL+G). Implication A user will not be able to configure RAID settings for a hardware RAID configuration with the I-button installed on the RAID midplane.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Status This issue was resolved in BIOS revision R0033. Workaround Disable SW RAID in the BIOS setup. Tracker 189505 4.
Monthly Specification Update 6. Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing System may hang during POST if console redirection is set to 9600 Baud Problem With an LSISAS1068E RAID card installed in the system and with quiet boot enabled in the BIOS setup, the system may hang during POST if the console redirection is set to 9600 Baud. Implication Users with the above configuration of their system may experience system hangs during POST.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update Implication Users observing this error may not be able to successfully complete the operating system installation. Status This issue was resolved in BIOS revision R0033. Workaround None. Tracker 189210 9.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Implication The user will see a PCIe* crtical event logged. There is no functional impact. Status No Fix. Workaround Add “noisapnp” to the command-line option to prevent scanning of ISA plug and play devices. Tracker 36051, 189688 12.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Problem Monthly Specification Update When operating in the serial console mode, the user may notice one of the following two conditions during POST: Implication The user may see the numeral 10 displayed at the top right corner of the screen OR The RAID controller information may be intermingled with the platform information displayed by BIOS. There is no functional impact associated with this erratum. Status This may be fixed in a future BIOS revision.
Monthly Specification Update 17. Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Extra events may be seen in the SEL during system reset Problem The BMC may log periodic, spurious SEL events during a system reset. These events may appear as fan errors or duplicate instances of normal events. The spurious fan readings will only happen during reset and are not an indication of an actual fan failure. Fan failure events that occur during a reboot should be ignored.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Tracker 20. Monthly Specification Update 189569 Yellow Bang may be seen in Microsoft Windows Server 2008* Device manager when using ASR26XXFHLPR Riser Problem A yellow bang may be seen in the device manager when using the 5-slot PCI Express* riser. Implication There is no functional impact. Windows will report that a driver is missing. Status This issue is fixed in BIOS 34 and later. Workaround None. Tracker 189782 21.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Workaround Make sure that a riser is installed when using the 10 GbE or Quad Data Rate InfiniBand* I/O Modules. Tracker 189546 23. Cannot update DVD Drive Firmware when Six DIMMs are installed Problem When all memory channels are populated and active, the Firmware update for the SATA DVD drive fails. Implication System must not have six or more DIMMs installed if updating the DVD Drive firmware.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 25. Monthly Specification Update Failed power supply fans in Intel® Server System SR2600UR/SR2625UR may cause continuous reboots Problem If a power supply fan fails in Intel® Server System SR2600UR and Intel® Server System SR2625UR, the system may enter a continuous reboot cycle. If redundant supplies are populated, the system will only reboot if fans in both power supplies fail simultaneously.
Monthly Specification Update Workaround None. Tracker 189857 28. Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Fans may boost when Processor Therm Crtl % sensor is read repeatedly. Problem The system fans may boost when the processor Therm Crtl % sensor (Sensor #64 & #65) is read at a high frequency, such as several times a second. The Therm Ctrl % sensors will read as unavailable for subsequent sensor readings until a system reset is performed.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Status: Monthly Specification Update This issue will not be fixed. Workaround: None. Users must enter BIOS setup and set/confirm the required boot order after entering the RAID configuration.” 31. LCP may not able to display correct reading of some negative temperature values Problem: LCP may display wrong reading of some negative temperature values Implication: LCP reading is not consistence with Intel® RMM3 and Intel® management software.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Device Manager and Windows Disk Management but no actions can be performed. This issue is only apparent in systems operated without an Optical Drive installed. Status: Intel may fix this issue in a future BIOS release Workaround: This device can be moved to the bottom of the boot order so that it doesn’t impede the expected boot process. There is no workaround to prevent the device from being reported to the OS.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Workaround: 36. Monthly Specification Update An additional reboot will reset the date format in BIOS setup. However, the user will have to set the date and time to the current local settings. SLES11 kernel may halt during installation with default BIOS setting Problem Customer may find SLES11 kernel halts during installation with default BIOS setting.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Implication IASC fails to judge the status of disabled sensors and still considers those sensors to server health algorithm. Status This issue will be fixed on next IASC release. Workaround None. 38. Inaccurate HSC FW revision displayed in BIOS Setup Page. Problem With baseboard BIOS version R0050 and BMC version 53, the HSC FW revision may be inaccurately shown as 123.415 instead of 0.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Workaround 39. Monthly Specification Update None. Lower network performance may be observed when Hyper-V role is added in Windows Server 2008 R2 with more than 32G memory. Problem On a dual Intel® Xeon® 5600 series processor configuration with more than 32GB memory installed, user may notice network performance drop in Windows Server 2008 R2 when Hyper-V role is added.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 2, Type “EXIT” in Internal EFI shell, then users can enter Raid configuration setup page. 42. System will generate a beep sound of 1-5-4-2 warning when the setting for the Intel(R) VT-D or HT technology in BIOS is changed Problem System generates a beep sound of 1-5-4-2 warning when the setting of Intel(R) VT-D or HT technology in BIOS is changed Implication There is no functional impact associated with this erratum.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 45. Monthly Specification Update With 3TB or larger size hard disk drive installed, the reported storage capacity size in BIOS setup or onboard software RAID configuration utility is inconsistent with the actual value. Problem The 3TB HDD capacity size is shown as 801.6GB in BIOS setup and 746.5GB in onboard software RAID utility.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing The error persist after reboot and OS GUI cannot be entered. In addition, the adapter cannot be added to a system that has Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1* installed. Implication User cannot use Intel NIC adapter E1G44ET with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1* Status This issue might be fixed in the futhure. Workaround None 48. IDA and OFU SUP package downgrade is not supported from certain version.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update 50. Microsoft* Windows Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft* Windows 2012 installation on a GPT partition will hang with BIOS 63. Problem A system hang may occur when the operating system is installed on a GPT partition with BIOS 63. Implication Microsoft* Windows installation cannot complete.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Documentation Changes 1. Proper Heatsink Installation and Removal Instructions are missing from Service Guide Problem: The current documentation does not properly describe the installation and removal of the heatsink. Careful insertion and removal of the heatsink is required to prevent damage to the heatsink screws or backplate. Implication: There is a possibility of damage to the heatsink if proper steps are not followed.
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing Monthly Specification Update Note: The system is shipped with a spacer installed between the heatsink and the processor socket to protect the socket protective cover. This spacer will need to be removed and discarded before installing the processor. If a processor is already installed, do the following: i. Twist the heatsink slightly to break the seal between the heatsink and the processor. ii. Lift the heatsink from the processor.
Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 2. Orient the heatsink over the processor as shown in Figure 2. The heatsink fins must be positioned as shown to provide correct airflow through the system. 3. Set the heatsink over the processor, lining up the four captive screws with the four posts surrounding the processor. 4. Loosely screw in the captive screws on the heatsink corners in a diagonal manner according to the numbers shown in Figure 2 as follows: a.
