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BIOS RELEASE NOTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: OEM Ready PE1850 Version: A06 Release Date: 01/24/2007 ***************************************************************************** * IMPORTANT NOTES ***************************************************************************** * When a RAID card is present in the system, the fan speeds will * not increase unless the BMC firmware has been also updated to * version 1.68 or later. ***************************************************************************** Changes from A05: * Updated Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Dual-Core Processor with 2x2MB L2 Cache A0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=0C). * Added code to support Dell SAS 5/e adapter card. * Added code to increase the fan speeds if there are RAID cards in the system. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: OEM Ready PE1850 Version: A05 Release Date: 03/05/2006 ***************************************************************************** * IMPORTANT NOTES ***************************************************************************** * This BIOS adds support for INTEL(R) Xeon(TM) Dual-Core Processor with * 800MHz System Bus and 2x2MB of L2 Cache. * * Update RHEL4 ATI Radeon 7000m driver to the latest version before flashing this BIOS. ***************************************************************************** Changes from A04: * Fixed slow download of WinPE ISO via RIS when USB keyboard/mouse is attached. * Fixed the system booting security issue in the BIOS Setup. * Fixed the Unreported I/O failure in HCT 12.1 with WS03 SP1 * Added new BMC Mux mode. * Added Native IPMI support. * Added progress indicator for BIOS Flash Utility. * Changed the BIOS copyright dates to 2006. * Fixed the OS CDDSR function 48 device parameter reporting issue. * Fixed the CD-ROM/floppy INT13h function 8 device parameter reporting issue. * Updated BIOS Setup help text for the Redundant Memory feature to account for the Spare Bank and Mirror options. * Fixed ACPI issue causing slots to be incorrectly reported as hot-plug capable under Netware. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: OEM Ready PE1850/PE2850/PE2800 Version: A04 Release Date: 09/23/2005 ***************************************************************************** * IMPORTANT NOTES ***************************************************************************** * This BIOS adds support for INTEL(R) Xeon(TM) Dual-Core Processor with * 800MHz System Bus and 2x2MB of L2 Cache. * * Update RHEL4 ATI Radeon 7000m driver to the latest version before flashing this BIOS. ***************************************************************************** Changes from A02: * Updated ATI RADEON 7000 BIOS to version yi13530a. * Updated PXE UNDI code to version 1.2.26. * Added SMBIOS enumerations for Dual-Core Processors. * Added additional DIMM SPD date-code information to SMBIOS for unique DIMM identifier. * Improved PCI Memory Allocation. * Fixed issue of incomplete MPTable with multi-function PCI-to-PCI adapter. * Fixed losing the Custom LCD string after changing a few BIOS options. * Fixed issue of BIOS not reading baud rate from BMC when using Option 4 via SOL Proxy. * Fixed Processor TCtrl value for BMC not getting updated for single logical processor configuration. * Added workaround for lockup resulting from the systems with 8GB RAM or more and RAID storage controller potentially claiming inappropriate addresses. * Enhanced correctable memory error reporting algorithm. * Updated Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 800MHz System Bus D0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=17). * Updated Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 800MHz System Bus E0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=17). * Added Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 800MHz System Bus G1 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=03). * Updated Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 2MB L2 Cache N0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=05). * Added Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 2MB L2 Cache R0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=02). * Added Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Dual-Core Processor with 2x2MB L2 Cache A0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=07). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: OEM Ready PE1850/PE2850/PE2800 Version: A03 Release Date: Not Released ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: OEM Ready PE1850/PE2850/PE2800 Version: A02 Release Date: 01/26/2005 Changes from A01: * Added Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 800MHz System Bus E0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=0D). * Added Intel Xeon Processor with 800MHz System Bus D0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=14). * Added Intel Xeon Processor with 2MB L2 Cache N0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=04). * Added support for Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(R) technology feature available in newer 3.4GHz and higher speed processors. * Enabled Intel C1E Feature. * Enabled Intel XD feature. * Added a fix for E7520 MRC BSU Erratum 32 - System does not POST with newer DIMMs. * Added DIMM serial number support in SMBIOS. * Update LSI SCSI Option ROM to v5.06.06. * Update PXE UNDI code to version 1.2.16P6 - Fixes loss of manageability during PXE Boot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: OEM Ready PE1850/PE2850/PE2800 Version: A01 Release Date: 09/08/2004 * Added support for 2GB sing-rank DIMMs. * Added support for Intel E7520 chipset C4-stepping. * Added support for the Intel Xeon microprocessor E0-stepping. * Updated the microcode for Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processors as follows: D0 step to Patch ID 0x13 E0 step to Patch ID 0x09 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: OEM Ready PE1850 Version: A00 Release Date: 08/02/2004 This release is the first customer release. _____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. 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