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Intel(R) Server Platform SR1450 SCSI HSBP FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES
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INTEL Enterprise Platform & Services Marketing
Intel Corporation
2111 N.E. 25th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA
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DATE:		October 27, 2004
TO:		Intel(R) server platform SR1450 customers
SUBJECT:	SR1450 SCSI Hot Swap Backplane Firmware 1.00 Release Notes
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                               LEGAL INFORMATION
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Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products. 
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Copyright (c) 2004-2006 Intel Corporation.

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                              ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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REVISION INFORMATION RETURNED BY GET DEVICE ID COMMAND:

Operational code : v01.00
Boot code	 : v01.10
Manufacturer ID  : 0x000157 (Intel)
Product ID       : 0x0913 (A1450SCSIKIT)
Config Version   : v01.00

Checksum Information:
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Boot code checksums (match data from Range Checksum command):
	Boot code (0x7C000 - 0x7FFFF): 0x6e0b

Operational code checksums (match data from Range Checksum command):
	Section 1 (0x61000 - 0x6FFFF): 0x33ae
	Section 2 (0x70000 - 0x7A36E): 0x6038
	Overall   (0x61000 - 0x7A36E): 0x93e6

QLogic Core: V1.10A4

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			SYSTEM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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SR1450 SCSI Hot Swap Back Plane:
  - Fab -1xx or higher.
     
Intel(R) Management Module(IMM):
  - Advanced Edition Fab -2xx or later.
    Fab -1xx Advanced Edition modules are not supported.

  - Professional Edition Fab -1xx or later.

Server Board SE7520JR2:
  Fab -1xx or later

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		       SYSTEM SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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- PC87431M mini-Baseboard Managment Controler (mBMC) from National Semiconductor:
  Revision 2.31 or later.

- SE7520JR2 FRU/SDR pacakge:
  JR-6.2.1 (or later)

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                         IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES
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- The following files are necessary to update Polson SCSI back plane firmware:
  Autoexec.bat	- Batch file used to update the firmware.
  1USCSI00.hex	- SCSI HSBP 1.00 firmware hex file for the SR1450 platform.
  IS_IMM.exe    - DOS utility to identify whether an IMM card is installed or not.
  FWPIAUpd.exe	- DOS utility to program firmware hex file into the flash device.

Executing the fwpiaupd utility with your own command switches is unsupported 
and may leave your back plane in a non-operational state! Please use the
provided batch file to update the firmware.

Executing the Autoexec.bat file can be done from any media
(Hard disk, USB disk-on-key, shared network drive or floppy).

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                         INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
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- Apply AC and power on the server.

- Copy the following files from this release package to the 
  media(Hard Drive, USB Disk-on-Key, Floppy...) that you wish to perform
  the update from. 
  - Autoexec.bat
  - 1USCSI00.hex
  - IS_IMM.exe
  - FWPIAUpd.exe

- Execute the Autoexec.bat file to begin the firmware update process.

- Power down server and remove all AC power going to power supplies.

- Apply AC and power on the server.

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                           KNOWN ISSUES/WORKAROUNDS
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- Boot Code Update is not supported. If you try to update the boot code,
   the FW update utilities will display an error message showing that
   the boot code is not verified successfully.

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                           FEATURES ADDED
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Version 1.00 (Initial version of SR1450 chassis SCSI HSBP firmware):

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                           ISSUES FIXED
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Version 1.00:
- Initial version of SR1450 chassis SCSI HSBP firmware. 

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                             REFERENCE MATERIAL
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