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Intel(R) Server Board S5000PAL/S5000XAL BMC 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:       Jan 08, 2008
TO:         Intel(R) server platform S5000PAL/s5000XAL customers
SUBJECT:    BMC(R) 0C.63 Release Notes

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

Operational code:       v0C.63
Boot code:              v00.42
PIA data:               v00.03
Manufacturer ID:        0x000157 (Intel)
Product ID:             0x0028   (S5000PAL/S5000XAL)

Checksum Information:
Operational Code
  Region:                0x00020000 -> 0x00132212
  Checksum (HEX File):             0xa7ad

Boot Block
  Region:               0x00000000 -> 0x0000557e
  Checksum (HEX file):             0xe9c7


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			SYSTEM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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Server Board S5000PAL/S5000XAL with the following PBA revisions (or higher):

  - A BMC must previously have been installed.  If this is not the case, first
    follow the directions in the IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES to get an initial
   image into the flash before updating to this BMC version.

  - If the Failsafe BMC is already updated, then to update this BMC, BMC should be 
    in Force Update Mode


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		       SYSTEM SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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- FRU/SDR package:
      FAL_47

- S5000PAL/S5000XAL BIOS revision:
      R0088 BIOS

- SEEPROM Image:
      v04.00  (SDRAM disabled - Use of any other SEEPROM image is not supported at this time)

- MS-DOS v6.22 (or later)


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                         IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES
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- Executing the batch files can be done from any media (Hard disk, USB disk-on-
  key, shared network drive or floppy).

- When updating from BMC version 48 or previous to BMC version 49 or later 
  using fwpiaupd.exe utility please use following command:
  fwpiaupd -u -b -o -pia -nopc -ni -p filename.hex.

- Since the release of the BMC50A Package, boot block updates via UPFW.bat file
  has been removed. The Boot block firmware remains the same in all subsequent
  releases even though the version number appeared to change in some release notes.

- From release BMC61, boot block needs to be updated to make Firmware Update
  faster. So, boot block updates via "-b" is added in UPFW.bat file.
  


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                         INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
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Assuming a BMC has previously been installed
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1) Update the BMC firmware using BMC63.bat.

2) Update the SDR & FRUs with the FRU/SDR package.


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                           KNOWN ISSUES/WORKAROUNDS
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1) SIO3 Contention is resolved in this Release
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   This release is for Beta base board (or equivalent) only.  Equivalent HW must contain SIO and GPIO rework.  
	Otherwise system will not function correctly.  True Beta HW must have EEPROM V02.09 
	Installed to match A1/C0 ESB2/Gilgal on board.


2) Serial / Modem is defeatured.

3) From BMC48 we have removed the EEPROM update files from the package.

4) For testing CLTT or OLTT please use systems with active backplanes(HSBP).

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                           FEATURES ADDED
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BMC 0C.63
	This release is based on S5000PAL/S5000XAL CORE SDK 51 + Sandbox
	
Trackers resolved:
32507: BMC sometimes hangs if SOL sessions killed  

BMC 00.62:
	This release is based on S5000PAL/S5000XAL CORE SDK 51 + Sandbox
	
Trackers resolved:
32207: CL: System reverting to OLTT after ctrl+alt+del  

BMC 00.61:
	This release is based on S5000PAL/S5000XAL CORE SDK 51 + Sandbox
	Added the new FWPIAUPD which supports 128 bytes of flash update.

Trackers resolved:
127776: Discrepancy between EPS and Response received for "Get Fan Control Configuration"
127765: Response received for "Get Thermal Profile Data" command for unsupported profile.
31433:SL BR: Fans fail to boost after crossing DIMM agg temp UC.
31434:SL BR: Get thermal profile data shows success for profile 0 and error for prof 2
31467: BMC FW not supporting 128 bytes write. 

Note -: Following trackers/issues are fixed in core:
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127752: BMC slow to respond or stops responding completely
30889: Direct Serial Connection is not working from sysconfig
172269: The event type of system reconfigured event are incorrect



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