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Intel(R) Server Platforms S5000VCL 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:       Jul 01, 2008
TO:         Intel(R) server platform S5000VCL customers
SUBJECT:    BMC(R) 00.64 Release Notes


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                               LEGAL INFORMATION
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Copyright (c) 2008 Intel Corporation.


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

Operational code:       v00.64
Boot code:              v0B.42
PIA data:               v00.03
Manufacturer ID:        0x000157 (Intel)
Product ID:             0x0029   (S5000VCL)

Checksum Information:
Operational Code
  Region 	     : 	 0x00020000 -> 0x0012dcb2
  Checksum (HEX File):              0x7877

Boot Block
  Region:               0x00000000 -> 0x0000557e
  Checksum (HEX file):             0xe9c6

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			SYSTEM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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-None
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		        SYSTEM SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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- MS-DOS v6.22 (or later)
  

- FRU/SDR package:
      FCL_18

- S5000VCL BIOS revision:
      R0089 BIOS or later

- S5000VCL SEEPROM Image
      v03.01  (Use of any other SEEPROM image is not supported at this time)
  

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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).

- We have removed EPROM files from BMC48 onwards

- Anyone with older board using BMC 46 or 47 will need to use OFU or FWPIAUPD
  to upgrade to 48.  No one should be downgrading.

- 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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   If a BMC has previously been installed
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1) Update the BMC firmware using UpFW.bat.

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


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   If a BMC has not been previously installed
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1) Copy the update files from this release package to the media (Hard Drive,
   USB Disk-on-Key, Floppy...) that you wish to perform the update from. Files
   include all those listed in the RELEASE PACKAGE CONTENTS section.

2) It is strongly recommended that a backup be created of the SEEPROM image
   currently residing on your S5000VCL system. The following DOS command
   can be used to create a backup SEEPROM image: "eeupdate /nic=1 /dump"

3) Update the SEEPROM image by running UpEEPROM.bat. You must then A/C
   power cycle with power off for at least 30 seconds.

4) Update the BMC flash by running UpPFlash.bat. You must then A/C power
   cycle with power off for at least 30 seconds.

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

6) Subsequent updates of the BMC FW should use UpFW.bat.


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                           KNOWN ISSUES/WORKAROUNDS
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1) SIO3 Contention is resolved in an earlier BMC Release
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2) Serial/Modem interface is defeatured for S5000 Series platform.


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                           FEATURES ADDED
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BMC00.64
Fixed - 82563GB network/BMC interface contention issue.
Fixed - BMC checksum mismatches

BMC00.63
Fixed - BMC sometimes hangs if SOL sessions are terminated  
Fixed - BIOS/BMC hang issue

BMC00.62
Fixed - System reverts to OLTT after ctrl+alt+del

BMC 00.61
Added - S5000PSL/S5000XSL/S5000XVN/SC5400RA Refresh Release with CLTT integration
Added - the new FWPIAUPD which supports 128 bytes of flash update.
Fixed - Fans fail to boost after crossing DIMM aggregate temp UC.
Fixed - Get thermal profile data shows success for profile 0 and error for profile 2
Fixed - BMC FW not supporting 128 bytes write. 
Fixed - BMC slow to respond or stops responding completely
Fixed - Direct Serial Connection is not working from sysconfig
Fixed - The event type of system reconfigured event are incorrect
Fixed - SOL can't activate by OpenSource IPMITOOL
Fixed - There are two duplicate assertion/de-assertion events for Power Unit Redundancy sensor after DC Power Cycle.
Fixed - [SYS BOOT -F NORMAL & SERVICE] terminal mode command can't set the needed boot flags.
Fixed - Unnecessary SEL events are getting logged in AC and DC cycle 
Fixed - PEF configuration will be lost after AC or DC cycle 
Fixed - Irregular Chassis ID LED blinking 

BMC 00.59
Fixed - BIOS Setup screen is observed as garbled data on remote machine.
Fixed - Power on console command is not working
Fixed - GPO61 not supported by PC87427/SIO3 driver 
Fixed - SDK - BMC cmd "Set Processor State" Unsupported state settable and unclearable. 
Fixed - BMC SEL log contains inaccurate timestamp
Fixed - BMC failed to respond during Sx sleep state cycling test.
Fixed - Unable to read SEL entries

BMC 00.58:
Fixed - Wrong status LED behavior observed for Power restore policy.
Fixed - Status LED color irregularity observed when power restore policy is "Prior state"  
Fixed - Get ACPI State command returns "Legacy Power Off" when in S4 state (Hibernation)
Fixed - Status Led turns to solid amber color after doing a bmc refresh from OS 
Fixed - The 'Get ACPI power state' returns wrong status in Hibernate(S4) mode  
Fixed - BMC is not tracking the correct sleep states

BMC 00.57:
Fixed - The firmware allowed a invalid password to log in.
Fixed - IPMI 1.5 session can be made with any password  

BMC 00.56:

Fixed - BIOS not responding to BMC SetSystemBootOption command - Note: At this point of time this issue
        is resolved only for Intel XEON Series 5100 processors.
Fixed - ACPI issue: When Get ACPI Status command is executed even before DC is on, BMC responds as S0/G0 working.
Fixed - After system goes into shutdown, then the system will auto-reboot when comport 2 is connected to loopback
Fixed - System will automatically boot up with RJ45-RS232 convert and RS232 Loopback.
Fixed - Windows 32 or 64-bit will not shutdown with loopback connector on COM Port 2
Fixed - TPT module is not including FML Header/FML Status/TPT Status as part of read buffer 
Fixed - Switching Serial MUX from System to TMODE truncates "[TMODE OK] message  
Fixed - TMode will not maintain connection in standby

BMC 00.55: 

Future processor PECI Support is added.

BMC 00.54: 
	
- SC5400RA Support is added.
- Feature Enhancement - Support for Email Alerts VIA ESB2/BMC on all S5000 Series products is added

Fixed - The boot code version in SLBMC53 does not match that of the BMC release note.
Fixed - Deasserted sel event for chassis intrusion.
Fixed - Unnecessary Characters are displayed in SOL redirection
Fixed - Updating to BIOS R0038 got error 92AB serial port B is being used by BMC as EMP port
Fixed - T-Mode Auto Detect Message  "[TMODE OK]" response is truncated  
Fixed - The CPU failure LEDs on the server board are not lit for processor disabling.

BMC 00.53:

Fixed - BMC stops responding (Error message in BIOS)  - D/C power cycle over RMCPP (dpccli) session
Fixed - Suspend BMC ARP command is not working as expected. 
Fixed - Fully Fan redundant event [deasserted, asserted]is getting logged in DC cycle
Fixed - System hangs if processor disabled thru "set proc state" command 
Fixed - In PIA file PECI Poller Imager Type is incorrect 
Fixed - Power Redundancy event [deasserted, asserted] is getting logged in DC cycle 


BMC 00.52:
  
Fixed - SEL event for S3 ACPI power state is not getting logged when system goes to S3 

BMC 00.51:
       First production Release



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                             REFERENCE MATERIAL
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S5000 Series BMC Core External Product Specification, v1.4


[END OF RELEASE NOTES]
