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        Intel(R) Server Platform Integrated BMC 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:       22 February, 2012
TO:         Intel(R) Server Board S1400xx, S1600xx, S2400xx, S2600xx, W2600xx,
            & S4600xx customers
SUBJECT:    Integrated BMC(R) firmware 01.04.2896 release notes

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                               LEGAL INFORMATION
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                            ABOUT THIS RELEASE PACKAGE
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Source file: BMC_i_0104r2896.bin
Update script: fwUpdateBMC.nsh

REVISION INFORMATION RETURNED BY GET DEVICE ID COMMAND:
Operational mode:   01.04.2896

UBoot mode:         1.7
Device ID:          0x21
Manufacturer ID:    0x000157

Other version/revision information:
PSU Model          H/W revision      FW Version 
DPS 750XB A          S4               5.39.85
DPS 460KB A          S3               3.09.29
DPS 1200TB A         S3               3.39.77 
DPS 1200TB A         00               4.39.77 

HSBP FW:            00.13
Root/OS/WWW:        9.19
FWPIAUPD Utility:   11.0-Build05

MD5 checksum of BMC_i_0104r2896.bin: 3225c965168632f3a1cb506ffd82a2e4

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                         IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES
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The following update process must be followed to ensure a trouble free updating
of your baseboard.
1.  BMC firmware
2.  BIOS
3.  Manageability Engine (ME) firmware
4.  FRU/SDR package specific to the baseboard.
5.  NIC EEPROM

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                            INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
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1.  Copy the entire contents of the BMC_i_0104r2896.zip archive file to the
    storage medium of your choice. This can be a hard disk, floppy disk
    or USB flash drive.
    All of the files in the zip archive must reside in the same directory.

2.  Boot to EFI and then run the fwUpdateBMC.nsh script file to update the
    Integrated BMC.

    Modification of the update script with your own command line parameters is
    not supported and doing so is at your own risk!

3.  Install latest available FRU/SDR package specific to the platform.

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                     FIRMWARE UPGRADE/DOWNGRADE PROCEDURES
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Upgrade of BMC FW from version 01.04.2896 to later versions will be documented
in the release notes for those versions.

********* WARNING *********
After updating to this version if the system is downgraded to a version earlier
than R01.02 the BMC configuration settings (ex: BMC IP addr, user name, user
password) will be reset to factory default values.

Downgrade of BMC FW from version 01.04.2896 to all versions down to 01.00.2612
inclusive is supported by using the appropriate firmware update program included
in the package for the earlier version.

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                        KNOWN ISSUES/WORKAROUNDS/REQUIREMENTS
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- This BMC FW update package is to be used only on ESPD server baseboards and
  does NOT support customer reference boards (CRB) or silicon reference
  platforms (SRP).
  Contact your Intel(R) representative to determine where to download the BMC
  FW for these products.

- The BMC FW image file in this package is to be used only with the provided
  FWPIAUPD update utility.
  Using the FW image file with a SPI flash device programmer will result in a
  non-functional system.

- The following EPSD Platforms Based on Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor
  E5-4600/2600/2400/1600 Product Families requirements/features are not
  available in this release:
    - System shall support CPU DTS-based specification for fan speed control
      for Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E5-4600/2600/2400/1600 v2 product families
    - Front panel LCD module

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                                01.04.2896
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- Fixed: Update to PSU FW for 460W CRPS PSU - contains fix to set the SMBALERT
         interval to 30 seconds.
- Fixed: Empty or Unconfigured HDD will continuously report drive faults
         - There were many spurious drive fault SELs when ESRTII RAID5 was
           configured with 3 disks and 1 hotspare or an unconfigured disk.
           This change, with HSBP FRUSDR package 02, will correct the spurious
           SEL errors.
- Fixed: Firmware stuck if BMC is crashed and then a BMC cold reset is executed
         3 times within the next 30 minutes

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                                01.04.2774
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- Fixed: Fixed issue where during reboot the BMC was not disabling the i2c-4
         channel, resulting in spurious SEL entries from the Management Engine.
- Fixed: New FW drop for the PMAX issue in PSU FW for 750W, 1200W S3/00
         revisions.
- Fixed: Additional FW drop for i2c timeout issue - 2nd timeout happening after
         a i2c reset for 750W, 1200W S3/00F
- Fixed: Fixed issue with bridging commands to ME via BMC IPMI.
- Fixed: Updates SDR for some boards to newest versions:
         - S2600WP IB/De-pop SKU to version 00.08
         - S2600JF IB/De-pop SKU to version 1.03
         - S2600CP to version 1.03
         - S2400GP to version 1.00
- Fixed: VCCQ VR temperature sensors were not working in S2400BB
- Fixed: Duplicated warning event logged about senor unavailable generated
         during ME update
         - Changed the BMC to not count update mode codes against the
           management subsystem health sensor.
- Fixed: Login through SMASH with LDAP authorized user and password failed
         - Enabled the use of LDAP authorization for SMASH logins to BMC. To
           use this there must be an LDAP server (not the BMC) which can
           authorize a user with a given password, and the BMC must be
           configured to allow LDAP with that server, and to map to an allowed
           set of functions.
- Fixed: IPv6 auto-configure mode not working 
- Fixed: Initialized Node Presence pins as Output-High for S2400LP, S2600JF,
         and S2600WP.
- Fixed: IPv6 ping failed after LAN failover enabled
- Fixed: When the Onboard NIC 1 is disabled in BIOS the system fans boost
- Fixed: RMS25CB080 SAS Mod Temp sensor has Unknown Health/Reading
- Fixed: ME events are not interpreted in Embedded Web Server SEL log
- Fixed: S2600JF PSOC HSBP temperature sensor intermittently unavailable during
         node hotplug
- Added: The BMC will now check the most significant bit (bit 7) of the PSU FW
         major revision number. If it is set to 1 then the BMC will refuse to
         downgrade the supply to any earlier revision.
         - Added since power supply stability issues can arise if power
           supplies are updated to an earlier revision of the power supply FW.
           This ONLY applies for this revision of BMC and later.

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                                01.03.2674
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- Fixed: Update SDR of S2600CP to version 1.02.
- Fixed: Update SDR of W2600CR and S2600IP to version to 1.02.
- Fixed: Updated PSU FW for 1200W CRPS (S3 and 00 model) to correct the issue
         in S2600JF system, where system shuts down under certain conditions.
- Fixed: The description of a memory thermal trip event is incorrect.
         - For S2400SC and S2400LP, CPU1/2 DIMM channel 0 is not used. When
           DIMM thermal trip events are found on CPU1 they should show in the
           SEL as "CPU1, DIMMA", and when found on CPU2, as "CPU2, DIMMD"
- Fixed: It is hard to enter BIOS Setup via press F2 in KVM console when using
         LAN2.
- Fixed: An error dialog box pop-up was appearing when accessing the Alerts
         page on platforms that only support a single onboard shared NIC.
- Fixed: The fault reason is "Temperature has crossed critical value" on 
         Virtual Front Panel when SUT was powered off due to processor thermal
         trip.
         - Sensor severity for thermal trip was incorrect. It should now read
           "Thermal fault" on VFP when the system under test powers off due to
           processor thermal trip.
- Fixed: Dump debug file with non-redundant PSU, no information in PEC feature
         support status.
         - When installing a non-redundant PSU, an advisory is now added to the
           system debug log.
- Fixed: Alerts taking 10 seconds after an AC cycle.
- Fixed: On Half Width Form Factor platforms one Node reports raid rebuild that
         happened on another Node, these two Nodes share a HSBP.
- Fixed: Seeing excessive Frame Errors on RMM4 PHY when EEE (energy efficient
         ethernet) function was enabled.
         - When RMM4 PHY EEE (energy efficient ethernet) is enabled, receive
           frame errors increased to an unacceptable level. EEE has been 
           disabled.
- Fixed: Voltage 1.1V Standby monitoring for W2600CR, S2600IP, and S400GP not
         supported while in standby mode.
- Added: Node Auto-Shutdown behavior has been defined for multi-node systems
         (S2600JF, S2400LP, S2600WP). "BMC will turn off designated nodes in
         event of PS failure resulting in PSU not able to supply enough power
         and throttling the node. Based on BIOS setup and slot position of the
         board, BMC will forcefully shut down the node throttling due to PSU
         not supplying enough power."
         - With a properly configured system where nodes have a shutdown
           policy configured in BIOS to permit it, the last two nodes in the
           chassis can be shut down rather than running in a degraded state,
           allowing the remaining node(s) to work at full efficiency to
           complete tasks.

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                                01.02.2608
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- Fixed: This build will be tested with the 041 BIOS release.
- Fixed: Updates to the zip-bundled FRUSDR packages are provided as follows:
         - S2600CP_FRUSDR_100.zip updated to S2600CP_FRUSDR_101.zip
         - S2600CO_FRUSDR_1.00.zip updated to S2600CO_FRUSDR_1.01.zip
         - S2600GZ_FRUSDR_08.zip updated to S2600GZ_FRUSDR_100.zip
         - S2600JF_FRUSDR_1.00.zip updated to S2600JF_FRUSDR_1.01.zip
         - S2400LP_FRUSDR_11.zip updated to S2400LP_FRUSDR_13.zip
         - S2400SC_FRUSDR_23.zip updated to S2400SC_FRUSDR_24.zip
         - S2600WP_FRUSDR_06.zip updated to S2600WP_FRUSDR_07.zip
         - Updated W2600CR and S2600IP SDR version to 1.01
- Fixed: The Chassis Intrusion flag is cleared when a Get Chassis Status
         command is processed.
         - The Get Chassis Status command now reads the state of the sensor
           rather than the value of the flag, when reporting chassis intrusion
           state.
- Fixed: Restores the Cipher Suites and features for RMCP+ which had been
         added then removed.
- Fixed: BMC NVRAM incorrect after DHCP configuration
- Fixed: Reduce RMM4 link speed on some platforms for EMI reductions.
         - On platforms S2600CP, S2600IP, W2600CR, S2600CO, S2400GP, S2400SC,
           and S1400FP, RMM4 Dedicated Management NIC should only connect at
           100MBps.
- Fixed: For S2600JF and S2600WP changed RGMII drive strength to correct EMI
         issues.
- Fixed: There is an error message on Virtual Front Panel page when logging
         into Embedded Web Server with user privilege.
          - When logging in with an account which only has the "user" privilege
            set, the "wait" status should not be displayed for the Virtual
            Front Panel.
- Fixed: The format of memory location error message in Embedded Web Server is
         different from SELviewer.
- Fixed: Update FW under EFI Shell using wrong package will cause a hang at
         "BMC Firmware Update Status".
         - If update fails it should now provide an advisory as expected.
- Fixed: S2400LP systems could experience an "NMI activated-system halted"
         error during system reset.
- Fixed: Embedded Web Server - "LOADING...PLEASE WAIT" is not displayed when
         clicking the refresh link.
         - There was text that was white on a white background. This is
         redundant, as the moving gif is visible, and an accepted form of
         loading indicator. This removes the invisible text.
- Fixed: When BMC is booting the on board Status LED is solid Green, the FP
         Status LED is off.
         - For S2600CO, when BMC is booting, the on board Status LED and FP
           status LED now follow the same blink and color status values as
           other platforms.
- Fixed: Static IPs are still retained when all the LAN 1 & LAN 3 IP set to
         DHCP
- Fixed: Reading more than 106 bytes from ID ROM caused an error if the IPMI
         requests was sent via RMCP
- Fixed: Alerts taking 10s after an AC cycle.
- Fixed: The last two SEL record datas retrieved by iHC are incorrect when the
         SEL is full.
- Fixed: Clear the SEL and issue Get all SEL Entries using wget in Linux, the
         response is incorrect.
- Fixed: Clear the events, there is no Hex version of "the log area has been
         cleared" when reading events using wget.
- Fixed: The last SEL record data retrieved by iHC was missing compared with
         the selviewer tool.
- Fixed: SEL/Power/FWver handlers are not giving error response for iHC
         negative testing.
- Fixed: Channel Access Disabling command not working correctly.
         - Channel Access flag was not checked before sending the PEF entry.
           This was causing some alerts to be lost.
- Fixed: Power Supply Sensors can get disabled on non-master half-width boards
         - Power Supply Sensors on Half Width boards could be disabled and not
           re-enabled.

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                                01.01.2484
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- Fixed: S1600JP Porting code checked in
- Fixed: Added FRU id for external fan controller board detection.
- Fixed: Updated S2400EP Default.sdr and FCT.sdr according to 1.0 sys config
         table
- Fixed: Fixed ID LED issue broken by fix for chassis issue 
- Fixed: HSBP changes: for half-width backplanes, a complex formula decides
         which BMC will act as CMM for the chassis. Added new logic in CMC to
         monitor and grant the PSoC* ownership every 10 seconds. This should
         prevent deadlock issues.
- Fixed: Implemented FWupdate status sensor to log BMC build id (binary) and ME
         build id (bcd) plus decoding logic has been added in Embedded Web
         Server
- Fixed: Modified as per the latest S4600LH SGPIO table 
- Fixed: Updated FCT and Default SDRs as per the S4600LH latest FSC sheet
- Fixed: Updated S4600LH Default.sdr and FCT.sdr according to config table 1.0 
- Fixed: Modified the Bus number for external fan board FRU
- Fixed: Updated S2400SC Default.sdr and FCT.sdr
- Fixed: SDR S2600JF IB/Depop Factory SDRs are updated to V1.01
- Fixed: SDR Update Default/FCT.sdr of S2600CP to version 1.01.
- Fixed: SDR Update Default/FCT.sdr of S2600CO to version 1.01. 
- Fixed: SDR Update Default/FCT.sdr of W2600CR/S2600IP to version 1.01.
- Fixed: SDR Update S2600WP IB/Depop factory SDRs to V0.07
- Fixed: S2600KI BMC specific: SOL - last couple characters not echo'ed back,
         fixed
- Fixed: In Embedded Web Server cannot see the RMM4 LAN alerts setting when
         using IDA to set it.
         - Corrected the alert entry and destination selector configuration
           similar to IDA, so configuration by Embedded Web Server will be
           visible to IDA and vice versa.
- Fixed: W2600CR: IPMITOOL cannot activate SOL session, with console
         redirection enabled via serial port B
- Fixed: W2600CR: DPCCLI cannot be redirected to the serial B output with the
         console redirection enable on serial port B
         - W2600CR board doesn't have COM port COMA, SOL was failing because
           default port was COMA. Now checks for COMB as well.
- Fixed: Debug dump now contains BMC revision number.
- Fixed: Removed almost all BMC centric debug dump from the regular file. Also,
         removed memory info and processes info in the regular debug dump file.
- Fixed: No information about support PEC in debug file.
         - Add information about support PEC in debug file
- Fixed: Send IPMI command to Read Platform Debug Log file has response "C1"
         - Command to Read Platform Debug Log file was returning Normal
           Completion in a circumstance where it should have returned invalid
           command (C1)
- Fixed: Stop the PSU fan, system status LED blink green. after a while, it
         return to solid green, but the PSU FAN still remain stopped
         - Updates to PSU Firmware for 460W and 1200W 00 & S3F power supplies
- Fixed: The VR Watchdog Timeout sensor will auto re-arm within 1 second when
         system power good is deasserted and held deasserted
         - When the VR timeout event was asserted, the VR timeout flag was
           cleared. It resulted in a deassertion in the next sensor scan. Will
           not clear the flag until the VR power good# is asserted
- Fixed: S2400SC: When causing a CPU 2 fan failure ,the rear fan fault LED will
         turn to solid amber
         - CPU2 FAN fault LED and Rear FAN fault LED SGPIO number was swapped,
           resulting in incorrect LED lighting amber when one or the other
           failed
- Fixed: There are some failures in the VLAN ID  stress test .
         - VLAN config fixes:
           - VLAN ID was not always being read back correctly.
           - Fixed to return IPMI value for VLAN ID, not stale value 
           - Fixed VLAN Priority to work like all the other network parameters
           - Fixed IPv6 support
           - Fixed setting IPv6 to DHCP on web, which was erroneously returning
             IPMI Error 213
- Fixed: The Virtual Front Panel chassis ID LED blinking frequency is not
         synchronized with the front panel chassis ID LED
         - Virtual Front Panel was not reflecting chassis ID LED blink. It now
           detects and replicates this
- Fixed: There is a "BB +1.1V STBY low critical" event in SEL after AC cycling
         the SUT
         - 1.1V Standby voltage senor generating unwanted events when AC was
           removed with DC power on. Root caused to the 1.1V Stby voltage rail
           dropping very rapidly when AC is removed from a system that has DC
           power on. The BMC runs for a longer period so it saw the voltage
           drop out and generated events for it. Fix is to ignore voltage lower
           threshold crossings on this sensor if AC power is removed with DC
           power on.
- Fixed: Issue "Set CR Configuration" command with invalid value, the response
         isn't the correct error code
         - Was setting the user specific ranking. Ranking should be unique and
           less than number of working PS, should reject invalid numbers now.
- Fixed: S2600WP: MBE/DBE memory error did not sent SNMP and Email Alerts
- Fixed: Continuous Add SEL requests via KCS or IPMB leads to BMC auto-reset
- Fixed: Fwpiaupdt 11 Build 2: BMC update takes too long in all OS and EFI
- Fixed: Webserver sometimes shows socket error and does not respond till
         timeout when buttons pressed in quick succession
         - The refresh button at the bottom of the sensor reading page wasn't
           set to disable after a request, allowing for multiple rapid-fire
           requests with a very large overhead. The refresh button is now
           locked until the request completes, to prevent ASP floods on the
           sensor reading page.
- Fixed: RMM4 Ping Pong test failing with latest BMC 1.00
         - RMCP PING packets with non-0xff sequence were being dropped, but
           non-0xFF sequence numbers are allowed when the sender wants an ACK
           reply.
- Fixed: Update to BMC 1.0 with boot flag alone, doesn't reflect the boot area
         version
- Fixed: BMC Debug console constantly reporting "Invalid Logical GPIO: 197. Max
         is 161!" errors
- Fixed: S2600KI: DIMM Thermal Margin sensor readings should not be available
         in OLTT mode
- Fixed: Extended SEL severity code for Deassertions has non-informational
         severity
- Added: FRU IDs for PCI Risers 3 and 4 for S4600LH 
- Added: Initial FRUSDR release package for S4600LH
- Added: IO Module 2 support for S4600LH
- Added: IO Module 2 temp sensor support for S4600LH 
- Added: P3 and P4 related voltage sensors support for S4600LH
- Added: System fan1 and fan2 sensor numbers for S4600LH baseboard only support
- Added: BMC command implemented to read the ID and system fault LED

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                                01.00.2612
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- First production release of BMC
