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Intel(R) Server Board S2600TP Product Family and Intel(R) Compute Module HNS2600TP Product Family Firmware Update Package for Intel(R) Deployment Assistant, Intel(R) One Boot Flash Update Utility, The embedded EFI Shell, Windows* Preboot Execution Environment 
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Intel Enterprise Platform & Services Division - Marketing
Intel Corporation
2111 N.E. 25th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA
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DATE    : 	December 22, 2014
TO      : 	Intel(R) Server Board S2600TP Product Family and Intel(R) Compute Module HNS2600TP 
                   Product Family customers
SUBJECT : Release Notes for System Firmware Update Package 
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                              ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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BIOS:     	01.01.0006
ME:        	03.00.07.114
BMC:     	01.13.7172
FRUSDR:	1.02
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                           Support Platforms and Dependency
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Processors supported: 
Intel(R) Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 series

Microcode update versions:
Intel(R) Xeon processor E5-2600 V3 series C1 stepping: 0x00000023 CPUID = 0x306f2

Production boards:
  Product		Fab Version	      
  S2600TP		Fab2 (PBA# -250) or above    
  S2600TP	F	Fab2 (PBA# -250) or above 

The following update process must be followed to ensure a trouble free update.
1.	BMC firmware
2.	BIOS
3.	Manageability Engine (ME) firmware
4.	FRUSDR

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                  System Firmware Update Package Usage instructions                   
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This package can be updated using one of the following methods:
 - The embedded UEFI shell
 - Intel(R) Deployment Assistant
 - Windows* or Linux* operating system using Intel(R) One-boot Flash Update (OFU)
   V11.0 Build 14 or later)
 - Windows* Preboot Execution Environment (WinPE)

To update from the embedded EFI Shell

Update system firmware from Intel server EFI shell by the following steps:
- Download Intel server system firmware update package from http://downloadcenter.intel.com/
- Unzip package and copy all files to root folder in USB flash drive 
- Insert USB flash drive to server USB port
- Reboot server, system will start BIOS/BMC/FRUSDR update automatically

  If the unzipped package is not under the root folder of USB flash drive:
- Reboot server to EFI shell manually
- Run command "map -r" in EFI shell to find the mount point of the USB flash drive
- The USB flash drive may mount to fs0: or fs1: or other. 
- Run command "fs0:" or other to change folder to USB flash drive, 
- Change folder to the folder storing the firmware package
- Run command "startup.nsh" to start firmware update process

Please refer to "EFI_Instructions.pdf" in this firmware package for a quick guide to 
use the EFI commands

To Update from Intel(R) Deployment Assistant (IDA)

The Intel(R) Deployment Assistant software is easy to use and is present on the 
"Intel(R) Server Deployment & Management" DVD shipped with the system.
User can download the latest version IDA CD ISO image from http://downloadcenter.intel.com/
To use the IDA CD to update the system firmware:
- Boot server with IDA CD
- Select "Get System Updates" 
- Choose one of the three options 

  . From http://www.intel.com/support/
    Automatically downloads the latest Firmware Update Package from Intel 
    Requires Internet connection
    Enter your local IP address and proxy configuration
    Click "Next" to start the download and update process

  . From my network
    Download the latest Firmware Update Package from http://downloadcenter.intel.com/ and copy 
    it to a Windows* shared folder
    Enter your local IP address, the Windows* file server name, and a
    Windows user name and password
    Select the firmware package in pop-up window
    Click "Next" to start the update process

  . From USB flash drive or Hard Disk
    Download the latest Firmware Update Package from http://downloadcenter.intel.com/ and copy it 
    to a USB flash drive, then insert the USB flash drive into the server USB port
    Click "Browse"
    Select the firmware package in pop-up window
    Click "Next" to start the update process
    
  Note: 1) The Firmware Update Package is in the ZIP file format. Do not unzip 
        before copying to a Windows* shared folder or USB flash drive.
	2) The IDA will always update backup bios with this FSUP package even if the IDA backup bios check box is not selected.

To update from Windows* and Linux* or operating systems using the Intel(R) One Boot
Flash Update Utility (OFU)

Intel(R) One boot Flash Update utility can be downloaded from http://downloadcenter.intel.com/
and it is part of the "BIOS, Firmware Update & Configuration Utilities" for 
Windows* and Linux*. Please refer to Intel OFU user guide about the details of 
installation and usage of OFU.

Use OFU to update system firmware by the following steps:
- Install OFU on Windows* or Linux* system
- Download the latest firmware update package from http://downloadcenter.intel.com/
- Unzip package to a folder
- Run the following command in Windows* command line/Linux* terminal window:
  <OFU install folder name>:\flashupdt -u  <package folder name>\flashupdt.cfg
                       
To update from Windows* Preboot Execution Environment (WinPE)

The System Firmware Update Package can be inserted to Windows* PE customized image 
for creating a bootable Windows* PE CD. User is able to update system firmware from 
customized WinPE CD by the following steps:
- Boot server with customized WinPE CD
- Run script "WinPE21_x64_Update.bat" or "WinPE20_x86_Update.bat" 
  (name may be varied depends on your own customization)
  
Note:
1. The Intel(R) OFU utility is case sensitive. Therefore, when you transfer the 
Firmware Update Package using USB flash drive from a Microsoft Windows* system to a Linux
environment, you must first extract under the Linux* environment. Otherwise, you 
will need to mount the USB flash drive manually with 'vfat' option under Linux to avoid 
conversion from upper case to lower case and vice versa.

2. To make Intel(R) OFU utility run properly under x86 or x64 OS, you have to read
OFU release notes on known issues for OFU installation.

3. In this SFUP package, Intel only provide batch file "WinPE_x86_Update.bat"
for WinPE2.0 32 bit solution "WinPE_x64_Update.bat" for WinPE2.1/3.0 64 bit 
solution as an example. Please refer to white paper "White Paper-Intel Server 
Utilities Procedure for WinPE.pdf" for details on building your own customized 
WinPE CD.

4. Windows PE 2.0 - built from Windows Vista SP1 32bit or EM64T
5. Windows PE 2.1 - built from Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008, EM64T
6. Windows PE 3.1 - built from Windows Server 2008R2, EM64T
7. Microsoft IPMI driver is loaded by default from WinPE CD, if you want to use 
Intel IPMI driver instead of MS IPMI driver for firmware update, you can un-install
Microsoft IPMI driver by:
                Devicesetup.exe ¨Cv remove *IPI0001
                Note: IPI0001 is the device ID for Microsoft IPMI driver.
8. If to update backup BIOS region or NVRAM, you need to customize the OFU update 
       scripts (eg.flashupdt.cfg) and add "UpdateBackupBios" or "UpdateNvram" parameter.
 
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				BIOS 01.01.0006
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        EPSD100245152 SMBIOS problem cause the latest IDA7.17.RC6 boot failure with the 12G SAS RS3LC bridge
        EPSD100243827 The boot devices will increase if system reboot from RHEL7 aware UEFI and then the system will hang at high proportion
        EPSD100026915 The Hdds couldn't be found on the RHEL7.0 when storage card 81605Z inserted in the test riser4_slot4_PCIex16.
        EPSD100244480 The boot devices will increase if system reboot from RHEL7 aware UEFI and then the system will hang at high proportion
        EPSD100243758 Display L2/L3 cache error detected on the RAID controller during post .
        EPSD100026786 SUT can't boot to RHEL 6.5 x64 when enable "VT for Directed I/O" in BIOS setting.
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                            ME 03.00.07.114
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- For Shared Power Supply configuration, power isn't kept in the range of 2% during power limiting. The power kept in range of 3C 4%.  
- SMLink0 utilization is too high after disabling Node Manager with Set ME FW capabilities command. 
- Sporadically MESDC hangs up during reading trace logs via IPMB/RMCPP/HECI interface.   
- Few events instead of one are send after Flash Wear-Out Protection occurs.
- OSPM and DCMI policies are not created when policies maximum number of policies defined in XML file.   
- BMC OEM readings discovery is working incorrectly in Sx when BMC responded with completion code different from Successful (0x00). 
- [MESDC]  Compliance test NM_13:  After running the test the PROCHOT# is not deasserted which may fail other compliance tests with power limiting. 
- Certain power delivery systems may provide power data which fluctuates outside of the tolerances of the NM PTU power data filtering algorithm causing the Get Node Manager Power Characterization Range command (0x61) to return 0xFFFE power data. 
- ME goes to recovery state after graceful shutdown when power and thermal readings are enabled. 
- In G3 to S5 transition ME sends 2 NM Health Events: power readings in domain 0 and inlet temp readings are missing. 
- BMC set as power source even if only PSU is available when auto configuration is enabled. 
- P-States cannot be set while platform is in idle state. 
- Unexpected CLST event is sent during S0->S5 transition. 
- PSU Monitoring service error during GetSelftestResults IPMI command. 
- BackBone exceptions during various power flows (SX/Global Reset) or after SKU burning / NMon alwaysOn/ s0only. 
- Unexpected ME resets during SMBAlert stress test (backbone exception). 
- MESDC over IPMI causes FW crash in Recovery if MeMdesAddr is disabled in xml. 
- ME failed during cold reset after continuously setting and resetting ME recovery jumper - two exceptions occurred. 
- Get NM Capabilities IPMI command return CompCode 0xC0 (Node Busy) when power telemetry is enabled. 
- Unable to assign GPIO > 15 to MEMHOT, PROCHOT, SMBALERT. 
- HMRFPO_ENABLE does not always respond during FW update after EOP. 
- Missing readings policy causes maximum throttling after S3. 
- Me does not send SMB Alert mask when setting redundant PSU. 
- Me switches to recovery image when auto configuration is enabled and no sensors are enabled. 
- Send Raw PMBUS command PMBUS_Revison does not work on SiEn SKU. 
- Get Sel Entry IPMI command returns too few bytes in Recovery. 
- SPS FW switches to Recovery during BMC DC Reboot. 
- BMC OEM readings discovery does not work correctly in Sx. 
- Platform shuts down during AC Cycles with 0W policies set on all domains. 
- Threshold Exceeded event desertion not received when BMC sets new power threshold. 
- Incorrect NM-PTU SHA-256 hash. 
- Inband PECI Failure health events are not sent in some cases. 
- "Get Self-Test Results"IPMI command reports PSU Monitoring error for PSU configured as redundant that is missing.    
- When user issues ˇ°Set Max Allowed CPU P-state/T-stateˇ± command CPU will operate on Max Turbo frequency instead P1.

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                             BMC 01.13.7172
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-EPSD100240602: HDD status sensor reading is not correct for PCIE SSD.
-EPSD100244511: 1600W PSU Fan Oscillation on S2600TP/H2000G.
-N/A: Update Default.SDR and FCT.sdr of S2600TP to version 1.02.

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                             FRUSDR 1.02
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- Update SDR as per S2600TP FSC Config Sheet Rev 0.5.xlsm.

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