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Intel(R) Server Board S2600CW Family
Firmware Update Package for Intel(R) One Boot Flash Update Utility and
Windows* Preboot Execution Environment 
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Intel(R) Server Boards and Systems
Intel Corporation
2111 N.E. 25th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA
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DATE    :	November, 16 2015
TO      :	Intel(R) Server Board S2600CW Family
SUBJECT : 	Release Notes for System Firmware Update Package 
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                              ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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BIOS   : 01.01.0011
ME     : 03.00.07.168
BMC    : 01.33.8932
FRUSDR : 1.11
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                           Support Platforms and Dependency
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Processors supported: 
Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E5-2600 v3 series

Microcode update versions:
Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E5-2600 v3 series C0/C1 stepping: 0x0000002E  CPUID = 0x306f2

Production boards:
  Product		    Fab Version	      
  S2600CW		    Fab2 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:
 - 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 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.

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				R01.01.0011
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EPSD100029030   [R0009] PCIe Bifurcation on CPU2 Riser slot 2 x8x4x4 setting is not correct.
EPSD100244429   System sporadically hangs at post code 0x89
                (Found during DC power cycle caused by USB SMI)    
EPSD100028978   Re-timer fails the link margin test with concurrent traffic on SAS bridge board for Haswell CPU
EPSD100028064   [24HDD] Suggest add/change some information of SMBIOS Data. 
EPSD100248718   WCP - NVRAM clear fails when initiated in UEFI Secure Boot mode
                (System fails to boot after applying/removing NVRAM Clear jumper while in UEFI mode with Secure Boot mode enabled)    
EPSD100029220   The count of maximum USB mass storage devices cannot match with EPS description.
EPSD100248578   BMC WEB GUI does not display memory config with 64GB LRDIMMS.
EPSD100028979   After RHEL 7.1(UEFI) OS installation by using 4Kn HDD as system disk, cannot boot to OS.
EPSD100248324   Windows RSTe GUI will not start when Grantley system is in UEFI mode.
EPSD100029185   Boot into unsign OS the Error Message will shortag
EPSD100248958   [HSW]-sysinfo_v13.1.12  some information shown nothing in F2 setup while sysinfo.log has shown
EPSD100029576   SMBIOS Type 8 Serial Port type not correct.
EPSD100029609   ME version is not correct ,when disabled Quiet Boot function.
EPSD100249073   Problems with the static boot order on a WCP system with an Umbrella Canyon RAID controller
EPSD100249090   NTB has the performance issue with Grantley BIOS 1.01.0008
EPSD100249057   BIOS Memory SPD dump information is not correct for DDR4 caused by offset mismatch with DDR4 spec
                Support for 4X4 PCIe bifurcation support on all X16 PCIe Slot


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			KNOWN ISSUES in ME 03.00.07.168 release
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If host main power delayed relatively to the standby power for 720-770ms ME stop responding.
Unable to set Alert Threshold Limit to 0 degrees (minimum from capabilities) for Inlet Temperature Trigger Type Policy. 
[MESDC] ME FW Status in S3 State is failed. 
During Host Warm Reset flow, unexpected Intel® SPS 3.0 E5 Firmware exception may be promoted to Platform Global Reset. 
When auto configuration is performed and efficiency readings are provided from BMC, ME keeps requesting PSUs for readings.
Alert Immediate Messages (Host Comm Error) on SandStorm.
NMPTU Get NM Capabilities updated to invalid values.
 
Permanent Node Busy completion code received when trying to ColdReset ME after setting new value of SlopeComp and Offset coefficients.
After increasing scanning period of DC Power sensor, min correction time for policies in secondary power domain (DC power) will not be updated.
SpsInfox86 crashes when executed with 64-bit addressing enabled.
Node Manager cannot maintain power limit after PSU power loss in Redundant PSU Configuration.
When "PIA Platform PSU Efficiency" sensor is disabled in xml Node Manager uses incorrect power reading for power limiting.
The sensor 0x18 SEL for HW protection policy correction time exceeded.
Get NM Parameter cmd (FAh) responds with incorrect readings when the sensor scanning is disabled.
Potential race condition in NM component handling SMART/CLST functionality.

		 
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01.33.8932:(Release version)
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-N/A: Update FCT/Shipping SDR of S2600WT to 1.09.
-N/A: Update FCT/Shipping SDR of S2600CW to 1.11.
-N/A: Update FCT/Shipping SDR of S2600KP/TP to 1.12.

-N/A: Update open SSL lib from 1.0.2a to 1.0.2d.
-N/A: VLAN refresh has problem during met lan status drop and regain.
-N/A: Added support for the new 2200W power supplies.
-N/A: Thunderbolt fans did not boost when a member read 0 RPM.
-EPSD100248689: [Thunderbolt] Sometimes there are some abnormal logs in SEL 
                 when run DC cycle or Hard Reset.
-EPSD100248782: The Help text in the BMC web console for Modify User does not
                match the actual interface.
-EPSD100029037/EPSD100029042/EPSD100029046: The "Bad user PWD" event log will 
               occur when send several commands from remote client during update BMC FW.
-EPSD100029025/EPSD100029043/EPSD100029044: "Bad User PWD" event will occur when
                log in EWS via LDAP account with correct USERID and PASSWORD.

-N/A: Disable CPLD Update Function by default and add a command for user.

- EPSD100028587: BMC and SDR version become "Unknown" when used DCM 
                 tool to limit SUT power consuming
- EPSD100028724: No HDD presence and check HDD status in EWS, HDD2,3 status
                 shows like "Drive Presence".
- EPSD100028950: IOM FRU update fail

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                      FRUSDR Changes in release 1.11
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Issue Fixed:
- None.
Features added:
- Update FRUSDR utility to version 11 build 20.


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