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Intel(R) Server Board S2600GZ/GL, Intel(R) Server System R1000GZ/GL Product Family and
Intel(R) Server System R2000GZ/GL Product Family Firmware Update Package
for Intel(R) One Boot Flash Update Utility andWindows* 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    : 	January 25, 2017
TO      : 	Intel(R) Server Board S2600GZ/GL, Intel(R) Server System R1000GZ/GL 
                Product Family and Intel(R) Server System R2000GZ/GL Product Family
                customers
SUBJECT : Release Notes for System Firmware Update Package 
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                              ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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BIOS   : 02.06.0005
ME     : 02.01.07.328
BMC    : 01.27.9958
FRUSDR : 1.13
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                           Support Platforms and Dependency
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Processors supported: 
Intel(R) Xeon processor E5-4600/2600/2400 series
Intel(R) Xeon processor E5-4600/2600/2400 v2 series

Microcode update versions:
Intel(R) Xeon processor E5-4600/2600/2400 series C0 stepping: 0x00000513 CPUID = 0x206D5
Intel(R) Xeon processor E5-4600/2600/2400 series C1 stepping: 0x00000619 CPUID = 0x206D6
Intel(R) Xeon processor E5-4600/2600/2400 series C2 stepping: 0x00000710 CPUID = 0x206D7
Intel(R) Xeon processor E5-4600/2600/2400 v2 series C0/C1 stepping: 0x00000416 CPUID = 0x306e4

Production boards:
  Product		Fab Version	      
  S2600GZ/GL	Fab3 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:
 - Intel(R) Deployment Assistant
 - Windows* or Linux* operating system using Intel(R) One-boot Flash Update (OFU)
   V11.0 Build 15 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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						BIOS R02.06.0005
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 NOTICE:  As security requirement, R02.06.0002 reversion doesn't support capsule 
 downgrade in normal mode. In order to downgrade from this BIOS version, you must use
 the recovery jumper method.
 
- Hotfix for security hole about RtcRead.
- Fixed:There are pointers in the SMM communication buffer but they are not checked before use in IPMI driver. 
- Fixed:PWM Offset not working propertly in BIOS 2.05.0004.
- Fixed:Issue with DDR3 SPD Manufacturer field on Ventura DDR3 DIMMs in S2600GZ.

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                     		ME 2.01.07.328 
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- Fixed: Platform is not able to power on properly after being shut down by NM
         Policy
- Fixed: Global platform power consumption reported by NM Statistics in S5 is
         incorrect
- Fixed: OOB (out-of-band) stress test by issuing the wrong username may cause
         connection to be unavailable
- Fixed: Shutdown action can be interrupted by cold reset when volatile NM
         policy is in use

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                        BMC  01.27.9958
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- Fixed: BMC no responds and bus hang on EMC isilon system
- Fixed: Privilege Escalation Attack via EWS

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                             FRUSDR 1.13
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- None
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