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Intel(R) Server Board S2600ST Family
for Intel(R) Deployment Assistant, Intel(R) One Boot Flash Update Utility, 
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    :	September, 27 2017
TO      :	Intel(R) Server Board S2600ST Family
SUBJECT : 	Release Notes for System Firmware Update Package 
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                              ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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BIOS   : 00.01.0004
ME     : 04.00.03.219
BMC    : 1.04
FRUSDR : 1.02
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                           Support Platforms and Dependency
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Processors supported: 
Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable processors

Microcode versions:
        CPUID           Version       Status
        0x50653        0x01000138     (Xeon Scalable B1)
        0x50654        0x02000026     (Xeon Scalable H0)

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

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                             IMPORTANT NOTE!!!                   
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 - This Update package must be installed using 
   Intel(R) One-boot Flash Update (OFU) V14.1 Build 14 or later
   

1. Package C-State only works well with Xeon Scalable Family H0 parts, for other Xeon Scalable Family stepping, C6 non-retention is hardcode from BIOS side.
2. BIOS R00.01.0001 does not support online downgrade to any Dxxx or Xxxx BIOS.
3. BIOS R00.01.0001 removed Xeon Scalable Family A1 microcode(m1350651_8000002B) and Xeon Scalable Family B0 microcode(m9750652_80000035).
4. Removed 'UpdateNvram' support for iflash32 tool for security reason of SRA bios.
5. Security revision upgrade to v0002 on BIOS R00.01.0002 will prevent BIOS downgrade via normal mode to R00.01.0001, user can use BIOS recovery mode for BIOS downgrade. Although Intel doesn't recommend downgrading firmware
6. One new production key is integrated onto R0004 BIOS, which will correct an OEM string. 

IMPORTANT: BIOS 00.01.2001 is an earlier version than 00.01.0004 if you have 
this version please update to 00.01.0004

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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)
   V14.1 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(R) 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 "WinPE_x64_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 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_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 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 2008 R2, 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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		                CHANGE LIST
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				BIOS 00.01.0004
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Rename BIOS ID from X0029 to R0004.
HSD-ES: 2006649895, , FRB2 Asserted during system boot when 7 QLogic PCI cards are inserted on the system.
HSD-ES: 1504396363, , BIOS should include production key when secure boot enabled.
HSD-ES: 2006650537, , [S2600BP]DMI Information for the network device is not correct. "enp" as oppose to "eno".
HSD-ES: 1504403422, , Update ME FW to the new version.
HSD-ES: 1504531663, , [PC Stitching] Sync Microcode 0x26 for Xeon Scalable Family H0 from RP.
HSD-ES: 1504521876, , [S2600BP]NVMe U.2 SSD can't be detected or link speed/width downgrade during reboot cycling.
HSD-ES: 2103617966, , [S2600WF] The warning message is incorrect when set Admin/User PWD the same.
HSD-ES: 1504521041, , [S2600BP]Syscfg_V14_1:Command:syscfg /bldfs  "" and F9 load different Bios default Boot Order.

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BMC v1.04 
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220425959 - [S2600WF] "IPMI Power soft" command not work when Set "Power Button Action" from "Do nothing" to "Shutdown" under Windows 2016.

1504529732 - The latest  S2600BP SFP+ mainboard (J36547-301) NIC 1 and 2 is inverse with actually using

1504531924 - [S2600BP] "IPMI Power soft" command not work when Set "Power Button Action" from "Do nothing" to "Shutdown" under Windows
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2103617961 - [S2600ST] "IPMI Power soft" command not work when Set "Power Button Action" from "Do nothing" to "Shutdown" under Windows 2016.

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				FRUSDR 1.02
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S2600STB_1.02:
 2006651761 - BMC is not reporting NVMe information.

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			SYSTEM HARDWARE & SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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- S2600STB, S2600STQ baseboards only.

  System BIOS  - 00.01.0001 or later
  ME Firmware  - 04.00.03.202.0 or later
  BMC Firmware - 1.00 or later
  FRUSDR       - 1.00 or later

- Front Panel, Hot-swap backplane, and Baseboard FRU data must be available
  for chassis auto-detection to succeed.

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                        KNOWN ISSUES/WORKAROUNDS/REQUIREMENTS
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WARNING: This release has the BMC PCIe bridge disabled. This will cause the 
    majority of operating systems to fail at boot as they stall during video 
    driver initialization
    
    Steps to recover a failing operating system:
    
	Linux variants (one of the below):
        A. Ensure the "modprobe.blacklist=ast" parameter is set in your boot loader (grub)
        B. Ensure you are using a kernel version v4.10 or newer
    For Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* v7.3, please refer to the included "RHEL73_InstallationGuide_Rev1.00.pdf"
	For SUSE* Linux* Enterprise Server v12 SP1 or SP2, please refer to the included "SLES12_InstallationGuide_Rev1.00.pdf"
	
    Windows variants:
        Boot to safe mode, and load aspeed video driver v1.03 or greater and reboot
	For Windows* Server 2016, please refer to the included "WinSrv16_InstallationGuide_Rev1.00.pdf" 
	
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