============================================================================= Intel(R) Server Board Platform Confidence Test Release Notes ============================================================================= Intel Enterprise Platform & Services Marketing Intel Corporation 2111 N.E. 25th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA ============================================================================= DATE: December 22, 2009 TO: Intel(R) server platform customers SUBJECT: Unified EFI Platform Confidence Test (PCT) v1.13 Release Notes ============================================================================= Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products. No license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document. 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Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. *Other names and brands are the property of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2009 Intel Corporation. ============================================================================= SET UP OF USB FLASH DRIVE ============================================================================= System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) AHCI Mode Can be enabled, but AHCI option ROM must be disabled. Set the BIOS configuration to default. EFI Shell must be first Boot Option Unzip efi_pct_113.zip to root of USB Flash Drive. Insert USB Flash drive and boot the system. BIOS Settings required for PCT, Press to enter Setup. Upon entering BIOS press to load defaults. Change the boot order so EFI Shell is the primary (#1) boot device. Press to save BIOS setup settings and reboot to EFI. Test should start automatically. Pressing during tests will cause test to terminate. It is recommended that after the comprehensive or comprehensive looping test you do a full AC power cycle (remove power from the system) before retesting. The reason for this is to ensure that all controllers are reset and in an expected mode. The network test requires that the server not be plugged into any network. You can connect any network port to another port in the same system with a cross-over cable to test the NIC ports. Using Same PCT USB Flash Drive to test multiple systems. =========================================== If you plan to use the same PCT USB drive to test multiple systems, Boot the system with the USB Flash Drive to start the test in EFI then wait until all the files copied to the RAM drive, and test menu will display automatically, then remove the USB Flash Drive before you start the PCT test. Note: If the USB key removed during or after starting the PCT test will cause the test to fail. ============================================================================= Supported Products ============================================================================= Product Date Added Version of Initial Support ============================================================================= S7000FC4UR 5-2-2007 1.01a S5400SF 5-10-2007 1.01b S3200XSH 6-19-2007 1.02 S3200X38 6-19-2007 1.02 S5000XVN 5-2-2007 1.01a S5000VCL 5-2-2007 1.01a S5000PAL 5-2-2007 1.01a S5000PSL 5-2-2007 1.01a S5000VSA 5-2-2007 1.01a S3000AH 5-2-2007 1.01a SB5000SI 7-27-2007 1.02 SB5000SI 12/22/2009 1.13 ============================================================================= ABOUT THIS RELEASE ============================================================================= v1.13 - 12/22/2009 - Update Copyright to 2009. This release is to update the following PCT utilities: RunTest32.efi DispStat32.efi DispCfg32.efi module updated to this version: None ================================================================= v1.12 - 12/07/2009 - Update Copyright to 2009. This release is to update the Legal.txt file, and added EFI BSD License file. module updated to this version: None System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode Can be enabled, but AHCI option ROM must be disabled. Set the BIOS configuration to default. EFI Shell must be first Boot Option ============================================================================= v1.11 - 01/07/2009 - Update Copyright to 2009. This release is to support the Sauve Island Blade / ClearBay chassis with latest software stack. module updated to this version: None System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode Can be enabled, but AHCI option ROM must be disabled. Set the BIOS configuration to default. EFI Shell must be first Boot Option Known issues: - Please setup the BIOS to default configuration before running the" PCT test - Memory Mapped I/O Start Address in BIOS Setup/Advanced/PCI must be set to 2GB to avoid test errors. - The Comprehensive and Comprehensive with looping tests can take up to 1 hour to configure on systems with an iBMC (S3200XSH and S3200X38). - Due to efi32 limitations, the memory test will only test the first 4GB of installed memory. - Due to efi32 BIOS limitations, the memory test will only test the first 2GB of installed memory on Shoffner & Melstone products." - Intermittent failures may occur with the CPU.CLOCK_SPEED. This issue is under investigation. - The PCT is not able to test any SAS disks due to the lack of an EFI option ROM. - The following error will occur with Removable media (CD/DVD-ROM and USB) attached to the system: *** ERROR HARD_DISK.SELFSENSE 3.04.1.0001 This will be corrected with a later release of the PCT ============================================================================= v1.10 - 05/16/2008 - Update Copyright to 2008. This release is to support the Melstone & SnowHill platforms with Cleron Processor. module updated to this version: CACHE System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode Can be enabled, but AHCI option ROM must be disabled. EFI Shell must be first Boot Option Known issues: - Memory Mapped I/O Start Address in BIOS Setup/Advanced/PCI must be set to 2GB to avoid test errors. - The Comprehensive and Comprehensive with looping tests can take up to 1 hour to configure on systems with an iBMC (S3200XSH and S3200X38). - Due to efi32 limitations, the memory test will only test the first 4GB of installed memory. - Due to efi32 BIOS limitations, the memory test will only test the first 2GB of installed memory on Shoffner & Melstone products." - Intermittent failures may occur with the CPU.CLOCK_SPEED. This issue is under investigation. - The PCT is not able to test any SAS disks due to the lack of an EFI option ROM. - The following error will occur with Removable media (CD/DVD-ROM and USB) attached to the system: *** ERROR HARD_DISK.SELFSENSE 3.04.1.0001 This will be corrected with a later release of the PCT ============================================================================= v1.09 - 04/11/2008 - Update Copyright to 2008. This release is only to support the Melstone & SnowHill platforms with more than 2GB system memory. System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode Can be enabled, but AHCI option ROM must be disabled. EFI Shell must be first Boot Option Known issues: - Memory Mapped I/O Start Address in BIOS Setup/Advanced/PCI must be set to 2GB to avoid test errors. - The Comprehensive and Comprehensive with looping tests can take up to 1 hour to configure on systems with an iBMC (S3200XSH and S3200X38). - Due to efi32 limitations, the memory test will only test the first 4GB of installed memory. - Due to efi32 BIOS limitations, the memory test will only test the first 2GB of installed memory on Shoffner & Melstone products." - Intermittent failures may occur with the CPU.CLOCK_SPEED. This issue is under investigation. - The PCT is not able to test any SAS disks due to the lack of an EFI option ROM. - The following error will occur with Removable media (CD/DVD-ROM and USB) attached to the system: *** ERROR HARD_DISK.SELFSENSE 3.04.1.0001 This will be corrected with a later release of the PCT ============================================================================= v1.08 - 1/9/2008 - Update Copyright to 2008. System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode Can be enabled, but AHCI option ROM must be disabled. EFI Shell must be first Boot Option Known issues: - Memory Mapped I/O Start Address in BIOS Setup/Advanced/PCI must be set to 2GB to avoid test errors. - The Comprehensive and Comprehensive with looping tests can take up to 1 hour to configure on systems with an iBMC (S3200XSH and S3200X38). - Due to efi32 limitations, the memory test will only test the first 4GB of installed memory. - Intermittent failures may occur with the CPU.CLOCK_SPEED. This issue is under investigation. - The PCT is not able to test any SAS disks due to the lack of an EFI option ROM. - The following error will occur with Removable media (CD/DVD-ROM and USB) attached to the system: *** ERROR HARD_DISK.SELFSENSE 3.04.1.0001 This will be corrected with a later release of the PCT ============================================================================= v1.07 - 11/27/2007 - Corrected hard disk information in summary screen. Updated BMC, SuperIO and VPD test. Added DMA test. System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode Can be enabled, but AHCI option ROM must be disabled. EFI Shell must be first Boot Option Known issues: - Memory Mapped I/O Start Address in BIOS Setup/Advanced/PCI must be set to 2GB to avoid test errors. - The Comprehensive and Comprehensive with looping tests can take up to 1 hour to configure on systems with an iBMC (S3200XSH and S3200X38). - Due to efi32 limitations, the memory test will only test the first 4GB of installed memory. - Intermittent failures may occur with the CPU.CLOCK_SPEED. This issue is under investigation. - The PCT is not able to test any SAS disks due to the lack of an EFI option ROM. - The following error will occur with Removable media (CD/DVD-ROM and USB) attached to the system: *** ERROR HARD_DISK.SELFSENSE 3.04.1.0001 This will be corrected with a later release of the PCT ============================================================================= v1.06 - 10/22/2007 - Fixed missing newline in end of compreh.pkg System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode Can be enabled, but AHCI option ROM must be disabled. EFI Shell must be first Boot Option Known issues: - Memory Mapped I/O Start Address in BIOS Setup/Advanced/PCI must be set to 2GB to avoid test errors. - The Comprehensive and Comprehensive with looping tests can take up to 1 hour to configure on systems with an iBMC (S3200XSH and S3200X38). - Due to efi32 limitations, the memory test will only test the first 4GB of installed memory. - Intermittent failures may occur with the CPU.CLOCK_SPEED. This issue is under investigation. - The PCT is not able to test any SAS disks due to the lack of an EFI option ROM. - The following error will occur with Removable media (CD/DVD-ROM and USB) attached to the system: *** ERROR HARD_DISK.SELFSENSE 3.04.1.0001 This will be corrected with a later release of the PCT ============================================================================= v1.05 - 10/18/2007 - Updated PCT to fix issues found on S3200XSH/S3200X38 Platforms. Updated NIC tests. System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode Can be enabled, but AHCI option ROM must be disabled. EFI Shell must be first Boot Option Known issues: - Memory Mapped I/O Start Address in BIOS Setup/Advanced/PCI must be set to 2GB to avoid test errors. - The Comprehensive and Comprehensive with looping tests can take up to 1 hour to configure on systems with an iBMC (S3200XSH and S3200X38). - Due to efi32 limitations, the memory test will only test the first 4GB of installed memory. - Intermittent failures may occur with the CPU.CLOCK_SPEED. This issue is under investigation. - The PCT is not able to test any SAS disks due to the lack of an EFI option ROM. - The following error will occur with Removable media (CD/DVD-ROM and USB) attached to the system: *** ERROR HARD_DISK.SELFSENSE 3.04.1.0001 This will be corrected with a later release of the PCT ============================================================================= v1.04 - 9/18/2007 - Updated PCT to fix issues found on S5400SF Platforms. Updated NIC, BMC, ICHx, PCI and PCT tests. System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode Can be enabled, but AHCI option ROM must be disabled. EFI Shell must be first Boot Option Known issues: - Memory Mapped I/O Start Address in BIOS Setup/Advanced/PCI must be set to 2GB to avoid test errors. - The Comprehensive and Comprehensive with looping tests can take up to 1 hour to configure on systems with an iBMC (S3200XSH and S3200X38). - Due to efi32 limitations, the memory test will only test the first 4GB of installed memory. - Intermittent failures may occur with the CPU.CLOCK_SPEED. This issue is under investigation. - The PCT is not able to test any SAS disks due to the lack of an EFI option ROM. - The following error will occur with Removable media (CD/DVD-ROM and USB) attached to the system: *** ERROR HARD_DISK.SELFSENSE 3.04.1.0001 This will be corrected with a later release of the PCT ============================================================================= v1.03 - 9/14/2007 - Updated PCT to fix issues found on S3200XXX Platforms. Updated NIC, BMC and PCT tests. System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode must be disabled EFI Shell must be first Boot Option System must have < 4GB of RAM. Known issues: -Memory Mapped I/O Start Address in BIOS Setup/Advanced/PCI must be set to 2GB, there are errors at the default of 2.5GB. A BIOS fix is pending. -Removeable media (CD/DVD-ROM and USB) will cause the following error from the drive test, it is expected and will be fixed in a future release. *** ERROR HARD_DISK.SELFSENSE 3.04.1.0001 Unable to execute/read IDENTIFY command from drive. Standard Error Code = 30E00010 -The Comprehensive and Comprehensive with looping tests can take up to 1 hour to configure on systems with an iBMC (S3200XSH and S3200X38). -On earlier BIOS versions there will be errors reported as unable to set "Status" variable, please ignore this as it is (or will be soon) fixed with a newer BIOS. -The Comprehensive test and Comprehensive test with looping take ~1 hour to configure, then 8-12 minutes per iteration. -Intermittent failures with CPU.CLOCK_SPEED are known and currently under investigation (less than 1%). -Due to efi32 limitations on variable pointers, the memory test can only test the first 4GB. Attempts to test above 4GB can cause the test to overwrite lower memory areas and lock up the system. This will be resolved when the x64 efi is incorporated into the BIOS. The system must have less than 4GB to prevent errors. ============================================================================= v1.02 - 7/27/2007 Updated PCT to reflect product ID change S5300SF to S5400SF. Added support for S3200XSH and S3200X38. The following modules were updated to recent versions: BMC Graphics PIC PIT MCH_SG NIC System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode must be disabled EFI Shell must be first Boot Option System must have < 4GB of RAM. Known issues: -Removeable media (CD/DVD-ROM and USB) will cause the following error from the drive test, it is expected and will be fixed in a future release. *** ERROR HARD_DISK.SELFSENSE 3.04.1.0001 Unable to execute/read IDENTIFY command from drive. Standard Error Code = 30E00010 -The Comprehensive and Comprehensive with looping tests will take 8-18 hours to configure on systems with an iBMC (S3200XSH and S3200X38). It is currently normal for these tests to take this long to configure with the early FW. This should become faster when production iBMC code is available. -On earlier BIOS versions there will be errors reported as unable to set "Status" variable, please ignore this as it is (or will be soon) fixed with a newer BIOS. -The Comprehensive test and Comprehensive test with looping take ~1 hour to configure, then 8-12 minutes per iteration. -Intermittent failures with CPU.CLOCK_SPEED are known and currently under investigation (less than 1%). -Due to efi32 limitations on variable pointers, the memory test can only test the first 4GB. Attempts to test above 4GB can cause the test to overwrite lower memory areas and lock up the system. This will be resolved when the x64 efi is incorporated into the BIOS. The system must have less than 4GB to prevent errors. ============================================================================= v1.01d - 5/29/2007 Updated PCT to include new MCH support. PCT is now unified (supports all current platforms listed in Supported Products section above). System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode must be disabled EFI Shell must be first Boot Option System must have < 4GB of RAM. Known issues: -Removeable media (CD/DVD-ROM and USB) will cause the following error from the drive test, it is expected and will be fixed in a future release. *** ERROR HARD_DISK.SELFSENSE 3.04.1.0001 Unable to execute/read IDENTIFY command from drive. Standard Error Code = 30E00010 -PCT will lock up on S3200XSH if the iBMC is not programmed. The lock up is caused by the IPMI driver waiting for the BMC to respond. -On earlier BIOS versions there will be errors reported as unable to set "Status" variable, please ignore this as it is (or will be soon) fixed with a newer BIOS. -The Comprehensive test and Comprehensive test with looping take ~1 hour to configure, then 8-12 minutes per iteration. -Intermittent failures with CPU.CLOCK_SPEED are known and currently under investigation (less than 1%). -Due to efi32 limitations on variable pointers, the memory test can only test the first 4GB. Attempts to test above 4GB can cause the test to overwrite lower memory areas and lock up the system. This will be resolved when the x64 efi is incorporated into the BIOS. The system must have less than 4GB to prevent errors. ============================================================================= v1.01c - 5/24/2007 Updated PCT to include new MCH support. PCT is now unified (supports all current platforms listed in Supported Products section above). System requirements: USB/PS2 Keyboard USB/PS2 Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0/IDE0 AHCI Mode must be disabled EFI Shell must be first Boot Option Known issues: -On earlier BIOS versions there will be errors reported as unable to set "Status" variable, please ignore this as it is (or will be soon) fixed with a newer BIOS. -The Comprehensive test and Comprehensive test with looping take ~1 hour to configure, then 8-12 minutes per iteration. -Intermittent failures with CPU.CLOCK_SPEED are known and currently under investigation (less than 1%). -Due to efi32 limitations on variable pointers, the memory test can only test the first 4GB. Attempts to test above 4GB can cause the test to overwrite lower memory areas and lock up the system. This will be resolved when the x64 efi is incorporated into the BIOS. ============================================================================= v1.01b - 5/10/2007 Update to PCT to resolve documentation and memory test issues System requirements: USB Keyboard USB Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0 AHCI Mode disabled EFI Shell must be first Boot Option Known issues: -On BIOS versions released prior to version 10 there will be errors reported as unable to set "Status" variable, please ignore this as it is fixed with a newer BIOS. -The Comprehensive test and Comprehensive test with looping take ~1 hour to configure, then 8-12 minutes per iteration. -Intermittent failures with CPU.CLOCK_SPEED are known and currently under investigation (less than 1%). -Due to efi32 limitations on variable pointers, the memory test can only test the first 4GB. Attempts to test above 4GB can cause the test to overwrite lower memory areas and lock up the system. This will be resolved when the x64 efi is incorporated into the BIOS. ============================================================================= v1.01a - 5/2/2007 Initial EFI PCT release. System requirements: USB Keyboard USB Mouse (not required) CD/DVD-ROM attached to SATA0 AHCI Mode disabled EFI Shell must be first Boot Option Known issues: On BIOS versions released prior to 05/05/2007 there will be errors reported as unable to set "Status" variable, please ignore as this is fixed with a newer BIOS. The Comprehensive test and Comprehensive test with looping take ~1 hour to configure, then 8-12 minutes per iteration. Intermittent failures with CPU.CLOCK_SPEED are known and currently under investigation (less than 1%).