================================================================================ 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) Deployment Assistant, Intel(R) One Boot Flash Update Utility, Windows* Preboot Execution Environment ================================================================================ Intel(R) Server Boards and Systems Intel Corporation 2111 N.E. 25th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA ================================================================================ DATE : July, 15 2015 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 ================================================================================ ABOUT THIS RELEASE ================================================================================ BIOS : 02.05.0004 ME : 02.01.07.328 BMC : 01.23.7783 FRUSDR : 1.13 ================================================================================ Support Platforms and Dependency ================================================================================ 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 ================================================================================ System Firmware Update Package Usage instructions ================================================================================ 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 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: The Firmware Update Package is in the ZIP file format. Do not unzip before copying to a Windows* shared folder or USB flash drive. 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: :\flashupdt -u \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. ================================================================================= BIOS R02.05.0004 ================================================================================= NOTICE: As security requirement, R02.05.0004 reversion doesn't support capsule downgrade in normal mode. In order to downgrade from this BIOS version, you must use the recovery jumper method. -This version enhances the protection of platform configuration data as described in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00043 - Updated: RSTe OPROM to 4.2.0.1036 - Fixed: BIOS is configuring PCI configuration space Device control register 08 on one of the downstream port of PLX and the two 10GB NIC endpoints to 256B instead of 128 . - Fixed: Sysinfo_v13.1.4: BIOS information "system information" cannot be dump into sysinfo_log.txt. - Fixed: AXX10GBNIAIOM intermittently can not be detected on HNS2600WP after rebooting when installing two to four nodes in chassis. - Fixed: "ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD=eno1" are same for two onboard NICs which should be different. - Fixed: EFI Boot Options issue in BIOS - Fixed: Syscfg v12 build 14: BootOrder will be changed before and after running cmd: syscfg /s file.ini /f /b - Fixed: Boot order will not be load default by F9 but could load default by 'Syscfg /bldfs'. - Fixed: No Usable Memory Found after 240V AC line exponential dropout test Variable. - Fixed: R02.05.0001 OFU/iflash32 hang. - Fixed: Sysinfo_v13.1.4: BIOS option "Processor PCIe Linkd Speed" cannot be dump into sysinfo_log.txt. - Fixed: [x]BIOS configuration re-initialization issue after cold boots. ================================================================================ ME 2.01.07.328 ================================================================================ - 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 =============================================================================== BMC 01.23.7783 =============================================================================== -EPSD100246910: Cold boot issue on Grizzly Pass. -EPSD100027513: There are "IO Module removed or absent" events logged during AC/DC stress test with TWL IO Module installed -EPSD100027062: There was a problem of "IPMI error 204" while deleting BMC user in EWS. -Upgrade openssl to 0.9.8zf. ================================================================================ FRUSDR 1.13 ================================================================================ - None ============================================================================= LEGAL INFORMATION ============================================================================= Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products. 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