================================================================================ Intel(R) Server Board S2600CW Family Firmware Update Package for Intel(R) One Boot Flash Update Utility and Windows* Preboot Execution Environment ================================================================================ Intel(R) Server Boards and Systems Intel Corporation 2111 N.E. 25th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA ================================================================================ DATE : Jan 28 2016 TO : Intel(R) Server Board S2600CW Family SUBJECT : Release Notes for System Firmware Update Package ================================================================================ ABOUT THIS RELEASE ================================================================================ BIOS : 01.01.0015 ME : 03.01.03.021 BMC : 01.41.9579 FRUSDR : 1.13 ================================================================================ Support Platforms and Dependency ================================================================================ Processors supported: Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E5-2600 v3 series Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E5-2600 v4 series Processor Microcode update versions: CPUID Version Status 0x306f2 0x00000036 Production (E5-2600 v3 C0/C1) 0x406f1 0x0b000010 External (E5-2600 v4 B0) The following update process must be followed to ensure a trouble free update. 1. Manageability Engine (ME) firmware 2. BIOS 3. BMC firmware 4. FRUSDR ============================================================================= WARNING!!! ================================================================================ At the end of the update process when running the iflashupdt tool you may see the error "Cannot determine Chassis Type from HSBP FRU Info" and/or "SDR auto-update failed" Workaround: This issue is resolved by running again the SDR update. ================================================================================ System Firmware Update Package Usage instructions ================================================================================ 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: :\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 R01.01.0015 ================================================================================ Broadwell CPU full feature support ================================================================================ KNOWN ISSUES in ME 03.01.03.021 release ================================================================================ Unexpected SmaRT&CLST events may be observed after removing 1 of 2 PSUs. ================================================================================ KNOWN ISSUES in BMC 01.41.9579 =============================================================================== - This BMC FW update package is to be used only on PCSD server baseboards and does NOT support customer reference boards (CRB) or silicon reference platforms (SRP). Contact your Intel Representatives to determine where to download the BMC FW for these products. - The BMC FW image file in this package is to be used only with the provided FWPIAUPD update utility. Using the FW image file with a SPI flash device programmer will result in a non-functional system. - Some open source ipmi utilities may automatically retry multiple times during access BMC using bad password and supporting IPMI specification 1.5 in Linux OS. CCB310 will log more bad password login SEL. ================================================================================ FRUSDR Changes in release 1.13 ================================================================================ Issue Fixed: - None. Features added: - None ============================================================================= LEGAL INFORMATION ============================================================================= Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products. 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