Intel® Server Board SE7500CW2
Production v1.28 BIOS Release Notes

Enterprise Platform & Services Marketing
Intel Corporation · NE 25th Avenue · Hillsboro, OR 97214
DATE: June 11, 2003

TO: Intel® Server Board SE7500CW2 customers
SUBJECT: Intel® Production BIOS Release Notes
Production Build #: v1.28

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About This Release
Release # : 1.28
Build Stamp : SE7500CW20.86B.0034.P17.0522031027
Build Date : 22 May 2003
Checksum : E8D3

BIOS Components/Contents
PXE Ver. : PXE 2.1 Build 083(WfM 2.0)RPL V2.74, Boot Agent Version 4.1.06
Promise Ver. : Promise* PDC20267 2.30.0140.4
VGA Ver. : ATI* RAGE* XL GR-xlamis3y.109-4.332
BIOS Base : Phoenix* 4.0 release 6.0

Processor steppings supported (C1 and D1 included): Intel® Xeon™ Processors 1.8 GHz,
2.0 GHz, 2.2 GHz, 2.4 GHz, 2.6 GHz, 2.8 GHz, 3.0 GHz

Supported functionality in this BIOS
· Four DIMMs DDR200/DDR266
· Dual Intel® Xeon™ processors with 400MHz system bus speed
· Multi-boot support
· System Flash BIOS ROM
· COMA/COMB port
· CD-ROM boot
· Floppy port
· PCI 32 bit slot/PCI-X 64bit slot
· ATI* Rage* XL VGA
· Promise* IDE RAID

Intel® Server Board SE7500CW2
Production v1.28 BIOS Release Notes
· Dual Intel® 82559PM LAN
· Clear CMOS
· Legacy Power button
· ACPI
· Support USB devices, Wake-up on LAN / Wakeup on Ring and RTC
  Alarm under Windows* 2000 ACPI mode
· Setup screen
· Summary screen during POST
· SMBIOS 2.3 function
· Legacy USB keyboard / mouse / Floppy / CDROM / HD
· BIOS Recovery mode from Floppy with video
· Clear password
· ARM (ATAPI Removable Media) / IRM (IDE Removable Media)
· ACPI SPCR (Serial Port Console Redirection)

Important Installation/Upgrade Notes
· Run BIOS.exe to extract phlash.exe, platform.bin, 1.bat and BIOS.rom to a 1.44
  floppy diskette.
· Boot the system to pure DOS mode.
· Run A:> 1.bat
· When BIOS flash is over it will show message and beep, then reboot.

Note: The boot to DOS must be non-HIMEM management environment.

Known Issues/Workarounds
· Microsoft* NT 4.0 can be installed successfully. But there exists some issue that
  sometimes system will hang at reboot point during installation. If system hangs at 
  reboot point, user can continue to install it by restarting system.

Issues fixed since last release.
· This BIOS release 1.28 is based on 1.27.
· Defect# 503– System stop at Adaptec* RAID 2200S option ROM scanning.
· Defect# 503BIOS default after an automatic power off and saving changes.
· Add the D-1 stepping of CPU (CPUID = 0F29).

Features added in this release.
Reference Material
· Intel® Server Board SE7500CW2 Product Guide v1.1
· Intel® Server Board SE7500CW2 BIOS EPS v1.0

BIOS Recovery Instructions
· The crisdisk.exe content:
  CRISDISK.BAT - Executable file for creating the crisis recovery diskette.
  PHLASH.EXE - Programs the flash ROM.
  BIOS.ROM - Actual BIOS image to be programmed into flash ROM.
  MINIDOS.SYS - Allows the system to boot in crisis recovery mode.
  MAKEBOOT.EXE - Creates the custom boot sector on the crisis recovery
  diskette.
  WINCRIS.EXE - Creates the crisis recovery disk under Windows* operating
  system.
  WINCRIS.HLP - Help file for WINCRIS.EXE
· Under DOS environment:
	o Boot the system to pure DOS mode.
	o Insert a clean diskette into drive A:
	o From the local directory, enter the following:
	  C:\PHLASH> CRISDISK.BAT
	o The CRISDISK.BAT formats the diskette, then copies MINIDOS.SYS,
	  PHLASH.EXE, PLATFORM.BIN and BIOS.ROM to the diskette, and creates
	  the required custom boot sector. Set diskette as "Write protect" and label it
	  as "the Crisis Recovery Diskette".
· Under Windows* operating system environment:
	o Boot to Windows*.
	o Execute C:\PHLASH>WINCRIS.EXE

Note: Does not build recovery diskette by CRISDISK.bat
from DOS prompt under Windows* operating system.
It will result in failure recovery diskette.
· Please follow the steps to force to execute BIOS recovery.
· Auto recovery:
	o If ROM checksum is error during POST, do BIOS recovery.
· User Recovery:
	o Power off system.
	o Plug jumper to motherboard J106 pin 3-4.
	o Insert recovery diskette to floppy
	o Power on system.
	o System will beep during recovery.
	o After no beep, the recovery is OK.
	o Power off system
	o Remove jumper from motherboard J106 pin 3-4.

Safety Notice
** THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF SDV AND OEM UNIT CARRY
** HIGH VOLTAGES DESPITE BEING POWERED DOWN BY FRONT PANEL.
**
** IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE INTERNALS OF OEM
** OR SDV UNIT YOU MAY WANT TO UNPLUG BOTH POWER CORDS
** TO THE UNIT BEFORE ACCESSING THE LEGACY I/O CARD WHICH
** HAS THE BOOTBLOCK RECOVERY JUMPER.