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Intel(R) Server Board SE7520JR2 BIOS RELEASE NOTES
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Intel Enterprise Platform & Services Marketing
Intel Corporation
2111 N.E. 25th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA
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DATE:           April 01, 2005
TO:             Intel(R) server platform SE7520JR2 customers
SUBJECT:        BIOS Release Notes Production 07.40   (build 0076)
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                              ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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Build #         : 0076
Build Stamp     : SE7520JR22.86B.P.07.40.0076.040120050921
Build Date      : April 01, 2005
Checksum        : 417A
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                           BIOS COMPONENTS/CONTENTS
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PXE Ver.        : Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.26, PXE 2.1 Build 083 (WfM 2.0)
SCSI Ver.       :(a) BIOS Versions:
			IM/IME BIOS  = 5.10.01
			IS BIOS  = 5.11.00
		 (b) FW version:
			FW versions with concatenated sEEPROM
			IM/IME  = 1.03.15
			IS  = 1.03.15
		sEEPROM  = Revision C

SATA Ver.       : ICH5R serial ATA RAID OPROM v5.3.06041436I.
VGA Ver.        : ATI* RAGE* XL GR-xlints3y.019-4.333
BIOS Base       : AMIBIOS 8.00.10

Processor stepping(s) supported: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 800 MHz FSB

Microcode update versions:
F34h	14(M1DF3414) (Production) (D0)
F41h	12(M9DF4112) (Production) (E0)
F43h	04(M9DF4304) (Production) (N0)

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                           SUPPORTED FUNCTIONALITY
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1.  6 * DIMMs DDR-266 / DDR-333 / DDRII-400
2.  Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor 800MHz system bus speed.
3.  Multi-boot support.
4.  System Flash BIOS ROM
5.  COMA/COMB port
6.  CD-ROM boot
7.  Floppy port
8.  PCI 33/66, PCI-X 66/100/133 mode 1, PCI-E x 4, PCI-X 66/100/133 mode 2 slots
9.  ATI* Rage* XL VGA
10. Serial ATA Non-RAID
13. Clear CMOS
14. Legacy Power button
15. ACPI S0/S1/S4/S5
16. Setup screen
17. Legacy USB keyboard / mouse / Floppy / CDROM / HD
18. ARM (ATAPI Removable Media) / IRM (IDE Removable Media)
19. Custom CMOS save/restore
20. BIOS recovery
21. Multi-disk Recovery
22. Custom CMOS save/restore
23. Intel Platform Security
24. Intel Server Management
25. Custom CMOS backup/restore
26. IMT support
27. User Binary feature
28. SERR/MERR detection & logging for runtime
29. Int15 for ABS2.0
30. ACPI SPCR (Serial Port Console Redirection)
31. NMI detection for PERR/SERR
32. Rolling BIOS
33. SOL (Serial On Lan)


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                       SYSTEM FIRMWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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- PC87431M mini-Baseboard Management Controller (mBMC) from National Semiconductor:
  FW Revision 2.31 (or later)
- Intel(R) Management Module (IMM) BMC:
  FW Revision 0.20 (or later) *if IMM card installed
- SE7520JR2 FRU/SDR package:
  JR-6.2.1 (or later)

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             SYSTEM FIRMWARE REVISIONS TESTED AT TIME OF RELEASE
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- PC87431M mini-Baseboard Management Controller (mBMC) from National Semiconductor:
  FW Revision 2.40
- Intel(R) Management Module (IMM) BMC:
  FW Revision 0.43 *if IMM card installed
- SE7520JR2 FRU/SDR package:
  JR-6.6.3

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IMM Advanced Edition Compatibility Note:

When using the Intel Management Module Advanced Edition in a server based on
the Intel Server Board SE7520JR2, the following system software revisions must 
be used.

BIOS - P07.40 or later
BMC Firmware 45 or later
FRUSDR 6.6.3 or later


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                           BIOS Update Procedure
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BIOS Update Option 1 - Floppy Disk Update:

Note: When performing a BIOS update using the Floppy Disk option, the BIOS
Bootblock is automatically updated along with the operational code.

1. Extract Floppy.zip to a folder,  Insert blank floppy diskette in drive A:
   **NOTE** : All Data on floppy diskette will be destroyed!
2. Use "MAKEFLPY.bat" to create a Update BIOS Flpooy.
3. Boot the system and press <F2> to run BIOS Setup.
4. Write down the current custom changes to any default settings in the BIOS
   Setup program.  You will need these settings to reconfigure your system 
   at the end of the update procedure because CMOS values will be cleared 
   automatically during the BIOS update.  Press <ESC> to exit BIOS Setup.
5. Boot system with Update Bios floppy.
6. When BIOS flash update is complete, it will display a message that all 
   writing and verification of flash is done.
   Next, power cycle the system.
7. If the FLASH process fails, please follow the BIOS Recovery Instructions 
   at the end of this document to recover the system BIOS.
8. Press <F2> to enter BIOS Setup, and re-enter the custom values you wrote 
   down in step 4.  Press <F10> to save the values and exit Setup.
 

BIOS Update Option 2 - Other bootable storage Update (size > 5MB):

Note: The BIOS BOOT BLOCK has changed with this release. When updating the BIOS
from a previous release, you must run the FBB.BAT file which performs both the 
boot block and operational code update.

**NOTE** : jumper J1A4 (BIOS partition selection) should be set to 
           pins 1-2 to select the correct BIOS partition.

1. Extract BIOS.ZIP to a bootable storage such as USB DISK-ON-KEY. 
2. Boot the system and press <F2> to run BIOS Setup.
3. Write down the current custom changes to any default settings in the BIOS
   Setup program.  You will need these settings to reconfigure your system 
   at the end of the update procedure because CMOS values will be cleared 
   automatically during the BIOS update.  Press <ESC> to exit BIOS Setup.
4. Place the bootable storage device, such as USB DISK-ON-KEY, containing the new BIOS 
   into USB port of the system, and boot to pure DOS mode. (non-himem environment)
5. Run fbb.bat to update both system ROM and bootblock 
6. When the BIOS flash update is complete, it will display a message that all 
   writing and verification of flash is done.

NOTE: If the FLASH process fails, please follow the BIOS Recovery Instructions
   at the end of this document to recover the system BIOS.

7. Cycle power. ie) Turn system off and then back on.
8. Press <F2> to enter BIOS Setup, and re-enter the custom values you wrote
   down in step 3.  Press <F10> to save the values and exit Setup.


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                        BIOS RECOVERY INSTRUCTIONS
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The BIOS Recovery Operation should be attempted if for any reason the BIOS gets 
corrupted causing the system to hang at POST generating a CMOS error. 

Should the system exhibit POST hangs due to BIOS corruption, you should:

Option 1) cycle power. 
This option will perform 1 of 2 possible operations. The reboot may clear 
possible BIOS corruption with the Primary BIOS image and the system will boot 
normally. If the Primary BIOS image is non-correctable, the system will perform 
an Auto Recovery which loads the secondary or backup BIOS image. If this option 
is not successful and your system continues to exhibit CMOS corruption errors, 
you can attempt option 2.

Option 2) 
- Turn off the system
- Verify the jumper on jumper block J1A4 is set to Pins 1-2. 
- Build Recovery Storage Media using files compressed in the RECOVERY.ZIP file
  A.Recovery from USB Disk-on-key or other large media
  	1.    Prepare a formatted and bootable storage media device such as a
              USB DISK_ON_KEY.
  	2.    Copy AMIBOOT.ROM to it.
  B.Recovery from multiple floppy disks.
  	1. Prepare 2 blank disks.
	2. The first disk(disk0) must be made bootable   
  	3. Copy amiboot.000 to disk0, and amiboot.001 to disk1.
- Execute BIOS Recovery
        - set Recovery Boot Jumper by moving jumper J1H2 row B from Pins 1-2 to Pins 2-3
        - Insert the recovery media to the appropriate drive or USB interface.
        - Power on system
        - The System will automatically boot to the media and start the BIOS recovery operation.
        - During multi-disk recovery operation, system will beep (1sec) continuously 
          to notify user to insert disk1 
        - When the update has completed, the system will beep 4 times, followed by an endless beep. 
	- Turn off the system and unplug it. 
        - set jumper J1H2 back to Normal mode J1H2 B(1-2).
        - Recovery operation complete.
 
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                  KNOWN ISSUES/WORKAROUNDS with This Release
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- The BIOS setup item "Maximum CPUID Value Limit" must be enabled for 
  installing some legacy OSes which do not support it.

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                      FEATURES ADDED To This Release
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Build 0076: P.07.40
- (none)


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                       ISSUES FIXED In This Release
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Build 0076: P.07.40
- Fix- Advanced IMM can not get valid video with double termination and bad 
common biasing on the DVI interface.




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**   End of Current Release Notes  **





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                              Pedigree of Changes
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This Section describes changes made to all previous BIOS Releases


Build 0075: P.07.30
- Fix - Windows* Server 2003 with /PAE does not see 16GBs (4x4GB DIMMs).
- Upgrade ATI VGA OpROM (GR-xlints3y.019-4.333) 


Build 0074: P.07.20
- Add a BIOS workaround to fix LSI 320-2 FW1L33 OpROM issue.


Build 0073: P.07.10
- Make "Hardware Prefetcher and Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch" options 
added to BIOS Setup Utility with default values set as "Disabled". 
NOTE: System performance will be affected by configuring these options.
System Performance may increased or decrease depending on the applications
being used.

- BMC timestamp fix 
- CPU setup option changes.
  1. Modify some CPU setup option strings.
  2. Set default of "Intel(R) Speed Step(TM) Tech" to Auto.
  3. Set default of "Execute Disable Bit" to Enable.

- Fix - for very slow booting if KVM is enabled.
- Fix - for SetSystemBootOptions command will not keep provious setting.


Build 0072: P.07.00
- Include some help text corrections  
- Fix defect introduced by USER Flash side-effect 
- Fix defect for Int13h, function 15h 
- Fix defect for SCSI OpROM issue with console redirection enabled 
- Fix defects for PMM cannot find enough extended memory for <F2> setup menu after OpROM 
- Fix defect for updating SMBIOS Type 1/2/3 default string and Chassis Manufacturer field.
- Change the default value of Enhanced Halt State(Q_C1E_SUPPORT) to enabled
- Change the Rolling BIOS error codes from 88XX to 86XX to match EPS1.05.
- Fix pressing "ESC" to toggle Quiet Boot splash screen when a OpROM is executing in the background
  will also skip OpROM init if the OpROM utility supports ""ESC"" to skip OpROM init."
- Set recommended register setting(program D8:F0:R4Ch bits[13:0] to 0) by MCH BIOS Spec Update v1.03.
- Fix User Binary execution issue.
- Fix when clearing Admin Password not clearing User Password.
- Fix customer requires new BIOS setup option for special handling of HTT CPU 
  for FreeBSD v4.5 compatibility.
- Remove the code relate with GPNV event logging to reduce code size.
- Including AMI* Core Fixes USB0062 and USB0090 to support 1GB USB DOK.
- Modify the Memory RAS feature 
- Modify some strings to match EPS v1.05.
- Fix PXE Boot NIC order is incorrect
- Fix BIOS can not detect ELPIDA* 1G DDR2 DIMM.


Build 0069: P.06.00
- Change CPU microcode status as following:
	M1DF3414.TXT | Assembly format, Revision 14 | D-0    
	MBDF410D.TXT | Assembly format, Revision 0D | E-0   
  remove N0 non-production microcode.

- Add MCH Errata 31: MCH responds with illegal access on the Hub interface for 32 GB memory configurations.
- Add MCH Errata 32: Memory reference code not recognizing Address/Command parity capable ECC DIMMs.
- Update IST module to 8.00.10_IST_11
- Update micro code by Int15 failed when ILFBSP swap BSP to AP.
- Update CPU module to 8.00.00_CPU-P4_3C.08.
- Add CPU microcode M9DF4304.txt to support 2MB L2 Cache Xeon Processors N-0.
    	 Microcode update versions:
         F43h    04(M9DF4304) (Production Candidate) (N0)
- Update CPU D-0 and E-0 micro code.
	F34h	14(M1DF3414) (Production Candidate) (D0)
	F41h	0D(MBDF410D) (Production Candidate) (E0)
- Add to support toggle Quiet Boot splash screen when a OpROM is executing in the background.
- Add to support IPMI command for don't pause when POST error occur.
- Add to support clear custom CMOS defaults when the clear CMOS by user.
- Disable Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch and Hardware Prefetcher per the Processor BWG v0.9


Build 0067: P.05.00
- Add to switch MUX to system before performing any serial port initialization.
- Fix PXE-E04, PXE-E05 error

Build 0065: RC01.05
- Fix Show "In-sufficient Memory to Shadow PCI ROM" at POST ending if system "Enabled" onboard SCSI 
  and S-ATA RAID at the same time.
- Fix Cursor jumping at POST ending point if Emulation "enabled"
- Fix USB 2.0 not supported by current EFI drivers.
- Fix PCI card memory space address is allocated above 4GB 
- Fix Addresing Adapters in 64-bit Environment
- Fix Power & Reset Button still been locked when Clear Password Jumper 1-2 is closed.
- Fix power restore policy as the following cases.
	Target: mBMC 2.40. Restore policy: Always off.
	Pull off AC power cord when the target system is power on.
	Pull on AC power cord again after about 10 seconds.
	The target system is turn on but this action is not an expected action.
	Result : Fail
- Fix Issue with not recognize the option rom on OEM HPPQS board.
- Fix Power/Reset Buttom would be locked if the selection of Pwoer/Reset switch Inhibit on BIOS Setup 
  is "Enabled" with graying.
- Fix Incorrect SDR version being displayed in Bios Server Management page.
- Fix floppy controller resource always exist if floppy cotroller disabled by auto detect floppy present.
- Fix update micro code fail form Int15.
- Fix Memory Fault DIMM LED's are not ON after injecting the SBE 10th in Non RAS mode
- Fix CMOS would be cleared after pressing ESC key on remote site several times.
- Fix SetSystemBootOptions to have console redirection on next boot not overriding bios configuration
- Fix Int15, Function E801h can not repport correct memory size when installed 3GB memory in system
- Fix BIOS SMI code will disable both MBE & SBE detection when SBE is over 10 times in an hour.
- Fix when an option ROM hooks INT19h to gain control at boot and the user has entered and exited 
  the BBS popup without selecting a boot device, the option ROM does not regain control.
- Fix timing issue with display toggle cause Logo corruption.
- Add back the Memory mirroring setup option.
- Remove disable SIO WDT at SIO init and include some loss (RBF0010) of upgrade RB module Beta4 revision.
- Move procedure PIC_WORKAROUND_FAR to POST_CSEG from RUN_CSEG to free more space in segment RUN_CSEG.
- Setup question updates for BWG 0.9's requirement.  (CPUP40054)
	1.Change setup question "Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch" and "Hardware Prefetcher" poweron 
          and default value to "Enabled".
	2.Change the wording of NX function(change to "Execute Disable bit")
- Change _STR$_Intel_SpeedStep_tech from "Intel@ Speed Step tm Tech" to "Intel(R) Speed Step(TM) Tech".
- Remove check NVRAM layout checksum before save/load custom default.
- Change to AMITOOLS 17. use AMISSP2.EXE "-t" parameter in CORE.MAK


Build 0063: P.04.40
- Fix BIOS will show "Clear CMOS by jumper" and keep clear CMOS until AC off when clear CMOS by IMM.

Build 0063: P.04.30
- Fix: BIOS POST hang during DC power cycling tests. That is add syncSMBUS command to IMM.
- Fix: Super IO Config Option removed from P04 BIOS. That is add back Super IO Config Options (BMC mode selection).

Build 0061: P.04.00
- Fix - The system hang during the POST time if BSP "disabled". 
- Fix - The system hang during the POST time if AP swapped.
- Fix - System hanged at memory count after several reset processes on P03.00
- Fix - Memory RAS: Actual failover is not reported after injecting multi-bit error
- Fix - BAR error on PCI-E card which behind MCH C0 port.

Build 0060: RC01.04.00
- Fix - Memory Fault LED's are not sticky on system reboot in Memory Sparing.
- Fix - BIOS detects a Floppy Drive even when a Floppy Drive is not present.
- Fix - POST show "Clear CMOS by jumper" when clear by IMM
- Fix - if main bios micro code module has the last micro and load from main bios will cause system hang at 20.
- Fix - RC03.03 recovery fail from legacy floppy.
- Fix - can not toggle to another bank if BIOS hang between D1 with 78.
- Fix - sometimes system hang at memory count. 
- Fix - sometimes will occur FSB mismatch error when installed E-0 stepping CPU.
- Fix - Spelling error in oemboard.asd.
- Fix - E820 table will report error if disabled remap and installed 4G memory.
- Fix - BIOS is not enabling FW access to the FRU LED. - Fix - SMBIOS type 19 show incorrect end address when sparing mode.
- Fix - BIOS setup item "NMI Control" no function when IMM is present. 
- Fix - NMI button on front panel was no function
- Fix - if AP is the least feature, the SMBIOS Type 4 CPU2 information will disapper.

Build 0059: P.03.00
- Add a display item in setup to show MCH stepping. and fix Defect#75888: BIOS REPORTS MCH4 as D0.
- Add implementation of MCH BSU 0.82 Errata#73 for MCH IRQ hang workaround when MCH stepping is ¡§C2¡¨ or earlier.
- Change USB2.0 dedicate to use IRQ5 instead of IRQ7 due to MCH PIC mode workaround use IRQ7 for LINKA/B/C/D.
- Fix - System does not blue screen when injected with multi-bit error.
- Fix - Jarrell BIOS shouldn't call out Emulex in PCI Priority Arbitration Setting.

Build 0057: RC03.03.00
- Fix - SOL issue, update SOL.ASM 

Build 0056: B20.03
- Fix - PCIe error not behaving as expected.
- Fix - Setup menu display CPU2 status wrong if CPU2 disabled by BMC.
- Fix - Incorrect CPU information on SMBIOS Type4 if BSP was disabled.
- Fix - "Front Side bus mismatch" displayed if Processor 01 disabled.
- Fix - modify the Memory Maximum Capacity on SMBIOS Type 16 to "Dynamic".
- Fix - alway load micro code from NCBLK 2 during POST if NCBLK has micro code.
- Fixed - system reset when booting from PC DOS J6.30/V bootable CD with Acer CD-ROM 36X/AKU CDROM drive.
- Fixed - When IDE and COM port share the same IRQ, system hangs in DOS with the message "Stack overflow".
- Fix Some legacy scsi BIOS + windows bootable CD will cause FDD access failure. Example: Tekram scsi BIOS.
- Fix Multi-Disk Recovery feature sometimes fail on TEAC USB Floppy.

Build 0055: B19.03
- Fix recovery fail form USB Plextor CD-RW.
- Fix System can't shutdown correctly under RHEL AS3 U2 64 bits.
- Fix Display wrong BIOS version on Win2k.
- Fix SMBIOS type 19 will show incorrect value when sparing mode enabled.
- Fix BIOS setup item ¡§NX Support¡¨ has been hidden on NX supported CPU.
- Fix The Hot Key message is disorderly on OEM Splash Screen when output by G450 add-in card.
- Fix some SMBIOS data were wrong on JR2 MLB.
- Fix Unable to auto power off NetWare 6.5 SP1 server, when inserted Emulex LP9002LP-F2 card 
  into Full Length PCI-X Slot.

Build 0054: B18.03
- Change the Socket Designation information indicate as CPU 1/CPU 2 instead of CPU 0/CPU 1 in SMBIOS Type 4.
- Fix BIOS report wrong CPU information if Processor 1 disabled.
- Fix Can't not detect presence of single DIMM when IMM installed.
- Fix PCI-E Unsupported Request Mask register not enabled.
- Fix USB ports fail high speed black box testing
- Remove Free 8K(E000~E2000) of E000 segment for option ROM shadow. this will fix issues bellow:
    1 defect#75823:BIOS hangs after SCSI option ROM init.
    2 Fix system can not boot when ZCR card installed.- 

Build 0053: B17.03
- Fix the boot order may become scrambled when a new device is introduced to the 
  "Boot Device Priority" menu in BIOS setup.
- Free 8K(E000~E2000) of E000 segment for option ROM shadow. 
- Fix recovery mode will destory some RB Flag.
- Remove the BIOS setup item [Advanced -> SuperIO Configuration -> Serial Port Mode]& 
  [Advanced -> SuperIO Configuration -> SIM Tri-State].
- Fix use AFUDOS /ixx.rom /kx fail.

Build 0052: B16.02
- Add the code that AMI modify for Boot Block USB CD-Rom recocvery from Intel John.
- Fix it always display the <F2> message in Quite boot mode even 
  if the "Hit <F2> Message Display" is disable in setup menu. Show strings "Press <F12> for Network Boot" if 
  the "Hit <F2> Message Display" is disabled.
- Fix defect#75671. USB High Speed J, K test (DC spec) exceeds specification -all ports
- Fix defect 75720 - Memory Fault LED's not glowing on memory sparing.
- Add displaying Sparing DIMMs information per slot in BIOS setup.
- Remove u-code M0DF3308 due to there was no C-0 stepping (F33)Nocona processor.
- Change the BIOS POST message "IA32e Capability" as "EM64T".





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