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         Intel(R) Server Platform IBMC Firmware 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:       May 27, 2010

TO:         Intel(R) Server Platform S3240GPRX customers

SUBJECT:    IBMC(R) firmware 01.23 release notes

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                               LEGAL INFORMATION
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Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products. 
No license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual 
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Copyright (c) 2010 Intel Corporation.

A portion of this firmware is open source code.
You can download a tarball of this open source code at the following public
Intel site: 
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18579

This open source code falls under the GPL 2.0 license, please see the license
at the following link:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php  

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                            ABOUT THIS RELEASE PACKAGE
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REVISION INFORMATION RETURNED BY GET DEVICE ID COMMAND:
Operational mode:   01.23
UBoot mode:	    00.22
Device ID:	    0x21
Manufacturer ID:    0x000157
Product ID:         0x3E

Other version/revision information:
Root/OS/WWW:        9.19
FWPIAUPD:           4.0.2 Build 9
Release Notes:      01.22 rev 1.0

Checksum information:


Entire BMC_0123.ima image including UBoot, params, operating system, root,
WWW and CIM data
  Region:       0x0000000 - 0x1000000
  32bit CRC:    0x2f85ee55



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	     SYSTEM HARDWARE & SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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Product       	Fab     Version	BIOS    	FRUDSR  NIC_EEPROM  
GROSSPOINT	Fab6	R0123	R0037 or later	TBD	NA
RMM3          	Fab6	R0123   NA      	NA      NA

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                         IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES
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- BMC_0115 is the first release package for Intel(R) Server Board S3420GPRX.

- Do not use the BMC_0115.ima and later version file in a flash device programmer
  as this will overwrite the product ID and FAB revision information in the BMC 
  flash and the firmware will not support any platform or board revision specific
  behavior.


  
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       INSTALLATION PROCEDURE WHEN UPDATING FROM BMC_0123
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1. Copy the BMC_0123.ima, fwpiaupd.efi, ipmi.efi, upd_BMC.nsh files
   to a USB key, hard disk drive or floppy drive.
   All of these files must reside in the same directory.

2. Boot to EFI and then run the upd_BMC.nsh script file to update the BMC FW.

   Using fwpiaupd.efi with your own command line parameters is not supported
   and doing so is at your own risk!

*** If you have an Intel Remote Management Module 3 plugged into the baseboard ***
     *** then proceed to the next step otherwise go to step #4 and proceed ***

3. Run the upd_RMM3.nsh script file to update the RMM3 flash.

   Using fwpiaupd.efi with your own command line parameters is not supported
   and doing so is at your own risk!

4. Power off the system and cycle AC power


5. Install latest available FRU/SDR package.

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                           KNOWN ISSUES/WORKAROUNDS
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- Users of the KVM feature will need to update their client Java JRE to version
  1.6 (JRE 6) or later otherwise the KVM redirection application will not launch.
  The latest Java Runtime Environment (JRE) update can be downloaded from here:
  http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp

- The following features are not supported in BMC FW :

  ∙ IPMI serial channel, COM port MUX switching and the terminal mode feature.



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                           ISSUES FIXED
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01.23
  -  Get System Restart Cause command respond incorrect value. 



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