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         Intel(R) Server Platform ME 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: December 01, 2009
TO:   Intel(R) Server Boards S5500UR Customers 

SUBJECT:  ME(R) firmware "SPS_01.01.02.007.0_Production" release notes

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                               LEGAL INFORMATION
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                              ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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This document lists only the differences from the defaults as released by the
MPSD NM team. Please refer to applicable ReleaseNotes.pdf for details.

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                          Configuring and building the image
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The binary ME Region image (further referred to as ME image) is a single
binary file resulting of merge of three components:
1. SPSRecovery.bin
2. SPSOperational.bin
3. XML file that holds specific configurations for the resulting image.

In addition SDR records are built from the XML file for inclusion into
destination platform's SDR.

The ME image and SDR files are configured and built by ftool.exe utility.
Command-line invocation of this utility is automated with .bat scripts.

Editing for configuration:
  To edit the XML file invoke "edit.bat". GUI mode of the ftool.exe utility
  opens and allows editing the XML file holding the configuration parameters.
  See sections below for information about required EPSD XML changes.

Building:
  To build the image from the three components invoke "build.bat".
  The NM binary image file is built and placed in "Build\image" directory.
  The SDR files are built and placed in "Build\SDR" directory.

Note:
  This ME FW Update package will only update the ME FW Operational code, it
  will not update the ME FW Recovery code.  

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                       EPSD changes to the defaults
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Configuration of the image for EPSD platforms requires changes to defaults
included in the originally released MPSD package file(s).

List of XML changes:
- none for SPS_01.01.02.007.0_Production release .

List of SDR changes (need to be done by hand):
- none for SPS_01.01.02.007.0_Production release .

[END OF RELEASE NOTES]
