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Technical Product Specification - Page 34
... speed
o Processor status
o Power supplies ƒ IPMB communication interface ƒ Checks and forces automatic update of firmware of newly installed system boards to
versions stored in the SD (secure digital) card on the midplane. ƒ CMM GUI provides remote KVM to the compute modules ƒ External serial port connector for local/remote management access ƒ External Ethernet connector...
Technical Product Specification - Page 38
... to GPIO LED signals, one for each disk drive. One overall RAID status LED is also sent through SES and exported to a single LED.
Expander firmware can be downloaded from the SCM.
3.7.4.2
Interposer Card Functionality
SAS expander-1 provides connectivity to all disk drive "A" ports; SAS expander-2 provides connectivity to all disk drive "B" ports. "A" port SAS traffic originates only from SCM...
Technical Product Specification - Page 34
... Block Settings
Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI TPS
4. Move jumper from Default operating position (pins 2-3) to "Enabled" position (pins 1-2) 5. Close the compute module 6. Reconnect AC power and power up the compute module 7. Perform standard BMC firmware update procedure through the Intel® Modular Server Control
software 8. Power down and remove AC power 9. Remove compute module...
Technical Product Specification - Page 36
...
Tested Memory List in the Intel® Server Configurator Tool. ƒ For a list of Intel supported operating systems, add-in cards, and peripherals for this server
board, see the Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI Tested Hardware and Operating System List. ƒ Only Dual-Core processors 5100 sequence or Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processors 5300 or 5400
sequence, with system bus...
Technical Product Specification - Page 40
Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI TPS
Jumper Block Settings
4. Move jumper from the default operating position (pins 1-2) to the "Enabled" position (pins 2-3)
5. Close the compute module. 6. Reinstall and power up the compute module. 7. Perform Integrated BMC firmware update procedure. 8. Power down the compute module. 9. Remove the compute module from the server system. 10. Move jumper from ...
Technical Product Specification - Page 42
... with 95 W and less Thermal Design Power (TDP) are supported on this compute module. Previous generations of the Intel® Xeon® processors are not supported. Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 series and Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 series with TDP higher than 95 W are also not supported.
ƒ Processors must be installed in order. CPU 1 is located near the edge of...
Technical Product Specification - Page 35
...-free before releasing system control to the operating system. A TPM device provides secured storage to store data, such as security keys and passwords. In addition, a TPM device has encryption and hash functions. The compute module implements TPM as per TPM PC Client Specifications revision 1.2 by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG).
A TPM device is optionally installed onto a high density 14...
Technical Product Specification - Page 48
Intel® Compute Module MFS2600KI TPS
Jumper Block Settings
Password and/or CMOS are now cleared and can be reset by going into the BIOS setup.
6.2 Integrated BMC Force Update Procedure
When performing a standard Integrated BMC firmware update procedure, the update utility places the Integrated BMC into an update mode, allowing the firmware to load safely onto the flash device. In the ...
Specification Update - Page 7
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Excessive SEL logs may report after SuSE* Linux installed 32
45.
CPU L1 and L2 cache size incorrect in MFS5520VI BIOS 32
46.
Fail to launch remote KVM under Redhat Desktop WS 5.5 32
47.
CMM is not able to control date and time of Ethernet Switch Module 32
48.
Reset Ethernet Switch Module from "Advanced Configuration" will not...
Specification Update - Page 19
.... Fix
Keys will repeat sometimes in terminal windows over slow networks
72. Fix
Unvirtualize action available when virtualized server is powered on
73. Fix
Forcing physical drive online may reset compute modules
74. Fix
Repair Hypervisor Install Help information is incorrect
75. Fix
Prepare For Transport action available during Storage Pool Synchronization
76. Fix
VM Modify may...
Specification Update - Page 23
...ROM E12216-003 NIC driver package contains a dcreate.exe file that errors out.
Implication
dcreate.exe is not functional on the MFS500SI Resource CD. If dcreate functionality is required, users can download the complete software stack from support.intel.com by going to http://downloadcenter.intel.com/, typing in "Intel...Server Power button in Microsoft Windows 2008* Enterprise Server Edition
Problem ...
Specification Update - Page 33
... Action Required window; in installations with firmware revision P2.6 that alert will not occur. In both cases, the PSU / system chassis will power up. This erratum does not prevent powering up of the Server Compute Module.
Fixed in UFU P2.6.
26. The Network Time Server setting on the date/time web page of the Intel® Modular Server Control GUI...
Specification Update - Page 36
... 2 - 5 minutes per virtual drive.
Status
No Fix.
Workaround
Install MPIO driver prior to setup of cluster. Do install/uninstall with one server module at a time; shut down cluster and update one server module at a time.
33. Virtual Drives from external ports are not recognized on reboot with Microsoft Windows* 2003 Enterprise.
Problem
Virtual drives from external ports are not recognized on...
Specification Update - Page 38
... update system firmware to UFU V4.1.
39. RAID 10 to RAID 1E Automatic Migration
Problem
Implication Status
RAID 10 Virtual Drives automatically migrated to RAID 1E Virtual Drives when the Storage Pool they belonged to was expanded by adding additional disks, either an even or odd number.
Working as designed . No impact to redundancy or performance.
No fix.
40. The installation...
Specification Update - Page 41
Specification Update
Enterprise Platforms and Services Division
Implication Status
the dates have been set during manufacturing. The CMM GUI is not able to control the date and time of Ethernet Switch Module.
This is a firmware Bug. No impact for functionality.
No Fix
48. Reset Ethernet Switch Module from "Advanced Configuration" will not generate "reset" event log
Problem Implication...
Specification Update - Page 3
... the fans, power supplies, hard drives, compute modules, and other components.
Chapter 3 provides instructions and information on using the modular server system. This includes information for powering on and powering off the modular server system and installing an operating system.
Chapter 4 provides information and instructions on how to use the Intel® Modular Server Control user interface...
Specification Update - Page 23
...at: http://serverconfigurator.intel.com/default.aspx
Latest drivers, Unified Firmware Update packages, and utilities
For software to manage your Intel® server
Available for download at: http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/server/mfsys25
Click the "Software and Drivers" link on the left side of the web page.
Intel® Modular Server Control UI: The Intel® Management Module...
Specification Update - Page 86
... Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25/MFSYS35 is present on the network, or if the default management module IP address cannot be accessed in the installed network environment. For more information, see "Storage Redundancy Check Schedule" on page 131.
• View modular server system health and additional required actions (recommended):
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Intel® Modular Server System Service Guide
Specification Update - Page 165
...to the installed firmware version (which may differ from the original defaults set in the factory if the chassis firmware has been updated).
After...password if "Restore factory defaults" is selected. If restoring from factory defaults, check the user manual for the factory default password (this password is not affected by any prior firmware updates).
Intel® Modular Server System Service Guide...
Specification Update - Page 167
...the management module, storage control modules and Ethernet switch modules. Also, ensure that the installed compute modules have all been configured with the latest BIOS and BMC firmware code, and device drivers. Current firmware and driver packages are available for download from
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/server/mfsys25 http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/server...