System Firmware Update - IBM eServer xSeries 455

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Maintenance updates for the following individual components:

• SAL/EFI, Version 1.05, Build 2.29
  • Update Intel processor support
    
    • 8655 Models 1xx,2xx,3xx (Itanium 2 Madison 6M) -> 5.73
      
    • 8655 Models 4xx,5xx,6xx (Itanium 2 Madison 9M) -> 2.15
      
  • Update support for LSI I/O devices
    
    • EFI Driver -> 1.05.00
      
    • LSI Firmware -> 1.03.40.33
      
  • Correct a problem causing firmware recovery to hang

Maintenance updates for the following individual components:

• SAL/EFI, Version 1.04, Build 2.28
  • Add support for new Intel Itanium 2 processor steppings
  • Update support use of this CD for x455 recovery procedure (Firmware secondary boot block must be at OYJT25A or higher)
  • Update support for new operating system versions Windows 2003 Server, Service Pack 1 Red Hat Linux Enterprize Edition 3.0, Update 4 SuSE Linux SLES 9.0
  • Improve performance/reliability for IO Expansion Units
  • Add Predictive Failure Alert for processor failures
  • Correct Update Express hang problem during flash update
  • Correct memory error Lightpath reporting problem
  • Correct Intel 1000MT adapter Wake-On-LAN problem
  • Reduce processing time for CMCI error handling
  • Remove false CRC errors generated during diagnostics
• SP/DMC, Version 1.07, Build 1.44
  • Updated the ISMP firmware to include support for additional CPU ID's
  • Corrected the ISMP firmware to eliminate false readings that can occur immediately after the ISMP is rebooted
  • Corrected a DIMM being reporting error when an uncorrectable memory error occurred
• DIAGS, Version 2.08, Build 1.28
  • Restore RXE-100 tests in the scalability ports diagnostic
    

Maintenance updates for the following individual components

• SAL/EFI, Version 1.03 Build 2.25
  • Add support for new Intel Itanium 2 processors
    1.5 GHz, 4 MB cache
    1.6 GHz, 6 MB cache
    1.6 GHz, 9 MB cache
  • Add support for TopSpin Fiber Channel adapter
  • Update support for EFI to version 1.10.14.62
  • Improve performance for Remote Expansion Unit
  • Improve partition boot failure recovery time
  • Improve error checking for FLASH updates
  • Correct a problem where PMI handling took excessive time
  • Support use of this CD for x455 recovery procedure
    (Firmware secondary boot block must be at OYKT25A or higher)
• SP/DMC, Version 1.06
  • Fixed problem with reassigning primary node when changing scalable partition configuration
  • Corrected multinode configuration problem where primary node was restarted when secondary nodes were powered up
  • Fixed system shutdown problem where board LED was turned on when there was no board problem
  • Fixed an EFI command "reset -s" problem where secondary nodes would be restarted prior to shutdown
• DIAGS, Version 2.07
  • Remove RXE-100/200 port tests in the port diagnostics due to the reporting of false failures
    

• SAL/EFI, Version 1.02 Build 2.20
  • Add support for IBM Director, Scalable Systems Management
  • Fix diagnostics multiprocessor test hang problem
• SP/DMC, Version 1.05
  • Modified RXE-100 configuration support
• DIAGS, Version 2.06
  • Fix Scalability port diagnostic error on known good port
    
    

Maintenance updates for the following individual components:

• SAL/EFI, Version 1.01 Build 2.18
  • Improve Configuration/Setup usability for multinode systems
  • Synchronize service processor time across a multinode system
  • Fix a problem with RXE-100 Expansion Unit configuration
  • Add logging of RXE-100 cable pulls
  • Forced local VGA console to be permanently active in EFI
  • Fix a problem with logging some single-bit memory errors
  • Fix a problem with reporting memory POST VRM failures
  • Add miscellaneous performance improvements
  • Fix minor typographical errors
• SP/DMC, Version 1.04
  • Added support for larger file sizes for remote code updates
  • Fix problem of multiple log entries for VPD Checksum errors
  • Added SSL and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol support
  • Fix failure to log VRM failures and generate alerts
  • Corrected intermittent machine check during power cycling
  • Fix problem with logging RXE-100 UUID in a multinode system
• DIAGS, Version 2.05
  • Fix memory mirroring problem with mixed technology DIMMs
  • Analyze each memory port status individually for callouts
  • Correct a message displayed during memory test
  • Correct a message displayed during ATAPI R/W test
  • Fix a problem with determining memory sizes to test
  • Update copyrights
  • Add search for correct media after canceling DVD test