Critical Dell BIOS Update

[Michael E Brown]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 09:41:17AM +0200, sebastien COUPPEY wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is there any liveBoot CD which will update all the not up to date
> firmware on the server ?

fwupdate.com has online bios update using firmware-tools. All these BIOS
are available.
--
Michael

> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 11:56:40PM -0600, Irwan Hadi wrote:
> > This is what the changelog says:
> > 
> > PE1950:
> > http://ftp.us.dell.com/bios/PE1950-010307BIOS.txt
> > 
> > DELL INC.
> > BIOS RELEASE NOTES
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 
> > System:         Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 1950
> > Version:        1.3.7
> > Release Date:   3/27/2007
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > 
> > * Updated Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 5300 series B3 Stepping
> >   Microcode (Patch ID=66)
> > * Updated Dual-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 5100 series B2 Stepping
> >   Microcode (Patch ID=C6)
> > * Added support for Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor L5320
> > * Added support for discrete mapping of memory cache region
> > * Added option for distributed system interrupts to minimize IRQ sharing
> > * Added support for PXE boot selection on next boot using the System
> >   Management Interface
> > * Minor text changes in BIOS Setup
> > * Fixed issue with the reporting of the number of hard disk drives
> >   attached to SAS 5 controllers
> > * Fixed issue with 2GB USB mass-storage devices
> > * Fixed incorrect FBDIMMs refresh rate for some configurations
> > * Fixed possible issue using FBDIMMs with NEC AMB
> > * Fixed possible issue of system device re-enumeration after
> >   power failures
> > 
> > 
> > PE2950:
> > http://ftp.us.dell.com/bios/PE2950-010307BIOS.txt
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 
> > System:         Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 2950
> > Version:        1.3.7
> > Release Date:   3/27/2007
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > 
> > * Updated Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 5300 series B3 Stepping
> >   Microcode (Patch ID=66)
> > * Updated Dual-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 5100 series B2 Stepping
> >   Microcode (Patch ID=C6)
> > * Added support for Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor L5320
> > * Added support for discrete mapping of memory cache region
> > * Added option for distributed system interrupts to minimize IRQ sharing
> > * Added support for PXE boot selection on next boot using the System
> >   Management Interface
> > * Minor text changes in BIOS Setup
> > * Fixed issue with the reporting of the number of hard disk drives
> >   attached to SAS 5 controllers
> > * Fixed issue with 2GB USB mass-storage devices
> > * Fixed incorrect FBDIMMs refresh rate for some configurations
> > * Fixed possible issue using FBDIMMs with NEC AMB
> > * Fixed possible issue of system device re-enumeration after
> >   power failures
> > 
> > 
> > PE1955:
> > http://ftp.us.dell.com/bios/PE1955-010203BIOS.txt
> > System:         Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 1955
> > Version:        1.2.3
> > Release Date:   3/27/2007
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > * Updated Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 5300 series B3 Stepping
> >   Microcode (Patch ID=66)
> > * Updated Dual-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 5100 series B2 Stepping
> >   Microcode (Patch ID=C6)
> > * Added support for Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor L5320
> > * Added support for discrete mapping of memory cache region
> > * Added option for distributed system interrupts to minimize IRQ sharing
> > * Added support for PXE boot selection on next boot using the System
> >   Management Interface
> > * Minor text changes in BIOS Setup
> > * Fixed issue with 2GB USB mass-storage devices
> > * Fixed incorrect FBDIMMs refresh rate for some configurations
> > * Fixed possible issue using FBDIMMs with NEC AMB
> > 
> > On 4/15/07, Banyan Shu Tong He <bhe at ironport.com> wrote:
> > > Is there any new features in the new release?
> > >
> > > Banyan He
> > > -------------------------------------
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
> > > [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Irwan Hadi
> > > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 1:40 PM
> > > To: linux-poweredge at dell.com
> > > Subject: Critical Dell BIOS Update
> > >
> > > Dell just released BIOS update for PE1950, PE2950, PE1955, PE860, etc.
> > > on 4/10/2007
> > >
> > > >From what I understand this to fix a problem that affect all dual and
> > > quad core processors from Intel, which may cause blue screen and
> > > possible loss of data.
> > >
> > > Anybody from Dell can confirm about this?
> > >
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> > >
> > 
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