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Release Notes for System BIOS Phoenix cME(tm) TrustedCore(tm) Server Release
Phoenix cME(tm) TrustedCore(tm) Server Release 1.0.3R23
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[Software] Express5800/120Ei
System BIOS update module for Windows
[File Name] W4830023.EXE
[Supported Models] Express5800/120Ei
(N8100-1422F/N8100-1423F/N8100-1426F/N8100-1427F/
N8100-1443F/N8100-1444F/N8100-1422G/N8100-1423G/
N8100-1426G/N8100-1427G/N8100-1443G/N8100-1444G)
[Supported OS] As follows
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2008
[Users who need update] See below
[Type of software] System BIOS
[How to create] Self executable
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[Software introduction]
The System BIOS Phoenix cME(tm) TrustedCore(tm) Server Release Phoenix cME(tm)
TrustedCore(tm) Server Release 1.0.3R23(hereinafter the "Software")supports
the following functional enhancement in the NEC Express5800/120Ei models:
- Supported Windows Server(R) 2008
- Updated critical microcode
for DualCore Intel(R)Xeon(R) Processor 5200 series
- Updated critical microcode
for QuadCore Intel(R)Xeon(R) Processor 5400 series
Note:
- To prevent a system failure, please read this document carefully and follow
the procedure for successful update. Should your system malfunctions or is
powered off due to an unplanned event during update (for example, power
blackout or cutoff, lightening, and noise), the system may be damaged and
fails to operate normally. In this case, any remedial measures shall be
taken at your expense.
- Before considering the implementation of Windows Server(R) 2008, be sure to
refer to the Hardware Information located in the NEC Express5800 Series
Windows Server(R) 2008 Information pages for hardware configurations.
- To use Windows Server(R) 2008, read thoroughly the Manual located in the
NEC Express5800 Series Windows Server(R) 2008 Information pages prior to
installation, so that no erroneous operation will be conducted.
- If Windows(R) BitLocker(TM) is enabled on your system, please disable it
temporarily during BIOS update. If you don't turn it off, you may need
"recovery password" after BIOS update.
- To prevent the operating system boot failure, please record and restore
the boot order of BIOS Setup Menu.
This software does not support virtualization environment.
[ Users whose system needs to be updated ]
Models with BIOS versions which fit the descriptions below will require BIOS
updating.
- Models
1.Express5800/120Ei N8100-1422F/N8100-1423F/N8100-1426F/N8100-1427F/
N8100-1443F/N8100-1444F/N8100-1422G/N8100-1423G/
N8100-1426G/N8100-1427G/N8100-1443G/N8100-1444G
- BIOS versions
1. Phoenix cME(tm) TrustedCore(tm) Server Release 1.0.2R20
2. Phoenix cME(tm) TrustedCore(tm) Server Release 1.0.2R22
NOTE:
If your BIOS version is later than the above, you do not need to update. Your
current BIOS already includes the functionality that the latest update module
will provide.
Be sure to confirm your BIOS version by following the steps below:
If you use Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003, confirm your BIOS version by
following the steps below:
1) Click Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools
- System Information.
2) Select System Summary.
3) See BIOS Version/Date for your BIOS version.
If you use Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008, confirm your BIOS version by
following the steps below:
1) Click Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools
- System Information.
2) Select System Summary.
3) See BIOS Version/Date for your BIOS version.
Be certain to read carefully the following NEC software license agreement
before applying this software update module. If you can not agree to the terms
of the agreement, do not download this software. By downloading the software
you will be bounded by the terms of the agreement.
[ License Agreement ]
NEC Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "NEC") grants you a personal and
non-exclusive license to use the software (hereinafter referred to as the
"Software") provided only on one machine at any one time.
Under the following terms of agreement, NEC grants you the right to utilize this
software program (hereinafter referred to as "Software"), but the customer will
be bound to these to the terms.
NEC will not be held liable for the use, installation, or the results of the use
of the licensed program.
1 Period
1.1 This Agreement shall come into force on the date of your receipt of the
Software.
1.2 You may terminate the license granted hereunder by notifying us in
writing at least one month prior to the desired termination date.
1.3 NEC may terminate the license granted you hereunder at any time if you
fail to comply with any terms and conditions of this Agreement.
1.4 Your rights to use the Software will continue until it is terminated in
accordance with the provisions stated in this license agreement.
1.5 Upon termination of the license, other rights granted you hereunder shall
also be terminated You must destroy or dispose of the Software, any
copies of the Software and manual and other materials provided with the
Software.
2 Usage right
The Software shall solely be used in the NEC Express5800 server and
workstation products that operate Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000,
Windows Server(R) 2003, Windows(R) XP.
3 Copying, modifying, and combining
3.1 You are granted the permission to create one copy of the Software to use
as a backup in case the program data becomes lost, damaged or destroyed.
Once the Software is loaded into memory on a PC, a copy of the program
may be stored only as backup incase the fixed memory of the PC becomes
damaged or lost.
3.2 The copyrights and license agreement must be attached to all copies of
the Software.
3.3 Unless otherwise specified in this user license agreement, you may not
use, copy, alter the Software or combine it with another module. It may
not reproduced in any publications or networks. The handling of the
licensed program and/or documents must strictly follow the terms and
conditions of this license agreement, and at no time shall it be handled
in any other terms.
3.4 All related documents (e.g., manuals) provided with the Software may not
be copied, altered or reproduced in any publications or networks, under
any circumstances.
3.5 This user license agreement does not transfer the intellectual property
of the licensed program to the user.
4 Transfer
4.1 All rights of this license agreement may be transferred to another party
ONLY when the following conditions are satisfied:
4.1.1 All materials including the Software, all copies of the Software, this
license agreement, and all other related documents are transferred to
the other party, and no material concerning the licensed program is
retained by you.
4.1.2 The recipient party agrees to conform to the terms of this user license
agreement.
4.2 UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THIS USER LICENSE AGREEMENT, THE SOFTWARE
OR RIGHTS FOR ITS USE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A THIRD PARTY. ALL
MATTERS CONCERNING THE TRANSFERRING OF THE RIGHTS AND PROGRAM MUST
STRICTLY FOLLOW THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCLUDED IN THIS LICENSE
AGREEMENT.
5 Reverse compile
You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise disassemble the
Software.
6 Limitation of warranties
6.1 NEC MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED CONCERNING THIS
SOFTWARE, AND WILL AT NO TIME, BE HELD LIABLE TO PAY FOR ANY EXPENSES
WHICH MAY BE INCURRED, SHOULD A PROBLEM RESULT FROM THE USE OF THE
SOFTWARE.
6.2 Regardless of the terms stated above in term 6.1, upon correction of
the Software errors (bugs), NEC may, at its own discretion, release an
update patch for error-correction (hereinafter referred to as
modification program), or information, including NEC approved method of
error correction. The modification program provided to you will be
regarded as the licensed program, and will follow the terms and
conditions of this license agreement.
7 Limitation of liabilities
In no event shall NEC be liable for any indirect or consequential
damages or loss of profit or damages based on any third party claim,
even if NEC has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
8 Other restrictions
The user must agree that any disputes concerning this user license
agreement will be settled at the Tokyo district court as the exclusively
appointed court.
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BIOS Update Procedure
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Perform the following procedure to update your BIOS.
[Save the boot order]
1) Power on the machine.
When the following message appears, press the F2 key to start the BIOS
Setup Menu.
"Press <F2> to enter SETUP"
2) Using the arrow keys, move the cursor to [Boot].
EX.)
1: USB CDROM:
2: IDE CD: MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8178-(S
3: USB FDC: Y-E DATA USB-FDU-(USB 1.1)
4: USB KEY:
5: IDE HDD: HDT722525DLA380-(S1)
6: PCI SCSI:
7: PCI BEV: IBA GE Slot 0C00 v1236
8:
: USB HDD:
: PCI BEV: IBA GE Slot 0C01 v1236
3) Please record the boot priority of the boot device currently displayed
with the "Boot" menu.
EX.)
1: USB CDROM:
2: IDE CD: MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8178-(S
3: USB FDC: Y-E DATA USB-FDU-(USB 1.1)
4: USB KEY:
5: IDE HDD: HDT722525DLA380-(S1)
6: PCI SCSI:
7: PCI BEV: IBA GE Slot 0C00 v1236
8:
: USB HDD:
: PCI BEV: IBA GE Slot 0C01 v1236
4) Move the cursor to [Exit], using the arrow keys.
Select [Exit Discarding Changes], and exit the BIOS Setup Menu.
[How to update]
5) Log in as an authorized user. (If you have logged in as an unauthorized user,
log out once and log in again as an authorized user.)
6) Download W4830023.EXE to a folder in your hard disk drive.
(e.g. C: ¥TEMP)
7) Stop all applications you are using.
8) Click Start - Run.
9) Enter "C:¥TEMP¥W4830023.EXE", and click OK to start the BIOS update tool.
10) Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes to update your BIOS. A progress
bar shows your update status.
11) When update is complete, the “InstallShield Wizard Complete” dialog box
appears. Check “Yes, Now restart computer” and click the Finish button to
reboot your system.
[Save the boot order]
12) Press the F2 key during POST, and start the BIOS Setup Menu.
Select [Server] -> [System Management]. Confirm that the BIOS
version has been updated to the following:
BIOS Version: 3R23
13) Using the arrow keys, move the cursor to [Boot].
14) Please set it as the boot priority of the boot device recorded by
"3-1. Save the boot order".
EX.)
1: USB CDROM:
2: IDE CD: MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8178-(S
3: USB FDC: Y-E DATA USB-FDU-(USB 1.1)
4: USB KEY:
5: IDE HDD: HDT722525DLA380-(S1)
6: PCI SCSI:
7: USB HDD:
8: PCI BEV: IBA GE Slot 1E00 v1236
: PCI BEV: IBA GE Slot 1E01 v1236
Pressing X after selecting a device allows the selected device to be
registered as a boot device or deleted from the registration.
With eight boot devices being registered, any other device cannot be
registered as a boot device even if you press X. To register a device
as a boot device newly, first delete the registration of a device
registered as a boot device but not booted any more.
You can change the boot priority (first to eighth) of each device by
using arrow keys, + and/or -.
To change the priority of a device, move the cursor to the device by
using the arrow keys, and press + or -.
15) Press the F10 key for Save and Exit.
16) Since the following messages are displayed, please select Yes and
press the Enter key.
+--------------------------------------------+
| Setup Confirmation |
+--------------------------------------------+
| Save configuration changes and exit now? |
| |
| [Yes] [No] |
+--------------------------------------------+
This completes the System BIOS update process.
Note:
1. The latest BIOS will take effect after you reboot your system.
2. BIOS update logs are stored in:
%SystemDrive%¥Program Files¥NEC¥OnlineBiosUpdate
3. If your operating system is running in Safe Mode, you cannot update your
BIOS.
The drive and folder names may vary by systems.
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[Revision history]
2008/02/28 Phoenix cME(tm) TrustedCore(tm) Server Release 1.0.2R22
- Updated critical microcode
for DualCore Intel(R)Xeon(R) Processor 5200 series
- Updated critical microcode
for QuadCore Intel(R)Xeon(R) Processor 5400 series
- Fixed Memory Problem in Linux.
The memory performance will degrade when becoming a high load in Linux.
- Change Default setting of Boot order in BIOS Setup Menu.
- Add USB HDD as 7th Device.
- Change PCI BEV to 8th from 7th.
(*)USB Flash is recognized as USB HDD, if the capacity is 1GB or more.
USB Flash is recognized as USB KEY, if the capacity is less than 1GB.
- Updated AHCI BIOS.
AHCI BIOS Rev 1.00a_1128_2005 => 1.10_E_06202007
Fixed the problem that SMART Error will be displayed in AHCI BIOS Option ROM,
if the NMI Button is pushed on the operating system.
- Fixed the POST Error Message problem.
The following error message will be displayed in POST,
if the system isn't mounted onboard SATA Disk, and set "SATA Controller Mode
Option" as Compatible in BIOS Setup Menu.
Expansion ROM not Initialized - PCI on Motherboard
Bus:00, Device:1F, Function:02
2008/03/27 Phoenix cME(tm) TrustedCore(tm) Server Release 1.0.3R23
- Supported Windows Server(R) 2008
- Add the following BIOS Setup Menu for new feature of Processor.
Main - Processor Settings - Hardware Prefetcher
Main - Processor Settings - Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
- Fixed the processor clock display problem.
The processor clock will not be correctly displayed in Windows Server(R)
2008,
if the system is mounted QuadCore Intel(R)Xeon(R) Processor that supports N2
Ratio feature.
- Fixed the problem system reset occurs in POST.
The system reset will occur in POST, if the system is mounted 4GB Memory,
and set "Extended RAM Step" as 1KB in BIOS Setup Menu.
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