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Intel(R) Server Chassis SC5300,SC5295-E and SC5299-E 4HDD SCSI HOT SWAP BACKPLANE 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:		October 13, 2006
TO:		Intel(R) SC5300/SC5400 Chassis 4HDD SCSI HSBP customers
SUBJECT:	SC5300,SC5295-E and SC5299-E 4HDD SCSI Hot Swap Backplane Firmware 1.16 Release Notes
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                               LEGAL INFORMATION
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Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products 
and for the purpose of supporting Intel developed server boards and systems. 
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Copyright (c) 2006 Intel Corporation.

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                              ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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REVISION INFORMATION RETURNED BY GET DEVICE ID COMMAND:

Operational code : v01.16
Boot code        : v01.14
Manufacturer ID  : 0x000157 (Intel)
Product ID       : 0x0908 (BP4HDDSCSI)
Config Version   : v01.08

Checksum Information:
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The following checksum were calculated using the Firmware Range Checksum command.

Operational code checksums (match data from Range Checksum command):
	Section 1 (0x61000 - 0x6FFFF): 0xe8f6
	Section 2 (0x70000 - 0x7A3EC): 0x5ab4
	Overall   (0x61000 - 0x7A3EC): 0x143aa


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			SYSTEM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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4HDD SCSI Hot Swap Back Plane:
   - Fab -4xx or higher.
        
Intel(R) Management Module(IMM):
  - Advanced Edition Fab -2xx or later.
    Fab -1xx Advanced Edition modules are not supported.

  - Professional Edition Fab -1xx or later.

Server Board:
  Fab -1xx or later

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		       SYSTEM SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS/REVISIONS
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- PC87431M mini-Baseboard Managment Controler (mBMC) from National Semiconductor:
  Revision 2.31 or later.

- FRU/SDR pacakge:
  6.2.1 (or later)

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                         IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES
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- The following files are necessary to update 4HDD SCSI back plane firmware:
  run.bat		- Batch file used to update the firmware.
  4SCSI16.hex	- 4HDD SCSI HSBP 1.16 firmware file for SC5300,SC5295-E and SC5299-E Chassis.
  IS_IMM.EXE	- DOS utility to identify whether an IMM card is installed or not.
  FWPIAUPD.EXE	- DOS utility to program firmware hex file into the flash device.

Executing the fwpiaupd utility with your own command switches is unsupported 
and may leave your back plane in a non-operational state! Please use the
provided batch file to update the firmware.

Executing the run.bat file can be done from any media
(Hard disk, USB disk-on-key, shared network drive or floppy).

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                         INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
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- Apply AC and power on the server.

- Copy the files from this release package to the bootable
  media(Hard Drive, USB Disk-on-Key, Floppy...) that you wish to perform
  the update from. 

- Execute the run.bat file to begin the firmware update process.

- When completed, power down server and remove all AC power going to power supplies.

- Re-apply AC and power on the server.

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                           KNOWN ISSUES/WORKAROUNDS
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- Boot Code Update is not supported. If you try to update the boot code,
  the FW update utilities will display an error message showing that
  the boot code is not verified successfully.

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                           FEATURES ADDED
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Version 1.16:
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- None


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                           ISSUES FIXED
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Version 1.16:
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Added an additional read and compare of the byte written to flash when an write error occurred during the 
firmware update routine.  This problem showed up with 3.3V Macronix flash parts.

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