DELL INC. BIOS RELEASE NOTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R815/R715 Version: 3.0.4 Release Date: 10/18/2012 * Added AMD Opteron™ 6300 series processor support. * Added FibreChannel support for Lifecycle Controller inventory. * Updated to AMD reference code (OrochiPI) V.5 release package 1.5.0.1. * Fixed the SCT EFI Compliant Test Boot Services Table CRC32 error. (This is only a Microsoft certification test issue and does not affect normal operation.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R815/R715 Version: 2.9.0 Release Date: 08/15/2012 * Added support for Windows Server 2012 factory installation and installation using the Dell Media ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R815/R715 Version: 2.8.2 Release Date: 05/24/2012 * Added High Performance Computing (HPC) mode support for AMD Opteron 6200 series processor * Added 4GB LV-UDIMM support * Corrected no POST no video error when NVRAM_CLR jumper is installed * Corrected the POST system memory size display to match the total installed memory size * Fixed power management setting not available/supported error under VMware VC * Fixed plug and play configuration error: Bus#0A/Dev#03/Func#0: Unknown PCI device (no functional impact) * Updated the embedded 5709 UEFI driver to version 6.2.2 * Updated the embedded 5709S PXE/iSCSI option ROM to version 7.2.3 * Updated to AMD OrochiPI V.5 release package 1.2.0.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R815/R715 Version: 2.3.0 Release Date: 10/18/2011 * Added support for AMD Opteron 6200 series processor * Added support for CC6 low power sleep state with reduced power leakage * Added support for Core Performance Boost * Added early video display to show early POST progress * Added support for 32GB DIMM * Added support for TPM TCG Memory Override Request (MOR) UEFI * Updated to AMD OrochiPI V.5 release package 1.1.9.0 and included 1.0.0.1 changes * Updated UEFI OHCI driver * Improved memory error recovery to isolate faulty DIMMs during early POST * Limited maximum available memory up to 1 Terabyte (no HyperTransport hole hoisting) * Fixed “system fatal error” after enabling DMA virtualization * Fixed memory size reduced error after enabling the redundant memory * Fixed Embedded video controller could not be disabled error * Fixed no video display under OS if a video card is installed in any CPU2 I/O slots * Fixed UEFI Boot Manager multiple 'EFI Fixed Disk boot device’ string display * Disabled ASPM on all PCIe ports ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R815/R715 Version: 1.5.2 Release Date: 05/20/2011 * Fixed issue where BIOS NIC configuration changes are not consistently applied * Added EFI Fixed Disk Block IO path to the boot list * Updated the iDRAC Configuration Utility to version 1.60 * Updated the embedded 5709 UEFI driver to version 6.2.0 * Updated to AMD MarG34PI V.5 release package 1.1.0.7 * Updated UEFI OHCI driver * Updated UEFI HII localization support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R815/R715 Version: 1.4.1 Release Date: 01/24/2011 * Fixed VMware L3 Cache LRU machine check error ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R815/R715 Version: 1.3.1 Release Date: 10/15/2010 * Added support for additional memory configurations * Fixed issue where Trusted China Module status is not visible in Open Manage Server Administrator * Fixed issue where Correctable Error Logging is skipped in a few scenarios * Fixed issue with memory initialization on some DIMM modules * Updated the iDRAC Configuration Utility * Updated the embedded 5709 UEFI driver to version 6.0.0 * Updated the embedded 5709C PXE/iSCSI option ROM to version 6.0.11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R815/R715 Version: 1.2.1 Release Date: 08/10/2010 * Corrected error logging issue with Mixed-DIMM configurations * Fixed issue with Internal USB not functional when external USB is set to "All Ports Off" * Changed Power Management Default to Dell APC * Added Setup Option for DMA Virtualization/AMD(TM) IOMMU * Updated the iDrac Configuration Utility * Corrected potential PCI-Express initialization problems * Fixed issue with WS-MAN unable to change BIOS boot order remotely * Updated to AMD MarG34PI V.5 release package 1.1.0.4 * Updated Memory error logging Algorithm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R815 Version: 1.1.9 Release Date: 05/25/2010 * Updated UEFI drivers * Improved Power Management performance to include "Active Power Controller" mode * Updated to AMD MarG34PI V.5 release package 1.1.0.3 * Updated the iDRAC Configuration Utility * Added Life Cycle Controller Version 1.4 Support * Added support for additional memory configurations * Added Virtual Flash IPMI boot support * Added support for CPU Power Capping notification in VMware * Updated to power-cycle system when BIOS Setup Virtualization Technology settings are changed * Add ACPI System Locality/latency Information Table (SLIT) support * Added SMBIOS Structures E0h and E1h * Added memory voltage display during POST * Improved UEFI user interface * Fixed few issues while booting to Windows 2008 in UEFI mode * Fixed issue where Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 2003 32-bit R2 SP2 - Unreported Memory IO Test fails * Updated the embedded Broadcom 5709C UEFI driver to version 5.2.12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R815 Version: 1.0.0 Release Date: 04/08/2010 This release is the first customer release. _____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. 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