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Date 2021-07-03
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Contents
Release Date
2021-07-10
Current Version
V522
Earlier Version
V521
What's New
● SMI interrupt timeout optimization.
● Upgrade BroadWell CPU Microcode to MEF406F1-0B00003A.
● Resolve security vulnerabilities of CVE-2020-10255/CVE-2020-12357/
CVE-2020-12360/ CVE-2020-27339/CVE-2020-0591/CVE-2020-0592/
CVE-2020-8738/CVE-2020-8764.
Precautions
● NA.
Release Date
2019-09-11
Current Version
V521
Earlier Version
V515
What's New
● Increased the BIOS password complexity requirements, The password must
contain uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters.
● Upgrade the ME to SPS_E5_03.01.03.072.0_GR_WBG_REL version.
● Fixed the security vulnerabilities CVE-2020-5954/CVE-2020-5955/
CVE-2020-5956/CVE-2019-11135/CVE-2019-11137.
● Added support for some OS startup file paths.
Precautions
● NA.
Release Date
2019-05-21
Current Version
V515
Earlier Version
V513
What's New
● Upgrade BroadWell CPU Microcode to MEF406F1-0B000036.
● Upgrade HasWell CPU Microcode to MEF406F1-0B000043.
Precautions
● BIOS V515 works with iBMC V338. After upgrading the BIOS to V515, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V338.
Release Date
2019-04-11
Current Version
V513
Earlier Version
V503
What's New
● Resolve security vulnerabilities of CVE-2018-12180/ CVE-2018-12181/
CVE-2018-12182.
● Upgrade the CPU microcode to 0x33 to solve the problem that the system
may hang when C6 enabled.
● Optimized memory isolation alarm to fix the memory isolation alarm is
cleared after sytem warm reset.
● Supports report of the CPU PPIN to the BMC.
● Allows users to configure the memory power saving switch.
● Optimized the OS log when _PPC is removed in performance mode.
● Supports the NeoKylin 6.9 OS in UEFI mode.
● Resolved the problem that the setting of boot from the floppy drive on the
BMC in UEFI mode fails.
● Resolved the problem that the serial port redirection sub-options cannot be
modified on uMate.
● Resolved the problem that Windows Server 2012 fails to be installed using
USB flash drive.
● Resolved the problem that the hard disk bitlock function is not supported in
Windows Server 2016 if the server is configured with TPM 2.0 in UEFI Secure
Boot scenario.
Precautions
● BIOS V513 works with iBMC V323. After upgrading the BIOS to V513, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V323.
Release Date
2018-08-15
Current Version
V503
Earlier Version
V399
What's New
● RH1288 V3/RH2288 V3/RH2288H V3/5288 V3/X6000/X6800 V4CPU QPI
Margin Parameters fine tuning.
● Resolve Enable Below 4GB will Halt Issue.
● Avoid CentOS 7.3 disable Core will Halt Issue.
● Resolve RH2288V3 (4NVME Type) with ES3000 V3 SSD Warning Issue.
● Update Intel MRC version to 4.40.
● Include HUAWEI TXT Certificate.
Precautions
● BIOS V503 works with iBMC V330. After upgrading the BIOS to V503, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V330.
Release Date
2018-06-19
Current Version
V399
Earlier Version
V397
What's New
● Update microcode version to
MEF406F1_0B00002E(BroadWell),M6F306F2_0000003D(HasWell).
Precautions
● BIOS V399 works with iBMC V304. After upgrading the BIOS to V399, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V304.
Release Date
2018-06-08
Current Version
V397
Earlier Version
V387
What's New
● Solve the problem of secureboot setting.
● Solve the problem of ERROR hot plug message in window system device
manage.
● The Mellanox 25 Gbit/s I/O card is supported. The BIOS needs to support PXE,
NCSI, and MAC information reporting, and MAC information setup menu
display.
Precautions
● BIOS V397 works with iBMC V304. After upgrading the BIOS to V397, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V304.
Release Date
2018-02-26
Current Version
V387
Earlier Version
V379
What's New
● Update uCode to M6F306F2_0000003C.TXT、MEF406F1_0B00002A.TXT.
● Solved the problem that Vmware 6.0.0 installation fails when USB 3.0 is
enabled.
● Integrated a patch to solve the CVE-2017-5715 security vulnerability of SIP.
Precautions
● BIOS V387 works with iBMC V300. After upgrading the BIOS to V387, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V300.
Release Date
2017-11-09
Current Version
V379
Earlier Version
V375
What's New
● Optimize handling Patrol scrub UCE.
● Provides UUID sort type for SCVMM compatibility.
● Optimize OnBoard Video help information.
● Provides support for TPM 2.0 boot from TBOOT.
● Optimize SMBIOS TYPE1 VERSION item.
Precautions
● BIOS V379 works with iBMC V264. After upgrading the BIOS to V379, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V264.
Release Date
2017-10-11
Current Version
V375
Earlier Version
V366
What's New
● Modify ADR Timer to 100us.
● Qlogic MXEP NICCard CLP support.
● BIOS reports memory production date and BOMID to SMBIOS TYPE17.
● Solve the problem of memory failure reporting.
● Failed to resolve the BMC export import profile.
● Solving the VMware6.5.1 installation failure problem.
● Fix SPI security vulnerabilities.
● Resolve the BIOS Setup enabled kernel and actual inconsistencies.
Precautions
● BIOS V375 works with iBMC V257. After upgrading the BIOS to V375, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V257.
Release Date
2017-09-01
Current Version
V366
Earlier Version
V363
What's New
● Upgraded the Broadwell CPU microcode to version B00021.
● Add setup item to control BIOS password complexity.
● Add setup item to control SD card.
Precautions
● BIOS V366 works with iBMC V253. After upgrading the BIOS to V366, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V253.
Release Date
2017-05-19
Current Version
V363
Earlier Version
V357
What's New
● Upgraded the Broadwell CPU microcode to version 20.
● Upgraded the Broadwell CPU microcode to version 3A.
● Solved the problem that boot SUSE11SP3 failed in secureboot mode.
● Add the function that support save&load CustomDefault.
● Try more times when BIOS Communicate with BMC Fail over IPMI Bt channel
at the First time.
● Equipmentmode no Vdd Modify and Memory refresh rate backto 64ms.
● Optimize the Snoop Mode menu item to increase the version downgrade
stability.
Precautions
● BIOS V363 works with iBMC V243. After upgrading the BIOS to V363, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V243.
Release Date
2017-04-26
Current Version
V357
Earlier Version
V352
What's New
● Upgraded the MRC to version 4.0.
● Upgraded the Broadwell CPU microcode to version 1F.
● Upgraded the Haswell CPU microcode to version 39.
● Haswell CPU memory performance optimization.
● Add the function that detect and report the fault status for LSI 3008/3108 raid
card.
● Add Support OpenSuse,Debian OS EFI Boot.
● Add the function that control standard NIC PXE Boot.
Precautions
● BIOS V357 works with iBMC V241. After upgrading the BIOS to V357, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V241.
Release Date
2017-01-11
Current Version
V352
Earlier Version
V350
What's New
● Add the function that detect and report the fault status for LSI 3008/3108 raid
card.
Precautions
● BIOS V352 works with iBMC V236. After upgrading the BIOS to V352, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V236.
Release Date
2016-12-28
Current Version
V350
Earlier Version
V335
What's New
● Adding Support for 128GB LRDIMM.
● Adding Support for Setting "IO non-posted prefetch"
● Adding Support for Setting On Board VGA
● Solved the problem that the memory performance is low with Haswell CPU
Precautions
● BIOS V350 works with iBMC V230. After upgrading the BIOS to V350, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V230.
Release Date
2016-11-18
Current Version
V335
Earlier Version
V332
What's New
● Optimized the UEFI PXE boot to resolve the problem that memory resources
are consumed in long polling.
● Added the function of disabling X540 NIC PXE in EFI mode.
● Added Sanboot and M.2 hard disk as the first-level boot options.
Precautions
● BIOS V335 works with iBMC V218. After upgrading the BIOS to V335, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V218.
Release Date
2016-09-19
Current Version
V332
Earlier Version
V331
What's New
● Upgraded the Broadwell CPU microcode to version 1E.
● Solved the problem that the The display is abnormal during EFI PXE Elilo OS
loader.
● Added the "USE_PLATFORM_CLOCK" Setup for selecting OS TSC.
Precautions
● BIOS V332 works with iBMC V216. After upgrading the BIOS to V332, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V216.
Release Date
2016-08-30
Current Version
V331
Earlier Version
V330
What's New
● Solved the problem that the SAS card initializing slowly when there are both
LSI 2308 and 9200 HBA Card.
Precautions
● BIOS V331 works with iBMC V216. After upgrading the BIOS to V331, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V216.
Release Date
2016-08-17
Current Version
V330
Earlier Version
V327
What's New
● Optimized the NVME SSD detect solution.
Precautions
● BIOS V330 works with iBMC V212. After upgrading the BIOS to V330, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V212.
Release Date
2016-07-26
Current Version
V327
Earlier Version
V322
What's New
● Optimized the core isolation solution to solve the problem that BMC
incorrectly reports alarms after core isolation is configured in the BIOS.
● Optimized the port quantity detection to solve the problem that the Type41
NIC information (network port quantity) is incorrect.
● Solved the problem that the NVMe SSD ES3000 V3 may stop responding if it
is hot swapped without stopping services.
● Modified the menu items to solve the problem that the OS may stop
responding if X2APIC is enabled and Interrupt Remapping is disabled.
● Solved the problem that two boot options are displayed in SLES 12.1 BIOS in
UEFI mode.
● Solved the problem that Windows Server 2008 R2 installation may fail if the
installation is performed through SAN Boot with the MZ510 or MZ910.
● Optimized the softRAID function to support up to two softRAID arrays.
● Upgraded the MRC to version 3.4.
● Upgraded the Broadwell CPU microcode to version 1B.
● Upgraded the ME to version 03.01.03.036.0.
● Solved the problem that P-states can still be configured on the power
management page of the BMC WebUI when EIST is disabled.
● Disabled device tagging for memory to prevent ECC errors caused by device
tagging of memory.
● Added the QR code of the BIOS Parameter Reference to the BIOS Setup
screen.
● Solved the problem that the network port names in the OS will change if the
BIOS is upgraded to version 3.18 or 3.22.
● Added the "After installing OS, remember to install drivers and upgrade
firmware" message to the on-screen prompts displayed during the power-on
process.
● Set the Serial Console Redirection option to be enabled by default.
● Enabled the four LOM ports to support PXE.
● Added the support for T5 cards.
● Added the "QPI Link: Incorrect interconnection" alarm.
● Optimized the logo storage mechanism to prevent customized logos from
being lost after a BIOS upgrade.
● Optimized the hot plug mechanism of NVMe devices to solve the low-
probability OS halting caused by hot plug.
Precautions
● BIOS V328 works with iBMC V210. After upgrading the BIOS to V328, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V210.
Release Date
2016-05-17
Current Version
V322
Earlier Version
V316
What's New
● Added the support for the Japanese keyboard.
● Added the support for Ramaxel DIMMs.
● Added the support for POR+1 3DPC 1866.
● Resolved the issue that the BootType option restores to the default value
upon a BIOS upgrade.
● Added the support for the SMBIOS Type41
● Update MRC to 3.3
● Update microcode to B00001A for Broadwel B0 CPU.
● Resolved the issue that displaying wrong TPM version in BMC.
Precautions
● BIOS V322 works with iBMC V206. After upgrading the BIOS to V322, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V206.
Release Date
2016-03-18
Current Version
V316
Earlier Version
V178
What's New
● Support Boardwell CPU
● Update MRC to 3.0 for CPU upgrade
● Update ME to 3.1.2.23 for CPU upgrade
● Add POR PLUS support for Boardwell CPU
● Update microcode to B000014 for Boardwell CPU
● Add Support for E5 16XX CPU
Precautions
● BIOS V316 works with iBMC V202. After upgrading the BIOS to V316, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V202.
● Upgrading the HSX version to this version will reset Broadwell to its default
value.
Release Date
2016-02-25
Current Version
V178
Earlier Version
V169
What's New
● Adding feature Reporting TPM version to BMC.
● Resolved the problem AMD GPU SR9150 show as W9100 in windows2012.
● Resolved the problem 3108 raid halt in oprom.
● Adding report BMC pcie SSD.
● Resolved the problem GPU M60 cann't install driver.
● Fix soft raid compatible issue.
● Fix Keyboard lost function when in 3108 raid card configuration utility.
Precautions
● BIOS V178 works with iBMC V201. After upgrading the BIOS to V178, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V201.
Release Date
2015-11-02
Current Version
V169
Earlier Version
V157
What's New
● Resolved the problem that In UEFI MODE, BIOS can NOT hanle SUSE12 and
VMWARE6.0
● Resolved the problem that In UEFI MODE, U DISK in not in the others
● Resolved the problem that With Dual 3108/2208 raid card, there is no
bootdevice in bootmanager
Precautions
● BIOS V169 works with iBMC V193. After upgrading the BIOS to V169, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V193.
Release Date
2015-09-29
Current Version
V157
Earlier Version
V156
What's New
● Support configuring boot sequence on UEFI boot mode.
● Support PXE boot function with F12 Pressed on UEFI boot mode
● Resolved the problem of the BIOS configuration(Restore on Power Loss).
Precautions
● BIOS V157 works with iBMC V182. After upgrading the BIOS to V182, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V182.
Release Date
2015-07-29
Current Version
V156
Earlier Version
V138
What's New
● Update the MRC to version 1.15.
● Added the new function to support french keyboard.
● Added the new function to support TCM1.2 module.
● Added the TDP and Balance performance options in BIOS.
● Resolved the issue that unable to enter OS when the VT-D and X2APIC setup
incorrect.
● Resolved the issue that high frequence CPU can't run in Turbo mode when
DEMT enabled.
Precautions
● BIOS V156 works with iBMC V168. After upgrading the BIOS to V156, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V168.
Release Date
2015-05-07
Current Version
V138
Earlier Version
V135
What's New
● Increase the PTAS function
● BIOS is set to efficientcy, the LSI3108 RAID card SASBIOS is not operational
issues are resolved
● Increase of Intel card PXE UEFI drive
● Increase the PCIE SSD bandwidth detection function
Precautions
● BIOS V138 works with iBMC V162. After upgrading the BIOS to V138, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V162.
Release Date
2015-04-02
Current Version
V135
Earlier Version
V130
What's New
● Memory beyond 256G under OS when there is an alarm issue is resolved
● 3108 RAID card settings interface buttons unresponsive problem is solved
● K5000 card compatibility problem solving
Precautions
● BIOS V135 works with iBMC V138. After upgrading the BIOS to V135, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V138.
Release Date
2015-03-04
Current Version
V130
Earlier Version
V128
What's New
● In Performance mode off Tstate function
● Close PCIE bandwidth detection feature
● Solve 3108 card SASBIOS keyboard inoperable problem
● Fit into the fault diagnosis function
Precautions
● BIOS V130 works with iBMC V135. After upgrading the BIOS to V130, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V135.
Release Date
2015-01-19
Current Version
V128
Earlier Version
V126
What's New
● Microcode versions need to upgrade to 2D.
● Increasing the BMC WEB USB device order to adjust the function
● Open Software RAID function
Precautions
● BIOS V128 works with iBMC V128. After upgrading the BIOS to V128, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V128.
Release Date
2014-12-29
Current Version
V126
Earlier Version
V123
What's New
● Because LTSX Enable lead to a restart of the problem is solved.
● MemoryTest progress display exceeds 100% of the issue is resolved
● System error alarms and LOGO display screen at the same time when the
problem is solved poor customer experience
● ME hanging dead issue is resolved
● PCT modifications to the default state close
Precautions
● BIOS V126 works with iBMC V126. After upgrading the BIOS to V126, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V126.
Release Date
2014-12-02
Current Version
V123
Earlier Version
V119
What's New
● ME upgrade to version 07.141.
● support customized LOGO
● AHCI and RAID solve compatibility problems
● microcode upgrade to version 2B
● PCIE bandwidth abnormalities reported
● GPU card NVS 315 K6000 black screen problem solving
● Add password salt function
● Add DCU menu
● Add BMC management network port mode switch
● solve Tubro frequency instability in the Performance mode
● providing customized tools and scripts
Precautions
● BIOS V123 works with iBMC V123. After upgrading the BIOS to V123, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V123.
Release Date
2014-10-16
Current Version
V119
Earlier Version
NA
What's New
● This issue is the first release version.
Precautions
● BIOS V119 works with iBMC V116. After upgrading the BIOS to V119, you
must upgrade the iBMC to V116.