CH225 V3 BIOS V399 Release Notes 01

CH225 V3 BIOS
V399
Release Notes


Issue 01

Date 2018-07-04




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Contents

1 V399 Release Notes............................................................................................................................ 1
2 V387 Release Notes............................................................................................................................ 2
3 V386 Release Notes............................................................................................................................ 3
4 V382 Release Notes............................................................................................................................ 4
5 V356 Release Notes............................................................................................................................ 5
6 V353 Release Notes............................................................................................................................ 6
7 V332 Release Notes............................................................................................................................ 7
8 V325 Release Notes............................................................................................................................ 8
9 V320 Release Notes.......................................................................................................................... 10




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1 V399 Release Notes

Release Date
2018-07-04

Current Version
V399

Earlier Version
V387

What's New
 Add support for SM380 Net Card.
 Solve the problem of secureboot setting.
 Solve the problem of ERROR hot plug message in window system device manage.
 update microcode version to
MEF406F1_0B00002E(BroadWell),M6F306F2_0000003D(HashWell).

Precautions
 After the BIOS is upgraded, you must restart the service system for the new version to
take effect.




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2 V387 Release Notes

Release Date
2018-02-10

Current Version
V387

Earlier Version
V386

What's New
 The microcode has been upgrade to HSW/BDW:3C/2A to remove the Intel
CVE-2017-5715 security vulnerability.

Precautions
 After the BIOS is upgraded, you must restart the service system for the new version to
take effect.




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3 V386 Release Notes

Release Date
2018-01-27

Current Version
V386

Earlier Version
V382

What's New
 Rolled back the microcode version to BDW/HSW 0x21/0x3A because board restart may
occur when the microcode version is Intel BDW/HSW 0x25/0x3B.

Precautions
 After the BIOS is upgraded, you must restart the service system for the new version to
take effect.




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4 V382 Release Notes

Release Date
2017-11-20

Current Version
V382

Earlier Version
V356

What's New
 Added support for the MZ522 and MZ520 NICs.
 Added support for selecting the SMBIOS UUID type.
 Added support for TPM 2.0 TBoot.
 Optimized the Secure Boot function.
 Optimized the mechanism for processing memory inspection errors.
 Optimized the prompt message for the onboard display adapter setting menu.
 Optimized the display of the SMBIOS TYPE1 VERSION field.
 The IPMI handshake mechanism between the BIOS and the BMC is optimized.
 The Snoop Mode menu is optimized to increase upgrade and downgrade stability.
 Solved the VMware 6.5.1 installation failure.
 Solved the problem that the cores enabled with BIOS Setup are inconsistent with the
actually enabled cores.
 Updated the Broadwell CPU microcode to 21.
 Updated the Haswell CPU microcode to 3A.
 Integrated a patch to solve the CVE-2017-5703 security vulnerability of SIP.

Precautions
 After the BIOS is upgraded, you must restart the service system for the new version to
take effect.



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5 V356 Release Notes

Release Date
2017-03-28

Current Version
V356

Earlier Version
V353

What's New
 The mechanism for reporting PCIe link bandwidth change events is optimized.
 If the product is shipped with this version, POR+1 is disabled by default. However, if the
BIOS is upgraded from an early version to this version, the original POR+1
configuration remains unchanged.



Precautions
 After the BIOS is upgraded, you must restart the service system for the new version to
take effect.




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6 V353 Release Notes

Release Date
2017-01-12

Current Version
V353

Earlier Version
V332

What's New
 Adding Support for Setting "IO non-posted prefetch".
 Onboard video card configuration is supported.
 The 3DPC (3 DIMMs per channel) memory performance is improved for scenarios
where Haswell CPUs are configured.
 Upgraded the MRC to version 4.0
 Upgraded the Broadwell CPU microcode to version 1F.
 Upgraded the Haswell CPU microcode to version 39.
 Add the function that detect and report the fault status for LSI 3008/3108 raid card.



Precautions
 After the BIOS is upgraded, you must restart the service system for the new version to
take effect.




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7 V332 Release Notes

Release Date
2016-10-18

Current Version
V332

Earlier Version
V325

What's New
 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.
 Solved the problem that the SAS card initializing slowly when there are both LSI 2308
and 9200 HBA Card.
 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
 After the BIOS is upgraded, you must restart the service system for the new version to
take effect.




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8 V325 Release Notes

Release Date
2016-07-16

Current Version
V325

Earlier Version
V320

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.。
 Solved the problem that server may stop responding if S3 deep energy conservation is
used.
 Added the support for NVME SSD.
 . 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 installation may fail if the installation is
performed through SAN Boot.
 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.
 Optimized the CPU Cache corrected error report.
 Added the QR code of the BIOS Parameter Reference to the BIOS Setup screen.




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 Added the "After installing OS, remember to install drivers and upgrade firmware"
message to the on-screen prompts displayed during the power-on process..

Precautions
 After the BIOS is upgraded, you must restart the service system for the new version to
take effect.




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9 V320 Release Notes

Release Date
2016-05-09

Current Version
V320

Earlier Version
None

What's New
This version can support haswell CPU and Broadwell CPU.

Precautions
None




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