2288H V5 BIOS V685 Release Notes 01

2288H V5 BIOS
V685

Release Notes


Issue 01
Date 2019-08-14




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Contents

1 V685 Release Notes....................................................................................................................... 1
2 V683 Release Notes....................................................................................................................... 2
3 V678 Release Notes....................................................................................................................... 3
4 V672 Release Notes....................................................................................................................... 4
5 V667 Release Notes....................................................................................................................... 5
6 V119 Release Notes....................................................................................................................... 6
7 V109 Release Notes....................................................................................................................... 7
8 V099 Release Notes....................................................................................................................... 8
9 V095 Release Notes....................................................................................................................... 9
10 V090 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 10
11 V087 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 11
12 V081 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 12
13 V080 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 13
14 V069 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 14
15 V068 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 15
16 V062 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 16
17 V059 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 17
18 V057 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 18
19 V055 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 19
20 V039 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 20
21 V037 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 21
22 V031 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 22
23 V025 Release Notes................................................................................................................... 23



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Release Notes 1 V685 Release Notes




1 V685 Release Notes


Release Date
2019-08-14

Current Version
V685

Earlier Version
V683

What's New
l Optimized the function of FDM fault handling.
l Supports management of the default account rights of the BMC.
l Added a switch for controlling an automatic restart of the server after a boot failure.
l Added a switch for disabling the function of powering off the server by pressing the
power button once.

Precautions
l The rollback to a version earlier than V087 takes effect only after the AC is powered off.
l If the BIOS is rolled back from V667 (or later) to V119 (or earlier), the BIOS settings
configured in V667 (or later) will be restored to the default settings.
l Supports management of the default account rights of the BMC. This feature is available
only when used with BMC V357 or later.




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2 V683 Release Notes


Release Date
2019-06-29

Current Version
V683

Earlier Version
V678

What's New
l Upgraded the Skylake CPU microcode to 0x200005E to resolve the Intel security
vulnerabilities CVE-2019-11091, CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127 and
CVE-2018-12130.
l Optimize information description of Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
in Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI) Table.

Precautions
l The rollback to a version earlier than V087 takes effect only after the AC is powered off.
l If the BIOS is rolled back from V667 (or later) to V119 (or earlier), the BIOS settings
configured in V667 (or later) will be restored to the default settings.
l The version V683 is based on version V678 but has not incorporated with the new
features of V119.




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3 V678 Release Notes


Release Date
2019-05-21

Current Version
V678

Earlier Version
V672

What's New
l Fixed security vulnerabilities mentioned in CVE-2019-11834 and CVE-2019-11835.
l Updated Intel SPS to SPS_E5_04.01.04.256.0.
l Supported upgrade to VMware 6.7.2.

Precautions
l The rollback to a version earlier than V087 takes effect only after the AC is powered off.
l If the BIOS is rolled back from V667 (or later) to V119 (or earlier), the BIOS settings
configured in V667 (or later) will be restored to the default settings.
l The version V678 is based on version V672 but has not incorporated with the new
features of V119.




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Release Notes 4 V672 Release Notes




4 V672 Release Notes


Release Date
2019-05-05

Current Version
V672

Earlier Version
V667

What's New
l Supported GeForce GTX 2080 Ti GPU.
l Optimized the memory recognition process.

Precautions
l The rollback to a version earlier than V087 takes effect only after the AC is powered off.
l If the BIOS is rolled back from V667 (or later) to V119 (or earlier), the BIOS settings
configured in V667 (or later) will be restored to the default settings.
l The version V672 is based on version V667 but has not incorporated with the new
features of V119.




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Release Notes 5 V667 Release Notes




5 V667 Release Notes


Release Date
2019-04-17

Current Version
V667

Earlier Version
V109

What's New
l Updated the Intel microcode version to 0x200005A.
l Support smart version management.
l Updated Intel SPS to SPS_E5_04.01.04.251.0.
l Supports boot option management in UEFI mode.
l Supports Boot Override.
l Supports configuration optimization in different energy saving scenarios.
l Provide more accurate memory alarms.

Precautions
l The rollback to a version earlier than V087 takes effect only after the AC is powered off.
l If the BIOS is rolled back from V667 (or later) to V119 (or earlier), the BIOS settings
configured in V667 (or later) will be restored to the default settings.
l The version V667 is based on version V109 but has not incorporated with the new
features of V119.




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Release Notes 6 V119 Release Notes




6 V119 Release Notes


Release Date
2019-05-19

Current Version
V119

Earlier Version
V109

What's New
l Optimized the function of FDM fault handling.

Precautions
l The rollback to a version earlier than V087 takes effect only after the AC is powered off.




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Release Notes 7 V109 Release Notes




7 V109 Release Notes


Release Date
2019-02-15

Current Version
V109

Earlier Version
V099

What's New
l Supports disable of the X722 LOM ports in Legacy mode.
l Fixed Intel security vulnerability CVE-2018-12204.
l Optimized the Performance mode processing mechanism on the Power Policy menu.
l Optimized the function of FDM fault handling.

Precautions
l The rollback to a version earlier than V087 takes effect only after the AC is powered off.




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Release Notes 8 V099 Release Notes




8 V099 Release Notes


Release Date
2018-11-23

Current Version
V099

Earlier Version
V095

What's New
l Supports display of the MAC addresses of the Intel X540 and Intel i350 cards on the
BMC.
l Optimized the Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT) Tboot.

Precautions
l The rollback to a version earlier than V087 takes effect only after the AC is powered off.




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Release Notes 9 V095 Release Notes




9 V095 Release Notes


Release Date
2018-10-20

Current Version
V095

Earlier Version
V090

What's New
l The system memory is optimized to provide more memory space for the OS.
l Provides the CPU UFS (Uncore frequency scaling) frequency selection configuration.

Precautions
l The rollback to a version earlier than V087 takes effect only after the AC is powered off.




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Release Notes 10 V090 Release Notes




10 V090 Release Notes


Release Date
2018-09-19

Current Version
V090

Earlier Version
V087

What's New
l Supports display of power supply information on the SMBIOS Type39.
l Supports display of MAC addresses of some PCIe standard interface NICs (Intel X710,
Intel X550, and Intel 82599) on the BMC WebUI.
l Provides menu options to enable or disable the polling function.

Precautions
l The rollback to a version earlier than V087 takes effect only after the AC is powered off.




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Release Notes 11 V087 Release Notes




11 V087 Release Notes


Release Date
2018-08-17

Current Version
V087

Earlier Version
V081

What's New
l Upgraded Intel ME to SPS_E5_04.00.04.381.0 to fix Intel security vulnerabilities.
l Supports the configuration of the BMC two-factor authentication switch.

Precautions
l The rollback to a version earlier than V087 takes effect only after the AC is powered off.




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Release Notes 12 V081 Release Notes




12 V081 Release Notes


Release Date
2018-07-10

Current Version
V081

Earlier Version
V080

What's New
l Upgraded Intel microcode 0x200004D to fix security vulnerabilities.

Precautions
l BIOS V080 works with iBMC V308. After upgrading the BIOS to V081, you must
upgrade the iBMC to V308.




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Release Notes 13 V080 Release Notes




13 V080 Release Notes


Release Date
2018-06-28

Current Version
V080

Earlier Version
V069

What's New
l Optimized the mouse operation in BIOS Setup menu.
l Modified help information about the Setup options.

Precautions
l BIOS V080 works with iBMC V300. After upgrading the BIOS to V080, you must
upgrade the iBMC to V300.




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Release Notes 14 V069 Release Notes




14 V069 Release Notes


Release Date
2018-05-08

Current Version
V069

Earlier Version
V068

What's New
l Support windows OA 2.4.（AzureStack）.

Precautions
l BIOS V069 works with iBMC V300. After upgrading the BIOS to V069, you must
upgrade the iBMC to V300.




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Release Notes 15 V068 Release Notes




15 V068 Release Notes


Release Date
2018-05-05

Current Version
V068

Earlier Version
V062

What's New
l Support TPM2.0 cards.
l Optimized the function of FDM fault collection.
l Optimized the function of COM port selection.

Precautions
l BIOS V068 works with iBMC V300. After upgrading the BIOS to V068, you must
upgrade the iBMC to V300.




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Release Notes 16 V062 Release Notes




16 V062 Release Notes


Release Date
2018-04-03

Current Version
V062

Earlier Version
V059

What's New
l Support TCM cards.
l Support EulerOS SP3.
l Optimized the function of restoring default settings.
l Modified help information about the Setup options.

Precautions
l BIOS V062 works with iBMC V296. After upgrading the BIOS to V062, you must
upgrade the iBMC to V296.




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Release Notes 17 V059 Release Notes




17 V059 Release Notes


Release Date
2018-03-14

Current Version
V059

Earlier Version
V057

What's New
l Upgrade Intel latest microcode 0x2000043 to solve Side Channel Analysis Method.
security vulnerability problem.
l Support Emulex, Mellanox and Qlogic NIC driver signature verification.
l Optimization part of the Setup option Chinese translation.

Precautions
l BIOS V059 works with iBMC V294. After upgrading the BIOS to V059, you must
upgrade the iBMC to V294.




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Release Notes 18 V057 Release Notes




18 V057 Release Notes


Release Date
2018-02-12

Current Version
V057

Earlier Version
V055

What's New
l Intel 0x35 version microcode is used instead of In0x3a version microcode.
l The FDM fault collection and fault handling modules have been optimized
l The description of some BIOS setup options have been optimized.
l Added monitoring of the NVMe disk information.

Precautions
l BIOS V057 works with iBMC V292. After upgrading the BIOS to V057, you must
upgrade the iBMC to V292.




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Release Notes 19 V055 Release Notes




19 V055 Release Notes


Release Date
2018-01-02

Current Version
V055

Earlier Version
V039

What's New
l Intel processor microcode updates to solve this issues.
l Resolve the problem that operating system CPU frequency can not be compatible with a
special type of CPU.
l Provide on / off Onboard network card device capabilities.

Precautions
l BIOS V055 works with iBMC V270. After upgrading the BIOS to V055, you must
upgrade the iBMC to V270.




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Release Notes 20 V039 Release Notes




20 V039 Release Notes


Release Date
2017-12-04

Current Version
V039

Earlier Version
V037

What's New
l Description of the Setup menu has been optimized.

Precautions
l BIOS V039 works with iBMC V264. After upgrading the BIOS to V039, you must
upgrade the iBMC to V264.




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Release Notes 21 V037 Release Notes




21 V037 Release Notes


Release Date
2017-11-14

Current Version
V037

Earlier Version
V031

What's New
l Security vulnerabilities have been removed from Intel® Server Platform Services
Manageability Engine Firmware.
l Description of the Setup menu has been optimized.
l The BIOS energy saving settings have been optimized.

Precautions
l BIOS V037 works with iBMC V260. After upgrading the BIOS to V037, you must
upgrade the iBMC to V260.




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Release Notes 22 V031 Release Notes




22 V031 Release Notes


Release Date
2017-10-12

Current Version
V031

Earlier Version
V025

What's New
l Optimize some BIOS Setup display features.
l Resolve Intel SPI security vulnerabilities.
l Support for simple password login BIOS Setup.
l Optimize system DFX features.

Precautions
l BIOS V031 works with iBMC V257. After upgrading the BIOS to V031, you must
upgrade the iBMC to V257.




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Release Notes 23 V025 Release Notes




23 V025 Release Notes


Release Date
2017-8-12

Current Version
V025

Earlier Version
N/A

What's New
l This issue is the first release version.

Precautions
l BIOS V025 works with iBMC V253. After upgrading the BIOS to V025, you must
upgrade the iBMC to V253.




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