Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4 And Bios Setup Display A Different L2 Cache Size For The Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5300 Series; Change Logo Utility Causes Bios Corruption; Microsoft Windows System Event Viewer* May Record Error Event With Id 11 - Intel BB5000XALR Specification

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31. Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4 and BIOS setup display a different L2 cache
size for the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5300 Series
Problem In Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4, the Quad-Core Intel
Series L2 cache size is displayed as 4 MB; while in the BIOS setup, the cache
size is displayed as 8 MB.
Implication In the BIOS setup, the system reports the total L2 cache size as 8 MB due to
the 4 MB + 4 MB structure of the processor. The Quad-Core Intel
processor 5300 Series is similar to a package of two sets, each with a 4 MB L2
cache size. In each set, the two cores share the 4 MB cache. Red Hat*
Enterprise Linux 4 views the processor per logical CPU thread. Each logical
thread (each set) has access to only 4 MB cache, and Red Hat* Enterprise
Linux 4 reports it as such.
Status The different L2 cache size display is due to the different cache size reporting
mechanisms of Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4 and the BIOS setup, and is not an
incorrect display by the operating system.
Workaround None.
32.

Change Logo Utility causes BIOS corruption

Problem Any board flashed with a version of BIOS release R0064 edited with the
Change Logo Utility no longer boots. The board hangs with "Off – Off – Red –
Green" shown on the Post Code LEDs at the rear of the board.
Implication You cannot use the Change Logo utility with BIOS release R0064.
Status This erratum is fixed in BIOS release R0066 and later releases.
Workaround None.
33. Microsoft Windows System Event Viewer* may record Error Event with
ID 11
Problem In the Microsoft Windows* operating system, the Event Viewer's System log
may record an Error Event. The source for this error event is lsi_sas and the
event ID is 11.
Implication The problem may occur because the controller is sending an unsupported
command to the enclosure management device. This error does not affect
functionality and you can ignore the error.
Status This erratum is fixed in Intel
and/or drivers later than the following revisions: SAS firmware revision –
v.01.16.00.00; MPT OpROM revision – v.6.10.00; SAS ESRT2 OpROM
revision − v. A.01.10241435I.
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