System May Not Boot When Emulex* Lp10000Exdc Is Enabled; Intel ® Pro/1000 Mt Adapters Not Seen In Slot 2; System Will Hang At Startup Or Blue Screen In Microsoft Windows When Lsi Logic Raid Adapters Are Used In Conjuction With Intel Raid Adapters; Hitachi* Ultrastar* 10K300 Hard Drive Family Cannot Be Used In Slot 5 On Intel Server Platform Sr4850Hw4 - Intel SE8500HW4 Hardware Manual

Installation Guidelines
7.8

System may not boot when Emulex* LP10000ExDC is enabled

Issue: System may not boot from any peripheral device with the Emulex LP10000ExDC
enabled.
Guideline: The failure occurs when multiple Option ROMs use the Extended BIOS Data
Area. The work-around is to disable all Option ROMs except the ROM which
controls the boot drive via the BIOS setup.
Status: This has been resolved in BIOS P05.1 and above.
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7.9 Intel PRO/1000 MT adapters not seen in slot 2
Issue: During resets and power state transitions the NIC may briefly draw more than
375 mA of current. For safety, the SE8500HW4 slot 2 hot plug controller will
disable the slot when such an over current condition is present. During POST,
this card will not be seen by the BIOS.
Guideline: Use this NIC only in slots 6 or 7 (non hot-plug slots).
Status: There is no fix planned for this issue.
7.10 System will hang at startup or blue screen in Microsoft Windows
when LSI Logic RAID adapters are used in conjuction with Intel
RAID adapters
Issue: LSI Logic RAID adapters and Intel RAID adapters (including ROMB) share a
common implementation. At POST this can cause software conflicts between
the adapters, and at OS runtime this can cause incompatible driver versions to
be loaded and applied to the wrong adapter.
Guideline: LSI Logic RAID adapters cannot be used in the same system with Intel RAID
adapters or when ROMB is enabled.
Status: There is no fix planned for this issue.
7.11 Hitachi* Ultrastar* 10K300 hard drive family cannot be used in
slot 5 on Intel
Issue: The inrush current of the Hitachi hard drive in slot 5 on the Intel® Server Platform
SR4850HW4 causes the circuit protection of the SCSI backplane to activate and
disable the drive.
Guideline: Use other certified hard drives or do not use in slot 5.
Status: This issue has been resolved with the new SCSI backplane that is included in
systems with a top assembly number of C92307-005 or greater.
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Server Platform SR4850HW4
Intel® Server Board SE8500HW4
Revision 1.5