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BIOS RELEASE NOTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R620 Version: 1.2.6 Release Date: 05/11/2012 * Updated Authenticated Code Module (ACM) * Updated memory reference code * Updated processor reference code * Updated chipset reference code * Updated management engine firmware * Enhanced mixed-stepping processors support * Enhanced GPU power support * Optimized System Profile Dense Memory mode support * Updated the iDRAC UEFI driver * Added ACPI5.0 error type structure support * Added UEFI HII browser enhancements * Updated memory POR speed support * Updated Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family microcode for C1 stepping to 00000616 * Updated Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family microcode for C2 stepping to 0000070B * Added IOAT feature * Improved Direct IO support * Improved SRIOV support * Disabled DDR opportunistic self-refresh feature for the Max Performance mode * Added NUMA IO support * Added ACPI consistent device naming support for add-in cards * Added CPLD firmware update capability for Lifecycle Controller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R620 Version: 1.1.3 Release Date: 04/30/2012 * Fix a potential hang issue in POST after "Initialization complete". Caution: Back-flashing to BIOS versions earlier than 1.1.2 is not allowed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R620 Version: 1.1.2 Release Date: 03/20/2012 * Enhanced BIOS update security to support new NIST security guidelines. Caution: Back-flashing to BIOS versions earlier than 1.1.2 is not allowed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell PowerEdge R620 Version: 1.0.4 Release Date: 02/23/2012 This release is the first customer release. _____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Copyright 2012 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks used in this text: Dell(TM) and PowerEdge(TM) are trademarks of Dell Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. 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