PSA: Supermicro X11 Rev. 2.0 BIOS has finally been released!

[Ericloewe]

As the title says, at least some Supermicro X11 boards finally received an updated BIOS.

It's late, so I'll try to email Supermicro asking for a changelog tomorrow. The big item is probably going to be Xeon E3 v6 support.

 

[Ericloewe]

Ok, here's the answer I got, for the X11SSM-F:

1. Change BIOS revision to 2.0 for Kabylake(Greenlow Refresh) CPU support
2. Kernel update to 5.11_VEB_1ATYX009 and MRC 3.9.0.6.
3. Updating the codes about [ACPI PCI _DSM:function7]
4. Update DT_P_116 for Kabylake-S ucode M22906E9_00000047_00000048
5. Fix "Use AMIBCP to disable boot procedure messages displaying" would fail on non-F platform problem.
6. Fixed boot order priority in sub menu group could not working properly if set "Save Changes" and then set "Save Changes and Reset" in setup.
7. Implement CPU max performance function.
8. Fix system hangs at 0x35 when enabling JBR1.
9. Clear SMC in-band area when flash BIOS to avoid system hang if user flash BIOS and change settings in OS at the same time.
10.Updated SPS to 4.1.3.19 PC release.
11.Patch CTRL+HOME can't work via console
12.Sync up BIOS revision of setup and Post message with SMBIOS Type 0.
13.Fixed TC320 issue.
14.Reset BIOS config by IPMI CMOS clear flag.
15.Fixed boot override menu show blank item when change boot mode to UEFI or Legacy problem.
16.Updated SMCI default key for Secure Boot and default enable dbr and dbt SMCI default key included.
17.Fixed system boot to UEFI boot devices when there is no match type found in boot list issue.
18.Add Intel LAN 82599(1-port, DID=1557) support in AOC report, and UEFI PXE / iSCSI boot
19.Set above 4G MMIO resource as 128GB.
20.Update Aspeed VBIOS to v1.02.07
21.Update AMI EIP#268836 to fix system will loop in CPU SMM mode after running BMC FW upgrade loop test over 24 hours.
22.Add WDT timer out value selection
23.Fix when revision is x.x in the FID table will be x.x0 problem.
24.Support VPD info and AssetInfo in SMBIOS type 40.
25.According to different vendor, the SPD Byte 125 value are different.
26.When Secure boot control is enable , the CSM support set disable.
27.SATA Latency Tolerance Reporting (LTR) workaround not program correctly.
28.Expose USB Configuration setup page
29.Fixed Security Device Support item when disabled the Security Device Support, the Security Device Support item will be hidden after reboot.
30.Separate Trusted Computing strings for TPM 1.2/2.0
31.Expose Execute Disable Bit setup item
32.Update SUM Feature Flag spec to 1.4
33.Expose SATA "Aggressive LPM Support" setup option and default set to disable.
34.Fixed system hang in BIOS setup when the SMBIOS event log fulled.
35.Fix wrong VPD header version in VPD data.
36.Fix SMBIOS Type 17 serial number incorrect.
37.Correct SMBIOS help string typo
38.Change logo resolution from 800*600 to 1024*768
39.Add check flash package flag. New flash package will add a flag for BIOS check.
40.Enable OA1_SUPPORT to fix unable to modify OEM Data by AMIBCP.exe.
41.System will occur memory UCE after toggle "PCI PERR/SERR Support" setting with full DIMM population.
42.Fixed "X2APIC Opt Out" item is always be hidden.
43. Fix system hang at 0x35 with Skylake CPU when enabled JBR1 after flash failed.

I have seen issues 6, 15 and 17 (if I'm interpreting it correctly). 28 sounds useful, depending on what new options they expose.

 

[Diego Alvarez]

Hello people,

Just installed this update on my X11SSM-F and here are some comments. Keep in mind I run linux instead of BSD, so YMMV.
The item 28 (Expose USB Configuration setup page) mentions "Legacy OS support", but apparently it means non-UEFI OSs instead of ones without an XHCI driver. Anyhow it seems like the defaults are set up for maximum compatibility, so probably not very useful.
They FINALLY enabled SATA hot-plug support, I don't see mentioned on the changelog and I think that is quite important.
A nice addition for anyone who runs VMs is "X2APIC Opt Out", no exactly sure on the details but it is supposed to help with VM performance and it was disabled by default.
The option for diabling SGX was removed (well, maybe they actually removed SGX support but that seems unlikely), not very happy with it as I already have enough intel botnet on my system.

Also, in an unrelated note, has anyone figured out what is "Port X Spin Up Device" supposed to do? I wanted to use PUIS on my hard drives and I figured that option was related but I can't get it to do anything, PUIS enabled or not.

 

[IceBoosteR]

Hello people,

They FINALLY enabled SATA hot-plug support, I don't see mentioned on the changelog and I think that is quite important.
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I totally agree. Most motherboards don't have this feature or do not mention on their websites this capability (even not Supermicro for this board...). Really nice 2 know. Thanks

 

[Diego Alvarez]

Apparently another update has been released, 2.0a. Not sure what the changes are, most likely relatively minor bugfixes and/or microcode updates. Anyone feeling like asking supermicro for a changelog or installing it themselves to check for anything interesting?
Oh, on an unrelated note the product page now mentions DDR4-2400 support. Maybe it has always supported it and the description was only updated now, but I built my system with DDR4-2133 as I thought any higher could not be compatible and the memory speeds are rather lacking...