BIOS Known Issues - Sun Server X2-4 (formerly Sun Fire X4470 M2)

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Table 5 BIOS Known Open Issues

Bug ID	Description
6861914	Amount of memory reported by BIOS and system is less than actual memory installed
	Issue: In the BIOS splash screen and in the main BIOS Setup Utility menu, the system reports 8 MB less memory than what is installed to account for the Intel architecture's consumption of 8 MB of debug memory.
	Affected Software: All Sun Server X2-4 Software Releases
	Workaround: There is no workaround.
7060946	PXE boot might fail after running Pc-Check diagnostics
	Issue: When attempting to PXE boot immediately after running Pc-Check in extended mode, the boot attempt might fail with a message similar to the following: `Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.35 Copyright (C) 1997-2009, Intel Corporation Intel(R) Boot Agent PXE Base Code (PXE-2.1 build 087) Copyright (C) 1997-2009, Intel Corporation`
	Affected Software: Software Release 1.1 running Oracle ILOM 3.0.16.12, BIOS 16.02.01.01 with Pc- Check 6.29s
	Workaround: Power cycle or warm reboot the system.
7034209	Incorrect IPMI warning codes for DIMM DDR training errors are generated during BIOS POST
	Issue: Incorrect IPMI warning codes for DIMM DDR training errors are generated during system BIOS POST. The Service LED might indicate an error and the following warning codes might be displayed in system event log (SEL) entries: `0x0d WARN_DD_TRAINING_ERROR warning: 0x02 - WARN_DIMM_MISMATCH 0x03 - WARN_USER_RANK_DISABLE 0x05 - WARN_MEMBIST_ECC_SYMBOL 0x09 - WARN_THROT_INSUFFICIENT`
	Affected Software: All Sun Server X2-4 Software Releases
	Workaround: These are benign error messages that can be safely ignored.

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