
Intel® Workstation Board S5520SC TPS Functional Architecture
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3.2.2 Mixed Processor Configurations.
The following table describes mixed processor conditions and recommended actions for the
Intel
®
Workstation Board S5520SC. Errors fall into one of three categories:
z Halt: If the system can boot, it pauses at a blank screen with the text
“Unrecoverable fatal error found. System will not boot until the error is resolved” and
“Press <F2> to enter setup”, regardless of if the “Post Error Pause” setup option is
enabled or disabled. After entering setup, the error message displays on the Error
Manager screen and an error is logged to the System Event Log (SEL) with the error
code. The system cannot boot unless the error is resolved. The user must replace
the faulty part and restart the system.
z Pause: If the “Post Error Pause” setup option is enabled, the system goes directly to
the Error Manager screen to display the error and log the error code to SEL.
Otherwise, the system continues to boot and no prompt is given for the error,
although the error code is logged to the Error Manager and in a SEL message.
z Minor: The message is displayed on the screen or on the Error Manager screen.
The system continues booting in a degraded state regardless of if the “Post Error
Pause” setup option is enabled or disabled. The user may want to replace the
erroneous unit.
Table 2. Mixed Processor Configurations
Error Severity System Action
Processor family not
identical
Halt The BIOS detects the error condition and responds as follows:
– Logs the error into the system event log (SEL)
– Alerts the Integrated BMC about the configuration error.
– Does not disable the processor
– Displays “0194: Processor 0x family mismatch detected” message in the
Error Manager.
– Halts the system and will not boot until the fault condition is remedied.
Processor stepping
mismatch
Pause The BIOS detects the stepping difference and responds as follows:
– Checks to see whether the steppings are compatible – typically +/- one
stepping.
– If so, no error is generated (this is not an error condition).
– Continues to boot the system successfully.
Otherwise, this is a stepping mismatch error, and the BIOS responds as
follows:
– Displays “0193: Processor 0x stepping mismatch” message in the Error
Manager and logs it into the SEL.
– Takes Minor Error action and continues to boot the system.
Processor cache not
identical
Halt The BIOS detects the error condition and responds as follows:
– Logs the error into the SEL.
– Alerts the Integrated BMC about the configuration error.
– Does not disable the processor.
– Displays “0192: Processor 0x cache size mismatch detected” message in
the Error Manager.
– Halts the system and does not boot until the fault condition is remedied.
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