Dell PowerEdge 1950 Information Update

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Information Update 25Operating System InformationEnumeration of NICsLinux operating system versions that use the udev kernel device managerenumerate the NICs differently than earlier Linux versions that used thedevfs device manager. Although this does not affect system functionality,when using Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (version 4 or version 5) or SUSE®Linux Enterprise Server 9 or 10 operating systems, the NICs are enumeratedin reverse: NIC1 is configured as eth1 instead of eth0, and NIC2 is configuredas eth0 instead of eth1. For information on how to change the default deviceenumerations, see the "Network Interface Card Naming" white paperavailable at linux.dell.com.RHEL – Incorrect Processor Information• If an Intel Xeon 54xx processor is installed in a system running RHELVersion 4 Update 5 and Demand-Based Switching is enabled in the BIOS,cat/proc/cpuinfo andcat/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuxx/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq displays an incorrect processor frequency. (The actualprocessor speed is not affected.)• If an Intel Xeon 54xx processor is installed in a system running RHELVersion 3 Update 9, incorrect processor information is displayed in/proc/cpuinfo. (The actual processor speed is not affected.)This behavior will be corrected in a future RHEL 4 Update.System Support for Microsoft Windows 2000If you run the System Build and Update Utility, Microsoft® Windows® 2000is included in the list of operating systems on the Server OS Install tab.This operating system is supported by the PowerEdge 1950 and 1950 IIsystems, but not by the PowerEdge 1950 III system.