Dell PowerEdge 500SC Software Update

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09H973 A01P/N 9H973 Rev. A01August 2001w w w . d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o mDell™ PowerEdge™ 500SC SystemsRed Hat Linux 7.1 UpdateNOTE: Dell does not install or support Red Hat Linux on the PowerEdge 500SC; however, Dellhas performed some testing with the English version of Red Hat Linux 7.1 on this system. Thisupdate is included in order to provide a better customer experience for those customersinstalling Red Hat Linux on their own. Dell will continue to support the hardware, regardless ofthe operating system installed; however, should you experience difficulties with Red Hat Linux,look for troubleshooting information on the Red Hat website at www.redhat.com.This document updates information about your PowerEdge 500SC system running theRed Hat Linux 7.1 operating system. It describes the following issues or features:• Red Hat Linux 7.1 hardware bug error message• Integrated drive electronics (IDE) tape drive support for your system• Enabling ATA-100 support• Dell OpenManage™ Server Agent support for your systemRed Hat Linux 7.1 Hardware Error MessageWhen experiencing heavy network traffic, systems running Red Hat Linux 7.1 with the2.4.3-6 kernel installed return the following error messages in succession. The errormessages appear in both the operating system message log and on the local console:kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost -probably a VIA686a motherboard.kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration.Disregard the error messages; a hardware error does not exist. The false error messages donot appear if you upgrade to the 2.4.3-12 (or later) kernel.