Bios

There is an issue with the ASM where the following alarm can be received on the SBC UI;

"ASM Windows Server is not able to activate as genuine Microsoft product.”

This is not service impacting and does not affect functionality in any way.

This bulletin applies to the following part numbers;

SBC2K 
423-20002-260
423-20011-210
423-20011-260 
423-20012-210
SBC1k
423-10001-260
423-10002-260
423-10003-260
423-10005-210  
423-10006-210
423-10006-260
423-10009-210
423-10011-210
423-10012-260
423-11001-260
423-11004-260
423-11005-260
423-11006-210
423-11007-210

DETAILS:

On March 17, 2017,  a new software bundle for ASM was released, 00022624: Sonus Networks has released an update to the SBC1k2k_ASM software bundle. The bundle included the following files:

ASM-BIOS_Broadwell-Xeon_R100E1.zip

ASM-BIOS_Broadwell-Pentium_R100E1.zip

CCE (CL) is for Xeon.
SBA is for Pentium.

If the incorrect ASM update is applied, you will receive an error about wrong platform type . For instructions on how to install an ASM package, see the following link:

https://support.sonus.net/display/UXDOC61/Installing+an+ASM+Package

Note: It is recommended to have SBC FW and SBCcomms at 6.1.1b459 or later.