Recommended update for ucode-intel

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:0572-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues:

Updated Intel CPU Microcode to 20210216 official release. (bsc#1182347 bsc#1179224)

  • | Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products
  • |:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:---------
  • | SKX-SP | H0/M0/U0 | 06-55-04/b7 | 02006a08 | 02006a0a | Xeon Scalable
  • | SKX-D | M1 | 06-55-04/b7 | 02006a08 | 02006a0a | Xeon D-21xx
  • | CLX-SP | B0 | 06-55-06/bf | 04003003 | 04003006 | Xeon Scalable Gen2
  • | CLX-SP | B1 | 06-55-07/bf | 05003003 | 05003006 | Xeon Scalable Gen2

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-6-2021-572=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-ESPOS-2021-572=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-572=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2021-572=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-572=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-572=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-572=1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-572=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-572=1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20210216-3.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20210216-3.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20210216-3.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20210216-3.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20210216-3.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20210216-3.48.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20210216-3.48.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20210216-3.48.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20210216-3.48.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20210216-3.48.1

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