SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP24783
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME: SP24783.EXE
TITLE:  Single Point Solution Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for
        HP ProLiant DL380 G3 Servers.

VERSION:  07/02/2003

LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:   HP ProLiant DL380 G3 Servers

OPERATING SYSTEM:  ALL

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  July 11, 2003

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.X

SUPERSEDES:  N/A


DESCRIPTION: This release provides a Single Point Solution
User ROMPaq diskette for the HP ProLiant DL380 G3 Servers.


New Features -

        P29 HP ProLiant DL380 G3 system ROM (07/02/2003)
        =========================================================

           Added BIOS Serial Console auto-enable upon detection of VT100 compatible terminal 
	   running at 9600 Baud connected to COM1. Replaced Full-screen menu GUI with a 
	   Command-Line interface (CLI) for all ROM embedded utilities (RBSU, etc.) when 
	   the server is being controlled remotely via the BIOS Serial Console option.
	   Customers that do not use the embedded BIOS Serial Console feature will not 
	   notice any difference in functionality. Detailed differences as follows:
	    1)  System will check for a VT100 compatible terminal running at 9600 Baud 
	        connected to the COM1 serial port and enable the BIOS Serial Console 
	        option automatically if one is detected.  This is the default out-of-box 
	        behavior.  This obviates the need to run RBSU with a local keyboard and 
	        monitor attached initially to enable the BIOS Serial Console feature.  
	        Customers that have had their configuration custom set should not notice any 
	        difference.  Customers that use BIOS Serial Console feature, but at a 
	        different baud rate than 9600 or with a non-VT100 compatible terminal will 
	        still need to configure the feature via RBSU initially.
  	    2)  The interface for all ROM embedded utilities such as RBSU will run with a 
  	        Command-Line interface (CLI) if the user is controlling the ProLiant server
	        remotely through the BIOS Serial Console option.  The CLI interface has 
	        built in HELP commands. The HELP command provides a list of all available 
	        commands for each embedded utility. The CLI interface for each embedded utility 
	        provides equivalent functionality of the full-screen GUI interface.  
	        Additionally, the CLI interface in the RBSU utility also has new scripting 
	        support via a 'SHOW CONFIG SCRIPT' command.  
	    3)  The normal full-screen menu interface will still be used for all embedded 
	        utilities if a local keyboard and monitor is attached and being used instead 
	        of the BIOS Serial Console feature.  Also, the CLI interface for ROM embedded 
	        utilities can be disabled altogether via a override setting in the RBSU - BIOS 
	        Serial Console menu.



Problems Fixed -

        P29 HP ProLiant DL380 G3 system ROM (07/02/2003)
        =========================================================

           None.



HOW TO USE:

1.  Obtain a formatted 1.44 MB diskette.

2.  Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory.
The file that is downloaded is SP24783.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP24783.EXE [ENTER]
You will be prompted to place the formatted 1.44 MB diskette into a diskette drive to
create diskette.

4.  After the diskette is created, you may delete the downloaded file
SP24783.EXE if you wish.

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