SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP24886
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  HP ProLiant Network Server Adapters and Upgrade Modules Software and Documentation
VERSION:  7.50 Rev A
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Drivers

DIVISIONS:  Comm-Network

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  NC3120, NC3121, NC3122, NC3123, NC3131, NC3132, NC3133, 
                    NC3134, NC3135, NC3163, NC6132, NC6133, NC6134, NC6136, 
                    NC6170, NC6770, NC7131, NC7132, NC7170, NC7760, NC7761, 
                    NC7770, NC7771, NC7780, NC7781, NC7782
                    and all NetFlex/Netelligent server adapters

OPERATING SYSTEM:  Microsoft Windows 2000
                   Microsoft Windows Server 2003
                   Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
                   Microsoft LanManager
                   Microsoft DOS
                   Novell Netware Server/Client
                   IBM LANServer
                   IBM OS/2
                   Unixware 7
                   SCO OpenServer 5
                   Red Hat Linux 7.2 Professional
                   Red Hat Linux 7.3 Professional
                   Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional
                   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
                   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
                   SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
                   UnitedLinux 1.0
                   Solaris 8/9


SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  Any of the above-listed adapters in an HP ProLiant server.

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  December 18, 2003

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  5.X

SUPERSEDES:  SP24884

DESCRIPTION: 
Unpacks the files that contain drivers and documentation to support the range of server adapters listed above. This set of files is an 
electronic update of the Network Server Adapters and Upgrade Modules Software and Documentation CD that came with the server adapter. 

ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES:  

The HP ProLiant NC67xx/NC77xx Teaming Driver for NetWare (QASP.LAN) now correctly reports "Transmit Failed, Carrier Sense," which will 
allow Novell cluster software to correctly detect a failed node.

The Q57.DOS driver no longer hangs under extended traffic conditions while using TCPIP.

The documentation for the HP ProLiant NC67xx/NC77xx Teaming Driver for NetWare (QASP.LAN) was 
updated with better instructions for configuring Vlans and teams.

The Linux drivers now include "ethtool" support.

The HP Tested and Approved Linux 802.1q VLAN Driver no longer has a memory leak during reads 
of the /proc/net/vlan file system.

The basic statistics pages of the Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Network Configuration Utilities
now provide more useful statistics.

The HP ProLiant NC31xx Fast Ethernet NIC Driver for Windows 2000 now displays the port number on the Connection Properties tooltip.

The HP ProLiant NC31xx Fast Ethernet NIC Driver for Windows Server 2003 now displays the port number on the Connection Properties tooltip.

The HP ProLiant NC61xx/NC71xx Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver for Windows 2000 update resolves a blue screen error caused by the miniport driver 
(n1000nt5.sys) when Jumbo Frames (Maximum Frame Size >1514) is enabled on NC61xx adapters. 

The HP ProLiant NC61xx/NC71xx Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver for Windows Server 2003 update resolves a blue screen error caused by the miniport driver 
(n1000325.sys) when Jumbo Frames (Maximum Frame Size >1514) is enabled on NC61xx adapters. 

The HP ProLiant NC61xx/NC71xx Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver for Windows 2000 no longer drops spanning tree frames, which allows Management 
software to better understand changing network structure.

The HP ProLiant NC61xx/NC71xx Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver for Windows Server 2003 no longer drops spanning tree frames, which allows Management 
software to better understand changing network structure.

The HP ProLiant NC67xx/NC77xx Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver for Windows 2000 now supports the NC7782 NIC.

The HP ProLiant NC67xx/NC77xx Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver for Windows Server 2003 now supports the NC7782 NIC.

The HP ProLiant NC67xx/NC77xx Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver for Windows Server 2003 resolves a blue screen error caused by the miniport driver 
(q57xp32.sys) when the system experiences low resource conditions with LSO (Large Send Offload) enabled on NC67xx/NC77xx adapters.

HOW TO USE:

1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change
   to that directory.  The file that is downloaded is a self-extracting
   executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above.

2. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file
   and follow the on-screen instructions.  Enter "Y" to confirm
   the unpacking of files into the downloaded directory.

3. After the files have been unpacked, you may delete the
   SoftPaq file downloaded in step 1.

4. Use these files to update or install the adapter drivers and associated documentation.


(c)Copyright 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett-Packard Company shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information in this document is 
provided "as is" without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice. The warranties for HP products are set forth in the express 
limited warranty statements accompanying such products. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty.