SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP30669
PART NUMBER: N/A
FILE NAME: SP30669.EXE
TITLE: Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for HP ProLiant
DL585 G1 Servers.
VERSION: 4.11A
LANGUAGE: English
CATEGORY: ROMPaqs
DIVISIONS: Systems
PRODUCTS AFFECTED: HP ProLiant DL585 G1
OPERATING SYSTEM: ALL
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A
PREREQUISITE: N/A
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 5, 2005
ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes
SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X
SUPERSEDES: SP30411
DESCRIPTION: This release provides updated system ROM images
for the latest maintenance releases of HP
DL585 G1 Servers.
New Features -
ProLiant DL585 G1 ROM A01 (06/14/2005)
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IMPORTANT: If using Linux RHEL4, RHEL4 Update 1, SLES9 Service Pack 1,
or SLES9 Service Pack 2, please see the information relating
to Linux in Item 1 below. For these versions of Linux, time
corruption issues may occur if certain steps are not taken.
These issues are related to the PowerNow support available
in these operating systems and are not unique to HP's
ProLiant servers.
1) Added support for OS control of processor performance states
and HP's Power Regulator feature (using the AMD PowerNow
technology) that allows customers to configure their server's
power usage based on their needs. This server supports HP
Power Regulator - Static Low Power Mode. OS control of
processor performance states is supported if Power Regulator
is Disabled (default).
The features include:
HP Static Low Power Mode: This mode will reduce all installed
processors' frequency (and voltage for certain processors) to
reduce power usage. This mode will reduce performance in
environments with high CPU utilization, but will have little
to no performance affect for other environments. This mode is
useful for customers whose environment has constrained power
availability and need to guarantee a lower overall system power
usage.
Power Regulator Disable (default): Demand Based Switching
may be enabled under the operating system to provide
processor performance states. The operating system will
modify the CPU's frequency and voltage based on CPU
Utilization. This feature can be enabled under Microsoft
Windows 2003 Service Pack 1, RedHat Enterprise Linux
(RHEL) 4, RHEL4 Update 1, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES9) Service Pack 1. Please see below information
for important details for OS control of processor
performance states.
Note: If using OS processor performance states, also known
as Demand Based Switching, the following may be useful.
This information is critical for customers using certain
versions of Linux. The issues described below are not
unique to HP ProLiant Servers.
Windows 2003 SP1:
- Windows 2003 SP1 supports AMD PowerNow with single-core
AMD Opteron processors. If using dual-core AMD Opteron
processors, a new processor driver is required which does
not ship with Windows 2003 SP1 base media. This driver
is available from AMD.
- When using AMD PowerNow, the boot.ini file must be modified
to add /usepmtimer.
- Windows 2003 SP1 does NOT enable processor performance
states by default. Use configuration options under the
Control Panel to enable this feature.
Linux:
- OS control of processor performance states can be utilized
with RHEL4 32-bit, RHEL4 U1 32-bit, and SLES9 SP1 32-bit.
PowerNow support will be enabled by default.
This is an OS policy.
- When using AMD PowerNow with any of the above operating
systems, set clock=PMTMR. This prevents a time corruption
issue. Since PowerNow is defaulted to enabled, this step
must be performed.
- RHEL4 64-bit, RHEL4 U1 64-bit, and SLES9 SP1 64-bit do not
support set clock=PMTMR. Since PowerNow is enabled by default,
the user must disable PowerNow when using these operating
systems to prevent time corruption issues. Disable PowerNow
in the following manner:
In Red Hat, run:
# chkconfig --level 12345 cpuspeed off
In SUSE, set:
POWERSAVE_CPUFREQD_MODULE=off
- RHEL4 64-bit and SLES9 SP1 32-bit will work without issue
with single-core AMD Opteron processors. However, set
clock=PMTMR must be used to prevent time corruption issues.
- RHEL4 32-bit and RHEL4 U1 32-bit require manual update
of configuration files to enable this feature. By default,
PowerNow is NOT enabled due to this issue. If the user
wishes not to utilize PowerNow, they do NOT need to set
clock=PMTMR. If the user does wish to utilize PowerNow,
they should set clock=PMTMR and do the following:
1. Edit the /etc/cpuspeed.conf file and replace:
#DRIVER = "powernow-k7"
with the line:
DRIVER = "powernow-k8"
2. Restart the "cpuspeed" daemon using:
# service cpuspeed restart
- When using dual-core AMD Opteron processors with the
current Linux operating systems supporting PowerNow,
an "out of synch" error may occur. This is an erroneous
error which does not actually cause an issue.
- HP expects RHEL4 U2 and SLES9 SP2 (available in the future)
will address the above issues with AMD PowerNow. It is
not yet known whether it will be required to set
clock=PMTMR for these future operating systems. For the
latest information regarding PowerNow support when using Linux,
please visit the following link:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/powernow-notes.html
Problems Fixed -
ProLiant DL585 G1 ROM A01 (06/14/2005)
============================================
Updated embedded PXE Option ROM to version 7.7.8. This
Option ROM addresses an issue where the NIC could assert
a spurious interrupt during PXE boots. If using a Smart
Array 64X or Smart Array 6i controller with a firmware
version prior to 2.36 and the previous PXE Option ROM,
a lock-up or continuous reboot could occur when
performing a PXE Remote Installation Services (RIS)
installation of Windows.
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 SP30669.EXE.
3. From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP30669 [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
SP30669.EXE if you wish.
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