SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP30846
PART NUMBER: N/A
FILE NAME: SP30846.EXE
TITLE: Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for HP ProLiant
ML370 G4 Servers.
VERSION: 4.04A
LANGUAGE: English
CATEGORY: ROMPaqs
DIVISIONS: Systems
PRODUCTS AFFECTED: HP ProLiant ML370 G4
OPERATING SYSTEM: ALL
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A
PREREQUISITE: N/A
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 13, 2005
ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes
SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X
SUPERSEDES: SP30406
DESCRIPTION: This release provides updated system ROM images
for the latest maintenance releases of HP ProLiant
ML370 G4 Servers.
New Features -
ProLiant ML370 G4 ROM P50 (06/01/2005)
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1) Updated the ROM-Based Virtual Install Disk driver for the LSI
U320 SCSI Controller and the Smart Array SAS/SATA Controller.
These drivers allow installations of Microsoft Windows 2003
32-bit and Windows 2003 64-bit x86 without requiring the
customer to provide a driver via a floppy disk or other means.
This System ROM includes the following versions of the SCSI
Controller drivers:
symmpi.sys - 1.10.1.0 05/26/2004 (LSI Logic Ultra320 SCSI)
for 32-bit x86 editions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
hpcisss2.sys - 5.0.2.32 05/06/2005 (Smart Array SAS/SATA)
for 32-bit x86 editions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
hpcisss2.sys - 5.0.2.6 05/06/2005 (Smart Array SAS/SATA)
for 64-bit x86 editions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
2) Added support for monitoring processor power states via
HP's Integrated Lights Out (iLO) functionality when a system
is configured for Power Regulator HP Dynamic Power Savings
Mode. This allows a customer using iLO and Power Regulator
to monitor processor power usage. This feature requires
upgrading iLO Firmware to version 1.80 or later.
3) Added support for HP's One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR)
solution with USB tape drives. This support can be enabled
when a USB Tape Drive is placed in OBDR mode and the user
selects OBDR support during POST by pressing F8 when prompted.
Problems Fixed -
ProLiant ML370 G4 ROM P50 (06/01/2005)
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1) Added RBSU option to address issues with certain PCI-Express
cards which may result in an NMI or Windows blue screen in
inappropriate instances. The issue arises over the
interpretation of the specification governing PCI-Express.
Different PCI-Express cards interpret certain error functionality
differently. The specification governing PCI-Express will be
clarified in a future revision. Legacy PCI SERR is enabled
by default. If the installation of a PCI-Express card results
in an unexpected NMI or blue screen, modifying this option may
address the issue if there are no issues with the PCI-Express
card.
2) Updated to improve performance for certain PCI-33 and PCI-66
expansion cards. This ROM will improve performance for PCI
expansion cards that perform burst memory reads from system
memory. This does not affect performance of PCI-X or PCI-Express
expansion cards. The modifications to this System ROM version
are known to improve performance for PCI expansion cards
utilizing the Intel i960 RD chipset, the AMCC PCI MatchMaker
chipset, and the PLX PCI9656-BA66BI Chipset.
3) Updated to work-around issue with PCI and PCI-X cards that
do not retry delayed transactions within the appropriate
amount of time. This condition was resulting in an NMI and
bluescreen under Microsoft Windows operating systems.
This issue was seen with the Stratis MPEG-2 Decoder PCI
Card. The issue would occur with any PCI card utilizing
the Phillips SAA7146AH PCI-PCI Bridge.
4) Updated to resolve issue where the Broadcom PXE Option ROM
did not use the proper Universal Unique ID. This will not
result in any issues unless a specific UUID is required. If
the PXE server is configured to only download images to servers
with specific UUIDs, then the PXE installation will not work
properly if the UUID the PXE Option ROM is using does not
match the one configured on the PXE server.
5) Updated LSI U320 SCSI Option ROM to version 5.05.18.02.
This Option ROM resolves an issue in which the SCSI hard drive
could not be detected in a system configured with two LSI
U320 SCSI controllers and a tape drive in OBDR mode.
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 SP30846.EXE.
3. From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP30846 [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
SP30846.EXE if you wish.
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