SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP30847
PART NUMBER: N/A
FILE NAME: SP30847.EXE
TITLE: Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for HP ProLiant
DL380 G4 Servers.
VERSION: 4.04A
LANGUAGE: English
CATEGORY: ROMPaqs
DIVISIONS: Systems
PRODUCTS AFFECTED: HP ProLiant DL380 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: SP30418
DESCRIPTION: This release provides updated system ROM images
for the latest maintenance releases of HP ProLiant
DL380 G4 Servers.
New Features -
ProLiant DL380 G4 ROM P51 (06/02/2005)
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1) Updated the ROM-Based Virtual Install Disk driver for the
Smart Array P600 Controller. This driver allows 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 new driver for the Smart
Array P600 Controller includes a fix for the following issue:
Systems running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with a
Smart Array P600 Controller and loading the Storport
miniport driver HpCISSs2.SYS may generate the following
STOP code message during periods of intensive I/O
operations or when running Microsoft Cluster Server software:
STOP 0xA: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
This System ROM includes the following versions of the Smart
Array P600 Controller drivers:
HpCISSs2.SYS Version 5.0.2.32 for 32-bit x86 editions
of Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
HPCISSs2.SYS Version 5.0.2.64 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 DL380 G4 ROM P51 (06/02/2005)
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1) Updated to resolve an issue with some memory (dual ranked DIMMs)
that caused the System ROM to display the incorrect amount
of memory installed when first booting the server after
resetting the system configuration.
2) 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.
3) 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.
4) 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.
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 SP30847.EXE.
3. From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP30847 [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
SP30847.EXE if you wish.
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