SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP27018
PART NUMBER:  293670-008
FILE NAME:  SP27018.EXE
TITLE:  Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for ProLiant
        DL580 G2 Servers.

VERSION:  4.07A

LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  ProLiant DL580 G2

OPERATING SYSTEM:  ALL

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITE:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 21, 2004

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X

SUPERSEDES:  SP25359

DESCRIPTION:   This release provides updated system ROM images
               for the latest maintenance releases of 
               DL580 G2 Servers.


New Features -


        ProLiant DL580 G2 ROM P27 (11/18/2003)
        ============================================

	    Added support for the latest Intel Pentium 4 Xeon processors.
	   
Problems Fixed -


        ProLiant DL580 G2 ROM P27 (11/18/2003)
        ============================================
		 	     
	    Resolved an issue with VMWare installations for versions of ESX 
            prior to 2.0.1.  ESX 2.0.1 contains a work-around for this issue 
            which eliminates the requirement for the new System ROM.
                


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 SP27018.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP27018 [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
SP27018.EXE if you wish.

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