SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP28531 PART NUMBER: 349748-002 FILE NAME: SP28531.EXE TITLE: Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for HP ProLiant DL380 G4 Servers. VERSION: 4.01A LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: ROMPaqs DIVISIONS: Systems PRODUCTS AFFECTED: HP ProLiant DL380 G4 OPERATING SYSTEM: ALL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITE: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: September 20, 2004 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X SUPERSEDES: SP28496 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 (08/26/2004) ============================================ Added support for RBSU option to allow configuring the system for reduced processor power mode. This feature will reduce the core voltage and frequency of the processors when enabled. This may be useful for customers whose environment has constrained power availability. Added support to allow the system to reclaim memory lost to the PCI hole when the system is configured with more than 4GB of memory. For these configurations, more memory is made available to the operating system. Added support for new revisions of Intel chipsets. Problems Fixed - ProLiant DL380 G4 ROM P51 (08/26/2004) ============================================ Updated System ROM with the latest support code for Intel Xeon Processors with 800 MHz System Bus. This works around an issue with the Intel Xeon processor that could result in unexpected system behavior or a system hang. Updated System ROM to improve performance of serial console through iLO virtual serial port. Updated System ROM to support System Maintenance Menu in Command Line Interface mode with the serial console session baud rate higher than 9600. Updated System ROM to improve support for USB devices in a pre-boot environment. 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 SP28531.EXE. 3. From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file: SP28531 [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 SP28531.EXE if you wish. Copyright 2004, Hewlett-Packard Company. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies