SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP28972
PART NUMBER:  364864-006
FILE NAME:  SP28972.EXE
TITLE:  Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for HP ProLiant
        DL585 G1 Servers.

VERSION:  4.05A

LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  HP ProLiant DL585 G1

OPERATING SYSTEM:  ALL

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITE:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  October 18, 2004

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X

SUPERSEDES:  SP28588

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 (09/30/2004)
        ============================================

                Added initial support for the future x86 64-bit
		extensions Windows operating system. This support
		is only needed for the 64-bit extensions version of
		the HP System Management Driver. If not using the
		System Management Driver under this operating
		system, this support has no impact.

		Added support to display a warning message during POST
		if the system is configured to enable Node Interleaving
		in ROM-Based Setup but the current DIMM configuration
		does not allow Node Interleaving to be enabled.
		Previously, the ROM just disabled Node Interleaving
		in this case without informing the user.

		Added new ROM-Based Setup Advanced Option called
		Expansion Card Caching Optimization.  Enabling this
		option allows very rare expansion cards (such as 
		Quadrics Elan) to cache their I/O resources for
		improved performance.  The card and its driver must
		support this optimization to take advantage of this
		feature.  Unless an expansion card is installed, this
		option should be left disabled.


Problems Fixed -


        ProLiant DL585 G1 ROM A01 (09/30/2004)
        ============================================

                Updated to resolve issue where Node Interleaving was
		disabled even though configured to enabled in ROM-Based
		Setup for dual-processor configurations.

		Updated to resolve issue created in the 07/26/2004 System
		ROM where POST indicated an invalid memory configuration
		and halted the system during boot for memory configurations
		that were not invalid. This issue typically occurred 
		when DIMMs from different vendors were on the same
		processor/memory board. While all DIMMs on a processor/
		memory board must be the same type, there is no requirement
		that the DIMMs be from the same vendor.




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 SP28972.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP28972 [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
SP28972.EXE if you wish.

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