SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP29476
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME: SP29476.EXE
TITLE:  Single Point Solution Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for
        HP ProLiant DL380 G4 Servers.

VERSION:  12/14/2004

LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:   HP ProLiant DL380 G4 Servers

OPERATING SYSTEM:  ALL

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  December 20, 2004

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.X

SUPERSEDES:  N/A


DESCRIPTION: This release provides a Single Point Solution
User ROMPaq diskette for the HP ProLiant DL380 G4 Servers.


New Features -

        P51 HP ProLiant DL380 G4 system ROM (12/14/2004)
        =========================================================

           None.



Problems Fixed -

        P51 HP ProLiant DL380 G4 system ROM (12/14/2004)
        =========================================================

           Resolved issue where systems with exactly 4 Gbytes of memory will 
           not make all 4 GBytes available to the operating system. Typically, 
           the system will report 3.5 Gbytes as being available to the operating 
           system even though 4 Gbytes of DIMMs are installed. Various devices 
           in the system, including embedded PCI devices, plug-in PCI devices, 
           and PCI-Express devices, must have their memory mapped below 4 Gbytes.  
           With previous ROM versions, the memory space used by these devices 
           was lost. With the new version of the System ROM, the memory which 
           was previously lost will be remapped to above 4 Gbytes. Thus, all 
           memory will be available to the operating system, but some of that 
           memory is only addressable above 4 Gbytes. To access memory above 
           4 Gbytes, the operating system must be configured to enable Physical 
           Address Extensions (PAE) Mode. Consult your operating system user's 
           guide on how to enable PAE 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 SP29476.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP29476.EXE [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
SP29476.EXE if you wish.

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