SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP29518
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME: SP29518.EXE
TITLE:  Single Point Solution Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for
        HP ProLiant DL740 Servers.

VERSION:  12/21/2004

LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:   HP ProLiant DL740 Servers

OPERATING SYSTEM:  ALL

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 4, 2005

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 DL740 Servers.


New Features -

        P47 ProLiant DL740 system ROM (12/21/2004)
        =========================================================

            None.


Problems Fixed -

        P47 ProLiant DL740 system ROM (12/21/2004)
        =========================================================

            Updated to enable Hardware Prefetching in Intel Xeon MP processors
            with revisions that support this feature.  
            This will result in improved memory performance.




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 SP29518.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP29518.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
SP29518.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.