SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP30418 PART NUMBER: 349748-004 FILE NAME: SP30418.EXE TITLE: Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for HP ProLiant DL380 G4 Servers. VERSION: 4.03A LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: ROMPaqs DIVISIONS: Systems PRODUCTS AFFECTED: HP ProLiant DL380 G4 OPERATING SYSTEM: ALL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITE: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 2005 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X SUPERSEDES: SP29493 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 (04/27/2005) ============================================ 1) Added support for OS-level power management. When the Power Regulator feature is disabled (default), Demand Based Switching may be enabled under the operating system to provide processor power management. The operating system will modify the CPU's frequency and voltage based on CPU Utilization. This feature can be enabled under Microsoft Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 and future versions of the Linux kernel. 2) Added support for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) models using the Smart Array P600 controller. The driver for this controller will be included in HP's exclusive ROM-based Virtual Install Disk eliminating the requirement for a floppy diskette with the SA P600 driver during a Windows 2003 install. Problems Fixed - ProLiant DL380 G4 ROM P51 (04/27/2005) ============================================ 1) Updated embedded PXE Option ROM to version 7.7.8. This Option ROM addresses an issue where the NIC could assert a spurious interrupt during PXE boots. If using a Smart Array 64X or Smart Array 6i controller with a firmware version prior to 2.36 and the previous PXE Option ROM, a lock-up or continuous reboot could occur when performing a PXE Remote Installation Services (RIS) installation of Windows. 2) Modified System ROM to properly show chassis type as rack mounted server for software querying chassis type from the SMBIOS table. 3) Renamed Power Governor option in the ROM-Based Setup to Power Regulator for ProLiant to be consistent with other HP documentation. The option has been moved to the System Options Menu. 4) Prevented accessing configuration utilities for HP option cards if the Administrative Password is enabled but not properly entered. 5) Resolved issue where the HP Systems Insight Manager would not properly display expansion slot information for PCI-X and PCI-Express slots. 6) Resolved issue where the system could hang during POST if the MPS Mode is set to Disabled in ROM-Based Setup. 7) Resolved issue in which HP Systems Insight Manager and other third party software would display incorrect DIMM speed information. The DIMM speed would be incorrectly reported as 333 MHz instead of the actual operating frequency of 400 MHz. Note that this change does not in anyway affect the operation of the system. The issue was simply with reporting the DIMM speed. The DIMMs have always correctly operated at 400 MHz. 8) Resolved issue where the Broadcom PXE Option ROM did not use the proper Universal Unique ID. This will not result in any issues unless a specific UUID is required. If the PXE server is configured to only download images to servers with specific UUIDs, then the PXE installation will not work properly if the UUID the PXE Option ROM is using does not match the one configured on the PXE server. 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 SP30418.EXE. 3. From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file: SP30418 [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 SP30418.EXE if you wish. Copyright 2005, Hewlett-Packard Company. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies