SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP30844
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  SP30844.EXE
TITLE:  Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for HP ProLiant
        ML350 G4 Servers.

VERSION:  4.06A

LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  HP ProLiant ML350 G4

OPERATING SYSTEM:  ALL

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITE:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  July 18, 2005

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X

SUPERSEDES:  SP30416

DESCRIPTION:   This release provides updated system ROM images
               for the latest maintenance releases of HP ProLiant
               ML350 G4 Servers.


New Features -


        ProLiant ML350 G4 ROM D17 (06/01/2005)
        ============================================

           1) Updated the ROM-Based Virtual Install Disk driver for the 
	      LSI U320 SCSI Controller.  This driver allows installations 
	      of Microsoft Windows 2003 32-bit and Windows 2003 64-bit x86 
	      without requiring the customer to provide a driver via a 
	      floppy disk or other means. 
		   
	      This System ROM includes the following versions of the SCSI 
	      Controller drivers:

	      symmpi.sys - 1.10.1.0 05/26/2004 (LSI Logic Ultra320 SCSI) 
	      for 32-bit x86 editions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

	   2) Added support for HP's One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) 
	      solution with HP's new USB tape drives, including the 
	      StorageWorks DAT 40 and StorageWorks DAT 72 USB tape drives.
	      This support can be enabled when a USB Tape Drive is 
	      manually placed in OBDR mode or the user selects OBDR 
	      support during POST by pressing F8 when prompted.


           
Problems Fixed -


        ProLiant ML350 G4 ROM D17 (06/01/2005)
        ============================================
	     
           1) Added RBSU option to resolve issues with certain PCI-Express 
	      cards which may result in an NMI or Windows blue screen in 
	      inappropriate instances. The issue arises over the interpretation 
	      of the specification governing PCI-Express. Different 
	      PCI-Express cards interpret certain error functionality 
	      differently. The specification governing PCI-Express will be 
	      clarified in a future revision. Legacy PCI SERR is enabled by 
	      default. If the installation of a PCI-Express card results in 
	      an unexpected NMI or blue screen, modifying this option may 
	      address the issue if there are no issues with the PCI-Express 
	      card. 
		   		   
	   2) Updated to improve performance for certain PCI-33 and PCI-66 
	      expansion cards. This ROM will improve performance for PCI 
	      expansion cards that perform burst memory reads from system 
	      memory. This does not affect performance of PCI-X or 
	      PCI-Express expansion cards. The modifications to this 
	      System ROM version are known to improve performance for PCI 
	      expansion cards utilizing the Intel i960 RD chipset, the AMCC 
	      PCI MatchMaker chipset, and the PLX PCI9656-BA66BI 
	      Chipset.   
	       
	   3) Updated to work-around issue with PCI and PCI-X cards that 
	      do not retry delayed transactions within the appropriate 
	      amount of time. This condition was resulting in an NMI and 
	      bluescreen under Microsoft Windows operating systems.
	      This issue was seen with the Stratis MPEG-2 Decoder PCI 
	      Card. The issue would occur with any PCI card utilizing 
	      the Phillips SAA7146AH PCI-PCI Bridge.
		
	   4) Updated to resolve 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.

	   5) Updated LSI U320 SCSI Option ROM to version 5.05.18.02. 
	      This Option ROM resolves an issue in which the SCSI hard 
	      drive could not be detected in a system configured with 
	      two LSI U320 SCSI controllers and a tape drive in OBDR 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 SP30844.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP30844 [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
SP30844.EXE if you wish.

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