SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP30849 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: SP30849.EXE TITLE: Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for HP ProLiant ML310 G2 Servers. VERSION: 4.02A LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: ROMPaqs DIVISIONS: Systems PRODUCTS AFFECTED: HP ProLiant ML310 G2 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: SP29942 DESCRIPTION: This release provides updated system ROM images for the latest maintenance releases of HP ProLiant ML310 G2 Servers. New Features - ProLiant ML310 G2 ROM W01 (06/02/2005) ============================================ 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. aarich.sys - 5.2.3790.0 11/05/2004 (Adaptec Embedded SATA RAID) 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 ML310 G2 ROM W01 (06/02/2005) ============================================ 1) Added RBSU option to address 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 address 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 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. 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 SP30849.EXE. 3. From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file: SP30849 [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 SP30849.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