SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP31196 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: SP31196.EXE TITLE: Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for HP ProLiant DL360 G4 Servers. VERSION: 4.05A LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: ROMPaqs DIVISIONS: Systems PRODUCTS AFFECTED: HP ProLiant DL360 G4 OPERATING SYSTEM: ALL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITE: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: October 7, 2005 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X SUPERSEDES: SP30841 DESCRIPTION: This release provides updated system ROM images for the latest maintenance releases of HP ProLiant DL360 G4 Servers. New Features - ProLiant DL360 G4 ROM P52 (08/16/2005) ============================================ 1) Added support for new revisions of Intel Xeon processors. 2) Added support for iSCSI adapters to be configured as the boot controller in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). Certain iSCSI adapters previously would not show up in the boot controller menu in RBSU. Problems Fixed - ProLiant DL360 G4 ROM P52 (08/16/2005) ============================================ 1) Resolved issue which could result in intermittent server hangs using iLO virtual media. 2) Resolved issue with blue screens occurring during installation of certain non-English versions of Windows 2003 (the issue was observed with Spanish and Brazilian/Portuguese versions of Windows 2003 SP1) when not using SmartStart Assisted Install. 3) Resolved an issue with the Matrox Parahelia video card which could result in improper video operation. One symptom of the issue is that screen information may not be updated during POST. 4) Resolved an issue where QLogic and Emulex Fibre Channel PCI-Express cards that may intermittently hang during POST. 5) Resolved an issue that could result in a system hang when booting media from certain IDE DVD drives. 6) Resolved an issue where uncorrectable memory errors may be reported on the incorrect DIMMs when using Microsoft Windows 2003 x64 Edition. 7) Resolved issue where Microsoft's future Windows Server operating system code-named "Longhorn" would not install properly. This operating system is not close to shipping and Microsoft has just released the Beta 1 version. 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 SP31196.EXE. 3. From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file: SP31196 [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 SP31196.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