TITLE: HP Firmware Upgrade for Specific Seagate Cheetah 10,000 rpm SAS Hard 
Drives

VERSION: HPS1 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package provides a firmware upgrade that is specifically designed for 
certain Seagate Cheetah 10,000 rpm Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Hard Drives in 
the supported workstation models. 

NOTE: The following drive model strings and firmware revision levels, which are 
visible with most drive inquiry tools, correspond to drives for which this 
upgrade is applicable:

- SEAGATE ST3146755SS, HPS0
- SEAGATE ST3300755SS, HPS0

HP does not recommend trying to apply this firmware package to drives other 
than those identified in the previous list.

This package contains a utility that will create a DOS bootable diskette 
(floppy), CD or USB key that will contain all the necessary files to update the 
identified hard drives. 

PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP35771
SUPERSEDES: None
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2007
CATEGORY: Driver - Storage
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Workstations

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP xw4400 Workstation: All Models
HP xw6400 Workstation: All Models
HP xw8400 Workstation: All Models
HP xw9400 Workstation: All Models

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
FreeDOS
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

LANGUAGE(S): 
Global

ENHANCEMENTS: 
N/A

FIXES: 
- Fixes a drive dropout issue that may occur when certain Seagate SAS hard 
drives are connected to the LSI 8344ELP SAS RAID Controller card, as described 
in Customer Bulletin c01035659, "HP xw4400, xw6400, xw8400 and xw9400 
Workstation - Certain Seagate SAS drives attached to the LSI 8344ELP 
Controller, can lose communication with the controller under certain 
conditions."

PREREQUISITES: 
None

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: 
1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive. 

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.


Copyright (c) 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.