SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP8050 PART NUMBER: 276780-001 FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Options ROMPaq VERSION: 2.47 Rev B LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Systems/ROMPaqs PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Systems Updated: - ProSignia, ProSignia VS, ProSignia 200/300/500 - Proliant 800/850R/1000/1200/1500/1600/1850R/2000/2500/3000/4000/4500/5000/5500/ 6000/6500/7000, Rack-Mountable Proliant Servers or Systempro, Systempro/e, Systempro/LT, Systempro/XL Options Affected: - Compaq SMART and SMART-2 Controller - Compaq Fibre Array Controller - Compaq SCSI Drives on the SMART and SMART-2 Controllers - Compaq SCSI Drives on the Fast-SCSI-2 Controller - Compaq SCSI Drives on the Fast-Wide SCSI-2 Controller - Compaq SCSI Drives on the Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 Controller - Compaq SCSI Drives on the Dual Channel Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 Controllers - Compaq DAT Drives on the Fast-SCSI-2 Controller - Compaq DAT Drives on the Fast-Wide SCSI-2 Controller - Compaq DAT Drives on the Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 Controller - Compaq DAT Drives on the Dual Channel Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 Controllers OPERATING SYSTEM: N/A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: September , 1998 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X SUPERSEDES: SP7342 (Full release of Option ROMPaq 2.45) SP7344 (Single diskette release of Option ROMPaq 2.46 diskette #1) DESCRIPTION: The Options ROMPaq diskettes allow a user to upgrade the ROM Firmware images for Compaq System product Options. The Options ROMPaq consists of eight (5) diskettes: Disk 1 - Options ROMpaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for the Compaq SMART and SMART-2 SCSI Array Controllers and The Compaq Fibre Array Controller Disk 2 - Options ROMpaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for Compaq Hard Drives Disk 3 - Options ROMpaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for Compaq Additional Hard Drives Disk 4 - Options ROMpaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for Compaq Extra Hard Drives Disk 5 - Options ROMpaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for Compaq SCSI DAT Drives and SCSI Tape Drives This release of Options ROMPaq does not contain support for upgrading hard drives in a Compaq Fibre Array System. Enhancements/Fixes: - Upgraded SMART-2 Controller firmware from Version 2.08 to 2.14 to correct the following potential issues: - Changed Monitor and Performance tests that run after a hot plug to correct false threshold violations resulting in a pre-failure event on WDExxxx hard drives - Reset Monitor and Performance factory seek time and false threshold exceeded flag on WDExxxx hard drives. - Fixed a problem with 2.08 firmware on SMART-2SL Controller following a brief power cycle causing the following false Array Accelerator POST error messages: 1792-Slot x Drive Array - Valid data found in Array Accelerator Data will automatically be written to Drive Array. 1797-Slot x Drive Array - Array Accelerator Read Error Occurred Array Accelerator disabled. - Changed Flash algorithm to help prevent some intermittent ROM flash failures on the SMART-2 family of controllers. - Upgrade for DCHS0xx Drives from 5656 to 5858 to prevent false pre-failure notification by Compaq Insight Manager - Upgrade for WDE9100 drives from 1.35 to 1.40 to prevent slow seek time problems that result in false pre-failure noitification by Compaq Insight Manager - Upgrade for WDExxxx drives from 1.60 to 1.70 to prevent slow seek time problems that result in false pre-failure noitification by Compaq Insight Manager - Upgrade for MAX3xxx drives from 0813 to 0814 to enhance defect management - Upgrade for ST34501W drives from AF03 to AF04 to enable drive Write-Cache. (Applies to Workstations only) NOTE: Firmware below preceded by an "*" is not included in the .INF files due to space limitations in the systems partition. CONTROLLER FIRMWARE =================== SMART Controller version 2.26 (disk 1) SMART-2 Controller version 2.14 (disk 1) Fibre Array Controller version 1.14 (disk 1) HARD DRIVES =========== * version 0814 - model MAA3182SP, MAA3182SC, MAB3091SP, MAB3091SC, MAB3045SP, MAB3045SC. (disk 4 ) * version B004 - model ST19101WC (disk 4 ) * version 1.40 - model WDE9100S (disk 4 ) * version 1.70 - model WDE2170, WDE2170W, WDE2170S, WDE4360, WDE4360W, WDE4360S (disk 4 ) * version AF04 - model ST34501W, ST34501WC (disk 4 ) version 5858 - model DCHS04Y, DCHS09Y, DCHS04U (disk 2 ) version 01C0 - model DGHS09U, DGHS09Y, DGHS18Y SCSI drives. (disk 2 ) * version 9A10 - model ST19171N, ST19171W, ST19171WC SCSI drives. (disk 3 ) * version 0940 - model ST32171N, ST32171W, ST34371N, ST34371W SCSI drives. (disk 4 ) * version 0942 - model ST32171WC, ST34371WC SCSI drives. (disk 4 & 8) version 4343 - model DFHSS2W, DFHSS2F, DFHSS4W, DFHSS4F drives. (disk 2 ) * version L915 - model XP34300W [4GB] SCSI drives. (disk 2 ) * version L915 - model XP32150W [2GB] SCSI drives. (disk 2 ) * version 6317 - model ST32550N [2GB] SCSI drives. (disk 3 ) * version 6416 - model ST32550W [2GB] SCSI drives. (disk 3 ) * version 5217 - model ST15150N [4GB] SCSI drives. (disk 3 ) * version 6216 - model ST15150W [4GB] SCSI drives. (disk 3 ) TAPE DRIVES =========== * version 4C0D - model 4322NP Compaq 2/8GB DAT. (disk 5) * version 1214 - model C1536 Compaq 2/8GB DAT. (disk 5) * version 4C08 - model 4326NP Compaq 4/16GB TurboDAT. (disk 5) * version 0324 - model CTD8000R Compaq 4/16GB TurboDAT. (disk 5) * version 0420 - model CTL96G-S Compaq 4/16GB TurboDAT Autoloader. (disk 5) * version 4C04 - model 4586NP Compaq 4/16GB TurboDAT Autoloader. (disk 5) CD STORAGE SYSTEM ================= * version 3080 (disk 5) NOTE: Multiple firmware versions exist for these products. This ROMpaq utility will identify and upgrade the correct firmware to the specific OEM tape hardware product. HOW TO USE: 1. Obtain five (5) formatted 1.44-MB diskettes. 2. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory. The file that is downloaded is an executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 3. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. You will be prompted to insert the formatted diskettes in a drive to create the diskettes. 4. After the diskettes have been created, you may delete the SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2. 5. The Options ROMPaq diskettes are self-booting diskettes. Place each ROMPaq diskette into your drive A: diskette drive and power cycle your system to begin updating the appropriate components. 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