SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP30840
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  SP30840.EXE
TITLE:  Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for HP ProLiant
        DL360 G4p Servers.

VERSION:  4.02A

LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  HP ProLiant DL360 G4p

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:  SP30408

DESCRIPTION:   This release provides updated system ROM images
               for the latest maintenance releases of HP ProLiant
               DL360 G4p Servers.


New Features -


        ProLiant DL360 G4p ROM P54 (06/01/2005)
        ============================================

                1) Update the ROM-Based Virtual Install Disk driver for the 
		   Smart Array P600 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 new driver for the Smart 
		   Array P600 Controller includes a fix for the following issue:

			Systems running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with a 
			Smart Array P600 Controller and loading the Storport 
			miniport driver HpCISSs2.SYS may generate the following 
			STOP code message during periods of intensive I/O 
			operations or when running Microsoft Cluster Server software:

			STOP 0xA: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

		   This System ROM includes the following versions of the Smart 
		   Array P600 Controller drivers:

			HpCISSs2.SYS Version 5.0.2.32 for 32-bit x86 editions 
			of Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
			HPCISSs2.SYS Version 5.0.2.64 for 64-bit x86 editions 
			of Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
 
		2) Added support for monitoring processor power states via HP's 
		   Integrated Lights Out (iLO) functionality when a system is 
		   configured for Power Regulator HP Dynamic Power Savings Mode.  
		   This allows a customer using iLO and Power Regulator to monitor 
		   processor power usage.  This feature requires upgrading iLO 
		   Firmware to version 1.80 or later.

		3) Added support for HP's One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) 
		   solution with USB tape drives. This support can be enabled 
		   when a USB Tape Drive is placed in OBDR mode and the user 
		   selects OBDR support during POST by pressing F8 when prompted.




           
Problems Fixed -


        ProLiant DL360 G4p ROM P54 (06/01/2005)
        ============================================

                1) Updated to address an issue with some memory (dual ranked DIMMs) 
		   that caused the System ROM to display the incorrect amount 
		   of memory installed when first booting the server after 
		   resetting the system configuration.

		2) 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. 
		   
		3) 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.   
	       
		4) 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.





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 SP30840.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP30840 [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
SP30840.EXE if you wish.

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