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.

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