SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP30845
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  SP30845.EXE
TITLE:  Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for HP ProLiant
        ML350 G4p Servers.

VERSION:  4.02A

LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  HP ProLiant ML350 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:  SP30417

DESCRIPTION:   This release provides updated system ROM images
               for the latest maintenance releases of HP ProLiant
               ML350 G4p Servers.


New Features -


        ProLiant ML350 G4p ROM D19 (06/01/2005)
        ============================================

                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.

		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 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 ML350 G4p ROM D19 (06/01/2005)
        ============================================

                1) Resolved 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.
		
		5) Resolved 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.

		6) Updated LSI U320 SCSI Option ROM to version 5.05.18.02. This 
		   Option ROM resolves an issue in which the SCSI hard drive 
		   could not be detected in a system configured with two LSI 
		   U320 SCSI controllers and a tape drive in OBDR mode.





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 SP30845.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP30845 [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
SP30845.EXE if you wish.

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