SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP30848
PART NUMBER: N/A
FILE NAME: SP30848.exe
TITLE:  Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for HP ProLiant
     	BL20p G3 Server.

VERSION: 4.05A

LANGUAGE: English

CATEGORY: ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  HP ProLiant BL20p G3 Servers (I08)		   

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:  SP30409

DESCRIPTION:   This release provides updated system ROM images
for the latest releases of HP ProLiant BL20p G3 Server products.



New Features -	
 				 
        ProLiant BL20p G3 ROM I08 (06/14/2005)
        ============================================
	   	   
           1) Updated the ROM-Based Virtual Install Disk driver for the 
	      embedded Smart Array 6i 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 
	      Smart Arry Controller drivers:

	      cpqcissm.sys 5.60.0.32 01/21/2004 (Smart Array 5x and 6x) 
	      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.    
             

Problems Fixed -                        
		
        ProLiant BL20p G3 ROM I08 (06/14/2005)
        ============================================
	   
           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.
		
	    5) 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.

	    6) Updated to address and issue with fan redundancy when using 
	       Windows 2003 x64 Edition. Starting with the 11/11/2004 
	       System ROM, the system has supported redundant fans. This 
	       fan redundancy support is enabled by default and can be 
	       disabled through a ROM-Based Setup (RBSU) Server Availability 
	       option called Fan Redundancy. When using Windows 2003 x64 
	       edition, the system would not actually operate with fan 
	       redundancy even if Fan Redundancy is enabled. The system 
	       would always operate as if the system has Fan Redundancy 
	       disabled. Without Fan Redundancy enabled, a single fan 
	       failure will result in a shutdown.  This issue did not 
	       affect fan operation when using any other operating systems.




	     		 		    
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 SP30848.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP30848 [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
SP30848.EXE if you wish.

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