TITLE: HP ProLiant Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Firmware

VERSION: 1.3 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package installs an updated version of the firmware for the HP ProLiant 
Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO2) Management Processor for the supported 
workstation models and operating systems. 

PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP36160
SUPERSEDES: SP35500
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2007
CATEGORY: Software - System Management
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Workstations

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation: All Models

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

DEVICES SUPPORTED:
HP ProLiant iLO 2 Legacy Support Function
HP ProLiant iLO 2 Management Controller

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

LANGUAGE(S): 
Global

ENHANCEMENTS: 
- Adds support for infinite timeout to the CLP, browser, and remote console.
- Adds a message to the Remote Serial Console to indicate that the UID-on or 
UID-off command has been sent.
- Enhances the display of the NIC MCAC address to incorporate the separator 
character appropriate to the current environment.
- Enhances the display of the server serial number to add the server product 
ID, if present.
- Enhances the Integrated Remote Console so that it will work through Network 
Address Translation (NAT) in the same manner as the Remote Console does.
- Enhances the iLO 2 self-signed SSL certificate to remain valid until the iLO 
DNS name changes.
- Enhanced Telnet TCP sequence numbers so that they are no longer predictable.
- Provides the following new features:
* Shared Remote Console
* Remote Console Record/Playback
* Networking SMASH CLP compliance update
* WS Management support
* Virtual File Transfer
* HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Single Sign-On
* AES encryption
* Kernel Debugger
* Enhanced Authentication Logging
* Operating System Self-Lock
* Schema-Free Nested Group support
* Infinite U/I Timeout
* Key Maps to support non-US keyboards in Remote Console
* "What's New" Page

FIXES: 
- Corrects intermittent communication failures with the Onboard Administrator. 

- Corrects an issue that causes iLO 2 to lose network connectivity if 
configured to use the Shared Network Port, and if the NIC firmware is updated.
- Corrects an issue where the latest OpenSSH clients fail to connect to iLO 2.
- Corrects an issue that causes iLO 2 to be unable to register its name with 
DNS, when the DNS server pointed to is a forwarding only or caching only 
server.
- Corrects an issue that causes iLO 2 to log "Not Redundant" for fans that are 
not part of a fan group.
- Corrects an issue where running a show command in the CLP on a non-existent 
device shows the ASR timer.
- Corrects an issue where iLO 2 does not issue an SNMP trap when the server 
performs a soft reboot.
- Corrects an issue where not all server reset events are logged.
- Corrects an issue with 2-Factor authentication whereby Directory 
authentication fails if the certificate owner field setting is configured to 
SAN.
- Corrects an issue with 2-Factor authentication whereby authentication fails 
if iLO 2 does not possess an initialized clock.

PREREQUISITES: 
None

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: 
1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive.

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.


Copyright (c) 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.