Problems Fixed:
  • On systems configured with HP Smart Array P711m controllers connected to logical volumes on HP P2000 G3 SAS storage arrays, the Smart Array device driver ‘hpsa’ would cease to function during installation of VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2.
  • After the Smart Array device driver 'hpsa' was upgraded to version 3.4.6-165 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 4 or Update 5 on a server configured with logical volumes on HP P2000 G3 Storage Systems or HP MSA 2040 SAS Storage Arrays, the system would cease to function and an HP Smart Array P712m controller lockup would be reported after reboot. (POST Error: 1719 - A controller failure event occurred prior to this power-up. (Previous lock up code = 0x13))
]]> Enhancements/New Features:
  • Performance enhancement when a drive starts to degrade due to excessive recovered media errors.
]]> Enhancements/New Features: 
  • Enhanced the controller SAS discovery logic to tolerate devices that may be resetting.
  • Added a new POST message 1813 to indicate bad or failed battery charge circuit.
]]> Problems Fixed in version 6.60:
This firmware release resolved the following issues:

  • After a mode toggle at EFI ORCA was performed, the controller name would not be displayed when running the command: “reconnect –r”.
  • Controller displayed a POST error message 1805 “Cache Module Super–Cap is not installed” when the controller was configured to work without super-capacitors.
  • Corrected thermal behavior with HDDs.
  • Controllers configured with one or more SATA spare drives and firmware version 6.40 (or earlier) may halt with "Lockup Code = 0xAB" after 64, 128, or 256 days.
  • HP Smart Array P812 controller onboard expander firmware was updated to version 3.12 to enforce 3Gbps SATA connection speeds which is the maximum supported SATA data rate on HP Smart Array P212, P410, P410i, P411, P711m, P712m, and P812 controllers.
]]> Enhancements/New Features:
  • Performance enhancement when a drive starts to degrade due to excessive recovered media errors.
]]> Problems Fixed:
  • On systems configured with HP Smart Array P711m controllers connected to logical volumes on HP P2000 G3 SAS storage arrays, the Smart Array device driver ‘hpsa’ would cease to function during installation of VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2.
  • After the Smart Array device driver 'hpsa' was upgraded to version 3.4.6-165 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 4 or Update 5 on a server configured with logical volumes on HP P2000 G3 Storage Systems or HP MSA 2040 SAS Storage Arrays, the system would cease to function and an HP Smart Array P712m controller lockup would be reported after reboot. (POST Error: 1719 - A controller failure event occurred prior to this power-up. (Previous lock up code = 0x13))
]]> Enhancements/New Features: 
  • Enhanced the controller SAS discovery logic to tolerate devices that may be resetting.
  • Added a new POST message 1813 to indicate bad or failed battery charge circuit.
]]> Problems Fixed in version 6.60:
This firmware release resolved the following issues:

  • After a mode toggle at EFI ORCA was performed, the controller name would not be displayed when running the command: “reconnect –r”.
  • Controller displayed a POST error message 1805 “Cache Module Super–Cap is not installed” when the controller was configured to work without super-capacitors.
  • Corrected thermal behavior with HDDs.
  • Controllers configured with one or more SATA spare drives and firmware version 6.40 (or earlier) may halt with "Lockup Code = 0xAB" after 64, 128, or 256 days.
  • HP Smart Array P812 controller onboard expander firmware was updated to version 3.12 to enforce 3Gbps SATA connection speeds which is the maximum supported SATA data rate on HP Smart Array P212, P410, P410i, P411, P711m, P712m, and P812 controllers.
]]> Enhancements/New Features:

  • Improved error handling when hard disk drives generate a large number of recoverable errors.
  • Added support for non-hotplug disk drives.
  • Added support for HP ProLiant Gen9 servers:
    • HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server
    • HP ProLiant BL660c Gen9 Server
]]> Problems Fixed:

  • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
  • When a controller was set to RAID6 mode and a large number of recoverable errors were generated by hard disk drives in the system, the controller might go into a degraded mode and cease to function. A 0x0E error message would display during POST on subsequent power cycle and in the Integrated Management Log (IML)
  • The controller would report 0xE0 error to HP Smart Storage Administrator (HP SSA) and would cease to function when set to RAID 6 mode
  • Intermittent SSD SATA 6G drive failures would occur when drive was configured in Bay 1 of HP ProLiant BL465 Gen8 Server
  • Uncorrectable ECC errors would cause the controller to stop responding (Lockup 0x13).  This version of Smart Array firmware properly calculates the maximum controller memory bandwidth required to sustain streaming write operations with the current logical drive configuration and reduces the cache memory speed on configurations that do not require peak controller memory bandwidth.  When running at the slower memory speed, less power is consumed and performance degradation is expected to be negligible. For additional information, reference Customer Advisory # c03755983
  • The HP D2220sb Storage Blade is not recognized when configuring it with the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602866
]]> Enhancements/New Features:
  • Added support for non-hotplug drives.
]]> Problems Fixed:

  • The controller would report 0xE0 error to HP Smart Storage Administrator and would cease to function when set to RAID 6 mode.
  • Intermittent SSD SATA 6G drive failure in Bay 1 of the HP ProLiant BL465 Gen8 Server.
  • Uncorrectable ECC errors causing controller to hang (Lockup 0x13).  Smart Array firmware calculates the maximum controller memory bandwidth required to sustain streaming write operations with the current logical drive configuration and reduces the cache memory speed on configurations that do not require peak controller memory bandwidth.  When running at the slower memory speed, less power is consumed and performance degradation is expected to be negligible. For additional information, reference Customer Advisory c03755983 at the following URL: http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03755983
]]> Enhancements/New Features:

  • Improved error handling when hard disk drives generate a large number of recoverable errors.
  • Added support for non-hotplug disk drives.
  • Added support for HP ProLiant Gen9 servers:
    • HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server
    • HP ProLiant BL660c Gen9 Server
]]> Problems Fixed:

  • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
  • When a controller was set to RAID6 mode and a large number of recoverable errors were generated by hard disk drives in the system, the controller might go into a degraded mode and cease to function. A 0x0E error message would display during POST on subsequent power cycle and in the Integrated Management Log (IML)
  • The controller would report 0xE0 error to HP Smart Storage Administrator (HP SSA) and would cease to function when set to RAID 6 mode
  • Intermittent SSD SATA 6G drive failures would occur when drive was configured in Bay 1 of HP ProLiant BL465 Gen8 Server
  • Uncorrectable ECC errors would cause the controller to stop responding (Lockup 0x13).  This version of Smart Array firmware properly calculates the maximum controller memory bandwidth required to sustain streaming write operations with the current logical drive configuration and reduces the cache memory speed on configurations that do not require peak controller memory bandwidth.  When running at the slower memory speed, less power is consumed and performance degradation is expected to be negligible. For additional information, reference Customer Advisory # c03755983
  • The HP D2220sb Storage Blade is not recognized when configuring it with the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602866
]]> Enhancements/New Features:
  • Added support for non-hotplug drives.
]]> Problems Fixed:

  • The controller would report 0xE0 error to HP Smart Storage Administrator and would cease to function when set to RAID 6 mode.
  • Intermittent SSD SATA 6G drive failure in Bay 1 of the HP ProLiant BL465 Gen8 Server.
  • Uncorrectable ECC errors causing controller to hang (Lockup 0x13).  Smart Array firmware calculates the maximum controller memory bandwidth required to sustain streaming write operations with the current logical drive configuration and reduces the cache memory speed on configurations that do not require peak controller memory bandwidth.  When running at the slower memory speed, less power is consumed and performance degradation is expected to be negligible. For additional information, reference Customer Advisory c03755983 at the following URL: http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03755983
]]>
  • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    • ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    •      Performance enhancement when a drive starts to degrade due to excessive recovered media errors.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 2.32:
    This firmware release resolved the following issues:

    • With encryption enabled and a rekey operation taking place, if IO running is to Advanced Data Guarding (RAID6) volume and physical drives fail, causing the volume to go into a degraded state, and the customer enables Degraded Mode Performance Optimization via HPSSA, the controller may cease to function (POST Lockup 0xE0).
    • Controller may intermittently cease to function with POST lockup 0xE3 when HP Secure Encryption and large cache writes are enabled.
    ]]>
  • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    • ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    •      Performance enhancement when a drive starts to degrade due to excessive recovered media errors.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 2.32:
    This firmware release resolved the following issues:

    • With encryption enabled and a rekey operation taking place, if IO running is to Advanced Data Guarding (RAID6) volume and physical drives fail, causing the volume to go into a degraded state, and the customer enables Degraded Mode Performance Optimization via HPSSA, the controller may cease to function (POST Lockup 0xE0).
    • Controller may intermittently cease to function with POST lockup 0xE3 when HP Secure Encryption and large cache writes are enabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • Servers now power up faster due to improvements in the UEFI controller driver.
    • Logical volume transformations are allowed on controllers without data preservation.
    • Drives can now be hot-added in a zoned configuration.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    • When rebuilding a logical volume greater than 2TB in size, the controller might cease to function (POST Lockup 0xE0). Controller would report a POST Lockup 0xE0 error and cease to function, when the following conditions were met:           

                     1) Encryption enabled and a re-key operation was in progress.
                     2) While IO was in progress, physical drives failed in an Advanced Data Guarding (RAID6 or RAID60) volume, which caused the volume to go into a degraded state.
                     3) Degraded Mode Performance Optimization was enabled via HP Smart Storage Administrator.

    • If a power outage or brownout occurred while running a volume expansion, the controller might cease to function on the following boot (POST Lockup 0x13).
    • HP D2600/D2700 Disk Enclosures might not show the correct box number on the LED display.
    • Controller might become unresponsive if a drive was re-inserted into encrypted LUN while performing IO on it.
    • When running IO with encryption turned on in remote mode and a local key cache enabled, changing the master key might result in encryption being disabled on the next power up.
    • Controller allowed encryption key changes even with locked volumes.
    • A key restore from an Enterprise Secure Key Manager could take a long time for large configurations.
    • Users were unable to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 5 to a logical volume on an HP P2000 MSA Array System if both an HP H241 and H240 Smart Host Bus Adapter were present in the system.
    • When HP D3700 Disk Enclosures were connected to an HP H240 Smart Host Bus Adapter, the maximum number of enclosures displayed in the boot menu was five, although a maximum of eight enclosures were supported.
    • When a volume expansion or encryption re-key operation was performed, and if multiple power losses or brownouts occurred, data might become inaccessible (POST Message 1769).
    • POST messages 1764, 1768, 1784, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1831 have been updated and/or corrected.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 15.10.07.00:
    • Resolves POST error ‘MPT BIOS Fault 13h’. If this error occurs, the system will not boot from any boot device attached to an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) and will be unable to access data on drives attached to the HP H2xx HBA. The fault is triggered if the link between the HP H2xx HBA and the drives goes down during link tuning process. Updated firmware will no longer trigger this fault and the link is now allowed to re-establish itself. This issue is seen only with Solid State Drives (SSD).

    Problems Fixed in version 15.10.07.00 (B):

    • This update includes a digital signature for the component.
       
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 15.10.07.00:
    • Resolves POST error ‘MPT BIOS Fault 13h’. If this error occurs, the system will not boot from any boot device attached to an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) and will be unable to access data on drives attached to the HP H2xx HBA. The fault is triggered if the link between the HP H2xx HBA and the drives goes down during link tuning process. Updated firmware will no longer trigger this fault and the link is now allowed to re-establish itself. This issue is seen only with Solid State Drives (SSD).
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 15.10.07.00:
    • Resolves POST error ‘MPT BIOS Fault 13h’. If this error occurs, the system will not boot from any boot device attached to an HP Smart Array B320i RAID controller and will be unable to access data on drives attached to the HP Smart Array B320i RAID controller. The fault is triggered if the link between the HP Smart Array B320i RAID controller and the drives goes down during link tuning process. Updated firmware will no longer trigger this fault and the link is now allowed to re-establish itself. This issue is seen only with Solid State Drives (SSD).
       
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    The following issues are resolved in this version of the firmware: 
    • Resolves the I/O errors and/or inability to access solid state drives (SSD) on systems using the HP Smart Array B320i RAID controller and certain SSDs.
    ]]>         The following enhancement is added in this version:-

    • Enabled "edge-buffering" feature of SAS 3.0

      Note: Due to potential issues in D3000 JBODs attached behind the HP 6GB SAS Switch where HGST (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) HDDs are installed in the JBOD, this version of FW should NOT be installed on D3000.  Instead, please use SEP FW v1.72 for those configurations.

    ]]>         The following fix is added in this version:-

    • Fixed an issue causing fan speed to run at the maximum level due to a false error indication reported on early production hardware.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • In rare cases, the Smart Array controller would become inaccessible after multiple IO module resets were performed.  If a controller lockup occurred because of this issue, the error code 0xAB would display in the following locations after a subsequent server reboot:
      • Server POST
      • System event log
      • ADU reports / HPSSA diagnostic reports
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Improved signal integrity settings to reduce the occurrence of PHY DWORD errors when using HP D6000 Disk Enclosures.
    • Resolves a Smart Array controller 0xAB lockup observed during SAS switch reboots in HP BladeSystem configurations.
    • Limits the SATA drive link rate to 3G, SAS drive link rates are still 6G.
    • Resolves SAS link errors that may occur with cascaded HP D6000 disk enclosures (limited support for cascading).
       
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • In rare cases, the Smart Array controller would become inaccessible after multiple IO module resets were performed.  If a controller lockup occurred because of this issue, the error code 0xAB would display in the following locations after a subsequent server reboot:
      • Server POST
      • System event log
      • ADU reports / HPSSA diagnostic reports
    ]]>         The following items were fixed in firmware 0149:

    • Fixed an issue where a small percentage of UID button presses did not register correctly.
    • Fixed an issue where a drive insertion might not correctly illuminate the LEDs.
    ]]>
  • Added P431 Smart Array Support.
    • ]]>         The following items was fixed in firmware 0149
    • Fixed an issue found during manufacturing testing where, after hot plugging an I/O module, the enclosure fan speed did not return to the dual I/O module configuration fan speed.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Fixed an issue with the SAS connector element which reported invalid connector type/physical link for disabled PHYs.
    • Fixed the Logical Link Rate because the Rate was not set properly when PHY is disabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Online backplane expander firmware update available with firmware version 2.16 for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux and Microsoft Windows environments.
    • Added online backplane firmware update support for HP H2xx Host Bus Adapters (HBA).
    • New expander backplane firmware activation with a warm server reboot following an online firmware update.
    • Additional SATA drive log reporting.
    • Detection and diagnostic reporting when damaged SAS connections are encountered.
    • Support for the 500 GB SATA HDD MM0500GBKAK [PN 655708-B21 Option Kit, PN 655709-B21 ZMod]
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • Fixed a rare issue when hot-adding multiple HP ProLiant Gen8 SmartDrives in rapid succession which might cause the drives to fail authentication and have reduced LED functionality.
    • Fixed a rare issue when hot-adding drives that might result in SAS link errors (PHY DWORD) being reported by the system event logs.
    • Resolves an issue where drives installed in the HP 2U Gen8 2 LFF Rear Kit (663278-B21) or the HP 2U Gen8 2 SFF Rear Kit (663280-B21) would not be detected when the HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 server is powered on.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Fixed an issue with the SAS connector element which reported invalid connector type/physical link for disabled PHYs.
    • Fixed the Logical Link Rate because the Rate was not set properly when PHY is disabled.
    ]]>         The enhancements below are only applicable for the following firmware revisions and devices:

    HP StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 SAS Tape Drive

      Drive firmware version 353D
      Supersedes 338D

    • The following functionality has been added:
      • Firmware image protection.
      • A cleaning request now follows a space failure.
      • Ability to append to a tape with an invalid CRC in the cartridge memory for the end of data (EOD).
    • Support for the following features has been added:
      • Verify to end-of-data (VTE) bit in the VERIFY command.
      • Two new Host-type MAM attributes to support new LTFS functionality being defined in the LTFS standard.
      • Last Logical Object Position for the READ POSITION command.
    • Enhanced or improved the following features:
      • Enhanced Cartridge Memory (CM) information logging and added support for correcting data if a CM CRC error is reported.
      • Tape space usage improved for a few corner case patterns.
      • Retry algorithms enhanced to reduce the incidences of 0x7519 errors.
      • Improved supportability by enhancing internal drive logging.
      • Enhancing the tape load algorithm improved tape load reliability.

    HP StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6650 SAS Tape Drive

      Drive firmware version O53D
      Supersedes O39D

    • The following functionality has been added:
      • Firmware image protection.
      • A cleaning request now follows a space failure.
      • Ability to append to a tape with an invalid CRC in the cartridge memory for the end of data (EOD).
    • Support for the following features has been added:
      • Verify to end-of-data (VTE) bit in the VERIFY command.
      • Two new Host-type MAM attributes to support new LTFS functionality being defined in the LTFS standard.
      • Last Logical Object Position for the READ POSITION command.
    • Enhanced or improved the following features:
      • Enhanced Cartridge Memory (CM) information logging and added support for correcting data if a CM CRC error is reported.
      • Tape space usage improved for a few corner case patterns.
      • Retry algorithms enhanced to reduce the incidences of 0x7519 errors.
      • Improved supportability by enhancing internal drive logging.
    ]]>         The following issues are resolved in firmware revisions listed below:

    HP StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 SAS Tape Drive

      Drive firmware version 353D
      Supersedes 338D

    • New tape usage could lead to a read or write failure tape alert followed by a cleaning request.
    • The drive could not decrypt data from an LTO-4 tape after the previously loaded cartridge was an LTO-5 or LTO-6 tape.
    • The drive could report write error 0x40AA if the update of the cartridge memory timed out during writing.
    • Removed a drive reset that could occur if the L&TT Drive Assessment test was run after the Data Assessment test.
    • Corner cases:
      • The drive reported 0x508F/0x5090 read errors.
      • An uninitialized LTO-5 or LTO-6 WORM cartridge could incorrectly be marked as read only until the cartridge was reloaded.
      • The drive could appear unresponsive while reading an encrypted tape.
    • Rare cases:.
      • In LTFS (Linear Tape File System) environments where the drive incorrectly reported end of tape (EOT).
      • The drive could append data in the incorrect location.
      • The drive could become unresponsive if an end-to-end data protection error occurred when writing in an unbuffered mode.
      • A drive configured for encryption would report error 0x3804 after a specific command sequence.
      • A tape could not be read if the cartridge memory was not accessible.
      • Increased the reliability of future firmware downloads.

    HP StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6650 SAS Tape Drive

      Drive firmware version O53D
      Supersedes O39D

    • New tape usage could lead to a read or write failure tape alert followed by a cleaning request.
    • The drive could not decrypt data from an LTO-4 tape after the previously loaded cartridge was an LTO-5 or LTO-6 tape.
    • The drive could report write error 0x40AA if the update of the cartridge memory timed out during writing.
    • Removed a drive reset that could occur if the L&TT Drive Assessment test was run after the Data Assessment test.
    • Corner cases:
      • The drive reported 0x508F/0x5090 read errors.
      • An uninitialized LTO-5 or LTO-6 WORM cartridge could incorrectly be marked as read only until the cartridge was reloaded.
      • The drive could appear unresponsive while reading an encrypted tape.
    • Rare cases:.
      • In LTFS (Linear Tape File System) environments where the drive incorrectly reported end of tape (EOT).
      • The drive could append data in the incorrect location.
      • The drive could become unresponsive if an end-to-end data protection error occurred when writing in an unbuffered mode.
      • A drive configured for encryption would report error 0x3804 after a specific command sequence.
      • A tape could not be read if the cartridge memory was not accessible.
      • Increased the reliability of future firmware downloads.
    ]]>         The enhancements below are only applicable for the following firmware revisions and devices:

    HP StoreEver LTO-3 Ultrium 920 SCSI Tape Drive

      Drive firmware version D26D
      Supersedes D22D

    • Improved spacing performance
    • Improved reliability of reading the Cartridge Memory (CM)
    ]]>         The following issues are resolved in firmware revisions listed below:

    HP DAT 72 USB Tape Drive

      Drive firmware version ZU94
      Supersedes ZU8B

    • Legacy sense data can be reported on re-enumeration and may prompt an Input/Output error.

    HP DAT 160 USB Tape Drive

      Drive firmware version WU8B
      Supersedes WU8A

    • Legacy sense data can be reported on re-enumeration and may prompt an Input/Output error.

    HP StoreEver LTO-3 Ultrium 920 SCSI Tape Drive

      Drive firmware version D26D
      Supersedes D22D

    • Long Erase commands could fail with error 0x5020.
    • Rare write issue that would result in a 0x508F error when reading.
    • The drive might stop responding when used with an Adaptec 29320LPE HBA in a Linux environment.
    • Rare issue with the Cartridge Memory (CM) that would result in poor spacing performance.
    ]]>         • Added a CLI command to enable or disable the SSLv3 cryptographic protocol. The command is "set /map1/config1 oemhp_ssl_v3_enable=yes" to enable SSLv3 or "set /map1/config1 oemhp_ssl_v3_enable=no" to disable SSLv3. iLO will reset if the command state transitions from yes to no or from no to yes.
    • Hard drive status reporting on the System Health Summary web page now displays smart errors.
    • Added additional permission attributes to the JAR Manifest file for the Java Remote Console and Virtual Media applets.
    • Added a watchdog timer for firmware lockups. iLO 2 will reboot if the firmware does not respond for 60 minutes.
    • Added support for retrieving a certificate from a trusted HP SIM 7.0 and later server.
    ]]>         • Addressed possible security vulnerabilities mentioned in the HP Software Security Response Team reports SSRT101745 and SSRT101886.
    • Disabled SSL version 3. iLO 2 2.27 and later supports only TLS 1.0.
    • Addressed CVE-2014-0224 false positive.
    • The current user cannot be deleted by using the RIBCL command DELETE_CURRENT_USER.
    ]]>
  • iLO 2 might stop responding after security scanners run the Heartbleed OpenSSL bug detection scan.
    • Note: iLO 2 is not vulnerable to the HeartBleed OpenSSL bug because the iLO 2 RSA SSLC library does not support the TLS Heartbeat extension.
  • iLO 2 might authenticate users with incorrect passwords when it is configured with Linux LDAP.
  • The Integrated Remote Console could fail to launch with Internet Explorer 11.
  • Hard drive status reporting in the iLO web interface, CLI, and RIBCL now matches iLO 3 reporting.
  • The SCSI command 0x51 (GET DISC INFORMATION) added in version 2.23 was removed as it caused problems when an ISO is mounted on Windows systems.
    •  
     
    ]]>         - Internet Explorer 11 is now supported.
    ]]>         FIXES: The following issues are resolved in this firmware version:
     - Addressed possible security vulnerabilities mentioned in the HP Software Security Response Team reports SSRT101790 and SSRT101886.
     - An iLO kernel crash after 40 or more days of uptime can lead to an operating system crash. When this occurs, the iLO Event Log records a “Power restored to iLO” event at the time of the OS crash.
     - DL385 G7 servers report false fan failures.
     - Disabled SSLv3 for webserver connections.
     - An intermittent virtual CD disconnection occurs during a system reboot.

    Note: The iLO security policy has changed and SSLv3 is now disabled. You might need to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) in your browser in order to access the iLO web interface.  TLS is the successor to SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).

    ]]>          
                    - Allowed SSH authentication with a valid SSH key but without a username match.
                    - SSL certificates cannot be imported after upgrading to iLO 3 1.61, 1.65 or 1.70.
                    - Setting the boot order via the iLO 3 CLP/CLI does not allow the NIC to use the PXE boot option.
                    - Updates to LDAP authentication failure messages.
    ]]>         This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:

    • New CLI and RIBCL commands for sending SNMP test traps.
    • Agentless Management support for standup storage card firmware versions.
    • The iLO IP address can now be used as the SubjectAltName in a certificate signing request.
    • IPMI transport over IPv6.
    • HP RESTful API updates, including support for:
      - Mezz and base FRUs
      - GET of data to retrieve the Active Health System log
      - Support Logs
    • Flex Slot Battery Backup Unit information is displayed on the Information > System Information > Power page.
    • Physical and logical network adapters are displayed on the Information > System Information > Network page.
    • NIC teaming information is displayed on the Information > System Information > Network page.
    • Information about devices installed on the system board, such as adapters, PCI devices,  SATA controllers, and Smart Storage Batteries is displayed on the new Information > System Information > Device Inventory page.
    • HP and third-party storage controllers that manage direct-attached storage and the attached physical drives are displayed on the Information > System
      Information > Storage page.
    • HP Smart Storage Battery information is displayed on the Information > System Information > Summary, Information > System Information > Power, and Information > System Information > Device Inventory pages.
    • In addition to the supported OEM parameters, the IPMI boot options for UEFI now support the standard parameters.
    • Extended the functionality of Lock_Configuration.xml to include restricting the IPMI interface from the system channel.
    • Added support for IPMI 2.0 PEF and PET generation to the IPMI interface.

    ]]>         • Addressed SSRT101886
    • An iLO kernel crash after 40 or more days of uptime under certain operating systems can lead to an operating system crash. When this occurs, the iLO Event Log records a “Power restored to iLO” event at the time of the OS crash.
    • iLO might send multiple SNMP traps that show the Smart Array battery falsely changing status (SNMP trap ID 11020).
    • iLO firmware updates might stay at 1% and never finish.
    • ADH ciphers are accepted in iLO 4 when AES is enabled.
    • Incorrect information is displayed on the Information > System Information > Network page when there are similar MAC addresses.
    • SSDP advertisements have bad signatures and iLO Federation groups don't display all peers.
    • Power supply sensors are not illustrated in the Temperature graph.
    • The iLO Event Log reports that a firmware update failed even though the firmware was updated successfully with the HP SUM Scalable Update feature.
    • The .NET IRC disconnects unexpectedly when playing a captured video file.
    • The Ping Gateway on Startup network setting does not work.
    • In some cases, running the Advanced Power Capping Microcontroller Firmware causes future component updates to fail.
    • The UID LED might stop blinking when the Remote Console is still open after a system power cycle.
    • The invalid error "Duplicate record exists" occurs while adding a new directory group.
    • A user with the Virtual Power and Reset privilege cannot use the Swap ROM feature.
    • DL580 servers report an incorrect Power Redundancy state on removal of a power supply cable.
    • Intermittent missing OS name and version in get_server_name response.
    • iLO Dedicated Network Port options are displayed on DL60 servers, which support only the Shared Network Port configuration.
    • An incorrect error message is displayed when auto power-off is set via XML scripting during POST.
    • The Get_Embedded_Health.xml output displays incorrect iLO NIC information.
    • The user name is not displayed in the iLO Event Log when a Language Pack is uninstalled.
    • There is a discrepancy between the iLO web interface and XML scripting when an HP SSO record is added by DNS name.
    • The Serial Command Line Speed setting is not saved when the speed is changed in the iLO 4 Configuration Utility.
    • LDAP does not work after updating from iLO firmware version 1.40 to 1.50.
    • New iLO Federation groups default to the power capping value from a previously deleted group.
    • The Link State NIC setting is displayed on the Network General Settings page for BL460t servers when this setting is not supported on server blades.
    • SNMP and SNMP trap ports cannot be set without the SNMP_ACCESS tag.
    • The iLO Event Log does not record an event when the AlertMail settings are changed via RIBCL and CLP.
    • The power redundancy status is incorrect when a mismatched power supply is inserted without a power cord.
    • The iLO Event Log does not record an event when the Remote Syslog settings are changed via RIBCL.
    • An incorrect error message occurs when the server name is set via XML during POST.
    • The Asset Tag can be configured via XML when the server is off.
    • An invalid domain name can be configured in the iLO 4 Configuration Utility.
    • The iLO 4 Configuration Utility prompts the user to save and reset iLO when no change was made.
    • Cert_Request.xml does not display an error when invalid characters are used for the state, country and locality.
    • If the Delete SSH Key button is clicked when no SSH key is installed, the message "Public Key deleted" is displayed even though there was no installed SSH key.
    • When the RESTful Interface Tool is used to display the system ROM version, the output incorrectly displays the backup system ROM version.
    • The CLI does not display the oemhp_powercap information when power capping is disabled.
    • Multiple incorrect "faulty/unsupported power supply" messages are recorded in configurations that use the HP 800W/900W Gold AC Power Input Module or the HP Server RPS Backplane Kit.
    • Pwrstat displays incorrect power supply status information for the HP 800W/900W Gold AC Power Input Module and the HP Server RPS Backplane Kit.
    • An intermittent virtual CD disconnection occurs during a system reboot.
     
     Note: To address the “POODLE” security vulnerability, the iLO security policy has changed in version 2.03 and SSLv3 is now disabled. You might need to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) in your browser in order to access the iLO web interface.  TLS is the successor to SSL (Secure Sockets Layer]]>
  • Added support for TLS v1.1 and TLS v1.2 when using HTTPS URLs with iLO scripted virtual media, firmware update, certificate import, SSH key import, and for HP remote support registration and data collection.
    • ]]>
  • Improved the reliability of DIMM SPD read/write operations.
  • A timing issue could cause intermittent Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) test failures.
  • Booting from an SD card with ESXi could fail.
  • AMD-based HP ProLiant Gen 8 servers with iLO 4 2.00 or 2.02 might report incorrect processor temperatures.
  • HP ProLiant Gen 8 servers with iLO 4 2.00 or 2.02 might report an incorrect value for the temp1 sensor.
  • HP ProLiant Gen8 servers with iLO 4 2.00 or 2.02 might display an incorrectly lit FAN1 Systems Insight Display (SID) LED when no FAN1 is installed.
  • Partitions on the NAND device might fail to mount.  In some cases, this could result in Active Health System download failures or the Embedded User Partition might not be available.
  • Addressed SSRT101745
  • Addressed SSRT101790

    • Note: To address the “POODLE” security vulnerability, the iLO security policy has changed and SSLv3 is now disabled. You may need to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) in your browser in order to access the iLO web interface.  TLS is the successor to SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).
     
     
     

    ]]>
    The updated iSCSI firmware addresses an issue where the iSCSI interface fails to acquire a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) IP address from a server with a host name and root path longer than 32 characters.]]>
    The updated iSCSI firmware addresses an issue where the iSCSI interface fails to acquire a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) IP address from a server with a host name and root path longer than 32 characters.]]>
    This product addresses the issue described in Customer Advisory #c04438541.

    The firmware in this product addresses an issue where port #1 for an HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366FLR Adapter doesn’t receive any IP traffic from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.]]>          
    This product addresses the issue described in Customer Advisory #c04438541.
     
    The firmware in this product addresses an issue where port #1 for an HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366FLR Adapter doesn’t receive any IP traffic from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.]]>          
    The firmware in this product addresses an issue where Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) information is not displayed for the HP NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port Server Adapter.]]>          
    The firmware in this product addresses an issue where Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) information is not displayed for the HP NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port Server Adapter.]]>          
    The firmware in this product addresses an issue where Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) information is not displayed for the HP NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port Server Adapter.]]>          
    The firmware in this product addresses an issue where Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) information is not displayed for the HP NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port Server Adapter.]]>
    This firmware no longer incorrectly updates the Large Receive Offload (LRO) mask for flow removal. ]]>
    This firmware no longer incorrectly updates the Large Receive Offload (LRO) mask for flow removal. ]]>
    The component tools in this component have been updated to properly identify Windows Server 2012 R2. ]]>         Updated the Firmware/BIOS/UEFI packages for 8 Gb and 16 Gb products.

    • 4 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 2.03AF
      • Firmware 5.03.15
      • BIOS 3.13
         
    • 8 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 3.71.09 (Binary 371A9)
      • Firmware 7.04.00
      • UEFI 6.35
      • BIOS 3.28
        • BIOS Enhancements:
        • Added support for fabric assigned BOOT LUN 
        • Added support for show port clp
        • Added code to not configure any targets when fabric assign Boot
        • Added code to allow fabric assigned Boot LUN when fabric assign WWPN enabled
        • Added options in CTRL-Q utility to enable fabric assign WWPN and fabric assign BOOT LUN
           
    • 16 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 4.00.19
      • Firmware 7.04.00
      • UEFI 6.31
      • BIOS 3.28
        • BIOS Enhancements:
        • Added support for fabric assigned BOOT LUN
        • Added support for show port clp
        • Added code to not configure any targets when fabric assign Boot
        • Added code to allow fabric assigned Boot LUN when fabric assign WWPN enabled
        • Added options in CTRL-Q utility to enable fabric assign WWPN and fabric assign BOOT LUN
           
    ]]>          
    BIOS
    • Changed VLAN ID max value from 4095 to 4094
    • Changed CTRL-Q to allow max value for Login Retry
    UEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers


    16 Gb Products
       
    BIOS 

    • Fixed LUN enabled but fabric assigned BOOT LUN not found
    • Changed CTRL-Q to allow max value for Login Retry
    UEFI  
    •  Fixed memory leak issue when driver exits due to NVRAM error
       
    ]]>         Updated the firmware/BIOS/EFI packages for 8 Gb and 16 Gb products.

    • 4 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 2.03AF
      • Firmware 5.03.15
      • BIOS 3.13
    • 8 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 3.71.01 (Binary 371A1)
      • Firmware 7.03.00
      • BIOS 3.24
      • UEFI 6.32
    • 16 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 4.00.12
      • Firmware 7.03.01
      • BIOS 3.24
      • UEFI 6.29
         
    ]]>          
    BIOS
    • Fixed bug in displaying selectable boot lun
    • Fixed issue with not restoring defaults on port 1
    • Fixed bug that could cause buffer overrun in CTRL-Q with Report Lun command
    • Added additional time to login target when called  after EFI driver unloads.    
    • Added code to handle boot LUN Greater than 255.
    • Added code to display message when 64 bit address is detected. 
    uEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs.
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers. 


    16 Gb Products
       
    BIOS 

    • Added additional time to login target when called after EFI driver unloads.    
    • Added code to handle boot LUN Greater than 255.
    • Added code to display message when 64 bit address is detected. 
    uEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs.
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers.  
    ]]>         Updated the Firmware/BIOS/UEFI packages for 8 Gb and 16 Gb products.

    • 4 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 2.03AF
      • Firmware 5.03.15
      • BIOS 3.13
         
    • 8 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 3.71.09 (Binary 371A9)
      • Firmware 7.04.00
      • UEFI 6.35
      • BIOS 3.28
        • BIOS Enhancements:
        • Added support for fabric assigned BOOT LUN 
        • Added support for show port clp
        • Added code to not configure any targets when fabric assign Boot
        • Added code to allow fabric assigned Boot LUN when fabric assign WWPN enabled
        • Added options in CTRL-Q utility to enable fabric assign WWPN and fabric assign BOOT LUN
           
    • 16 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 4.00.19
      • Firmware 7.04.00
      • UEFI 6.31
      • BIOS 3.28
        • BIOS Enhancements:
        • Added support for fabric assigned BOOT LUN
        • Added support for show port clp
        • Added code to not configure any targets when fabric assign Boot
        • Added code to allow fabric assigned Boot LUN when fabric assign WWPN enabled
        • Added options in CTRL-Q utility to enable fabric assign WWPN and fabric assign BOOT LUN
           
    ]]>          
    BIOS
    • Changed VLAN ID max value from 4095 to 4094
    • Changed CTRL-Q to allow max value for Login Retry
    UEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers


    16 Gb Products
       
    BIOS 

    • Fixed LUN enabled but fabric assigned BOOT LUN not found
    • Changed CTRL-Q to allow max value for Login Retry
    UEFI  
    •  Fixed memory leak issue when driver exits due to NVRAM error
       
    ]]>         Updated the firmware/BIOS/EFI packages for 8 Gb and 16 Gb products.

    • 4 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 2.03AF
      • Firmware 5.03.15
      • BIOS 3.13
    • 8 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 3.71.01 (Binary 371A1)
      • Firmware 7.03.00
      • BIOS 3.24
      • UEFI 6.32
    • 16 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 4.00.12
      • Firmware 7.03.01
      • BIOS 3.24
      • UEFI 6.29
         
    ]]>          
    BIOS
    • Fixed bug in displaying selectable boot lun
    • Fixed issue with not restoring defaults on port 1
    • Fixed bug that could cause buffer overrun in CTRL-Q with Report Lun command
    • Added additional time to login target when called  after EFI driver unloads.    
    • Added code to handle boot LUN Greater than 255.
    • Added code to display message when 64 bit address is detected. 
    uEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs.
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers. 


    16 Gb Products
       
    BIOS 

    • Added additional time to login target when called after EFI driver unloads.    
    • Added code to handle boot LUN Greater than 255.
    • Added code to display message when 64 bit address is detected. 
    uEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs.
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers.  
    ]]>
    Updated 16 Gb HBA/Mezz uninversal boot  to 10.2.477.9
    Updated 8 Gb HBA boot image to 5.20x13
    Updated 8 Gb Mezz boot image to 6.20x4
    Updated 4 Gb Mezz boot image to 6.20x4

    Contains:

    16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot 10.2.477.9

    8 Gb Gen8 Mezz (LPe1205A) firmware 2.02X12
    8 Gb  standup firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb Mezz firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb HBA boot image 5.20x13 (2.12a14 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
    8 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
     
    4 Gb HBA/Mezz firmware 2.82x4
    4 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS)
    4 Gb HBA boot image 5.20a6 (2.12a14 BIOS)
     

    ]]>         Boot Bios

    8Gb Standup - 5..20x13
    • Resolves an issue where there is a system hang at POST after mapping an HP 82E adapter to a P2000 storage array under Legacy mode.
    8Gb Mezzanine - 6.20x4
    • Resolves an issue where there is a system hang at POST after mapping an HP LPe1205/HP LPe1205A adapter to a P2000 storage array under Legacy mode.

    4Gb Mezzanine - 6.20x4
    • Resolves an issue where Virtual WWN's are still used after changing to default mode in VC-FC.

    Firmware

    16Gb Standup & Mezzanine - 10.2.477.9

    This firmware resolves the following:
    • an issue where the server hung during RHEL6 x64 FCoE boot
    • an issue where the SN1000E adapter becomes unresponsive after updating to version 1.1.65.101 firmware
    • a performance scaling issue in P2P connection in Dual_Port configuration
    • an issue where the SN1000E using direct connect fails to scan targets with its BIOS
    • an issue where not all target ports are displayed on  "scan for devices".

     

    ]]>
    Updated 8Gb standup HBA boot image to 5.20x13
    • Added UEFI support
    Updated 8Gb mezz boot image to 6.20x4
    Updated 16 Gb HBA/Mezz uninversal boot  to 10.2.340.19
    • Added UEFI support
    Contains:

    16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot 10.2.340.19

    8 Gb Gen8 Mezz (LPe1205A) firmware 2.02X12
    8 Gb  standup firmware 2.02x13
    8Gb Mezz firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb HBA boot image 5.20x13 (2.12a14 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
    8 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
     
    4 Gb HBA/Mezz firmware 2.82x4
    4 Gb Mezz boot image 6.10a14 (3.30a1 BIOS)
    4 Gb HBA boot image 5.20a6 (2.12a14 BIOS)
    ]]>         Firmware

    8Gb Standup  - 2.02x13
    • Corrects a link up/link down recovery issue
    • Resolves Link Down interrupt that wasn’t being processed during the Link Up handling
    8Gb Mezzanine - 2.02x12
    • Resolves Link Down interrupt that wasn’t being processed during the Link Up handling
    8Gb Mezzanine (LPe1205a) - 2.02x13
    • Corrects a link up/link down recovery issue
    • Resolves Link Down interrupt that wasn’t being processed during the Link Up handling
    16Gb Standup & Mezzanine - 10.2.340.19
    • Resolved firmware download to SN1100E failure with MAL/MILI error issue.
    • Corrected a problem with scanning targets on direct connect configurations.
       
      ]]>
    Updated 16 Gb HBA/Mezz uninversal boot  to 10.2.477.9
    Updated 8 Gb HBA boot image to 5.20x13
    Updated 8 Gb Mezz boot image to 6.20x4
    Updated 4 Gb Mezz boot image to 6.20x4

    Contains:

    16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot 10.2.477.9

    8 Gb Gen8 Mezz (LPe1205A) firmware 2.02X12
    8 Gb  standup firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb Mezz firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb HBA boot image 5.20x13 (2.12a14 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
    8 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
     
    4 Gb HBA/Mezz firmware 2.82x4
    4 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS)
    4 Gb HBA boot image 5.20a6 (2.12a14 BIOS)
     

    ]]>         Boot Bios

    8Gb Standup - 5..20x13
    • Resolves an issue where there is a system hang at POST after mapping an HP 82E adapter to a P2000 storage array under Legacy mode.
    8Gb Mezzanine - 6.20x4
    • Resolves an issue where there is a system hang at POST after mapping an HP LPe1205/HP LPe1205A adapter to a P2000 storage array under Legacy mode.

    4Gb Mezzanine - 6.20x4
    • Resolves an issue where Virtual WWN's are still used after changing to default mode in VC-FC.

    Firmware

    16Gb Standup & Mezzanine - 10.2.477.9

    This firmware resolves the following:
    • an issue where the server hung during RHEL6 x64 FCoE boot
    • an issue where the SN1000E adapter becomes unresponsive after updating to version 1.1.65.101 firmware
    • a performance scaling issue in P2P connection in Dual_Port configuration
    • an issue where the SN1000E using direct connect fails to scan targets with its BIOS
    • an issue where not all target ports are displayed on  "scan for devices".

     

    ]]>
    Updated 8Gb standup HBA boot image to 5.20x13
    • Added UEFI support
    Updated 8Gb mezz boot image to 6.20x4
    Updated 16 Gb HBA/Mezz uninversal boot  to 10.2.340.19
    • Added UEFI support
    Contains:

    16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot 10.2.340.19

    8 Gb Gen8 Mezz (LPe1205A) firmware 2.02X12
    8 Gb  standup firmware 2.02x13
    8Gb Mezz firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb HBA boot image 5.20x13 (2.12a14 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
    8 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
     
    4 Gb HBA/Mezz firmware 2.82x4
    4 Gb Mezz boot image 6.10a14 (3.30a1 BIOS)
    4 Gb HBA boot image 5.20a6 (2.12a14 BIOS)
    ]]>         Firmware

    8Gb Standup  - 2.02x13
    • Corrects a link up/link down recovery issue
    • Resolves Link Down interrupt that wasn’t being processed during the Link Up handling
    8Gb Mezzanine - 2.02x12
    • Resolves Link Down interrupt that wasn’t being processed during the Link Up handling
    8Gb Mezzanine (LPe1205a) - 2.02x13
    • Corrects a link up/link down recovery issue
    • Resolves Link Down interrupt that wasn’t being processed during the Link Up handling
    16Gb Standup & Mezzanine - 10.2.340.19
    • Resolved firmware download to SN1100E failure with MAL/MILI error issue.
    • Corrected a problem with scanning targets on direct connect configurations.
       
      ]]>         We have seperate components to update fibre channel and converged network adapters.  This is a converged network adapter update component.

    Updated CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.4

    Contains:
    CNA (BE2) firmware 4.9.416.2 (frozen)
    CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.4
       

    ]]>         Firmware

    CNA (BE3) - 10.2.477.10

    This firmware version resolves the following:
    • an issue when the configuration variables exceed a total setup of 121 bytes.  There is the potential to corrupt the configuration during the save process.
    • an issue where an HP FlexFabric 554FLB adapter experiences pause frame flood and is unable to get into the NIC BIOS.

     

    ]]>         We now have seperate components to update fibre channel and converged network adapters.  This is a converged network adapter update component.

    Updated CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.340.25

    Contains:

    CNA (BE2) firmware 4.9.416.2 (frozen)
    CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.340.25
       

    ]]>
  •  System hangs if a vswitch of teamed interfaces is created.
  •  LUN’s do not come back online after a reboot.

     
    • ]]>         We have seperate components to update fibre channel and converged network adapters.  This is a converged network adapter update component.

    Updated CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.23

    Contains:
    CNA (BE2) firmware 4.9.416.2 (frozen)
    CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10
    CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.23
      

    ]]>         CNA (XE100 series) firmware version 10.2.477.23

    • Resolves VMQ issues which resulted in virtual machines not being connected to any network
    • Unable to perform PXE boot with a HP FlexFabric 2-port 650FLB Adapter in a 1Gb environment.
    ]]>         We have seperate components to update fibre channel and converged network adapters.  This is a converged network adapter update component.

    Added support for HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 557SFP+ Adapter

    Updated CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.10
    Updated CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10

    Contains:
    CNA (BE2) firmware 4.9.416.2 (frozen)
    CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10
    CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.10
       

    ]]>         Firmware

    CNA (BE3) - 10.2.477.10

    This firmware version resolves the following:
    • an issue when the configuration variables exceed a total setup of 121 bytes.  There is the potential to corrupt the configuration during the save process.
    • an issue where an HP FlexFabric 554FLB adapter experiences pause frame flood and is unable to get into the NIC BIOS.
    CNA (XE100 series) - 10.2.477.10

    This firmware version resolves the following:

    • an issue when the configuration variables exceed a total setup of 121 bytes.  There is the potential to corrupt the configuration during the save process.
    • an issue where an HP FlexFabric 650FLB fails to show correct Remote Device Information.

     

    ]]>         Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.5430:

    779799-B21
    779793-B21

    ]]>         Fixes in v2.32.5430:

    • Fixed an issue causing ARP not to reply when connected to Hyper-V vSwitch.
    ]]>         Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.5100:

    644161-B21
    644160-B21
    649282-B21
    649281-B21
    649283-B21

    Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.5270 and  2.32.5230:

    764282-B21
    764283-B21

    Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.5200:

    764284-B21

    Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.5290:

    764285-B21
    764286-B21

    Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.5270:

    XL230b Gen9 LOM]]>         Fixes in FW version 2.32.5100:
    • Fixed performance degradation when running IBDump.
    • Occasionally, a link training timeout occurred in EQ phase0 during disable/enable test.
    • Improved strict bandwidth mode functionality.
    • Fixed an issue with the PortRcvPkts counter always displaying zero value.
    • Fixed an issue with processing GMP MADs with SET method in SecureHost mode.
    • Fixed an issue causing a wrong usage of MCG size when configuring Global Multicast filter.
    • Disabling the first port occasionally causes second port TX failure.
    • Fixed a mismatch in links status reported. The adapter reports links as down while the switch perceives them as up.
    • Fixed an occasional 40GbE link failure with SCM5 Switch blade.
    • Fixed a wrong FDR10 speed reporting in MAD.
    • Fixed an issue preventing the ports to rise up when set to FDR10 vs QDR.
    • Fixed an occasional link failure vs Arista switch.
    • Retransmission started from the first PSN of message instead of the last acknowledged PSN.
    • Firmware hangs when receiving GeneralInfoMad during inline firmware burning.
    • L1 flow adjustments and threshold tuning.
    • Fixed a rare hanging issue during PERST_ assertion.
    • Wrong coefficients were reported during phase3.
    • Fixed an issue causing wrong behavior due to reset timing.
    • Fixed long timeout issues
    • Fixed NVRAM write issues in driver-less mode.
    • Fixed 40GbE link support in aux mode.
    • Dropped commands with non-existing channel ID.
    • Fixed issues in extended speed reporting.
    • Fixed bad QP reporting in trap 257/8.
    • Fixed an issue causing false bad q_key error messages.
    • Fixed Pause Frame opcode mismatch.
    • Fixed communication loss upon PCIe error detection.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Firmware now reads the max link rate from the backplane NVRAM and sets the rate accordingly. The expander firmware will adjust the SAS links to the appropriate speed based on the backplane type. The firmware will not try to force slower backplanes to higher link rates.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • On rare occasions, incorrect data may be read or written while a controller is rebuilding a drive.
    • Disabled Edge-Buffering to address a rare data integrity issue seen with a drive that had bad blocks.
    • In rare instances, on an HP ProLiant Gen9 series server, the Smart Array controller would detect an HP Hard Disk Drive (HDD) as a non-HP drive. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04597377
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Firmware now reads the max link rate from the backplane NVRAM and sets the rate accordingly. The expander firmware will adjust the SAS links to the appropriate speed based on the backplane type. The firmware will not try to force slower backplanes to higher link rates.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Data Integrity issue while controller performed an array rebuild.
    • Disabled Edge-Buffering to address a rare data integrity issue seen with a drive that had bad blocks.
    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a hang during system boot prior to display of the HP logo on the first boot after AC power has been applied to the server. This issue has been observed when the following HP option cards are installed (but is not limited to these devices): HP Smart Array P410, HP Smart Array P411, HP Smart Array P712, and HP Smart Array P812.

    Known Issues:

    None ]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the System ROM would not populate the System Enclosure or Chassis (type 3) SMBIOS record with text entered by the user in the Server Asset Tag Text Line in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Resolved an issue where the user may be unable to select and use the '57600' and '115200' options in the "BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate" menu in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added support for iLO 2 textcons feature. iLO 2 Firmware version 1.80 or later is required to support this feature on the DL785 G6.]]> Upgrade Requirement:

    Optional

    Users should update to this firmware revision if their system is affected by one of the documented fixesor if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this revision.

    Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue on the DL785 G6 with the 08/14/2009 System ROM where fewer than one-half of the total installed processor cores in the system could be disabled when the 'Disable one-half of cores per Physical Processor' option was selected in the 'Processor Core Disable' menu within the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). In DL785 G6 systems, this menu has been replaced with a menu that adds support for AMD(R) Core Select technology available with AMD Opteron 8400-series processors. This RBSU menu allows selecting the number of processor cores that are enabled (from 1 to 6) per processor socket installed in the system.

    Resolved RHEL 4.8 boot failures observed with the 08/14/2009 System ROM when Node Interleaving was set to Enabled in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the HP NC375i Integrated Quad Port Gigabit Adapter could cause system instability. The instability could result in unexpected resets with Uncorrectable Chipset errors reported in the Integrated Management Log (IML). In some cases Operating Systems might report errors. In addition, this issue might cause some versions of Microsoft Windows to boot into Recovery Mode.

    Resolved an issue with the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) "Processor Core Disable (AMD Core Select)" Option. The 06/04/2013 revision of the System ROM might cause some Operating Systems to report the incorrect number of cores when the "Processor Core Disable (AMD Core Select)" is set to non-default values. This issue did not impact any other revisions of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None 

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a very rare condition where the system could become unresponsive or unexpectedly reset when running with AMD Opteron 6100 or 6200 processors. 

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where industry standard tools, operating systems, and HP utilities may report less Level 3 (L3) cache than expected.

    Resolved an issue where the system may halt during boot when the HPC Optimization Option is enabled and the Power Profile mode is set to Maximum Performance or Custom. The halt may occur when the Power Profile is set to Custom with the Minimum Processor Idle Power State set to No C-states, and the HP Power Regulator is set to either HP Dynamic Power Savings Mode, HP Static Low Power Mode, or HP Static High Performance Mode.

    Resolved a rare issue where the system and IML may indicate an uncorrectable reset when upgrading to the 8/15/2012 system ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the in PCI Slot number, as reported under the operating system, would not be reported correctly when a three slot PCI-E riser is installed in the platform.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         ]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the system could experience a Red Screen Illegal Op Code error message during system boot after updating to the 12/17/2009 revision of the System ROM. This issue is extremely unlikely to occur unless the server is using Power Management Controller Firmware Revision 2.3. Some HP ProLiant DL385 G5p servers shipped with Power Management Controller Firmware Revision 2.3. These systems should update the Power Management Controller Firmware irrespective of this System ROM issue. HP ProLiant DL385 G6 servers should have only shipped with a newer revision of the Power Management Controller Firmware 2.3. This issue does not exist with any other revision of the System ROM other than 12/17/2009. Updating the Power Management Controller Firmware to revision 2.9 is an alternate solution to this issue.

    Resolved an issue where the system could identify the incorrect DIMM when a correctable memory threshold error or uncorrectable memory error occurs when the Memory Channel Mode is configured for Independent Channel Mode.  If correctable memory threshold or uncorrectable memory errors occur on a system when using a earlier System ROM revision than this revision, the System ROM should be upgraded to this revision or some other method be used to determine the correct DIMM which is degraded or failed before replacing the DIMM(s).  Otherwise, the incorrect DIMM(s) may be replaced and any issues due to memory errors not be resolved.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue that could result in a server reset or the inability to boot. Servers should be updated to this revision of the system ROM to minimize the potential for a system reset or the inability to boot.

    Resolved an issue where industry standard tools, operating systems, and HP utilities may report less Level 3 (L3) cache than expected.

    Resolved a rare issue where the system and IML may indicate an uncorrectable reset when upgrading to the 09/01/2012 system ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Systems should NOT be downgraded to the System ROM version dated 08/15/2012 available on the HP Service Pack for ProLiant SPP version 2012.10.0.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where systems could reset unexpectedly. The unexpected reset would be reported in the Integrated Management Log (IML) as "The system experienced an unexpected reboot. The Integrated Management Log (IML) may contain an entry indicating additional information about this reboot".

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a rare issue that could result in DIMMs not initializing properly when using RDIMMs or LRDIMMs (UDIMMs are not affected). When this issue occurs, the server may stop responding during system boot or boot with less than the expected amount of memory available to the operating system. If this issue occurs with previous revisions of the System ROM, the System ROM should be updated to this revision or later before replacing DIMMs.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.
     

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/30/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue which can result in a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) in a Windows virtual machine or Linux Kernel Panic in a Linux virtual machine when running on Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware ESX 5.x on Intel Xeon E5-2400 series v2 processors. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using affected processors operating with the conditions listed. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This issue does NOT affect servers configured with the Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processors.

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 11/12/2013 or 12/22/2013 revisions of the System ROM might not be able to boot certain operating system installations that install a Master Boot Record that is not marked as Active. When this issue occurs, the server might experience a Non-System Disk Error or not boot the intended media. This issue does NOT impact any System ROM revisions other than the 11/12/2013 and 12/22/2013 revisions.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue that can result in a system configured with Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 series processors becoming unresponsive early in the POST boot process after an uncorrectable memory error occurs. When this issue occurs, the server will indicate an early boot progress of 20% and a "Memory and QPI Link Initialization Start" message will be displayed on the screen output. This issue does not impact servers configured with Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processors.

    Addressed an issue where the System ROM does not properly retry booting certain Network Adapters under some conditions including when the user presses F12 to attempt a PXE boot. Instead, the System ROM will only attempt to boot the Network Adapter one time and then will continue trying to boot devices in the order specified by the Standard Boot Order (IPL).

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 series processors and an HP 331FLR FlexLOM or HP NC332T Network Controller might see intermittent issues with the NIC not being detected by the platform. When the issue occurs, the NIC will not PXE boot or be identified or used by the operating system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None.

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue which can result in a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) in a Windows virtual machine or Linux Kernel Panic in a Linux virtual machine when running on Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware ESX 5.x on Intel Xeon E5-2600 series v2 processors. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using affected processors operating with the conditions listed. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This issue does NOT affect servers configured with the Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 11/14/2013 or 12/20/2013 revisions of the System ROM might not be able to boot certain operating system installations that install a Master Boot Record that is not marked as Active. When this issue occurs, the server might experience a Non-System Disk Error or not boot the intended media. This issue does NOT impact any System ROM revisions other than the 11/14/2013 and 12/20/2013 revisions.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue that can result in a system configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 series processors becoming unresponsive early in the POST boot process after an uncorrectable memory error occurs. When this issue occurs, the server will indicate an early boot progress of 20% and a "Memory and QPI Link Initialization Start" message will be displayed on the screen output. This issue does not impact servers configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.

    Addressed an issue where the System ROM does not properly retry booting certain Network Adapters under some conditions including when the user presses F12 to attempt a PXE boot. Instead, the System ROM will only attempt to boot the Network Adapter one time and then will continue trying to boot devices in the order specified by the Standard Boot Order (IPL).

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 series processors and an HP 331FLR FlexLOM or HP NC332T Network Controller might see intermittent issues with the NIC not being detected by the platform. When the issue occurs, the NIC will not PXE boot or be identified or used by the operating system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the operating voltage of installed DIMMs as well as the minimum and maximum voltage supported by installed DIMMs. This System ROM revision supports newly defined industry standard fields in the industry standard SMBIOS tables. Utilities to display this information may not yet be available.

    Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the HP DIMM Part Number for HP SmartMemory DIMMs. This information will also be displayed in the HP iLO GUI interface when using an updated revision of iLO Firmware.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue where the system experienced unexpected system behavior or report ACPI issues through the OS boot logs (such as Linux DMESG) when IOMMU was enabled in a virtualized operating system environment.

    Addressed an issue where Linux Operating Systems reported the following message: ERST: Failed to get Error Log Address Range, in the Linux DMESG log.

    Addressed an issue where the server's Legacy USB support would not properly report the drive capacity of a USB Drive Key that was larger than 8GB resulting in an inability to boot USB Drive Keys larger than 8 GB.

    Addressed an issue where the system may not be able to properly execute the HP SmartStart Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK) under Linux based Operating Systems. In some cases, executing the HP SSSTK would result in a segfault error message being reported by the Linux kernel.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the operating voltage of installed DIMMs as well as the minimum and maximum voltage supported by installed DIMMs. This System ROM revision supports newly defined industry standard fields in the industry standard SMBIOS tables. Utilities to display this information may not yet be available.

    Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the HP DIMM Part Number for HP SmartMemory DIMMs. This information will also be displayed in the HP iLO GUI interface when using an updated revision of iLO Firmware.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue where the system experienced unexpected system behavior or report ACPI issues through the OS boot logs (such as Linux DMESG) when IOMMU was enabled in a virtualized operating system environment.

    Addressed an issue where Linux Operating Systems reported the following message: ERST: Failed to get Error Log Address Range, in the Linux DMESG log.

    Addressed an issue where the server's Legacy USB support would not properly report the drive capacity of a USB Drive Key that was larger than 8GB resulting in an inability to boot USB Drive Keys larger than 8 GB.

    Addressed an issue where the system may not be able to properly execute the HP SmartStart Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK) under Linux based Operating Systems. In some cases, executing the HP SSSTK would result in a segfault error message being reported by the Linux kernel.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the operating voltage of installed DIMMs as well as the minimum and maximum voltage supported by installed DIMMs. This System ROM revision supports newly defined industry standard fields in the industry standard SMBIOS tables. Utilities to display this information may not yet be available.

    Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the HP DIMM Part Number for HP SmartMemory DIMMs. This information will also be displayed in the HP iLO GUI interface when using an updated revision of iLO Firmware.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue where the system experienced unexpected system behavior or report ACPI issues through the OS boot logs (such as Linux DMESG) when IOMMU was enabled in a virtualized operating system environment.

    Addressed an issue where Linux Operating Systems reported the following message: ERST: Failed to get Error Log Address Range, in the Linux DMESG log.

    Addressed an issue where the server's Legacy USB support would not properly report the drive capacity of a USB Drive Key that was larger than 8GB resulting in an inability to boot USB Drive Keys larger than 8 GB.

    Addressed an issue where the system may not be able to properly execute the HP SmartStart Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK) under Linux based Operating Systems. In some cases, executing the HP SSSTK would result in a segfault error message being reported by the Linux kernel.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None ]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Eliminate the "row hammer" issue when susceptible DIMMs have been installed in the server. This BIOS update will program the memory controller for 2x memory refresh which prevents the "row hammer" issue that could result in correctable or uncorrectable memory errors.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.
     

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/29/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Eliminate the "row hammer" issue when susceptible DIMMs have been installed in the server. This BIOS update will program the memory controller for 2x memory refresh which prevents the "row hammer" issue that could result in correctable or uncorrectable memory errors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    IMPORTANT: The 07/01/2013 System ROM has an issue that can result in reduced performance and it has been removed from the HP Support Site. All HP ProLiant DL580 G7 servers should update to the 10/01/2013 System ROM instead. The 10/01/2013 System ROM revision addresses the performance issue. The performance issue was unique to the 07/01/2013 System ROM revision for the DL580 G7. It does not affect any other ProLiant servers or any other HP ProLiant DL580 G7 System ROM revisions.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue with the 07/01/2013 revision of the System ROM that could result in decreased performance. Due to an issue with the thermal solution included in that revision of the System ROM, the processor may be "throttled" to a reduced frequency when not necessary. This issue does NOT affect other revisions of the System ROM.

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue where the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) based power reporting would not function properly and report an incorrect wattage from the installed Power Supplies.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an extremely rare issue where the system might report an erroneous Uncorrectable Machine Check Event during a system reboot in the Integrated Management Log (IML). This error would typically be seen with the following IML information: Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception (Board 0, Processor 1, APIC ID 0x00000040, Bank 0x0000000E, Status 0xE6000000'0000094A, Address 0x00000000'FED20610, Misc 0x00000000'00000000). Customers who experience this event are asked to update to this version of the System ROM before contacting HP Support.

    Updated embedded PXE Firmware to gPXE Version 4.0.582. This firmware addresses an issue where the system might stop responding during deployment of VMware Vcenter 5.0 via PXE.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the system may delay to POST or fail to boot when the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is enabled, this issue would typically be seen on every warm reboot. TPM does not work in an Operation System after a system boot.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system might stop responding and reboot unexpectedly during an Operating System boot or run time, and reports a lot of Uncorrectable Machine Check Event in the IML (Integrated Management Log). This error would typically be seen with a lot of following IML information: Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception (Board 0, Processor 2, APIC ID 0x00000040, Bank 0x0000000E, Status 0xF6000000'00000972, Address 0x00000023'7B6E25C0, Misc 0x00000000'00000000). Customers who experience this event need to update to this version of the System ROM before contacting HP Support.

    Updated the embedded PXE Firmware to gPXE Version 4.0.582. This firmware addresses an issue where the system might stop responding during the deployment of VMware Vcenter 5.0 via PXE.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue where the POST (Power-On Self-Test) screen would become scrambled and the system might fail to enter ROM-Based Setup Utilities (RBSU) after disabling some I/O cards from PCI Device Enable/Disable in RBSU, such as HP SN100E 16Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter, HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331T Adapter, HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 332T Adapter, etc.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/30/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/28/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/30/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue which can result in a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) in a Windows virtual machine or Linux Kernel Panic in a Linux virtual machine when running on Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware ESX 5.x on Intel Xeon E5-2400 series v2 processors. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using affected processors operating with the conditions listed. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This issue does NOT affect servers configured with the Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processors.

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 11/12/2013 or 12/20/2013 revisions of the System ROM might not be able to boot certain operating system installations that install a Master Boot Record that is not marked as Active. When this issue occurs, the server might experience a Non-System Disk Error or not boot the intended media. This issue does NOT impact any System ROM revisions other than the 11/12/2013 and 12/20/2013 revisions.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue that can result in a system configured with Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 series processors becoming unresponsive early in the POST boot process after an uncorrectable memory error occurs. When this issue occurs, the server will indicate an early boot progress of 20% and a "Memory and QPI Link Initialization Start" message will be displayed on the screen output. This issue does not impact servers configured with Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processors.

    Addressed an issue where the System ROM does not properly retry booting certain Network Adapters under some conditions including when the user presses F12 to attempt a PXE boot. Instead, the System ROM will only attempt to boot the Network Adapter one time and then will continue trying to boot devices in the order specified by the Standard Boot Order (IPL).

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 series processors and an HP 331FLR FlexLOM or HP NC332T Network Controller might see intermittent issues with the NIC not being detected by the platform. When the issue occurs, the NIC will not PXE boot or be identified or used by the operating system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-4600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue which can result in a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) in a Windows virtual machine or Linux Kernel Panic in a Linux virtual machine when running on Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware ESX 5.x on Intel Xeon E5-4600 series v2 processors. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using affected processors operating with the conditions listed. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This issue does NOT affect servers configured with the Intel Xeon E5-4600 series processors.

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 11/14/2013 or 12/20/2013 revisions of the System ROM might not be able to boot certain operating system installations that install a Master Boot Record that is not marked as Active. When this issue occurs, the server might experience a Non-System Disk Error or not boot the intended media. This issue does NOT impact any System ROM revisions other than the 11/14/2013 and 12/20/2013 revisions.

    Addressed an issue that can result in significant underutilization of processor cores for systems configured with 3 or more processors. This issue impacts servers with the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option for Collaborative Power Control enabled (which is the default setting). This issue was originally seen with servers configured with Microsoft Windows Server 2012, but might impact other operating systems.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue that can result in a system configured with Intel Xeon E5-4600 v2 series processors becoming unresponsive early in the POST boot process after an uncorrectable memory error occurs. When this issue occurs, the server will indicate an early boot progress of 20% and a "Memory and QPI Link Initialization Start" message will be displayed on the screen output. This issue does not impact servers configured with Intel Xeon E5-4600 series processors.

    Addressed an issue where the System ROM does not properly retry booting certain Network Adapters under some conditions including when the user presses F12 to attempt a PXE boot. Instead, the System ROM will only attempt to boot the Network Adapter one time and then will continue trying to boot devices in the order specified by the Standard Boot Order (IPL).

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5-4600 v2 series processors and an HP 331FLR FlexLOM or HP NC332T Network Controller might see intermittent issues with the NIC not being detected by the platform. When the issue occurs, the NIC will not PXE boot or be identified or used by the operating system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 03/08/2014 revision of the System ROM caused a problem with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) operating system certification test. This issue has no known impact with TPM functionality under normal operating system environments. This problem only affects servers with the 03/08/2014 revision of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where servers utilizing the 11/08/2013 revision of the System ROM might not be able to boot certain operating system installations that install a Master Boot Record which is not marked as Active. When this issue occurs, the server might experience a Non-System Disk Error or not boot the intended media. This issue does NOT impact any System ROM revisions other than the 11/08/2013 revision.

    Addressed an issue where the System ROM's PXE Retry logic does not work properly with certain Network Devices. In some cases, the System ROM incorrectly stops the PXE retry sequence prematurely and resumes attempting to boot devices as specified in the Standard IPL Boot Order resulting in the server not performing an intended PXE boot.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added support for Memory Mirroring. This option can now be enabled through the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Advanced Memory Protection option. Please consult documentation for supported configurations.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the HP FlexibleLOM port numbers would not be reported accurately under certain operating systems such as Red Hat Linux.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive during POST when a failed LRDIMM was installed in the system. Instead, the system will now properly map out the failed DIMM and log the event to the Integrated Management Log (IML).

    Addressed an issue where HP StoreFabric CN1100R Dual Port Converged Network Adapter (P/N: QW990A) would not properly report status in the System Utilities Device Health Status page.

    Addressed an issue where the HP Scripting Toolkit may fail to run properly and prompt for an Administrator Password even when no password is currently configured on the server.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server would fail to boot Intelligent Provisioning when pressing F10 during system boot.

    Known Issues:

    None   ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the system would not boot into certain versions of Linux operating systems when the Processor x2APIC Support option is configured as enabled. This option is set to disabled by default.

    Addressed an issue where the server’s boot order could not be configured using the “sysconfig” command in the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue where pressing the F12 key during system boot to initiate a Network Boot attempt may cause all other “hot keys” (function key prompts) to disappear from the screen. This issue was only seen when the Boot Mode is configured for Legacy BIOS Mode. This issue only exists with revision 1.03 (06/27/2014) of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 03/07/2014 revision of the System ROM caused a problem with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) operating system certification test. This issue has no known impact with TPM functionality under normal operating system environments. This problem only affects servers with the 03/07/2014 revision of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where servers utilizing the 11/08/2013 revision of the System ROM might not be able to boot certain operating system installations that install a Master Boot Record which is not marked as Active. When this issue occurs, the server might experience a Non-System Disk Error or not boot the intended media. This issue does NOT impact any System ROM revisions other than the 11/08/2013 revision.

    Addressed an issue where the System ROM's PXE Retry logic does not work properly with certain Network Devices. In some cases, the System ROM incorrectly stops the PXE retry sequence prematurely and resumes attempting to boot devices as specified in the Standard IPL Boot Order resulting in the server not performing an intended PXE boot.

    Addressed an issue where solid-state disk drives (SSDs) are not detected when installed in bay 1. This issue does not affect conventional hard disks.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the IRQ setting could not be changed in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) for the BL110i SATA RAID device.

    Removed the Removable Flash Media Boot Sequence option in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) as the HP ProLiant ML10 does not support an internal SD card slot.

    Updated text (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    The firmware for the System Programmable Logic Device must be upgraded in addition to the System ROM. Please see the Firmware Dependencies section below.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    System Programmable Logic Device version 0x15 or later is required. The System Programmamable Logic Device firmware is available for download at the following links:

    Online Flash Component for Linux - System Programmable Logic Device (HP ProLiant XL220a Gen8 v2) version 0x15: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-linux-fw/p1150180434/v103815

    Online Flash Component for Win64 - System Programmable Logic Device (HP ProLiant XL220a Gen8 v2) version 0x15: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-windows-fw/p1281588026/v103857

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where a system under heavy stress could experience an uncorrectable machine check. This issue will be reported in the Integrated Management Log with the following error details (Uncorrrectable Machine Check Exception: APIC ID 0x00000004, Bank 0x00000003, Status 0xF2000000'00800400, Address 0x00000000'00000000, Misc 0x00000000'00000000). This issue is not unique to HP. It is recommended that customers experiencing this issue update to this version of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where an uncorrectable machine check exception can cause the server to reboot continuously or stop responding. This solution requires the System Programmable Logic Device be upgraded to version 0x15 or later.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Update system thermal settings to improve the server's thermal solution.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue where the system may become unresponsive or power off under certain conditions including high system load. When this error occurs, a Server Critical Fault (Service Information: Runtime Fault, Memory) or Server Critical Fault (Service Information: Runtime Fault, Processor) message is logged in the Integrated Management Log (IML).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/29/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 0.50:
    • In some cases, when the power was applied to the system, the Smart Array controller would report that the supercap was charging even though charging had completed. The supercap charging message would display in the following locations:
      • POST
      • HP Smart Storage Administrator (HP SSA)
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 0.44(C):

    • Fixed an issue where an HP Dynamic Smart Array controller without a cache module attached was being inadvertently detected by the smart component.

    Problems Fixed in version 0.44(B):

    • Resolved an issue where the Smart Component would hang during hardware discovery when an unknown device was present.

    Problems Fixed in version 0.44:

    • Prior to version 0.44, a cache module charging circuit failure would result in an incorrect POST 1705 error indicating the super-cap should be replaced. This firmware now detects cache module charging circuit failures and displays a new POST 1813 error that correctly instructs the user to replace the cache module.
    ]]>         Important Notes:

    If a server has a Dynamic Power Cap enabled, the server’s performance may be significantly affected during the duration of the flash update of the Power Management Controller Firmware. To prevent the impact to performance, the Dynamic Power Cap can be disabled prior to the flash update process.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    This firmware update addresses the issue described in Customer Advisory c03885073.  For a description of the issue and a list of affected platforms, please consult this advisory at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID= c03885073.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    If a server has a Dynamic Power Cap enabled, the server’s performance may be significantly affected during the duration of the flash update of the Power Management Controller Firmware. To prevent the impact to performance, the Dynamic Power Cap can be disabled prior to the flash update process.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    iLO 4 v1.20 and above

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the Power Management Controller firmware became unresponsive when it was upgraded.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Ver. 4.1(B) includes minor documentation updates. The Power Management Controller Firmware contained within ver. 4.1(B) is equivalent to the Firmware contained within ver. 4.1. Therefore, it is not necessary to upgrade with ver. 4.1(B), if the Power Management Controller firmware version is 4.1.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addresses an issue in which the minimum power capping value was incorrectly being calculated on certain systems. This fix increases the accuracy of the minimum capping value set during POST.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375]]> Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Upgrade Requirement:

    Optional

    Users should update to this firmware revision if their system is affected by one of the documented fixesor if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this revision.

    Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the system may experience performance degradation when using the July 2009 revision of the System ROM and AMD 2400 series processors when the Power Regulator option is configured for Dynamic Power Savings Mode (the default) or OS Control Mode and Ultra Low Power State is enabled (the default). This issue only affects the July 2009 revision of the System ROM and systems configured with the AMD 2400 series processor.

    Resolved an issue where the system could identify the incorrect DIMM when a correctable memory threshold error or uncorrectable memory error occurs when the Memory Channel Mode is configured for Independent Channel Mode. If correctable memory threshold or uncorrectable memory errors occur on a system when using a earlier System ROM revision than this revision, the System ROM should be upgraded to this revision or some other method be used to determine the correct DIMM which is degraded or failed before replacing the DIMM(s). Otherwise, the incorrect DIMM(s) may be replaced and any issues due to memory errors not be resolved.

    Resolved an issue where the iLO 2 TEXTCONS functionality did not work properly. iLO 2 TEXTCONS requires a minimum iLO 2 Firmware Revision of 1.78 with iLO 2 Advanced Pack.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None
     
    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a very rare condition where the system could become unresponsive or unexpectedly reset when running with AMD Opteron 6100 or 6200 processors.
      
    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where industry standard tools, operating systems, and HP utilities may report less Level 3 (L3) cache than expected.

    Resolved an issue where the system may halt during boot when the HPC Optimization Option is enabled and the Power Profile mode is set to Maximum Performance or Custom. The halt may occur when the Power Profile is set to Custom with the Minimum Processor Idle Power State set to No C-states, and the HP Power Regulator is set to either HP Dynamic Power Savings Mode, HP Static Low Power Mode, or HP Static High Performance Mode.

    Resolved a rare issue where the system and IML may indicate an uncorrectable reset when upgrading to the 8/15/2012 system ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue with the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) "Processor Core Disable (AMD Core Select)" Option. The 06/04/2013 revision of the System ROM might cause some Operating Systems to report the incorrect number of cores when the "Processor Core Disable (AMD Core Select)" is set to non-default values. This issue did not impact any other revisions of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.00 or later may not be able to configure the platform properly through HP Virtual Connect. This issue is not seen with earlier versions of iLO firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a very rare issue where the system may either hang during system boot or boot with configuration options set incorrectly when non-volatile storage becomes corrupt. This is normally seen as the system hanging during system boot without anything displayed to video. Once the system gets into this state, the maintenance jumper can be utilized to recover operation of the system and restore configuration defaults. This revision of the System ROM will restore configuration defaults when non-volatile storage becomes corrupt.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a processor issue where an unlikely and complex sequence of conditions operating in 64-bit mode could result in an application-level error, blue screen, kernel panic, or other unpredictable system behavior. This issue affects platforms utilizing Intel Xeon 5100-series, Intel Xeon 5200-series, Intel Xeon 5300-series, and Intel Xeon 5400-series processors. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using affected processors. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel’s microcode for affected processors that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix. HP strongly recommends immediate update to firmware revisions with required critical fixes.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Enhanced the System ROM flash update process to improve the reliability of System ROM updates and decrease the probability of unintended corruption of the flash part. Note: As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Enhanced DIMM initialization such that the system will continue to boot with failed DIMM(s) installed (with those DIMM(s) not available to the operating system) in some instances that would have previously resulted in a hang early in the system boot process without any information displayed on the screen.

    Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Improved the logging of Smart Array Accelerator Battery and Smart Array Accelerator Super-Cap information in the Integrated Management Log (IML) to clearly indicate what actions a customer should take when the battery or super-cap is not installed, requires replacement, or is charging.]]> Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue that may result in any of the following conditions: operating system stops responding, unexpected system reset, Blue Screen when using a Microsoft Windows operating system, kernel panic when using a Linux operating system, or Purple Screen when using VMware ESX. A message may be displayed by the operating system or logged in the HP Integrated Management Log (IML) when this issue occurs indicating an "Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception." However, there are instances where the system resets before the operating system displays an error message and instances where the IML contains no log entry when this issue occurs. This issue does not occur if the Minimum Processor Idle State is configured for No C-states or C1E-state. The system is susceptible to this issue in the default Minimum Processor Idle State configuration.

    Resolved an issue where PCI-Express Gen 3 option cards would run at PCI-Express Gen 1 speeds rather than the appropriate behavior of running at PCI-Express Gen 2 speeds. This server supports a maximum PCI-Express speed of Gen 2.

    Resolved an issue where the system did not properly modify the processor’s power state (P-state) based on workload when the system is configured with Intel Xeon 5687 processors and the HP Power Regulator Mode is configured to OS Control Mode in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). The processor would always run in its maximum power/performance state rather than modifying the power state based on the workload.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/29/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Eliminate the "row hammer" issue when susceptible DIMMs have been installed in the server. This BIOS update will program the memory controller for 2x memory refresh which prevents the "row hammer" issue that could result in correctable or uncorrectable memory errors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the system may experience a Blue Screen when booting Microsoft Windows 2003 with the 07/02/2013 revision of the System ROM. This issue only occurs with the 07/02/2013 revision of the System ROM and does not affect any previous revisions.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN would not function properly with certain Networking devices.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an extremely rare issue where the system might report an erroneous Uncorrectable Machine Check Event during a system reboot in the Integrated Management Log (IML). This error would typically be seen with the following IML information: Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception (Board 0, Processor 1, APIC ID 0x00000040, Bank 0x0000000E, Status 0xE6000000'0000094A, Address 0x00000000'FED20610, Misc 0x00000000'00000000). Customers who experience this event are asked to update to this version of the System ROM before contacting HP Support.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Enhanced the System ROM flash update process to improve the reliability of System ROM updates and decrease the probability of unintended corruption of the flash part. Note: As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Enhanced DIMM initialization such that the system will continue to boot with failed DIMM(s) installed (with those DIMM(s) not available to the operating system) in some instances that would have previously resulted in a hang early in the system boot process without any information displayed on the screen.

    Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Improved the logging of Smart Array Accelerator Battery and Smart Array Accelerator Super-Cap information in the Integrated Management Log (IML) to clearly indicate what actions a customer should take when the battery or super-cap is not installed, requires replacement, or is charging.]]> Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue that may result in any of the following conditions: operating system stops responding, unexpected system reset, Blue Screen when using a Microsoft Windows operating system, kernel panic when using a Linux operating system, or Purple Screen when using VMware ESX. A message may be displayed by the operating system or logged in the HP Integrated Management Log (IML) when this issue occurs indicating an "Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception." However, there are instances where the system resets before the operating system displays an error message and instances where the IML contains no log entry when this issue occurs. This issue does not occur if the Minimum Processor Idle State is configured for No C-states or C1E-state. The system is susceptible to this issue in the default Minimum Processor Idle State configuration.

    Resolved an issue where PCI-Express Gen 3 option cards would run at PCI-Express Gen 1 speeds rather than the appropriate behavior of running at PCI-Express Gen 2 speeds. This server supports a maximum PCI-Express speed of Gen 2.

    Resolved an issue where the system did not properly modify the processor’s power state (P-state) based on workload when the system is configured with Intel Xeon 5687 processors and the HP Power Regulator Mode is configured to OS Control Mode in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). The processor would always run in its maximum power/performance state rather than modifying the power state based on the workload.

    Resolved an issue where the 2nd embedded NIC port may become disabled after flashing to the January 29, 2011 System ROM. After flashing to this revision of the System ROM or later, it may be necessary for the user to restore System Defaults from the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) in order for the 2nd NIC port to be enabled again for systems that had experienced this issue.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.
     

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/29/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/29/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/30/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.00 or later may not be able to properly configure the platform properly through HP Virtual Connect. This issue is not seen with earlier versions of iLO firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Updating to this revision of the System ROM prevents the use of the following options: HP D2200sb PCIe/StoreVirtual (AP881A), HP BLc PCI Expansion Blade (448018-B21), Ultrium 1760 Tape Blade (AQ697B), Ultrium 3000 Tape Blade (BS580B).

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Enabled spread spectrum clocking to deliberately spread signals on the frequency domain to reduce the spectral density of high speed signals. This change has no measurable impact on server performance.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.00 or later may not be able to properly configure the platform properly through HP Virtual Connect. This issue is not seen with earlier versions of iLO firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.00 or later may not be able to configure the platform properly through HP Virtual Connect. This issue is not seen with earlier versions of iLO firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-4600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue where the HP BL c-Class Expansion blade may not function properly after flashing to v1.30 12/24/2014 System ROM until system defaults are restored from the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.

    Added support for the HP BLc PCIe Expansion Blade and the HP D2220sb Storage Blade.

    Added support for the WS460c Gen9.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>
  • General
    • Cipher suites are now configured and displayed using their RFC 5246 standardized names. 
    • ]]>         General
    • Devices with MAC addresses ending with “81:00” (such as f8:66:f2:6d:81:00) were unable to communicate with the OA. Some examples of the observed symptoms were:
    Attempts to ping the OA from the device fail The OA cannot use such a device as a gateway The OA GUI and CLI cannot be used from this device  This had no functional impact; the entry could be ignored. 
    Documentation
    • In the September 2014 (Edition 23) HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator CLI User Guide for OA 4.30, within the description of the SET HTTP REQUESTREADTIMEOUT command, a command showing recommended values had the BODY MINRATE value as 50 instead of the correct value 500. The command with the correct recommended values is as follows: SET HTTP REQUESTREADTIMEOUT HEADER 3-8 MINRATE 500 BODY 5-10 MINRATE 500
    This error was corrected in the October 2014 (Edition 24) document.
      EFM
    • In rare cases, the Active OA module would reboot expectedly during the update of the OA firmware on redundant OA modules.  When this issue occurred, the Active OA module would reboot during the transfer of the OA firmware image to the Standby OA module.  The OA firmware update would fail to complete successfully; a segmentation fault (SEGV) error would be logged in the Active OA system log.  This issue did not cause any firmware or data corruption, and the OA firmware update could be successful if retried following the occurrence of this issue. Note that this issue could only be encountered when updating OA modules running OA 4.30 firmware.  o   Attempts to update the firmware failed on an HP ProLiant Gen9 server blade configured in UEFI Boot Mode or UEFI Optimized Boot Mode. When this failure occurred, the firmware log for the blade server would indicate an error similar to the following for each update attempt, including the two automatic retries that occur on failure: Jul 15 09:34:19 Unable to detect ISOLINUX booting. A final status report similar to the following would also be issued:
    Jul 15 10:30:33 Firmware Management is incomplete on blade <bay number>.
    • When using an HP Firmware Management ISO image based on a URL that includes the HTTP port (for example, http://10.226.36.35:8080/bp-151ilo-2014-08-26-1.iso),  EFM failed to mount the image. The following error message would be displayed: Unable to mount ISO or validate version information. The URL or ISO is invalid.   CLI commands affected include those that depend on the URL specification via the SET FIRMWARE MANAGEMENT URL command (such as the UPDATE FIRMWARE SERVER command and the UPDATE IMAGE FW_ISO command).  o   The EFM firmware log would indicate "Firmware Management successfully completed on blade x" even if the iLO firmware update failed to complete successfully. 
     IPv6
    • Configuration scripts could not be applied to another OA properly when attempting to configure new EBIPA DNS IPv4/IPv6 addresses or IPv6 routes. Attempts to change the configurations could only add new addresses to those of the previous configuration. It was not possible to replace the existing addresses with the new ones. The following CLI commands now include the ALL keyword to allow clearing of all unwanted addresses or routes:
    • REMOVE EBIPA SERVER DNS ALL
    • REMOVE EBIPAV6 SERVER DNS ALL
    • REMOVE OA ROUTE IPV6 <ACTIVE|STANDBY> ALL
    A configuration script can now use these commands to clear the previous (unwanted) EBIPA DNS IP addresses and IPv6 static routes, and then add the new ones.   
      KVM
    • Pressing Enter four times consecutively on a keyboard attached to the c7000 Enclosure integrated KVM module would cause the highlighted blade server on the KVM screen to power off or on, depending on its current power state. This issue has been fixed by interchanging the Ok/Confirm and Cancel buttons on the Confirm: Change Server Power and Change Server Power screens so that the Cancel button is highlighted by default instead of the OK or Confirm button. The default focus is set on the Cancel button.
      Security
    • The following security vulnerabilities were fixed:   
    • CVE-2014-3511: A vulnerability could be exploited by launching man-in-the-middle attacks to force the use of TSL 1.0 instead of the intended later version of TLS. This is documented in HP Security Bulletin HPSBMU03104 (https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04427546).
    • CVE-2007-2242: A vulnerability could be exploited by launching denial-of-service attacks via crafted IPv6 type 0 router headers between two routers, resulting in network congestion. This is documented in HP Security Bulletin HPSBMU03104 (https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04427546).
    • CVE-2014-3567: A vulnerability can be exploited to cause a DOS denial-of-service (memory consumption) attack via crafted session tickets that triggers an integrity check-failure.
    • CVE-2014-3513: A vulnerability can be exploited to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted handshake message.
    • CVE-2014-3513: SRTP Memory Leak – a memory leak in d1_srtp.c in the DTLS SRTP extension in OpenSSL 1.0.1 (before 1.0.1j) allows remote attackers to cause denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted handshake message.
    • This release of the OA resolves this security vulnerability by compiling OpenSSl with OPENSSL_NO_SRTP (the OA does not use DTLS and SRTP). 
    • CVE-2014-0139: A vulnerability affecting SSL/TLS transactions that might allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certificate Authority.
    • CVE-2014-0015: A vulnerability when more than one authentication method is enabled and NTLM connections are reused, which might allow context-dependent attackers to authenticate as other users via a request.
    • CVE-2014-0138: A vulnerability affecting certain LDAP connections that might allow context-dependent attackers to connect as other users via a request (similar to issue CVE-2014-0015).
    • CVE-2014-2522: A vulnerability when running on Windows and using an SChannel/Winssl TLS backend. When accessing a URL that uses a numerical IP address, curl does not verify that the server host name matches a domain name in the subject’s CN or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via an arbitrary valid certificate. 
    • In addition, OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.0.1h to address multiple CVE fixes.

     SSH/SSL keys
    • With OA firmware later than 4.0x, attempts to add an SSH key using the OA CLI ADD SSH KEY command might fail. Intermittently, after issuing the command, the user received an error message ("The submitted file is not a valid SSH key."), in which case the command failed. 

    SNMP 
    • SNMP alerts (or traps) sent from the OA to an IPv6 SNMP alert destination are sent incorrectly to destination port 161 instead of port 162 (per RFC 1157) when no destination port is explicitly specified as part of an IPv6 SNMP alert destination configuration.
      •  The OA HTTP service would become unresponsive and communication to the OA would be lost after removing a local user account with OA administrator level privileges.  This issue in only occurred when the removed user account had previously been used to configure network services on the OA module.  
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • Version 4.31 New Feature:
      • Added support for HP OneView management of enclosure configurations that do not include HP Virtual Connect interconnect modules.
         
    • Version 4.30 Features Additions and Changes:
      • New Hardware Support:
        • HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server
        • Smart Array 12Gb SAS Controller
        • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter
        • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter
        • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter
        • HP Adapters QDR/EN 10Gb & FDR/EN 40Gb 544+M
        • HP 2650W High Voltage Power Supply
        • HP High Voltage Power Module
      • General:
        • Support for configuration of boot order settings for UEFI-capable blades operating in UEFI boot mode.
        • Enhanced the existing RESET ILO OA CLI command to remotely perform a hardware-based reset of iLO.  This hardware-based reset is only supported on Gen9 server blades and is equivalent to the iLO reset that can be manually performed using the UID button on a Gen9 server blade.  Note that this iLO reset can be performed without impact to the operating state of the associated server.
      • Enclosure Firmware Management (EFM)
        • Support for clearing all existing EFM log data stored in the OA, including both the OA EFM log and the server-specific Firmware and Session logs.
      • Security
        • Support for customizing secure connection protocols and ciphers to be used by the OA when it is operating with FIPS Mode enabled. This configuration is only accessible and used by the OA when the OA is configured in either FIPS Mode ON or FIPS Mode DEBUG.
        • Support for configuration of the client request timeout settings on the OA web server. These settings are configurable using the new OA CLI SET HTTP REQUESTREADTIMEOUT command. 
      • IPv6
        • Support for a new Enable Router Advertisements enclosure-level IPv6 setting. Router Advertisements from the external management network are allowed onto the internal enclosure management network when this setting is enabled and blocked when it is disabled. 
        • Support for manual configuration of up to three static IPv6 network routes associated with the OA network interface.
        • Support on the Standby OA GUI TCP/IP Settings>IPv6Settings tab for configuring and reporting certain IPv6 settings.
      • DNS
        • Improved DNS server redundancy reporting on the Active OA and Standby OA GUI TCP/IP Settings screens  and via the CLI SHOW OA NETWORK and SHOW NETWORK commands.  Depending on how many DNS servers are configured, the Onboard Administrator can employ up to six DNS servers for lookups: two IPv4 DNS servers (either static or DHCP assigned, but not both) and four IPv6 DNS servers (static or DHCP assigned, or both). For more information, see the OA user guides. 

     

    ]]>         Firmware Dependency

    For firmware compatibility information please see HP Service Pack for ProLiant Information Library, http://www.hp.com/go/spp/documentation.

    No new issues were resolved in Version 4.31.

    Problems Fixed in Version 4.30:

    General
    • In rare cases, the OA may fail to successfully identify server blades that have been either physically inserted into the enclosure or have been reset by executing the OA CLI RESET SERVER command.  When this issue occurs, the affected server blades are misidentified as an unsupported blade type.
    • Restoring or configuring OA settings from a saved configuration script may fail to apply all network settings on the Standby OA module. The failing configuration script commands return the following error: “An error occurred while communicating with the other Onboard Administrator.” 
    • The RSA key for SSH is not properly exchanged with the Standby OA during an OA failover event when Enclosure IP Mode is enabled. After an OA failover event, when logging into the OA, SSH clients using the Enclosure IP address to access the Active OA may display an RSA key fingerprint warning message or “man-in-the-middle” security breach warning message.  This issue only occurs on OA 4.1x or OA 4.2x versions of OA firmware when the OA has been factory reset or new SSH keys were manually generated.  
    • The OA periodically reboots with the following entry logged in the OA system log:“OA: DHCP Monitor: DHCPD or RADVD is not running. Restarting OA.” 
    • In an IPv6-only management network environment with the VLAN feature enabled, the CONNECT SERVER OA CLI command fails to connect to the server blade serial console with an error displayed similar to the following: Connecting to bay 1 ... iLO failed to respond: Interrupted system call (4)
    Browsers
    • After logging in to the OA GUI via the Google Chrome™ browser (Chrome-v34.0.1847.116 m or greater), the OA web application fails to load properly. The OA GUI login screen may display the warning: “Your browser does not have the required functionality to run the application.” 
    • When using Microsoft® Internet Explorer 11, the results of a configuration script fail to load properly after uploading and executing a configuration script using a local file from the OA web GUI. This issue was seen only when more than one script was uploaded without refreshing the page
    EBIPA
    • Enclosure devices (including interconnect modules) fail to be configured with the Link Local address corresponding to the IPv6 gateway specified in the EBIPA for IPv6 configuration settings.  This issue only occurs when an IPv6 other than the Link Local address of the gateway is specified in the EBIPA for IPv6 configuration settings and will only occur for certain gateway server devices.
    Serial Console
    • When logging in to connect to the OA via the serial port, if a user enters the @ key as part of the login user name or password, the entered line is erased. 
    • When the baud rate for the OA serial port is configured to a value greater than the default 9600, attempts to directly paste saved commands or text into an open OA serial console session results in truncation or corruption of the pasted data. 
    SNMP
    • No response received to a UDP network request sent from a client to an enclosure device such as iLO or an interconnect module. This issue was specifically observed when an SNMP request was sent to an interconnect module.  
    ]]>         The latest list of enhancements can be found in the HP Virtual Connect Release Notes that can be found in the "User guide" section of the following URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64180&taskId=135&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=4144084
     

    ]]>         The latest list of issues resolved can be found in the HP Virtual Connect Release Notes that can be found in the "User guide" section of the following URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64180&taskId=135&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=4144084
     

    ]]>         The latest list of enhancements can be found in the HP Virtual Connect Release Notes that can be found in the "User guide" section of the following URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64180&taskId=135&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=4144084
     

    ]]>         The latest list of issues resolved can be found in the HP Virtual Connect Release Notes that can be found in the "User guide" section of the following URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64180&taskId=135&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=4144084
     

    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Updating the HP DL360G5 System ROM to revision P58 3/9/08 or higher is required in addition to updating to this HP Smart Array firmware revision for the modified shutdown sequence to ensure sufficient time for HDD head parking of internal HDDs.
    • Updating the HP MSA 60 and/or MSA 70 firmware version to 2.16 or higher is required to enable dual domain functionality.

    Problems Fixed:

    • Resolved an issue where the server’s system event log would fill with Event ID 129 warnings and the Smart Array controller would become unresponsive.
    • FW version 7.24(B) - Fixed an issue where a decimal conversion was not being interpreted correctly when installing the component under certain regional settings in Windows. This would cause the component installation to end with a return code 3 (already up to date) and a force install would be required to successfully update the FW.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Updating the HP DL360G5 System ROM to revision P58 3/9/08 or higher is required in addition to updating to this HP Smart Array firmware revision for the modified shutdown sequence to ensure sufficient time for HDD head parking of internal HDDs.
    • Updating the HP MSA 60 and/or MSA 70 firmware version to 2.16 or higher is required to enable dual domain functionality.

    Problems Fixed:

    • Resolved an issue where the server’s system event log would fill with Event ID 129 warnings and the Smart Array controller would become unresponsive.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features for FW version 4.1.1.0(B):

    • Added component support for x64 operating systems.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    The following issues are now resolved:
    • If the switch was assigned a static IP address using the Onboard Administrator EBIPA feature, then the switch might generate continuous Cold Start SNMP traps and overfill logs.
    • A storage enclosure flash operation might fail when run from Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) CLI while the GUI was open.
    • Link rate of a disk was incorrectly displayed in VSM GUI and CLI.
    • In rare cases, multiple resets of a switch would cause the Smart Array to lockup 0xAB.
       
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    The following issues are now resolved:
    • If the switch was assigned a static IP address using the Onboard Administrator EBIPA feature, then the switch might generate continuous Cold Start SNMP traps and overfill logs.
    • A storage enclosure flash operation might fail when run from Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) CLI while the GUI was open.
    • Link rate of a disk was incorrectly displayed in VSM GUI and CLI.
    • In rare cases, multiple resets of a switch would cause the Smart Array to lockup 0xAB.
       
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • The HP 3Gb SAS Switch will now publish external IP addresses to Onboard Administrator versions 3.20 or later instead of the internal IP address.
    • Component packaging has been updated; no impact to product’s functionality.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • The HP 3Gb SAS Switch will now publish external IP addresses to Onboard Administrator versions 3.20 or later instead of the internal IP address.
    ]]>
  • Added support for new ProLiant servers and options that are supported by HP Service Pack for ProLiant version 2015.03.
  • Added support for HP SUM Version 7.2.
  • Added verbose logging in Windows.
    • ]]>
  • Enable option to include/exclude Fiber Channel Port status
  • Host Bus Adapter Mode reporting for Smart Array Controllers
    • ]]>
  • Added support for new ProLiant servers and options that are supported by HP Service Pack for ProLiant version 2015.03.
  • Added support for HP SUM Version 7.2.
  • Added verbose logging in Windows.
    • ]]>
  • Enable option to include/exclude Fiber Channel Port status
  • Host Bus Adapter mode reporting for Smart Array Controllers
    • ]]>
  • Add NIC teaming support
  • Enable more verbose installation logging
  • Report current temperature and max temperature for SAS and SATA drives in cpqSasPhyDrvTable and cpqIdeAtaDiskTable
  • Report actual PCI slot tpe and slot width in cpqSePciSlotType and cpqSePciSlotWidth
  • Reflect software components from the latest HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) in cpqHoSwVerTable and cpqHoSwRunningTable
    • ]]>
  • Add NIC teaming support
  • Enable more verbose installation logging
  • Report current temperature and max temperature for SAS and SATA drives in cpqSasPhyDrvTable and cpqIdeAtaDiskTable
  • Report actual PCI slot tpe and slot width in cpqSePciSlotType and cpqSePciSlotWidth
  • Reflect software components from the latest HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) in cpqHoSwVerTable and cpqHoSwRunningTable
    • ]]>
  • Add NIC teaming support
  • Enable more verbose installation logging
  • Report current temperature and max temperature for SAS and SATA drives in cpqSasPhyDrvTable and cpqIdeAtaDiskTable
  • Report actual PCI slot type and slot width in cpqSePciSlotType ndcpqSePciSlotWidth OIDs
  • Reflect software components from the latest HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) in cpqHoSwVerTable and cpqHoSwRunningTable
    • ]]>
  • Add NIC teaming support
  • Enable more verbose installation logging
  • Report current temperature and max temperature for SAS and SATA drives in cpqSasPhyDrvTable and cpqIdeAtaDiskTable
  • Report actual PCI slot type and slot width in cpqSePciSlotType ndcpqSePciSlotWidth OIDs
  • Reflect software components from the latest HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) in cpqHoSwVerTable and cpqHoSwRunningTable
    • ]]>
  • Corrected potential Windows bugchecks during reboot cycling (bugcheck codes 0x50 and 0x7E)
  • Correctly switch ports to USB3 speeds
    • ]]>
  • 解决重启循环（缺陷检查代码0x50和0x7E）过程中潜在的Windows缺陷检查
  • 正确的交换机端口到USB3速度
    • ]]>
    Removed the raw driver file folder.  The raw driver files can be obtained by extracting the Smart Component and then extracting the Emulex installer.  Use this command:

        elxdrvr-fc-version.exe /q2 extract=2

    The extracted files are located:

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FC-version

    Each kit folder has subsequent architecture folders with subsequent OS folders.  For example,

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FC-version\x86\win2008

    ]]>
    Removed the raw driver file folder.  The raw driver files can be obtained by extracting the Smart Component and then extracting the Emulex installer.  Use this command:

        elxdrvr-fc-version.exe /q2 extract=2

    The extracted files are located:

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FC-version

    Each kit folder has subsequent architecture folders with subsequent OS folders.  For example,

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FC-version\x86\win2008

    ]]>
    Removed the raw driver file folder.  The raw driver files can be obtained by extracting the Smart Component and then extracting the Emulex installer.  Use this command:

        elxdrvr-fc-version.exe /q2 extract=2

    The extracted files are located:

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FC-version

    Each kit folder has subsequent architecture folders with subsequent OS folders.  For example,

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FC-version\x64\win2008

    ]]>
    Removed the raw driver file folder.  The raw driver files can be obtained by extracting the Smart Component and then extracting the Emulex installer.  Use this command:

        elxdrvr-fc-version.exe /q2 extract=2

    The extracted files are located:

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FC-version

    Each kit folder has subsequent architecture folders with subsequent OS folders.  For example,

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FC-version\x64\win2008

    ]]>         Updated driver version to 10.2.370.8

    Removed the raw driver file folder.  The raw driver files can be obtained by extracting the Smart
    Component and then extracting the Emulex installer.  Use this command:

        elxdrvr-fcoe-version.exe /q2 extract=2

    The extracted files are located:

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FCoE-version

    Each kit folder has subsequent architecture folders with subsequent OS folders.  For example,

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FCoE-version\x86\win2008

     

    ]]>
    Added support for the following devices:
    •  HP StoreFabric CN1200E Dual Port Converged Network Adapter
    •  HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter
    •  HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter
    •  HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter

    Removed the raw driver file folder.  The raw driver files can be obtained by extracting the Smart
    Component and then extracting the Emulex installer.  Use this command:

        elxdrvr-fcoe-version.exe /q2 extract=2

    The extracted files are located:

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FCoE-version

    Each kit folder has subsequent architecture folders with subsequent OS folders.  For example,

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FCoE-version\x86\win2008

     

    ]]>         Updated to driver version 10.2.370.8

    Removed the raw driver file folder.  The raw driver files can be obtained by extracting the Smart Component and then extracting the Emulex installer.  Use this command:

        elxdrvr-fcoe-version.exe /q2 extract=2

    The extracted files are located:

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FCoE-version

    Each kit folder has subsequent architecture folders with subsequent OS folders.  For example,

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FCoE-version\x64\win2008

     

    ]]>
    Added support for the following devices:
    •  HP StoreFabric CN1200E Dual Port Converged Network Adapter
    •  HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter
    •  HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter
    •  HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter

    Removed the raw driver file folder.  The raw driver files can be obtained by extracting the Smart Component and then extracting the Emulex installer.  Use this command:

        elxdrvr-fcoe-version.exe /q2 extract=2

    The extracted files are located:

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FCoE-version

    Each kit folder has subsequent architecture folders with subsequent OS folders.  For example,

        C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Emulex\Drivers\FCoE-version\x64\win2008

     

    ]]>
  • Fixed adapter WWPN is not getting changed once cable is pulled out from FAWWN configured port
  • Fixed path loss caused by missing PLOGI after FLOGI
  • Fixed handling CRC and Recovered Error on same exchange
  • Fixed I/O quiescence on tape device reboot
     
    • ]]>
  • Fixed backup issue at 256K block transfer size limit number
  • Fixed timing issue in device re-login after logout to prevent I/O quiescence during device reboot
  • Fixed poor read write performance at certain large block sizes
    • ]]>
  • Fixed adapter WWPN is not getting changed once cable is pulled out from FAWWN configured port
  • Fixed path loss caused by missing PLOGI after FLOGI
  • Fixed handling CRC and Recovered Error on same exchange
  • Fixed I/O quiescence on tape device reboot
    • ]]>
  • Fixed backup issue at 256K block transfer size limit number
  • Fixed timing issue in device re-login after logout to prevent I/O quiescence during device reboot
  • Fixed poor read write performance at certain large block sizes
    • ]]>
  • Fixed adapter WWPN is not getting changed once cable is pulled out from FAWWN configured port
  • Fixed path loss caused by missing PLOGI after FLOGI
  • Fixed handling CRC and Recovered Error on same exchange
  • Fixed I/O quiescence on tape device reboot
    • ]]>
  • Fixed backup issue at 256K block transfer size limit number
  • Fixed timing issue in device re-login after logout to prevent I/O quiescence during device reboot
  • Fixed poor read write performance at certain large block sizes
    • ]]>         Updated the Smart Component to contain driver version 9.1.12.10

    ]]>
  • Added mailbox timeout error reset delay
  • Fixed target port not login after FLOGI following path removal
  • Fixed flash write enable, write complete wait issue
  • Fixed CRC handling and Recovered Error on same exchange
  • Fixed I/O quiescence on tape device reboot
    • ]]>         Updated the Smart Component to contain driver version 9.1.11.16.

    ]]>         ]]>     Updated the Smart Component to contain driver version 9.1.12.10

    ]]>
  • Added mailbox timeout error reset delay
  • Fixed target port not login after FLOGI following path removal
  • Fixed flash write enable, write complete wait issue
  • Fixed CRC handling and Recovered Error on same exchange
  • Fixed I/O quiescence on tape device reboot
    • ]]>         Updated the Smart Component to contain driver version 9.1.11.16

    ]]>         ]]>
  • Added mailbox timeout error reset delay
  • Fixed target port not login after FLOGI following path removal
  • Fixed flash write enable, write complete wait issue
  • Fixed CRC handling and Recovered Error on same exchange
  • Fixed I/O quiescence on tape device reboot
    • ]]>
  • Fixed Win2012 compilation issue to create virtual SAN from Hyper-v
  • Fixed command timeout value adjustment issue to avoid lost path issue
    • ]]>         ]]>
  • The user configured path tov now persists across server reboots.  Also, changing dev_loss_tmo will no longer cause the user configured path tov to change.
  • For Brocade 4 and 8 Gb FC HBAs, user modification of the I/O Interrupt Latency take effect immediately.
    • ]]>
  • The user configured path tov now persists across server reboots.  Also, changing dev_loss_tmo will no longer cause the user configured path tov to change.
  • For Brocade 4 and 8 Gb FC HBAs, user modification of the I/O Interrupt Latency take effect immediately.
    • ]]>         ]]>
  • Correctly mark the state of power supplies that were not cabled when the system was turned on. Earlier versions would show "general failure" for the power supply state in this case, instead of "power cord fault". This fix requires that iLO 4 version 2.00 firmware or later has been flashed on the system.
  • Corrected a potential issue with reporting memory errors on the HP ProLiant DL580 G7 and the HP ProLiant DL980 G7. When the Advanced Memory Protection mode is set to "mirroring" and a memory error occurs, the state of the memory boards in the mirrored pair may not have been updated properly.
    • ]]>
  • Corrected false fan and power supply removal and insertion traps from the HP Insight Management Agents that could occur after an iLO reset.
  • Corrected the state of a hot-inserted fan reported to the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers. The fan could have been incorrectly marked as "failed".
    • ]]>
  • Correctly mark the state of power supplies that were not cabled when the system was turned on. Earlier versions would show "general failure" for the power supply state in this case, instead of "power cord fault". This fix requires that iLO 4 version 2.00 firmware or later has been flashed on the system.
  • Corrected a potential issue with reporting memory errors on the HP ProLiant DL580 G7 and the HP ProLiant DL980 G7. When the Advanced Memory Protection mode is set to "mirroring" and a memory error occurs, the state of the memory boards in the mirrored pair may not have been updated properly.
    • ]]>
  • Correctly mark the state of power supplies that were not cabled when the system was turned on. Earlier versions would show "general failure" for the power supply state in this case, instead of "power cord fault". This fix requires that iLO 4 version 2.00 firmware or later has been flashed on the system.
  • Corrected a potential issue with reporting memory errors on the HP ProLiant DL580 G7 and the HP ProLiant DL980 G7. When the Advanced Memory Protection mode is set to "mirroring" and a memory error occurs, the state of the memory boards in the mirrored pair may not have been updated properly.
    • ]]>         - HPONCFG "/a /w" option captures iLO Firmware date additional to iLO Firmware version information.]]> - Capture and restore of SSO server record added by network name or indirect import did not work as expected.
    - HPONCFG did not capture and restore all Federation Groups.]]>         - HPONCFG GUI used to crash when used with UDC lock enabled, this crash is fixed.]]>     - HPONCFG "/a /w" option captures iLO Firmware date additional to iLO Firmware version information.]]> - Capture and restore of SSO server record added by network name or indirect import did not work as expected.
    - HPONCFG did not capture and restore all Federation Groups.]]>
  • Transceiver Speed settings can be applied from HPONCFG GUI.
  • HPONCFG GUI used to crash when used with UDC lock enabled, this crash is fixed.
    • ]]>         Server/Foundation Agents:
    • Supports GUI for ASR Timeout selection
    • Added minor webapp display changes on SMH
    • Updated NIC device database (Reference spec: NIC WMI _SNMP_10.10.docx)
    • Updated support for SMBIOS Record Type 0
    NIC Agents:
    • This product now supports the following network adapters:
    HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 557SFP+ Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    HP Infiniband QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+QSFP Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    HP Infiniband QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR 2-port 544+i Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR 2-port 545M Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR 2-port 545QSFP Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR 2-port 545FLR-QSFP Adapter]]>         Server Agents

    The following items have been fixed:
    • SMH UID State is not changed when use the UID button under windows 2012 R2
    • SMHD leaking memory since 9.60 (9.40 did not show leak)
    • ROM firmware name should be updated on SMH-System Board help page
    • [SvrMgmt] No ROM Microcode Patches info in SMH under w2k12r2 on R190 G2
    • SMH does not display complete ROM version on Gen9 servers.
    • Memory DIMM details are not getting populated in SMH for SL210t Gen9
    • IML not degraded when power input loss happened with caution logs
    • Incorrect Physical Disk Numbering Alignment in SMH with Windows Agents
    • Incorrect cpqHoDesc for Windows2012_R2 Standard OS with Agents
    • 9016 Trap logged in Event Viewer with every Agents restart
    • Incorrect driver name shown in SMH for "HP StoreEver Tape Driver for Windows"
    ]]>         Server Agents:

    The following items have been added as part of Gen9 Snap1 Enhancements
    •  Support for DDR4 memory type.
    •  Support to read OS version information from windows registry.
    •  NIC card details in device database files.
    •  Storage card details in device database files.
    •  Firmware version information as per SMBIOS record type 216
    •  Removed support for deprecated EV's (CQHBOS, CQHCIM, CQHPST)
    ]]>         Server Agents:

    The following items have been fixed:
    •  CPU type does not show completely in SMH
    •  LRDIMM Memory technology shows Synchronous under SMH
    •  HyperThreading status always shows enabled in SMH with SNMP data source
    •  Extra traps are logged when fail/degrade a fan.
    •  SMH show incorrect Cooling status when all fans are "OK"
    •  Truncated Product Number is displayed on SMH.
    •  DAT320 USB internal tape info is not shown on SMH under Win2k8 R2
    •  IML is not degraded when fan(s) is/are failed
    •  Junk Value is shown for iLO "Firmware Version" Tab on SMH.
    •  OA Enclosure and Rack names are shown truncated if value set to its max limit.
    •  Agents return incomplete mib cpqSm2CntrlHostGUID value.
    •  Serial ports information is not displayed on SMH.
    •  Software / Firmware version info doesn't match between Control Panel, SMH page.
    •  Firmware version info on SMH page doesn't match with refernce to iLO f/w list.
    •  Agents service fails to start when selecting subagents from the control panel application.
    •  Insight Management Agents installation fails on W2K12R2
    •  Integrated Management Log tab missing in SMH
    ]]>         Server/Foundation Agents:
    • Supports GUI for ASR Timeout selection
    • Added minor webapp display changes on SMH
    • Updated NIC device database (Reference spec: NIC WMI _SNMP_10.10.docx)
    • Updated support for SMBIOS Record Type 0
    NIC Agents:
    • This product now supports the following network adapters:
    HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 557SFP+ Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    HP Infiniband QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+QSFP Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    HP Infiniband QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR 2-port 544+i Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR 2-port 545M Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR 2-port 545QSFP Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR 2-port 545FLR-QSFP Adapter
    ]]>         Server Agents

    The following items have been fixed:
    • SMH UID State is not changed when use the UID button under windows 2012 R2
    • SMHD leaking memory since 9.60 (9.40 did not show leak)
    • ROM firmware name should be updated on SMH-System Board help page
    • [SvrMgmt] No ROM Microcode Patches info in SMH under w2k12r2 on R190 G2
    • SMH does not display complete ROM version on Gen9 servers.
    • Memory DIMM details are not getting populated in SMH for SL210t Gen9
    • IML not degraded when power input loss happened with caution logs
    • Incorrect Physical Disk Numbering Alignment in SMH with Windows Agents
    • Incorrect cpqHoDesc for Windows2012_R2 Standard OS with Agents
    • 9016 Trap logged in Event Viewer with every Agents restart
    • Incorrect driver name shown in SMH for "HP StoreEver Tape Driver for Windows"
    ]]>         Server/Foundation Agents:
    • Supports GUI for ASR Timeout selection
    • Added minor webapp display changes on SMH
    • Updated NIC device database (Reference spec: NIC WMI _SNMP_10.10.docx)
    • Updated support for SMBIOS Record Type 0
    NIC Agents:
    • This product now supports the following network adapters:
    HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 557SFP+ Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    HP Infiniband QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+QSFP Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    HP Infiniband QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR 2-port 544+i Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR 2-port 545M Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR 2-port 545QSFP Adapter
    HP Infiniband FDR 2-port 545FLR-QSFP Adapter
    ]]>         Server Agents

    The following items have been fixed:
    • SMH UID State is not changed when use the UID button under windows 2012 R2
    • SMHD leaking memory since 9.60 (9.40 did not show leak)
    • ROM firmware name should be updated on SMH-System Board help page
    • [SvrMgmt] No ROM Microcode Patches info in SMH under w2k12r2 on R190 G2
    • SMH does not display complete ROM version on Gen9 servers.
    • Memory DIMM details are not getting populated in SMH for SL210t Gen9
    • IML not degraded when power input loss happened with caution logs
    • Incorrect Physical Disk Numbering Alignment in SMH with Windows Agents
    • Incorrect cpqHoDesc for Windows2012_R2 Standard OS with Agents
    • 9016 Trap logged in Event Viewer with every Agents restart
    • Incorrect driver name shown in SMH for "HP StoreEver Tape Driver for Windows"
    ]]>         This driver is the latest available driver from Intel.

    ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue which could result in a transmit hang during a period of heavy traffic.]]>
    This driver addresses an issue which could result in a transmit hang during a period of heavy traffic.]]>
    This driver addresses an issue which could result in a transmit hang during a period of heavy traffic.]]>
    This driver addresses an issue which could result in a transmit hang during a period of heavy traffic.]]>
  • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 363i Adapter
  • HP Ethernet 1Gb 1-port 364i Adapter
  • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 367i Adapter
    • ]]>
    This component addresses an issue where the state of an adapter in "disabled" state is not preserved after installation.]]>
  • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 363i Adapter
  • HP Ethernet 1Gb 1-port 364i Adapter
  • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 367i Adapter
    • ]]>
    This component addresses an issue where the state of an adapter in "disabled" state is not preserved after installation.]]>
  • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 363i Adapter
  • HP Ethernet 1Gb 1-port 364i Adapter
  • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 367i Adapter
    • ]]>
  • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 363i Adapter
  • HP Ethernet 1Gb 1-port 364i Adapter
  • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 367i Adapter
    • ]]>
    This driver corrects an issue that could result in a Windows Stop Error (BSOD) when a large number of ports are repeatedly disabled.]]>
    This driver now supports the following network adapters:
    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 330i Adapter (22BD)
    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i Adapter (22BE)
    ]]>
    This driver corrects an issue that could result in a Windows Stop Error (BSOD) when a large number of ports are repeatedly disabled.]]>
    These drivers correct the “SpeedDuplex” advanced property options for several devices. ]]>
    These drivers correct the “SpeedDuplex” advanced property options for several devices. ]]>          
    This software addresses an issue which results in a system crash during Windows OS installation while booting to an iSCSI drive.]]>
    This component addresses a rarely seen issue where a data miscompare occurs when a packet with Exchange Context = 1 (responder) and OX_ID greater than the supported device range is received interleaved with a sequence of another exchange.]]>          
    This software addresses an issue which results in a system crash during Windows OS installation while booting to an iSCSI drive.]]>
    This component addresses a rarely seen issue where a data miscompare occurs when a packet with Exchange Context = 1 (responder) and OX_ID greater than the supported device range is received interleaved with a sequence of another exchange.]]>
    This driver corrects an issue which can result in an adapter reset while assigning a static IP address. ]]>
    This driver corrects an issue which can result in an adapter reset while assigning a static IP address. ]]>
    This driver corrects an issue which can result in an adapter reset while assigning a static IP address. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue that results in a Windows stop error (BSOD) when the driver is installed with Receive Side Scaling (RSS) enabled on a resource constrained system.]]>
    Along with firmware version 10.2.340.25 or later, this driver addresses an issue where virtual machines may lose network connectivity when Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ) is enabled.

    This driver corrects an issue which results in a Windows stop error (BSOD) in a Virtual Machine when the physical device is disabled.]]>
    Along with firmware version 10.2.340.25 or later, this driver addresses an issue where virtual machines may lose network connectivity when Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ) is enabled.

    This driver corrects an issue which results in a Windows stop error (BSOD) in a Virtual Machine when the physical device is disabled.]]>          
    The per-LUN queue depth for this driver is adjusted in order to improve performance.]]>          
    The per-LUN queue depth for this driver is adjusted in order to improve performance.]]>
  • HP StoreFabric CN1200E Dual Port Converged Network Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter


    • This driver has been updated to support firmware versions 10.2.323.21 and later.]]>          
    The per-LUN queue depth for this driver is adjusted in order to improve performance.]]>
  • HP StoreFabric CN1200E Dual Port Converged Network Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter


    • This driver has been updated to support firmware versions 10.2.323.21 and later.]]>          
    The per-LUN queue depth for this driver is adjusted in order to improve performance.]]>
  • HP StoreFabric CN1200E Dual Port Converged Network Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter


    • This driver has been updated to support firmware versions 10.2.323.21 and later.]]>          
    The per-LUN queue depth for this driver is adjusted in order to improve performance.]]>
  • HP StoreFabric CN1200E Dual Port Converged Network Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter


    • This driver has been updated to support firmware versions 10.2.323.21 and later.]]>          
    This utility now provides new statistics for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).
     
    This utility now supports Internet Storage Name Service (ISNS) Add/Remove/List operation requests from CIM.]]>          
    This utility resolves an issue with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) initialization.
     
    This utility corrects an issue with iSCSI TCP/IP VLAN enable/disable operations when switching between static IP and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
     
    This utility addresses an issue where incorrect values for iSCSI TCP/IP are displayed when the user switches from DHCP to static IP.
     
    This utility corrects an issue where the displayed version of the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) firmware does not match the version of the installed firmware.
     
    This utility corrects an issue with the display of the Fibre Channel (FC) Not Operational (NOS) Count.
     
    This utility addresses an issue where the displayed FCoE Logical Unit Number (LUN) is incorrect.
     
    This utility addresses an issue where two “FCoE port” tabs are displayed by the UI.]]>          
    This utility now provides new statistics for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).
     
    This utility now supports Internet Storage Name Service (ISNS) Add/Remove/List operation requests from CIM.]]>          
    This utility corrects an issue with iSCSI TCP/IP VLAN enable/disable operations when switching between static IP and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
     
    This utility addresses an issue where incorrect values for iSCSI TCP/IP are displayed when the user switches from DHCP to static IP.
     
    This utility corrects an issue where the displayed version of the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) firmware does not match the version of the installed firmware.
     
    This utility corrects an issue with the display of the Fibre Channel (FC) Not Operational (NOS) Count.
     
    This utility addresses an issue where the displayed FCoE Logical Unit Number (LUN) is incorrect.
     
    This utility addresses an issue where two “FCoE port” tabs are displayed by the UI.]]>         the Symantec Netbackup does a shadow copy of Microsoft Window 2008.  ]]> the Symantec Netbackup does a shadow copy of Microsoft Window 2008.  ]]> ]]> Added support for the HP SC08Ge SAS Host Bus Adapter

    Enhanced component-level logging has been implemented in the smart component installer. The generated log file will be located on the target system in %SYSTEMROOT%\cpqsystem\log directory under the name CPQSETUP.LOG.

    ]]>         Added support for the HP SC08Ge SAS Host Bus Adapter

    Enhanced component-level logging has been implemented in the Smart Component installer. The generated log file will be located on the target system in the %SystemRoot%\cpqsystem\log directory under the name CPQSETUP.LOG.

    ]]>
  • After hot adding a D2700 JBOD to the external port of an HP H221 HBA, a 0xD1 blue screen was encountered.
    • ]]>         Fixed the following issue

    • After hot adding a D2700 JBOD to the external port of an HP H221 HBA, a 0xD1 blue screen was encountered.

     

    ]]>         Fixed the following issue

    • After hot adding a D2700 JBOD to the external port of an HP H221 HBA, a 0xD1 blue screen was encountered.

     

    ]]>         Fixed the following issue

    • After hot adding a D2700 JBOD to the external port of an HP H221 HBA, a 0xD1 blue screen was encountered.

     

    ]]>
  • Added support for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012R2 to the build scripts.
     
  • Add build support for new Windows Event Logging
     
  • Add support for automatic selection of the default driver build parameters file during the build
    • ]]>         No functional changes have occurred for the driver, only enhanced component-level logging has been implemented in the smart component installer. The generated log file will be located on the target system in %SYSTEMROOT%\cpqsystem\log directory under the name CPQSETUP.LOG. If you have previously installed version 6.8.0.32(B) of this driver, then you do not need to upgrade to version 6.8.0.32(C).

     

    ]]>         No functional changes have occurred for the driver, only the component installer has been updated to recognize if it is running within a virtualized guest environment. If you have previously installed version 6.8.0.32 of this driver, then you do not need to upgrade to version 6.8.0.32(B).

    ]]>         No functional changes have occurred for the driver, only enhanced component-level logging has been implemented in the smart component installer. The generated log file will be located on the target system in %SYSTEMROOT%\cpqsystem\log directory under the name CPQSETUP.LOG. If you have previously installed version 6.8.0.64(E) of this driver, then you do not need to upgrade to version 6.8.0.64(F).

    ]]>         No functional changes have occurred for the driver, only added support for Microsoft Windows Foundation Server 2008. If you have previously installed version 6.8.0.64(D) of this driver, then you do not need to upgrade to version 6.8.0.64(E).

    ]]>
  • Volumes are automatically available after completing Rapid Parity Initialization 
    • ]]>
  • Enables customers to make use of Microsoft HotFix which enables 64-bit command addressing described by MS KB2468345.
    • ]]>         http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03793656]]> Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials]]>
  • Peformance improvments for MPIO bases solutions using MSA 2040 and P2000 storage enclosures.
  • Improved performance for certain configurations using SSD SmartPath.
    • ]]>         Resolved a potential bluescreen when logical volumes are configured on an HP MSA P2000 or HP MSA 2040.  This issue, caused by incorrect device enumeration, could result in other symptoms including incorrect disk instances reported to users, and incorrect number of path instances or poor performance when using MPIO.

    ]]>
  • Added support for Multipath I/O (MPIO).
  • Disabled excessive diagnostic event logging to the Windows Event log. 
  • Allow controllers to be clustered.
  • Driver binaries built with the latest Windows Driver Kit 8.1.
    • ]]>
  • A Windows blue screen could occur when adding and deleting a very high number of logical volumes.
  • IO was failing after hot removal of a drive in a fault tolerant volume when using HP SmartPath.
    • ]]>
  • Smart Array P840
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H244br
    • ]]>
  • Added support for Multipath I/O (MPIO).
  • Disabled excessive diagnostic event logging to the Windows Event log. 
  • Allow controllers to be clustered.
  • Driver binaries built with the latest Windows Driver Kit 8.1.
    • ]]>
  • A Windows blue screen could occur when adding and deleting a very high number of logical volumes.
  • IO was failing after hot removal of a drive in a fault tolerant volume when using HP SmartPath.
    • ]]>
  • Smart Array P840
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H244br

    •  







    ]]>
  • Added support for new PHY disabled event.
  • Added support for new PHY threshold exceeded events.
    •  ]]>
  • Added support for managed cables.
  • Added additional hard drive "last failure reason" codes.
  • Added "HP Smart Storage Administrator" text to event ID's 24601 and 24713 (exchanged media events).
    • ]]>
    •     Smart Array P741m
    •     Smart Array P841
    •     Smart Array P246br
    ]]>         Added support for the following controllers

    • Smart Array P840
    • Smart Array P441
    • Smart Array P440ar
    • Smart Array P440
    • Smart Array P244br
    • Smart HBA H241
    • Smart HBA H240
    • Smart HBA H240ar
    • Smart HBA H244br
    • Smart Array B140i

    Added Smart Array power throttling events.
    Added SmartCache failure events

    ]]>         No functional changes have occurred for the Device Manager Extension, only enhanced component-level logging has been implemented in the smart component installer. The generated log file will be located on the target system in %SYSTEMROOT%\cpqsystem\log directory under the name CPQSETUP.LOG. If you have previously installed version 6.6.0.32(B) of this Device Manager Extension, then you do not need to upgrade to version 6.6.0.32(C).

    ]]>         No functional changes have occurred for the Device Manager Extension, only the component installer has been updated to recognize if it is running within a virtualized guest environment. If you have previously installed version 6.6.0.32 of this Device Manager Extension, then you do not need to upgrade to version 6.6.0.32(B).

    ]]>         No functional changes have occurred for the Device Manager Extension, only enhanced component-level logging has been implemented in the smart component installer. The generated log file will be located on the target system in %SYSTEMROOT%\cpqsystem\log directory under the name CPQSETUP.LOG. If you have previously installed version 6.6.0.64(C) of this Device Manager Extension, then you do not need to upgrade to version 6.6.0.64(D).

    ]]>         No functional changes have occurred for the Device Manager Extension, only added support for Microsoft Windows Foundation Server 2008. If you have previously installed version 6.6.0.64 (B) of this Device Manager Extension, then you do not need to upgrade to version 6.6.0.64(C).

    ]]>
  • Fixes issue with SCSI Verify that can cause bug check.
  • Fixes issue where newer, larger drives may not show up during hot add.
  • Fixes potential data mismatch to RAID5 volumes when read cache is enabled and physical drive fails.
    • ]]>
  • Fixes issue with SCSI Verify that can cause bug check.
  • Fixes issue where newer, larger drives may not show up during hot add.
  • Fixes potential data mismatch to RAID5 volumes when read cache is enabled and physical drive fails.
    • ]]>
  • Fixes issue with SCSI Verify that can cause bug check.
  • Fixes issue where newer, larger drives may not show up during hot add.
  • Fixes potential data mismatch to RAID5 volumes when read cache is enabled and physical drive fails.
    • ]]>
  • Fixes issue with SCSI Verify that can cause bug check.
  • Fixes issue where newer, larger drives may not show up during hot add.
  • Fixes potential data mismatch to RAID5 volumes when read cache is enabled and physical drive fails.
    • ]]>
  • Fixes issue with SCSI Verify that can cause bug check.
  • Fixes issue where newer, larger drives may not show up during hot add.
  • Fixes potential data mismatch to RAID5 volumes when read cache is enabled and physical drive fails.
    • ]]>
  • Fixes issue with SCSI Verify that can cause bug check.
  • Fixes issue where newer, larger drives may not show up during hot add.
  • Fixes potential data mismatch to RAID5 volumes when read cache is enabled and physical drive fails.
    • ]]>
  • Support for Low Profile drives.
  • Improvements to surface analysis and rebuild.
  • Improvements to boot and rebuild support when volume changes occur during boot.
    • ]]>
  • Resolve issue with SCSI Verify to logical volumes.
    • ]]>
  • Support for Low Profile drives.
  • Improvements to surface analysis and rebuild.
  • Improvements to boot and rebuild support when volume changes occur during boot.
    • ]]>
  • Resolve issue with SCSI Verify to logical volumes.
    • ]]>
  • Corrects an issue where HP B110i would try to resume the rebuild progress if the drive was replaced while the server was offline.
  • To improve rebuild time, ensure that drive write cache is enabled during rebuild and disabled when rebuild completes.
    • ]]>
  • Corrects an issue where HP B110i would try to resume the rebuild progress if the drive was replaced while the server was offline.
  • To improve rebuild time, ensure that drive write cache is enabled during rebuild and disabled when rebuild completes.
    • ]]>
  • Corrects an issue where HP B110i would try to resume the rebuild progress if the drive was replaced while the server was offline.
  • To improve rebuild time, ensure that drive write cache is enabled during rebuild and disabled when rebuild completes.
    • ]]>         Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials ]]>
  • Added HP LTO Tape Drive drivers version 1.0.7.2 for Microsoft Windows XP (x86), Microsoft Windows Vista (x64), Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64) and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (x64).
  • Added HP USB Mass Storage Controller driver version 8.00.2014 for Microsoft Windows 8.1 (x64) and Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64).
  • See table below for operating system support and driver versions
    • bold - new driver versions
    • * - not supported

    •   Microsoft Windows Client Operating Systems
    Driver Description XP x86 Vista x86 Vista x64 7 x86 7 x64 8 x64 8.1 x64
    HP LTO Tape Drive 1.0.7.1 1.0.7.1 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.2
    HP DAT Tape Drive 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.2.0
    HP USB Mass Storage Controller - (DAT 72 & 160 only) 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 7.00.2012 8.00.2014
    HP SDLT/VS Tape Drive * * * * * * *
    HP ESL G3 Tape Library * * * * * * *
    HP MSL6480, G3, 1/8 Tape Library 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.3
    HP ESL E Tape Library * * * * * * *
    HP MSL6000 Series Tape Library * * * * * * *
    HP DAT Tape Autoloader * * * * * * *

      Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems
    Driver Description 2000 x86 Server
    2003 x86    		 Server
    2003 x64    		 Server
    2003 IA64    		 Server
    2008 x86    		 Server
    2008 x64    		 Server
    2008 IA64    		  Server
    2008 R2 x64    		 Server
    2008 R2 IA64    		 Server
    2012 x64    		 Server
    2012 R2 x64
    HP LTO - (LTO6 not supported on IA64 ) * 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.2 1.0.6.3 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.2 1.0.6.3 1.0.7.2 1.0.6.3 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.2
    HP DAT Tape Drive * 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.0.2 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.0.2 1.7.1.0 1.7.0.2 1.7.1.0 1.7.2.0
    HP USB Mass Storage Controller - (DAT 72 & 160 only) * 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 7.00.2012 8.00.2014
    HP SDLT/VS Tape Drive * 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 * * * * * * *
    HP ESL G3 Tape Library * 7.5.7.1 7.5.7.1 7.5.7.0 7.5.7.1 7.5.7.1 7.5.7.0 7.5.7.1 7.5.7.0 7.5.8.1 7.5.8.2
    HP MSL6480, G3, 1/8 Tape Library * 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 1.9.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 1.9.0 3.0.0.0 1.9.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.3
    HP ESL E Tape Library * 1.5.1.0 1.5.1.0 * 1.5.1.0 1.5.1.0 * 1.5.1.0 * 1.5.1.1 *
    HP MSL6000 Series Tape Library * 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 * *
    HP DAT Tape Autoloader * 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 * *
    ]]>
  • Added support and drivers for Microsoft Windows 8.1 (x64) and Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)
  • HP StoreEver MSL6480 supported with driver versions 3.0.0.0 and above - (not available for IA64 operating systems)
  • See table below for operating system support and driver versions
    • bold - new driver versions
    • * - not supported

    •   Microsoft Windows Client Operating Systems
    Driver Description XP x86 Vista x86 Vista x64 7 x86 7 x64 8 x86 8 x64 8.1 x64
    HP LTO Tape Drive 1.0.7.1 1.0.7.1 1.0.7.1 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.1 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.2
    HP DAT Tape Drive 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.2.0
    HP USB Mass Storage Controller - (DAT 72 & 160 only) 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 7.00.2012 7.00.2012 *
    HP SDLT/VS Tape Drive * * * * * * * *
    HP ESL G3 Tape Library * * * * * * * *
    HP MSL6480, G3, 1/8 Tape Library 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.3
    HP ESL E Tape Library * * * * * * * *
    HP MSL6000 Series Tape Library * * * * * * * *
    HP DAT Tape Autoloader * * * * * * * *

      Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems
    Driver Description 2000 x86 Server
    2003 x86    		 Server
    2003 x64    		 Server
    2003 IA64    		 Server
    2008 x86    		 Server
    2008 x64    		 Server
    2008 IA64    		  Server
    2008 R2 x64    		 Server
    2008 R2 IA64    		 Server
    2012 x64    		 Server
    2012 R2 x64
    HP LTO - (LTO6 not supported on IA64 ) * 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.1 1.0.6.3 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.1 1.0.6.3 1.0.7.2 1.0.6.3 1.0.7.2 1.0.7.2
    HP DAT Tape Drive * 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.0.2 1.7.1.0 1.7.1.0 1.7.0.2 1.7.1.0 1.7.0.2 1.7.1.0 1.7.2.0
    HP USB Mass Storage Controller - (DAT 72 & 160 only) * 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 6.07.2010 7.00.2012 *
    HP SDLT/VS Tape Drive * 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 * * * * * * *
    HP ESL G3 Tape Library * 7.5.7.1 7.5.7.1 7.5.7.0 7.5.7.1 7.5.7.1 7.5.7.0 7.5.7.1 7.5.7.0 7.5.8.1 7.5.8.2
    HP MSL6480, G3, 1/8 Tape Library * 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 1.9.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.0 1.9.0 3.0.0.0 1.9.0 3.0.0.0 3.0.0.3
    HP ESL E Tape Library * 1.5.1.0 1.5.1.0 * 1.5.1.0 1.5.1.0 * 1.5.1.0 * 1.5.1.1 *
    HP MSL6000 Series Tape Library * 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 3.0.2.0 * *
    HP DAT Tape Autoloader * 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3 * *
    ]]>
  • Verbose logging
  • Simplified Chinese support for configuration information
  • Updated the following Compontents
    • Apache to version 2.4.10
    • ]]>
  • Security feature is optimized
    • ]]>
  • Updated the following components
  • OpenSSL to version OpenSSL-1.0.1j
  • PHP to version PHP-5.5.18
  • Curl to version Curl-7.38.0
    • ]]>
  • Disabled SSLv3 protocol
  • Fixed a bug in Single Sign-On (SSO) feature
    • ]]>
  • Verbose Logging
  • Simplified Chinese Support for configuration information
  • Updated following components
    • Apache to version 2.4.10 
    • ]]>
  • Security feature is optimized
    • ]]>
  • Updated the following components
    • OpenSSL to version OpenSSL-1.0.1j
    • PHP to version PHP-5.5.18
    • Curl to version Curl-7.38.0
    • ]]>
  • Disabled SSLv3 protocol
  • Fixed a bug in Single Sign-On (SSO) feature
    • ]]>         See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Release Notes for more information.

    See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide for information on supported servers.

    ]]>         Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen 8 servers:

    • HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 Server
    • HP ProLiant BL420c Gen8 Server
    • HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 Server
    • HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server
    • HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8 Server
    • HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 Server
    • HP ProLiant ML350e Gen8 Server
    • HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 Server

    See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Release Notes for more information.

    See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide for information on supported servers.

    ]]>         See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Release Notes for more information.

    See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide for information on supported servers.

    ]]>         See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Release Notes for more information.

    See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide for information on supported servers.

    ]]>
    • HP Smart Array P246br
    • HP Smart Array P741m
    • HP Smart Array P841
    New Features:
    • Parallel Surface Scan
    • Encryption Key Manager Authentication
    • Express Local Encryption
    • Volatile Encryption Keys
    • Re-enable Cache Module
      • Available only for specific cases where the cache was disabled due to battery interruption
    ]]>
    • HP 智能阵列 P246br
    • HP 智能阵列 P741m
    • HP 智能阵列 P841
    新特性：
    • 并行表面扫描
    • 加密密钥管理器身份验证
    • 快速本地加密
    • 易失性加密密钥
    • 重新启用高速缓存模块
      • 仅适用于高速缓存由于电池中断被禁用的特定案例
    ]]>
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • Dynamic Smart Array B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS Expander
    • Support for the following new features:
    • Write-back cache write policy for HP SmartCache
    • HDD Flexible Latency Optimization (FLS)
    • Power Mode Management
    • HBA mode for latest generation Smart Array P-series controllers
    • RAID/Array mode for Smart HBA H-series controllers
    ]]>
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • 动态智能阵列B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS扩展器
    • 支持以下新功能：
    • HP SmartCache回写缓存写入策略
    • HDD灵活延迟优化（FLS）
    • 电源模式管理
    • 用于最新一代智能阵列P系列控制器的HBA模式
    • 用于Smart HBA H系列控制器的RAID/阵列模式
    ]]>
    • HP Smart Array P246br
    • HP Smart Array P741
    • HP Smart Array P841
    New Features:
    • Parallel Surface Scan
    • Encryption Key Manager Authentication
    • Express Local Encryption
    • Volatile Encryption Keys
    • Re-enable Cache Module
      • Available only for specific cases where cache is disabled due to battery interruption
    ]]>
    • HP 智能阵列 P246br
    • HP 智能阵列 P741
    • HP 智能阵列 P841
    新特性：
    • 并行表面扫描
    • 加密密钥管理器身份验证
    • 快速本地加密
    • 易失性加密密钥
    • 重新启用高速缓存模块
      • 仅适用于高速缓存由于电池中断被禁用的特定案例
    ]]>
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • Dynamic Smart Array B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS Expander
    • Support for the following new features:
    • Write-back cache write policy for HP SmartCache
    • HDD Flexible Latency Optimization (FLS)
    • Power Mode Management
    • HBA mode for latest generation Smart Array P-series controllers
    • RAID/Array mode for Smart HBA H-series controllers
    ]]>
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • 动态智能阵列B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS扩展器
    • 支持以下新功能：
    • HP SmartCache回写缓存写入策略
    • HDD灵活延迟优化（FLS）
    • 电源模式管理
    • 用于最新一代智能阵列P系列控制器的HBA模式
    • 用于Smart HBA H系列控制器的RAID/阵列模式
    ]]>
    • HP Smart Array P246br
    • HP Smart Array P741
    • HP Smart Array P841
    New Features:
    • Parallel Surface Scan
    • Encryption Key Manager Authentication
    • Express Local Encryption
    • Volatile Encryption Keys
    • Re-enable Cache Module
      • Available only for specific cases where cache is disabled due to battery interruption
    ]]>
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • Dynamic Smart Array B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS Expander
    • Support for the following new features:
    • Write-back cache write policy for HP SmartCache
    • HDD Flexible Latency Optimization (FLS)
    • Power Mode Management
    • HBA mode for latest generation Smart Array P-series controllers
    • RAID/Array mode for Smart HBA H-series controllers
    ]]>
    • HP Smart Array P246br
    • HP Smart Array P741
    • HP Smart Array P841
    New Features:
    • Parallel Surface Scan
    • Encryption Key Manager Authentication
    • Express Local Encryption
    • Volatile Encryption Keys
    • Re-enable Cache Module
      • Available only for specific cases where cache is disabled due to battery interruption
    ]]>
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • Dynamic Smart Array B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS Expander
    • Support for the following new features:
    • Write-back cache write policy for HP SmartCache
    • HDD Flexible Latency Optimization (FLS)
    • Power Mode Management
    • HBA mode for latest generation Smart Array P-series controllers
    • RAID/Array mode for Smart HBA H-series controllers
    ]]>
  • Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.
  • Enhanced component-level logging has been implemented in the Smart Component installer. The generated log file will be located on the target system in the %SystemRoot%\cpqsystem\log directory under the name CPQSETUP.LOG.
    • ]]>
  • Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.
  • Enhanced component-level logging has been implemented in the Smart Component installer. The generated log file will be located on the target system in the %SystemRoot%\cpqsystem\log directory under the name CPQSETUP.LOG.
    • ]]>
  • Removed support for EDID 2.0.
  • Removed 1024x768x43Hz from the supported resolution list.
  • Hardened the detailed timings algorithm to prevent a possible division by zero.
    • ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDG (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDJ (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD6 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDB (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDA (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Minimum firmware required - HPD7. HPDA drive firmware will fail when downgrading to versions below HPD7.
    Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Minimum firmware required - HPD7. HPDA drive firmware will fail when downgrading to versions below HPD7.
    Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD6 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD7 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD7 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD7 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD7 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD7 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDC (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems fixed: 
    • Addressed an issue with an HP Smart Array E200 controller which could fail to discover a drive when more than one identify frame was provided during discovery.
    ]]>         Problems fixed: 
    • Addressed an issue with an HP Smart Array E200 controller which could fail to discover a drive when more than one identify frame was provided during discovery.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD5 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD6 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD9 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDD (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD3 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD3 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD3 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware revision reduces the possibility of Uncorrectable Read Errors due to poor writes to the media.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD4 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware revision reduces the possibility of Uncorrectable Read Errors due to poor writes to the media.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD9 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • In previous firmware revisions when the solid state drive was issued a Report Support Operation Code (RSOC) command (A3h) and the reporting options field was set to 001 , the drive incorrectly responded with 05/24/00 indicating that the RSOC command was not supported. The error was logged in the system log files. The drive should have communicated non-support using the Command Data Parameter (CDP) format. The firmware now complies with the RSOC industry standard specification.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • In previous firmware revisions when the solid state drive was issued a Report Support Operation Code (RSOC) command (A3h) and the reporting options field was set to 001 , the drive incorrectly responded with 05/24/00 indicating that the RSOC command was not supported. The error was logged in the system log files. The drive should have communicated non-support using the Command Data Parameter (CDP) format. The firmware now complies with the RSOC industry standard specification.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGD prevents this condition from occurring.

    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

         •       Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
         •       Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
         •       New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD7 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD3 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD5 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • This firmware improves reliability by modifying the pivot bearing grease wear leveling algorithm, which if not implemented, could result in an increased drive failure rate for specific usage applications (eg, very long periods of small range seeks). 
    • Enhancements also include performance improvements.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD2 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • This firmware improves reliability by modifying the pivot bearing grease wear leveling algorithm, which if not implemented, could result in an increased drive failure rate for specific usage applications (eg, very long periods of small range seeks). 
    • Enhancements also include performance improvements.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

         •       Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
         •       Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
         •       New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains general maintenance release and code improvement items. Drives built with or upgraded to hard drive firmware version HPG4 should not be downgraded to an earlier version of firmware due to hard drive manufacturing process changes.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDA (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPG6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware corrects “command timeouts” and seek errors which can result in poor performance or a Device Fault condition, the latter of which will result in the drive failed by the Controller or sub system.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware provides performance improvements for large transfer sequential write burst workloads.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD7 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware prevents a condition in which data failed to be written to media after the host issued a hard reset in a lab stress test environment with write cache enabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware provides performance improvements for large transfer sequential write burst workloads.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware prevents a condition in which data failed to be written to media after the host issued a hard reset in a lab stress test environment with write cache enabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGJ prevents this condition from occurring.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD6 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD8 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD8 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD8 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGC prevents this condition from occurring.

    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD3 (C): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This maintenance firmware fixes a rare occurrence where the drive would stop communicating with the HOST while recovering from an internal reset.  Due to the device being non-responsive the device was marked as failed by the controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This maintenance firmware fixes a rare occurrence where the drive would stop communicating with the HOST while recovering from an internal reset.  Due to the device being non-responsive the device was marked as failed by the controller. 
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This maintenance release corrects a failure seen during a HP Insight Diagnostic hard drive test. The failure was due to Device Extended Self-Test not completing in the drives advertised Self-Test completion time. This failure is not an indication that the drive is bad or marginal.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Minimum firmware required - HPD7. HPDA drive firmware will fail when downgrading to versions below HPD7.
    Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware corrects a condition seen on HP Gen8 smart carriers where drives used as Hot Spares continuously indicate drive activity, when the drive is actually in Hot Spare standby mode.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD7 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD7 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD7 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD7 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This Firmware prevents a condition in which data failed to be written to media after the host issued a hard reset in a lab stress test environment with write cache enabled.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • This microcode includes a change that improves drive performance during reserved area scans.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
        
         Problem Fixed Firmware Version HPD4(B):

    • Online ROM Flash Component for Windows - EG1200FCVBQ Drives package version HPD4 will not install the HPD4 firmware. The following messages display in the Component dialog box when the Component is run on a system running a supported Microsoft Windows operating system:
      • “No Name available”
      • “No Version Available”
      • “An error occurred determining the properties of the component. Press ‘Close’ to exit Setup.”
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD3 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD3 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware revision reduces the possibility of Uncorrectable Read Errors due to poor writes to the media.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • In previous firmware revisions when the solid state drive was issued a Report Support Operation Code (RSOC) command (A3h) and the reporting options field was set to 001 , the drive incorrectly responded with 05/24/00 indicating that the RSOC command was not supported. The error was logged in the system log files. The drive should have communicated non-support using the Command Data Parameter (CDP) format. The firmware now complies with the RSOC industry standard specification.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware corrects a condition where a supported coded operation returned a 05/24/00 error. This error was being improperly handled and resulted in the server returning a parameter that implied the server did not support the requested command.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGD prevents this condition from occurring.

    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGD prevents this condition from occurring.

    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

         •       Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
         •       Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
         •       New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>         Problems fixed:
    • When the drive operated only in single actuator mode it caused timeouts. This issue has been resolved and drive performance has been improved.
    • Potential error recovery conditions have been resolved improving the long-term reliability of the drive.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This Firmware prevents a condition in which data failed to be written to media after the host issued a hard reset in a lab stress test environment with write cache enabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • This firmware improves reliability by modifying the pivot bearing grease wear leveling algorithm, which if not implemented, could result in an increased drive failure rate for specific usage applications (eg, very long periods of small range seeks). 
    • Enhancements also include performance improvements.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

         •       Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
         •       Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
         •       New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>         Problems fixed:
    • When the drive operated only in single actuator mode it caused timeouts. This issue has been resolved and drive performance has been improved.
    • Potential error recovery conditions have been resolved improving the long-term reliability of the drive.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains general maintenance release and code improvement items. Drives built with or upgraded to hard drive firmware version HPG4 should not be downgraded to an earlier version of firmware due to hard drive manufacturing process changes.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

         This firmware corrects the following:

    • Internal resets caused commands to time out which may have impacted performance.
    • Internal drive DRAM handling that resulted in Unrecovered Read Errors.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features: 
    • This firmware improves reliability by modifying the pivot bearing grease wear leveling algorithm, which if not implemented, could result in an increased drive failure rate for specific usage applications (e.g., very long periods of small range seeks).
    • Improvements in random read and write performance.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • Updated component installer to verify that the minimum version of installed firmware is present on the target before allowing the update. If minimum version, HPD3, is not installed on the target, then the target must be updated to HPD3 before the update can begin.
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

         This firmware corrects the following:

    • Internal resets caused commands to time out which may have impacted performance.
    • Internal drive DRAM handling that resulted in Unrecovered Read Errors.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features: 
    • This firmware improves reliability by modifying the pivot bearing grease wear leveling algorithm, which if not implemented, could result in an increased drive failure rate for specific usage applications (e.g., very long periods of small range seeks).
    • Improvements in random read and write performance.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPG6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware corrects “command timeouts” and seek errors which can result in poor performance or a Device Fault condition, the latter of which will result in the drive failed by the Controller or sub system.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPG6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware corrects “command timeouts” and seek errors which can result in poor performance or a Device Fault condition, the latter of which will result in the drive failed by the Controller or sub system.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware provides performance improvements for large transfer sequential write burst workloads.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware prevents a condition in which data failed to be written to media after the host issued a hard reset in a lab stress test environment with write cache enabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGJ prevents this condition from occurring.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGJ prevents this condition from occurring.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD8 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD8 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGC prevents this condition from occurring.

    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGC prevents this condition from occurring.

    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This maintenance firmware fixes a rare occurrence where the drive would stop communicating with the HOST while recovering from an internal reset.  Due to the device being non-responsive the device was marked as failed by the controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • Resolved an intermittent issue where the drive would not report the progress of the sanitize command in return sense data. 
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • The firmware component installer can now install the drive firmware successfully when the new HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver (hpcisss3.sys) is running on the system being updated.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This maintenance release corrects a failure seen during a HP Insight Diagnostic hard drive test. The failure was due to Device Extended Self-Test not completing in the drives advertised Self-Test completion time. This failure is not an indication that the drive is bad or marginal.
    ]]>         Problems fixed: 
    • Addressed an issue with an HP Smart Array E200 controller which could fail to discover a drive when more than one identify frame was provided during discovery.
    ]]>         Problems fixed: 
    • Addressed an issue with an HP Smart Array E200 controller which could fail to discover a drive when more than one identify frame was provided during discovery.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset. When the drives are connected to a HP Smart Array E200 controller, the drive firmware must be updated to version HPD1 before the controller will detect the drives.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD1 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset. When the drives are connected to a HP Smart Array E200 controller, the drive firmware must be updated to version HPD1 before the controller will detect the drives.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset. When the drives are connected to a HP Smart Array E200 controller, the drive firmware must be updated to version HPD1 before the controller will detect the drives.
    ]]>         RPMs are now signed. No other changes were made to the driver.

    ]]>         RPMs are now signed. No other changes were made to the driver.

    ]]>
  • Updated to latest RAIDstack code.
    • ]]>
  • Timing fix added to address a possible driver initialization hang issue.
    • ]]>         Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 6.

    ]]>         Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 6.

    ]]>         RPMs are now signed. No other changes were made to the driver

    ]]>         RPMs are now signed. No other changes were made to the driver

    ]]>
  • Improvements made to abort and reset handling.
  • Improvements made to HBA mode support.
    • ]]>
  • Improvements made to abort and reset handling.
  • Improvements made to HBA mode support.
    • ]]>
  • Improvements made to abort and reset handling.
  • Improvements made to HBA mode support.
    • ]]>
  • Improvements made to abort and reset handling.
  • Improvements made to HBA mode support.
    • ]]>         Changes in version 2.2-1.0.7 from version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Changed TX time interrupt moderation to 8 usecs. - Performance improvement.
    • Added PTYS register for ethtool settings.
    • Added a mechanism to avoid TCP retransmissions when using TSO.
    • Added a mechanism to process all completions in RX rings after port goes up to avoid a race between incoming traffic and initialization flow.
    • Renamed counter vport_rx_error to vport_rx_filtered.
    • Added service script '/etc/init.d/mlnx-en.d'.
    • /etc/depmod.d/* and /etc/modprobe.d/* moved to KMP RPM.
    • Added PCI ID strings to "mlnx-en-utils" RPM.
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1(A) From version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Added support for the following adapters:
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1 From version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Reset Flow is not activated by default. It is controlled by the mlx4_core'internal_err_reset' module parameter.
    • Ethernet VXLAN support for kernels 3.12.10 or higher.
    • Power Management Quality of Service: when the traffic is active, the Power Management QoS is enabled by disabling the CPU states for maximum performance.
    • Ethernet PTP Hardware Clock support on kernels/OSes that support it.
    • Out of the box performance improvements:
      • Use of affinity hints (based on NUMA node of the device) to indicate the IRQ balancer daemon on the optimal IRQ affinity.
      • Improvement in buffers allocation schema (based on the hint above).
      • Improvement in the adaptive interrupt moderation algorithm.
    Changes in version 2.1-1.0.0 From version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Added reporting autonegotiation support
    • Added Transmit Packet Steering (XPS) support
    • Added reporting 56Gbit/s link speed support
    • Added Receive Flow Steering (RFS) support in UDP
    • Added Low Latency Socket (LLS) support
    • Added check for dma_mapping errors
    Changes in version 2.0-3.0.0 From version 1.5.10
    • Added support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3.
    • Added ConnectX-3 Pro support.
    Changes in version 1.5.10 From version 1.5.9
    • Fixes only.
    Changes in Version 1.5.9 from 1.5.8.3
    • Added support to kernel.org 3.5.
    • Improved latency by optimizing RX repost mechanism
    ]]>         Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.7:
    • Fixed rx_errors ifconfig counter reporting for VFs.
    Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Incorrect calculation of packet true-size reporting in LRO flow.
    • Crash incidence which occurred when enabling Ethernet Timestamping and running VLAN traffic.
    Fixes in version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Fixed ALB bonding mode failure when enslaving Mellanox interfaces.
    • Fixed mapped memory leak.
    Fixes in version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Fixed TX timeout issues.
    • Fixed Ethtool status report for Virtual Functions.
    • Fixed an issue of VLAN traffic over Virtual Machine in paravirtualized mode.
    • Fixed Ethtool operation crash while interface down.
    Fixes in version 1.5.10
    • Driver no longer unloads after installation. Currently, the driver is reloaded after installation.
    • Configuration files are no longer modified during driver installation.
    • MTU size calculation now results in correct value.
    • Race condition no longer exists in join/leave multicast group flow.
    • Restored RX buffer pointer in case of failure.
    • Fixed completely broken IPMI
    • Traffic stops including ping does not pass after several hours of line rate traffic (BlueFlame race) no longer exists.
    • Loss of connectivity issue for iperf long run is resolved.
    Fixes in Rev 1.5.9
    • Fixed bad TX completion notification request logic, could lead to TX timeout.
    • Fixed PowerPC connectivity loss
    ]]>         Changes in Version 1.5.9 from 1.5.8.3
    • Added support to kernel.org 3.5.
    • Improved latency by optimizing RX repost mechanism.
    ]]>         Fixes in Version 1.5.9
    • Fixed bad TX completion notification request logic, could lead to TX timeout.
    • Fixed PowerPC connectivity loss
    ]]>         Changes in version 2.2-1.0.7 from version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Changed TX time interrupt moderation to 8 usecs. - Performance improvement.
    • Added PTYS register for ethtool settings.
    • Added a mechanism to avoid TCP retransmissions when using TSO.
    • Added a mechanism to process all completions in RX rings after port goes up to avoid a race between incoming traffic and initialization flow.
    • Renamed counter vport_rx_error to vport_rx_filtered.
    • Added service script '/etc/init.d/mlnx-en.d'.
    • /etc/depmod.d/* and /etc/modprobe.d/* moved to KMP RPM.
    • Added PCI ID strings to "mlnx-en-utils" RPM.
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1(A) From version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Added support for the following adapters:
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1 From version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Reset Flow is not activated by default. It is controlled by the mlx4_core'internal_err_reset' module parameter.
    • Ethernet VXLAN support for kernels 3.12.10 or higher.
    • Power Management Quality of Service: when the traffic is active, the Power Management QoS is enabled by disabling the CPU states for maximum performance.
    • Ethernet PTP Hardware Clock support on kernels/OSes that support it.
    • Out of the box performance improvements:
      • Use of affinity hints (based on NUMA node of the device) to indicate the IRQ balancer daemon on the optimal IRQ affinity.
      • Improvement in buffers allocation schema (based on the hint above).
      • Improvement in the adaptive interrupt moderation algorithm.
    Changes in version 2.1-1.0.0 From version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Added reporting autonegotiation support
    • Added Transmit Packet Steering (XPS) support
    • Added reporting 56Gbit/s link speed support
    • Added Receive Flow Steering (RFS) support in UDP
    • Added Low Latency Socket (LLS) support
    • Added check for dma_mapping errors
    Changes in version 2.0-3.0.0 From version 1.5.10
    • Added support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3.
    • Added ConnectX-3 Pro support.
    Changes in version 1.5.10 From version 1.5.9
    • Fixes only.
    Changes in Version 1.5.9 from 1.5.8.3
    • Added support to kernel.org 3.5.
    • Improved latency by optimizing RX repost mechanism
    ]]>         Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.7:
    • Fixed rx_errors ifconfig counter reporting for VFs.
    Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Incorrect calculation of packet true-size reporting in LRO flow.
    • Crash incidence which occurred when enabling Ethernet Timestamping and running VLAN traffic.
    Fixes in version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Fixed ALB bonding mode failure when enslaving Mellanox interfaces.
    • Fixed mapped memory leak.
    Fixes in version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Fixed TX timeout issues.
    • Fixed Ethtool status report for Virtual Functions.
    • Fixed an issue of VLAN traffic over Virtual Machine in paravirtualized mode.
    • Fixed Ethtool operation crash while interface down.
    Fixes in version 1.5.10
    • Driver no longer unloads after installation. Currently, the driver is reloaded after installation.
    • Configuration files are no longer modified during driver installation.
    • MTU size calculation now results in correct value.
    • Race condition no longer exists in join/leave multicast group flow.
    • Restored RX buffer pointer in case of failure.
    • Fixed completely broken IPMI
    • Traffic stops including ping does not pass after several hours of line rate traffic (BlueFlame race) no longer exists.
    • Loss of connectivity issue for iperf long run is resolved.
    Fixes in Rev 1.5.9
    • Fixed bad TX completion notification request logic, could lead to TX timeout.
    • Fixed PowerPC connectivity loss
    ]]>         Changes in version 2.2-1.0.7 from version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Changed TX time interrupt moderation to 8 usecs. - Performance improvement.
    • Added PTYS register for ethtool settings.
    • Added a mechanism to avoid TCP retransmissions when using TSO.
    • Added a mechanism to process all completions in RX rings after port goes up to avoid a race between incoming traffic and initialization flow.
    • Renamed counter vport_rx_error to vport_rx_filtered.
    • Added service script '/etc/init.d/mlnx-en.d'.
    • /etc/depmod.d/* and /etc/modprobe.d/* moved to KMP RPM.
    • Added PCI ID strings to "mlnx-en-utils" RPM.
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1(A) From version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Added support for the following adapters:
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1 From version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Reset Flow is not activated by default. It is controlled by the mlx4_core'internal_err_reset' module parameter.
    • Ethernet VXLAN support for kernels 3.12.10 or higher.
    • Power Management Quality of Service: when the traffic is active, the Power Management QoS is enabled by disabling the CPU states for maximum performance.
    • Ethernet PTP Hardware Clock support on kernels/OSes that support it.
    • Out of the box performance improvements:
      • Use of affinity hints (based on NUMA node of the device) to indicate the IRQ balancer daemon on the optimal IRQ affinity.
      • Improvement in buffers allocation schema (based on the hint above).
      • Improvement in the adaptive interrupt moderation algorithm.
    Changes in version 2.1-1.0.0 From version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Added reporting autonegotiation support
    • Added Transmit Packet Steering (XPS) support
    • Added reporting 56Gbit/s link speed support
    • Added Receive Flow Steering (RFS) support in UDP
    • Added Low Latency Socket (LLS) support
    • Added check for dma_mapping errors
    Changes in version 2.0-3.0.0 From version 1.5.10
    • Added support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3.
    • Added ConnectX-3 Pro support.
    Changes in version 1.5.10 From version 1.5.9
    • Fixes only.
    Changes in Version 1.5.9 from 1.5.8.3
    • Added support to kernel.org 3.5.
    • Improved latency by optimizing RX repost mechanism
    ]]>         Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.7:
    • Fixed rx_errors ifconfig counter reporting for VFs.
    Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Incorrect calculation of packet true-size reporting in LRO flow.
    • Crash incidence which occurred when enabling Ethernet Timestamping and running VLAN traffic.
    Fixes in version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Fixed ALB bonding mode failure when enslaving Mellanox interfaces.
    • Fixed mapped memory leak.
    Fixes in version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Fixed TX timeout issues.
    • Fixed Ethtool status report for Virtual Functions.
    • Fixed an issue of VLAN traffic over Virtual Machine in paravirtualized mode.
    • Fixed Ethtool operation crash while interface down.
    Fixes in version 1.5.10
    • Driver no longer unloads after installation. Currently, the driver is reloaded after installation.
    • Configuration files are no longer modified during driver installation.
    • MTU size calculation now results in correct value.
    • Race condition no longer exists in join/leave multicast group flow.
    • Restored RX buffer pointer in case of failure.
    • Fixed completely broken IPMI
    • Traffic stops including ping does not pass after several hours of line rate traffic (BlueFlame race) no longer exists.
    • Loss of connectivity issue for iperf long run is resolved.
    Fixes in Rev 1.5.9
    • Fixed bad TX completion notification request logic, could lead to TX timeout.
    • Fixed PowerPC connectivity loss
    ]]>         Updated driver to version 10.2.477.17

    ]]>         Linux driver version 10.2.477.17

    Resolves an issue where a cable pull on a RHEL6.5 system causes the system to terminate unexpectedly.

    ]]>         Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 update 6.
    ]]>
  • Resolved an issue with error recovery of a "hung" IO to a device where all IOs are cancelled, not just the culprit one.
  • Resolved a race condition found on an internal mailbox queue.
    • ]]>         ]]> Maintenance updates including:

    • Mark port lost when we receive an RSCN for it.
    • Disable PCI device in shutdown handler.
    • Restore WWPN from flash when cable pulled for Fabric Attach-WWPN port.
    • Restore WWPN in case of Loop Dead.
    • Honor FCP_RSP retry delay timer field.
    • Fixed FW dump issue for ISP82XX.
       
    ]]>
  • Reducing the time we wait for a command to complete during SCSI error handling.
  • Delaying driver unload if there is any pending activity going on.
  • Fixing build errors related to invalid print fields on some architectures.
  • Removing unnecessary delays from fw dump code path.

    •  

    ]]>
    This driver addresses a possible race condition in be_xmit().

    This driver now triggers a firmware dump when a mailbox timeout occurs. ]]>
    This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 6.]]>
    This driver addresses a possible race condition in be_xmit().

    This driver now triggers a firmware dump when a mailbox timeout occurs. ]]>          
    This utility now provides support for modifying the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size in a Boot from SAN environment.
     
    This utility now provides support for integrating with the HP System Update Manager (HPSUM).
     
    This utility now provides support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) function in a pass-through environment.
     
    This utility now provides support for displaying multiple targets.
     
    This utility now provides support for multiple connections to the same iSCSI portal.
     
    This utility now provides support for logging out of a single target.
     
    The Command Line Interface (CLI) for this utility now provides support for logging into an iSCSI portal by one-way Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP).
     
    This utility now provides support for reconnecting iSCSI targets automatically after a reboot on a system running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
     
    This utility now provides support for modifying IPv4 and IPv6 IP addresses, masks and gateways.]]>          
    This product now supports SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12.
     
    This utility now provides support for modifying the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size in a Boot from SAN environment.
     
    This utility now provides support for integrating with the HP System Update Manager (HPSUM).
     
    This utility now provides support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) function in a pass-through environment.
     
    This utility now provides support for displaying multiple targets.
     
    This utility now provides support for multiple connections to the same iSCSI portal.
     
    This utility now provides support for logging out of a single target.
     
    The Command Line Interface (CLI) for this utility now provides support for logging into an iSCSI portal by one-way Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP).
     
    This utility now provides support for reconnecting iSCSI targets automatically after a reboot on a system running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
     
    This utility now provides support for modifying IPv4 and IPv6 IP addresses, masks and gateways.]]>
    This product version addresses an issue where the CNU version is not listed in the HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.]]>
    This package no longer encounters permissions issues when installing the rpm man pages.]]>
    This package no longer encounters permissions issues when installing the rpm man pages.]]>
    This driver no longer reports incorrect Single Root I/O Virtualization (SRIOV) settings under sysfs. ]]>
    These drivers address compatibility issues with Linux 2.4.x kernels.]]>
    This driver no longer reports incorrect Single Root I/O Virtualization (SRIOV) settings under sysfs. ]]>
    These drivers address an issue that resulted in a hang with busy poll when used with netconsole. ]]>
    The Virtual Function (VF) interface is now supported by “netconsole” and “netpoll.”]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where “ifconfig TX” statistics increment when there is no traffic present on the Virtual Function (VF) interface. ]]>
    The Virtual Function (VF) interface is now supported by “netconsole” and “netpoll.”]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where “ifconfig TX” statistics increment when there is no traffic present on the Virtual Function (VF) interface. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where the NIC ROM has the status of the wrong Packet Filter (PF) when NIC Partitioning (NPAR) version 1.5 is enabled.

    This driver addresses an issue where n-tuple hash filtering cannot be set. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where the NIC ROM has the status of the wrong Packet Filter (PF) when NIC Partitioning (NPAR) version 1.5 is enabled.

    This driver addresses an issue where n-tuple hash filtering cannot be set. ]]>
    These drivers address an issue where VF speed is different from the reported PF speed.

    These drivers correct poor performance in dual-port 20Gb bidirectional scenarios.

    These drivers eliminate memory leaks that occur during PCI removal of virtual functions. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where a flash read fails if the driver is unloaded while the read is in progress. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where a flash read fails if the driver is unloaded while the read is in progress. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where the EPG is randomly reset.

    This driver addresses an issue where the driver version is not set before a call to register_netdev().

    This driver no longer causes a system hang due to a call to the lockless version of the API. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where the EPG is randomly reset.

    This driver addresses an issue where the driver version is not set before a call to register_netdev().

    This driver no longer causes a system hang due to a call to the lockless version of the API. ]]>
    This driver now supports socket buffers of any size.
    ]]>
    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 330i Adapter (22BD)
    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i Adapter (22BE)
    ]]>
    This driver now supports socket buffers of any size.
    ]]>
    This product now supports SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12.]]>
    This product now supports SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12.]]>
    This product now supports SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12.]]>           • Threshold Temperature will not be displayed for Not Installed Sensors]]>   • Threshold Temperature will not be displayed for Not Installed Sensors]]>   •  cmanicd and cmapeerd daemons could not restart with ssh –t <cmd>
    ]]>         Added support for the following network adapters:

    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-Port 331i Adapter.
    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 330i Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter.
    • HP StoreFabric CN1200E Dual Port Converged Network Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter.

    Added support for the following storage controllers:

    • HP B140i Dynamic Smart Array Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P440 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P441 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P840 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P244br Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H244br Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P440ar Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H240ar Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H240 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H241 Controller.
    ]]>
  • cmafcad daemon appears to cause segmentation fault (Segfault).
  • cmastdeqd daemon appears to cause segmentation fault (Segfault) when removing USB key.
    • ]]>         Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.

    Added support for the following network adapters:

    • HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    • HP IB QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    • HP IB FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    • HP IB FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+QSFP Adapter
    • HP IB FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    • HP IB QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 557SFP+ Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 544+i Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 545M Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 545QSFP Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 545FLR-QSFP Adapter

    Added support for the following storage controllers:

    • HP Smart Array P741m controller
    • HP Smart Array P841 controller
    • HP Smart Array P246br controller
    ]]>           • cmanicd and cmapeerd daemons could not restart with ssh –t <cmd>]]>

    Added support for the following network adapters:

    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-Port 331i Adapter.
    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 330i Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter.
    • HP StoreFabric CN1200E Dual Port Converged Network Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter.

    Added support for the following storage controllers:

    • HP B140i Dynamic Smart Array Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P440 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P441 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P840 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P244br Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H244br Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P440ar Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H240ar Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H240 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H241 Controller.
    ]]>
  • cmafcad daemon appears to cause segmentation fault (Segfault).
  • cmastdeqd daemon appears to cause segmentation fault (Segfault) when removing USB key.
    • ]]>
  • Simplified chinese support for configuration information
  • Updated following component
    • Apache to version 2.4.10
    • ]]>
  • Security feature is optimized
    • ]]>
  • Simplified chinese support for configuration information
  • Updated following component
    • Apache to version 2.4.10
    • ]]>
  • Security feature is optimized
    • ]]>
  • Simplified Chinese support for configuration information
  • Updated the following components
    • Apache to version 2.4.10
    • ]]>
  • Security feature is optimized
    • ]]>
  • Simplified Chinese support for configuration information
  • Updated the following components
    • Apache to version 2.4.10
    • ]]>
  • Security feature is optimized
    • ]]>           • Incorrect Port Number was displayed for 364i Adapter in Linux SMH
      • Last Status Change reflected -ve value if network source was changed from Static to DHCP
    ]]>
  • Improvements to handling of FibreChannel and SAS MIB elements.
  • Support for New network controllers.
  • Support for returning SAS and SATA drive temperatures.
    • ]]>         Fixed following issues:

    • Hard Disk Drives with Firmware versions longer than 4 characters are no longer truncated.
    • Ignore failed drives when attempting to retrieve drive statistics.
    • Correctly handle PCIe bridges when used in front of PCI-X devices on add-in cards.
    • Correctly handle systems with more than 10 SCSI hosts.
    ]]>
  • Improvements to handling of FibreChannel and SAS MIB elements.
  • Support for New network controllers.
  • Support for returning SAS and SATA drive temperatures.
    • ]]>         Fixed following issues:

    • Hard Disk Drives with Firmware versions longer than 4 characters are no longer truncated.
    • Ignore failed drives when attempting to retrieve drive statistics.
    • Correctly handle PCIe bridges when used in front of PCI-X devices on add-in cards.
    • Correctly handle systems with more than 10 SCSI hosts.
    ]]>
  • Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.
  • Improvements to handling of FibreChannel and SAS MIB elements.
  • Support for New network controllers.
  • Support for returning SAS and SATA drive temperatures.
    • ]]>         Fixed following issues:

    • Hard Disk Drives with Firmware versions longer than 4 characters are no longer truncated.
    • Ignore failed drives when attempting to retrieve drive statistics.
    • Correctly handle PCIe bridges when used in front of PCI-X devices on add-in cards.
    • Correctly handle systems with more than 10 SCSI hosts.
    ]]>
  • Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.
  • Improvements to handling of FibreChannel and SAS MIB elements.
  • Support for New network controllers.
  • Support for returning SAS and SATA drive temperatures.
    • ]]>         Fixed following issues:

    • Hard Disk Drives with Firmware versions longer than 4 characters are no longer truncated.
    • Ignore failed drives when attempting to retrieve drive statistics.
    • Correctly handle PCIe bridges when used in front of PCI-X devices on add-in cards.
    • Correctly handle systems with more than 10 SCSI hosts.
    ]]>
    • HP Smart Array P246br
    • HP Smart Array P741
    • HP Smart Array P841
    New Features:
    • Parallel Surface Scan
    • Encryption Key Manager Authentication
    • Express Local Encryption
    • Volatile Encryption Keys
    • Re-enable Cache Module
      • Available only for specific cases where cache is disabled due to battery interruption
    ]]>
    • HP 智能阵列 P246br
    • HP 智能阵列 P741
    • HP 智能阵列 P841
    新特性：
    • 并行表面扫描
    • 加密密钥管理器身份验证
    • 快速本地加密
    • 易失性加密密钥
    • 重新启用高速缓存模块
      • 仅适用于高速缓存由于电池中断被禁用的特定案例
    ]]>
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • Dynamic Smart Array B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS Expander
    • Support for the following new features:
    • Write-back cache write policy for HP SmartCache
    • HDD Flexible Latency Optimization (FLS)
    • Power Mode Management
    • HBA mode for latest generation Smart Array P-series controllers
    • RAID/Array mode for Smart HBA H-series controllers
    ]]>
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • 动态智能阵列B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS扩展器
    • 支持以下新功能：
    • HP SmartCache回写缓存写入策略
    • HDD灵活延迟优化（FLS）
    • 电源模式管理
    • 用于最新一代智能阵列P系列控制器的HBA模式
    • 用于Smart HBA H系列控制器的RAID/阵列模式
    ]]>
    • HP Smart Array P246br
    • HP Smart Array P741
    • HP Smart Array P841
    New Features:
    • Parallel Surface Scan
    • Encryption Key Manager Authentication
    • Express Local Encryption
    • Volatile Encryption Keys
    • Re-enable Cache Module
      • Available only for specific cases where cache is disabled due to battery interruption
    ]]>
    • HP 智能阵列 P246br
    • HP 智能阵列 P741
    • HP 智能阵列 P841
    新特性：
    • 并行表面扫描
    • 加密密钥管理器身份验证
    • 快速本地加密
    • 易失性加密密钥
    • 重新启用高速缓存模块
      • 仅适用于高速缓存由于电池中断被禁用的特定案例
    ]]>
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • Dynamic Smart Array B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS Expander
    • Support for the following new features:
    • Write-back cache write policy for HP SmartCache
    • HDD Flexible Latency Optimization (FLS)
    • Power Mode Management
    • HBA mode for latest generation Smart Array P-series controllers
    • RAID/Array mode for Smart HBA H-series controllers
    ]]>
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • 动态智能阵列B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS扩展器
    • 支持以下新功能：
    • HP SmartCache回写缓存写入策略
    • HDD灵活延迟优化（FLS）
    • 电源模式管理
    • 用于最新一代智能阵列P系列控制器的HBA模式
    • 用于Smart HBA H系列控制器的RAID/阵列模式
    ]]>
    • HP Smart Array P246br
    • HP Smart Array P741
    • HP Smart Array P841
    New Features:
    • Parallel Surface Scan
    • Encryption Key Manager Authentication
    • Express Local Encryption
    • Volatile Encryption Keys
    • Re-enable Cache Module
      • Available only for specific cases where cache is disabled due to battery interruption
    ]]>
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • Dynamic Smart Array B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS Expander
    • Support for the following new features:
    • Write-back cache write policy for HP SmartCache
    • HDD Flexible Latency Optimization (FLS)
    • Power Mode Management
    • HBA mode for latest generation Smart Array P-series controllers
    • RAID/Array mode for Smart HBA H-series controllers
    ]]>
    • HP Smart Array P246br
    • HP Smart Array P741
    • HP Smart Array P841
    New Features:
    • Parallel Surface Scan
    • Encryption Key Manager Authentication
    • Express Local Encryption
    • Volatile Encryption Keys
    • Re-enable Cache Module
      • Available only for specific cases where cache is disabled due to battery interruption
    ]]>
  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • Dynamic Smart Array B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS Expander
    • Support for the following new features:
    • Write-back cache write policy for HP SmartCache
    • HDD Flexible Latency Optimization (FLS)
    • Power Mode Management
    • HBA mode for latest generation Smart Array P-series controllers
    • RAID/Array mode for Smart HBA H-series controllers
    ]]>         Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 update 6.]]> ]]>
  • Updated for RHEL5.9
    • ]]>         ]]> ]]> - Support for iLO4 firmware version 1.5 and later]]>
    - Support for iLO4 firmware version 1.5 and later

    - On error condition in output of hponcfg with verbose (-v) the </RIBCL> tag was missing in the last response. This has been fixed.
    ]]>         See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Release Notes for more information.

    See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide for information on supported servers.

    ]]>         See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Release Notes for more information.

    See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide for information on supported servers.

    ]]>         See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Release Notes for more information.

    See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide for information on supported servers.

    ]]>         See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Release Notes for more information.

    See the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide for information on supported servers.

    ]]>         Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 1.

    ]]>
  • Improvements made to abort and reset handling.
  • Improvements made to HBA mode support.
    • ]]>         Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 1.

    ]]>
  • Spin lock update to fix a potential boot hang.
    • ]]>         Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 1.

    ]]>
  • Updated to latest RAIDstack code.
    • ]]>
  • Timing fix added to address a possible driver initialization hang issue.
    • ]]>         RPMs are now signed. No other changes were made to the driver

    ]]>         Changes in version 2.2-1.0.7 from version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Changed TX time interrupt moderation to 8 usecs. - Performance improvement.
    • Added PTYS register for ethtool settings.
    • Added a mechanism to avoid TCP retransmissions when using TSO.
    • Added a mechanism to process all completions in RX rings after port goes up to avoid a race between incoming traffic and initialization flow.
    • Renamed counter vport_rx_error to vport_rx_filtered.
    • Added service script '/etc/init.d/mlnx-en.d'.
    • /etc/depmod.d/* and /etc/modprobe.d/* moved to KMP RPM.
    • Added PCI ID strings to "mlnx-en-utils" RPM.
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1(A) From version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Added support for the following adapters:
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1 From version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Reset Flow is not activated by default. It is controlled by the mlx4_core'internal_err_reset' module parameter.
    • Ethernet VXLAN support for kernels 3.12.10 or higher.
    • Power Management Quality of Service: when the traffic is active, the Power Management QoS is enabled by disabling the CPU states for maximum performance.
    • Ethernet PTP Hardware Clock support on kernels/OSes that support it.
    • Out of the box performance improvements:
      • Use of affinity hints (based on NUMA node of the device) to indicate the IRQ balancer daemon on the optimal IRQ affinity.
      • Improvement in buffers allocation schema (based on the hint above).
      • Improvement in the adaptive interrupt moderation algorithm.
    Changes in version 2.1-1.0.0 From version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Added reporting autonegotiation support
    • Added Transmit Packet Steering (XPS) support
    • Added reporting 56Gbit/s link speed support
    • Added Receive Flow Steering (RFS) support in UDP
    • Added Low Latency Socket (LLS) support
    • Added check for dma_mapping errors
    Changes in version 2.0-3.0.0 From version 1.5.10
    • Added support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3.
    • Added ConnectX-3 Pro support.
    Changes in version 1.5.10 From version 1.5.9
    • Fixes only.
    Changes in Version 1.5.9 from 1.5.8.3
    • Added support to kernel.org 3.5.
    • Improved latency by optimizing RX repost mechanism
    ]]>         Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.7:
    • Fixed rx_errors ifconfig counter reporting for VFs.
    Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Incorrect calculation of packet true-size reporting in LRO flow.
    • Crash incidence which occurred when enabling Ethernet Timestamping and running VLAN traffic.
    Fixes in version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Fixed ALB bonding mode failure when enslaving Mellanox interfaces.
    • Fixed mapped memory leak.
    Fixes in version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Fixed TX timeout issues.
    • Fixed Ethtool status report for Virtual Functions.
    • Fixed an issue of VLAN traffic over Virtual Machine in paravirtualized mode.
    • Fixed Ethtool operation crash while interface down.
    Fixes in version 1.5.10
    • Driver no longer unloads after installation. Currently, the driver is reloaded after installation.
    • Configuration files are no longer modified during driver installation.
    • MTU size calculation now results in correct value.
    • Race condition no longer exists in join/leave multicast group flow.
    • Restored RX buffer pointer in case of failure.
    • Fixed completely broken IPMI
    • Traffic stops including ping does not pass after several hours of line rate traffic (BlueFlame race) no longer exists.
    • Loss of connectivity issue for iperf long run is resolved.
    Fixes in Rev 1.5.9
    • Fixed bad TX completion notification request logic, could lead to TX timeout.
    • Fixed PowerPC connectivity loss
    ]]>         Changes in version 2.3-2.0.1 from version 2.2-1.0.7:
    • Reset Flow - Added support for Enhanced Error Handling for PCI (EEH), a recovery strategy for I/O errors that occur on the PCI bus.
    • Added VxLAN support
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.7 from version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Changed TX time interrupt moderation to 8 usecs. - Performance improvement.
    • Added PTYS register for ethtool settings.
    • Added a mechanism to avoid TCP retransmissions when using TSO.
    • Added a mechanism to process all completions in RX rings after port goes up to avoid a race between incoming traffic and initialization flow.
    • Renamed counter vport_rx_error to vport_rx_filtered.
    • Added service script '/etc/init.d/mlnx-en.d'.
    • /etc/depmod.d/* and /etc/modprobe.d/* moved to KMP RPM.
    • Added PCI ID strings to "mlnx-en-utils" RPM.
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1(A) From version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Added support for the following adapters:
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1 From version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Reset Flow is not activated by default. It is controlled by the mlx4_core'internal_err_reset' module parameter.
    • Ethernet VXLAN support for kernels 3.12.10 or higher.
    • Power Management Quality of Service: when the traffic is active, the Power Management QoS is enabled by disabling the CPU states for maximum performance.
    • Ethernet PTP Hardware Clock support on kernels/OSes that support it.
    • Out of the box performance improvements:
      • Use of affinity hints (based on NUMA node of the device) to indicate the IRQ balancer daemon on the optimal IRQ affinity.
      • Improvement in buffers allocation schema (based on the hint above).
      • Improvement in the adaptive interrupt moderation algorithm.
    Changes in version 2.1-1.0.0 From version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Added reporting autonegotiation support
    • Added Transmit Packet Steering (XPS) support
    • Added reporting 56Gbit/s link speed support
    • Added Receive Flow Steering (RFS) support in UDP
    • Added Low Latency Socket (LLS) support
    • Added check for dma_mapping errors
    Changes in version 2.0-3.0.0 From version 1.5.10
    • Added support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3.
    • Added ConnectX-3 Pro support.
    Changes in version 1.5.10 From version 1.5.9
    • Fixes only.
    Changes in Version 1.5.9 from 1.5.8.3
    • Added support to kernel.org 3.5.
    • Improved latency by optimizing RX repost mechanism
    ]]>         Fixes in version 2.3-2.0.1:
    • Fixed Time stamping (PTP) bug related to Hardware clock reading.
    • Fixed harmless warning: "NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08".
    Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.7:
    • Fixed rx_errors ifconfig counter reporting for VFs.
    Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Incorrect calculation of packet true-size reporting in LRO flow.
    • Crash incidence which occurred when enabling Ethernet Timestamping and running VLAN traffic.
    Fixes in version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Fixed ALB bonding mode failure when enslaving Mellanox interfaces.
    • Fixed mapped memory leak.
    Fixes in version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Fixed TX timeout issues.
    • Fixed Ethtool status report for Virtual Functions.
    • Fixed an issue of VLAN traffic over Virtual Machine in paravirtualized mode.
    • Fixed Ethtool operation crash while interface down.
    Fixes in version 1.5.10
    • Driver no longer unloads after installation. Currently, the driver is reloaded after installation.
    • Configuration files are no longer modified during driver installation.
    • MTU size calculation now results in correct value.
    • Race condition no longer exists in join/leave multicast group flow.
    • Restored RX buffer pointer in case of failure.
    • Fixed completely broken IPMI
    • Traffic stops including ping does not pass after several hours of line rate traffic (BlueFlame race) no longer exists.
    • Loss of connectivity issue for iperf long run is resolved.
    Fixes in Rev 1.5.9
    • Fixed bad TX completion notification request logic, could lead to TX timeout.
    • Fixed PowerPC connectivity loss
    ]]>         Updated to version 10.2.477.17

    ]]>         Linux driver version 10.2.477.17

    Resolves an issue where a cable pull on a RHEL6.5 system causes the system to terminate unexpectedly.

    ]]>         ]]>
  • Resolved an issue with error recovery of a "hung" IO to a device where all IOs are cancelled, not just the culprit one.
  • Resolved a race condition found on an internal mailbox queue.
    • ]]>         ]]> Maintenance updates including:

    • Mark port lost when we receive an RSCN for it.
    • Disable PCI device in shutdown handler.
    • Restore WWPN from flash when cable pulled for Fabric Attach-WWPN port.
    • Restore WWPN in case of Loop Dead.
    • Honor FCP_RSP retry delay timer field.
    • Fixed FW dump issue for ISP82XX.
       
    ]]>
    This driver addresses a possible race condition in be_xmit().

    This driver now triggers a firmware dump when a mailbox timeout occurs. ]]>
    This driver no longer reports incorrect Single Root I/O Virtualization (SRIOV) settings under sysfs. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where “ifconfig TX” statistics increment when there is no traffic present on the Virtual Function (VF) interface. ]]>         This driver addresses an issue where the port world wide network (WWN) and logical unit number (LUN) are not cleared when the port is disabled from the command line.

    This driver addresses an issue where the NIC ROM has the status of the wrong Packet Filter (PF) when NIC Partitioning (NPAR) version 1.5 is enabled.

    This driver addresses an issue where n-tuple hash filtering cannot be set.

    This package is now correctly signed.

    ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where the NIC ROM has the status of the wrong Packet Filter (PF) when NIC Partitioning (NPAR) version 1.5 is enabled.

    This driver addresses an issue where n-tuple hash filtering cannot be set. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where a flash read fails if the driver is unloaded while the read is in progress. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where the EPG is randomly reset.

    This driver addresses an issue where the driver version is not set before a call to register_netdev().

    This driver no longer causes a system hang due to a call to the lockless version of the API. ]]>
  • Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.
  • Added support for systemd.
  • Improvements to handling of FibreChannel and SAS MIB elements.
  • Support for New network controllers.
  • Support for returning SAS and SATA drive temperatures.
    • ]]>         Fixed following issues:

    • Hard Disk Drives with Firmware versions longer than 4 characters are no longer truncated.
    • Ignore failed drives when attempting to retrieve drive statistics.
    • Correctly handle PCIe bridges when used in front of PCI-X devices on add-in cards.
    • Correctly handle systems with more than 10 SCSI hosts.
    ]]>
  • Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.
  • Support for systemd.
  • Improvements to handling of FibreChannel and SAS MIB elements.
  • Support for New network controllers.
  • Support for returning SAS and SATA drive temperatures.
    • ]]>         Fixed following issues:

    • Hard Disk Drives with Firmware versions longer than 4 characters are no longer truncated.
    • Ignore failed drives when attempting to retrieve drive statistics.
    • Correctly handle PCIe bridges when used in front of PCI-X devices on add-in cards.
    • Correctly handle systems with more than 10 SCSI hosts.
    ]]>           • Threshold Temperature will not be displayed for Not Installed Sensors]]> Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.

    Added support for the following network adapters:

    • HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    • HP IB QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    • HP IB FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    • HP IB FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+QSFP Adapter
    • HP IB FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    • HP IB QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 557SFP+ Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 544+i Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 545M Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 545QSFP Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 545FLR-QSFP Adapter

    Added support for the following storage controllers:

    • HP Smart Array P741m controller
    • HP Smart Array P841 controller
    • HP Smart Array P246br controller
    ]]>           • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 could not receive NIC agent trap when link was down
      • cmanicd and cmapeerd daemons could not restart with ssh –t <cmd>]]>         RPMs are now signed. No other changes were made to the driver

    ]]>         RPMs are now signed. No other changes were made to the driver

    ]]>         RPMs are now signed. No other changes were made to the driver

    ]]>         RPMs are now signed. No other changes were made to the driver

    ]]>
  • Updated to latest RAIDstack code.
    • ]]>
  • Timing fix added to address a possible driver initialization hang issue.
    • ]]>
  • New driver necessary to support the Dynamic Smart Array B140i.
    • ]]>         RPMs are now signed. No other changes were made to the driver

    ]]>         RPMs are now signed. No other changes were made to the driver

    ]]>
  • Spin lock update to fix a potential boot hang.
    • ]]>
  • Fix for CA referenced below titled “SPP HOT FIX - HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers - DRIVER UPGRADE REQUIRED to Avoid NMI in Linux on HP ProLiant Servers Under Heavy Load and Low Memory Configured with HP Dynamic Smart Array B120i / B320i Controllers Using the Optional FBWC” http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c04184273.
    • ]]>
  • Spin lock update to fix a potential boot hang.
    • ]]>
  • Fix for CA referenced below titled “SPP HOT FIX - HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers - DRIVER UPGRADE REQUIRED to Avoid NMI in Linux on HP ProLiant Servers Under Heavy Load and Low Memory Configured with HP Dynamic Smart Array B120i / B320i Controllers Using the Optional FBWC” http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c04184273.
    • ]]>
  • Improvements made to abort and reset handling.
  • Improvements made to HBA mode support.
    • ]]>
  • Significant driver performance improvement.
    • ]]>
  • Fixed memory leak that occurs during device rescan.
    • ]]>
  • Improvements made to abort and reset handling.
  • Improvements made to HBA mode support.
    • ]]>
  • Support for new Gen9 Smart Array Controllers.
  • Support for new Gen9 Smart HBA Controllers.
  • Significant driver performance improvement.
    • ]]>
  • Fixed memory leak that occurs during device rescan.
    • ]]>         Changes in version 2.2-1.0.7 from version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Changed TX time interrupt moderation to 8 usecs. - Performance improvement.
    • Added PTYS register for ethtool settings.
    • Added a mechanism to avoid TCP retransmissions when using TSO.
    • Added a mechanism to process all completions in RX rings after port goes up to avoid a race between incoming traffic and initialization flow.
    • Renamed counter vport_rx_error to vport_rx_filtered.
    • Added service script '/etc/init.d/mlnx-en.d'.
    • /etc/depmod.d/* and /etc/modprobe.d/* moved to KMP RPM.
    • Added PCI ID strings to "mlnx-en-utils" RPM.
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1(A) From version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Added support for the following adapters:
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1 From version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Reset Flow is not activated by default. It is controlled by the mlx4_core'internal_err_reset' module parameter.
    • Ethernet VXLAN support for kernels 3.12.10 or higher.
    • Power Management Quality of Service: when the traffic is active, the Power Management QoS is enabled by disabling the CPU states for maximum performance.
    • Ethernet PTP Hardware Clock support on kernels/OSes that support it.
    • Out of the box performance improvements:
      • Use of affinity hints (based on NUMA node of the device) to indicate the IRQ balancer daemon on the optimal IRQ affinity.
      • Improvement in buffers allocation schema (based on the hint above).
      • Improvement in the adaptive interrupt moderation algorithm.
    Changes in version 2.1-1.0.0 From version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Added reporting autonegotiation support
    • Added Transmit Packet Steering (XPS) support
    • Added reporting 56Gbit/s link speed support
    • Added Receive Flow Steering (RFS) support in UDP
    • Added Low Latency Socket (LLS) support
    • Added check for dma_mapping errors
    Changes in version 2.0-3.0.0 From version 1.5.10
    • Added support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3.
    • Added ConnectX-3 Pro support.
    Changes in version 1.5.10 From version 1.5.9
    • Fixes only.
    Changes in Version 1.5.9 from 1.5.8.3
    • Added support to kernel.org 3.5.
    • Improved latency by optimizing RX repost mechanism
    ]]>         Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.7:
    • Fixed rx_errors ifconfig counter reporting for VFs.
    Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Incorrect calculation of packet true-size reporting in LRO flow.
    • Crash incidence which occurred when enabling Ethernet Timestamping and running VLAN traffic.
    Fixes in version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Fixed ALB bonding mode failure when enslaving Mellanox interfaces.
    • Fixed mapped memory leak.
    Fixes in version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Fixed TX timeout issues.
    • Fixed Ethtool status report for Virtual Functions.
    • Fixed an issue of VLAN traffic over Virtual Machine in paravirtualized mode.
    • Fixed Ethtool operation crash while interface down.
    Fixes in version 1.5.10
    • Driver no longer unloads after installation. Currently, the driver is reloaded after installation.
    • Configuration files are no longer modified during driver installation.
    • MTU size calculation now results in correct value.
    • Race condition no longer exists in join/leave multicast group flow.
    • Restored RX buffer pointer in case of failure.
    • Fixed completely broken IPMI
    • Traffic stops including ping does not pass after several hours of line rate traffic (BlueFlame race) no longer exists.
    • Loss of connectivity issue for iperf long run is resolved.
    Fixes in Rev 1.5.9
    • Fixed bad TX completion notification request logic, could lead to TX timeout.
    • Fixed PowerPC connectivity loss
    ]]>         Changes in Version 1.5.9 from 1.5.8.3
    • Added support to kernel.org 3.5.
    • Improved latency by optimizing RX repost mechanism.
    ]]>         Fixes in Version 1.5.9
    • Fixed bad TX completion notification request logic, could lead to TX timeout.
    • Fixed PowerPC connectivity loss
    ]]>         Changes in version 2.2-1.0.7 from version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Changed TX time interrupt moderation to 8 usecs. - Performance improvement.
    • Added PTYS register for ethtool settings.
    • Added a mechanism to avoid TCP retransmissions when using TSO.
    • Added a mechanism to process all completions in RX rings after port goes up to avoid a race between incoming traffic and initialization flow.
    • Renamed counter vport_rx_error to vport_rx_filtered.
    • Added service script '/etc/init.d/mlnx-en.d'.
    • /etc/depmod.d/* and /etc/modprobe.d/* moved to KMP RPM.
    • Added PCI ID strings to "mlnx-en-utils" RPM.
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1(A) From version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Added support for the following adapters:
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1 From version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Reset Flow is not activated by default. It is controlled by the mlx4_core'internal_err_reset' module parameter.
    • Ethernet VXLAN support for kernels 3.12.10 or higher.
    • Power Management Quality of Service: when the traffic is active, the Power Management QoS is enabled by disabling the CPU states for maximum performance.
    • Ethernet PTP Hardware Clock support on kernels/OSes that support it.
    • Out of the box performance improvements:
      • Use of affinity hints (based on NUMA node of the device) to indicate the IRQ balancer daemon on the optimal IRQ affinity.
      • Improvement in buffers allocation schema (based on the hint above).
      • Improvement in the adaptive interrupt moderation algorithm.
    Changes in version 2.1-1.0.0 From version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Added reporting autonegotiation support
    • Added Transmit Packet Steering (XPS) support
    • Added reporting 56Gbit/s link speed support
    • Added Receive Flow Steering (RFS) support in UDP
    • Added Low Latency Socket (LLS) support
    • Added check for dma_mapping errors
    Changes in version 2.0-3.0.0 From version 1.5.10
    • Added support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3.
    • Added ConnectX-3 Pro support.
    Changes in version 1.5.10 From version 1.5.9
    • Fixes only.
    Changes in Version 1.5.9 from 1.5.8.3
    • Added support to kernel.org 3.5.
    • Improved latency by optimizing RX repost mechanism
    ]]>         Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.7:
    • Fixed rx_errors ifconfig counter reporting for VFs.
    Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Incorrect calculation of packet true-size reporting in LRO flow.
    • Crash incidence which occurred when enabling Ethernet Timestamping and running VLAN traffic.
    Fixes in version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Fixed ALB bonding mode failure when enslaving Mellanox interfaces.
    • Fixed mapped memory leak.
    Fixes in version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Fixed TX timeout issues.
    • Fixed Ethtool status report for Virtual Functions.
    • Fixed an issue of VLAN traffic over Virtual Machine in paravirtualized mode.
    • Fixed Ethtool operation crash while interface down.
    Fixes in version 1.5.10
    • Driver no longer unloads after installation. Currently, the driver is reloaded after installation.
    • Configuration files are no longer modified during driver installation.
    • MTU size calculation now results in correct value.
    • Race condition no longer exists in join/leave multicast group flow.
    • Restored RX buffer pointer in case of failure.
    • Fixed completely broken IPMI
    • Traffic stops including ping does not pass after several hours of line rate traffic (BlueFlame race) no longer exists.
    • Loss of connectivity issue for iperf long run is resolved.
    Fixes in Rev 1.5.9
    • Fixed bad TX completion notification request logic, could lead to TX timeout.
    • Fixed PowerPC connectivity loss
    ]]>         Maintenance updates including:

    • Mark port lost when we receive an RSCN for it.
    • Disable PCI device in shutdown handler.
    • Restore WWPN from flash when cable pulled for Fabric Attach-WWPN port.
    • Restore WWPN in case of Loop Dead.
    • Honor FCP_RSP retry delay timer field.
    • Fixed FW dump issue for ISP82XX.
       
    ]]>
  • Reducing the time we wait for a command to complete during SCSI error handling.
  • Delaying driver unload if there is any pending activity going on.
  • Fixing build errors related to invalid print fields on some architectures.
  • Removing unnecessary delays from fw dump code path.

    •  

    ]]>         Maintenance updates including:

    • Mark port lost when we receive an RSCN for it.
    • Disable PCI device in shutdown handler.
    • Restore WWPN from flash when cable pulled for Fabric Attach-WWPN port.
    • Restore WWPN in case of Loop Dead.
    • Honor FCP_RSP retry delay timer field.
    • Fixed FW dump issue for ISP82XX.
       
    ]]>
  • Reducing the time we wait for a command to complete during SCSI error handling.
  • Delaying driver unload if there is any pending activity going on.
  • Fixing build errors related to invalid print fields on some architectures.
  • Removing unnecessary delays from fw dump code path.

    •  

    ]]>         Updated the driver to version 10.2.477.17

    ]]>         Linux driver version 10.2.477.17

    Resolves an issue where a cable pull on a RHEL6.5 system causes the system to terminate unexpectedly.

    ]]>
  • Resolved an issue with error recovery of a "hung" IO to a device where all IOs are cancelled, not just the culprit one.
  • Resolved a race condition found on an internal mailbox queue.
    • ]]>         Updated driver to version 10.2.477.17

    ]]>         Linux driver version 10.2.477.17

    Resolves an issue where a cable pull on a RHEL6.5 system causes the system to terminate unexpectedly.

    ]]>
  • Resolved an issue with error recovery of a "hung" IO to a device where all IOs are cancelled, not just the culprit one.
  • Resolved a race condition found on an internal mailbox queue.
    • ]]>
    This driver addresses a possible race condition in be_xmit().

    This driver now triggers a firmware dump when a mailbox timeout occurs. ]]>
    This driver addresses a possible race condition in be_xmit().

    This driver now triggers a firmware dump when a mailbox timeout occurs. ]]>
    This package no longer encounters permissions issues when installing the rpm man pages.]]>
    This package no longer encounters permissions issues when installing the rpm man pages.]]>
    This driver no longer reports incorrect Single Root I/O Virtualization (SRIOV) settings under sysfs. ]]>
    These drivers address compatibility issues with Linux 2.4.x kernels.]]>
    This driver no longer reports incorrect Single Root I/O Virtualization (SRIOV) settings under sysfs. ]]>
    These drivers address an issue that resulted in a hang with busy poll when used with netconsole. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where “ifconfig TX” statistics increment when there is no traffic present on the Virtual Function (VF) interface. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where “ifconfig TX” statistics increment when there is no traffic present on the Virtual Function (VF) interface. ]]>         This driver addresses an issue where the port world wide network (WWN) and logical unit number (LUN) are not cleared when the port is disabled from the command line.

    This driver addresses an issue where the NIC ROM has the status of the wrong Packet Filter (PF) when NIC Partitioning (NPAR) version 1.5 is enabled.

    This driver addresses an issue where n-tuple hash filtering cannot be set.

    This package is now correctly signed.

    ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where the NIC ROM has the status of the wrong Packet Filter (PF) when NIC Partitioning (NPAR) version 1.5 is enabled.

    This driver addresses an issue where n-tuple hash filtering cannot be set. ]]>         This driver addresses an issue where the port world wide network (WWN) and logical unit number (LUN) are not cleared when the port is disabled from the command line.

    This driver addresses an issue where the NIC ROM has the status of the wrong Packet Filter (PF) when NIC Partitioning (NPAR) version 1.5 is enabled.

    This driver addresses an issue where n-tuple hash filtering cannot be set.

    This package is now correctly signed.

    ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where the NIC ROM has the status of the wrong Packet Filter (PF) when NIC Partitioning (NPAR) version 1.5 is enabled.

    This driver addresses an issue where n-tuple hash filtering cannot be set. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where a flash read fails if the driver is unloaded while the read is in progress. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where a flash read fails if the driver is unloaded while the read is in progress. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where the EPG is randomly reset.

    This driver addresses an issue where the driver version is not set before a call to register_netdev().

    This driver no longer causes a system hang due to a call to the lockless version of the API. ]]>
    This driver addresses an issue where the EPG is randomly reset.

    This driver addresses an issue where the driver version is not set before a call to register_netdev().

    This driver no longer causes a system hang due to a call to the lockless version of the API. ]]>
    This driver now supports socket buffers of any size.
    ]]>
    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 330i Adapter (22BD)
    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i Adapter (22BE)
    ]]>
    This driver now supports socket buffers of any size.
    ]]>           • Threshold Temperature will not be displayed for Not Installed Sensors]]>   • Threshold Temperature will not be displayed for Not Installed Sensors]]>   •  cmanicd and cmapeerd daemons could not restart with ssh –t <cmd>
    ]]>         Added support for the following network adapters:

    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-Port 331i Adapter.
    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 330i Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter.
    • HP StoreFabric CN1200E Dual Port Converged Network Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter.

    Added support for the following storage controllers:

    • HP B140i Dynamic Smart Array Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P440 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P441 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P840 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P244br Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H244br Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P440ar Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H240ar Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H240 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H241 Controller.
    ]]>
  • cmafcad daemon appears to cause segmentation fault (Segfault).
  • cmastdeqd daemon appears to cause segmentation fault (Segfault) when removing USB key.
    • ]]>         Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.

    Added support for the following network adapters:

    • HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    • HP IB QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    • HP IB FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    • HP IB FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+QSFP Adapter
    • HP IB FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    • HP IB QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 557SFP+ Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 544+i Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 545M Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 545QSFP Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 545FLR-QSFP Adapter

    Added support for the following storage controllers:

    • HP Smart Array P741m controller
    • HP Smart Array P841 controller
    • HP Smart Array P246br controller
    ]]>           • cmanicd and cmapeerd daemons could not restart with ssh –t <cmd>]]>

    Added support for the following network adapters:

    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-Port 331i Adapter.
    • HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 330i Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter.
    • HP StoreFabric CN1200E Dual Port Converged Network Adapter.
    • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter.

    Added support for the following storage controllers:

    • HP B140i Dynamic Smart Array Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P440 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P441 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P840 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P244br Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H244br Controller.
    • HP Smart Array P440ar Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H240ar Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H240 Controller.
    • HP Smart Array H241 Controller.
    ]]>
  • cmafcad daemon appears to cause segmentation fault (Segfault).
  • cmastdeqd daemon appears to cause segmentation fault (Segfault) when removing USB key.
    • ]]>
  • Improvements to handling of FibreChannel and SAS MIB elements.
  • Support for New network controllers.
  • Support for returning SAS and SATA drive temperatures.
    • ]]>         Fixed following issues:

    • Hard Disk Drives with Firmware versions longer than 4 characters are no longer truncated.
    • Ignore failed drives when attempting to retrieve drive statistics.
    • Correctly handle PCIe bridges when used in front of PCI-X devices on add-in cards.
    • Correctly handle systems with more than 10 SCSI hosts.
    ]]>
  • Improvements to handling of FibreChannel and SAS MIB elements.
  • Support for New network controllers.
  • Support for returning SAS and SATA drive temperatures.
    • ]]>         Fixed following issues:

    • Hard Disk Drives with Firmware versions longer than 4 characters are no longer truncated.
    • Ignore failed drives when attempting to retrieve drive statistics.
    • Correctly handle PCIe bridges when used in front of PCI-X devices on add-in cards.
    • Correctly handle systems with more than 10 SCSI hosts.
    ]]>
  • Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.
  • Improvements to handling of FibreChannel and SAS MIB elements.
  • Support for New network controllers.
  • Support for returning SAS and SATA drive temperatures.
    • ]]>         Fixed following issues:

    • Hard Disk Drives with Firmware versions longer than 4 characters are no longer truncated.
    • Ignore failed drives when attempting to retrieve drive statistics.
    • Correctly handle PCIe bridges when used in front of PCI-X devices on add-in cards.
    • Correctly handle systems with more than 10 SCSI hosts.
    ]]>
  • Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.
  • Improvements to handling of FibreChannel and SAS MIB elements.
  • Support for New network controllers.
  • Support for returning SAS and SATA drive temperatures.
    • ]]>         Fixed following issues:

    • Hard Disk Drives with Firmware versions longer than 4 characters are no longer truncated.
    • Ignore failed drives when attempting to retrieve drive statistics.
    • Correctly handle PCIe bridges when used in front of PCI-X devices on add-in cards.
    • Correctly handle systems with more than 10 SCSI hosts.
    ]]>
  • Updated to latest RAIDstack code.
    • ]]>
  • Timing fix added to address a possible driver initialization hang issue.
    • ]]>
  • Improvements made to abort and reset handling.
  • Improvements made to HBA mode support.
    • ]]>         The RPMs are signed.

    ]]>         Changes in version 2.2-1.0.7 from version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Changed TX time interrupt moderation to 8 usecs. - Performance improvement.
    • Added PTYS register for ethtool settings.
    • Added a mechanism to avoid TCP retransmissions when using TSO.
    • Added a mechanism to process all completions in RX rings after port goes up to avoid a race between incoming traffic and initialization flow.
    • Renamed counter vport_rx_error to vport_rx_filtered.
    • Added service script '/etc/init.d/mlnx-en.d'.
    • /etc/depmod.d/* and /etc/modprobe.d/* moved to KMP RPM.
    • Added PCI ID strings to "mlnx-en-utils" RPM.
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1(A) From version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Added support for the following adapters:
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
      • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    Changes in version 2.2-1.0.1 From version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Reset Flow is not activated by default. It is controlled by the mlx4_core'internal_err_reset' module parameter.
    • Ethernet VXLAN support for kernels 3.12.10 or higher.
    • Power Management Quality of Service: when the traffic is active, the Power Management QoS is enabled by disabling the CPU states for maximum performance.
    • Ethernet PTP Hardware Clock support on kernels/OSes that support it.
    • Out of the box performance improvements:
      • Use of affinity hints (based on NUMA node of the device) to indicate the IRQ balancer daemon on the optimal IRQ affinity.
      • Improvement in buffers allocation schema (based on the hint above).
      • Improvement in the adaptive interrupt moderation algorithm.
    Changes in version 2.1-1.0.0 From version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Added reporting autonegotiation support
    • Added Transmit Packet Steering (XPS) support
    • Added reporting 56Gbit/s link speed support
    • Added Receive Flow Steering (RFS) support in UDP
    • Added Low Latency Socket (LLS) support
    • Added check for dma_mapping errors
    Changes in version 2.0-3.0.0 From version 1.5.10
    • Added support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3.
    • Added ConnectX-3 Pro support.
    Changes in version 1.5.10 From version 1.5.9
    • Fixes only.
    Changes in Version 1.5.9 from 1.5.8.3
    • Added support to kernel.org 3.5.
    • Improved latency by optimizing RX repost mechanism
    ]]>         Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.7:
    • Fixed rx_errors ifconfig counter reporting for VFs.
    Fixes in version 2.2-1.0.1:
    • Incorrect calculation of packet true-size reporting in LRO flow.
    • Crash incidence which occurred when enabling Ethernet Timestamping and running VLAN traffic.
    Fixes in version 2.1-1.0.0:
    • Fixed ALB bonding mode failure when enslaving Mellanox interfaces.
    • Fixed mapped memory leak.
    Fixes in version 2.0-3.0.0:
    • Fixed TX timeout issues.
    • Fixed Ethtool status report for Virtual Functions.
    • Fixed an issue of VLAN traffic over Virtual Machine in paravirtualized mode.
    • Fixed Ethtool operation crash while interface down.
    Fixes in version 1.5.10
    • Driver no longer unloads after installation. Currently, the driver is reloaded after installation.
    • Configuration files are no longer modified during driver installation.
    • MTU size calculation now results in correct value.
    • Race condition no longer exists in join/leave multicast group flow.
    • Restored RX buffer pointer in case of failure.
    • Fixed completely broken IPMI
    • Traffic stops including ping does not pass after several hours of line rate traffic (BlueFlame race) no longer exists.
    • Loss of connectivity issue for iperf long run is resolved.
    Fixes in Rev 1.5.9
    • Fixed bad TX completion notification request logic, could lead to TX timeout.
    • Fixed PowerPC connectivity loss
    ]]>         Updated to driver version 10.2.477.17

    ]]>         Linux driver version 10.2.477.17

    Resolves an issue where a cable pull on a RHEL6.5 system causes the system to terminate unexpectedly.

    ]]>         Maintenance updates including:

    • Mark port lost when we receive an RSCN for it.
    • Disable PCI device in shutdown handler.
    • Restore WWPN from flash when cable pulled for Fabric Attach-WWPN port.
    • Restore WWPN in case of Loop Dead.
    • Honor FCP_RSP retry delay timer field.
    • Fixed FW dump issue for ISP82XX.
    ]]>
  • Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.
  • Added support for systemd.
  • Improvements to handling of FibreChannel and SAS MIB elements.
  • Support for New network controllers.
  • Support for returning SAS and SATA drive temperatures.
    • ]]>         Fixed following issues:

    • Hard Disk Drives with Firmware versions longer than 4 characters are no longer truncated.
    • Ignore failed drives when attempting to retrieve drive statistics.
    • Correctly handle PCIe bridges when used in front of PCI-X devices on add-in cards.
    • Correctly handle systems with more than 10 SCSI hosts.
    ]]>
  • Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.
  • Support for systemd.
  • Improvements to handling of FibreChannel and SAS MIB elements.
  • Support for New network controllers.
  • Support for returning SAS and SATA drive temperatures.
    • ]]>         Fixed following issues:

    • Hard Disk Drives with Firmware versions longer than 4 characters are no longer truncated.
    • Ignore failed drives when attempting to retrieve drive statistics.
    • Correctly handle PCIe bridges when used in front of PCI-X devices on add-in cards.
    • Correctly handle systems with more than 10 SCSI hosts.
    ]]>           • Threshold Temperature will not be displayed for Not Installed Sensors]]> Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.

    Added support for the following network adapters:

    • HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    • HP IB QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    • HP IB FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+M Adapter
    • HP IB FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+QSFP Adapter
    • HP IB FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    • HP IB QDR/Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 544+FLR-QSFP Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 557SFP+ Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 544+i Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 545M Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 545QSFP Adapter
    • HP IB FDR 2-port 545FLR-QSFP Adapter

    Added support for the following storage controllers:

    • HP Smart Array P741m controller
    • HP Smart Array P841 controller
    • HP Smart Array P246br controller
    ]]>           • cmanicd and cmapeerd daemons could not restart with ssh –t <cmd>]]>     • Added a CLI command to enable or disable the SSLv3 cryptographic protocol. The command is "set /map1/config1 oemhp_ssl_v3_enable=yes" to enable SSLv3 or "set /map1/config1 oemhp_ssl_v3_enable=no" to disable SSLv3. iLO will reset if the command state transitions from yes to no or from no to yes.
    • Hard drive status reporting on the System Health Summary web page now displays smart errors.
    • Added additional permission attributes to the JAR Manifest file for the Java Remote Console and Virtual Media applets.
    • Added a watchdog timer for firmware lockups. iLO 2 will reboot if the firmware does not respond for 60 minutes.
    • Added support for retrieving a certificate from a trusted HP SIM 7.0 and later server.
    ]]>         • Addressed possible security vulnerabilities mentioned in the HP Software Security Response Team reports SSRT101745 and SSRT101886.
    • Disabled SSL version 3. iLO 2 2.27 and later supports only TLS 1.0.
    • Addressed CVE-2014-0224 false positive.
    • The current user cannot be deleted by using the RIBCL command DELETE_CURRENT_USER.
    ]]>
  • iLO 2 might stop responding after security scanners run the Heartbleed OpenSSL bug detection scan.
    • Note: iLO 2 is not vulnerable to the HeartBleed OpenSSL bug because the iLO 2 RSA SSLC library does not support the TLS Heartbeat extension.
  • iLO 2 might authenticate users with incorrect passwords when it is configured with Linux LDAP.
  • The Integrated Remote Console could fail to launch with Internet Explorer 11.
  • Hard drive status reporting in the iLO web interface, CLI, and RIBCL now matches iLO 3 reporting.
  • The SCSI command 0x51 (GET DISC INFORMATION) added in version 2.23 was removed as it caused problems when an ISO is mounted on Windows systems.
    •  
     
    ]]>         - Internet Explorer 11 is now supported.
    ]]>         FIXES: The following issues are resolved in this firmware version:
     - Addressed possible security vulnerabilities mentioned in the HP Software Security Response Team reports SSRT101790 and SSRT101886.
     - An iLO kernel crash after 40 or more days of uptime can lead to an operating system crash. When this occurs, the iLO Event Log records a “Power restored to iLO” event at the time of the OS crash.
     - DL385 G7 servers report false fan failures.
     - Disabled SSLv3 for webserver connections.
     - An intermittent virtual CD disconnection occurs during a system reboot.

    Note: The iLO security policy has changed and SSLv3 is now disabled. You might need to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) in your browser in order to access the iLO web interface.  TLS is the successor to SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).

    ]]>          
                    - Allowed SSH authentication with a valid SSH key but without a username match.
                    - SSL certificates cannot be imported after upgrading to iLO 3 1.61, 1.65 or 1.70.
                    - Setting the boot order via the iLO 3 CLP/CLI does not allow the NIC to use the PXE boot option.
                    - Updates to LDAP authentication failure messages.
    ]]>         This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:

    • New CLI and RIBCL commands for sending SNMP test traps.
    • Agentless Management support for standup storage card firmware versions.
    • The iLO IP address can now be used as the SubjectAltName in a certificate signing request.
    • IPMI transport over IPv6.
    • HP RESTful API updates, including support for:
      - Mezz and base FRUs
      - GET of data to retrieve the Active Health System log
      - Support Logs
    • Flex Slot Battery Backup Unit information is displayed on the Information > System Information > Power page.
    • Physical and logical network adapters are displayed on the Information > System Information > Network page.
    • NIC teaming information is displayed on the Information > System Information > Network page.
    • Information about devices installed on the system board, such as adapters, PCI devices,  SATA controllers, and Smart Storage Batteries is displayed on the new Information > System Information > Device Inventory page.
    • HP and third-party storage controllers that manage direct-attached storage and the attached physical drives are displayed on the Information > System
      Information > Storage page.
    • HP Smart Storage Battery information is displayed on the Information > System Information > Summary, Information > System Information > Power, and Information > System Information > Device Inventory pages.
    • In addition to the supported OEM parameters, the IPMI boot options for UEFI now support the standard parameters.
    • Extended the functionality of Lock_Configuration.xml to include restricting the IPMI interface from the system channel.
    • Added support for IPMI 2.0 PEF and PET generation to the IPMI interface.

    ]]>         • Addressed SSRT101886
    • An iLO kernel crash after 40 or more days of uptime under certain operating systems can lead to an operating system crash. When this occurs, the iLO Event Log records a “Power restored to iLO” event at the time of the OS crash.
    • iLO might send multiple SNMP traps that show the Smart Array battery falsely changing status (SNMP trap ID 11020).
    • iLO firmware updates might stay at 1% and never finish.
    • ADH ciphers are accepted in iLO 4 when AES is enabled.
    • Incorrect information is displayed on the Information > System Information > Network page when there are similar MAC addresses.
    • SSDP advertisements have bad signatures and iLO Federation groups don't display all peers.
    • Power supply sensors are not illustrated in the Temperature graph.
    • The iLO Event Log reports that a firmware update failed even though the firmware was updated successfully with the HP SUM Scalable Update feature.
    • The .NET IRC disconnects unexpectedly when playing a captured video file.
    • The Ping Gateway on Startup network setting does not work.
    • In some cases, running the Advanced Power Capping Microcontroller Firmware causes future component updates to fail.
    • The UID LED might stop blinking when the Remote Console is still open after a system power cycle.
    • The invalid error "Duplicate record exists" occurs while adding a new directory group.
    • A user with the Virtual Power and Reset privilege cannot use the Swap ROM feature.
    • DL580 servers report an incorrect Power Redundancy state on removal of a power supply cable.
    • Intermittent missing OS name and version in get_server_name response.
    • iLO Dedicated Network Port options are displayed on DL60 servers, which support only the Shared Network Port configuration.
    • An incorrect error message is displayed when auto power-off is set via XML scripting during POST.
    • The Get_Embedded_Health.xml output displays incorrect iLO NIC information.
    • The user name is not displayed in the iLO Event Log when a Language Pack is uninstalled.
    • There is a discrepancy between the iLO web interface and XML scripting when an HP SSO record is added by DNS name.
    • The Serial Command Line Speed setting is not saved when the speed is changed in the iLO 4 Configuration Utility.
    • LDAP does not work after updating from iLO firmware version 1.40 to 1.50.
    • New iLO Federation groups default to the power capping value from a previously deleted group.
    • The Link State NIC setting is displayed on the Network General Settings page for BL460t servers when this setting is not supported on server blades.
    • SNMP and SNMP trap ports cannot be set without the SNMP_ACCESS tag.
    • The iLO Event Log does not record an event when the AlertMail settings are changed via RIBCL and CLP.
    • The power redundancy status is incorrect when a mismatched power supply is inserted without a power cord.
    • The iLO Event Log does not record an event when the Remote Syslog settings are changed via RIBCL.
    • An incorrect error message occurs when the server name is set via XML during POST.
    • The Asset Tag can be configured via XML when the server is off.
    • An invalid domain name can be configured in the iLO 4 Configuration Utility.
    • The iLO 4 Configuration Utility prompts the user to save and reset iLO when no change was made.
    • Cert_Request.xml does not display an error when invalid characters are used for the state, country and locality.
    • If the Delete SSH Key button is clicked when no SSH key is installed, the message "Public Key deleted" is displayed even though there was no installed SSH key.
    • When the RESTful Interface Tool is used to display the system ROM version, the output incorrectly displays the backup system ROM version.
    • The CLI does not display the oemhp_powercap information when power capping is disabled.
    • Multiple incorrect "faulty/unsupported power supply" messages are recorded in configurations that use the HP 800W/900W Gold AC Power Input Module or the HP Server RPS Backplane Kit.
    • Pwrstat displays incorrect power supply status information for the HP 800W/900W Gold AC Power Input Module and the HP Server RPS Backplane Kit.
    • An intermittent virtual CD disconnection occurs during a system reboot.
     
     Note: To address the “POODLE” security vulnerability, the iLO security policy has changed in version 2.03 and SSLv3 is now disabled. You might need to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) in your browser in order to access the iLO web interface.  TLS is the successor to SSL (Secure Sockets Layer]]>
  • Added support for TLS v1.1 and TLS v1.2 when using HTTPS URLs with iLO scripted virtual media, firmware update, certificate import, SSH key import, and for HP remote support registration and data collection.
    • ]]>
  • Improved the reliability of DIMM SPD read/write operations.
  • A timing issue could cause intermittent Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) test failures.
  • Booting from an SD card with ESXi could fail.
  • AMD-based HP ProLiant Gen 8 servers with iLO 4 2.00 or 2.02 might report incorrect processor temperatures.
  • HP ProLiant Gen 8 servers with iLO 4 2.00 or 2.02 might report an incorrect value for the temp1 sensor.
  • HP ProLiant Gen8 servers with iLO 4 2.00 or 2.02 might display an incorrectly lit FAN1 Systems Insight Display (SID) LED when no FAN1 is installed.
  • Partitions on the NAND device might fail to mount.  In some cases, this could result in Active Health System download failures or the Embedded User Partition might not be available.
  • Addressed SSRT101745
  • Addressed SSRT101790

    • Note: To address the “POODLE” security vulnerability, the iLO security policy has changed and SSLv3 is now disabled. You may need to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) in your browser in order to access the iLO web interface.  TLS is the successor to SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).
     
     
     

    ]]>
    This product contains updated NCSI firmware (v1.3.5) that increases the number of multicast MAC address filters that can be supported from 2 to 8.]]>
    The Broadcom 578xx Management Firmware (MFW) in this product no longer causes the HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB Adapter and HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter to report an incorrect temperature, resulting in a system shutdown due to a thermal trip signal.

    The Broadcom 578xx Management Firmware (MFW) in this product addresses an issue where certain network switches fail to respond to adapters running the Fibre-Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocol.

    The updated UEFI driver for Broadcom 578xx devices fixes an issue where the server can't PXE boot to Grub Shell.]]>
    This product now supports SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12.

    This product contains updated NCSI firmware (v1.3.5) that increases the number of multicast MAC address filters that can be supported from 2 to 8. ]]>
    The Broadcom 578xx Management Firmware (MFW) in this product no longer causes the HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB Adapter and HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter to report an incorrect temperature, resulting in a system shutdown due to a thermal trip signal.

    The Broadcom 578xx Management Firmware (MFW) in this product addresses an issue where certain network switches fail to respond to adapters running the Fibre-Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocol.

    The updated UEFI driver for Broadcom 578xx devices fixes an issue where the server can't PXE boot to Grub Shell.]]>          
    The firmware in this product addresses an issue where Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) information is not displayed for the HP NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port Server Adapter.]]>          
    This firmware corrects an issue where I/O aborts occur when port mirroring is enabled on Virtual Connect Manager.
     
    This firmware now correctly responds to the command "Enable PF link state" for iSCSI.
     
    This firmware now correctly handles bandwidth allocation configured via the Virtual Connect Manager across two FlexNICs derived from same port.
     
    This firmware corrects an issue where a fatal error occurs when Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) functions converted to NIC and iSCSI functions are added in Virtual Connect (VC).
     
    This firmware corrects an issue that results in a fatal firmware error when MAC/HW address entries are incorrectly deleted during iSCSI driver unload.
     
    This firmware corrects a fatal firmware error that occurs during device reset in iSCSI.
     
    This firmware now reports Data Center Bridging Exchange (DCBX) local settings correctly regardless of link status.
     
    This firmware corrects an issue where the FCoE firmware fails to login in dual-hop VC-enabled FCoE configurations.
     
    This firmware corrects a fatal firmware error that occurs when the FCoE driver is unloaded.
     
    This firmware improves link stability during network switch toggle.
     
    This firmware corrects an issue where the FCoE link fails to come up after a switch port toggle.
     
    This firmware corrects a ping failure that can occur after recovery from a fatal firmware error.
     
    This firmware no longer hangs when enabling Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) with an incorrect IP address.
     
    The firmware corrects a fatal firmware error that occurs when toggling Receive Side Scaling (RSS) settings under heavy ingress traffic.
     
    This firmware addresses a fatal firmware error observed while running FCoE I/Os
     
    This firmware contains changes that allow the Abort Sequence (ABTS) mechanism work for storage.
     
    This firmware no longer causes a crash when the total number of connections exceeds 256.
     
    This firmware corrects an issue that results in the storage device being reset during VLAN creation and deletion.
     
    This firmware improves performance when using Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size of 1500 bytes.]]>
    This product now supports SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12.]]>          
    The firmware in this product addresses an issue where Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) information is not displayed for the HP NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port Server Adapter.]]>          
    This firmware corrects an issue where a fatal firmware error occurs during Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ) migration from one Virtual Machine to another.
     
    This firmware corrects an issue where I/O aborts occur when port mirroring is enabled on Virtual Connect Manager.
     
    This firmware now correctly responds to the command "Enable PF link state" for iSCSI.
     
    This firmware now correctly handles bandwidth allocation configured via the Virtual Connect Manager across two FlexNICs derived from same port.
     
    This firmware corrects an issue where a fatal error occurs when Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) functions converted to NIC and iSCSI functions are added in Virtual Connect (VC).
     
    This firmware corrects an issue that results in a fatal firmware error when MAC/HW address entries are incorrectly deleted during iSCSI driver unload.
     
    This firmware corrects a fatal firmware error that occurs during device reset in iSCSI.
     
    This firmware now reports Data Center Bridging Exchange (DCBX) local settings correctly regardless of link status.
     
    This firmware corrects an issue where the FCoE firmware fails to login in dual-hop VC-enabled FCoE configurations.
     
    This firmware corrects a fatal firmware error that occurs when the FCoE driver is unloaded.
     
    This firmware improves link stability during network switch toggle.
     
    This firmware corrects an issue where the FCoE link fails to come up after a switch port toggle.
     
    This firmware corrects a ping failure that can occur after recovery from a fatal firmware error.
     
    This firmware no longer hangs when enabling Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) with an incorrect IP address.
     
    The firmware corrects a fatal firmware error that occurs when toggling Receive Side Scaling (RSS) settings under heavy ingress traffic.
     
    This firmware addresses a fatal firmware error observed while running FCoE I/Os
     
    This firmware contains changes that allow the Abort Sequence (ABTS) mechanism work for storage.
     
    This firmware no longer causes a crash when the total number of connections exceeds 256.
     
    This firmware corrects an issue that results in the storage device being reset during VLAN creation and deletion.
     
    This firmware improves performance when using Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size of 1500 bytes.]]>
    This product now supports SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12.]]>
    This product addresses the issue described in Customer Advisory #c04438541.

    The firmware in this product addresses an issue where port #1 for an HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366FLR Adapter doesn’t receive any IP traffic from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.]]>
  • The firmware flash tool in this component has been updated to address an issue where the shared network port used by Integrated Lights Out (iLO) is not correctly enabled on port 1 on the HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLR-SFP+ Adapter.
  • Fixes Wake On Lan issue seen with HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLR-SFP+ Adapter.
  • This component addresses an issue described in the Customer Advisory #c04438541.
  • This component contains updated tools that resolve firmware installation issues caused by some EEPROM ID changes.
  • The updated firmware fixes an issue where the PXE boot agent does not load when Intel Boot Agent is set to "Try network first".
    • ]]>
    This product now supports SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12.]]>
    This product addresses the issue described in Customer Advisory #c04438541.

    The firmware in this product addresses an issue where port #1 for an HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366FLR Adapter doesn’t receive any IP traffic from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.

    This product addresses an issue where firmware update fails on an HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 server.]]>
  • The firmware flash tool in this component has been updated to address an issue where the shared network port used by Integrated Lights Out (iLO) is not correctly enabled on port 1 on the HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLR-SFP+ Adapter.
  • Fixes Wake On Lan issue seen with HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLR-SFP+ Adapter.
  • This component addresses an issue described in the Customer Advisory #c04438541.
  • This component contains updated tools that resolve firmware installation issues caused by some EEPROM ID changes.
  • The updated firmware fixes an issue where the PXE boot agent does not load when Intel Boot Agent is set to "Try network first".
    • ]]>         Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.5430:

    779799-B21
    779793-B21

    ]]>         Fixes in v2.32.5430:

    • Fixed an issue causing ARP not to reply when connected to Hyper-V vSwitch.
    ]]>         Firmware for the following devices are updated to 10.10.4042:

    702211-B21
    702212-B21
    702213-B21
     ]]>         Fixes:
    • Alternate Path Migration (APM) triggers only a single affiliated asynchronous error event in the case of a path migration failure.
    • Using a min_rnr_nak value of 0x5 will cause failures when creating reliable connection (RC) QPs.
    • On rare occasions DC Initiator completions might be lost.
      ]]>         Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.5100:

    644161-B21
    644160-B21
    649282-B21
    649281-B21
    649283-B21

    Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.5270 and 2.32.5230:

    764282-B21
    764283-B21

    Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.5200:

    764284-B21

    Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.5290:

    764285-B21
    764286-B21

    Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.5270:

    XL230b Gen9 LOM

    Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.32.6130:

    778509-B21
    ]]>         Fixes in FW version 2.32.5100:
    • Fixed performance degradation when running IBDump.
    • Occasionally, a link training timeout occurred in EQ phase0 during disable/enable test.
    • Improved strict bandwidth mode functionality.
    • Fixed an issue with the PortRcvPkts counter always displaying zero value.
    • Fixed an issue with processing GMP MADs with SET method in SecureHost mode.
    • Fixed an issue causing a wrong usage of MCG size when configuring Global Multicast filter.
    • Disabling the first port occasionally causes second port TX failure.
    • Fixed a mismatch in links status reported. The adapter reports links as down while the switch perceives them as up.
    • Fixed an occasional 40GbE link failure with SCM5 Switch blade.
    • Fixed a wrong FDR10 speed reporting in MAD.
    • Fixed an issue preventing the ports to rise up when set to FDR10 vs QDR.
    • Fixed an occasional link failure vs Arista switch.
    • Retransmission started from the first PSN of message instead of the last acknowledged PSN.
    • Firmware hangs when receiving GeneralInfoMad during inline firmware burning.
    • L1 flow adjustments and threshold tuning.
    • Fixed a rare hanging issue during PERST_ assertion.
    • Wrong coefficients were reported during phase3.
    • Fixed an issue causing wrong behavior due to reset timing.
    • Fixed long timeout issues
    • Fixed NVRAM write issues in driver-less mode.
    • Fixed 40GbE link support in aux mode.
    • Dropped commands with non-existing channel ID.
    • Fixed issues in extended speed reporting.
    • Fixed bad QP reporting in trap 257/8.
    • Fixed an issue causing false bad q_key error messages.
    • Fixed Pause Frame opcode mismatch.
    • Fixed communication loss upon PCIe error detection.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Performance enhancement when a drive starts to degrade due to excessive recovered media errors.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • On systems configured with HP Smart Array P711m controllers connected to logical volumes on HP P2000 G3 SAS storage arrays, the Smart Array device driver ‘hpsa’ would cease to function during installation of VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2.
    • After the Smart Array device driver 'hpsa' was upgraded to version 3.4.6-165 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 4 or Update 5 on a server configured with logical volumes on HP P2000 G3 Storage Systems or HP MSA 2040 SAS Storage Arrays, the system would cease to function and an HP Smart Array P712m controller lockup would be reported after reboot. (POST Error: 1719 - A controller failure event occurred prior to this power-up. (Previous lock up code = 0x13))
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features: 
    • Enhanced the controller SAS discovery logic to tolerate devices that may be resetting.
    • Added a new POST message 1813 to indicate bad or failed battery charge circuit.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 6.60:
    This firmware release resolved the following issues:

    • After a mode toggle at EFI ORCA was performed, the controller name would not be displayed when running the command: “reconnect –r”.
    • Controller displayed a POST error message 1805 “Cache Module Super–Cap is not installed” when the controller was configured to work without super-capacitors.
    • Corrected thermal behavior with HDDs.
    • Controllers configured with one or more SATA spare drives and firmware version 6.40 (or earlier) may halt with "Lockup Code = 0xAB" after 64, 128, or 256 days.
    • HP Smart Array P812 controller onboard expander firmware was updated to version 3.12 to enforce 3Gbps SATA connection speeds which is the maximum supported SATA data rate on HP Smart Array P212, P410, P410i, P411, P711m, P712m, and P812 controllers.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Performance enhancement when a drive starts to degrade due to excessive recovered media errors.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • On systems configured with HP Smart Array P711m controllers connected to logical volumes on HP P2000 G3 SAS storage arrays, the Smart Array device driver ‘hpsa’ would cease to function during installation of VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2.
    • After the Smart Array device driver 'hpsa' was upgraded to version 3.4.6-165 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 4 or Update 5 on a server configured with logical volumes on HP P2000 G3 Storage Systems or HP MSA 2040 SAS Storage Arrays, the system would cease to function and an HP Smart Array P712m controller lockup would be reported after reboot. (POST Error: 1719 - A controller failure event occurred prior to this power-up. (Previous lock up code = 0x13))
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features: 
    • Enhanced the controller SAS discovery logic to tolerate devices that may be resetting.
    • Added a new POST message 1813 to indicate bad or failed battery charge circuit.
    Enhancements/New Features for 6.60 (B):
    • Added support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 6.60:
    This firmware release resolved the following issues:

    • After a mode toggle at EFI ORCA was performed, the controller name would not be displayed when running the command: “reconnect –r”.
    • Controller displayed a POST error message 1805 “Cache Module Super–Cap is not installed” when the controller was configured to work without super-capacitors.
    • Corrected thermal behavior with HDDs.
    • Controllers configured with one or more SATA spare drives and firmware version 6.40 (or earlier) may halt with "Lockup Code = 0xAB" after 64, 128, or 256 days.
    • HP Smart Array P812 controller onboard expander firmware was updated to version 3.12 to enforce 3Gbps SATA connection speeds which is the maximum supported SATA data rate on HP Smart Array P212, P410, P410i, P411, P711m, P712m, and P812 controllers.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • Improved error handling when hard disk drives generate a large number of recoverable errors.
    • Added support for non-hotplug disk drives.
    • Added support for HP ProLiant Gen9 servers:
      • HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server
      • HP ProLiant BL660c Gen9 Server
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    • When a controller was set to RAID6 mode and a large number of recoverable errors were generated by hard disk drives in the system, the controller might go into a degraded mode and cease to function. A 0x0E error message would display during POST on subsequent power cycle and in the Integrated Management Log (IML)
    • The controller would report 0xE0 error to HP Smart Storage Administrator (HP SSA) and would cease to function when set to RAID 6 mode
    • Intermittent SSD SATA 6G drive failures would occur when drive was configured in Bay 1 of HP ProLiant BL465 Gen8 Server
    • Uncorrectable ECC errors would cause the controller to stop responding (Lockup 0x13).  This version of Smart Array firmware properly calculates the maximum controller memory bandwidth required to sustain streaming write operations with the current logical drive configuration and reduces the cache memory speed on configurations that do not require peak controller memory bandwidth.  When running at the slower memory speed, less power is consumed and performance degradation is expected to be negligible. For additional information, reference Customer Advisory # c03755983
    • The HP D2220sb Storage Blade is not recognized when configuring it with the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602866
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for non-hotplug drives.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • The controller would report 0xE0 error to HP Smart Storage Administrator and would cease to function when set to RAID 6 mode.
    • Intermittent SSD SATA 6G drive failure in Bay 1 of the HP ProLiant BL465 Gen8 Server.
    • Uncorrectable ECC errors causing controller to hang (Lockup 0x13).  Smart Array firmware calculates the maximum controller memory bandwidth required to sustain streaming write operations with the current logical drive configuration and reduces the cache memory speed on configurations that do not require peak controller memory bandwidth.  When running at the slower memory speed, less power is consumed and performance degradation is expected to be negligible. For additional information, reference Customer Advisory c03755983 at the following URL: http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03755983
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • Improved error handling when hard disk drives generate a large number of recoverable errors.
    • Added support for non-hotplug disk drives.
    • Added support for HP ProLiant Gen9 servers:
      • HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server
      • HP ProLiant BL660c Gen9 Server
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    • When a controller was set to RAID6 mode and a large number of recoverable errors were generated by hard disk drives in the system, the controller might go into a degraded mode and cease to function. A 0x0E error message would display during POST on subsequent power cycle and in the Integrated Management Log (IML)
    • The controller would report 0xE0 error to HP Smart Storage Administrator (HP SSA) and would cease to function when set to RAID 6 mode
    • Intermittent SSD SATA 6G drive failures would occur when drive was configured in Bay 1 of HP ProLiant BL465 Gen8 Server
    • Uncorrectable ECC errors would cause the controller to stop responding (Lockup 0x13).  This version of Smart Array firmware properly calculates the maximum controller memory bandwidth required to sustain streaming write operations with the current logical drive configuration and reduces the cache memory speed on configurations that do not require peak controller memory bandwidth.  When running at the slower memory speed, less power is consumed and performance degradation is expected to be negligible. For additional information, reference Customer Advisory # c03755983
    • The HP D2220sb Storage Blade is not recognized when configuring it with the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602866
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Fix for a rare controller hang when running IO to SATA drives when in HBA-mode.
    ]]>
  • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    • ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    •      Performance enhancement when a drive starts to degrade due to excessive recovered media errors.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 2.32:
    This firmware release resolved the following issues:

    • With encryption enabled and a rekey operation taking place, if IO running is to Advanced Data Guarding (RAID6) volume and physical drives fail, causing the volume to go into a degraded state, and the customer enables Degraded Mode Performance Optimization via HPSSA, the controller may cease to function (POST Lockup 0xE0).
    • Controller may intermittently cease to function with POST lockup 0xE3 when HP Secure Encryption and large cache writes are enabled.
    ]]>
  • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    • ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    •      Performance enhancement when a drive starts to degrade due to excessive recovered media errors.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 2.32:
    This firmware release resolved the following issues:

    • With encryption enabled and a rekey operation taking place, if IO running is to Advanced Data Guarding (RAID6) volume and physical drives fail, causing the volume to go into a degraded state, and the customer enables Degraded Mode Performance Optimization via HPSSA, the controller may cease to function (POST Lockup 0xE0).
    • Controller may intermittently cease to function with POST lockup 0xE3 when HP Secure Encryption and large cache writes are enabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • Servers now power up faster due to improvements in the UEFI controller driver.
    • Logical volume transformations are allowed on controllers without data preservation.
    • Drives can now be hot-added in a zoned configuration.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    • When rebuilding a logical volume greater than 2TB in size, the controller might cease to function (POST Lockup 0xE0). Controller would report a POST Lockup 0xE0 error and cease to function, when the following conditions were met:

                     1) Encryption enabled and a re-key operation was in progress.
                     2) While IO was in progress, physical drives failed in an Advanced Data Guarding (RAID6 or RAID60) volume, which caused the volume to go into a degraded state.
                     3) Degraded Mode Performance Optimization was enabled via HP Smart Storage Administrator.

    • If a power outage or brownout occurred while running a volume expansion, the controller might cease to function on the following boot (POST Lockup 0x13).
    • HP D2600/D2700 Disk Enclosures might not show the correct box number on the LED display.
    • Controller might become unresponsive if a drive was re-inserted into encrypted LUN while performing IO on it.
    • When running IO with encryption turned on in remote mode and a local key cache enabled, changing the master key might result in encryption being disabled on the next power up.
    • Controller allowed encryption key changes even with locked volumes.
    • A key restore from an Enterprise Secure Key Manager could take a long time for large configurations.
    • Users were unable to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 5 to a logical volume on an HP P2000 MSA Array System if both an HP H241 and H240 Smart Host Bus Adapter were present in the system.
    • When HP D3700 Disk Enclosures were connected to an HP H240 Smart Host Bus Adapter, the maximum number of enclosures displayed in the boot menu was five, although a maximum of eight enclosures were supported.
    • When a volume expansion or encryption re-key operation was performed, and if multiple power losses or brownouts occurred, data might become inaccessible (POST Message 1769).
    • POST messages 1764, 1768, 1784, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1831 have been updated and/or corrected.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 15.10.07.00:
    • Resolves POST error ‘MPT BIOS Fault 13h’. If this error occurs, the system will not boot from any boot device attached to an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) and will be unable to access data on drives attached to the HP H2xx HBA. The fault is triggered if the link between the HP H2xx HBA and the drives goes down during link tuning process. Updated firmware will no longer trigger this fault and the link is now allowed to re-establish itself. This issue is seen only with Solid State Drives (SSD).
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Addresses a SAS discovery error that could occur during POST when the HP H221 or H222 Host Bus Adapter controllers are connected to an external JBOD.
    • Addresses box numbering issue (numbering not displayed on back of display of HP D3000 enclosure) when H2xx HBA's are connected to an HP D3000 enclosure.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 15.10.07.00:
    • Resolves POST error ‘MPT BIOS Fault 13h’. If this error occurs, the system will not boot from any boot device attached to an HP Smart Array B320i RAID controller and will be unable to access data on drives attached to the HP Smart Array B320i RAID controller. The fault is triggered if the link between the HP Smart Array B320i RAID controller and the drives goes down during link tuning process. Updated firmware will no longer trigger this fault and the link is now allowed to re-establish itself. This issue is seen only with Solid State Drives (SSD).
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    The following issues are resolved in this version of the firmware: 
    • Resolves the I/O errors and/or inability to access solid state drives (SSD) on systems using the HP Smart Array B320i RAID controller and certain SSDs.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Resolved an issue where the Smart Component would hang during hardware discovery when an unknown device was present.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
             A minimum FW version 3.66 is required on your HP Smart Array controller when updating to 2.10 FW on your HP SAS Expander Card.

    Problems Fixed:

    • On rare occasions during a power-up sequence, the HP SAS Expander, would be unresponsive. When the HP SAS Expander was unresponsive, the attached HP Smart Array P410 or P410i Controller was not allowed to discover drives that were attached.

    Problems Fixed in version 2.10(C):

    • Fixed an issue where the offline check protocol was not included in the component installer, allowing the component to run in an online environment.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Resolved an issue where the Smart Component would hang during hardware discovery when an unknown device was present.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
             A minimum FW version 3.66 is required on your HP Smart Array controller when updating to 2.10 FW on your HP SAS Expander Card.

    Problems Fixed:

    • On rare occasions during a power-up sequence, the HP SAS Expander, would be unresponsive. When the HP SAS Expander was unresponsive, the attached HP Smart Array P410 or P410i Controller was not allowed to discover drives that were attached.

    Problems Fixed in version 2.10(C):

    • Fixed an issue where the offline check protocol was not included in the component installer, allowing the component to run in an online environment.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Fixed an issue with the SAS connector element which reported invalid connector type/physical link for disabled PHYs.
    • Fixed the Logical Link Rate because the Rate was not set properly when PHY is disabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Online backplane expander firmware update available with firmware version 2.16 for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux and Microsoft Windows environments.
    • Added online backplane firmware update support for HP H2xx Host Bus Adapters (HBA).
    • New expander backplane firmware activation with a warm server reboot following an online firmware update.
    • Additional SATA drive log reporting.
    • Detection and diagnostic reporting when damaged SAS connections are encountered.
    • Support for the 500 GB SATA HDD MM0500GBKAK [PN 655708-B21 Option Kit, PN 655709-B21 ZMod]
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • Fixed a rare issue when hot-adding multiple HP ProLiant Gen8 SmartDrives in rapid succession which might cause the drives to fail authentication and have reduced LED functionality.
    • Fixed a rare issue when hot-adding drives that might result in SAS link errors (PHY DWORD) being reported by the system event logs.
    • Resolves an issue where drives installed in the HP 2U Gen8 2 LFF Rear Kit (663278-B21) or the HP 2U Gen8 2 SFF Rear Kit (663280-B21) would not be detected when the HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 server is powered on.
    ]]>         ]]> Problems Fixed:
    • Fixed an issue with the SAS connector element which reported invalid connector type/physical link for disabled PHYs.
    • Fixed the Logical Link Rate because the Rate was not set properly when PHY is disabled.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Fixed an issue with the SAS connector element which reported invalid connector type/physical link for disabled PHYs.
    • Fixed the Logical Link Rate because the Rate was not set properly when PHY is disabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Firmware now reads the max link rate from the backplane NVRAM and sets the rate accordingly. The expander firmware will adjust the SAS links to the appropriate speed based on the backplane type. The firmware will not try to force slower backplanes to higher link rates.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • On rare occasions, incorrect data may be read or written while a controller is rebuilding a drive.
    • Disabled Edge-Buffering to address a rare data integrity issue seen with a drive that had bad blocks.
    • In rare instances, on an HP ProLiant Gen9 series server, the Smart Array controller would detect an HP Hard Disk Drive (HDD) as a non-HP drive. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04597377
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Firmware now reads the max link rate from the backplane NVRAM and sets the rate accordingly. The expander firmware will adjust the SAS links to the appropriate speed based on the backplane type. The firmware will not try to force slower backplanes to higher link rates.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Data Integrity issue while controller performed an array rebuild.
    • Disabled Edge-Buffering to address a rare data integrity issue seen with a drive that had bad blocks.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • In rare cases, the Smart Array controller would become inaccessible after multiple IO module resets were performed.  If a controller lockup occurred because of this issue, the error code 0xAB would display in the following locations after a subsequent server reboot:
      • Server POST
      • System event log
      • ADU reports / HPSSA diagnostic reports
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • In rare cases, the Smart Array controller would become inaccessible after multiple IO module resets were performed.  If a controller lockup occurred because of this issue, the error code 0xAB would display in the following locations after a subsequent server reboot:
      • Server POST
      • System event log
      • ADU reports / HPSSA diagnostic reports
    ]]>         The following enhancement was done in this version of the smart component:

    • Added Support for RHEL 7 and SLES 12
    ]]>         The following items were fixed in firmware 0149:

    • Fixed an issue where a small percentage of UID button presses did not register correctly.
    • Fixed an issue where a drive insertion might not correctly illuminate the LEDs.
    ]]>         Updated the Firmware/BIOS/UEFI packages for 8 Gb and 16 Gb products.

    • 4 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 2.03AF
      • Firmware 5.03.15
      • BIOS 3.13
         
    • 8 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 3.71.09 (Binary 371A9)
      • Firmware 7.04.00
      • UEFI 6.35
      • BIOS 3.28
        • BIOS Enhancements:
        • Added support for fabric assigned BOOT LUN 
        • Added support for show port clp
        • Added code to not configure any targets when fabric assign Boot
        • Added code to allow fabric assigned Boot LUN when fabric assign WWPN enabled
        • Added options in CTRL-Q utility to enable fabric assign WWPN and fabric assign BOOT LUN
           
    • 16 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 4.00.19
      • Firmware 7.04.00
      • UEFI 6.31
      • BIOS 3.28
        • BIOS Enhancements:
        • Added support for fabric assigned BOOT LUN
        • Added support for show port clp
        • Added code to not configure any targets when fabric assign Boot
        • Added code to allow fabric assigned Boot LUN when fabric assign WWPN enabled
        • Added options in CTRL-Q utility to enable fabric assign WWPN and fabric assign BOOT LUN
           
    ]]>          
    BIOS
    • Changed VLAN ID max value from 4095 to 4094
    • Changed CTRL-Q to allow max value for Login Retry
    UEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers


    16 Gb Products
       
    BIOS 

    • Fixed LUN enabled but fabric assigned BOOT LUN not found
    • Changed CTRL-Q to allow max value for Login Retry
    UEFI  
    •  Fixed memory leak issue when driver exits due to NVRAM error
       
    ]]>         Updated the firmware/BIOS/EFI packages for 8 Gb and 16 Gb products.

    • 4 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 2.03AF
      • Firmware 5.03.15
      • BIOS 3.13
    • 8 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 3.71.01 (Binary 371A1)
      • Firmware 7.03.00
      • BIOS 3.24
      • UEFI 6.32
    • 16 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 4.00.12
      • Firmware 7.03.01
      • BIOS 3.24
      • UEFI 6.29
         
    ]]>          
    BIOS
    • Fixed bug in displaying selectable boot lun
    • Fixed issue with not restoring defaults on port 1
    • Fixed bug that could cause buffer overrun in CTRL-Q with Report Lun command
    • Added additional time to login target when called  after EFI driver unloads.    
    • Added code to handle boot LUN Greater than 255.
    • Added code to display message when 64 bit address is detected. 
    uEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs.
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers. 


    16 Gb Products
       
    BIOS 

    • Added additional time to login target when called after EFI driver unloads.    
    • Added code to handle boot LUN Greater than 255.
    • Added code to display message when 64 bit address is detected. 
    uEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs.
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers.  
    ]]>         Updated the Firmware/BIOS/UEFI packages for 8 Gb and 16 Gb products.

    • 4 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 2.03AF
      • Firmware 5.03.15
      • BIOS 3.13
         
    • 8 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 3.71.09 (Binary 371A9)
      • Firmware 7.04.00
      • UEFI 6.35
      • BIOS 3.28
        • BIOS Enhancements:
        • Added support for fabric assigned BOOT LUN 
        • Added support for show port clp
        • Added code to not configure any targets when fabric assign Boot
        • Added code to allow fabric assigned Boot LUN when fabric assign WWPN enabled
        • Added options in CTRL-Q utility to enable fabric assign WWPN and fabric assign BOOT LUN
           
    • 16 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 4.00.19
      • Firmware 7.04.00
      • UEFI 6.31
      • BIOS 3.28
        • BIOS Enhancements:
        • Added support for fabric assigned BOOT LUN
        • Added support for show port clp
        • Added code to not configure any targets when fabric assign Boot
        • Added code to allow fabric assigned Boot LUN when fabric assign WWPN enabled
        • Added options in CTRL-Q utility to enable fabric assign WWPN and fabric assign BOOT LUN
           
    ]]>          
    BIOS
    • Changed VLAN ID max value from 4095 to 4094
    • Changed CTRL-Q to allow max value for Login Retry
    UEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers


    16 Gb Products
       
    BIOS 

    • Fixed LUN enabled but fabric assigned BOOT LUN not found
    • Changed CTRL-Q to allow max value for Login Retry
    UEFI  
    •  Fixed memory leak issue when driver exits due to NVRAM error
       
    ]]>         Updated the firmware/BIOS/EFI packages for 8 Gb and 16 Gb products.

    • 4 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 2.03AF
      • Firmware 5.03.15
      • BIOS 3.13
    • 8 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 3.71.01 (Binary 371A1)
      • Firmware 7.03.00
      • BIOS 3.24
      • UEFI 6.32
    • 16 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 4.00.12
      • Firmware 7.03.01
      • BIOS 3.24
      • UEFI 6.29
         
    ]]>          
    BIOS
    • Fixed bug in displaying selectable boot lun
    • Fixed issue with not restoring defaults on port 1
    • Fixed bug that could cause buffer overrun in CTRL-Q with Report Lun command
    • Added additional time to login target when called  after EFI driver unloads.    
    • Added code to handle boot LUN Greater than 255.
    • Added code to display message when 64 bit address is detected. 
    uEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs.
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers. 


    16 Gb Products
       
    BIOS 

    • Added additional time to login target when called after EFI driver unloads.    
    • Added code to handle boot LUN Greater than 255.
    • Added code to display message when 64 bit address is detected. 
    uEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs.
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers.  
    ]]>
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 updates 5 and 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    • ]]>
    Updated 16 Gb HBA/Mezz uninversal boot  to 10.2.477.9
    Updated 8 Gb HBA boot image to 5.20x13
    Updated 8 Gb Mezz boot image to 6.20x4
    Updated 4 Gb Mezz boot image to 6.20x4

    Contains:

    16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot 10.2.477.9

    8 Gb Gen8 Mezz (LPe1205A) firmware 2.02X12
    8 Gb  standup firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb Mezz firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb HBA boot image 5.20x13 (2.12a14 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
    8 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
     
    4 Gb HBA/Mezz firmware 2.82x4
    4 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS)
    4 Gb HBA boot image 5.20a6 (2.12a14 BIOS)
     

    ]]>         Boot Bios

    8Gb Standup - 5..20x13
    • Resolves an issue where there is a system hang at POST after mapping an HP 82E adapter to a P2000 storage array under Legacy mode.
    8Gb Mezzanine - 6.20x4
    • Resolves an issue where there is a system hang at POST after mapping an HP LPe1205/HP LPe1205A adapter to a P2000 storage array under Legacy mode.

    4Gb Mezzanine - 6.20x4
    • Resolves an issue where Virtual WWN's are still used after changing to default mode in VC-FC.

    Firmware

    16Gb Standup & Mezzanine - 10.2.477.9

    This firmware resolves the following:
    • an issue where the server hung during RHEL6 x64 FCoE boot
    • an issue where the SN1000E adapter becomes unresponsive after updating to version 1.1.65.101 firmware
    • a performance scaling issue in P2P connection in Dual_Port configuration
    • an issue where the SN1000E using direct connect fails to scan targets with its BIOS
    • an issue where not all target ports are displayed on  "scan for devices".

     

    ]]>
    Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system.

    Updated 8Gb standup HBA boot image to 5.20x13
    • Added UEFI support
    Updated 8Gb mezz boot image to 6.20x4
    Updated 16 Gb HBA/Mezz uninversal boot  to 10.2.340.19
    • Added UEFI support

    Contains:

    16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot 10.2.340.19

    8 Gb Gen8 Mezz (LPe1205A) firmware 2.02X12
    8 Gb  standup firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb Mezz firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb HBA boot image 5.20x13 (2.12a14 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
    8 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
     
    4 Gb HBA/Mezz firmware 2.82x4
    4 Gb Mezz boot image 6.10a14 (3.30a1 BIOS)
    4 Gb HBA boot image 5.20a6 (2.12a14 BIOS)
     

    ]]>         Firmware

    8Gb Standup  - 2.02x13
    • Corrects a link up/link down recovery issue
    • Resolves Link Down interrupt that wasn’t being processed during the Link Up handling
    8Gb Mezzanine - 2.02x12
    • Resolves Link Down interrupt that wasn’t being processed during the Link Up handling
    8Gb Mezzanine (LPe1205a) - 2.02x13
    • Corrects a link up/link down recovery issue
    • Resolves Link Down interrupt that wasn’t being processed during the Link Up handling
    16Gb Standup & Mezzanine - 10.2.340.19
    • Resolved firmware download to SN1100E failure with MAL/MILI error issue.
    • Corrected a problem with scanning targets on direct connect configurations.
       
      ]]>
    Added support for SLES 12

    Updated 16 Gb HBA/Mezz uninversal boot  to 10.2.477.9
    Updated 8Gb HBA boot image to 5.20x13
    Updated 8 Gb Mezz boot image to 6.20x4
    Updated 4 Gb Mezz boot image to 6.20x4

    Contains:

    16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot 10.2.477.9

    8 Gb Gen8 Mezz (LPe1205A) firmware 2.02X12
    8 Gb  standup firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb Mezz firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb HBA boot image 5.20x13 (2.12a14 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
    8 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
     
    4 Gb HBA/Mezz firmware 2.82x4
    4 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS)
    4 Gb HBA boot image 5.20a6 (2.12a14 BIOS)
     

    ]]>         Boot Bios

    8Gb Standup - 5..20x13
    • Resolves an issue where there is a system hang at POST after mapping an HP 82E adapter to a P2000 storage array under Legacy mode.
    8Gb Mezzanine - 6.20x4
    • Resolves an issue where there is a system hang at POST after mapping an HP LPe1205/HP LPe1205A adapter to a P2000 storage array under Legacy mode.

    4Gb Mezzanine - 6.20x4
    • Resolves an issue where Virtual WWN's are still used after changing to default mode in VC-FC.

    Firmware

    16Gb Standup & Mezzanine - 10.2.477.9

    This firmware resolves the following:
    • an issue where the server hung during RHEL6 x64 FCoE boot
    • an issue where the SN1000E adapter becomes unresponsive after updating to version 1.1.65.101 firmware
    • a performance scaling issue in P2P connection in Dual_Port configuration
    • an issue where the SN1000E using direct connect fails to scan targets with its BIOS
    • an issue where not all target ports are displayed on  "scan for devices".

     

    ]]>
    Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system.

    Updated 8Gb standup HBA boot image to 5.20x13
    • Added UEFI support
    Updated 8Gb mezz boot image to 6.20x4
    Updated 16 Gb HBA/Mezz uninversal boot  to 10.2.340.19
    • Added UEFI support

    Contains:

    16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot 10.2.340.19

    8 Gb Gen8 Mezz (LPe1205A) firmware 2.02X12
    8 Gb  standup firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb Mezz firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb HBA boot image 5.20x13 (2.12a14 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
    8 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
     
    4 Gb HBA/Mezz firmware 2.82x4
    4 Gb Mezz boot image 6.10a14 (3.30a1 BIOS)
    4 Gb HBA boot image 5.20a6 (2.12a14 BIOS)
     

    ]]>         Firmware

    8Gb Standup  - 2.02x13
    • Corrects a link up/link down recovery issue
    • Resolves Link Down interrupt that wasn’t being processed during the Link Up handling
    8Gb Mezzanine - 2.02x12
    • Resolves Link Down interrupt that wasn’t being processed during the Link Up handling
    8Gb Mezzanine (LPe1205a) - 2.02x13
    • Corrects a link up/link down recovery issue
    • Resolves Link Down interrupt that wasn’t being processed during the Link Up handling
    16Gb Standup & Mezzanine - 10.2.340.19
    • Resolved firmware download to SN1100E failure with MAL/MILI error issue.
    • Corrected a problem with scanning targets on direct connect configurations.
       
      ]]>         We have seperate components to update fibre channel and converged network adapters.  This is a converged network adapter update component.

    Updated CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10

    Contains:
    CNA (BE2) firmware 4.9.416.2 (frozen)
    CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10
       

    ]]>         Firmware

    CNA (BE3) - 10.2.477.10

    This firmware version resolves the following:
    • an issue when the configuration variables exceed a total setup of 121 bytes.  There is the potential to corrupt the configuration during the save process.
    • an issue where an HP FlexFabric 554FLB adapter experiences pause frame flood and is unable to get into the NIC BIOS.

     

    ]]>         We now have seperate components to update fibre channel and converged network adapters.  This is a converged network adapter update component.

    Updated CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.340.25

    Contains:

    CNA (BE2) firmware 4.9.416.2 (frozen)
    CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.340.25

       

    ]]>
  •  System hangs if a vswitch of teamed interfaces is created.
  •  LUN’s do not come back online after a reboot.

     
    • ]]>         We have seperate components to update fibre channel and converged network adapters.  This is a converged network adapter update component.

    Updated CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.23

    Contains:
    CNA (BE2) firmware 4.9.416.2 (frozen)
    CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10
    CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.23
     

    ]]>         CNA (XE100 series) firmware version 10.2.477.23

    • Resolves VMQ issues which resulted in virtual machines not being connected to any network
    • Unable to perform PXE boot with a HP FlexFabric 2-port 650FLB Adapter in a 1Gb environment.
       
    ]]>         We have seperate components to update fibre channel and converged network adapters.  This is a converged network adapter update component.

    Added support for HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 557SFP+ Adapter
    Added support for SLES 12

    Updated CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.10
    Updated CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10

    Contains:
    CNA (BE2) firmware 4.9.416.2 (frozen)
    CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10
    CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.10
       

    ]]>         Firmware

    CNA (BE3) - 10.2.477.10

    This firmware version resolves the following:
    • an issue when the configuration variables exceed a total setup of 121 bytes.  There is the potential to corrupt the configuration during the save process.
    • an issue where an HP FlexFabric 554FLB adapter experiences pause frame flood and is unable to get into the NIC BIOS.
    CNA (XE100 series) - 10.2.477.10

    This firmware version resolves the following:

    • an issue when the configuration variables exceed a total setup of 121 bytes.  There is the potential to corrupt the configuration during the save process.
    • an issue where an HP FlexFabric 650FLB fails to show correct Remote Device Information.

     

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the System ROM would not populate the System Enclosure or Chassis (type 3) SMBIOS record with text entered by the user in the Server Asset Tag Text Line in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Resolved an issue where the user may be unable to select and use the '57600' and '115200' options in the "BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate" menu in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the System ROM would not populate the System Enclosure or Chassis (type 3) SMBIOS record with text entered by the user in the Server Asset Tag Text Line in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Resolved an issue where the user may be unable to select and use the '57600' and '115200' options in the "BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate" menu in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.09.03 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.09.03 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.09.03.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None 

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None 

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a very rare condition where the system could become unresponsive or unexpectedly reset when running with AMD Opteron 6100 or 6200 processors. 

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where industry standard tools, operating systems, and HP utilities may report less Level 3 (L3) cache than expected.

    Resolved an issue where the system may halt during boot when the HPC Optimization Option is enabled and the Power Profile mode is set to Maximum Performance or Custom. The halt may occur when the Power Profile is set to Custom with the Minimum Processor Idle Power State set to No C-states, and the HP Power Regulator is set to either HP Dynamic Power Savings Mode, HP Static Low Power Mode, or HP Static High Performance Mode.

    Resolved a rare issue where the system and IML may indicate an uncorrectable reset when upgrading to the 8/15/2012 system ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the in PCI Slot number, as reported under the operating system, would not be reported correctly when a three slot PCI-E riser is installed in the platform.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the in PCI Slot number, as reported under the operating system, would not be reported correctly when a three slot PCI-E riser is installed in the platform.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2012.12.08 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2012.12.08 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2012.12.08.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue that could result in a server reset or the inability to boot. Servers should be updated to this revision of the system ROM to minimize the potential for a system reset or the inability to boot.

    Resolved an issue where industry standard tools, operating systems, and HP utilities may report less Level 3 (L3) cache than expected.

    Resolved a rare issue where the system and IML may indicate an uncorrectable reset when upgrading to the 09/01/2012 system ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue that could result in a server reset or the inability to boot. Servers should be updated to this revision of the system ROM to minimize the potential for a system reset or the inability to boot.

    Resolved an issue where industry standard tools, operating systems, and HP utilities may report less Level 3 (L3) cache than expected.

    Resolved a rare issue where the system and IML may indicate an uncorrectable reset when upgrading to the 09/01/2012 system ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.09.03 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.09.03 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.09.03.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a rare issue that could result in DIMMs not initializing properly when using RDIMMs or LRDIMMs (UDIMMs are not affected). When this issue occurs, the server may stop responding during system boot or boot with less than the expected amount of memory available to the operating system. If this issue occurs with previous revisions of the System ROM, the System ROM should be updated to this revision or later before replacing DIMMs.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.
     

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/30/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.08.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.08.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.11.09 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.11.09 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.11.09.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.11.09 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.11.09 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.11.09.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.11.09 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.11.09 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.11.09.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Eliminate the "row hammer" issue when susceptible DIMMs have been installed in the server. This BIOS update will program the memory controller for 2x memory refresh which prevents the "row hammer" issue that could result in correctable or uncorrectable memory errors.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.
     

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/29/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Eliminate the "row hammer" issue when susceptible DIMMs have been installed in the server. This BIOS update will program the memory controller for 2x memory refresh which prevents the "row hammer" issue that could result in correctable or uncorrectable memory errors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    IMPORTANT: The 07/01/2013 System ROM has an issue that can result in reduced performance and it has been removed from the HP Support Site. All HP ProLiant DL580 G7 servers should update to the 10/01/2013 System ROM instead. The 10/01/2013 System ROM revision addresses the performance issue. The performance issue was unique to the 07/01/2013 System ROM revision for the DL580 G7. It does not affect any other ProLiant servers or any other HP ProLiant DL580 G7 System ROM revisions.

    Ver. 2013.10.01 (C) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.10.01.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision C if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.10.01.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue with the 07/01/2013 revision of the System ROM that could result in decreased performance. Due to an issue with the thermal solution included in that revision of the System ROM, the processor may be "throttled" to a reduced frequency when not necessary. This issue does NOT affect other revisions of the System ROM.

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue where the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) based power reporting would not function properly and report an incorrect wattage from the installed Power Supplies.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    IMPORTANT: The 07/01/2013 System ROM has an issue that can result in reduced performance and it has been removed from the HP Support Site. All HP ProLiant DL580 G7 servers should update to the 10/01/2013 System ROM instead. The 10/01/2013 System ROM revision addresses the performance issue. The performance issue was unique to the 07/01/2013 System ROM revision for the DL580 G7. It does not affect any other ProLiant servers or any other HP ProLiant DL580 G7 System ROM revisions.

    The actual BIOS Firmware contained within ver. 2013.10.01(B) did not change as compared to ver. 2013.10.01.  If using BIOS Firmware ver 2013.10.01, it is not necessary to update to ver. 2013.10.01(B).

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue with the 07/01/2013 revision of the System ROM that could result in decreased performance. Due to an issue with the thermal solution included in that revision of the System ROM, the processor may be "throttled" to a reduced frequency when not necessary. This issue does NOT affect other revisions of the System ROM.

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue where the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) based power reporting would not function properly and report an incorrect wattage from the installed Power Supplies.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.12.31 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.12.31 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.12.31.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the system may delay to POST or fail to boot when the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is enabled, this issue would typically be seen on every warm reboot. TPM does not work in an Operation System after a system boot.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system might stop responding and reboot unexpectedly during an Operating System boot or run time, and reports a lot of Uncorrectable Machine Check Event in the IML (Integrated Management Log). This error would typically be seen with a lot of following IML information: Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception (Board 0, Processor 2, APIC ID 0x00000040, Bank 0x0000000E, Status 0xF6000000'00000972, Address 0x00000023'7B6E25C0, Misc 0x00000000'00000000). Customers who experience this event need to update to this version of the System ROM before contacting HP Support.

    Updated the embedded PXE Firmware to gPXE Version 4.0.582. This firmware addresses an issue where the system might stop responding during the deployment of VMware Vcenter 5.0 via PXE.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the system may delay to POST or fail to boot when the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is enabled, this issue would typically be seen on every warm reboot. TPM does not work in an Operation System after a system boot.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system might stop responding and reboot unexpectedly during an Operating System boot or run time, and reports a lot of Uncorrectable Machine Check Event in the IML (Integrated Management Log). This error would typically be seen with a lot of following IML information: Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception (Board 0, Processor 2, APIC ID 0x00000040, Bank 0x0000000E, Status 0xF6000000'00000972, Address 0x00000023'7B6E25C0, Misc 0x00000000'00000000). Customers who experience this event need to update to this version of the System ROM before contacting HP Support.

    Updated the embedded PXE Firmware to gPXE Version 4.0.582. This firmware addresses an issue where the system might stop responding during the deployment of VMware Vcenter 5.0 via PXE.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.07.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.07.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.07.02.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.07.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.07.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.07.02.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/30/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.08.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.08.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.08.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.08.03 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.03 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.03.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-4600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-4600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.03.28 (C) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.03.28.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision C if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.03.28.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 03/08/2014 revision of the System ROM caused a problem with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) operating system certification test. This issue has no known impact with TPM functionality under normal operating system environments. This problem only affects servers with the 03/08/2014 revision of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 03/08/2014 revision of the System ROM caused a problem with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) operating system certification test. This issue has no known impact with TPM functionality under normal operating system environments. This problem only affects servers with the 03/08/2014 revision of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None ]]>         Added support for Memory Mirroring. This option can now be enabled through the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Advanced Memory Protection option. Please consult documentation for supported configurations.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the HP FlexibleLOM port numbers would not be reported accurately under certain operating systems such as Red Hat Linux.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive during POST when a failed LRDIMM was installed in the system. Instead, the system will now properly map out the failed DIMM and log the event to the Integrated Management Log (IML).

    Addressed an issue where HP StoreFabric CN1100R Dual Port Converged Network Adapter (P/N: QW990A) would not properly report status in the System Utilities Device Health Status page.

    Addressed an issue where the HP Scripting Toolkit may fail to run properly and prompt for an Administrator Password even when no password is currently configured on the server.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server would fail to boot Intelligent Provisioning when pressing F10 during system boot.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the system would not boot into certain versions of Linux operating systems when the Processor x2APIC Support option is configured as enabled. This option is set to disabled by default.

    Addressed an issue where the server’s boot order could not be configured using the “sysconfig” command in the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue where pressing the F12 key during system boot to initiate a Network Boot attempt may cause all other “hot keys” (function key prompts) to disappear from the screen. This issue was only seen when the Boot Mode is configured for Legacy BIOS Mode. This issue only exists with revision 1.03 (06/27/2014) of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.03.28 (C) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.03.28.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision C if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.03.28.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 03/07/2014 revision of the System ROM caused a problem with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) operating system certification test. This issue has no known impact with TPM functionality under normal operating system environments. This problem only affects servers with the 03/07/2014 revision of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 03/07/2014 revision of the System ROM caused a problem with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) operating system certification test. This issue has no known impact with TPM functionality under normal operating system environments. This problem only affects servers with the 03/07/2014 revision of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the IRQ setting could not be changed in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) for the BL110i SATA RAID device.

    Removed the Removable Flash Media Boot Sequence option in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) as the HP ProLiant ML10 does not support an internal SD card slot.

    Updated text (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    The firmware for the System Programmable Logic Device must be upgraded in addition to the System ROM. Please see the Firmware Dependencies section below.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    System Programmable Logic Device version 0x15 or later is required. The System Programmamable Logic Device firmware is available for download at the following links:

    Online Flash Component for Linux - System Programmable Logic Device (HP ProLiant XL220a Gen8 v2) version 0x15: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-linux-fw/p1150180434/v103815

    Online Flash Component for Win64 - System Programmable Logic Device (HP ProLiant XL220a Gen8 v2) version 0x15: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-windows-fw/p1281588026/v103857

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where a system under heavy stress could experience an uncorrectable machine check. This issue will be reported in the Integrated Management Log with the following error details (Uncorrrectable Machine Check Exception: APIC ID 0x00000004, Bank 0x00000003, Status 0xF2000000'00800400, Address 0x00000000'00000000, Misc 0x00000000'00000000). This issue is not unique to HP. It is recommended that customers experiencing this issue update to this version of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where an uncorrectable machine check exception can cause the server to reboot continuously or stop responding. This solution requires the System Programmable Logic Device be upgraded to version 0x15 or later.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Update system thermal settings to improve the server's thermal solution.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None
    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue where the system may become unresponsive or power off under certain conditions including high system load. When this error occurs, a Server Critical Fault (Service Information: Runtime Fault, Memory) or Server Critical Fault (Service Information: Runtime Fault, Processor) message is logged in the Integrated Management Log (IML).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/29/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 0.50:
    • In some cases, when the power was applied to the system, the Smart Array controller would report that the supercap was charging even though charging had completed. The supercap charging message would display in the following locations:
      • POST
      • HP Smart Storage Administrator (HP SSA)
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 0.44(C):

    • Fixed an issue where an HP Dynamic Smart Array controller without a cache module attached was being inadvertently detected by the smart component.

    Problems Fixed in version 0.44(B):

    • Resolved an issue where the Smart Component would hang during hardware discovery when an unknown device was present.

    Problems Fixed in version 0.44:

    • Prior to version 0.44, a cache module charging circuit failure would result in an incorrect POST 1705 error indicating the super-cap should be replaced. This firmware now detects cache module charging circuit failures and displays a new POST 1813 error that correctly instructs the user to replace the cache module.
    ]]>         Important Notes:
    Ver. 3.3(C) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager. The Power Management Controller Firmware contained within Ver. 3.3(C) is Ver. 3.3. Therefore, it is not necessary to upgrade with ver. 3.3(C)if the Power Management Controller firmware version is 3.3.

    If a server has a Dynamic Power Cap enabled, the server’s performance may be significantly affected during the duration of the flash update of the Power Management Controller Firmware. To prevent the impact to performance, the Dynamic Power Cap can be disabled prior to the flash update process.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    This firmware update addresses the issue described in Customer Advisory c03885073.  For a description of the issue and a list of affected platforms, please consult this advisory at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID= c03885073.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    If a server has a Dynamic Power Cap enabled, the server’s performance may be significantly affected during the duration of the flash update of the Power Management Controller Firmware. To prevent the impact to performance, the Dynamic Power Cap can be disabled prior to the flash update process.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    This firmware update addresses the issue described in Customer Advisory c03885073.  For a description of the issue and a list of affected platforms, please consult this advisory at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID= c03885073.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:
    Ver. 4.1(D) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager. The Power Management Controller Firmware contained within Ver. 4.1(D) is Ver. 4.1. Therefore, it is not necessary to upgrade with ver. 4.1(D), if the Power Management Controller firmware version is 4.1.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:
    This is the initial version of the firmware.
    Known Issues:

    The smart component prompts for reboot unnecessarily when the installation procedure is completed. Reboot is not required after installation for updates to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Ver. 4.1(B) includes minor documentation updates. The Power Management Controller Firmware contained within ver. 4.1(B) is equivalent to the Firmware contained within ver. 4.1. Therefore, it is not necessary to upgrade with ver. 4.1(B), if the Power Management Controller firmware version is 4.1.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addresses an issue in which the minimum power capping value was incorrectly being calculated on certain systems. This fix increases the accuracy of the minimum capping value set during POST.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 1.0.7(B) addresses a minor issue in the online flashing mechanism. The actual firmware contained within version 1.0.7(B) did not change as compared to version 1.0.7 and therefore it is not necessary to upgrade if version 1.0.7 has already been installed.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added latest product names for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).]]> Important Notes:

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the system may not be able to install an operating system to an iSCSI-based storage solution when using the local DVD drive.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added latest product names for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).]]> Important Notes:

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the system may not be able to install an operating system to an iSCSI-based storage solution when using the local DVD drive.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added latest product names for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).]]> Important Notes:

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the system may not be able to install an operating system to an iSCSI-based storage solution when using the local DVD drive.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added latest product names for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).]]> Important Notes:

    As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the system may not be able to install an operating system to an iSCSI-based storage solution when using the local DVD drive.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.02.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.02.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.02.02.
     
    Firmware Dependencies:

    None
      
    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a very rare condition where the system could become unresponsive or unexpectedly reset when running with AMD Opteron 6100 or 6200 processors.
      
    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None
     
    Firmware Dependencies:

    None
      
    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a very rare condition where the system could become unresponsive or unexpectedly reset when running with AMD Opteron 6100 or 6200 processors.
      
    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.09.03 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.09.03 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.09.03.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.00 or later may not be able to configure the platform properly through HP Virtual Connect. This issue is not seen with earlier versions of iLO firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Enhanced the System ROM flash update process to improve the reliability of System ROM updates and decrease the probability of unintended corruption of the flash part. Note: As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Enhanced DIMM initialization such that the system will continue to boot with failed DIMM(s) installed (with those DIMM(s) not available to the operating system) in some instances that would have previously resulted in a hang early in the system boot process without any information displayed on the screen.

    Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Improved the logging of Smart Array Accelerator Battery and Smart Array Accelerator Super-Cap information in the Integrated Management Log (IML) to clearly indicate what actions a customer should take when the battery or super-cap is not installed, requires replacement, or is charging.]]> Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue that may result in any of the following conditions: operating system stops responding, unexpected system reset, Blue Screen when using a Microsoft Windows operating system, kernel panic when using a Linux operating system, or Purple Screen when using VMware ESX. A message may be displayed by the operating system or logged in the HP Integrated Management Log (IML) when this issue occurs indicating an "Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception." However, there are instances where the system resets before the operating system displays an error message and instances where the IML contains no log entry when this issue occurs. This issue does not occur if the Minimum Processor Idle State is configured for No C-states or C1E-state. The system is susceptible to this issue in the default Minimum Processor Idle State configuration.

    Resolved an issue where PCI-Express Gen 3 option cards would run at PCI-Express Gen 1 speeds rather than the appropriate behavior of running at PCI-Express Gen 2 speeds. This server supports a maximum PCI-Express speed of Gen 2.

    Resolved an issue where the system did not properly modify the processor’s power state (P-state) based on workload when the system is configured with Intel Xeon 5687 processors and the HP Power Regulator Mode is configured to OS Control Mode in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). The processor would always run in its maximum power/performance state rather than modifying the power state based on the workload.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/29/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Eliminate the "row hammer" issue when susceptible DIMMs have been installed in the server. This BIOS update will program the memory controller for 2x memory refresh which prevents the "row hammer" issue that could result in correctable or uncorrectable memory errors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the system may experience a Blue Screen when booting Microsoft Windows 2003 with the 07/02/2013 revision of the System ROM. This issue only occurs with the 07/02/2013 revision of the System ROM and does not affect any previous revisions.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN would not function properly with certain Networking devices.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.07.01 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.07.01 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.07.01.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Enhanced the System ROM flash update process to improve the reliability of System ROM updates and decrease the probability of unintended corruption of the flash part. Note: As enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Enhanced DIMM initialization such that the system will continue to boot with failed DIMM(s) installed (with those DIMM(s) not available to the operating system) in some instances that would have previously resulted in a hang early in the system boot process without any information displayed on the screen.

    Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Improved the logging of Smart Array Accelerator Battery and Smart Array Accelerator Super-Cap information in the Integrated Management Log (IML) to clearly indicate what actions a customer should take when the battery or super-cap is not installed, requires replacement, or is charging.]]> Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue that may result in any of the following conditions: operating system stops responding, unexpected system reset, Blue Screen when using a Microsoft Windows operating system, kernel panic when using a Linux operating system, or Purple Screen when using VMware ESX. A message may be displayed by the operating system or logged in the HP Integrated Management Log (IML) when this issue occurs indicating an "Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception." However, there are instances where the system resets before the operating system displays an error message and instances where the IML contains no log entry when this issue occurs. This issue does not occur if the Minimum Processor Idle State is configured for No C-states or C1E-state. The system is susceptible to this issue in the default Minimum Processor Idle State configuration.

    Resolved an issue where PCI-Express Gen 3 option cards would run at PCI-Express Gen 1 speeds rather than the appropriate behavior of running at PCI-Express Gen 2 speeds. This server supports a maximum PCI-Express speed of Gen 2.

    Resolved an issue where the system did not properly modify the processor’s power state (P-state) based on workload when the system is configured with Intel Xeon 5687 processors and the HP Power Regulator Mode is configured to OS Control Mode in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). The processor would always run in its maximum power/performance state rather than modifying the power state based on the workload.

    Resolved an issue where the 2nd embedded NIC port may become disabled after flashing to the January 29, 2011 System ROM. After flashing to this revision of the System ROM or later, it may be necessary for the user to restore System Defaults from the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) in order for the 2nd NIC port to be enabled again for systems that had experienced this issue.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.07.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.07.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.07.02.

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/29/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    After updating to this revision of the System ROM, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site for any ROM version 01/30/2011 or earlier. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line Interface (CLI) would not set the QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) feature properly.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.00 or later may not be able to properly configure the platform properly through HP Virtual Connect. This issue is not seen with earlier versions of iLO firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Updating to this revision of the System ROM prevents the use of the following options: HP D2200sb PCIe/StoreVirtual (AP881A), HP BLc PCI Expansion Blade (448018-B21), Ultrium 1760 Tape Blade (AQ697B), Ultrium 3000 Tape Blade (BS580B).

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Enabled spread spectrum clocking to deliberately spread signals on the frequency domain to reduce the spectral density of high speed signals. This change has no measurable impact on server performance.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.00 or later may not be able to configure the platform properly through HP Virtual Connect. This issue is not seen with earlier versions of iLO firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.00 or later may not be able to configure the platform properly through HP Virtual Connect. This issue is not seen with earlier versions of iLO firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-4600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue where the HP BL c-Class Expansion blade may not function properly after flashing to v1.30 12/24/2014 System ROM until system defaults are restored from the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.

    Added support for the HP BLc PCIe Expansion Blade and the HP D2220sb Storage Blade.

    Added support for the WS460c Gen9.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>
  • General
    • Cipher suites are now configured and displayed using their RFC 5246 standardized names. 
    • ]]>         General
    • Devices with MAC addresses ending with “81:00” (such as f8:66:f2:6d:81:00) were unable to communicate with the OA. Some examples of the observed symptoms were:
    Attempts to ping the OA from the device fail The OA cannot use such a device as a gateway The OA GUI and CLI cannot be used from this device  This had no functional impact; the entry could be ignored. 
    Documentation
    • In the September 2014 (Edition 23) HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator CLI User Guide for OA 4.30, within the description of the SET HTTP REQUESTREADTIMEOUT command, a command showing recommended values had the BODY MINRATE value as 50 instead of the correct value 500. The command with the correct recommended values is as follows: SET HTTP REQUESTREADTIMEOUT HEADER 3-8 MINRATE 500 BODY 5-10 MINRATE 500
    This error was corrected in the October 2014 (Edition 24) document.
      EFM
    • In rare cases, the Active OA module would reboot expectedly during the update of the OA firmware on redundant OA modules.  When this issue occurred, the Active OA module would reboot during the transfer of the OA firmware image to the Standby OA module.  The OA firmware update would fail to complete successfully; a segmentation fault (SEGV) error would be logged in the Active OA system log.  This issue did not cause any firmware or data corruption, and the OA firmware update could be successful if retried following the occurrence of this issue. Note that this issue could only be encountered when updating OA modules running OA 4.30 firmware.  o   Attempts to update the firmware failed on an HP ProLiant Gen9 server blade configured in UEFI Boot Mode or UEFI Optimized Boot Mode. When this failure occurred, the firmware log for the blade server would indicate an error similar to the following for each update attempt, including the two automatic retries that occur on failure: Jul 15 09:34:19 Unable to detect ISOLINUX booting. A final status report similar to the following would also be issued:
    Jul 15 10:30:33 Firmware Management is incomplete on blade <bay number>.
    • When using an HP Firmware Management ISO image based on a URL that includes the HTTP port (for example, http://10.226.36.35:8080/bp-151ilo-2014-08-26-1.iso),  EFM failed to mount the image. The following error message would be displayed: Unable to mount ISO or validate version information. The URL or ISO is invalid.   CLI commands affected include those that depend on the URL specification via the SET FIRMWARE MANAGEMENT URL command (such as the UPDATE FIRMWARE SERVER command and the UPDATE IMAGE FW_ISO command).  o   The EFM firmware log would indicate "Firmware Management successfully completed on blade x" even if the iLO firmware update failed to complete successfully. 
     IPv6
    • Configuration scripts could not be applied to another OA properly when attempting to configure new EBIPA DNS IPv4/IPv6 addresses or IPv6 routes. Attempts to change the configurations could only add new addresses to those of the previous configuration. It was not possible to replace the existing addresses with the new ones. The following CLI commands now include the ALL keyword to allow clearing of all unwanted addresses or routes:
    • REMOVE EBIPA SERVER DNS ALL
    • REMOVE EBIPAV6 SERVER DNS ALL
    • REMOVE OA ROUTE IPV6 <ACTIVE|STANDBY> ALL
    A configuration script can now use these commands to clear the previous (unwanted) EBIPA DNS IP addresses and IPv6 static routes, and then add the new ones.   
      KVM
    • Pressing Enter four times consecutively on a keyboard attached to the c7000 Enclosure integrated KVM module would cause the highlighted blade server on the KVM screen to power off or on, depending on its current power state. This issue has been fixed by interchanging the Ok/Confirm and Cancel buttons on the Confirm: Change Server Power and Change Server Power screens so that the Cancel button is highlighted by default instead of the OK or Confirm button. The default focus is set on the Cancel button.
      Security
    • The following security vulnerabilities were fixed:   
    • CVE-2014-3511: A vulnerability could be exploited by launching man-in-the-middle attacks to force the use of TSL 1.0 instead of the intended later version of TLS. This is documented in HP Security Bulletin HPSBMU03104 (https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04427546).
    • CVE-2007-2242: A vulnerability could be exploited by launching denial-of-service attacks via crafted IPv6 type 0 router headers between two routers, resulting in network congestion. This is documented in HP Security Bulletin HPSBMU03104 (https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04427546).
    • CVE-2014-3567: A vulnerability can be exploited to cause a DOS denial-of-service (memory consumption) attack via crafted session tickets that triggers an integrity check-failure.
    • CVE-2014-3513: A vulnerability can be exploited to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted handshake message.
    • CVE-2014-3513: SRTP Memory Leak – a memory leak in d1_srtp.c in the DTLS SRTP extension in OpenSSL 1.0.1 (before 1.0.1j) allows remote attackers to cause denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted handshake message.
    • This release of the OA resolves this security vulnerability by compiling OpenSSl with OPENSSL_NO_SRTP (the OA does not use DTLS and SRTP). 
    • CVE-2014-0139: A vulnerability affecting SSL/TLS transactions that might allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certificate Authority.
    • CVE-2014-0015: A vulnerability when more than one authentication method is enabled and NTLM connections are reused, which might allow context-dependent attackers to authenticate as other users via a request.
    • CVE-2014-0138: A vulnerability affecting certain LDAP connections that might allow context-dependent attackers to connect as other users via a request (similar to issue CVE-2014-0015).
    • CVE-2014-2522: A vulnerability when running on Windows and using an SChannel/Winssl TLS backend. When accessing a URL that uses a numerical IP address, curl does not verify that the server host name matches a domain name in the subject’s CN or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via an arbitrary valid certificate. 
    • In addition, OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.0.1h to address multiple CVE fixes.

     SSH/SSL keys
    • With OA firmware later than 4.0x, attempts to add an SSH key using the OA CLI ADD SSH KEY command might fail. Intermittently, after issuing the command, the user received an error message ("The submitted file is not a valid SSH key."), in which case the command failed. 

    SNMP 
    • SNMP alerts (or traps) sent from the OA to an IPv6 SNMP alert destination are sent incorrectly to destination port 161 instead of port 162 (per RFC 1157) when no destination port is explicitly specified as part of an IPv6 SNMP alert destination configuration.
      •  The OA HTTP service would become unresponsive and communication to the OA would be lost after removing a local user account with OA administrator level privileges.  This issue in only occurred when the removed user account had previously been used to configure network services on the OA module.  
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • Version 4.31 New Feature:
      • Added support for HP OneView management of enclosure configurations that do not include HP Virtual Connect interconnect modules.
         
    • Version 4.30 Features Additions and Changes:
      • New Hardware Support:
        • HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server
        • Smart Array 12Gb SAS Controller
        • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter
        • HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter
        • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter
        • HP Adapters QDR/EN 10Gb & FDR/EN 40Gb 544+M
        • HP 2650W High Voltage Power Supply
        • HP High Voltage Power Module
      • General:
        • Support for configuration of boot order settings for UEFI-capable blades operating in UEFI boot mode.
        • Enhanced the existing RESET ILO OA CLI command to remotely perform a hardware-based reset of iLO.  This hardware-based reset is only supported on Gen9 server blades and is equivalent to the iLO reset that can be manually performed using the UID button on a Gen9 server blade.  Note that this iLO reset can be performed without impact to the operating state of the associated server.
      • Enclosure Firmware Management (EFM)
        • Support for clearing all existing EFM log data stored in the OA, including both the OA EFM log and the server-specific Firmware and Session logs.
      • Security
        • Support for customizing secure connection protocols and ciphers to be used by the OA when it is operating with FIPS Mode enabled. This configuration is only accessible and used by the OA when the OA is configured in either FIPS Mode ON or FIPS Mode DEBUG.
        • Support for configuration of the client request timeout settings on the OA web server. These settings are configurable using the new OA CLI SET HTTP REQUESTREADTIMEOUT command. 
      • IPv6
        • Support for a new Enable Router Advertisements enclosure-level IPv6 setting. Router Advertisements from the external management network are allowed onto the internal enclosure management network when this setting is enabled and blocked when it is disabled. 
        • Support for manual configuration of up to three static IPv6 network routes associated with the OA network interface.
        • Support on the Standby OA GUI TCP/IP Settings>IPv6Settings tab for configuring and reporting certain IPv6 settings.
      • DNS
        • Improved DNS server redundancy reporting on the Active OA and Standby OA GUI TCP/IP Settings screens  and via the CLI SHOW OA NETWORK and SHOW NETWORK commands.  Depending on how many DNS servers are configured, the Onboard Administrator can employ up to six DNS servers for lookups: two IPv4 DNS servers (either static or DHCP assigned, but not both) and four IPv6 DNS servers (static or DHCP assigned, or both). For more information, see the OA user guides. 

     

    ]]>         Firmware Dependency

    For firmware compatibility information please see HP Service Pack for ProLiant Information Library, http://www.hp.com/go/spp/documentation.

    No new issues were resolved in Version 4.31.

    Problems Fixed in Version 4.30:

    General
    • In rare cases, the OA may fail to successfully identify server blades that have been either physically inserted into the enclosure or have been reset by executing the OA CLI RESET SERVER command.  When this issue occurs, the affected server blades are misidentified as an unsupported blade type.
    • Restoring or configuring OA settings from a saved configuration script may fail to apply all network settings on the Standby OA module. The failing configuration script commands return the following error: “An error occurred while communicating with the other Onboard Administrator.” 
    • The RSA key for SSH is not properly exchanged with the Standby OA during an OA failover event when Enclosure IP Mode is enabled. After an OA failover event, when logging into the OA, SSH clients using the Enclosure IP address to access the Active OA may display an RSA key fingerprint warning message or “man-in-the-middle” security breach warning message.  This issue only occurs on OA 4.1x or OA 4.2x versions of OA firmware when the OA has been factory reset or new SSH keys were manually generated.  
    • The OA periodically reboots with the following entry logged in the OA system log:“OA: DHCP Monitor: DHCPD or RADVD is not running. Restarting OA.” 
    • In an IPv6-only management network environment with the VLAN feature enabled, the CONNECT SERVER OA CLI command fails to connect to the server blade serial console with an error displayed similar to the following: Connecting to bay 1 ... iLO failed to respond: Interrupted system call (4)
    Browsers
    • After logging in to the OA GUI via the Google Chrome™ browser (Chrome-v34.0.1847.116 m or greater), the OA web application fails to load properly. The OA GUI login screen may display the warning: “Your browser does not have the required functionality to run the application.” 
    • When using Microsoft® Internet Explorer 11, the results of a configuration script fail to load properly after uploading and executing a configuration script using a local file from the OA web GUI. This issue was seen only when more than one script was uploaded without refreshing the page
    EBIPA
    • Enclosure devices (including interconnect modules) fail to be configured with the Link Local address corresponding to the IPv6 gateway specified in the EBIPA for IPv6 configuration settings.  This issue only occurs when an IPv6 other than the Link Local address of the gateway is specified in the EBIPA for IPv6 configuration settings and will only occur for certain gateway server devices.
    Serial Console
    • When logging in to connect to the OA via the serial port, if a user enters the @ key as part of the login user name or password, the entered line is erased. 
    • When the baud rate for the OA serial port is configured to a value greater than the default 9600, attempts to directly paste saved commands or text into an open OA serial console session results in truncation or corruption of the pasted data. 
    SNMP
    • No response received to a UDP network request sent from a client to an enclosure device such as iLO or an interconnect module. This issue was specifically observed when an SNMP request was sent to an interconnect module.  
    ]]>         The latest list of enhancements can be found in the HP Virtual Connect Release Notes that can be found in the "User guide" section of the following URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64180&taskId=135&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=4144084
     

    ]]>         The latest list of issues resolved can be found in the HP Virtual Connect Release Notes that can be found in the "User guide" section of the following URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64180&taskId=135&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=4144084
     

    ]]>         The latest list of enhancements can be found in the HP Virtual Connect Release Notes that can be found in the "User guide" section of the following URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64180&taskId=135&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=4144084
     

    ]]>         The latest list of issues resolved can be found in the HP Virtual Connect Release Notes that can be found in the "User guide" section of the following URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64180&taskId=135&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=4144084
     

    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Updating the HP DL360G5 System ROM to revision P58 3/9/08 or higher is required in addition to updating to this HP Smart Array firmware revision for the modified shutdown sequence to ensure sufficient time for HDD head parking of internal HDDs.
    • Updating the HP MSA 60 and/or MSA 70 firmware version to 2.16 or higher is required to enable dual domain functionality.

    Problems Fixed:

    • Resolved an issue where the server’s system event log would fill with Event ID 129 warnings and the Smart Array controller would become unresponsive.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Updating the HP DL360G5 System ROM to revision P58 3/9/08 or higher is required in addition to updating to this HP Smart Array firmware revision for the modified shutdown sequence to ensure sufficient time for HDD head parking of internal HDDs.
    • Updating the HP MSA 60 and/or MSA 70 firmware version to 2.16 or higher is required to enable dual domain functionality.

    Problems Fixed:

    • Resolved an issue where the server’s system event log would fill with Event ID 129 warnings and the Smart Array controller would become unresponsive.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features for FW version 4.1.1.0(B):
    • Added component support for x64 operating systems.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    The following issues are now resolved:
    • If the switch was assigned a static IP address using the Onboard Administrator EBIPA feature, then the switch might generate continuous Cold Start SNMP traps and overfill logs.
    • A storage enclosure flash operation might fail when run from Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) CLI while the GUI was open.
    • Link rate of a disk was incorrectly displayed in VSM GUI and CLI.
    • In rare cases, multiple resets of a switch would cause the Smart Array to lockup 0xAB.
       
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    The following issues are now resolved:
    • If the switch was assigned a static IP address using the Onboard Administrator EBIPA feature, then the switch might generate continuous Cold Start SNMP traps and overfill logs.
    • A storage enclosure flash operation might fail when run from Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) CLI while the GUI was open.
    • Link rate of a disk was incorrectly displayed in VSM GUI and CLI.
    • In rare cases, multiple resets of a switch would cause the Smart Array to lockup 0xAB.
       
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • The HP 3Gb SAS Switch will now publish external IP addresses to Onboard Administrator versions 3.20 or later instead of the internal IP address.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • The HP 3Gb SAS Switch will now publish external IP addresses to Onboard Administrator versions 3.20 or later instead of the internal IP address.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPDG (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPDJ (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD6 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    • HPG6(C) resolved a component installation issue where the drive model, EF0600FARNA, was being detected, but would fail to flash.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    • HPG6(C) resolved a component installation issue where the drive model, EF0600FARNA, was being detected, but would fail to flash.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPDB (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPDA (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Minimum firmware required - HPD7. HPDA drive firmware will fail when downgrading to versions below HPD7.
    Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Minimum firmware required - HPD7. HPDA drive firmware will fail when downgrading to versions below HPD7.
    Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD6 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up. This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up. This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD7 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD7 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD7 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
       
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD7 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD7 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
       
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPDC (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems fixed: 
    • Addressed an issue with an HP Smart Array E200 controller which could fail to discover a drive when more than one identify frame was provided during discovery.
    ]]>         Problems fixed: 
    • Addressed an issue with an HP Smart Array E200 controller which could fail to discover a drive when more than one identify frame was provided during discovery.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD5 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD6 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD9 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPDD (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD3 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD3 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD3 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware revision reduces the possibility of Uncorrectable Read Errors due to poor writes to the media.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD4(B):

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware revision reduces the possibility of Uncorrectable Read Errors due to poor writes to the media.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD9 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • In previous firmware revisions when the solid state drive was issued a Report Support Operation Code (RSOC) command (A3h) and the reporting options field was set to 001 , the drive incorrectly responded with 05/24/00 indicating that the RSOC command was not supported. The error was logged in the system log files. The drive should have communicated non-support using the Command Data Parameter (CDP) format. The firmware now complies with the RSOC industry standard specification.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • In previous firmware revisions when the solid state drive was issued a Report Support Operation Code (RSOC) command (A3h) and the reporting options field was set to 001 , the drive incorrectly responded with 05/24/00 indicating that the RSOC command was not supported. The error was logged in the system log files. The drive should have communicated non-support using the Command Data Parameter (CDP) format. The firmware now complies with the RSOC industry standard specification.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGD prevents this condition from occurring.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    • Resolved a component installation issue where the drive model, MB2000GCEHK, was being detected, but would fail to flash.
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGD prevents this condition from occurring.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    • HPGD (D) resolved a component installation issue where the drive model, MB2000GCEHK, was being detected, but would fail to flash.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
    • Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
    • New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
    • Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
    • New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD7 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • HPD7 (B) resolves an issue with offline flashing where the component would time out during the upgrade process.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • HPD7 (B) resolves an issue with offline flashing where the component would time out during the upgrade process.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD3 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD5 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • This firmware improves reliability by modifying the pivot bearing grease wear leveling algorithm, which if not implemented, could result in an increased drive failure rate for specific usage applications (eg, very long periods of small range seeks). 
    • Enhancements also include performance improvements.

    Enhancements/New Features HPD2(B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • This firmware improves reliability by modifying the pivot bearing grease wear leveling algorithm, which if not implemented, could result in an increased drive failure rate for specific usage applications (eg, very long periods of small range seeks). 
    • Enhancements also include performance improvements.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
    • Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
    • New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

       
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
    • Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
    • New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

       
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains general maintenance release and code improvement items. Drives built with or upgraded to hard drive firmware version HPG4 should not be downgraded to an earlier version of firmware due to hard drive manufacturing process changes.
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains general maintenance release and code improvement items. Drives built with or upgraded to hard drive firmware version HPG4 should not be downgraded to an earlier version of firmware due to hard drive manufacturing process changes.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPDA (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPG6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware corrects “command timeouts” and seek errors which can result in poor performance or a Device Fault condition, the latter of which will result in the drive failed by the Controller or sub system.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPG6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware corrects “command timeouts” and seek errors which can result in poor performance or a Device Fault condition, the latter of which will result in the drive failed by the Controller or sub system.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware provides performance improvements for large transfer sequential write burst workloads.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features HPD7(B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware prevents a condition in which data failed to be written to media after the host issued a hard reset in a lab stress test environment with write cache enabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware provides performance improvements for large transfer sequential write burst workloads.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware prevents a condition in which data failed to be written to media after the host issued a hard reset in a lab stress test environment with write cache enabled.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGJ prevents this condition from occurring.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGJ prevents this condition from occurring.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD6 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD8 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD8 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD8 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGC prevents this condition from occurring.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGC prevents this condition from occurring.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD3 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This maintenance firmware fixes a rare occurrence where the drive would stop communicating with the HOST while recovering from an internal reset.  Due to the device being non-responsive the device was marked as failed by the controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This maintenance firmware fixes a rare occurrence where the drive would stop communicating with the HOST while recovering from an internal reset.  Due to the device being non-responsive the device was marked as failed by the controller. 
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This maintenance release corrects a failure seen during a HP Insight Diagnostic hard drive test. The failure was due to Device Extended Self-Test not completing in the drives advertised Self-Test completion time. This failure is not an indication that the drive is bad or marginal.
    • Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This maintenance release corrects a failure seen during a HP Insight Diagnostic hard drive test. The failure was due to Device Extended Self-Test not completing in the drives advertised Self-Test completion time. This failure is not an indication that the drive is bad or marginal.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    • HPG6(C) resolved a component installation issue where the drive model, EF0600FARNA, was being detected, but would fail to flash.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Minimum firmware required - HPD7. HPDA drive firmware will fail when downgrading to versions below HPD7.
    Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Minimum firmware required - HPD7. HPDA drive firmware will fail when downgrading to versions below HPD7.
    Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up. This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up. This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD7 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD7 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
       
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD7 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD7 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
       
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD3 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD3 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware revision reduces the possibility of Uncorrectable Read Errors due to poor writes to the media.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware revision reduces the possibility of Uncorrectable Read Errors due to poor writes to the media.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • In previous firmware revisions when the solid state drive was issued a Report Support Operation Code (RSOC) command (A3h) and the reporting options field was set to 001 , the drive incorrectly responded with 05/24/00 indicating that the RSOC command was not supported. The error was logged in the system log files. The drive should have communicated non-support using the Command Data Parameter (CDP) format. The firmware now complies with the RSOC industry standard specification.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • In previous firmware revisions when the solid state drive was issued a Report Support Operation Code (RSOC) command (A3h) and the reporting options field was set to 001 , the drive incorrectly responded with 05/24/00 indicating that the RSOC command was not supported. The error was logged in the system log files. The drive should have communicated non-support using the Command Data Parameter (CDP) format. The firmware now complies with the RSOC industry standard specification.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGD prevents this condition from occurring.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    • HPGD (D) resolved a component installation issue where the drive model, MB2000GCEHK, was being detected, but would fail to flash.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGD prevents this condition from occurring.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
    • Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
    • New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

         •       Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
         •       Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
         •       New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • HPD7 (B) resolves an issue with offline flashing where the component would time out during the upgrade process.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • HPD7 (B) resolves an issue with offline flashing where the component would time out during the upgrade process.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
    • Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
    • New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

       
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

         •       Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
         •       Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
         •       New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains general maintenance release and code improvement items. Drives built with or upgraded to hard drive firmware version HPG4 should not be downgraded to an earlier version of firmware due to hard drive manufacturing process changes.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains general maintenance release and code improvement items. Drives built with or upgraded to hard drive firmware version HPG4 should not be downgraded to an earlier version of firmware due to hard drive manufacturing process changes.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPG6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware corrects “command timeouts” and seek errors which can result in poor performance or a Device Fault condition, the latter of which will result in the drive failed by the Controller or sub system.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPG6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware corrects “command timeouts” and seek errors which can result in poor performance or a Device Fault condition, the latter of which will result in the drive failed by the Controller or sub system.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware provides performance improvements for large transfer sequential write burst workloads.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware prevents a condition in which data failed to be written to media after the host issued a hard reset in a lab stress test environment with write cache enabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware provides performance improvements for large transfer sequential write burst workloads.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware prevents a condition in which data failed to be written to media after the host issued a hard reset in a lab stress test environment with write cache enabled.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGJ prevents this condition from occurring.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGJ prevents this condition from occurring.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD8 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD8 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGC prevents this condition from occurring.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGC prevents this condition from occurring.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    • Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This maintenance firmware fixes a rare occurrence where the drive would stop communicating with the HOST while recovering from an internal reset.  Due to the device being non-responsive the device was marked as failed by the controller. 
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • Resolved an intermittent issue where the drive would not report the progress of the sanitize command in return sense data. 
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features: 
    • This firmware improves reliability by modifying the pivot bearing grease wear leveling algorithm, which if not implemented, could result in an increased drive failure rate for specific usage applications (e.g., very long periods of small range seeks).
    • Improvements in random read and write performance.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features: 
    • This firmware improves reliability by modifying the pivot bearing grease wear leveling algorithm, which if not implemented, could result in an increased drive failure rate for specific usage applications (e.g., very long periods of small range seeks).
    • Improvements in random read and write performance.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • This firmware improves reliability by modifying the pivot bearing grease wear leveling algorithm, which if not implemented, could result in an increased drive failure rate for specific usage applications (eg, very long periods of small range seeks). 
    • Enhancements also include performance improvements.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This maintenance release corrects a failure seen during a HP Insight Diagnostic hard drive test. The failure was due to Device Extended Self-Test not completing in the drives advertised Self-Test completion time. This failure is not an indication that the drive is bad or marginal.
    ]]>         Problems fixed: 
    • Addressed an issue with an HP Smart Array E200 controller which could fail to discover a drive when more than one identify frame was provided during discovery.
    ]]>         Problems fixed: 
    • Addressed an issue with an HP Smart Array E200 controller which could fail to discover a drive when more than one identify frame was provided during discovery.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset. When the drives are connected to a HP Smart Array E200 controller, the drive firmware must be updated to version HPD1 before the controller will detect the drives.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    Enhancements/New Features for HPD1 (B): 

    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset. When the drives are connected to a HP Smart Array E200 controller, the drive firmware must be updated to version HPD1 before the controller will detect the drives.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset. When the drives are connected to a HP Smart Array E200 controller, the drive firmware must be updated to version HPD1 before the controller will detect the drives.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDJ (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD6 (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDB (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDA (E): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Minimum firmware required - HPD7. HPDA drive firmware will fail when downgrading to versions below HPD7.
    Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Firmware Dependency:
    • Minimum firmware required - HPD7. HPDA drive firmware will fail when downgrading to versions below HPD7.
    Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD6 (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up. This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up. This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD7 (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD7 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD7 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD7 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD7 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD9 (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware reduces the possibility of the controller and drive not properly negotiating link signaling, resulting in the controller not being able to identify a drive attached to a particular port/slot during system boot up.  This firmware improves signal quality between the drive and the controller.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDD (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD3 (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD3 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    • During a replacement drive rebuild process, a RAID Controller may create false errors. These false errors were improperly counted as true errors by the drive and resulted in a “SMART Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message. Firmware version HPD3 prevents the drive from counting these false errors and eliminates the unwarranted SMART "Imminent Failure” or “Predictive Failure” message.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD9 (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • In previous firmware revisions when the solid state drive was issued a Report Support Operation Code (RSOC) command (A3h) and the reporting options field was set to 001 , the drive incorrectly responded with 05/24/00 indicating that the RSOC command was not supported. The error was logged in the system log files. The drive should have communicated non-support using the Command Data Parameter (CDP) format. The firmware now complies with the RSOC industry standard specification.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • In previous firmware revisions when the solid state drive was issued a Report Support Operation Code (RSOC) command (A3h) and the reporting options field was set to 001 , the drive incorrectly responded with 05/24/00 indicating that the RSOC command was not supported. The error was logged in the system log files. The drive should have communicated non-support using the Command Data Parameter (CDP) format. The firmware now complies with the RSOC industry standard specification.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGD prevents this condition from occurring.

    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGD prevents this condition from occurring.

    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD7 (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD3 (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive.  The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDA (C): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware provides performance improvements for large transfer sequential write burst workloads.
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD7 (C): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware prevents a condition in which data failed to be written to media after the host issued a hard reset in a lab stress test environment with write cache enabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware provides performance improvements for large transfer sequential write burst workloads.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware prevents a condition in which data failed to be written to media after the host issued a hard reset in a lab stress test environment with write cache enabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGJ prevents this condition from occurring.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGJ prevents this condition from occurring.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD8 (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD8 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD8 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGC prevents this condition from occurring.

    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGC prevents this condition from occurring.

    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD6 (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problem Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPD6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware prevents a rare condition that may occur during a WRITE SAME command sequence that may result in incorrect data being written to the hard drive. The WRITE SAME command may be used during RAID ARRAY parity initialization.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDG (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects a possible condition in which stale data might be written to the disk.  This results in unexpected data being returned in subsequent requests.  This data issue has been duplicated in laboratory firmware stress tests.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPDC (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems fixed: 
    • Addressed an issue with an HP Smart Array E200 controller which could fail to discover a drive when more than one identify frame was provided during discovery.
    ]]>         Problems fixed: 
    • Addressed an issue with an HP Smart Array E200 controller which could fail to discover a drive when more than one identify frame was provided during discovery.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPG6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware corrects “command timeouts” and seek errors which can result in poor performance or a Device Fault condition, the latter of which will result in the drive failed by the Controller or sub system.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPG6 prevents this condition from occurring.
    • This firmware corrects “command timeouts” and seek errors which can result in poor performance or a Device Fault condition, the latter of which will result in the drive failed by the Controller or sub system.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware corrects the possibility of the drive becoming unresponsive and requiring a power cycle following a soft system reboot. This behavior appears as if the drive is no longer attached to the system following the system soft reboot. It is most often observed during Operating System Installation but can occur following any system soft reboot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • The system did not recognize some drives after a power-cycle. This is due to the drive initialization process being interrupted by a reset, causing the drive to take more time than allotted to report commands.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD6 (C): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.

    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware improves background scans for media robustness, and also corrects a laboratory induced rare condition that could result in the disk not being updated with the latest cache data.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware revision reduces the possibility of Uncorrectable Read Errors due to poor writes to the media.
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD4 (D): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>          Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware revision reduces the possibility of Uncorrectable Read Errors due to poor writes to the media.
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains general maintenance release and code improvement items. Drives built with or upgraded to hard drive firmware version HPG4 should not be downgraded to an earlier version of firmware due to hard drive manufacturing process changes.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains general maintenance release and code improvement items. Drives built with or upgraded to hard drive firmware version HPG4 should not be downgraded to an earlier version of firmware due to hard drive manufacturing process changes.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD3 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This maintenance firmware fixes a rare occurrence where the drive would stop communicating with the HOST while recovering from an internal reset.  Due to the device being non-responsive the device was marked as failed by the controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • This maintenance firmware fixes a rare occurrence where the drive would stop communicating with the HOST while recovering from an internal reset.  Due to the device being non-responsive the device was marked as failed by the controller. 
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD5 (C): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
    • Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
    • New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
    • Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
    • New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.

    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD5 (C): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset to mitigate potential speed negotiation issues.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • This firmware improves reliability by modifying the pivot bearing grease wear leveling algorithm, which if not implemented, could result in an increased drive failure rate for specific usage applications (eg, very long periods of small range seeks). 
    • Enhancements also include performance improvements.
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features:Enhancements/New Features for HPD2 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • This firmware improves reliability by modifying the pivot bearing grease wear leveling algorithm, which if not implemented, could result in an increased drive failure rate for specific usage applications (eg, very long periods of small range seeks). 
    • Enhancements also include performance improvements.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
    • Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
    • New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Frequency of Background Media Scans changed to reduce drive workload.
    • Improvement to allow drives to better handle sudden shock occurrences.
    • New features to enhance telemetry of drive related issues and workload statistics during failure analysis.

    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.

    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • A correction to address failure to activate LED Activity which occurs during system boot.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller. 
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This maintenance release corrects a failure seen during a HP Insight Diagnostic hard drive test. The failure was due to Device Extended Self-Test not completing in the drives advertised Self-Test completion time. This failure is not an indication that the drive is bad or marginal.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This maintenance release corrects a failure seen during a HP Insight Diagnostic hard drive test. The failure was due to Device Extended Self-Test not completing in the drives advertised Self-Test completion time. This failure is not an indication that the drive is bad or marginal.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 5.5.
    • Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
    Enhancements/New Features for HPD1 (B): 
    • Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SAS drive components.
    • Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset. When the drives are connected to a HP Smart Array E200 controller, the drive firmware must be updated to version HPD1 before the controller will detect the drives.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed: 
    • This firmware contains a change which causes the drive hardware to send one Identify frame instead of three for a link reset. When the drives are connected to a HP Smart Array E200 controller, the drive firmware must be updated to version HPD1 before the controller will detect the drives.
    ]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.09.03 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.09.03 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.09.03.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.02.02 (D) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.02.02.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision D if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.02.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None 

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a very rare condition where the system could become unresponsive or unexpectedly reset when running with AMD Opteron 6100 or 6200 processors. 

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Version 2014.02.02 (C) contains an update to the flash driver and replaces version 2014.02.02. The actual firmware contained within version 2014.02.02 (C) did not change as compared to version 2014.02.02 and therefore it is not necessary to upgrade if version 2014.02.02 has already been installed.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None 

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a very rare condition where the system could become unresponsive or unexpectedly reset when running with AMD Opteron 6100 or 6200 processors. 

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Version 2014.02.02 (B) contains an update to the flash driver and replaces version 2014.02.02. The actual firmware contained within version 2014.02.02 (B) did not change as compared to version 2014.02.02 and therefore it is not necessary to upgrade if version 2014.02.02 has already been installed.
     
    Firmware Dependencies:

    None
      
    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a very rare condition where the system could become unresponsive or unexpectedly reset when running with AMD Opteron 6100 or 6200 processors.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None
     
    Firmware Dependencies:

    None
      
    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved a very rare condition where the system could become unresponsive or unexpectedly reset when running with AMD Opteron 6100 or 6200 processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.09.03 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.09.03 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.09.03.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.00 or later may not be able to configure the platform properly through HP Virtual Connect. This issue is not seen with earlier versions of iLO firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.09.03 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.09.03 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.09.03.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Resolved an issue where VMware may stop responding and display a Purple Screen with the message "Exception 14: Page Fault" when running on AMD Opteron 6300 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Version 2013.11.02 (B) contains an update to the flash driver and replaces version 2013.11.02. The actual firmware contained within version 2013.11.02 (B) did not change as compared to version 2013.11.02 and therefore it is not necessary to upgrade if version 2013.11.02 has already been installed.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.07.01 (D) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.07.01.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision D if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.07.01.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.07.02 (D) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.07.02.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision D if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.07.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Version 2013.07.02 (C) contains an update to the flash driver and replaces version 2013.07.02. The actual firmware contained within version 2013.07.02 (C) did not change as compared to version 2013.07.02 and therefore it is not necessary to upgrade if version 2013.07.02 has already been installed.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.00 or later may not be able to configure the platform properly through HP Virtual Connect. This issue is not seen with earlier versions of iLO firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Updating to this revision of the System ROM prevents the use of the following options: HP D2200sb PCIe/StoreVirtual (AP881A), HP BLc PCI Expansion Blade (448018-B21), Ultrium 1760 Tape Blade (AQ697B), Ultrium 3000 Tape Blade (BS580B).

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Enabled spread spectrum clocking to deliberately spread signals on the frequency domain to reduce the spectral density of high speed signals. This change has no measurable impact on server performance.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.00 or later may not be able to configure the platform properly through HP Virtual Connect. This issue is not seen with earlier versions of iLO firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where systems configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.00 or later may not be able to configure the platform properly through HP Virtual Connect. This issue is not seen with earlier versions of iLO firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-4600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue where the HP BL c-Class Expansion blade may not function properly after flashing to v1.30 12/24/2014 System ROM until system defaults are restored from the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.

    Added support for the HP BLc PCIe Expansion Blade and the HP D2220sb Storage Blade.

    Added support for the WS460c Gen9.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.08.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.08.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Version 2013.11.09 (B) contains an update to the flash driver and replaces version 2013.11.09. The actual firmware contained within version 2013.11.09 (B) did not change as compared to version 2013.11.09 and therefore it is not necessary to upgrade if version 2013.11.09 has already been installed.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the operating voltage of installed DIMMs as well as the minimum and maximum voltage supported by installed DIMMs. This System ROM revision supports newly defined industry standard fields in the industry standard SMBIOS tables. Utilities to display this information may not yet be available.

    Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the HP DIMM Part Number for HP SmartMemory DIMMs. This information will also be displayed in the HP iLO GUI interface when using an updated revision of iLO Firmware.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue where the system experienced unexpected system behavior or report ACPI issues through the OS boot logs (such as Linux DMESG) when IOMMU was enabled in a virtualized operating system environment.

    Addressed an issue where Linux Operating Systems reported the following message: ERST: Failed to get Error Log Address Range, in the Linux DMESG log.

    Addressed an issue where the server's Legacy USB support would not properly report the drive capacity of a USB Drive Key that was larger than 8GB resulting in an inability to boot USB Drive Keys larger than 8 GB.

    Addressed an issue where the system may not be able to properly execute the HP SmartStart Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK) under Linux based Operating Systems. In some cases, executing the HP SSSTK would result in a segfault error message being reported by the Linux kernel.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.11.09 (D) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.11.09.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision D if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.11.09.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the operating voltage of installed DIMMs as well as the minimum and maximum voltage supported by installed DIMMs. This System ROM revision supports newly defined industry standard fields in the industry standard SMBIOS tables. Utilities to display this information may not yet be available.

    Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the HP DIMM Part Number for HP SmartMemory DIMMs. This information will also be displayed in the HP iLO GUI interface when using an updated revision of iLO Firmware.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue where the system experienced unexpected system behavior or report ACPI issues through the OS boot logs (such as Linux DMESG) when IOMMU was enabled in a virtualized operating system environment.

    Addressed an issue where Linux Operating Systems reported the following message: ERST: Failed to get Error Log Address Range, in the Linux DMESG log.

    Addressed an issue where the server's Legacy USB support would not properly report the drive capacity of a USB Drive Key that was larger than 8GB resulting in an inability to boot USB Drive Keys larger than 8 GB.

    Addressed an issue where the system may not be able to properly execute the HP SmartStart Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK) under Linux based Operating Systems. In some cases, executing the HP SSSTK would result in a segfault error message being reported by the Linux kernel.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.11.09  (C) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.11.09.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision C if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.11.09.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Added additional options to the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power-On Delay Option for delay times of 15, 30, 40 and 60 seconds (in addition to the previous options of No Delay and Random Delay). For these new selections to function, the system must be using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 1.20 or later. If the system is configured to one of the new options without having iLO Firmware version 1.20 or later, the Power-On Delay Option will function as if the No Delay option were chosen.

    Enhanced the System ROM's detection of valid boot devices such as USB Drive Keys or Hard Drives. Previously, the System ROM may have attempted to boot certain bootable media with invalid boot records resulting in a Non-System Disk error. In some cases, the System ROM will now be able to detect the invalid boot record and skip attempting to boot the device. This allows the System ROM to attempt to boot the next device in the boot order.

    Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None ]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.10.01 (D) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.10.01.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision D if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.10.01.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue with the 07/01/2013 revision of the System ROM that could result in decreased performance. Due to an issue with the thermal solution included in that revision of the System ROM, the processor may be "throttled" to a reduced frequency when not necessary. This issue does NOT affect other revisions of the System ROM.

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue where the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) based power reporting would not function properly and report an incorrect wattage from the installed Power Supplies.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    IMPORTANT: The 07/01/2013 System ROM has an issue that can result in reduced performance and it has been removed from the HP Support Site. All HP ProLiant DL580 G7 servers should update to the 10/01/2013 System ROM instead. The 10/01/2013 System ROM revision addresses the performance issue. The performance issue was unique to the 07/01/2013 System ROM revision for the DL580 G7. It does not affect any other ProLiant servers or any other HP ProLiant DL580 G7 System ROM revisions.

    The actual BIOS Firmware contained within ver. 2013.10.01(B) did not change as compared to ver. 2013.10.01.  If using BIOS Firmware ver 2013.10.01, it is not necessary to update to ver. 2013.10.01(B).

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue with the 07/01/2013 revision of the System ROM that could result in decreased performance. Due to an issue with the thermal solution included in that revision of the System ROM, the processor may be "throttled" to a reduced frequency when not necessary. This issue does NOT affect other revisions of the System ROM.

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue where the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) based power reporting would not function properly and report an incorrect wattage from the installed Power Supplies.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.12.31 (C) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.12.31.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision C if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.12.31.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the system may delay to POST or fail to boot when the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is enabled, this issue would typically be seen on every warm reboot. TPM does not work in an Operation System after a system boot.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system might stop responding and reboot unexpectedly during an Operating System boot or run time, and reports a lot of Uncorrectable Machine Check Event in the IML (Integrated Management Log). This error would typically be seen with a lot of following IML information: Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception (Board 0, Processor 2, APIC ID 0x00000040, Bank 0x0000000E, Status 0xF6000000'00000972, Address 0x00000023'7B6E25C0, Misc 0x00000000'00000000). Customers who experience this event need to update to this version of the System ROM before contacting HP Support.

    Updated the embedded PXE Firmware to gPXE Version 4.0.582. This firmware addresses an issue where the system might stop responding during the deployment of VMware Vcenter 5.0 via PXE.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the system may delay to POST or fail to boot when the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is enabled, this issue would typically be seen on every warm reboot. TPM does not work in an Operation System after a system boot.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system might stop responding and reboot unexpectedly during an Operating System boot or run time, and reports a lot of Uncorrectable Machine Check Event in the IML (Integrated Management Log). This error would typically be seen with a lot of following IML information: Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception (Board 0, Processor 2, APIC ID 0x00000040, Bank 0x0000000E, Status 0xF6000000'00000972, Address 0x00000023'7B6E25C0, Misc 0x00000000'00000000). Customers who experience this event need to update to this version of the System ROM before contacting HP Support.

    Updated the embedded PXE Firmware to gPXE Version 4.0.582. This firmware addresses an issue where the system might stop responding during the deployment of VMware Vcenter 5.0 via PXE.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.07.02 (D) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.07.02.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision D if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.07.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2013.07.02 (D) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.07.02.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision D if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2013.07.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Enhancing the flash upgrade process requires modifications to both the System ROM and the flash update utility, the System ROM revision cannot be downgraded with the flash components available on the HP Support site after updating to this revision of the System ROM. A customer can downgrade the System ROM by creating a new flash component with the older System ROM revision as indicated in Advisory C02838375 available at the following link: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02838375

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a processor issue under which a rare and complex sequence of internal processor microarchitecture events that occur in specific operating environments could cause a server system to experience unexpected page faults, general protection faults, or machine check exceptions or other unpredictable system behavior. While all processors supported by this server have this issue, to be affected by this issue the server must be operating in a virtualized environment, have Intel Hyperthreading enabled, have a hypervisor that enables Intel VT FlexPriority and Extended Page Tables, and have a guest OS utilizing 32-bit PAE Paging Mode. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors operating with the conditions listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM, this System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix.

    Addressed an issue with the Intel Xeon Processor X5675, Intel Xeon Processor X5690, and Intel Xeon Processor X5687 where a rare and complex combination of data and environmental conditions may result in some instructions not executing properly causing unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers and could impact any system using the affected processors listed above. This revision of the System ROM contains and updated version of Intel's microcode that addresses this issue. This System ROM upgrade is considered a critical fix for customers utilizing the affected processors. This issue does not impact any processors that are not listed above.

    Addressed an issue where the platform may experience networking issues under heavy workloads with Operating Systems, such as Linux RedHat 6.2, and IRQ Balancing enabled in the Operating System. As a result of this issue, software may lose interrupts, receive spurious interrupts or cause a network disconnect.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.08.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.08.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.08.02 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.02 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.02.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.08.03 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.03 (A).  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.03.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-4600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-4600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.03.28 (C) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.03.28.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision C if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.03.28.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 03/08/2014 revision of the System ROM caused a problem with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) operating system certification test. This issue has no known impact with TPM functionality under normal operating system environments. This problem only affects servers with the 03/08/2014 revision of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Version 2014.03.28 (B) contains an update to the flash driver and replaces version 2014.03.28. The actual firmware contained within version 2014.03.28 (B) did not change as compared to version 2014.03.28 and therefore it is not necessary to upgrade if version 2014.03.28 has already been installed.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 03/08/2014 revision of the System ROM caused a problem with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) operating system certification test. This issue has no known impact with TPM functionality under normal operating system environments. This problem only affects servers with the 03/08/2014 revision of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added support for Memory Mirroring. This option can now be enabled through the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Advanced Memory Protection option. Please consult documentation for supported configurations.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the HP FlexibleLOM port numbers would not be reported accurately under certain operating systems such as Red Hat Linux.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive during POST when a failed LRDIMM was installed in the system. Instead, the system will now properly map out the failed DIMM and log the event to the Integrated Management Log (IML).

    Addressed an issue where HP StoreFabric CN1100R Dual Port Converged Network Adapter (P/N: QW990A) would not properly report status in the System Utilities Device Health Status page.

    Addressed an issue where the HP Scripting Toolkit may fail to run properly and prompt for an Administrator Password even when no password is currently configured on the server.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server would fail to boot Intelligent Provisioning when pressing F10 during system boot.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the system would not boot into certain versions of Linux operating systems when the Processor x2APIC Support option is configured as enabled. This option is set to disabled by default.

    Addressed an issue where the server’s boot order could not be configured using the “sysconfig” command in the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue where pressing the F12 key during system boot to initiate a Network Boot attempt may cause all other “hot keys” (function key prompts) to disappear from the screen. This issue was only seen when the Boot Mode is configured for Legacy BIOS Mode. This issue only exists with revision 1.03 (06/27/2014) of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Ver. 2014.03.28 (C) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.03.28.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision C if previous Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.03.28.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 03/07/2014 revision of the System ROM caused a problem with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) operating system certification test. This issue has no known impact with TPM functionality under normal operating system environments. This problem only affects servers with the 03/07/2014 revision of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    Version 2014.03.28 (B) contains an update to the flash driver and replaces version 2014.03.28. The actual firmware contained within version 2014.03.28 (B) did not change as compared to version 2014.03.28 and therefore it is not necessary to upgrade if version 2014.03.28 has already been installed.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where servers using the 03/07/2014 revision of the System ROM caused a problem with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) operating system certification test. This issue has no known impact with TPM functionality under normal operating system environments. This problem only affects servers with the 03/07/2014 revision of the System ROM.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may experience an unexpected shutdown, usually seen as a power fault in the iLO Integrated Management Log (IML), when configured with certain Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed a rare issue where systems configured with Intel Xeon E5 2600 v2 processors and Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) in a 2 DIMM per Channel or 3 DIMM per Channel configuration may experience a 207 - Memory Initialization error message where certain DIMMs may not be initialized properly. This issue is seen intermittently after a system reboot.

    Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST when an optional Video card is installed.

    Addressed an issue where certain option cards that request very large amounts of non-prefetchable memory will not function properly. This issue only impacts a very small number of non-HP option cards.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    The firmware for the System Programmable Logic Device must be upgraded in addition to the System ROM. Please see the Firmware Dependencies section below.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    System Programmable Logic Device version 0x15 or later is required. The System Programmamable Logic Device firmware is available for download at the following links:

    Online Flash Component for Linux - System Programmable Logic Device (HP ProLiant XL220a Gen8 v2) version 0x15: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-linux-fw/p1150180434/v103815

    Online Flash Component for Win64 - System Programmable Logic Device (HP ProLiant XL220a Gen8 v2) version 0x15: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-windows-fw/p1281588026/v103857

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where a system under heavy stress could experience an uncorrectable machine check. This issue will be reported in the Integrated Management Log with the following error details (Uncorrrectable Machine Check Exception: APIC ID 0x00000004, Bank 0x00000003, Status 0xF2000000'00800400, Address 0x00000000'00000000, Misc 0x00000000'00000000). This issue is not unique to HP. It is recommended that customers experiencing this issue update to this version of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where an uncorrectable machine check exception can cause the server to reboot continuously or stop responding. This solution requires the System Programmable Logic Device be upgraded to version 0x15 or later.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Update system thermal settings to improve the server's thermal solution.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue where the system may become unresponsive or power off under certain conditions including high system load. When this error occurs, a Server Critical Fault (Service Information: Runtime Fault, Memory) or Server Critical Fault (Service Information: Runtime Fault, Processor) message is logged in the Integrated Management Log (IML).

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    Ver. 1.30_12-25-2014 (B) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager and is functionally equivalent to ver. 1.30_12-25-2014. It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if ver. 1.30_12-25-2014 has already been installed.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None

    ]]>     Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the server may experience a high rate of corrected memory errors that result in significant performance degradation. While this issue is rare, once it occurs, the server will continue to experience a high rate of corrected errors until the server is rebooted. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing a performance issue or experiencing corrected memory error threshold events update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware components.

    Addressed an issue where a system running a hypervisor-based operating system may become unresponsive when a guest operating system executes certain debug commands.

    Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with multiple GPUs may not be able to properly start the GPUs under the operating system. This could result in one or more of the GPUs experiencing a "Yellow Bang" under a Microsoft operating system. This issue does not impact systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.

    Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a "266-Non-Volatile Memory Corruption Detected" message and Integrated Management Log (IML) event after being powered down from a momentary power button press. This issue would only occur in a pre-operating system environment such as in the UEFI Shell.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will scan for valid Fibre Channel (or boot from SAN) boot targets. By default, the system will now only scan for Fibre Channel boot targets that are configured in each adapter. In the past, the system would scan for all Fibre Channel or FCoE available targets, potentially resulting in long boot times and large number of entries in the UEFI Boot Order list. The boot targets for adapters can be configured using the adapter specific menu in the System Utilities, System Configuration menu, or using management software such as HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView. This setting is applicable only in UEFI Boot Mode. A firmware update of the fibre channel controller might also be required to take full advantage of this feature.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) NUMA Group Size Optimizations menu that allows the user to select how the platform will report processor grouping to the operating system. For some applications which cannot optimally handle high logical processor counts that are optimally divided into smaller groups, it might be necessary to change the default setting to get optimal performance.

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) I/O Non-Posted Prefetching performance option that allows the user to configure how the chipset balances I/O traffic for PCI-e devices. Disabling this option has been shown to provide performance benefits in a very small subset of configurations including certain Infiniband configurations that require a balanced mix of read and write traffic as well as configurations with multiple x16 devices that utilize the max bandwidth of the PCI-e bus. Since disabling the option also has a negative impact on maximum I/O read bandwidth, the overwhelming majority of configurations will benefit from leaving this option at the default.

    Added support for Memory Mirroring Mode. This option can be selected from the Advanced Memory Protection Mode selection. This option provides enhanced memory availability and resiliency but requires additional memory be installed to achieve the same amount of memory available to the operating system.

    Added support for loading the Embedded UEFI Shell Auto-Startup script from the network in addition to physical/virtual media. The URL describing the network (HTTP or FTP) location of the startup script can be configured in the System Utilities /Platform Configuration (RBSU), under the Embedded Shell menu. This allows for using the Embedded UEFI Shell as a scriptable deployment environment without the need for physical or virtual media (on a bare metal system).

    Added support to Standard Format Output (SFO) to the SysConfig command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This allows for easier parsing of the command output using Shell scripts.

    Added support for boot from URL (HTTP or FTP) functionality in UEFI Boot Mode. The network settings (DHCP or static IP) and boot file URL can be configured in the new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Pre-Boot Network settings menu. The file can either be a UEFI Network Boot Program (NBP), or an ISO image containing a UEFI bootable OS image. The Boot from ISO support is currently limited to operating systems that have a self contained OS image (such as WinPE, mini Linux, or VMware ESX installer). Booting Windows or Linux OS installation media is currently not supported.

    Added support for a webclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download files from HTTP and FTP servers. It can also be used to download ISO CD/DVD images and mount them in memory as RAM disks.

    Added support for an FTP command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to download and upload files to/from FTP servers.

    Added support for a Compress command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to compress and decompress ZIP files.

    Added support for a SecBoot command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. The command can be used to display the Secure Boot keys and certificates.

    Enhanced the RamDisk command in the Embedded UEFI Shell to support FAT32 RAM disks, increasing the disk size limit from 512 MB to 2GB.

    Added support for the HP Dual 8GB MicroSD EM USB Kit. This device can be plugged into the internal USB port on the server to allow a mirrored MicroSD card solution.

    Added support to configure the BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate to 38400 from the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).

    Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Internal SD Card Slot menu located in USB Options that allows the user to disable boot from the embedded SD card.

    Added support for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT).

    Updated OpenSSL support to version 0.9.8zb to address potential issues that might impact the UEFI Secure Boot support.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBiosAttributeRegistrySchema to version 1.2.0, adding support for BIOS Attributes of type "Password". Also added a new GrayOut property that can be used to describe some dependency scenarios. Also updated enumDescriptions of all enum definitions in the schema.

    Updated the HP RESTful API HpBios, HpServerBootSettings, HpBiosMappsings schemas to version 1.1.0. Added support for self-links in these resources.

    Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.

    Updated help documentation for System Utilities and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Increased timeout values in Embedded UEFI Shell IfConfig command to reduce the chances of network DHCP configuration failing due to timeouts caused by delays on the network or slow response when trying to contact the DHCP server.

    Enhanced the UEFI Exception handler to provide extended debug and trace information when in a pre-OS environment.]]> Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addressed an issue where the FwUpdate Embedded Shell Application and the Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and not successfully flash the device.

    Addressed an issue where the system might become unresponsive during boot when an unsupported memory configuration is installed on processor 2. With this unsupported configuration, in this situation there is no user feedback on the monitor or in the Integrated Management Log (IML). With this revision of the System ROM, the system will properly display a message indicating the error and halt the boot process.

    Addressed an issue with some network devices name display in the System Utilities.

    Addressed an issue that would result in incorrect or corrupt UEFI boot order data, or malformed JSON output from the HP RESTFul API HpServerBootSettings resource. This also addresses an issue in configuring the server UEFI Boot Order using HP OneView and the HP RESTful API.

    Addressed an issue in accessing the file systems or booting to some RAID0 logical volumes off HP Smart Array controllers. This includes accessing the file system on such drivers in the System Utilities menus and the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed an issue that might result in the BIOS Console Redirection support using the Virtual Serial Port to become non-functional.

    Addressed an issue with incorrect system time in Microsoft Windows operating systems when booted in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. When the system time or time zone are changed, on reboot the system time might 'jump' by the current operating system time zone offset. This issue does not occur when booting in UEFI Boot Mode. The change also removes the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for ACPI RTC Support.

    Addressed an issue where the system might experience a Machine Check Exception under heavy stress conditions when configured with an Intel Xeon E5-2609 processor. This issue does not affect any other processor models.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after a user has repeatedly entered and incorrect Power-On or Administrator Password.

    Addressed an issue where the server might become unresponsive after looping through the UEFI Boot Order an extended amount of time when no valid boot targets are detected. This issue only effects the server when configured in UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server might not be able to properly boot Windows Server 2008 R2 when configured with an Optional Graphics Card or GPGPU.

    Addressed an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables would not properly indicate the number of active cores when Intel Hyperthreading is disabled. The number of active cores would not be reported properly by some utilities.

    Addressed an issue where Wake On LAN does not function if the system was shutdown prior to booting an operating system (such as during the boot process or from the Embedded UEFI Shell). Wake On LAN does function properly if the system had been shut down from an operating system.

    Addressed an issue where the server would boot slowly when BIOS Serial Console was enabled to the iLO Virtual Serial Port.

    Addressed an issue where the server could be configured for Online Spare Memory Mode when the DIMM configuration did not support this mode.

    Addressed an issue where a USB key was still bootable when the USB Boot Functionality was disabled from System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU). This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Address an issue where the SysConfig command from the Embedded UEFI Shell could not be used to configure Secure Boot even when the user had indicated physical presence when entering the Embedded UEFI Shell.

    Addressed various issues where network boot support options might not be applied properly from HP Virtual Connect or HP OneView.

    Addressed an issue where the Legacy Boot Order menu in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) might have incorrect port numbers when the server is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. This issue did not affect servers configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where a server configured with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 BitLocker might incorrectly prompt the user for a recovery password following a warm reset.

    Addressed an issue where messages displayed during the early boot process would not be displayed properly when viewed over BIOS Serial Console.

    Addressed an issue where the One Time Boot Menu includes network boot options for devices even when network boot is disabled for those devices.

    Addressed an issue where BIOS Serial Console redirection would not work properly when the terminal was configured in VT100+ mode and the server was configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.

    Addressed an issue where Linux dmesg might report a USB error message such as "EHCI: BIOS handoff failed" when the system was configured in Legacy Boot Mode. When this issue occurs, USB support still functions properly under the operating system and the error message is erroneous. This change only prevents the display of the erroneous message and does not impact USB functionality.

    Addressed several issues with the legacy USB support (USB support before the operating system loads) when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This includes addressing an issue where the system might log a 303/304 Keyboard controller failure error when certain USB KVMs are attached to the system.

    Addressed an issue where the SATA port numbers reported in the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly match the port numbers reflected by labels on the system.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>     - Internet Explorer 11 is now supported.
    ]]>         FIXES: The following issues are resolved in this firmware version:
     - Addressed possible security vulnerabilities mentioned in the HP Software Security Response Team reports SSRT101790 and SSRT101886.
     - An iLO kernel crash after 40 or more days of uptime can lead to an operating system crash. When this occurs, the iLO Event Log records a “Power restored to iLO” event at the time of the OS crash.
     - DL385 G7 servers report false fan failures.
     - Disabled SSLv3 for webserver connections.
     - An intermittent virtual CD disconnection occurs during a system reboot.

    Note: The iLO security policy has changed and SSLv3 is now disabled. You might need to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) in your browser in order to access the iLO web interface.  TLS is the successor to SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).

    ]]>          
                    - Allowed SSH authentication with a valid SSH key but without a username match.
                    - SSL certificates cannot be imported after upgrading to iLO 3 1.61, 1.65 or 1.70.
                    - Setting the boot order via the iLO 3 CLP/CLI does not allow the NIC to use the PXE boot option.
                    - Updates to LDAP authentication failure messages.
    ]]>         This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:

    • New CLI and RIBCL commands for sending SNMP test traps.
    • Agentless Management support for standup storage card firmware versions.
    • The iLO IP address can now be used as the SubjectAltName in a certificate signing request.
    • IPMI transport over IPv6.
    • HP RESTful API updates, including support for:
      - Mezz and base FRUs
      - GET of data to retrieve the Active Health System log
      - Support Logs
    • Flex Slot Battery Backup Unit information is displayed on the Information > System Information > Power page.
    • Physical and logical network adapters are displayed on the Information > System Information > Network page.
    • NIC teaming information is displayed on the Information > System Information > Network page.
    • Information about devices installed on the system board, such as adapters, PCI devices,  SATA controllers, and Smart Storage Batteries is displayed on the new Information > System Information > Device Inventory page.
    • HP and third-party storage controllers that manage direct-attached storage and the attached physical drives are displayed on the Information > System
      Information > Storage page.
    • HP Smart Storage Battery information is displayed on the Information > System Information > Summary, Information > System Information > Power, and Information > System Information > Device Inventory pages.
    • In addition to the supported OEM parameters, the IPMI boot options for UEFI now support the standard parameters.
    • Extended the functionality of Lock_Configuration.xml to include restricting the IPMI interface from the system channel.
    • Added support for IPMI 2.0 PEF and PET generation to the IPMI interface.

    ]]>         • Addressed SSRT101886
    • An iLO kernel crash after 40 or more days of uptime under certain operating systems can lead to an operating system crash. When this occurs, the iLO Event Log records a “Power restored to iLO” event at the time of the OS crash.
    • iLO might send multiple SNMP traps that show the Smart Array battery falsely changing status (SNMP trap ID 11020).
    • iLO firmware updates might stay at 1% and never finish.
    • ADH ciphers are accepted in iLO 4 when AES is enabled.
    • Incorrect information is displayed on the Information > System Information > Network page when there are similar MAC addresses.
    • SSDP advertisements have bad signatures and iLO Federation groups don't display all peers.
    • Power supply sensors are not illustrated in the Temperature graph.
    • The iLO Event Log reports that a firmware update failed even though the firmware was updated successfully with the HP SUM Scalable Update feature.
    • The .NET IRC disconnects unexpectedly when playing a captured video file.
    • The Ping Gateway on Startup network setting does not work.
    • In some cases, running the Advanced Power Capping Microcontroller Firmware causes future component updates to fail.
    • The UID LED might stop blinking when the Remote Console is still open after a system power cycle.
    • The invalid error "Duplicate record exists" occurs while adding a new directory group.
    • A user with the Virtual Power and Reset privilege cannot use the Swap ROM feature.
    • DL580 servers report an incorrect Power Redundancy state on removal of a power supply cable.
    • Intermittent missing OS name and version in get_server_name response.
    • iLO Dedicated Network Port options are displayed on DL60 servers, which support only the Shared Network Port configuration.
    • An incorrect error message is displayed when auto power-off is set via XML scripting during POST.
    • The Get_Embedded_Health.xml output displays incorrect iLO NIC information.
    • The user name is not displayed in the iLO Event Log when a Language Pack is uninstalled.
    • There is a discrepancy between the iLO web interface and XML scripting when an HP SSO record is added by DNS name.
    • The Serial Command Line Speed setting is not saved when the speed is changed in the iLO 4 Configuration Utility.
    • LDAP does not work after updating from iLO firmware version 1.40 to 1.50.
    • New iLO Federation groups default to the power capping value from a previously deleted group.
    • The Link State NIC setting is displayed on the Network General Settings page for BL460t servers when this setting is not supported on server blades.
    • SNMP and SNMP trap ports cannot be set without the SNMP_ACCESS tag.
    • The iLO Event Log does not record an event when the AlertMail settings are changed via RIBCL and CLP.
    • The power redundancy status is incorrect when a mismatched power supply is inserted without a power cord.
    • The iLO Event Log does not record an event when the Remote Syslog settings are changed via RIBCL.
    • An incorrect error message occurs when the server name is set via XML during POST.
    • The Asset Tag can be configured via XML when the server is off.
    • An invalid domain name can be configured in the iLO 4 Configuration Utility.
    • The iLO 4 Configuration Utility prompts the user to save and reset iLO when no change was made.
    • Cert_Request.xml does not display an error when invalid characters are used for the state, country and locality.
    • If the Delete SSH Key button is clicked when no SSH key is installed, the message "Public Key deleted" is displayed even though there was no installed SSH key.
    • When the RESTful Interface Tool is used to display the system ROM version, the output incorrectly displays the backup system ROM version.
    • The CLI does not display the oemhp_powercap information when power capping is disabled.
    • Multiple incorrect "faulty/unsupported power supply" messages are recorded in configurations that use the HP 800W/900W Gold AC Power Input Module or the HP Server RPS Backplane Kit.
    • Pwrstat displays incorrect power supply status information for the HP 800W/900W Gold AC Power Input Module and the HP Server RPS Backplane Kit.
    • An intermittent virtual CD disconnection occurs during a system reboot.
     
     Note: To address the “POODLE” security vulnerability, the iLO security policy has changed in version 2.03 and SSLv3 is now disabled. You might need to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) in your browser in order to access the iLO web interface.  TLS is the successor to SSL (Secure Sockets Layer]]>
  • Added support for TLS v1.1 and TLS v1.2 when using HTTPS URLs with iLO scripted virtual media, firmware update, certificate import, SSH key import, and for HP remote support registration and data collection.
    • ]]>
  • Improved the reliability of DIMM SPD read/write operations.
  • A timing issue could cause intermittent Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) test failures.
  • Booting from an SD card with ESXi could fail.
  • AMD-based HP ProLiant Gen 8 servers with iLO 4 2.00 or 2.02 might report incorrect processor temperatures.
  • HP ProLiant Gen 8 servers with iLO 4 2.00 or 2.02 might report an incorrect value for the temp1 sensor.
  • HP ProLiant Gen8 servers with iLO 4 2.00 or 2.02 might display an incorrectly lit FAN1 Systems Insight Display (SID) LED when no FAN1 is installed.
  • Partitions on the NAND device might fail to mount.  In some cases, this could result in Active Health System download failures or the Embedded User Partition might not be available.
  • Addressed SSRT101745
  • Addressed SSRT101790

    • Note: To address the “POODLE” security vulnerability, the iLO security policy has changed and SSLv3 is now disabled. You may need to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) in your browser in order to access the iLO web interface.  TLS is the successor to SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).
     
     
     

    ]]>          
    The firmware in this product addresses an issue where Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) information is not displayed for the HP NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port Server Adapter.]]>          
    The firmware in this product addresses an issue where Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) information is not displayed for the HP NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port Server Adapter.]]>
    This product contains updated NCSI firmware (v1.3.5) that increases the number of multicast MAC address filters that can be supported from 2 to 8.]]>
    The updated iSCSI firmware addresses an issue where the iSCSI interface fails to acquire a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) IP address from a server with a host name and root path longer than 32 characters.]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Performance enhancement when a drive starts to degrade due to excessive recovered media errors.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • On systems configured with HP Smart Array P711m controllers connected to logical volumes on HP P2000 G3 SAS storage arrays, the Smart Array device driver ‘hpsa’ would cease to function during installation of VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2.
    • After the Smart Array device driver 'hpsa' was upgraded to version 3.4.6-165 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 4 or Update 5 on a server configured with logical volumes on HP P2000 G3 Storage Systems or HP MSA 2040 SAS Storage Arrays, the system would cease to function and an HP Smart Array P712m controller lockup would be reported after reboot. (POST Error: 1719 - A controller failure event occurred prior to this power-up. (Previous lock up code = 0x13))
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features: 
    • Enhanced the controller SAS discovery logic to tolerate devices that may be resetting.
    • Added a new POST message 1813 to indicate bad or failed battery charge circuit.
    Enhancements/New Features for 6.60 (B):
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 6.0
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 6.60:
    This firmware release resolved the following issues:

    • After a mode toggle at EFI ORCA was performed, the controller name would not be displayed when running the command: “reconnect –r”.
    • Controller displayed a POST error message 1805 “Cache Module Super–Cap is not installed” when the controller was configured to work without super-capacitors.
    • Corrected thermal behavior with HDDs.
    • Controllers configured with one or more SATA spare drives and firmware version 6.40 (or earlier) may halt with "Lockup Code = 0xAB" after 64, 128, or 256 days.
    • HP Smart Array P812 controller onboard expander firmware was updated to version 3.12 to enforce 3Gbps SATA connection speeds which is the maximum supported SATA data rate on HP Smart Array P212, P410, P410i, P411, P711m, P712m, and P812 controllers.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • Improved error handling when hard disk drives generate a large number of recoverable errors.
    • Added support for non-hotplug disk drives.
    • Added support for HP ProLiant Gen9 servers:
      • HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server
      • HP ProLiant BL660c Gen9 Server
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    • When a controller was set to RAID6 mode and a large number of recoverable errors were generated by hard disk drives in the system, the controller might go into a degraded mode and cease to function. A 0x0E error message would display during POST on subsequent power cycle and in the Integrated Management Log (IML)
    • The controller would report 0xE0 error to HP Smart Storage Administrator (HP SSA) and would cease to function when set to RAID 6 mode
    • Intermittent SSD SATA 6G drive failures would occur when drive was configured in Bay 1 of HP ProLiant BL465 Gen8 Server
    • Uncorrectable ECC errors would cause the controller to stop responding (Lockup 0x13).  This version of Smart Array firmware properly calculates the maximum controller memory bandwidth required to sustain streaming write operations with the current logical drive configuration and reduces the cache memory speed on configurations that do not require peak controller memory bandwidth.  When running at the slower memory speed, less power is consumed and performance degradation is expected to be negligible. For additional information, reference Customer Advisory # c03755983
    • The HP D2220sb Storage Blade is not recognized when configuring it with the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602866
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Added support for non-hotplug drives.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • The controller would report 0xE0 error to HP Smart Storage Administrator and would cease to function when set to RAID 6 mode.
    • Intermittent SSD SATA 6G drive failure in Bay 1 of the HP ProLiant BL465 Gen8 Server.
    • Uncorrectable ECC errors causing controller to hang (Lockup 0x13).  Smart Array firmware calculates the maximum controller memory bandwidth required to sustain streaming write operations with the current logical drive configuration and reduces the cache memory speed on configurations that do not require peak controller memory bandwidth.  When running at the slower memory speed, less power is consumed and performance degradation is expected to be negligible. For additional information, reference Customer Advisory c03755983 at the following URL: http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03755983
    ]]>
  • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    • ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    •      Performance enhancement when a drive starts to degrade due to excessive recovered media errors.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 2.32:
    This firmware release resolved the following issues:

    • With encryption enabled and a rekey operation taking place, if IO running is to Advanced Data Guarding (RAID6) volume and physical drives fail, causing the volume to go into a degraded state, and the customer enables Degraded Mode Performance Optimization via HPSSA, the controller may cease to function (POST Lockup 0xE0).
    • Controller may intermittently cease to function with POST lockup 0xE3 when HP Secure Encryption and large cache writes are enabled.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:

    • Servers now power up faster due to improvements in the UEFI controller driver.
    • Logical volume transformations are allowed on controllers without data preservation.
    • Drives can now be hot-added in a zoned configuration.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    • When rebuilding a logical volume greater than 2TB in size, the controller might cease to function (POST Lockup 0xE0). Controller would report a POST Lockup 0xE0 error and cease to function, when the following conditions were met:

                     1) Encryption enabled and a re-key operation was in progress.
                     2) While IO was in progress, physical drives failed in an Advanced Data Guarding (RAID6 or RAID60) volume, which caused the volume to go into a degraded state.
                     3) Degraded Mode Performance Optimization was enabled via HP Smart Storage Administrator.

    • If a power outage or brownout occurred while running a volume expansion, the controller might cease to function on the following boot (POST Lockup 0x13).
    • HP D2600/D2700 Disk Enclosures might not show the correct box number on the LED display.
    • Controller might become unresponsive if a drive was re-inserted into encrypted LUN while performing IO on it.
    • When running IO with encryption turned on in remote mode and a local key cache enabled, changing the master key might result in encryption being disabled on the next power up.
    • Controller allowed encryption key changes even with locked volumes.
    • A key restore from an Enterprise Secure Key Manager could take a long time for large configurations.
    • Users were unable to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 5 to a logical volume on an HP P2000 MSA Array System if both an HP H241 and H240 Smart Host Bus Adapter were present in the system.
    • When HP D3700 Disk Enclosures were connected to an HP H240 Smart Host Bus Adapter, the maximum number of enclosures displayed in the boot menu was five, although a maximum of eight enclosures were supported.
    • When a volume expansion or encryption re-key operation was performed, and if multiple power losses or brownouts occurred, data might become inaccessible (POST Message 1769).
    • POST messages 1764, 1768, 1784, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1831 have been updated and/or corrected.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
    ]]>         The following enhancement is added in this version:-

    • Enabled "edge-buffering" feature of SAS 3.0

      Note: Due to potential issues in D3000 JBODs attached behind the HP 6GB SAS Switch where HGST (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) HDDs are installed in the JBOD, this version of FW should NOT be installed on D3000.  Instead, please use SEP FW v1.72 for those configurations.

    ]]>         The following fix is added in this version:-

    • Fixed an issue causing fan speed to run at the maximum level due to a false error indication reported on early production hardware.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • In rare cases, the Smart Array controller would become inaccessible after multiple IO module resets were performed.  If a controller lockup occurred because of this issue, the error code 0xAB would display in the following locations after a subsequent server reboot:
      • Server POST
      • System event log
      • ADU reports / HPSSA diagnostic reports
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Improved signal integrity settings to reduce the occurrence of PHY DWORD errors when using HP D6000 Disk Enclosures.
    • Resolves a Smart Array controller 0xAB lockup observed during SAS switch reboots in HP BladeSystem configurations.
    • Limits the SATA drive link rate to 3G, SAS drive link rates are still 6G.
    • Resolves SAS link errors that may occur with cascaded HP D6000 disk enclosures (limited support for cascading).
       
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features for 3.30 (C):
    • Added support for VMware vSphere 6.0
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 3.30:

    • Fixed an issue with the SAS connector element which reported invalid connector type/physical link for disabled PHYs.
    • Fixed the Logical Link Rate because the Rate was not set properly when PHY is disabled.
    Problems Fixed in version 3.30 (B):
    • Fixed an issue where installing a VMware Smart Component for an HP Expander through an HP H22x Host Bus Adapters using any version of HP Smart Update Manager (HP SUM) will fail. Return code (4202967293) was displayed in the HP SUM log, hpsum_detail_log.txt.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed in version 3.30:

    • Fixed an issue with the SAS connector element which reported invalid connector type/physical link for disabled PHYs.
    • Fixed the Logical Link Rate because the Rate was not set properly when PHY is disabled.
    Problems Fixed in version 3.30 (B):
    • Fixed an issue where installing a VMware Smart Component for an HP Expander through an HP H22x Host Bus Adapters using any version of HP Smart Update Manager (HP SUM) will fail. Return code (4202967293) was displayed in the HP SUM log, hpsum_detail_log.txt.
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Firmware now reads the max link rate from the backplane NVRAM and sets the rate accordingly. The expander firmware will adjust the SAS links to the appropriate speed based on the backplane type. The firmware will not try to force slower backplanes to higher link rates.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:

    • On rare occasions, incorrect data may be read or written while a controller is rebuilding a drive.
    • Disabled Edge-Buffering to address a rare data integrity issue seen with a drive that had bad blocks.
    • In rare instances, on an HP ProLiant Gen9 series server, the Smart Array controller would detect an HP Hard Disk Drive (HDD) as a non-HP drive. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04597377
    ]]>         Enhancements/New Features:
    • Firmware now reads the max link rate from the backplane NVRAM and sets the rate accordingly. The expander firmware will adjust the SAS links to the appropriate speed based on the backplane type. The firmware will not try to force slower backplanes to higher link rates.
    ]]>         Problems Fixed:
    • Data Integrity issue while controller performed an array rebuild.
    • Disabled Edge-Buffering to address a rare data integrity issue seen with a drive that had bad blocks.
    ]]>         Updated the Firmware/BIOS/UEFI packages for 8 Gb and 16 Gb products.

    • 4 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 2.03AF
      • Firmware 5.03.15
      • BIOS 3.13
         
    • 8 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 3.71.09 (Binary 371A9)
      • Firmware 7.04.00
      • UEFI 6.35
      • BIOS 3.28
        • BIOS Enhancements:
        • Added support for fabric assigned BOOT LUN 
        • Added support for show port clp
        • Added code to not configure any targets when fabric assign Boot
        • Added code to allow fabric assigned Boot LUN when fabric assign WWPN enabled
        • Added options in CTRL-Q utility to enable fabric assign WWPN and fabric assign BOOT LUN
           
    • 16 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 4.00.19
      • Firmware 7.04.00
      • UEFI 6.31
      • BIOS 3.28
        • BIOS Enhancements:
        • Added support for fabric assigned BOOT LUN
        • Added support for show port clp
        • Added code to not configure any targets when fabric assign Boot
        • Added code to allow fabric assigned Boot LUN when fabric assign WWPN enabled
        • Added options in CTRL-Q utility to enable fabric assign WWPN and fabric assign BOOT LUN
           
    ]]>          
    BIOS
    • Changed VLAN ID max value from 4095 to 4094
    • Changed CTRL-Q to allow max value for Login Retry
    UEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers


    16 Gb Products
       
    BIOS 

    • Fixed LUN enabled but fabric assigned BOOT LUN not found
    • Changed CTRL-Q to allow max value for Login Retry
    UEFI  
    •  Fixed memory leak issue when driver exits due to NVRAM error
       
    ]]>         Updated the firmware/BIOS/EFI packages for 8 Gb and 16 Gb products.

    • 4 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 2.03AF
      • Firmware 5.03.15
      • BIOS 3.13
    • 8 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 3.71.01 (Binary 371A1)
      • Firmware 7.03.00
      • BIOS 3.24
      • UEFI 6.32
    • 16 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 4.00.12
      • Firmware 7.03.01
      • BIOS 3.24
      • UEFI 6.29
         
    ]]>          
    BIOS
    • Fixed bug in displaying selectable boot lun
    • Fixed issue with not restoring defaults on port 1
    • Fixed bug that could cause buffer overrun in CTRL-Q with Report Lun command
    • Added additional time to login target when called  after EFI driver unloads.    
    • Added code to handle boot LUN Greater than 255.
    • Added code to display message when 64 bit address is detected. 
    uEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs.
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers. 


    16 Gb Products
       
    BIOS 

    • Added additional time to login target when called after EFI driver unloads.    
    • Added code to handle boot LUN Greater than 255.
    • Added code to display message when 64 bit address is detected. 
    uEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs.
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers.  
    ]]>         Updated the Firmware/BIOS/UEFI packages for 8 Gb and 16 Gb products.

    • 4 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 2.03AF
      • Firmware 5.03.15
      • BIOS 3.13
         
    • 8 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 3.71.09 (Binary 371A9)
      • Firmware 7.04.00
      • UEFI 6.35
      • BIOS 3.28
        • BIOS Enhancements:
        • Added support for fabric assigned BOOT LUN 
        • Added support for show port clp
        • Added code to not configure any targets when fabric assign Boot
        • Added code to allow fabric assigned Boot LUN when fabric assign WWPN enabled
        • Added options in CTRL-Q utility to enable fabric assign WWPN and fabric assign BOOT LUN
           
    • 16 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 4.00.19
      • Firmware 7.04.00
      • UEFI 6.31
      • BIOS 3.28
        • BIOS Enhancements:
        • Added support for fabric assigned BOOT LUN
        • Added support for show port clp
        • Added code to not configure any targets when fabric assign Boot
        • Added code to allow fabric assigned Boot LUN when fabric assign WWPN enabled
        • Added options in CTRL-Q utility to enable fabric assign WWPN and fabric assign BOOT LUN
           
    ]]>          
    BIOS
    • Changed VLAN ID max value from 4095 to 4094
    • Changed CTRL-Q to allow max value for Login Retry
    UEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers


    16 Gb Products
       
    BIOS 

    • Fixed LUN enabled but fabric assigned BOOT LUN not found
    • Changed CTRL-Q to allow max value for Login Retry
    UEFI  
    •  Fixed memory leak issue when driver exits due to NVRAM error
       
    ]]>         Updated the firmware/BIOS/EFI packages for 8 Gb and 16 Gb products.

    • 4 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 2.03AF
      • Firmware 5.03.15
      • BIOS 3.13
    • 8 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 3.71.01 (Binary 371A1)
      • Firmware 7.03.00
      • BIOS 3.24
      • UEFI 6.32
    • 16 Gb HBA/Mezz
      • Package 4.00.12
      • Firmware 7.03.01
      • BIOS 3.24
      • UEFI 6.29
         
    ]]>          
    BIOS
    • Fixed bug in displaying selectable boot lun
    • Fixed issue with not restoring defaults on port 1
    • Fixed bug that could cause buffer overrun in CTRL-Q with Report Lun command
    • Added additional time to login target when called  after EFI driver unloads.    
    • Added code to handle boot LUN Greater than 255.
    • Added code to display message when 64 bit address is detected. 
    uEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs.
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers. 


    16 Gb Products
       
    BIOS 

    • Added additional time to login target when called after EFI driver unloads.    
    • Added code to handle boot LUN Greater than 255.
    • Added code to display message when 64 bit address is detected. 
    uEFI  
    • Fixed a bug that caused the HBA BIOS to ignore VC assigned WWPNs.
    • Fixed drive mapping issues on CLP enabled servers.  
    ]]>         message is displayed.]]> Contains updated boot bios, version 3.2.5.0.
    ]]>
    Updated CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.23

     Boot Image (BIOS)

     Contains:

    CNA (BE2) firmware 4.9.416.2 (frozen)
    CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10
    CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.23

    16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot 10.2.477.9

    8 Gb Gen8 Mezz (LPe1205A) firmware 2.02X12
    8 Gb standup firmware 2.02x13
    8Gb Mezz firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb HBA boot image 5.20x13 (2.12a14 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
    8 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
     
    4 Gb HBA/Mezz firmware 2.82x4
    4 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS)
    4 Gb HBA boot image 5.20a6 (2.12a14 BIOS)
     

    ]]>         CNA (XE100 series) firmware version 10.2.477.23

    • Resolves VMQ issues which resulted in virtual machines not being connected to any network
    • Unable to perform PXE boot with a HP FlexFabric 2-port 650FLB Adapter in a 1Gb environment.
    ]]>         Added support for HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 557SFP+ Adapter

    Updated 4Gb mezz boot bios to 6.20x4
    Updated 8Gb HBA boot image to 5.20x13
    Updated 8 Gb Mezz boot image to 6.20x4
    Updated 16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot  to 10.2.477.9
    Updated CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.10
    Updated CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10

     Boot Image (BIOS)

     Contains:

    CNA (BE2) firmware 4.9.416.2 (frozen)
    CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10
    CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.10

    16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot 10.2.477.9

    8 Gb Gen8 Mezz (LPe1205A) firmware 2.02X12
    8 Gb standup firmware 2.02x13
    8Gb Mezz firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb HBA boot image 5.20x13 (2.12a14 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
    8 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
     
    4 Gb HBA/Mezz firmware 2.82x4
    4 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS)
    4 Gb HBA boot image 5.20a6 (2.12a14 BIOS)
     

    ]]>         Boot Bios

    8Gb Standup - 5.20x13
    • Resolves an issue where there is a system hang at POST after mapping an HP 82E adapter to a P2000 storage array under Legacy mode.
    8Gb Mezzanine - 6.20x4
    • Resolves an issue where there is a system hang at POST after mapping an HP LPe1205/HP LPe1205A adapter to a P2000 storage array under Legacy mode.

    4Gb Mezzanine - 6.20x4
    • Resolves an issue where Virtual WWN's are still used after changing to default mode in VC-FC.

    Firmware

    16Gb Standup & Mezzanine - 10.2.477.9

    This firmware resolves the following:
    • an issue where the server hung during RHEL6 x64 FCoE boot
    • an issue where the SN1000E adapter becomes unresponsive after updating to version 1.1.65.101 firmware
    • a performance scaling issue in P2P connection in Dual_Port configuration
    • an issue where the SN1000E using direct connect fails to scan targets with its BIOS
    • an issue where not all target ports are displayed on  "scan for devices"

    CNA (BE3) - 10.2.477.10

    This firmware version resolves the following:
     

    • an issue when the configuration variables exceed a total setup of 121 bytes.  There is the potential to corrupt the configuration during the save process.
    • an issue where an HP FlexFabric 554FLB adapter experiences pause frame flood and is unable to get into the NIC BIOS.
    CNA (XE100 series) - 10.2.477.10

    This firmware version resolves the following:

    • an issue when the configuration variables exceed a total setup of 121 bytes.  There is the potential to corrupt the configuration during the save process.
    • an issue where an HP FlexFabric 650FLB fails to show correct Remote Device Information.
    ]]>
    Updated CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.23


     Boot Image (BIOS)

     Contains:

    CNA (BE2) firmware 4.9.416.2 (frozen)
    CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10
    CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.23

    16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot 10.2.477.9

    8 Gb Gen8 Mezz (LPe1205A) firmware 2.02X12
    8 Gb standup firmware 2.02x13
    8Gb Mezz firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb HBA boot image 5.20x13 (2.12a14 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
    8 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
     
    4 Gb HBA/Mezz firmware 2.82x4
    4 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS)
    4 Gb HBA boot image 5.20a6 (2.12a14 BIOS)
     

    ]]>         CNA (XE100 series) firmware version 10.2.477.23

    • Resolves VMQ issues which resulted in virtual machines not being connected to any network
    • Unable to perform PXE boot with a HP FlexFabric 2-port 650FLB Adapter in a 1Gb environment.
    ]]>         Added support for HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 557SFP+ Adapter
    Added support for VMware vSphere 6.0

    Updated 4Gb mezz boot bios to 6.20x4
    Updated 8Gb HBA boot image to 5.20x13
    Updated 8 Gb Mezz boot image to 6.20x4
    Updated 16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot  to 10.2.477.9
    Updated CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.10
    Updated CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10

     Boot Image (BIOS)

     Contains:

    CNA (BE2) firmware 4.9.416.2 (frozen)
    CNA (BE3) firmware 10.2.477.10
    CNA (XE100 series) firmware 10.2.477.10

    16 Gb HBA/Mezz universal boot 10.2.477.9

    8 Gb Gen8 Mezz (LPe1205A) firmware 2.02X12
    8 Gb standup firmware 2.02x13
    8Gb Mezz firmware 2.02x13
    8 Gb HBA boot image 5.20x13 (2.12a14 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
    8 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS, 4.13a14 UEFI)
     
    4 Gb HBA/Mezz firmware 2.82x4
    4 Gb Mezz boot image 6.20x4 (3.30a2 BIOS)
    4 Gb HBA boot image 5.20a6 (2.12a14 BIOS)
     

    ]]>         Boot Bios

    8Gb Standup - 5.20x13
    • Resolves an issue where there is a system hang at POST after mapping an HP 82E adapter to a P2000 storage array under Legacy mode.
    8Gb Mezzanine - 6.20x4
    • Resolves an issue where there is a system hang at POST after mapping an HP LPe1205/HP LPe1205A adapter to a P2000 storage array under Legacy mode.

    4Gb Mezzanine - 6.20x4
    • Resolves an issue where Virtual WWN's are still used after changing to default mode in VC-FC.

    Firmware

    16Gb Standup & Mezzanine - 10.2.477.9

    This firmware resolves the following:
    • an issue where the server hung during RHEL6 x64 FCoE boot
    • an issue where the SN1000E adapter becomes unresponsive after updating to version 1.1.65.101 firmware
    • a performance scaling issue in P2P connection in Dual_Port configuration
    • an issue where the SN1000E using direct connect fails to scan targets with its BIOS
    • an issue where not all target ports are displayed on  "scan for devices"

    CNA (BE3) - 10.2.477.10

    This firmware version resolves the following:
     

    • an issue when the configuration variables exceed a total setup of 121 bytes.  There is the potential to corrupt the configuration during the save process.
    • an issue where an HP FlexFabric 554FLB adapter experiences pause frame flood and is unable to get into the NIC BIOS.
    CNA (XE100 series) - 10.2.477.10

    This firmware version resolves the following:

    • an issue when the configuration variables exceed a total setup of 121 bytes.  There is the potential to corrupt the configuration during the save process.
    • an issue where an HP FlexFabric 650FLB fails to show correct Remote Device Information.
    ]]>
    ]]>         Important Notes:
    Ver. 3.3(C)  contains installation support for the latest VMware version.. The Power Management Controller Firmware contained within Ver. 3.3(C) is equivalent to the Firmware contained within Ver. 3.3.  Therefore, it is not necessary to upgrade with Ver. 3.3(C) if the Power Management Controller version is 3.3.
    Firmware Dependencies:
    None
    Problems Fixed:
    Firmware version 3.3 addressed the issue described in Customer Advisory c03885073. For a description of the issue and a list of affected platforms, please consult this advisory at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID= c03885073.
    Known Issues:
    None

    ]]>
    ]]>         Important Notes:

    If a server has a Dynamic Power Cap enabled, the server’s performance may be significantly affected during the duration of the flash update of the Power Management Controller Firmware. To prevent the impact to performance, the Dynamic Power Cap can be disabled prior to the flash update process.

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Ver. 3.3(B) addresses an issue in the online flashing mechanism for HP SUM to install the VMware Smart Component. The Power Management Controller Firmware contained within ver. 3.3(B) is equivalent to the Firmware contained within ver. 3.3. Therefore, it is not necessary to upgrade with ver. 3.3(B), if the Power Management Controller firmware version is 3.3.

    Firmware version 3.3 update addressed the issue described in Customer Advisory c03885073.  For a description of the issue and a list of affected platforms, please consult this advisory at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID= c03885073.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:
    Ver. 4.1(D) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart Update Manager. The Power Management Controller Firmware contained within Ver. 4.1(D) is Ver. 4.1. Therefore, it is not necessary to upgrade with ver. 4.1(D), if the Power Management Controller firmware version is 4.1.
    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:
    This is the initial version of the firmware.
    Known Issues:
    The smart component prompts for reboot unnecessarily when the installation procedure is completed. Reboot is not required after installation for updates to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    Ver. 4.1(C) addresses an issue in the online flashing mechanism for HP SUM to install the VMware Smart Component. The Power Management Controller Firmware contained within ver. 4.1(C) is equivalent to the Firmware contained within ver. 4.1(B). Therefore, it is not necessary to upgrade with ver. 4.1(C), if the Power Management Controller firmware version is 4.1.
     

    Known Issues:

    The smart component prompts for reboot unnecessarily when the installation procedure is completed. Reboot is not required after installation for updates to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.

    ]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Problems Fixed:

    Addresses an issue in which the minimum power capping value was incorrectly being calculated on certain systems. This fix increases the accuracy of the minimum capping value set during POST.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>         Important Notes:

    None

    Firmware Dependencies:

    None

    Enhancements/New Features:

    This is the initial version of the firmware.

    Known Issues:

    None]]>
  • Improvements to surface analysis and rebuild.
  • Improvements to boot and rebuild support when volume changes ocurr during boot.
    • ]]>
  • 表面分析和重建的改进。
  • 改进了当启动中出现卷更改时，对启动和重建的支持。
    • ]]>
  • Resolve issue with SCSI Verify to logical volumes.
    • ]]>
  • 解决了SCSI验证逻辑卷的问题。
    • ]]>
  • Improvements to surface analysis and rebuild.
  • Improvements to boot and rebuild support when volume changes ocurr during boot.
    • ]]>
  • 表面分析和重建的改进。
  • 改进了当启动中出现卷更改时，对启动和重建的支持。
    • ]]>
  • Resolve issue with SCSI Verify to logical volumes.
    • ]]>
  • 解决了SCSI验证逻辑卷的问题。
    • ]]>
  • Improvements to surface analysis and rebuild.
  • Improvements to boot and rebuild support when volume changes ocurr during boot.
    • ]]>
  • 表面分析和重建的改进。
  • 改进了当启动中出现卷更改时，对启动和重建的支持。
    • ]]>
  • Resolve issue with SCSI Verify to logical volumes.
    • ]]>
  • 解决了SCSI验证逻辑卷的问题。
    • ]]>
  • Improved SCSI abort request handling.
  • Improved handling of errors during device discovery.
  • HBA mode updates.
  • Performance improvements via driver restructuring to eliminate locking.
  • Support for new HP Smart Array RAID controllers and Smart HBAs.
    • ]]>
  • 改进了SCSI终止请求处理。
  • 改善了设备发现过程中的错误处理。
  • HBA模式更新。
  • 通过驱动程序重组以消除锁定从而改进性能。
  • 对新的HP智能阵列RAID控制器和Smart HBA的支持。
    • ]]>
    • The hpsa driver has been extensively refactored for significant performance improvements over previous versions.
    ]]>
    • hpsa驱动程序已被广泛地重构，从而在以前版本的基础上显著改进性能。
    ]]>
  • Improved SCSI abort request handling.
  • Improved handling of errors during device discovery.
  • HBA mode updates.
  • Performance improvements via driver restructuring to eliminate locking.
  • Support for new HP Smart Array RAID controllers and Smart HBAs.
    • ]]>
  • 改进了SCSI终止请求处理。
  • 改善了设备发现过程中的错误处理。
  • HBA模式更新。
  • 通过驱动程序重组以消除锁定从而改进性能。
  • 对新的HP智能阵列RAID控制器和Smart HBA的支持。
    • ]]>
    New features include:

    New Smart Array controller support:
    •     HP Smart Array P244br
    •     HP Smart Array P440
    •     HP Smart Array P440ar
    •     HP Smart Array P441
    •     HP Smart Array P840


    New Smart HBA support:
    •     HP Smart HBA H240
    •     HP Smart HBA H240ar
    •     HP Smart HBA H241
    •     HP Smart HBA H244br


    HBA mode for RAID controllers:
    • Besides operating in their traditional RAID controller mode, the newly added Smart Array controllers now support HBA mode capability, where they may be switched to operate as an HBA, directly presenting physical disks to the operating system, instead of RAID-protected logical disks.


    RAID mode for HBA controllers:
    • Smart HBA products may operate either in HBA mode, directly presenting physical disks to the operating system, or they may be switched into simple RAID mode, where they are capable of RAID 0, 1, and 5 mode, without acceleration or cache module support.


    Performance improvements:
    • The hpsa driver has been extensively refactored for significant performance improvements over previous versions.
    ]]>
    新功能包括：

    对智能阵列控制器的新支持：
    •     HP 智能阵列 P244br
    •     HP 智能阵列 P440
    •     HP 智能阵列 P440ar
    •     HP 智能阵列 P441
    •     HP 智能阵列 P840


    对Smart HBA的新支持：
    •     HP Smart HBA H240
    •     HP Smart HBA H240ar
    •     HP Smart HBA H241
    •     HP Smart HBA H244br


    用于RAID控制器的HBA模式：
    • 除了在其传统的RAID控制器模式下运行，新添加的智能阵列控制器现在支持HBA模式功能，在该模式下它们可能进行交换，以作为HBA，直接向操作系统显示物理磁盘，而不是RAID保护的逻辑磁盘。


    用于HBA控制器的RAID模式：
    • Smart HBA产品可运行在HBA模式下，直接向操作系统显示物理磁盘，也可切换至简单的RAID模式，支持RAID 0、1和5模式，无需加速或高速缓存模块支持。


    性能改进：
    • hpsa驱动程序已被广泛地重构，从而在以前版本的基础上显著改进性能。
    ]]>
  • Improved SCSI abort request handling.
  • Improved handling of errors during device discovery.
  • HBA mode updates.
  • Performance improvements via driver restructuring to eliminate locking.
  • Support for new HP Smart Array RAID controllers and Smart HBAs.
    • ]]>
  • 改进了SCSI终止请求处理。
  • 改善了设备发现过程中的错误处理。
  • HBA模式更新。
  • 通过驱动程序重组以消除锁定从而改进性能。
  • 对新的HP智能阵列RAID控制器和Smart HBA的支持。
    • ]]>
    New features include:

    New Smart Array controller support:
    •     HP Smart Array P244br
    •     HP Smart Array P440
    •     HP Smart Array P440ar
    •     HP Smart Array P441
    •     HP Smart Array P840


    New Smart HBA support:
    •     HP Smart HBA H240
    •     HP Smart HBA H240ar
    •     HP Smart HBA H241
    •     HP Smart HBA H244br


    HBA mode for RAID controllers:
    • Besides operating in their traditional RAID controller mode, the newly added Smart Array controllers now support HBA mode capability, where they may be switched to operate as an HBA, directly presenting physical disks to the operating system, instead of RAID-protected logical disks.


    RAID mode for HBA controllers:
    • Smart HBA products may operate either in HBA mode, directly presenting physical disks to the operating system, or they may be switched into simple RAID mode, where they are capable of RAID 0, 1, and 5 mode, without acceleration or cache module support.


    Performance improvements:
    • The hpsa driver has been extensively refactored for significant performance improvements over previous versions.
    ]]>
    新功能包括：

    对智能阵列控制器的新支持：
    •     HP 智能阵列 P244br
    •     HP 智能阵列 P440
    •     HP 智能阵列 P440ar
    •     HP 智能阵列 P441
    •     HP 智能阵列 P840


    对Smart HBA的新支持：
    •     HP Smart HBA H240
    •     HP Smart HBA H240ar
    •     HP Smart HBA H241
    •     HP Smart HBA H244br


    用于RAID控制器的HBA模式：
    • 除了在其传统的RAID控制器模式下运行，新添加的智能阵列控制器现在支持HBA模式功能，在该模式下它们可能进行交换，以作为HBA，直接向操作系统显示物理磁盘，而不是RAID保护的逻辑磁盘。


    用于HBA控制器的RAID模式：
    • Smart HBA产品可运行在HBA模式下，直接向操作系统显示物理磁盘，也可切换至简单的RAID模式，支持RAID 0、1和5模式，无需加速或高速缓存模块支持。


    性能改进：
    • hpsa驱动程序已被广泛地重构，从而在以前版本的基础上显著改进性能。
    ]]>
  • Improved SCSI abort request handling.
  • Improved handling of errors during device discovery.
  • HBA mode updates.
  • Performance improvements via driver restructuring to eliminate locking.
  • Support for new HP Smart Array RAID controllers and Smart HBAs.
    • ]]>
  • 改进了SCSI终止请求处理。
  • 改善了设备发现过程中的错误处理。
  • HBA模式更新。
  • 通过驱动程序重组以消除锁定从而改进性能。
  • 对新的HP智能阵列RAID控制器和Smart HBA的支持。
    • ]]>
  • Spin lock update to fix a potential boot hang.
    • ]]>
  • 转动锁更新，以解决潜在的启动挂起。
    • ]]>
  • Fixes an issue where HDD logical volumes were not being detected at installation.
  • Fixes an issue where an updated driver was not persistent after a reboot. Previously, after updating the driver and rebooting, the system would revert to the originally installed driver.
    • ]]>
  • 修复了安装时未检测到硬盘逻辑卷的问题。
  • 修复了重启后更新的驱动程序不持久的问题。以前，更新驱动程序并重启后，系统将恢复到最初安装的驱动程序。
    • ]]>
  • Spin lock update to fix a potential boot hang.
    • ]]>
  • 转动锁更新，以解决潜在的启动挂起。
    • ]]>
  • Fixes an issue where HDD logical volumes were not being detected at installation.
  • Fixes an issue where an updated driver was not persistent after a reboot. Previously, after updating the driver and rebooting, the system would revert to the originally installed driver.
    • ]]>
  • 修复了安装时未检测到硬盘逻辑卷的问题。
  • 修复了重启后更新的驱动程序不持久的问题。以前，更新驱动程序并重启后，系统将恢复到最初安装的驱动程序。
    • ]]>
  • Spin lock update to fix a potential boot hang.
    • ]]>
  • 转动锁更新，以解决潜在的启动挂起。
    • ]]>
  • Fixes an issue where HDD logical volumes were not being detected at installation.
  • Fixes an issue where an updated driver was not persistent after a reboot. Previously, after updating the driver and rebooting, the system would revert to the originally installed driver.
    • ]]>
  • 修复了安装时未检测到硬盘逻辑卷的问题。
  • 修复了重启后更新的驱动程序不持久的问题。以前，更新驱动程序并重启后，系统将恢复到最初安装的驱动程序。
    • ]]>
  • Spin lock update to fix a potential boot hang.
    • ]]>
  • 转动锁更新，以解决潜在的启动挂起。
    • ]]>         ware vSphere 6.0]]> ware vSphere 6.0的支持]]> Added support for the following adapters:
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    ]]>         增加了对以下适配器的支持：
    • HP以太网10Gb双端口546FLR-SFP+适配器
    • HP以太网10Gb双端口546SFP+适配器
    ]]>         Added support for the following adapters:
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    ]]>         增加了对以下适配器的支持：
    • HP以太网10Gb双端口546FLR-SFP+适配器
    • HP以太网10Gb双端口546SFP+适配器
    ]]>         Added support for the following adapters:
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    ]]>         增加了对以下适配器的支持：
    • HP以太网10Gb双端口546FLR-SFP+适配器
    • HP以太网10Gb双端口546SFP+适配器
    ]]>         Added support for the following adapters:
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    ]]>         增加了对以下适配器的支持：
    • HP以太网10Gb双端口546FLR-SFP+适配器
    • HP以太网10Gb双端口546SFP+适配器
    ]]>         Added support for the following adapters:
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    ]]>         增加了对以下适配器的支持：
    • HP以太网10Gb双端口546FLR-SFP+适配器
    • HP以太网10Gb双端口546SFP+适配器
    ]]>         Added support for the following adapters:
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    • HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter
    ]]>         增加了对以下适配器的支持：
    • HP以太网10Gb双端口546FLR-SFP+适配器
    • HP以太网10Gb双端口546SFP+适配器
    ]]>
  • Fixes a hand during boot throug Windpws PXE environment.
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  • 修复了通过Windpws PXE环境启动时挂起的问题。
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  • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB Adapter
  • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M Adapter
  • HP NC553i 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter
  • HP NC553m 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter
    • ]]>
  • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 双端口 554FLB 适配器
  • HP FlexFabric 10Gb 双端口 554M 适配器
  • HP NC553i 10Gb 双端口 FlexFabric 聚合网络适配器
  • HP NC553m 10Gb 双端口 FlexFabric 聚合网络适配器
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  • An issue where VM's become hung or unresponsive due to the double completion of a single command causing the lost to become disconnected from vCenter.
  • An issue where OneCommand Manager (OCM) plugin for VMware doesn't find all adapters resulting in the adapter port inventory with no ports or very limited ports.
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  • 由于两次完成一个命令引起VM挂起停止响应，导致到vCenter的连接断开的问题。
  • VMware的OneCommand Manager (OCM)插件无法发现所有适配器，导致适配器端口清单没有列出或只有少量端口的问题。
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  • Resolves an issue where vPorts on an HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB adapter does not discover the targets and LUNs after a 3par node reboot.
  • Corrected Emulex Rubah Library issue where it returned a blank string for OptionROMVersion.

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  • 解决了3par节点重启后，HP FlexFabric 10Gb双端口554FLB适配器上的vPorts不能发现目标和逻辑单元的问题。
  • 解决了对于OptionROMVersion，Emulex Rubah Library返回空字符串的问题。

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  • Initial driver component for VMware vSphere 5.0/5.1.
  • Added UEFI support.
  • Added support for the following devices:
    •  HP StoreFabric CN1200E Dual Port Converged Network Adapter
    •  HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter
    •  HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter
    •  HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter
    • ]]>
  • 针对 VMware vSphere 5.0/5.1 的初始驱动程序组件。
  • 添加了 UEFI 支持。
  • 增加了对以下设备的支持：
    •  HP StoreFabric CN1200E 双端口聚合网络适配器
    •  HP FlexFabric 20Gb双端口650FLB适配器
    •  HP FlexFabric 20Gb双端口650M适配器
    •  HP FlexFabric 10Gb双端口556FLR-SFP+适配器
    • ]]>
  • Resolves an issue where vPorts on 554FLB CNA do not discover the targets and LUNs after a 3Par node reboot
  • Corrected Emulex Rubah Library where it returns blank string for OptionROMVersion.
    • ]]>
  • 解决了3Par节点重启后，在554FLB CNA的vPorts不能发现目标和Lun的问题
  • 解决了对于OptionROMVersion，Emulex Rubah Library返回空字符串的问题。
    • ]]>
  • Fixed data size mismatch between collected data and total minidump data size.
  • Fixed problem with discovery of any target id generated above 256.
  • Fixed multiple PSOD issues
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  • 已修复收集到的数据和总minidump数据大小不匹配的问题。
  • 修复了发现生成的任何大于256的目标id时的问题。
  • 修复了多个PSOD问题
    • ]]>
  • Updated driver component for VMware vSphere 5.5 with version 1.1.39.0.
  • Introduced initial support for ESXi 6.0
    • ]]>
  • 用于VMware vSphere 5.5的驱动程序组件更新至1.1.39.0版。
  • 引入对ESXi 6.0的初始支持
    • ]]>
  • Fixed multiple PSODs
  • Fixed QLA82XX not receiving any interrupts in legacy intx mode.
  • Fixed PSOD and IOMMU issues in a single CPU system
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  • 多PSOD中的修复
  • 修复了在传统intx模式下QLA82XX不能接收任何中断的问题。
  • 修复了在单CPU系统中的PSOD和IOMMU问题
    • ]]>
    This product now supports VMware vSphere 6.0.]]>
    该产品现已支持VMware vSphere 6.0。]]>