# changelog

author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.60_05-21-2018
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which, in combination with operating system updates, provides
      mitigation for the Speculative Store Bypass (also known as Variant 4) security
      vulnerability. A Medium level CVE has been assigned to this issue with ID
      CVE-2018-3639. Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution
      and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all prior
      memory writes are known may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an
      attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis. This security
      vulnerability is not unique to HPE servers and impacts any systems utilizing
      impacted processors.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigation for the Rogue Register Read (also known as
      Variant 3a) security vulnerability. A Medium level CVE has been assigned to
      this issue with ID CVE-2018-3640. Systems with microprocessors utilizing
      speculative execution and that perform speculative reads of system registers
      may allow unauthorized disclosure of system parameters to an attacker with
      local user access via a side-channel analysis. This security vulnerability is
      not unique to HPE servers and impacts any systems utilizing impacted
      processors.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which, in combination with operating system updates, provides
      mitigation for the Speculative Store Bypass (also known as Variant 4) security
      vulnerability. A Medium level CVE has been assigned to this issue with ID
      CVE-2018-3639. Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution
      and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all prior
      memory writes are known may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an
      attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis. This security
      vulnerability is not unique to HPE servers and impacts any systems utilizing
      impacted processors.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigation for the Rogue Register Read (also known as
      Variant 3a) security vulnerability. A Medium level CVE has been assigned to
      this issue with ID CVE-2018-3640. Systems with microprocessors utilizing
      speculative execution and that perform speculative reads of system registers
      may allow unauthorized disclosure of system parameters to an attacker with
      local user access via a side-channel analysis. This security vulnerability is
      not unique to HPE servers and impacts any systems utilizing impacted
      processors.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.66_07-19-2019
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigation for an Intel sighting where the system may
      experience a machine check after updating to the latest System ROM which
      contained a fix for an Intel TSX (Transactional Synchronizations Extensions)
      sightings. The previous microcode was first introduced in the v2.62 System
      ROM. This issue only impacts systems configured with Intel Xeon D-1500
      processors. This issue is not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.34_04-08-2020
changelog:
  -     Updated to the latest thermal support for the platform.
      
      Updated the RESTful API HPE BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.40_10-26-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains updates aligned with the Intel Product
      Update (IPU) version IPU.2020.2 guidance.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This version of the system ROM includes updates to the Intel Memory Reference
      Code which may help improve memory stability for systems configured with two
      DIMMs per channel. Please consult Intel sighting documentation for more
      details on the improvements included in the Intel IPU.2.2020 release. This
      issue is not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities documented
      as CVE-2020-8696. These security vulnerabilities are documented in Intel
      Security Advisory INTEL-SA-0381. The Intel microcode patches included in this
      release are version 0x02006A08 (CPUID 50654), 0x04003003 (CPUID 50656) and
      0x05003003 (CPUID 50567). These issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for BIOS advisories and security
      vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-0587, CVE-2020-0588, CVE-2020-0590,
      CVE-2020-0591, CVE-2020-0592 and CVE-2020-0593. These security vulnerabilities
      are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00358. These issues are not
      unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for BIOS platform code advisories
      and security vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-8738, CVE-2020-8739,
      CVE-2020-8740, and CVE-2020-8764. These security vulnerabilities are
      documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00390. These issues are not
      unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which addressed an issue where the system may get stuck in a
      reboot loop during memory training. This issue was introduced with the v2.30
      System ROM. This issue was not unique to HPE servers
      
      Addressed an issue where the memory locality of the ACPI SLIT table was not
      being created properly. In rare cases, the incorrect ACPI SLIT values could
      cause unexpected impacts to system performance. This issue was introduced in
      the v2.10 version of the System ROM and was not seen with previous versions of
      the System ROM.
      
      Addressed an issue where NVMe Hot-plug and Hot-add would not function properly
      with VMware. This issue did not impact NVMe Hot-plug or Hot-add with other
      operating systems.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system would not properly call out a memory
      replacement event in the Integrated Management Log (IML) if an uncorrected
      memory failure occurred during an Advanced Double DRAM Device Correction
      (ADDDC) sparing operation. This fix only impacts the incorrect logging of
      these events and does not impact the normal operation of the system in terms
      of causing uncorrected memory failures or causing any change to the operation
      of A3DC functionality. This issue only impacts systems configured for fast
      Fault Tolerant Memory Mode (ADDDC).
      
      Addressed an issue where the BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option for the
      Extended Memory Test could be automatically disabled after a system reboot.
      This issue was introduced with the v2.30 System ROM and was not seen with
      earlier version of the System ROM.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.00_09-05-2019
changelog:
  -     Updated the UEFI OpenSSL support to version 1.0.2r to address security
      vulnerability CVE-2019-1559.
      
      Updated the system thermal logic to support the latest system configurations.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.00_09-05-2019
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the Intel (Software Guard Extensions) SGX remote
      attestation functionality would not work correctly. This only affects
      customers who have installed Intel SGX enabled applications and have enabled
      SGX in RBSU.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Server Backup and Restore functionality may not
      work properly if initiated through the HPE RESTful API returning a message "An
      internal error occurred during RIS operation".
      
      Addressed an issue where the NVMe PCIe Resource Padding option in
      BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) would not properly allocated sufficient
      resources to support a NVMe hot add event. In certain configurations, an
      insufficient amount of resources would have been reserved and a reboot would
      have been required to detect the presence of the newly added drive.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system would not boot to a USB drive when a non-
      bootable (non-formatted) drive was also present in the system. This issue only
      impacts systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.10_09-12-2019
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigation for CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2019-11135,
      CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, and CVE-2018-11091. These
      issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigation for an Intel sighting where under complex
      micro-architectural conditions, executing X87 or AVX or integer divide
      instructions may results in unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not
      unique to HPE servers.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may experience a Red Screen (RSOD) during
      boot when a Matrox GPU is present and the server is booting in Legacy Boot
      Mode. This problem could occur with other optional PCIe graphics adapters.
      This issue is not intermittent and will occur on every boot with impacted
      optional PCIe graphics adapters with previous System ROM revisions. This issue
      is not seen with servers configured in UEFI Boot Mode or when using the
      embedded graphics controller.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.12_12-06-2019
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode and reference code which provides mitigation for CVE-2019-11157.
      This security vulnerability is not unique to HPE servers. This vulnerability
      only impacts systems with Intel SGX (Software Guard eXtentions) enabled (SGX
      is disabled by default). HPE strongly recommends that customers using SGX
      functionality upgrade to this revision of the System ROM to obtain mitigation
      for this vulnerability.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.16_05-25-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities documented
      as CVE-2020-0543 as well as CVE-2020-0548 and CVE-2020-0549, also known as
      CacheOut. These security vulnerabilities are documented in Intel Security
      Advisories INTEL-SA-00320 and INTEL-SA-00329. These issues are not unique to
      HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities
      documented as CVE-2020-0528 and CVE-2020-0529. These security vulnerabilities
      are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00322. These issues are not
      unique to HPE servers.
      
      Addressed an issue where the serial port would not function properly when the
      iLO CLI serial interface was also enabled on the platform. This could lead to
      the serial BAUD rate not being configured properly and the serial output from
      the host would be corrupted or no output would be seen.
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system could become unresponsive
      in POST when configured in Legacy Boot Mode when a USB Mouse is attached. This
      issue does not impact systems configured in UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where boot devices could disappear from the Boot Options
      menu in the BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) when pressing the F10 or F12
      key to save boot order changes.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST with a
      Red Screen Exception (RSOD) when the server was reset (restarted) at the same
      time that an iLO firmware reset was initiated. Note that updating iLO firmware
      results in the reset of iLO firmware.
      
      Addressed an issue where the System Utilities System Information data could
      not be successfully exported to an FTP (network) location. Previously the
      System Utilities would report the file was saved successfully but no actual
      information was saved on the network share.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.18_06-24-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode for Intel Pentium processors which provides mitigations for security
      vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-0543 as well as CVE-2020-0548 and
      CVE-2020-0549. These security vulnerabilities are documented in Intel Security
      Advisories INTEL-SA-00320 and INTEL-SA-00329. These issues are not unique to
      HPE servers. This update does not impact systems using Intel Xeon based
      processors.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system would become unresponsive with a Red
      Screen or hang when booting to FreeBSD R12.1 from a USB device when in Legacy
      Boot Mode. This issue did not impact systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode or
      when booting from other types of media.
      
      Addressed an issue where a dual port networking device may show up in the
      System Configuration Utilities with two Port 1 names instead of properly being
      represented as Port 1 and Port 2. This did not impact any functionality to the
      device.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20_10-27-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains updates aligned with the Intel Product
      Update (IPU) version IPU.2020.2 guidance.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities documented
      as CVE-2020-8696, CVE-2020-8694 and CVE-2020-8695. These security
      vulnerabilities are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00381 and
      INTEL-SA-00389. The Intel microcode patches included in this release are
      version 0x000000DE (CPUIDs 906ED, 906EC, 906EB and 906EA). These issues are
      not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for BIOS advisories and security
      vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-0593. These security vulnerabilities
      are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00358. These issues are not
      unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.16_05-25-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities documented
      as CVE-2020-0543 as well as CVE-2020-0548 and CVE-2020-0549, also known as
      CacheOut.  These security vulnerabilities are documented in Intel Security
      Advisories INTEL-SA-00320 and INTEL-SA-00329.  These issues are not unique to
      HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities
      documented as CVE-2020-0528 and CVE-2020-0529.  These security vulnerabilities
      are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00322.  These issues are
      not unique to HPE servers.
      
      Addressed an issue where the serial port would not function properly when the
      iLO CLI serial interface was also enabled on the platform. This could lead to
      the serial BAUD rate not being configured properly and the serial output from
      the host would be corrupted or no output would be seen.
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system could become unresponsive
      in POST when configured in Legacy Boot Mode when a USB Mouse is attached. This
      issue does not impact systems configured in UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where boot devices could disappear from the Boot Options
      menu in the BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) when pressing the F10 or F12
      key to save boot order changes.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during POST with a
      Red Screen Exception (RSOD) when the server was reset (restarted) at the same
      time that an iLO firmware reset was initiated.  Note that updating iLO
      firmware results in the reset of iLO firmware.
      
      Addressed an issue where the System Utilities System Information data could
      not be successfully exported to an FTP (network) location. Previously the
      System Utilities would report the file was saved successfully but no actual
      information was saved on the network share.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.18_06-24-2020
changelog:
  -     See the release document U44_2.18_06_24_2020 in Download Product Binaries page
      from Product Summary of the firmware product.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.30_02-11-2020
changelog:
  -     Updated the Workload Profile default to the High-Performance Computing (HPC)
      Profile.
      
      Added a new BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option to the Intel Persistent
      DC Performance Settings called Balanced Performance Mode. This option may
      improve performance of systems configured with Intel DC Persistent Memory with
      certain workloads.
      
      Updated to the latest thermal support for the platform.
      
      Updated the RESTful API HPE BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.38_08-14-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support for NVIDIA A100-40GB-PCIE Accelerator.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.40_10-26-2020
changelog:
  -     Added a new BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option to Memory Options called
      Refresh Watermarks. When selecting the Low Watermark setting, the memory
      controller will help reduce susceptibility to a DDR4 RowHammer attack. It is
      expected that a memory performance impact will be seen when enabling the Low
      Watermark setting. The default operation of the system has not changed and
      customers wanting to provide additional RowHammer protection should enable
      this setting.
      
      Added support to BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) to allow importing and
      exporting Secure Boot signature lists as a signed binary file. This is useful
      to import the Microsoft revocation list binary file into the Secure Boot DBX
      as found on the UEFI forum at https://uefi.org/revocationlistfile.
      
      Added a new BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option to Advanced PCIe Device
      Configuration called PCIe Switch MMIO Configuration. This option addresses a
      virtualization issue caused by different interpretations of the PCIe
      specification by disabling PCIE Switch MMIO Configuration.
      
      Updated the System ROM to allow for an increased amount of 64-bit Memory
      Mapped I/O available for third party options cards.
      
      Updated the System ROM support for One Button Secure Erase functionality with
      the latest HPE option devices.
      
      Updated the RESTful API HPE BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.10_03-09-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains the latest support for the HPE Smart
      Array s100i UEFI Driver. This system ROM is critical for customers who have
      enabled the HPE Smart Array s100i support. Please see advisory:
      <https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-a00097734en_us>
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the HPE Smart Array s100i Software RAID may
      experience potential data inconsistency during initial configuration or
      operation of a RAID volume configured in RAID 0/1/5/10 Fault Tolerant Modes.
      This issue does not impact systems configured in other RAID configurations
      such as single RAID 0 or 1. This issue does not impact systems that have not
      enabled Smart Array s100i support.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20_10-27-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains updates aligned with the Intel Product
      Update (IPU) version IPU.2020.2 guidance.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities documented
      as CVE-2020-8696, CVE-2020-8694 and CVE-2020-8695. These security
      vulnerabilities are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00381 and
      INTEL-SA-00389. The Intel microcode patches included in this release are
      version 0x000000DE (CPUIDs 906ED, 906EC, 906EB and 906EA). These issues are
      not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for BIOS advisories and security
      vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-0593. These security vulnerabilities
      are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00358.  These issues are
      not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.62
changelog:
  -     The list of issues resolved in 4.62 version can be found in the HPE Virtual
      Connect Release Notes at URL**: **<http://www.hpe.com/info/vc/manuals>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.63
changelog:
  -     The list of enhancements in 4.63 version can be found in the HPE Virtual
      Connect Release Notes at URL**: **<http://www.hpe.com/info/vc/manuals>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.63
changelog:
  -     The list of issues resolved in 4.63 version can be found in the HPE Virtual
      Connect Release Notes at URL**: **<http://www.hpe.com/info/vc/manuals>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.75
changelog:
  -     The list of enhancements in 4.75 version can be found in the HPE Virtual
      Connect Release Notes at URL**: **<http://www.hpe.com/info/vc/manuals>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.75
changelog:
  -     The list of issues resolved in 4.75 version can be found in the HPE Virtual
      Connect Release Notes at URL**: **<http://www.hpe.com/info/vc/manuals>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.80
changelog:
  -     The list of enhancements in 4.80 version can be found in the HPE Virtual
      Connect Release Notes at URL**: **<http://www.hpe.com/info/vc/manuals>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.80
changelog:
  -     The list of issues resolved in 4.80 version can be found in the HPE Virtual
      Connect Release Notes at URL**: **<http://www.hpe.com/info/vc/manuals>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.85
changelog:
  -     The list of issues resolved in 4.85 version can be found in the HPE Virtual
      Connect Release Notes at URL**: **<http://www.hpe.com/info/vc/manuals>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 0150-2.1
changelog:
  -     *The following fix is added in this version:-**
      
      -Removed action over FAULT_SENSED bit due to incorrect algorithm.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 4.1-2
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 4.1-4
changelog:
  -     *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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 7.02-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed in 7.02:**
      
        * A physical drive configured as a spare drive might indicate predictive failure sooner than expected.
        * Controller might stop responding during run-time (POST Lockup 0x13).
        * When drive write-cache is enabled, protocol errors are observed.
        * After hot-plug replacement of a hard disk drive, incorrect hard disk drive firmware version and upgrade recommendation were displayed by HP Smart Storage Administrator.
      
      **Problems Fixed in 7.02 (B):**
      
        * Component would fail to install firmware in a system configured with two or more external drive enclosures attached to an HPE Host Bus Adapter H22x. The following message would be reported - "Device appears more than once in tree". The firmware installation failure was not observed in configurations having only one external drive enclosure attached to an HPE Host Bus Adapter H22x.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 7.04
changelog:
  -      Disable controller lockup (lockup 0x13) that was caused by rare correctable errors in the controller on-chip memory.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 8.00
changelog:
  -      Drive temperatures for SATA drives might not be reported after hot-inserting the drive.
        * System might hang at POST following a reboot.
        * System fans might go to 100% if connected drives were spun down.
        * SATA SSD's were incorrectly marked as worn out.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 8.00-2.1
changelog:
  -      Updated to support Service Pack for ProLiant version 2017.07.0
      
                **Note:** If version 8.00 was previously installed, then it is not necessary to upgrade to version 8.00 (B).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 8.00-3.1
changelog:
  -      Updated to support Service Pack for ProLiant version 2017.07.1
      
                **Note:** If version 8.00 was previously installed, then it is not necessary to upgrade to version 8.00 (C).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 8.32
changelog:
  -     System can potentially stop responding with no lockup code due to livelock
      condition where the RAID Stack thread is polling a queue for a completion to
      be returned by the base code firmware


