# changelog

author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.02
changelog:
  -      Improved controller performance.
      
        * Servers now power up faster due to improvements in the UEFI controller driver.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.02
changelog:
  -      Flash-backed write cache might fail on embedded controllers following an unexpected power down event.
      
        * Detection of all physical drives behind the same expander might fail if a single drive did not spin up.
      
        * Server power up might take an extended amount of time if failed drives are present behind a controller running in HBA mode.
      
        * SATA drives might go offline during runtime.
      
        * Logical volumes might be disabled after flashing enclosure SEP device firmware.
      
        * Controller might stop responding when running IO with an attached Shared Storage enclosure (POST Lockup 0xAB).
      
        * Controller might stop responding when running Linux and an abort command is issued by the host.
      
        * An intermittent aborted IO request with attached SATA drives resulted in a LUN (Logical Unit Number) reset.
      
        * Incorrectly displayed drive failure message in HPESSA for rebuilding SSD.
      
        * Incorrectly displayed 0% progress message in HPESSA for sanitizing SSD.
      
        * Reduced likelihood of POST Lockup 0x13 occurrence due to intermittent memory errors.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.02-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed in 4.02:**
      
        * Flash-backed write cache might fail on embedded controllers following an unexpected power down event.
        * Detection of all physical drives behind the same expander might fail if a single drive did not spin up.
      
        * Server power up might take an extended amount of time if failed drives are present behind a controller running in HBA mode.
      
        * SATA drives might go offline during runtime.
      
        * Logical volumes might be disabled after flashing enclosure SEP device firmware.
      
        * Controller might stop responding when running IO with an attached Shared Storage enclosure (POST Lockup 0xAB).
      
        * Controller might stop responding when running Linux and an abort command is issued by the host.
      
        * An intermittent aborted IO request with attached SATA drives resulted in a LUN (Logical Unit Number) reset.
      
        * Incorrectly displayed drive failure message in HPESSA for rebuilding SSD.
      
        * Incorrectly displayed 0% progress message in HPESSA for sanitizing SSD.
      
        * Reduced likelihood of POST Lockup 0x13 occurrence due to intermittent memory errors.
      
      **Problems Fixed in 4.02 (B):**
      
        * Component might fail to install firmware in a system configured with a shared storage enclosure. The following message would be reported - "Device appears more than once in tree."


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.08
changelog:
  -      P741m controller missing the embedded SmartCache license key.
      
        * System might stop responding in response to a rare error (POST Lockup 0x13).
      
        * Drives might not appear as HPE authentic drives when used in a zoning configuration.
      
        * Deferred drive firmware flashing might hang at POST with some models of drives.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.52
changelog:
  -      System fans might go to 100% if connected drives were spun down.
        * SATA SSD's were incorrectly marked as worn out.
        * Poor performance on the first logical volume with drive write cache enabled.
        * Controller might hang or show as failed in the IML with 20+ SATA SSD's configured in a RAID6 volume with Smart Path enabled and IO running.
        * System might hang at POST following a reboot.
        * System might lockup at POST following a reboot (POST Lockup 0x13)
        * Duplicate SCSI devices shown in Linux after issuing a bus rescan command.
        * Recovered paths were not restored when using a SmartArray P742m controller connected to an external drive enclosure and a shared storage external enclosure.
        * Smart Array P741m controller missing the embedded SmartCache license key.
        * System might stop responding in response to a rare error (POST Lockup 0x13).
        * Drives might not appear as HPE authentic drives when used in a zoning configuration.
        * Deferred drive firmware flashing might hang at POST with some models of drives.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.26
changelog:
  -      Added support for new 6 HDD SFF backplane.
        * In rare circumstances after multiple, successive reboots, a system with 28 large form factor drives might become unresponsive. Firmware v1.26 resolves the issue.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 3.14
changelog:
  -      Online backplane expander firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux and Microsoft Windows environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 3.14
changelog:
  -     *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]


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 3.14
changelog:
  -     *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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 3.30
changelog:
  -     *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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.52
changelog:
  -      Support for 6GB SAS / 3GB SATA HDD. 
        * Added support for HP ProLiant DL 580 G5 & HP ProLiant DL 785 G5 Servers. Support is limited to 3GB SAS / 1.5GB SATA HDD.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.52-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Update Requirements:  
      **      Recommended: HP recommends that users should update to this firmware version at their earliest convenience.  
        
      **Important Notes:**  
            Updated the component installer. If you have previously updated to version 1.52, another update is not needed.  
        
      **Enhancements/New Features:**  
              Support for 6Gb SAS / 3Gb SATA HDD.   
                 
              Added support for HP ProLiant DL 580 G5 and HP ProLiant DL 785 G5 Servers. Support is limited to 3Gb SAS / 1.5Gb SATA HDD.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.02
changelog:
  -     *Update Requirements:  
      **      Recommended: HP recommends that users should update to this firmware version at their earliest convenience.
      
      **Firmware Dependency:  
      **     A minimum FW version 2.72 is required on your HP Smart Array controller when updating to 2.02 FW on your HP SAS Expander Card.   
        
      **Enhancements/New Features:**  
           Added support for a new hardware revision of the HP SAS Expander Card. This update is not required, but is recommended by HP in order to be at the latest shipping revision.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.04
changelog:
  -     *Firmware Dependency:  
      **     A minimum FW version 2.72 is required on your HP Smart Array controller when updating to 2.04 FW on your HP SAS Expander Card.   
        
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
        * Fixed a customer issue where SATA drives were not being correctly discovered. This discovery failure led to drive failures being improperly started once the SATA drive was rediscovered.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.06
changelog:
  -     *Firmware Dependency:  
      **     A minimum FW version 3.30 is required on your HP Smart Array controller when updating to 2.06 FW on your HP SAS Expander Card.   
        
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
        * Fixed an issue where HP 6G SAS hard drives would fail to spin up when configured as spare hard drives.
      
        * Fixed an issue where certain SATA hard drives would fail after an HP SAS Expander Card reset.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.08
changelog:
  -     *Firmware Dependency:  
      **     A minimum FW version 3.66 is required on your HP Smart Array controller when updating to 2.08 FW on your HP SAS Expander Card.   
        
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
        *  Resolved intermittent condition in which the HP SAS Expander card may not locate logical drives after a power cycle and will report the following error at post. 
      
       Slot 0 HP Smart Array P410i Controller (512MB, V3.66) 0 logical drives
      
      1785- Slot 0 drive Array Not Configured
      
      No Drive Detected


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.10
changelog:
  -     ***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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.10-3.1
changelog:
  -     ***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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 3.1.3.0
changelog:
  -     *Firmware Dependency:**  
           The devices listed below require minimum FW deliverables with HP Storage Manager version 3.1.3.0
      
           Device Minimum Version
      
        * HP D2600\D2700 Disk Enclosure 0147
        * HP 600 Modular Disk System 3.60
        * HP P2000 Modular Smart Array TS230P06
        * HP Smart Array P711m\P712m 5.70
      **Problems Fixed:**  
           Firmware 3.1.3.0 resolved the following issues:   
      
        * After flashing and resetting a D6000 enclosure, servers might not discover the enclosure for an extended period of time.
        * Upon replacement, a new switch might not be able to zone some of the devices.
        * Customer might not be able to download diagnostic logs.
        * Onboard Administrator (OA) sometimes alternated the status of the switch between Ok and Degraded.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 3.5.5.0
changelog:
  -     ***Firmware Dependency:****  
           The devices listed below require minimum FW deliverables with HP Storage Manager version 3.5.5.0:
      
        * **Device, Minimum Recommended Version**
        * HP D2600/D2700 Disk Enclosure, 0147
        * HP 600 Modular Disk System, 3.60
        * HP D6000 Disk Enclosure, 2.38
        * HP P2000 MSA Array System, TS230P06
        * HP Smart Array P711m/P712m Controller, 5.70
        * HP Smart Array P721m Controller, 3.54
      **Problems Fixed:**  
           Firmware 3.5.5.0 resolved the following issues: 
      
        * The folder "/var/log/messages" was not cleaned up correctly.
        * A newly hot-plugged blade server might not have displayed in Virtual SAS Manager (VSM) GUI and CLI.
        * Under rare circumstances, rebooting servers might have caused loss of paths to the drives.
        * Under rare circumstances, VSM GUI and CLI might become unresponsive after flashing and resetting the switch.
        * iLO might not have been accessible for long time on servers if multiple switches were booted up at the same time.
        * If a storage enclosure failed or was removed, or drives were lost, VSM might not have reported a hot removal.
        * When a SAS cable was connected or disconnected on a port, false DWORD errors might have been reported.
        * Some errors might not have been indicated by the LEDs on the switch ports.
        * A newly added server configured with an HP 1210m controller could not detect MDS600 storage enclosure.
        * After updating a storage enclosure firmware, the success message was not aligned properly in VSM.
        * While creating a new zonegroup, a message displayed that indicated the existence of a duplicate zonegroup.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.0.1.0
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features:**  
      
        * Added support for the HP MSA 2040 Storage System.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.0.1.0
changelog:
  -     ***Firmware Dependency:** **
      
           The devices listed below require minimum FW deliverables with HP Storage Manager version 4.0.1.0:
      
      **Device, Minimum Recommended Version**
      
        * HP D2600/D2700 Disk Enclosure, 0147
        * HP 600 Modular Disk System, 3.60
        * HP D6000 Disk Enclosure, 2.38
        * HP P2000 MSA Array System, TS230P06
        * HP Smart Array P711m/P712m Controller, 5.70
        * HP Smart Array P721m Controller, 3.54
      **Problems Fixed:**  
      
        * Fixed issue in which the "Create and Assign Zone Group" operation did not display an error message if the required zone group name was blank.
        * Fixed a rare issue where repeatedly rebooting the switch may cause some drives in the storage enclosure to not be detected.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.1.1.0
changelog:
  -     *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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.1.1.0-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Customers who already installed firmware version 4.1.1.0 do not need to update to 4.1.1.0(B).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.1.1.0-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features for FW version 4.1.1.0(B):**
      
        * Added component support for x64 operating systems.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.2.1.0
changelog:
  -      When a HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch  is configured with a very large number of physical drive bays (such as, 400 or more) and/or a large number of zone groups (such as, 16 or more), the switch manager GUI may not be able to load the configuration and show enclosure information.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.2.2.0
changelog:
  -      Firmware was changed to make it more robust and resilient to handle possible unresponsiveness due to a potential deadlock between multiple processes. If deadlock was to occur, it might cause an inability to establish an SSH session with the switch.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2008.06.11
changelog:
  -     Resolved an issue where the system would reset when an uncorrectable memory
      error occurred. This prevented the System ROM from attempting to isolate the
      failing DIMM(s) and from reporting the failing component location(s) to the
      user.
      
      Resolved an issue where the System ROM could incorrectly report and log a
      correctable memory error threshold event. This could result in the system
      reporting that a DIMM is degraded when a problem does not exist.
      
      Resolved an issue where the BIOS Memory Diagnostic would hang when the system
      contains more than 256 GB of memory. This issue could be seen when executing
      the BIOS Memory Diagnostic from the HP System Maintenance Menu or when the
      diagnostic is automatically executed during POST due to a change in the
      system's memory configuration.
      
      Resolved an issue where the non-maskable interrupt (NMI) button on the system
      I/O board would not function. Pressing the button would not generate an NMI.
      This functionality is not typically utilized by customers unless using the NMI
      button for OS-level debug.
      
      Resolved an issue where the iLO 2 Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) Button results
      in Windows reporting a recursive NMI bug check 0x111 when using the HP
      ProLiant iLO 2 Management Controller Driver.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2008.10.17-2.1
changelog:
  -     Added support for new versions of the AMD Opteron 8300-series Quad-Core
      Processor.
      
      Added a ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option called Processor Core Disable.
      This option allows disabling one-half the cores on a physical processor. This
      feature may be useful for environments where all processor cores are not
      needed when using software which is licensed on a per core basis.
      
      Added the DRAM Prefetch, Hardware Prefetch training on Software Prefetch, and
      Hardware Prefetch ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) options. These options are
      all enabled by default. With certain workloads, disabling these options may
      provide improved performance. Most workloads benefit from having these options
      enabled. In most cases, prefetching data will enhance performance because the
      prefetched data is often utilized. However, with a workload where the
      prefetched data is rarely if ever used, disabling prefetching may improve
      performance because the prefetch operations utilize bus bandwidth. It is
      recommended that users not disable these options unless they have performed
      application benchmarking to verify improved performance in their environment.
      
      Added a ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option called Memory Bus Speed with
      options of Auto and 533 MHz. Auto will run the memory at the maximum speed
      supported by the DIMM configuration. Selecting 533 MHz will force a maximum
      memory bus speed of 533 MHz even if the installed DIMM configuration could
      have run at 800 MHz. Running at a lower memory speed may reduce power
      consumption.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2008.12.05
changelog:
  -     Added support for HP I/O PCI-e and HTx Backplane.
      
      Added support for DDR2-800Mhz memory DIMMs.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2009.05.05
changelog:
  -     Added support for a new ROM Based Setup (RBSU) option called Low Power Halt
      State (AMD C1 Clock Ramping) where the customer can enable or disable the
      option.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2009.08.14
changelog:
  -     Added support for the latest AMD 8400 Series Opteron Processors.
      
      Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Release 2.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2009.08.14
changelog:
  -     *Upgrade Requirement:**
      
      Optional
      
      Users should update to this firmware revision if their system is affected by
      one of the documented fixes or 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 ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) would only allow
      the user to view 8 boot controllers. This fix will allow the user to properly
      set the boot controller if more than 8 mass storage devices are present in the
      system.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      When the 'Disable one-half of cores per Physical Processor' option is selected
      in the 'Processor Core Disable' menu within the ROM Based Setup Utility
      (RBSU), the system ROM may disable fewer than one-half of the total installed
      processor cores in the system.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2009.12.04
changelog:
  -     Added support for Power Capping and Power Metering on DL785 G6 systems.
      Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Firmware version 1.80 or later is required to
      support this feature on the DL785 G6. Power supplies available only in DL785
      G6 systems configured/shipped by HP are also required for the system ROM to
      enable this feature. Note DL785 G5 systems that have been upgraded with AMD
      Opteron 8400-series processors will subsequently report to be ProLiant DL785
      G6 servers, but because the power supplies necessary to support the Power
      Capping/Metering functionality are not available as upgrade options from HP,
      Power Capping/Metering will not be enabled on such servers.
      
      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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2009.12.04
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2011.05.02
changelog:
  -     *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: h
      ttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&obje
      ctID;=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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.12.09
changelog:
  -     *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 an issue that can result in significantly increased boot times and
      potentially degraded performance in an OS environment when 1 Terabyte (TB) of
      memory is installed and the One Terabyte Memory Limit option is configured to
      Enable All Memory in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). This issue was a
      result of improperly configuring processor cache settings. This issue does not
      exist with any other memory configurations.
      
      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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.12.17
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Fixes:**
      
      Resolved an issue where enabling AMD I/O Virtualization Technology (AMD-Vi)
      also known as IOMMU might cause operating systems to boot incorrectly.  This
      resolves an issue where the BIOS was not correctly configuring the system when
      the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option for AMD Vi was enabled.
      
      Resolved an issue where systems with AMD Opteron 6200 series processors
      running VMWare ESXi 5.0 or other Operating Systems might randomly experience
      kernel panics (Purple Screen indicating CPU x tried to re-acquire lock) under
      moderate to heavy network stress between VMs.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.06.04
changelog:
  -     Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated
      language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility
      (RBSU).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.06.04
changelog:
  -     *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 with DIMM LEDs
      illuminated 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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.02.02
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.09.03
changelog:
  -     Added a new ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option "Memory Proximity Reporting
      for I/O" that, when enabled, reports the proximity relationship between I/O
      devices and system memory to the operating system. Most operating systems can
      use this information to efficiently assign memory resources for devices such
      as network controllers and storage devices for improved performance. Certain
      I/O devices might not be able to take advantage of I/O handling benefits if
      their OS drivers are not properly optimized to support this feature. Please
      consult operating system and I/O device documentation for additional details.
      This option is disabled by default. This option is found in "Advanced
      Performance Tuning Options" under "Advanced Options".


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.09.03
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.09.03-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      Ver. 2014.09.03 (C)  contains a documentation update only and is functionally
      equivalent to ver. 2014.09.03.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision C
      if a previous component Revision was 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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2016.03.07
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue with AMD Opteron 6300 series processors in which the
      processor may experience unpredictable system behavior in virtualized
      environments due to an issue with the revision of the AMD microcode included
      in the 09/03/2014 revision of the System ROM. Only the 09/03/2014 revision of
      the System ROM is impacted by this issue. This revision of the System ROM
      contains an updated version of AMD's microcode that addresses this issue. This
      issue is NOT unique to HPE ProLiant servers and could impact any system
      utilizing affected processors with the affected AMD microcode. Due to the
      potential severity of the issue addressed in this revision of the System ROM,
      it is highly recommended that the System ROM be upgraded for impacted systems.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2009.05.07
changelog:
  -     Added support for a new ROM Based Setup (RBSU) option called the Removable
      Flash Media Boot Sequence where the customer can select the internal SD card
      as the first bootable device.
      
      Added latest marketing names for optional devices to the ROM-Based Setup
      Utility (RBSU).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2009.05.07
changelog:
  -     Resolved an extremely rare issue where the system may experience a hang during
      system boot (with a blank screen) when using AMD Opteron 8300-series
      processors.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2009.07.28
changelog:
  -     Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Release 2.
      
      Added support for AMD(R) Core Select technology when AMD Opteron 8400-series
      processors are installed. This ROM-Based Setup (RBSU) option allows selecting
      the number of processor cores that are enabled (from 1 to 6) per processor
      socket.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2009.07.28
changelog:
  -     Resolved an issue where the system could potentially source a memory error to
      the incorrect DIMM when the server is configured for Independent Channel Mode.
      
      Resolved an extremely rare issue where the server may experience a hang during
      system boot prior to any video being displayed.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2009.12.09
changelog:
  -     *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:**
      
      Updated the embedded NC532i PXE ROM image to 5.0.17 in order correct an issue
      where PXE boots fail when the PXE client is connected to a Flex10 device and
      requires a router to reach the PXE server.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system may experience performance degradation when
      using the July 2009 revision of the System ROM and AMD 8400 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 8400 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.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2011.05.02
changelog:
  -     *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: h
      ttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&obje
      ctID;=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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.03.19
changelog:
  -     Added a ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option to allow the system to run
      memory at the highest or lowest supported voltage.  In some cases, operating
      at the highest voltage may result in higher memory frequency settings and
      improved performance.  The option "DIMM Voltage Preference" can be used to
      select between "Optimized for Performance" and "Optimized for Power".  The
      "Optimized for Power" selection will run memory at the lowest possible voltage
      and may provide power savings.
      
      Added a ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option to disable the Stack Engine
      Prediction logic in the AMD Opteron Series 6200 processor.  The option "Stack
      Engine Prediction" is enabled by default and HP does not recommend changing
      this setting.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.03.19
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**  
        
      Resolved an issue where systems running with AMD Opteron Series 6200
      processors would not enter the Core C6 processor power state even when the ROM
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU) "Minimum Processor Idle Power State" was set to the
      Default setting of "Core C6 (CC6) State". Functional Core C6 is a requirement
      to fully enable AMD Turbo CORE Technology.  
        
      Addressed an issue where rare PCI Express Errors may have previously resulted
      in a system crash or unexpected system behavior without any source indicated.  
        
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.05.08
changelog:
  -     Updated language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup
      Utility (RBSU).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.05.08
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) HP Power Profile
      option did not correctly configure the Minimum Processor Idle Power State
      option.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.08.15
changelog:
  -     Enhanced logging of system errors to the Integrated Management Log (IML).
      Certain errors that may have resulted in a non-maskable interrupt (NMI)
      (Windows Blue Screen, Linux kernel panic, or VMware Purple Screen of Death) or
      system reset without an IML entry will now have an IML entry indicating the
      error type.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.08.15
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.12.08
changelog:
  -     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).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.12.08
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.02.02
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.02.02-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 2014.02.02 (B)  contains updates to the component packaging and is
      functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.02.02.  It is not necessary to upgrade
      with Revision B if a previous component 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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.12.31
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where systems running with AMD Opteron Series 6100
      processors could experience uncorrectable memory address errors when running
      with the "Minimum Processor Idle Power State" ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU)
      option set to "C1E State (AMD C1 Clock Ramping)". This error may not be an
      indication of a failed DIMM or other system component, but rather an issue
      with memory initialization which is addressed by this revision of the System
      ROM. When running with the 12/28/2011 system ROM, this error will be reported
      in the Integrated Management Log (IML) as an Uncorrectable Machine Check
      Exception with Bank 0x00000004, Status 0xXXXXXXXX'XXXDXXXX (where X indicates
      the value does not matter). HP recommends that users who are experiencing
      unexpected reboots with System ROMs earlier than the 12/28/2011 System ROM or
      Integrated Management Log entries as indicated when using the 12/28/2011
      System ROM upgrade to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any
      hardware components.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.02.02
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.06.04
changelog:
  -     Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated
      language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility
      (RBSU).
      
      Added support for Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV). SR-IOV can provide
      performance benefits in virtualized environments if the Operating
      System/hypervisor and installed I/O card support SR-IOV. This functionality is
      enabled via a ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced System ROM Option. It is
      disabled by default. When enabled, the System ROM will configure devices that
      support SR-IOV for use under a supported Operating System. Please consult the
      proper Operating System and Network Adapter documentation for a list of
      supported configurations.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.06.04
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.02.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.02.04
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue in which uncorrectable memory errors (or other fatal system
      errors) will not be logged to the Integrated Management Log (IML) when using
      some revisions of VMware ESX Server. These errors will result in a fatal error
      (Purple Screen of Death - PsoD) under Vmware ESX, but there will not be any
      indication of the error type (including no indication of an uncorrectable
      memory error or what DIMM has failed). The VMware ESX Server issue which
      causes this is addressed in VMware ESX 4.1 U1 and VMware ESX 4.0 U3.
      
      Resolved an extremely intermittent issue that can result in uncorrectable
      memory errors being reported. This will result in a system reset and an error
      logged to the Integrated Management Log (IML). If using certain revisions of
      VMware ESX Server, this issue will result in a fatal error (Purple Screen of
      Death - PsoD). This is a result of a processor issue and is NOT an issue with
      the DIMM or the system board hardware. The processor issue is completely
      resolved by the work-around included in this revision of the System ROM. The
      issue does not occur if the Minimum Processor Idle State option in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU) is configured for No C-states.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system may experience a hang during POST after
      switching the embedded SATA controller from embedded SATA RAID Mode to
      embedded SATA AHCI Mode.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.11.09
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an extremely intermittent issue that can result in a system reset or
      operating system crash (such as a Windows Blue Screen, Linux Kernel Panic, or
      VMware ESX Purple Screen(PSoD)). This issue is typically seen under Hypervisor
      based Operating Systems. Under VMware Operating Systems, this would be seen as
      a Failed to ACK TLB invalidate PSoD.
      
      Resolved an issue that could result in industry standard tools not reporting
      the correct chassis serial number and asset tag information when the server
      node is installed in a DL2000 chassis.  The industry standard SMBIOS Type 3
      Record had only space values in the Serial Number and Asset Tag Number fields.
      Note that if any scripted tools were dependent on these fields, an update to
      the tool may be necessary as these fields will change (to their proper values)
      after the update to this revision of the System ROM.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an intermittent issue that can result in chassis information
      (including the Chassis Serial Number and Chassis Product ID) being reported
      incorrectly due to corruption of the chassis' FRU EEPROM. The information may
      be reported incorrectly via industry standard tools, iLO pages, or the SL-APM.
      This issue only affects servers installed into an HP DL2000 chassis. This
      issue only affects the 11/09/2011 release of the System ROM and would not
      affect platforms using any other revision of the System ROM.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.03.13
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where systems could experience uncorrectable memory address
      errors when running with the "Minimum Processor Idle Power State" ROM Based
      Setup Utility (RBSU) option set to "C1E State (AMD C1 Clock Ramping)".   This
      error may not be an indication of a failed DIMM or other system component, but
      rather an issue with memory initialization which is addressed by this revision
      of the System ROM.  When running with the 11/09/2011 system ROM, this error
      will be reported in the Integrated Management Log (IML) as an Uncorrectable
      Machine Check Exception with Bank 0x00000004, Status 0xXXXXXXXX'XXXDXXXX
      (where X indicates the value does not matter).  HP recommends that users who
      are experiencing unexpected reboots with System ROMs earlier than the
      11/09/2011 System ROM or Integrated Management Log entries as indicated when
      using the 11/09/2011 System ROM upgrade to this revision of the System ROM
      before replacing any hardware components.
      
      Resolved an intermittent issue where performance of a SmartArray controller
      cabled to the hard drive backplane of the DL2000 chassis may be degraded. To
      completely address this issue, customers will also need iLO Firmware version
      1.28 or later. This issue only affects nodes operating in the DL2000 chassis.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.05.11
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where rare PCI Express Errors may have previously resulted
      in a system crash or unexpected system behavior without any source indicated.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.09.01
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.12.08
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.06.09
changelog:
  -     *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. A
      "232-Memory Initialization Error - Processor X, DIMM Y failed" (where X
      denotes the processor number and Y denotes the DIMM number) message may be
      displayed to the screen. 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.
      
      Resolved an issue where Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will display the message
      "NMI is stuck" during boot when the HP Power Regulator option is set to HP
      Dynamic Power Savings Mode.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.11.02
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.02.06
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the System ROM would not properly retry devices in
      the Standard Boot Order (IPL) with certain Network Adapters.
      
      Addressed an issue where servers using the 11/02/2013 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 11/02/2013 revision.
      
      Resolved an issue with the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) "Processor Core
      Disable (AMD Core Select)" Option. The 06/09/2013 and 11/02/2013 revisions 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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.11.02
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.11.02-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 2014.11.02 (B) contains a change to the Firmware RPM install command name
      from "cpqsetup" to "hpsetup" and is functionally equivalent to ver.
      2014.11.02.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if a previous
      component Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.11.02.
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2016.03.07
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue with AMD Opteron 6300 series processors in which the
      processor may experience unpredictable system behavior in virtualized
      environments due to an issue with the revision of the AMD microcode included
      in the 09/03/2014 and 11/02/2014 revisions of the System ROM. Only the
      09/03/2014 and 11/02/2014 revisions of the System ROM is impacted by this
      issue. This revision of the System ROM contains an updated version of AMD's
      microcode that addresses this issue. This issue is NOT unique to HPE ProLiant
      servers and could impact any system utilizing affected processors with the
      affected AMD microcode. Due to the potential severity of the issue addressed
      in this revision of the System ROM, it is highly recommended that the System
      ROM be upgraded for impacted systems.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.06.09
changelog:
  -     *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 with DIMM LEDs
      illuminated or boot with less than the expected amount of memory available to
      the operating system. A "232-Memory Initialization Error - Processor X, DIMM Y
      failed" (where X denotes the processor number and Y denotes the DIMM number)
      message may be displayed to the screen. 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.
      
      Resolved an issue where Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will display the message
      "NMI is stuck" during boot when the HP Power Regulator option is set to HP
      Dynamic Power Savings Mode.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.11.02
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.09.03-4.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      Ver. 2014.09.03 (D) contains a change to the Firmware RPM install command name
      from "cpqsetup" to "hpsetup" and is functionally equivalent to ver.
      2014.09.03.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision D if a previous
      component Revision was 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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.09.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This System ROM release is the minimum recommended version supported by this
      server. 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
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      This is the initial version of the firmware.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.12.08
changelog:
  -     *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 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 09/01/2012 system ROM.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.11.02
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.08.16
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      For servers using Intel Xeon processor 5600 series, resolve an issue where an
      Uncorrectable Memory Error or Exceeded Correctable Memory Error Threshold
      Event may occur. These errors may result in events logged to the Integrated
      Management Log (IML) and the System Health LED illuminating blinking amber.
      Additionally, if an Uncorrectable Memory Error occurs, the system will reset
      and error messages indicating the failure will be displayed during Power On
      Self Test (POST). These errors do not indicate a problem with the memory DIMMs
      or the server system board. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers
      and is resolved by a new revision of Intel's microcode for Intel Xeon
      processor 5600 series that is implemented in this version of the System ROM.
      Intel Xeon processor 5500 series are not affected by this issue. Note: After
      completing the flash upgrade process for this revision of the System ROM, the
      server should be power cycled.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems running
      with the 10/15/2010 System ROM revisions. The 10/15/2010 System ROM revisions
      have a known issue which can result in uncorrectable memory errors and
      correctable memory threshold errors and should not be utilized. These errors
      are due to a firmware issue and not a result of a problem with the system
      hardware or installed DIMMs.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the actual
      operating frequency of the installed memory. This is supporting a newly
      defined industry standard field. Utilities to display this information may not
      yet be available.
      
      Added a new ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced Performance Tuning option
      known as QPI Bandwidth Optimization(RTID) to optimize link bandwidth settings
      for 2-Socket Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. These settings (also known as
      RTIDs) allow the user to balance bandwidth allocated between processors,
      memory, and I/O. While the balanced option (default) is recommended for the
      majority of customers, some benchmarks and workloads may show improved
      performance using different settings that allow optimization for memory
      streaming or I/O streaming. Customers that deploy I/O intensive applications
      such as seen with multiple GPUs, might see an improvement in GPU processing
      throughput when using the Optimized for I/O setting. This option is not
      available for systems utilizing Intel Xeon 5500-series processors.
      
      Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Added the Power-On Logo option to the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to allow
      the system to always display option ROM messages during system boot.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.30
changelog:
  -     Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.30
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where Online Spare (OLS) Advanced Memory Protection Mode
      does not function properly when a system contains six 32 GB DIMMs on any
      processor (two 32 GB DIMMs per channel for all 3 channels on the processor).
      When Online Spare Mode is enabled for a system with six 32 GB DIMMs on a
      processor, the system will NOT be protected by the spare memory and one
      channel of memory per processor in this configuration will not be available to
      the operating system. The system will indicate it is in Advanced ECC mode
      during system boot, but not all installed memory will be available to the
      operating system as would normally occur in Advanced ECC Mode. Customers
      configuring their system for Online Spare Mode with six 32 GB DIMMs per
      installed processor should update their System ROM. Note: Because 32 GB DIMMs
      are quad-rank, six 32 GB DIMMs per processor is the maximum supported.
      
      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.
      
      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.
      
      Resolved an issue where the iLO TEXTCONs feature would not function properly
      with the latest Linux kernels, including RHEL 6 and SLES 11 SP1. The issue is
      usually seen as TEXTCONs data no longer being received once the operating
      system has loaded.
      
      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 optical drive.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system would not boot from iLO Virtual USB devices
      when configured with multiple local USB devices. This issue is usually seen as
      a failure to boot an iLO Virtual Medial USB key when 2 or more USB keys are
      installed locally in the server. iLO Virtual Devices will now always have
      priority over local USB devices.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system may experience a Windows Blue Screen
      (BSOD), Linux kernel panic, VMware ESX Server Purple Screen of Death (PSoD),
      or unexpected reset when configured with an HP NC382T Network controller in
      PCI-E slot 6. In addition, this ROM update adds a new ROM-Based Setup Utility
      (RBSU) Advanced option that allows the user to configure the PCI-Express speed
      for Slot 6 independently from other slots in the system. Users with devices
      installed in PCI-E slot 6 and are experiencing unexplained system resets or
      crashes should use this new option to limit the speed of PCI-E Slot 6 to
      Generation 1 to determine if this addresses the issue.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.05.05
changelog:
  -     Enhanced HP's Memory Pre-failure Alert support with HP Advanced Memory Error
      Detection Technology. This innovation analyzes multiple parameters of
      correctable memory error events and intelligently detects when the system is
      at an increased probability of non-recoverable memory conditions that would
      result in unplanned downtime or when correctable memory errors may degrade
      system performance. HP Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology will
      increase server uptime by accurately determining when a server administrator
      should schedule planned maintenance to replace DIMMs preventing unnecessary
      planned downtime and reducing the probability of unplanned downtime.
      
      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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.05.05
changelog:
  -     *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.c
      om/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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.12.02
changelog:
  -     *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&obj
      ectID=c02838375](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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.07.02
changelog:
  -     *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.c
      om/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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2015.08.16
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      While HP ProLiant servers using impacted Intel processors are not vulnerable
      to the specific attack announced publicly at the Blackhat USA 2015 security
      conference, this BIOS update includes updated microcodes from Intel which
      prevent the possibility of exploiting the processor vulnerability that make
      the attack possible. This Intel processor vulnerability is NOT unique to HP
      ProLiant servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.05.20
changelog:
  -     Added new Advanced Performance Options in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU)
      for DCU Prefetcher and Data Reuse. These options are only available when the
      system is using Intel 5600-series Xeon processors. These options are enabled
      by default (and are always enabled on previous revisions of the System ROM
      when using Intel 5600-series Xeon processors). While these options should
      remain enabled in most environments for optimum performance, in some high CPU-
      utilization environments disabling DCU Prefetcher and/or Data Reuse will
      improve overall performance. HP measurements indicate an ~8% performance
      increase with the SPECjbb2005 benchmark and ~4.6% performance increase with
      SAP when DCU Prefetcher and Data Reuse are disabled.
      
      Added a new Turbo Boost Optimization option in the ROM Based Setup Utility
      (RBSU). This option allows the user to choose between the traditional
      performance optimized behavior or a more power efficient behavior. This option
      is only valid when the Intel Turbo Boost Technology feature is enabled.
      
      Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Added support for HP's Converged Network Adapters (CNA). When a CNA capable
      mezzanine is installed, the user can configure the network boot protocol for
      iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) from the ROM Based Setup Utility.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.05.20
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where the system may experience a hang during the subsequent
      boot after changing the Processor Core Disable option in the ROM Based Setup
      Utility or via the SmartStart Scripting Toolkit. This issue is only seen if
      the system is warm reset via the iLO power management interface or from a
      CTRL-ALT-DEL instead of properly exiting the configuration utilities.
      
      Resolved an issue where a VT-d aware Operating System may experience a hang
      when the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option for VT-d is enabled (it is
      enabled by default). If using Intel VT-d support with the Xen hypervisor, the
      System ROM must be updated to this revision.
      
      Resolved an issue that resulted in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 logging
      warning messages into the system event log pertaining to the processor's
      frequency being limited by firmware, or unexpected performance results. Prior
      to this workaround, the System Firmware was incorrectly mapping the
      Collaborate Power Control interface for a subset of installed processors. The
      issue could be observed with one and two socket Intel 5500 series XEON
      processor and two socket Intel 5600 series XEON configurations. As of the date
      of this release, only Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 installations with the
      default setting for Collaborative Power Control being left enabled, are
      affected.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems running
      with the 10/13/2010 System ROM revisions. The 10/13/2010 System ROM revisions
      have a known issue which can result in uncorrectable memory errors and
      correctable memory threshold errors and should not be utilized. These errors
      are due to a firmware issue and not a result of a problem with the system
      hardware or installed DIMMs.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the actual
      operating frequency of the installed memory. This is supporting a newly
      defined industry standard field. Utilities to display this information may not
      yet be available.
      
      Added a new ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced Performance Tuning option
      known as QPI Bandwidth Optimization(RTID) to optimize link bandwidth settings
      for 2-Socket Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. These settings (also known as
      RTIDs) allow the user to balance bandwidth allocated between processors,
      memory, and I/O. While the balanced option (default) is recommended for the
      majority of customers, some benchmarks and workloads may show improved
      performance using different settings that allow optimization for memory
      streaming or I/O streaming. Customers that deploy I/O intensive applications
      such as seen with multiple GPUs, might see an improvement in GPU processing
      throughput when using the Optimized for I/O setting. This option is not
      available for systems utilizing Intel Xeon 5500-series processors.
      
      Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Added the Power-On Logo option to the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to allow
      the system to always display option ROM messages during system boot.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.29-2
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      CP014772.SCEXE  ver. 2011.01.29 (B), which replaces the previous
      CP014697.SCEXE  ver. 2011.01.29 (A), contains a documentation update only.
      2011.01.29 (A) is functionally equivalent to 2011.01.29 (B) and it is not
      necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to
      upgrade the system ROM to version 2011.01.29.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where Online Spare (OLS) Advanced Memory Protection Mode
      does not function properly when a system contains six 32 GB DIMMs on any
      processor (two 32 GB DIMMs per channel for all 3 channels on the processor).
      When Online Spare Mode is enabled for a system with six 32 GB DIMMs on a
      processor, the system will NOT be protected by the spare memory and one
      channel of memory per processor in this configuration will not be available to
      the operating system. The system will indicate it is in Advanced ECC mode
      during system boot, but not all installed memory will be available to the
      operating system as would normally occur in Advanced ECC Mode. Customers
      configuring their system for Online Spare Mode with six 32 GB DIMMs per
      installed processor should update their System ROM. Note: Because 32 GB DIMMs
      are quad-rank, six 32 GB DIMMs per processor is the maximum supported.
      
      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.
      
      Resolved an issue where the iLO TEXTCONs feature would not function properly
      with the latest Linux kernels, including RHEL 6 and SLES 11 SP1. The issue is
      usually seen as TEXTCONs data no longer being received once the operating
      system has loaded.
      
      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 optical drive.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system would not boot from iLO Virtual USB devices
      when configured with multiple local USB devices. This issue is usually seen as
      a failure to boot an iLO Virtual Medial USB key when 2 or more USB keys are
      installed locally in the server. iLO Virtual Devices will now always have
      priority over local USB devices.
      
      Resolved an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables incorrectly
      identified the server as a rack server instead of a blade server. This issue
      could have caused software to incorrectly report the server as a rack server.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems running
      with the 10/16/2010 System ROM revisions. The 10/16/2010 System ROM revisions
      have a known issue which can result in uncorrectable memory errors and
      correctable memory threshold errors and should not be utilized. These errors
      are due to a firmware issue and not a result of a problem with the system
      hardware or installed DIMMs.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the actual
      operating frequency of the installed memory. This is supporting a newly
      defined industry standard field. Utilities to display this information may not
      yet be available.
      
      Added a new ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced Performance Tuning option
      known as QPI Bandwidth Optimization(RTID) to optimize link bandwidth settings
      for 2-Socket Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. These settings (also known as
      RTIDs) allow the user to balance bandwidth allocated between processors,
      memory, and I/O. While the balanced option (default) is recommended for the
      majority of customers, some benchmarks and workloads may show improved
      performance using different settings that allow optimization for memory
      streaming or I/O streaming. Customers that deploy I/O intensive applications
      such as seen with multiple GPUs, might see an improvement in GPU processing
      throughput when using the Optimized for I/O setting. This option is not
      available for systems utilizing Intel Xeon 5500-series processors.
      
      Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Added the Power-On Logo option to the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to allow
      the system to always display option ROM messages during system boot.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.29
changelog:
  -     Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Added support for disabling the embedded NC362i network controller to the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU) PCI Enable/Disable Menu.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.29
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where Online Spare (OLS) Advanced Memory Protection Mode
      does not function properly when a system contains six 32 GB DIMMs on any
      processor (two 32 GB DIMMs per channel for all 3 channels on the processor).
      When Online Spare Mode is enabled for a system with six 32 GB DIMMs on a
      processor, the system will NOT be protected by the spare memory and one
      channel of memory per processor in this configuration will not be available to
      the operating system. The system will indicate it is in Advanced ECC mode
      during system boot, but not all installed memory will be available to the
      operating system as would normally occur in Advanced ECC Mode. Customers
      configuring their system for Online Spare Mode with six 32 GB DIMMs per
      installed processor should update their System ROM. Note: Because 32 GB DIMMs
      are quad-rank, six 32 GB DIMMs per processor is the maximum supported.
      
      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.
      
      Resolved an issue where the iLO TEXTCONs feature would not function properly
      with the latest Linux kernels, including RHEL 6 and SLES 11 SP1. The issue is
      usually seen as TEXTCONs data no longer being received once the operating
      system has loaded.
      
      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 optical drive.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system would not boot from iLO Virtual USB devices
      when configured with multiple local USB devices. This issue is usually seen as
      a failure to boot an iLO Virtual Medial USB key when 2 or more USB keys are
      installed locally in the server. iLO Virtual Devices will now always have
      priority over local USB devices.
      
      Resolved an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables incorrectly
      identified the server as a rack server instead of a blade server. This issue
      could have caused software to incorrectly report the server as a rack server.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.05.05
changelog:
  -     *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.c
      om/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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.12.02
changelog:
  -     *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&obj
      ectID=c02838375](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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.29
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **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.
      
      Resolved an issue where the iLO TEXTCONs feature would not function properly
      with the latest Linux kernels, including RHEL 6 and SLES 11 SP1. The issue is
      usually seen as TEXTCONs data no longer being received once the operating
      system has loaded.
      
      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 optical drive.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system would not boot from iLO Virtual USB devices
      when configured with multiple local USB devices. This issue is usually seen as
      a failure to boot an iLO Virtual Medial USB key when 2 or more USB keys are
      installed locally in the server. iLO Virtual Devices will now always have
      priority over local USB devices.
      
      Resolved an issue where the industry standard SMBIOS tables incorrectly
      identified the server as a rack server instead of a blade server. This issue
      could have caused software to incorrectly report the server as a rack server.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.05.05
changelog:
  -     *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.c
      om/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.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.12.02
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support to the HP ProLiant WS460c G6 for Nvidia Quadro 3000/1000 MXM
      Graphics Cards on a Multi-MXM PCIe card.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.10.01
changelog:
  -     *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.c
      om/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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2015.01.22
changelog:
  -     *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.c
      om/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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems running
      with the 11/04/2011 System ROM revision.  The 11/04/2011 System ROM revision
      has a known issue where embedded PCI Express devices or PCI Express devices
      installed in expansion slots intermittently may not be available after a warm
      reboot.  In this case, the PCI Express device would not be bootable (for
      bootable PCI Express devices) and would not be recognized by the operating
      system.  
        
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue in the 11/04/2011 System ROM where embedded PCI Express
      devices or PCI Express devices installed in mezzanine slots may not be
      available after a server warm reset.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system may intermittently report a "207-Memory
      initialization error on Processor X, DIMM Y. The operating system may not have
      access to all of the memory installed in the system" error during system boot.
      When this error is reported, the memory associated with the reported DIMM will
      not be seen by the server or available to the operating system. This error may
      NOT be an indication of a failed processor, failed DIMM, or failed system
      board, but rather an issue with memory initialization which is addressed by
      this System ROM release. HP recommends that users who are experiencing this
      error during system boot upgrade to this revision of the System ROM before
      replacing any hardware components.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system may report the following error: "210 -
      Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) Link Degradation. A QPI link is operating in a
      degraded performance state". This issue can occur on systems configured with
      Intel Xeon processors that operate with QPI Links at 5.8 or 4.8 GT/s. This
      error is a firmware issue and not a result of any issues with the system
      hardware.
      
      Resolved an extremely rare issue where a platform running a VMware Operating
      System, with MCA Recovery enabled, may not properly detect a recoverable
      uncorrectable memory error condition and properly respond to this event. This
      can result in the server resetting and logging an uncorrectable memory error
      event in some instances.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.04.20
changelog:
  -     Enhanced HP's Memory Pre-failure Alert support.  The system will now use an
      improved algorithm to detect when the system is at an increased probability of
      non-recoverable memory conditions that would result in unplanned downtime.
      This will increase server uptime by more accurately determining when a server
      administrator should schedule planned maintenance to replace DIMMs reducing
      unnecessary planned downtime and reducing the probability of unplanned
      downtime.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.04.20
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      None  
        
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**  
        
      Addressed a processor issue with Intel Xeon 7500-series Processors and Intel
      Xeon E7-series Processors that may result in unpredictable system behavior
      including application level errors, system hangs, Windows blue screens, Linux
      kernel panics, or a VMware ESX Purple Screen of Death (PSoD).  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.  The fix
      for this issue does not impact performance.  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 an immediate
      update to firmware revisions with required critical fixes.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.08.04
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**  
        
      Added support for a ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option called SMI Link
      Power Management that allows the user to disable power management on the Intel
      Scalable Memory Interconnect (SMI) link. This option is Enabled by Default.
      Disabling this functionality will increase the server's idle power usage.
      While corrected events are considered normal and are expected on the SMI Link
      and do not affect operation of the platform, the occurrence of these corrected
      events can be reduced significantly by disabling SMI Link Power Management.
      These events are logged as correctable Machine Check Bank 8 and 9 errors in
      the operating system logs for certain operating systems.  While these events
      can be ignored, SMI Link Power Management can be disabled to reduce or prevent
      their occurrence if desired.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.12.03
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      None  
        
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where Low Latency Configurations would not function
      properly.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.04.01
changelog:
  -     The System ROM support has been enhanced to allow a system to continue booting
      when a memory training failure occurs. Previous versions of the System ROM
      would have halted during boot. When a memory training failure occurs, not all
      installed memory will be available to the operating system. The System ROM
      will log a 207 - Memory Initialization Error to the Integrated Management Log
      (IML) when this condition occurs.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.04.01
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.07.01
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     Enhanced the correctable memory error threshold error event handling to
      isolate degraded DIMM issues to a single DIMM when the Advanced Memory
      Protection Mode is configured for Lockstep Mode when the system is utilizing
      Intel Xeon 5600-series processors. With Intel Xeon 5500-series processors,
      correctable memory error threshold events can only be isolated to a pair of
      DIMMs when the system is configured to Lockstep Mode.
      
      Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the actual
      operating frequency of the installed memory. This is supporting a newly
      defined industry standard field. Utilities to display this information may not
      yet be available.
      
      Added a new ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced Performance Tuning option
      known as QPI Bandwidth Optimization(RTID) to optimize link bandwidth settings
      for 2-Socket Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. These settings (also known as
      RTIDs) allow the user to balance bandwidth allocated between processors,
      memory, and I/O. While the balanced option (default) is recommended for the
      majority of customers, some benchmarks and workloads may show improved
      performance using different settings that allow optimization for memory
      streaming or I/O streaming. Customers that deploy I/O intensive applications
      such as seen with multiple GPUs, might see an improvement in GPU processing
      throughput when using the Optimized for I/O setting. This option is not
      available for systems utilizing Intel Xeon 5500-series processors.
      
      Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Added the Power-On Logo option to the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to allow
      the system to always display option ROM messages during system boot.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Recommended to upgrade to firmware version 2010.12.01 if Lockstep Mode is
      enabled.
      
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems running
      with the 10/19/2010 System ROM revisions. The 10/19/2010 System ROM revisions
      have a known issue which can result in uncorrectable memory errors and
      correctable memory threshold errors and should not be utilized. These errors
      are due to a firmware issue and not a result of a problem with the system
      hardware or installed DIMMs.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where Uncorrectable Memory Errors will be logged incorrectly
      to the Integrated Management Log (IML) when the Advanced Memory Protection
      Mode is configured for Lockstep Mode in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      The Uncorrectable Memory Errors will indicate the incorrect DIMM as failed. If
      a system is configured for Lockstep Mode and an Uncorrectable Memory Error
      occurs, the DIMM indicated in the IML should not be replaced if the system is
      using a revision of the System ROM older than this revision. The correct DIMM
      will be indicated on the DIMM LEDs if the server includes DIMM LEDs. Note that
      Lockstep Mode is NOT the default Advanced Memory Protection Mode. If the
      Advanced Memory Protection Mode was never modified from its default setting,
      the system will not be affected by this issue.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.05.05
changelog:
  -     Enhanced HP's Memory Pre-failure Alert support with HP Advanced Memory Error
      Detection Technology. This innovation analyzes multiple parameters of
      correctable memory error events and intelligently detects when the system is
      at an increased probability of non-recoverable memory conditions that would
      result in unplanned downtime or when correctable memory errors may degrade
      system performance. HP Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology will
      increase server uptime by accurately determining when a server administrator
      should schedule planned maintenance to replace DIMMs preventing unnecessary
      planned downtime and reducing the probability of unplanned downtime.
      
      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).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.05.05
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **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 in which uncorrectable memory errors (or other fatal system
      errors) will not be logged to the HP Integrated Management Log (IML) when
      using some revisions of VMware ESX Server. These errors will result in a fatal
      error (Purple Screen of Death - PSoD) under VMware ESX, but there will not be
      any indication of the error type (including no indication of an uncorrectable
      memory error or what DIMM has failed). A VMware ESX Server issue which can
      result in uncorrectable memory errors this is addressed in VMware ESX 4.1 U1
      and VMware ESX 4.0 U3. This System ROM revision addresses the logging of
      errors to the IML.
      
      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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.29-2
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      CP014797.SCEXE  ver. 2011.01.29 (B), which replaces the previous
      CP014694.SCEXE  ver. 2011.01.29 (A), contains a documentation update only.
      2011.01.29 (A) is functionally equivalent to 2011.01.29 (B) and it is not
      necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to
      upgrade the system ROM to version 2011.01.29.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where Online Spare (OLS) Advanced Memory Protection Mode
      does not function properly when a system contains six 32 GB DIMMs on any
      processor (two 32 GB DIMMs per channel for all 3 channels on the processor).
      When Online Spare Mode is enabled for a system with six 32 GB DIMMs on a
      processor, the system will NOT be protected by the spare memory and one
      channel of memory per processor in this configuration will not be available to
      the operating system. The system will indicate it is in Advanced ECC mode
      during system boot, but not all installed memory will be available to the
      operating system as would normally occur in Advanced ECC Mode. Customers
      configuring their system for Online Spare Mode with six 32 GB DIMMs per
      installed processor should update their System ROM. Note: Because 32 GB DIMMs
      are quad-rank, six 32 GB DIMMs per processor is the maximum supported.
      
      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.
      
      Resolved an issue where the iLO TEXTCONs feature would not function properly
      with the latest Linux kernels, including RHEL 6 and SLES 11 SP1. The issue is
      usually seen as TEXTCONs data no longer being received once the operating
      system has loaded.
      
      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 optical drive.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system would not boot from iLO Virtual USB devices
      when configured with multiple local USB devices. This issue is usually seen as
      a failure to boot an iLO Virtual Medial USB key when 2 or more USB keys are
      installed locally in the server. iLO Virtual Devices will now always have
      priority over local USB devices.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.05.05
changelog:
  -     Enhanced HP's Memory Pre-failure Alert support with HP Advanced Memory Error
      Detection Technology. This innovation analyzes multiple parameters of
      correctable memory error events and intelligently detects when the system is
      at an increased probability of non-recoverable memory conditions that would
      result in unplanned downtime or when correctable memory errors may degrade
      system performance. HP Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology will
      increase server uptime by accurately determining when a server administrator
      should schedule planned maintenance to replace DIMMs preventing unnecessary
      planned downtime and reducing the probability of unplanned downtime.
      
      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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.05.05
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **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 in which uncorrectable memory errors (or other fatal system
      errors) will not be logged to the HP Integrated Management Log (IML) when
      using some revisions of VMware ESX Server. These errors will result in a fatal
      error (Purple Screen of Death - PSoD) under VMware ESX, but there will not be
      any indication of the error type (including no indication of an uncorrectable
      memory error or what DIMM has failed). A VMware ESX Server issue which can
      result in uncorrectable memory errors this is addressed in VMware ESX 4.1 U1
      and VMware ESX 4.0 U3. This System ROM revision addresses the logging of
      errors to the IML.
      
      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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems running
      with the 10/18/2010 System ROM revisions. The 10/18/2010 System ROM revisions
      have a known issue which can result in uncorrectable memory errors and
      correctable memory threshold errors and should not be utilized. These errors
      are due to a firmware issue and not a result of a problem with the system
      hardware or installed DIMMs.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the actual
      operating frequency of the installed memory. This is supporting a newly
      defined industry standard field. Utilities to display this information may not
      yet be available.
      
      Added a new ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced Performance Tuning option
      known as QPI Bandwidth Optimization(RTID) to optimize link bandwidth settings
      for 2-Socket Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. These settings (also known as
      RTIDs) allow the user to balance bandwidth allocated between processors,
      memory, and I/O. While the balanced option (default) is recommended for the
      majority of customers, some benchmarks and workloads may show improved
      performance using different settings that allow optimization for memory
      streaming or I/O streaming. Customers that deploy I/O intensive applications
      such as seen with multiple GPUs, might see an improvement in GPU processing
      throughput when using the Optimized for I/O setting. This option is not
      available for systems utilizing Intel Xeon 5500-series processors.
      
      Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Added the Power-On Logo option to the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to allow
      the system to always display option ROM messages during system boot.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.06.30
changelog:
  -     *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 Online Spare memory Mode would not function properly
      when 32GB LR-DIMMs were installed in the server platform. This issue was
      typically exhibited as the system becoming unresponsive during system boot
      when Online Spare was enabled with these DIMMs installed.
      
      Addressed an issue where Linux Operating Systems reported the following
      message: ERST: Failed to get Error Log Address Range, in the Linux DMESG log.
      
      Removed support for configuring the platform with the Memory Channel Mode
      configured for Combined Channel Memory Mode (Lockstep) and the Advanced Memory
      Protection mode configured for Online Spare with Advanced ECC. This
      combination is currently not supported by this server generation of platform.
      Platforms Servers that were previously configured with this option combination
      will have Online Spare Mode enabled but the Memory Channel Mode will be
      configured for Independent Channel Mode after updating to this revision of the
      System ROM.
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where a system may become unresponsive or
      experience a system reset when booting a Microsoft Windows Operating System.
      When this event happens, a Bank 5 Machine Check Exception was logged in the
      Integrated Management Log (IML).
      
      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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.11.12
changelog:
  -     Added support for Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 Series processors.
      
      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).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.11.12
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may experience a no boot condition on the
      reset due to a fatal error. This issue is typically seen as the server hanging
      at 20% progress in the Early Video Initialization.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.12.20
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where Memory Address or Command Parity errors may occur on
      servers configured with Intel Xeon E5-2400 series v2 processors and memory
      configurations where the memory speed is running at 1600 MHz or 1866 MHz.
      These errors may have resulted in the server resetting without notification of
      the error or the system resetting and displaying a "283-Memory Address/Command
      Parity Error Detected Error" and logging the event to the Integrated
      Management Log (IML). HP strongly recommends that all servers utilizing Intel
      E5-2400 v2 processors with impacted memory speeds update to this revision of
      the System ROM or later. This issue does NOT affect servers configured with
      the Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processor.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.02.10
changelog:
  -     Added support for the latest names for PCIe expansion devices to the ROM-Based
      Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Improved the power allocation logic for servers configured with Intel Xeon
      E5-2400 v2 series processors to more accurately determine the server's maximum
      power usage. Previous revisions of the System ROM allocated more power for
      server blades configured with Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 series processors than was
      necessary. With this revision of the System ROM, the enclosure may have
      additional power available to allow additional blades to be powered on with
      certain power supply configurations. This change does not impact servers
      configured with Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processors.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.02.10
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.09.01-2
changelog:
  -     Added support for the latest names for PCIe expansion devices to the ROM-Based
      Setup Utility (RBSU).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.09.01-2
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.11.03
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.11.03-2
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 2014.11.03 (B) contains a change to the Firmware RPM install command name
      from "cpqsetup" to "hpsetup" and is functionally equivalent to ver.
      2014.11.03.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if a previous
      component Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.11.03.
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.11.14
changelog:
  -     Added support for Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) for Intel Xeon
      E5-2600 v2 Series processors.
      
      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).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.11.14
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may not be able to enter processor idle
      power states (C-states) which can increase idle power when configured with 2
      Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2Series Processors. This issue may also result in a
      reduction of the frequency of the processor entering Turbo Mode which can
      reduce performance under certain workloads.
      
      Addressed an issue where Online Spare memory Mode may not function properly
      when 10 or 12 core Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series v2 processors were installed in
      the server platform. This issue was typically exhibited as an Online Spare
      switchover not completing and not being logged into the Integrated Management
      Log (IML).
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may experience a no boot condition on the
      reset due to a fatal error. This issue is typically seen as the server hanging
      at 20% progress in the Early Video Initialization.
      
      Addressed an issue where certain memory configurations with non-HP SmartMemory
      may have been running at frequencies lower than supported by the processor.
      This issue only effects systems configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 Series
      Processors and non-HP Smart Memory.
      
      Addressed an issue where servers configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2
      processors and 32 GB LRDIMMs may experience an increased rate of corrected
      memory errors or uncorrected memory errors. This issue impacts servers
      configured with 2 DIMMs per channel or 3 DIMMs per channel. Any server
      configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors using LRDIMMs should be
      updated to this revision of the System ROM or later. If experiencing memory
      errors with the indicated configuration, HP recommends updating to this
      revision of the System ROM or later before contacting HP service.
      
      Addressed an issue where Memory Address or Command Parity errors are not
      logged to the Integrated Management Log (IML) if they occur. With previous
      revisions of the System ROM, these types of errors would cause the server to
      reset without any notification of the error. A "283-Memory Address/Command
      Parity Error Detected" error will now be displayed during system boot and
      logged to the IML.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may not be able to boot Citrix XenServer
      6.2. This issue only impacts the 09/08/2013 and 09/18/2013 revisions of the
      System ROM.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.12.20
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where Memory Address or Command Parity errors may occur on
      servers configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 series v2 processors and memory
      configurations where the memory speed is running at 1600 MHz or 1866 MHz.
      These errors may have resulted in the server resetting without notification of
      the error or the system resetting and displaying a "283-Memory Address/Command
      Parity Error Detected Error" and logging the event to the Integrated
      Management Log (IML). HP strongly recommends that all servers utilizing Intel
      E5-2600 v2 processors with impacted memory speeds update to this revision of
      the System ROM or later. This issue does NOT affect servers configured with
      the Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processor.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.02.10
changelog:
  -     Added support for the latest names for PCIe expansion devices to the ROM-Based
      Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Improved the power allocation logic for servers configured with Intel Xeon
      E5-2600 v2 series processors to more accurately determine the server's maximum
      power usage. Previous revisions of the System ROM allocated more power for
      server blades configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 series processors than was
      necessary. With this revision of the System ROM, the enclosure may have
      additional power available to allow additional blades to be powered on with
      certain power supply configurations. This change does not impact servers
      configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.02.10
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.08.02
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.11.02
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2015.04.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support for the latest AMD based GPUs.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2015.06.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where systems configured with the ATI S4000x GPU adapter
      may experience unexpected shutdowns due to a thermal event.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.11.15
changelog:
  -     Added support for Intel Xeon E5-4600 v2 Series processors. Any system
      configured with Intel Xeon E5-4600 v2 Series processors MUST utilize this
      revision of the System ROM or later. Utilizing an earlier revision of the
      System ROM with Intel Xeon E5-4600 v2 Series processors will result in the
      system being unable to boot.
      
      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).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.11.15
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may experience a no boot condition on the
      reset due to a fatal error. This issue is typically seen as the server hanging
      at 20% progress in the Early Video Initialization.
      
      Addressed an issue where Memory Address or Command Parity errors are not
      logged to the Integrated Management Log (IML) if they occur. With previous
      revisions of the System ROM, these types of errors would cause the server to
      reset without any notification of the error. A "283-Memory Address/Command
      Parity Error Detected" error will now be displayed during system boot and
      logged to the IML.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.12.20
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where Memory Address or Command Parity errors may occur on
      servers configured with Intel Xeon E5-4600 series v2 processors and memory
      configurations where the memory speed is running at 1600 MHz or 1866 MHz.
      These errors may have resulted in the server resetting without notification of
      the error or the system resetting and displaying a "283-Memory Address/Command
      Parity Error Detected Error" and logging the event to the Integrated
      Management Log (IML). HP strongly recommends that all servers utilizing Intel
      E5-4600 v2 processors with impacted memory speeds update to this revision of
      the System ROM or later. This issue does NOT affect servers configured with
      the Intel Xeon E5-4600 series processor.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.02.10
changelog:
  -     Added support for the latest names for PCIe expansion devices to the ROM-Based
      Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Improved the power allocation logic for servers configured with Intel Xeon
      E5-4600 v2 series processors to more accurately determine the server's maximum
      power usage. Previous revisions of the System ROM allocated more power for
      server blades configured with Intel Xeon E5-4600 v2 series processors than was
      necessary. With this revision of the System ROM, the enclosure may have
      additional power available to allow additional blades to be powered on with
      certain power supply configurations. This change does not impact servers
      configured with Intel Xeon E5-4600 series processors.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.02.10
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.08.03
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2015.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where systems configured with certain 32GB LR-DIMMs could
      intermittently experience an issue where memory would not train properly and
      be unavailable to the operating system.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.40_05-06-2015
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the platform may become unresponsive during system
      boot when the server is configured for Legacy Boot Mode and the USB Boot
      Support has been disabled.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Intel NIC DMA Channels (IOAT) option could not be
      properly be configured from the Embedded UEFI Shell via the Sysconfig command.
      
      Addressed an issue where the +/- keys in the BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU) Boot Options menu were not functioning properly when configuring the
      server through a BIOS Serial Console Session.
      
      Addressed an issue where the fwupdate Embedded UEFI Shell command and the
      Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and
      not successfully flash the device.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may fail to boot properly to a Windows
      Deployment Server (WDS) when configured for IPv6 network boot mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where an optional PCIe adapter's legacy Expansion ROM may
      not run properly or the Expansion ROM's Setup Utility may not run properly
      when the server is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue was seen with a
      Seagate storage adapter but may impact other devices.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Administrator Password would not be properly
      configured from the Embedded UEFI Shell Sysconfig command.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system could become unresponsive when booting to
      Linux Operating when serial output was enabled from the operating system and
      the iLO Virtual Serial Port was the only enabled UART.
      
      Addressed various issues with webclient and ftp commands in the Embedded UEFI
      Shell.
      
      Addressed an issue in which an Interphase audio streaming PCI-express
      expansion card may not achieve optimal performance resulting in dropped
      packets when streaming data. A similar issue could be seen with other PCI-
      express expansion cards implemented with a PCI device behind a PLX PCIe-to-PCI
      bridge. This type of PCI-express card implementation is more common with older
      PCI-express expansion cards.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may experience a Linux kernel panic when
      booting from a SATA optical drive attached to the embedded SATA controller
      when the SATA controller is configured for Dynamic Smart Array B140i support.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system health LED would remain blinking RED
      (indicating a failed state) due to a power supply failure after the power
      supply had been replaced. Once the power supply is replaced, the system health
      LED should have returned to the blinking GREEN state. With previous revisions
      of the System ROM, the system health LED would not return to GREEN until after
      a reboot when a failed power supply is replaced.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system health LED would remain blinking AMBER
      (indicating a degraded state) due to an installed power supply not being
      plugged in after the power supply had been plugged in. Once the power supply
      is plugged in, the system health LED should have returned to the blinking
      GREEN state. With previous revisions of the System ROM, the system health LED
      would not return to GREEN until after a reboot when an unplugged power supply
      is plugged in.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system may become unresponsive when launching a
      guest operating system under a Hypervisor operating system such as Citrix or
      VMware when VT-d is enabled. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers.
      
      Addressed a possible issue where the platform may become unresponsive during
      POST when the user selects the Simplified Chinese language in System
      Utilities.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.50_07-21-2015
changelog:
  -     Added a Date and Time BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option to configure
      the Time Format. This option controls how the system date and time is stored
      in the Real Time Clock and presented to the operating system. By default, the
      time is formatted for Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The users may
      optionally change the time format to Local Time which removes the use of the
      time zone. This option may be used to work around interaction issues between
      the system and Microsoft Windows operating systems running in legacy boot mode
      that can result in the time to be incorrect.
      
      Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) IPv6 DHCP
      Unique Identifier menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will
      use the DHCP Unique Identifier (DUID) for IPv6 PXE Boot. By default, the
      system will use the server's Unique Universal Identifier (UUID). The user can
      now optionally select to use the DUID-LLT as the unique identifier for PXE
      Boot. This setting applies when the server is configured to UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.
      
      Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.50_07-21-2015
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may experience Machine Check Exceptions or
      unexpected reboots under heavy load and high temperature. This issue is NOT
      unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing these issues
      update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware
      components.
      
      Addressed an issue where the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU) Dynamic Power Savings Mode Response Option when configured for Slow
      Mode may not efficiently switch processor performance modes resulting in lower
      than expected performance.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may not properly respond to error events
      from devices attached to certain PCI Express root ports.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Channel Interleaving option in the ROM Based
      Setup Utility (RBSU) did not function when configured for Disabled. Even when
      this option was configured to Disabled, Channel Interleaving would be enabled.
      
      Addressed an issue where a server configured for UEFI boot mode may become
      unresponsive during boot when configured with an optional graphics controller
      that does not support UEFI boot mode. This issue does not affect systems
      configured in Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue in the HP RESTful API data model with the reporting of
      "EmbSasXBoot" and "SlotXStorageBoot" properties in the HpBiosMappings
      resource. The properties were not associated with the correct PCI devices for
      the embedded and optional storage controllers.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during boot when
      configured with a very large number of disks such as fibre adapters.
      
      Addressed an issue in the HP RESTful API BIOS support that resulted in
      internal HTTP sessions between BIOS and iLO left open during boot. This can
      result in the iLO Event Log indicating multiple events for HTTP session
      logins.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system would become unresponsive during boot and
      display a NMI error when configured with an optional PCI Express device
      supporting older versions of the PCI Express specification.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system would not reset configuration settings to
      defaults when using the Embedded UEFI Shell Sysconfig -d command.
      
      Addressed an issue where the HP RESTful API and Embedded UEFI Shell
      description of the storage controller may begin with an instance of 2 instead
      of 1 when only one storage controller was installed in the server.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may fail to boot a Linux Operating System
      when using serial console redirection when the physical Serial Port is
      disabled and the iLO Virtual Serial Port is enabled.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system configured for Legacy Boot Mode may become
      unresponsive during boot and display a NMI error when the Virtual Install Disk
      is enabled.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with an
      optional PCI Express based USB 3.0 controller installed may not be able to
      properly load the USB driver under the operating system. This issue does not
      affect systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.52_09-24-2015
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may experience Machine Check Exceptions or
      unexpected reboots under heavy load and high temperature. This issue is NOT
      unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing these issues
      update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware
      components.
      
      Addressed an issue where the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU) Dynamic Power Savings Mode Response Option when configured for Slow
      Mode may not efficiently switch processor performance modes resulting in lower
      than expected performance.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Channel Interleaving option in the ROM Based
      Setup Utility (RBSU) did not function when configured for Disabled. Even when
      this option was configured to Disabled, Channel Interleaving would be enabled.
      
      Addressed an issue where a server configured for UEFI boot mode may become
      unresponsive during boot when configured with an optional graphics controller
      that does not support UEFI boot mode. This issue does not affect systems
      configured in Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue in the HP RESTful API data model with the reporting of
      "EmbSasXBoot" and "SlotXStorageBoot" properties in the HpBiosMappings
      resource. The properties were not associated with the correct PCI devices for
      the embedded and optional storage controllers.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during boot when
      configured with a very large number of disks such as fibre adapters.
      
      Addressed an issue in the HP RESTful API BIOS support that resulted in
      internal HTTP sessions between BIOS and iLO left open during boot. This can
      result in the iLO Event Log indicating multiple events for HTTP session
      logins.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system would become unresponsive during boot and
      display a NMI error when configured with an optional PCI Express device
      supporting older versions of the PCI Express specification.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system would not reset configuration settings to
      defaults when using the Embedded UEFI Shell Sysconfig -d command.
      
      Addressed an issue where the HP RESTful API and Embedded UEFI Shell
      description of the storage controller may begin with an instance of 2 instead
      of 1 when only one storage controller was installed in the server.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may fail to boot a Linux Operating System
      when using serial console redirection when the physical Serial Port is
      disabled and the iLO Virtual Serial Port is enabled.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system configured for Legacy Boot Mode may become
      unresponsive during boot and display a NMI error when the Virtual Install Disk
      is enabled.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system configured for UEFI Boot Mode with an
      optional PCI Express based USB 3.0 controller installed may not be able to
      properly load the USB driver under the operating system. This issue does not
      affect systems configured in Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.00_12-28-2015
changelog:
  -     Added support for Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4 series processors.
      
      Added support for an optional Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0.
      
      Added support to detect and log when memory performance may be degraded due to
      a high rate of correctable memory errors. When this condition is detected, a
      new Integrated Management Log (IML) message will be logged indicating a "High
      rate of corrected memory errors, performance may be degraded".
      
      Added support to the Embedded UEFI Shell to allow the user to export Secure
      Boot certificates to a file.
      
      Added support to automatically initialize the Trusted Platform Modules (TPM)
      nonvolatile storage when the TPM is first installed on a platform. This
      feature helps avoid issues where a TPM may be locked out from use to an
      operating system and requires the user to manually clear the TPM setting from
      the BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) menus when first installed.
      
      Updated branding during the boot process and in the pre-boot System Utilities
      from HP to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. No branding changes were made that
      could impact software running on the system. Industry standard SMBIOS tables
      were NOT updated to reflect Hewlett Packard Enterprise branding.
      
      Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.
      
      Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.
      
      Added support for the industry standard SMBIOS Type 2 baseboard record.
      
      Added support to the HP RESTful API to allow the user to configure the UEFI
      boot order when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.00_12-28-2015
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the user may not be able to properly download an
      Active Health Systems (AHS) file from System Utilities or the Embedded UEFI
      Shell when certain date ranges were used.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system configured with a Trusted Platform Module
      (TPM) may improperly measure an extra EV_SEPARATOR into the TPM PCR7.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Active Health System (AHS) file could not be
      downloaded to the embedded SD card from the Embedded UEFI Shell.
      
      Addressed issues with USB support in the pre-boot environment when the system
      is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. These issues did not affect systems
      configured in UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where certain optional PCIe video adapters would fail to
      work properly when using a Linux operating system.
      
      Addressed an issue where industry standard SMBIOS Type 9 entries for PCIe
      Slots attached to a not installed processor did not exist.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Boot Configuration may not work
      properly when configuring these options through the HP RESTful Interface. This
      issue does not affect systems where the UEFI iSCSI Boot Configuration is
      configured through the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).
      
      Addressed an issue where the drives attached to an HP Smart Array controller
      may not be detected on the first boot after switching from UEFI Boot Mode to
      Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the PXE Boot Policy does not function properly when
      the Network VLAN Configuration option is enabled. When Network VLAN
      Configuration is enabled, the server would always attempt to boot both iPV4
      and iPV6 regardless of the PXE Boot Order Policy setting.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server would display a Red Screen error and
      become unresponsive when exiting the System Utilities Embedded User
      Diagnostics when configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact
      systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the HP ProLiant Dynamic Power Regulator would not
      function properly when configured for Slow Mode. In rare cases, this could
      cause the system to not optimally switch processor power states.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may display a Red Screen error and become
      unresponsive from the Embedded UEFI Shell when interrupting the ping command
      via a CTRL-C key press.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may report a 335-HP RESTful API error
      after setting the BIOS Administrator password through the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Date and Time may be set incorrectly when using
      the Date and Time option from the BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) when the
      Daylight Savings Time option is enabled.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may display a Red Screen error and become
      unresponsive during boot when more than 256 hard drives are attached to a
      storage controller. The UEFI BIOS will now limit the enumeration of bootable
      devices to 256 entries.
      
      Addressed an issue where video is not displayed when using the embedded video
      controller with certain newer monitors, such as the HP E190i, which do not
      properly operate in native resolutions such as 1280x1024.
      
      Addressed an issue with the incorrect version of the HpServerBootSettings
      schema in the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server could become unresponsive during boot or
      from the Embedded UEFI Shell when a Block I/O device such as a USB key or hard
      drive has a corrupt FAT32 file system.
      
      Addressed an issue where an erroneous 312 - HP Smart Battery error message
      would be displayed and logged to the Integrated Management Log (IML) on the
      first boot after the system battery was removed from the server.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI or Legacy Option ROM for a PCIe adapter may
      not be properly executed when installed in certain slots. This could cause
      such issues as an inability to boot using the PCIe adapter. This issue was
      seen with a Brocade network adapter but could be seen with other adapters.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may become unresponsive and experience a
      Machine Check Exception or NMI under heavy stress conditions when configured
      with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors and 64GB LRDIMMs in a 3 DIMM Per Channel
      configuration. This issue does not impact systems configured with other memory
      configuration including 64GB LRDIMM with less than 3 DIMMs Per Channel. This
      System ROM revision should be considered the minimum revision required for use
      with 64 GB LRDIMMs in systems with any memory channels containing 3 DIMMs.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may display a Red Screen error and become
      unresponsive during boot when the Embedded User Partition or Virtual Install
      Disk are enabled or if a USB storage device is installed when the server is
      configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured
      for UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20_05-05-2016
changelog:
  -     Added support for Intel Xeon E5-1600 v4 series processors.
      
      Enhanced PCIe resource allocation so that systems configured with multiple
      PCIe expansion devices may in some cases no longer report a "276 Option Card
      Configuration Error" during system boot due to not having enough I/O resources
      to support what is requested by the installed devices. This BIOS revision
      allows a wider range of PCIe configurations that request large amounts of I/O
      to be configured properly.
      
      Updated to the latest support modules for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology
      (TXT) including the Intel Authenticated Code Module (ACM) and Intel Secure
      Initialization (SINIT) module.
      
      Updated the HP RESTful API HPE BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.
      
      Updated the UEFI Secure Boot Key Database revocations list (DBX) with the
      latest version from Microsoft. This includes the latest list of revoked
      certificates.
      
      Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.
      
      Increased the default timeout value of the iSCSI UEFI Software Initiator boot
      to 20 seconds. This may help resolve issues of intermittent connection drop
      during an iSCSI boot.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20_05-05-2016
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where a system that experiences an HPE Smart Storage
      Battery failure may become unresponsive when configured with iLO Firmware
      2.40.Note there is an issue wherea system configured with Integrated
      Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.40 may experience an intermittent and
      false HPE Smart Storage Battery failure, logged in the Integrated Management
      Log (IML).Due to the BIOS issue addressed in this revision, the false HPE
      Smart Storage Battery failure may result in the system becoming unresponsive.
      This issue does not impact systems that are not configured with an HPE Smart
      Storage Battery or systems configured with iLO Firmware 2.30 or earlier.
      
      Addressed an issue where the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU) USB Boot Options setting may not properly allow the server to boot from
      the internal SD card before a USB key when SD is higher in the priority list.
      This issue only affects servers configured in Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the ambient temperature reported by the system during
      server boot may report incorrectly. This issue also requires an iLO firmware
      version update to a revision later than 2.4x which will be released later this
      year. This issue has no impact on the thermal operation of the server and is
      simply an issue with the temperature displayed during boot. While updating to
      this revision of the BIOS will not address this issue unless the iLO FW
      revision is later than 2.4x, there are no issues caused by updating the BIOS
      without updating iLO FW.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI or Legacy Option ROM for a PCIe adapter may
      not be properly executed when installed in certain slots. This could cause
      such issues as an inability to boot using the PCIe adapter. This issue was
      seen with a Brocade network adapter but could be seen with other adapters.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server health LED may remain set in a degraded or
      failed state after an error event was resolved during server operation.
      Previously, a server reset may have been needed to clear the health LED event.
      
      Addressed an issue where the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU) option for Embedded UEFI Shell Auto Startup Script Network Location
      does not accept an NSH file name containing upper case characters.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot options may
      become invalid if the DHCP server provides a new IP Address to a previously
      configured iSCSI boot option.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may become unresponsive during boot when
      configured with a HPE Dual microSD device when one of the microSD devices is
      failed or missing.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may assign incorrect ACPI NUMA proximity
      allocations for servers configured with two or more processors and with memory
      only attached to a single processor socket potentially leading to non-optimal
      performance. This issue does not impact servers with memory configured on
      multiple processors.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Automatic Server Recovery (ASR) setting may not
      be configured properly through the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the internal SD card would remain active after the
      user has disabled the SD slot from System Utilities BIOS/Platform
      Configuration (RBSU) option. This issue only affects systems configured in
      Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive when using the
      PING command from the Embedded UEFI Shell.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot options may
      become invalid if the DHCP server provides a new IP Address to a previously
      configured iSCSI boot option.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may fail to boot from existing UEFI iSCSI
      Software Initiator boot options if the user changed the iSCSI Target IP
      address.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may fail to boot from UEFI iSCSI Software
      Initiator boot options that has iSCSI Initiator or Target configured using
      static IPv6 addresses.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot option IPv6
      address cannot be configured using the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue that may result in losing the existing UEFI iSCSI Software
      Initiator boot options if any of the connection parameters (LUN, Remote Port,
      IP address, login credentials) change.
      
      Addressed an issue in reporting the incorrect PCIe slot number in the error
      messages of failed iSCSI boot attempts.
      
      Addressed an issue of iSCSI boot configuration options not being available
      from the HP RESTful API when there are no network adapters in the system.
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may become unresponsive due
      to a Non Maskable Interrupt (NMI) when performing a shutdown or startup from
      an Operating System.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.30_09-12-2016
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed a rare issue where fatal system errors may not be logged to the
      Integrated Management Log (IML) when an error occurs on any processor other
      than Processor 1.
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may receive a Red Screen
      error and become unresponsive during boot. This issue would not be seen if the
      ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Option for Dynamic Power Calibration is set to
      Disabled (the default for this option is Auto which could result in this
      issue).
      
      Addressed an issue where the system would become unresponsive during boot and
      display a NMI error when configured with an optional PCI Express device
      supporting older versions of the PCI Express specification.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.60_10-29-2015
changelog:
  -     Added support for an optional Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0.
      
      Added support to detect and log when memory performance may be degraded due to
      a high rate of correctable memory errors. When this condition is detected, a
      new Integrated Management Log (IML) message will be logged indicating a "High
      rate of corrected memory errors, performance may be degraded".
      
      Added support to the Embedded UEFI Shell to allow the user to export Secure
      Boot certificates to a file.
      
      Added support to automatically initialize the Trusted Platform Modules (TPM)
      nonvolatile storage when the TPM is first installed on a platform. This
      feature helps avoid issues where a TPM may be locked out from use to an
      operating system and requires the user to manually clear the TPM setting from
      the BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) menus when first installed.
      
      Updated branding during the boot process and in the pre-boot System Utilities
      from HP to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. No branding changes were made that
      could impact software running on the system. Industry standard SMBIOS tables
      were NOT updated to reflect Hewlett Packard Enterprise branding.
      
      Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.
      
      Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.
      
      Added support to the HP RESTful API to allow the user to configure the UEFI
      boot order when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.60_10-29-2015
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the user may not be able to properly download an
      Active Health Systems (AHS) file from System Utilities or the Embedded UEFI
      Shell when certain date ranges were used.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system configured with a Trusted Platform Module
      (TPM) may improperly measure an extra EV_SEPARATOR into the TPM PCR7.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Active Health System (AHS) file could not be
      downloaded to the embedded SD card from the Embedded UEFI Shell.
      
      Addressed issues with USB support in the pre-boot environment when the system
      is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. These issues did not affect systems
      configured in UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where certain optional PCIe video adapters would fail to
      work properly when using a Linux operating system.
      
      Addressed an issue where industry standard SMBIOS Type 9 entries for PCIe
      Slots attached to a not installed processor did not exist.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Boot Configuration may not work
      properly when configuring these options through the HP RESTful Interface. This
      issue does not affect systems where the UEFI iSCSI Boot Configuration is
      configured through the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).
      
      Addressed an issue where the drives attached to an HP Smart Array controller
      may not be detected on the first boot after switching from UEFI Boot Mode to
      Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the PXE Boot Policy does not function properly when
      the Network VLAN Configuration option is enabled. When Network VLAN
      Configuration is enabled, the server would always attempt to boot both iPV4
      and iPV6 regardless of the PXE Boot Order Policy setting.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server would display a Red Screen error and
      become unresponsive when exiting the System Utilities Embedded User
      Diagnostics when configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact
      systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the HP ProLiant Dynamic Power Regulator would not
      function properly when configured for Slow Mode. In rare cases, this could
      cause the system to not optimally switch processor power states.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may display a Red Screen error and become
      unresponsive from the Embedded UEFI Shell when interrupting the ping command
      via a CTRL-C key press.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may report a 335-HP RESTful API error
      after setting the BIOS Administrator password through the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Date and Time may be set incorrectly when using
      the Date and Time option from the BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) when the
      Daylight Savings Time option is enabled.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may display a Red Screen error and become
      unresponsive during boot when more than 256 hard drives are attached to a
      storage controller. The UEFI BIOS will now limit the enumeration of bootable
      devices to 256 entries.
      
      Addressed an issue where video is not displayed when using the embedded video
      controller with certain newer monitors, such as the HP E190i, which do not
      properly operate in native resolutions such as 1280x1024.
      
      Addressed an issue with the incorrect version of the HpServerBootSettings
      schema in the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server could become unresponsive during boot or
      from the Embedded UEFI Shell when a Block I/O device such as a USB key or hard
      drive has a corrupt FAT32 file system.
      
      Addressed an issue where an erroneous 312 - HP Smart Battery error message
      would be displayed and logged to the Integrated Management Log (IML) on the
      first boot after the system battery was removed from the server.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI or Legacy Option ROM for a PCIe adapter may
      not be properly executed when installed in certain slots. This could cause
      such issues as an inability to boot using the PCIe adapter. This issue was
      seen with a Brocade network adapter but could be seen with other adapters.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may not properly detect the HPE c-Class
      PCI Expansion Blade.
      
      Removed the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Automatic
      Power-on Option for Restore Last Power State as this option is not supported
      by blade servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20_05-05-2016
changelog:
  -     Added support for Intel Xeon E5-4600 v4 series processors.
      
      Added support for 128GB Load Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMM).
      
      Enhanced PCIe resource allocation so that systems configured with multiple
      PCIe expansion devices may in some cases no longer report a "276 Option Card
      Configuration Error" during system boot due to not having enough I/O resources
      to support what is requested by the installed devices. This BIOS revision
      allows a wider range of PCIe configurations that request large amounts of I/O
      to be configured properly.
      
      Updated the UEFI Secure Boot revocations list (DBX) with the latest copy from
      Microsoft.
      
      Updated to the latest support modules for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology
      (TXT) including the Intel Authenticated Code Module (ACM) and Intel Secure
      Initialization (SINIT) module.
      
      Updated the HP RESTful API HPE BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.
      
      Updated the UEFI Secure Boot Key Database revocations list (DBX) with the
      latest version from Microsoft. This includes the latest list of revoked
      certificates.
      
      Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.
      
      Increased the default timeout value of the iSCSI UEFI Software Initiator boot
      to 20 seconds. This may help resolve issues of intermittent connection drop
      during an iSCSI boot.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20_05-05-2016
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where a system that experiences an HPE Smart Storage
      Battery failure may become unresponsive when configured with iLO Firmware
      2.40.  Note there is an issue where a system configured with Integrated
      Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.40 may experience an intermittent and
      false HPE Smart Storage Battery failure, logged in the Integrated Management
      Log (IML).  Due to the BIOS issue addressed in this revision, the false HPE
      Smart Storage Battery failure may result in the system becoming unresponsive.
      This issue does not impact systems that are not configured with an HPE Smart
      Storage Battery or systems configured with iLO Firmware 2.30 or earlier.
      
      Addressed an issue where the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU) USB Boot Options setting may not properly allow the server to boot from
      the internal SD card before a USB key when SD is higher in the priority list.
      This issue only affects servers configured in Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the ambient temperature reported by the system during
      server boot may report incorrectly. This issue also requires an iLO firmware
      version update to a revision later than 2.4x which will be released later this
      year. This issue has no impact on the thermal operation of the server and is
      simply an issue with the temperature displayed during boot. While updating to
      this revision of the BIOS will not address this issue unless the iLO FW
      revision is later than 2.4x, there are no issues caused by updating the BIOS
      without updating iLO FW.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI or Legacy Option ROM for a PCIe adapter may
      not be properly executed when installed in certain slots. This could cause
      such issues as an inability to boot using the PCIe adapter. This issue was
      seen with a Brocade network adapter but could be seen with other adapters.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server health LED may remain set in a degraded or
      failed state after an error event was resolved during server operation.
      Previously, a server reset may have been needed to clear the health LED event.
      
      Addressed an issue where the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU) option for Embedded UEFI Shell Auto Startup Script Network Location
      does not accept an NSH file name containing upper case characters.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot options may
      become invalid if the DHCP server provides a new IP Address to a previously
      configured iSCSI boot option.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may become unresponsive during boot when
      configured with a HPE Dual microSD device when one of the microSD devices is
      failed or missing.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may assign incorrect ACPI NUMA proximity
      allocations for servers configured with two or more processors and with memory
      only attached to a single processor socket potentially leading to non-optimal
      performance. This issue does not impact servers with memory configured on
      multiple processors.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Automatic Server Recovery (ASR) setting may not
      be configured properly through the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the internal SD card would remain active after the
      user has disabled the SD slot from System Utilities BIOS/Platform
      Configuration (RBSU) option. This issue only affects systems configured in
      Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive when using the
      PING command from the Embedded UEFI Shell.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot options may
      become invalid if the DHCP server provides a new IP Address to a previously
      configured iSCSI boot option.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may fail to boot from existing UEFI iSCSI
      Software Initiator boot options if the user changed the iSCSI Target IP
      address.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may fail to boot from UEFI iSCSI Software
      Initiator boot options that has iSCSI Initiator or Target configured using
      static IPv6 addresses.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot option IPv6
      address cannot be configured using the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue that may result in losing the existing UEFI iSCSI Software
      Initiator boot options if any of the connection parameters (LUN, Remote Port,
      IP address, login credentials) change.
      
      Addressed an issue in reporting the incorrect PCIe slot number in the error
      messages of failed iSCSI boot attempts.
      
      Addressed an issue of iSCSI boot configuration options not being available
      from the HP RESTful API when there are no network adapters in the system.
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may become unresponsive due
      to a Non Maskable Interrupt (NMI) when performing a shutdown or startup from
      an Operating System.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.02.01
changelog:
  -     Added support for Collaborative Power Control.  This feature, when using an
      operating system that supports this functionality (such as Windows Server 2008
      Release 2), provides improved power management when HP Power Regulator is
      configured for HP Dynamic Power Savings Mode by allowing the operating system
      and platform firmware to work together to provide optimum control of processor
      frequency for improved power efficiency.  This functionality has no impact on
      system operation if using an operating system that does not support this
      feature or if HP Power Regulator is not configured for HP Dynamic Power
      Savings Mode.  The Collaborative Power Control selection in the Advanced Power
      Management Options of the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) provides the
      capability to disable this feature.  Only operating systems that support the
      Processor Clocking Control (PCC) interface allow for Collaborative Power
      Control.
      
      Added support that allows a system with two USB Drive Keys attached to boot
      from the second key if the first key is not bootable.  Previous revisions of
      the System ROM would only attempt to boot one USB Drive Key.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.02.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Updated processor microcode to the latest version released from Intel. This
      microcode addresses an Intel erratum which addresses a potential issue where
      the use of the VMASKMOV instruction to access memory mapped I/O or uncached
      memory may cause the server to stop responding or become unstable.
      
      Addressed an issue when using PXELinux to boot to the local hard drive instead
      of the network drive that can result in a Red Screen Illegal Opcode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the embedded video controller card would remain
      disabled if a stand-up video controller was installed and set as the primary
      controller and then removed.  This issue resulted in no video being displayed.
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where the USB keyboard would sometimes stop
      functioning when being used in a pre-boot environment such as system boot or
      the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Addressed an issue where certain USB drive keys were returning the wrong size
      when accessed in a pre-boot environment such as system boot or the ROM-Based
      Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Addressed an issue where larger size USB Drive Keys (16GB or larger) may not
      function properly in pre-boot environments such as system boot or the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU). This issue does not affect the operation of USB
      devices under an Operating System.
      
      Addressed an issue where removing a USB hub with connected USB devices during
      pre-boot environments such as system boot or the ROM-Based Setup Utility
      (RBSU) will cause the server to stop responding.
      
      Removed Memory Interleaving and Node Interleaving memory options from the ROM
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU) because they are not applicable to this server.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.08.10
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved a processor issue where certain instructions and conditions could
      result in an application-level error, blue screen, kernel panic, or other
      unpredictable system behavior. This issue affects platforms utilizing Intel
      Xeon E3-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.
      
      Resolved an issue where disabling the serial port in the ROM-Based Setup
      Utility (RBSU) would cause Windows Device Manager to show a yellow exclamation
      point for the serial port.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system may experience a Red Screen Illegal Op Code
      when the embedded SATA Controller has been disabled from the ROM Based Setup
      Utility (RBSU.)
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2012.12.04
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**  
        
      Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.  
        
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.07.01-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 2013.07.01 (B)  contains updates to the component packaging and is
      functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.07.01.  It is not necessary to upgrade
      with Revision B if a previous component 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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.07.04-2
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support for the HP ProLiant ML350e Gen8 v2.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.02.10
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.08.02
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.08.02-4
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      Ver. 2014.08.02 (D) contains a change to the Firmware RPM install command name
      from "cpqsetup" to "hpsetup" and is functionally equivalent to ver.
      2014.08.02.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision D if a previous
      component Revision was 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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.11.14
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may not be able to enter processor idle
      power states (C-states) which can increase idle power when configured with 2
      Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2Series Processors. This issue may also result in a
      reduction of the frequency of the processor entering Turbo Mode which can
      reduce performance under certain workloads.
      
      Addressed an issue where Online Spare memory Mode may not function properly
      when 10 or 12 core Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series v2 processors were installed in
      the server platform. This issue was typically exhibited as an Online Spare
      switchover not completing and not being logged into the Integrated Management
      Log (IML).
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may experience a no boot condition on the
      reset due to a fatal error. This issue is typically seen as the server hanging
      at 20% progress in the Early Video Initialization.
      
      Addressed an issue where certain memory configurations with non-HP SmartMemory
      may have been running at frequencies lower than supported by the processor.
      This issue only effects systems configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 Series
      Processors and non-HP Smart Memory.
      
      Addressed an issue where servers configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2
      processors and 32 GB LRDIMMs may experience an increased rate of corrected
      memory errors or uncorrected memory errors. This issue impacts servers
      configured with 2 DIMMs per channel or 3 DIMMs per channel. Any server
      configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors using LRDIMMs should be
      updated to this revision of the System ROM or later. If experiencing memory
      errors with the indicated configuration, HP recommends updating to this
      revision of the System ROM or later before contacting HP service.
      
      Addressed an issue where Memory Address or Command Parity errors are not
      logged to the Integrated Management Log (IML) if they occur. With previous
      revisions of the System ROM, these types of errors would cause the server to
      reset without any notification of the error. A "283-Memory Address/Command
      Parity Error Detected" error will now be displayed during system boot and
      logged to the IML.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.12.20
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where, under extremely rare timing conditions, the system
      may not properly log uncorrectable/fatal errors in the Integrated Management
      Log (IML). In this extremely rare condition, the server will reboot when the
      error occurs, but there will be no log or messaging of the event.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.02.10
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.08.02-3
changelog:
  -     Improved the thermal cooling solution, update the System ROM to a version
      dated 02 August 2014 or later.
      
      Added support for the latest names for PCIe expansion devices to the ROM-Based
      Setup Utility (RBSU).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.08.02-3
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      This System ROM update is recommended to ensure that the system cooling is
      operating at maximum efficiency. Ver. 2014.08.02 (C) contains updates to the
      customer release notes and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.02.  It
      is not necessary to upgrade with Revision C if the previous Revision was used
      to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.08.02. PLease refer to the Customer
      Advisory at
      <http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04619916> for
      additional details.
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.08.02-4
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This System ROM update is recommended to ensure that the system cooling is
      operating at maximum efficiency. Ver. 2014.08.02 (D) contains a change to the
      Firmware RPM install command name from "cpqsetup" to "hpsetup" and is
      functionally equivalent to ver. 2014.08.02.  It is not necessary to upgrade
      with Revision D if a previous component Revision was used to upgrade the
      system ROM to version 2014.08.02.  Please refer to the Customer Advisory at
      <http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04619916> for
      additional details.
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.06.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**  
        
      Added support for the Intel Core(TM) i3-3240, Intel Core(TM) i3-3220, Intel
      Pentium G2120, and Intel Pentium G2100T processors.  These processors do not
      support PCI-e Gen3.  Previous revisions of the System ROM will work with these
      processors but industry standard tools will report the PCI-e slots as
      supporting PCI-e Gen3, which is not correct for these processors.  However,
      this was just a reporting issue and does not affect operation of the platform.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.08.14
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved a processor issue where certain instructions and conditions could
      result in an application-level error, blue screen, kernel panic, or other
      unpredictable system behavior. This issue affects platforms utilizing Intel
      Xeon E3-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.
      
      Resolved an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility Command Line Interface
      (CLI) Mode may not function properly.  Previous versions of the system ROM may
      have experienced an issue where certain commands in CLI mode would not
      function properly.
      
      Resolved a rare issue where USB Support in a pre-boot environment, such as in
      DOS or the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU), may not function properly. This
      issue could have resulted in the system not booting properly from USB media or
      the USB Keyboard may becoming unresponsive.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.12.10
changelog:
  -     Optimized the memory settings to improve the reliability of the memory system.
      
      Added a ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option for HP Option ROM Prompting.
      This option is enabled by default.  Disabling this option prevents HP Smart
      Array controllers and iLO from prompting to enter their setup tools during
      system boot.  This allows for faster boot times.  This option requires updated
      revisions of Smart Array Controller firmware and iLO Firmware to function.  If
      this option is disabled, the HP Smart Array and iLO will continue to prompt to
      enter their setup tools if an updated revision of these firmware deliverables
      are not installed.
      
      Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated
      language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility
      (RBSU).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.12.10
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      None  
        
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved a processor issue where certain instructions and conditions could
      result in an application-level error, blue screen, kernel panic, or other
      unpredictable system behavior. This issue affects platforms utilizing Intel
      Xeon E3-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.
      
      Resolved a rare issue where the system may experience a temporary loss of
      video, such as a blank screen on the local monitor and iLO Remote Console,  if
      a key is pressed during POST during Option ROM Execution.
      
      Resolved an issue where the platform may experience a virtualization fault
      (which may result in an NMI or Machine Check Exception) when IOMMU is enabled
      under a Hypervisor based Operating System. In some instances, Linux kernel
      messaging (DMESG) would reflect an inability to enable IOMMO on the platform.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.08.24
changelog:
  -     Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated
      language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility
      (RBSU).
      
      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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.08.24
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.06.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**  
        
      Added support for the Intel Core(TM) i3-3240, Intel Core(TM) i3-3220T, Intel
      Pentium G2120, and Intel Pentium G2100T processors.  These processors do not
      support PCI-e Gen3.  Previous revisions of the System ROM will work with these
      processors but industry standard tools will report the PCI-e slots as
      supporting PCI-e Gen3, which is not correct for these processors.  However,
      this was just a reporting issue and does not affect operation of the platform.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.06.06
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue with excessively loud fan noise when either SATA AHCI
      support is enabled in the Embedded SATA Configuration menu in RBSU (ROM-Based
      Setup Utility) or when Dynamic HP Smart Array B120i RAID Support is enabled in
      the Embedded SATA Configuration menu in RBSU (ROM-Based Setup Utility) and the
      Dynamic HP Smart Array B120i RAID operating system driver is not loaded.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2015.07.16
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      iLO Chassis Manager (CM) 1.30 is required for changing the hyperthreading
      setting from the iLO CM command-line.
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support for Intel i3-2130 and i3-3240 processors.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.08.16
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None** **
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None** **
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      For servers using Intel Xeon processor 5600 series, resolve an issue where an
      Uncorrectable Memory Error or Exceeded Correctable Memory Error Threshold
      Event may occur. These errors may result in events logged to the Integrated
      Management Log (IML) and the System Health LED illuminating blinking amber.
      Additionally, if an Uncorrectable Memory Error occurs, the system will reset
      and error messages indicating the failure will be displayed during Power On
      Self Test (POST). These errors do not indicate a problem with the memory DIMMs
      or the server system board. This issue is not unique to HP ProLiant servers
      and is resolved by a new revision of Intel's microcode for Intel Xeon
      processor 5600 series that is implemented in this version of the System ROM.
      Intel Xeon processor 5500 series are not affected by this issue. Note: After
      completing the flash upgrade process for this revision of the System ROM, the
      server should be power cycled.** **
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the actual
      operating frequency of the installed memory. This is supporting a newly
      defined industry standard field. Utilities to display this information may not
      yet be available.
      
      Added a new ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced Performance Tuning option
      known as QPI Bandwidth Optimization(RTID) to optimize link bandwidth settings
      for 2-Socket Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. These settings (also known as
      RTIDs) allow the user to balance bandwidth allocated between processors,
      memory, and I/O. While the balanced option (default) is recommended for the
      majority of customers, some benchmarks and workloads may show improved
      performance using different settings that allow optimization for memory
      streaming or I/O streaming. Customers that deploy I/O intensive applications
      such as seen with multiple GPUs, might see an improvement in GPU processing
      throughput when using the Optimized for I/O setting. This option is not
      available for systems utilizing Intel Xeon 5500-series processors.
      
      Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Added the Power-On Logo option to the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to allow
      the system to always display option ROM messages during system boot.
      
      Improved the thermal operation of the server to better cool PCI-E expansion
      cards. This change may help address issues where devices that are installed in
      PCI-E riser slots were being throttled or causing the system to shutdown due
      to a premature thermal event.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems running
      with the 10/14/2010 System ROM revisions. The 10/14/2010 System ROM revisions
      have a known issue which can result in uncorrectable memory errors and
      correctable memory threshold errors and should not be utilized. These errors
      are due to a firmware issue and not a result of a problem with the system
      hardware or installed DIMMs.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Updated the embedded PXE firmware to version 6.0.11 to resolve an issue where
      the server may experience slow network boot performance due to TFTP timeouts.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.30-2
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      CP014794.SCEXE  ver. 2011.01.30 (B), which replaces the previous
      CP014700.SCEXE  ver. 2011.01.30(A), contains a documentation update only.
      2011.01.30 (A) is functionally equivalent to 2011.01.30 (B) and it is not
      necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to
      upgrade the system ROM to version 2011.01.30.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Added a new ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced Option that allows
      configuring the system fans to always operate at their maximum speed. This
      option should only be used for configurations and environments that require
      more cooling than is provided when the system is configured for Optimal
      Cooling or Increased Cooling as this option results in increased power usage
      and increased acoustics.
      
      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.
      
      Resolved an issue where the iLO TEXTCONs feature would not function properly
      with the latest Linux kernels, including RHEL 6 and SLES 11 SP1. The issue is
      usually seen as TEXTCONs data no longer being received once the operating
      system has loaded.
      
      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 optical drive.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system would not boot from iLO Virtual USB devices
      when configured with multiple local USB devices. This issue is usually seen as
      a failure to boot an iLO Virtual Medial USB key when 2 or more USB keys are
      installed locally in the server. iLO Virtual Devices will now always have
      priority over local USB devices.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2015.01.22
changelog:
  -     *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.c
      om/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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     Added a new ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Thermal Configuration option that
      allows the system to be configured for better acoustic operation. This
      requires that PCI-E expansion cards be installed only in expansion slots 3, 6
      or 8.
      
      Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the actual
      operating frequency of the installed memory. This is supporting a newly
      defined industry standard field. Utilities to display this information may not
      yet be available.
      
      Added a new ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced Performance Tuning option
      known as QPI Bandwidth Optimization(RTID) to optimize link bandwidth settings
      for 2-Socket Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. These settings (also known as
      RTIDs) allow the user to balance bandwidth allocated between processors,
      memory, and I/O. While the balanced option (default) is recommended for the
      majority of customers, some benchmarks and workloads may show improved
      performance using different settings that allow optimization for memory
      streaming or I/O streaming. Customers that deploy I/O intensive applications
      such as seen with multiple GPUs, might see an improvement in GPU processing
      throughput when using the Optimized for I/O setting. This option is not
      available for systems utilizing Intel Xeon 5500-series processors.
      
      Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Added the Power-On Logo option to the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to allow
      the system to always display option ROM messages during system boot.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems running
      with the 10/16/2010 System ROM revisions. The 10/16/2010 System ROM revisions
      have a known issue which can result in uncorrectable memory errors and
      correctable memory threshold errors and should not be utilized. These errors
      are due to a firmware issue and not a result of a problem with the system
      hardware or installed DIMMs.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Updated embedded PXE firmware to gPXE version 1.01 to address issues with PXE
      getting a valid DHCP address as well as performance issues with TFTP transfers
      following a PXE boot.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.29
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where Online Spare (OLS) Advanced Memory Protection Mode
      does not function properly when a system contains six 32 GB DIMMs on any
      processor (two 32 GB DIMMs per channel for all 3 channels on the processor).
      When Online Spare Mode is enabled for a system with six 32 GB DIMMs on a
      processor, the system will NOT be protected by the spare memory and one
      channel of memory per processor in this configuration will not be available to
      the operating system. The system will indicate it is in Advanced ECC mode
      during system boot, but not all installed memory will be available to the
      operating system as would normally occur in Advanced ECC Mode. Customers
      configuring their system for Online Spare Mode with six 32 GB DIMMs per
      installed processor should update their System ROM. Note: Because 32 GB DIMMs
      are quad-rank, six 32 GB DIMMs per processor is the maximum supported.
      
      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.
      
      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.
      
      Resolved an issue where the iLO TEXTCONs feature would not function properly
      with the latest Linux kernels, including RHEL 6 and SLES 11 SP1. The issue is
      usually seen as TEXTCONs data no longer being received once the operating
      system has loaded.
      
      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 optical drive.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system would not boot from iLO Virtual USB devices
      when configured with multiple local USB devices. This issue is usually seen as
      a failure to boot an iLO Virtual Medial USB key when 2 or more USB keys are
      installed locally in the server. iLO Virtual Devices will now always have
      priority over local USB devices.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system would not properly boot the SATA Optical
      Drive when the server is configured with an optional PCI-Express Graphics
      Adapter and the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option for Remote Graphics Mode
      is Enabled.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.12.02
changelog:
  -     *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&obj
      ectID=c02838375](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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the actual
      operating frequency of the installed memory. This is supporting a newly
      defined industry standard field. Utilities to display this information may not
      yet be available.
      
      Added a new ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced Performance Tuning option
      known as QPI Bandwidth Optimization(RTID) to optimize link bandwidth settings
      for 2-Socket Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. These settings (also known as
      RTIDs) allow the user to balance bandwidth allocated between processors,
      memory, and I/O. While the balanced option (default) is recommended for the
      majority of customers, some benchmarks and workloads may show improved
      performance using different settings that allow optimization for memory
      streaming or I/O streaming. Customers that deploy I/O intensive applications
      such as seen with multiple GPUs, might see an improvement in GPU processing
      throughput when using the Optimized for I/O setting. This option is not
      available for systems utilizing Intel Xeon 5500-series processors.
      
      Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Added the Power-On Logo option to the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to allow
      the system to always display option ROM messages during system boot.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems running
      with the 10/13/2010 System ROM revisions. The 10/13/2010 System ROM revisions
      have a known issue which can result in uncorrectable memory errors and
      correctable memory threshold errors and should not be utilized. These errors
      are due to a firmware issue and not a result of a problem with the system
      hardware or installed DIMMs.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Updated the embedded PXE firmware to version 6.0.11 to resolve an issue where
      the server may experience slow network boot performance due to TFTP timeouts.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.29
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **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.
      
      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.
      
      Resolved an issue where the iLO TEXTCONs feature would not function properly
      with the latest Linux kernels, including RHEL 6 and SLES 11 SP1. The issue is
      usually seen as TEXTCONs data no longer being received once the operating
      system has loaded.
      
      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 optical drive.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system would not boot from iLO Virtual USB devices
      when configured with multiple local USB devices. This issue is usually seen as
      a failure to boot an iLO Virtual Medial USB key when 2 or more USB keys are
      installed locally in the server. iLO Virtual Devices will now always have
      priority over local USB devices.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.05.03
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems being
      upgraded to the new System Peripheral Interface (SPI) board which contains the
      HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port Adapter.  
        
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**  
        
      Added support for the new System Peripheral Interface (SPI) Board containing
      the HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i-SPI Adapter.  
        
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.08.04
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support for Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV).  SR-IOV can provide
      performance benefits in virtualized environments if the Operating
      System/hypervisor and installed I/O card support SR-IOV. This functionality is
      enabled via a ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced System ROM Option.  It
      is disabled by default. When enabled, the System ROM will configure devices
      that support SR-IOV for use under a supported Operating System. Please consult
      the proper Operating System and Network Adapter documentation for a list of
      supported configurations.
      
      Added support for a ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option called SMI Link
      Power Management that allows the user to disable power management on the Intel
      Scalable Memory Interconnect (SMI) link. This option is Enabled by Default.
      Disabling this functionality will increase the server's idle power usage.
      While corrected events are considered normal and are expected on the SMI Link
      and do not affect operation of the platform, the occurrence of these corrected
      events can be reduced significantly by disabling SMI Link Power Management.
      These events are logged as correctable Machine Check Bank 8 and 9 errors in
      the operating system logs for certain operating systems.  While these events
      can be ignored, SMI Link Power Management can be disabled to reduce or prevent
      their occurrence if desired.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.04.01
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.10.01-2
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.05.01
changelog:
  -     Enabled Package C3E function for Intel Xeon E7 (Westmere-EX) processors to
      help reduce power consumption when the system is idle.
      
      Reduced the system boot up time.
      
      Added support for industry standard ACPI mechanisms that provide operating
      systems the ability to read processor and I/O affinity and allow operating
      systems to intelligently distribute workloads.  In certain configurations
      performance is improved.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.05.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where Linux operating system doesn't bring up the cpufreq
      driver for half of the processors. The net result is half of the processors
      cannot be performance controlled by Operating System. This issue is typically
      seen when HP Power Regulator option is set to HP Dynamic Power Savings mode in
      Power Management options in the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) with Intel Xeon
      E7 (Westmere-EX) processors installed.
      
      Addressed an issue where the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Command Line
      Interface (CLI) command "Core Select" causes the system to stop responding.
      The issue can also be seen when users modify Enhanced Processor Core Disable
      (Intel Core Select) in System Options in the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Addressed an issue where some logical processors are showing yellow bang in
      device manager under Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 if
      the user changes the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) setting Advanced
      Options->Advanced System ROM Options->x2APIC from its default value "Disabled"
      to "Auto" on a system with 8 Intel(r) Xeon(r) E7 (Westmere-EX) processors
      installed.
      
      Addressed an issue where the fan speed displayed in System Information in the
      iLO web page is lower than 99%, when Thermal Configuration is set to "Max Fans
      (Blowout)", and Advanced Options and Intel (R) Hyperthreading Options is set
      to "Disabled" in Processor Options, in the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Addressed an issue where Virtual Serial Port on the iLO3 sometimes does not
      work on a system with 16 HP StorageWorks 82E PCIe FC HBA Dual Port I/O cards
      installed.
      
      Addressed an issue where occasionally the system may fail to boot and will
      display the following messages, "insufficient power solution" and "Warning ILO
      3 not responding", after a system reboot.
      
      Addressed an issue where system may stop responding if alt-ctrl-del is pressed
      under DOS or after POST has finished.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may fail during a rank spare failover
      event in certain memory configurations when the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU)
      setting, System Options->Advanced Memory Protection, is set to "Online Spare
      with Advanced ECC Support".
      
      Addressed an issue where all Emulex LUNs might not be discovered under Windows
      Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. This issue can be seen if the
      user modifies the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) setting Advanced
      Options->Advanced System ROM Options->x2APIC from its default value of
      "Disabled" to "Auto" and there are 8 Intel Xeon E7 family processors
      installed.
      
      Addressed an issue where Japanese fonts are sometimes corrupt in the ROM Based
      Setup Utility (RBSU). This issue is typically seen when a large amount of PCI-
      Express IO cards are installed in the system.
      
      Addressed an issue where the DIMM state reporting is incorrect in hpasmcli
      under RHEL when the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) setting, "System
      Options->Advanced Memory Protection", is set to "Online Spare with Advanced
      ECC Support". When running hpasmcli under RHEL 5.5 to get DIMM status
      (hpasmcli -s "show dimm"), it may show some DIMMs that are installed and in
      use as: "DIMM is present, but not in use".
      
      Addressed an issue where the memory board ID is incorrect in DIMM System
      Product Data (SPD) when running hpdiags under Windows Server 2008 R2 or
      hpasmcli under RHEL to get the DIMM System Product Data (SPD).  
        
      Addressed an issue where the system may stop responding during Operating
      System boot or run time without any event logged to the Integrated Management
      Log (IML) due to a faulty Low Profile IO board, Sub-IO board, or main IO board
      installed.
      
      Addressed a processor issue with Intel Xeon 7500-series Processors and Intel
      Xeon E7-series Processors that may result in unpredictable system behavior
      including application level errors, system hangs, Windows blue screens, Linux
      kernel panics, or a VMware ESX Purple Screen of Death (PSoD).  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.  The fix
      for this issue does not impact performance.  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 an immediate
      update to firmware revisions with required critical fixes.  
        
      **Known Issues:**  
        
      System may stop responding during Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.X x86-64 (RHEL6.0
      or later) startup or installation when the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU)
      setting Advanced Options->Advanced System ROM Options->x2APIC is set to "Auto"
      and there are 8 Intel Xeon E7 family processors installed. HP recommends to
      set x2APIC option to its default value as "Disabled" to avoid this issue.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.07.30
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where system may stop responding during Red Hat Enterprise
      Linux 6.X x86-64 (RHEL6.0 or later) startup or installation when the ROM-Based
      Setup Utility (RBSU) setting Advanced Options->Advanced System ROM
      Options->x2APIC is set to "Auto" and there are 8 Intel Xeon E7 family
      processors installed.
      
      Addressed an issue where system may reboot unexpectedly during Operating
      System boot or run time without any processor event logged to the Integrated
      Management Log (IML) due to one or more faulty cores in processors installed.
      
      Addressed an issue where Emulex LUNs might not all been discovered in disk
      management after running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
      Emulex adapters (drivers and tools).
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.12.28-2
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      CP020490.SCEXE  ver. 2012.12.28 (B), which replaces the previous
      CP019501.SCEXE  ver. 2012.12.28 (A), contains a documentation update only.
      2012.12.28 (A) is functionally equivalent to 2012.12.28 (B) and it is not
      necessary to upgrade with Revision B if Revision A was previously used to
      upgrade the system ROM to version 2012.12.28.  
        
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**  
        
      Resolved an issue where the system may stop responding during the initial
      startup screen of Red Hat Linux with the intel_iommu=on boot parameter
      enabled. This issue is typically seen when one or more HP Smart Array cards
      are present in the system and the Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
      option is enabled in the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU).  
        
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.07.29
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.12.31
changelog:
  -     Added support for the DDDC (Double Device Data Correction) aware POST (Power
      On Self Test) feature, which will improve the system memory's RAS
      (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.12.31
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.08.15
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added the CMCI (Corrected Machine-Check Error Interrupt) enable/disable
      feature in the RBSU (ROM Based Setup Utility). Users can access the option by
      pressing F9 in the boot time to enter RBSU, then enter the "Advanced Options"
      menu and choose the "CMCI" option.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     Enhanced the correctable memory error threshold error event handling to
      isolate degraded DIMM issues to a single DIMM when the Advanced Memory
      Protection Mode is configured for Lockstep Mode when the system is utilizing
      Intel Xeon 5600-series processors. With Intel Xeon 5500-series processors,
      correctable memory error threshold events can only be isolated to a pair of
      DIMMs when the system is configured to Lockstep Mode.
      
      Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the actual
      operating frequency of the installed memory. This is supporting a newly
      defined industry standard field. Utilities to display this information may not
      yet be available.
      
      Added a new ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced Performance Tuning option
      known as QPI Bandwidth Optimization(RTID) to optimize link bandwidth settings
      for 2-Socket Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. These settings (also known as
      RTIDs) allow the user to balance bandwidth allocated between processors,
      memory, and I/O. While the balanced option (default) is recommended for the
      majority of customers, some benchmarks and workloads may show improved
      performance using different settings that allow optimization for memory
      streaming or I/O streaming. Customers that deploy I/O intensive applications
      such as seen with multiple GPUs, might see an improvement in GPU processing
      throughput when using the Optimized for I/O setting. This option is not
      available for systems utilizing Intel Xeon 5500-series processors.
      
      Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Added the Power-On Logo option to the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to allow
      the system to always display option ROM messages during system boot.
      
      Improved the thermal operation of the server to better cool PCI-E expansion
      cards. This change may help address issues where devices that are installed in
      PCI-E riser slots were being throttled or causing the system to shutdown due
      to a premature thermal event.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Recommended to upgrade to firmware version 2010.12.01 if Lockstep Mode is
      enabled.
      
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems running
      with the 10/19/2010 System ROM revisions. The 10/19/2010 System ROM revisions
      have a known issue which can result in uncorrectable memory errors and
      correctable memory threshold errors and should not be utilized. These errors
      are due to a firmware issue and not a result of a problem with the system
      hardware or installed DIMMs.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where Uncorrectable Memory Errors will be logged incorrectly
      to the Integrated Management Log (IML) when the Advanced Memory Protection
      Mode is configured for Lockstep Mode in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      The Uncorrectable Memory Errors will indicate the incorrect DIMM as failed. If
      a system is configured for Lockstep Mode and an Uncorrectable Memory Error
      occurs, the DIMM indicated in the IML should not be replaced if the system is
      using a revision of the System ROM older than this revision. The correct DIMM
      will be indicated on the DIMM LEDs if the server includes DIMM LEDs. Note that
      Lockstep Mode is NOT the default Advanced Memory Protection Mode. If the
      Advanced Memory Protection Mode was never modified from its default setting,
      the system will not be affected by this issue.
      
      Updated the embedded PXE firmware to version 6.0.11 to resolve an issue where
      the server may experience slow network boot performance due to TFTP timeouts.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.30
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where Online Spare (OLS) Advanced Memory Protection Mode
      does not function properly when a system contains six 32 GB DIMMs on any
      processor (two 32 GB DIMMs per channel for all 3 channels on the processor).
      When Online Spare Mode is enabled for a system with six 32 GB DIMMs on a
      processor, the system will NOT be protected by the spare memory and one
      channel of memory per processor in this configuration will not be available to
      the operating system. The system will indicate it is in Advanced ECC mode
      during system boot, but not all installed memory will be available to the
      operating system as would normally occur in Advanced ECC Mode. Customers
      configuring their system for Online Spare Mode with six 32 GB DIMMs per
      installed processor should update their System ROM. Note: Because 32 GB DIMMs
      are quad-rank, six 32 GB DIMMs per processor is the maximum supported.
      
      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.
      
      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.
      
      Resolved an issue where the iLO TEXTCONs feature would not function properly
      with the latest Linux kernels, including RHEL 6 and SLES 11 SP1. The issue is
      usually seen as TEXTCONs data no longer being received once the operating
      system has loaded.
      
      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 optical drive.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system would not boot from iLO Virtual USB devices
      when configured with multiple local USB devices. This issue is usually seen as
      a failure to boot an iLO Virtual Medial USB key when 2 or more USB keys are
      installed locally in the server. iLO Virtual Devices will now always have
      priority over local USB devices.
      
      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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.05.05
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **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 in which uncorrectable memory errors (or other fatal system
      errors) will not be logged to the HP Integrated Management Log (IML) when
      using some revisions of VMware ESX Server. These errors will result in a fatal
      error (Purple Screen of Death - PSoD) under VMware ESX, but there will not be
      any indication of the error type (including no indication of an uncorrectable
      memory error or what DIMM has failed). A VMware ESX Server issue which can
      result in uncorrectable memory errors this is addressed in VMware ESX 4.1 U1
      and VMware ESX 4.0 U3. This System ROM revision addresses the logging of
      errors to the IML.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Recommended to upgrade to firmware version 2010.12.01 if Lockstep Mode is
      enabled.
      
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems running
      with the 10/18/2010 System ROM revisions. The 10/18/2010 System ROM revisions
      have a known issue which can result in uncorrectable memory errors and
      correctable memory threshold errors and should not be utilized. These errors
      are due to a firmware issue and not a result of a problem with the system
      hardware or installed DIMMs.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where Uncorrectable Memory Errors will be logged incorrectly
      to the Integrated Management Log (IML) when the Advanced Memory Protection
      Mode is configured for Lockstep Mode in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      The Uncorrectable Memory Errors will indicate the incorrect DIMM as failed. If
      a system is configured for Lockstep Mode and an Uncorrectable Memory Error
      occurs, the DIMM indicated in the IML should not be replaced if the system is
      using a revision of the System ROM older than this revision. The correct DIMM
      will be indicated on the DIMM LEDs if the server includes DIMM LEDs. Note that
      Lockstep Mode is NOT the default Advanced Memory Protection Mode. If the
      Advanced Memory Protection Mode was never modified from its default setting,
      the system will not be affected by this issue.
      
      Updated the embedded PXE firmware to version 6.0.11 to resolve an issue where
      the server may experience slow network boot performance due to TFTP timeouts.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.28
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where Online Spare (OLS) Advanced Memory Protection Mode
      does not function properly when a system contains six 32 GB DIMMs on any
      processor (two 32 GB DIMMs per channel for all 3 channels on the processor).
      When Online Spare Mode is enabled for a system with six 32 GB DIMMs on a
      processor, the system will NOT be protected by the spare memory and one
      channel of memory per processor in this configuration will not be available to
      the operating system. The system will indicate it is in Advanced ECC mode
      during system boot, but not all installed memory will be available to the
      operating system as would normally occur in Advanced ECC Mode. Customers
      configuring their system for Online Spare Mode with six 32 GB DIMMs per
      installed processor should update their System ROM. Note: Because 32 GB DIMMs
      are quad-rank, six 32 GB DIMMs per processor is the maximum supported.
      
      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.
      
      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.
      
      Resolved an issue where the iLO TEXTCONs feature would not function properly
      with the latest Linux kernels, including RHEL 6 and SLES 11 SP1. The issue is
      usually seen as TEXTCONs data no longer being received once the operating
      system has loaded.
      
      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 optical drive.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system would not boot from iLO Virtual USB devices
      when configured with multiple local USB devices. This issue is usually seen as
      a failure to boot an iLO Virtual Medial USB key when 2 or more USB keys are
      installed locally in the server. iLO Virtual Devices will now always have
      priority over local USB devices.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2012.12.02
changelog:
  -     *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&obj
      ectID=c02838375](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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2010.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Users should update to this latest firmware revision for any systems running
      with the 10/21/2010 System ROM revisions. The 10/21/2010 System ROM revisions
      have a known issue which can result in uncorrectable memory errors and
      correctable memory threshold errors and should not be utilized. These errors
      are due to a firmware issue and not a result of a problem with the system
      hardware or installed DIMMs.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support to allow industry standard utilities to display the actual
      operating frequency of the installed memory. This is supporting a newly
      defined industry standard field. Utilities to display this information may not
      yet be available.
      
      Added a new ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced Performance Tuning option
      known as QPI Bandwidth Optimization(RTID) to optimize link bandwidth settings
      for 2-Socket Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. These settings (also known as
      RTIDs) allow the user to balance bandwidth allocated between processors,
      memory, and I/O. While the balanced option (default) is recommended for the
      majority of customers, some benchmarks and workloads may show improved
      performance using different settings that allow optimization for memory
      streaming or I/O streaming. Customers that deploy I/O intensive applications
      such as seen with multiple GPUs, might see an improvement in GPU processing
      throughput when using the Optimized for I/O setting. This option is not
      available for systems utilizing Intel Xeon 5500-series processors.
      
      Added latest product names of optional expansion cards for display in the ROM-
      Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
      
      Added the Power-On Logo option to the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to allow
      the system to always display option ROM messages during system boot.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.11
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support for the HP ProLiant SL390s G7 4 U half width server tray.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.01.30
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Resolved an issue where Online Spare (OLS) Advanced Memory Protection Mode
      does not function properly when a system contains six 32 GB DIMMs on any
      processor (two 32 GB DIMMs per channel for all 3 channels on the processor).
      When Online Spare Mode is enabled for a system with six 32 GB DIMMs on a
      processor, the system will NOT be protected by the spare memory and one
      channel of memory per processor in this configuration will not be available to
      the operating system. The system will indicate it is in Advanced ECC mode
      during system boot, but not all installed memory will be available to the
      operating system as would normally occur in Advanced ECC Mode. Customers
      configuring their system for Online Spare Mode with six 32 GB DIMMs per
      installed processor should update their System ROM. Note: Because 32 GB DIMMs
      are quad-rank, six 32 GB DIMMs per processor is the maximum supported.
      
      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.
      
      Resolved an issue where the iLO TEXTCONs feature would not function properly
      with the latest Linux kernels, including RHEL 6 and SLES 11 SP1. The issue is
      usually seen as TEXTCONs data no longer being received once the operating
      system has loaded.
      
      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 optical drive.
      
      Resolved an issue where the system would not boot from iLO Virtual USB devices
      when configured with multiple local USB devices. This issue is usually seen as
      a failure to boot an iLO Virtual Medial USB key when 2 or more USB keys are
      installed locally in the server. iLO Virtual Devices will now always have
      priority over local USB devices.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.05.05
changelog:
  -     Enhanced HP's Memory Pre-failure Alert support with HP Advanced Memory Error
      Detection Technology. This innovation analyzes multiple parameters of
      correctable memory error events and intelligently detects when the system is
      at an increased probability of non-recoverable memory conditions that would
      result in unplanned downtime or when correctable memory errors may degrade
      system performance. HP Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology will
      increase server uptime by accurately determining when a server administrator
      should schedule planned maintenance to replace DIMMs preventing unnecessary
      planned downtime and reducing the probability of unplanned downtime.
      
      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.
      
      Added support for Nvidia M2090 GPUs. This ROM update is required to provide
      adequate cooling for customers running a M2090 in a 2U SL390 G7 or running
      more than 4 M2090 GPUs in a 4U SL390 G7.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2011.05.05
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **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 in which uncorrectable memory errors (or other fatal system
      errors) will not be logged to the HP Integrated Management Log (IML) when
      using some revisions of VMware ESX Server. These errors will result in a fatal
      error (Purple Screen of Death - PSoD) under VMware ESX, but there will not be
      any indication of the error type (including no indication of an uncorrectable
      memory error or what DIMM has failed). A VMware ESX Server issue which can
      result in uncorrectable memory errors this is addressed in VMware ESX 4.1 U1
      and VMware ESX 4.0 U3. This System ROM revision addresses the logging of
      errors to the IML.
      
      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 MAC address reported in the ROM Based Setup
      Utility (RBSU) for embedded NIC Port 4 would be reported as Unknown.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.09.18
changelog:
  -     Added support for LRDIMMs for systems configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600
      Series v2 processors. Previous System ROM revisions that supported E5-2600
      Series v2 processors displayed a "274-Unsupported DIMM Configuration Detected"
      message during system boot when LRDIMMs were installed with Intel Xeon E5-2600
      v2 processors. Previous ROM revisions did support LRDIMMs with Intel Xeon
      E5-2600 processors.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.09.18
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where a system configured with Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2,
      E5-2680 v2, E5-2670 v2, and E5-2660 v2 processors and Advanced Memory
      Protection configured to Online Spare Mode may experience incorrect behavior
      when multiple Online Spare switchovers occur on the same processor.
      
      Addressed an issue where systems configured with 1 DIMM per channel and non-HP
      SmartMemory may operate at a lower frequency than intended. This issue does
      not impact servers configured with HP SmartMemory.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.11.14
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may not be able to enter processor idle
      power states (C-states) which can increase idle power when configured with 2
      Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2Series Processors. This issue may also result in a
      reduction of the frequency of the processor entering Turbo Mode which can
      reduce performance under certain workloads.
      
      Addressed an issue where Online Spare memory Mode may not function properly
      when 10 or 12 core Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series v2 processors were installed in
      the server platform. This issue was typically exhibited as an Online Spare
      switchover not completing and not being logged into the Integrated Management
      Log (IML).
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may experience a no boot condition on the
      reset due to a fatal error. This issue is typically seen as the server hanging
      at 20% progress in the Early Video Initialization.
      
      Addressed an issue where certain memory configurations with non-HP SmartMemory
      may have been running at frequencies lower than supported by the processor.
      This issue only effects systems configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 Series
      Processors and non-HP Smart Memory.
      
      Addressed an issue where servers configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2
      processors and 32 GB LRDIMMs may experience an increased rate of corrected
      memory errors or uncorrected memory errors. This issue impacts servers
      configured with 2 DIMMs per channel or 3 DIMMs per channel. Any server
      configured with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors using LRDIMMs should be
      updated to this revision of the System ROM or later. If experiencing memory
      errors with the indicated configuration, HP recommends updating to this
      revision of the System ROM or later before contacting HP service.
      
      Addressed an issue where Memory Address or Command Parity errors are not
      logged to the Integrated Management Log (IML) if they occur. With previous
      revisions of the System ROM, these types of errors would cause the server to
      reset without any notification of the error. A "283-Memory Address/Command
      Parity Error Detected" error will now be displayed during system boot and
      logged to the IML.
      
      Addressed an issue where a false inlet ambient temperature sensor reading
      would cause a "System Overheating" message in the Integrated Management Log
      (IML).
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2015.07.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where a device interrupt may not be handled properly and
      result in a lost interrupt or an uncorrectable machine check exception. This
      issue is NOT unique to HP servers. HP recommends that users experiencing these
      issues update to this revision of the System ROM before replacing any hardware
      components.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.09.18
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where a system configured with Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2,
      E5-2680 v2, E5-2670 v2, and E5-2660 v2 processors and Advanced Memory
      Protection configured to Online Spare Mode may experience incorrect behavior
      when multiple Online Spare switchovers occur on the same processor.
      
      Addressed an issue where systems configured with 1 DIMM per channel and non-HP
      SmartMemory may operate at a lower frequency than intended. This issue does
      not impact servers configured with HP SmartMemory.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.07.01
changelog:
  -     Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated
      language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility
      (RBSU).
      
      Added support for the Intel Performance Counter Monitor Utility (iPCM). This
      feature can be enabled in the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Advanced
      Performance Tuning Options menu. This option is disabled by default and must
      be enabled to utilize the Intel PCM.
      
      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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.11.01
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.11.01-2
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 2014.11.01 (B) contains a change to the Firmware RPM install command name
      from "cpqsetup" to "hpsetup" and is functionally equivalent to ver.
      2014.11.01.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if a previous
      component Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.11.01.
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.11.02
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.12.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated
      language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility
      (RBSU).
      
      Added support for the AMD FirePro S9150 accelerator.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2015.05.01
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Updated the thermal support for systems configured with AMD GPGPUs.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.08.03-4
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      Ver. 2014.08.03 (D) contains a change to the Firmware RPM install command name
      from "cpqsetup" to "hpsetup" and is functionally equivalent to ver.
      2014.08.03.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision D if a previous
      component Revision was 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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.08.30
changelog:
  -     Added the latest product names of optional expansion cards and updated
      language translations (for non-English modes) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility
      (RBSU).
      
      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.
      
      Added a new ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) option called USB Port Controller
      Routing in the System Options\USB Control menus that allows configuring the
      USB 3.0-capable ports to operate as USB 2.0 ports under the operating system.
      When configured for USB 3.0 Controller, these ports are still functional in an
      non-ACPI pre-boot environment and can still be utilized to boot USB media or
      for keyboard and mouse in a pre-boot environment. This option is defaulted to
      USB 3.0 Controller to allow USB 3.0 operation of the USB 3.0 ports in an
      operating system environment. The option can be configured to USB 2.0
      Controller for cases where an operating system is being used that does not
      support USB 3.0 or where the operating system has support for USB 3.0 but has
      issues with this support. When configured for USB 2.0 Controller, all USB 3.0
      ports in the system will operate at USB 2.0 speeds.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2013.08.30
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed a processor issue where certain instructions and conditions could
      result in an application-level error, blue screen, kernel panic, or other
      unpredictable system behavior. This issue affects platforms utilizing Intel
      Xeon E3-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.
      
      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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.03.08
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.03.28-2
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.03.28-5
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      Ver. 2014.03.28 (E) contains a change to the Firmware RPM install command name
      from "cpqsetup" to "hpsetup" and is functionally equivalent to ver.
      2014.03.28.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision E if a previous
      component 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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.40_08-01-2014-2.1
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.60_11-26-2014
changelog:
  -     Enhanced the cooling solution for the server when the Thermal Configuration is
      set for Increased Cooling.
      
      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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.60_11-26-2014
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.80_05-06-2015
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where optional PCIe graphics controllers could not be used
      in pass-through mode to a virtual machine under a hypervisor based operating
      system.
      
      Addressed an issue where an optional PCIe graphics controller may not be
      detected if it is installed on any PCIe slot except slot 9. If installed in
      slot 9, this issue will not occur.  
                                
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.90_07-20-2015
changelog:
  -     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.
      
      Enhanced the thermal solution to provide better acoustics from the system
      fans.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.90_07-20-2015
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue in which an Interphase audio streaming PCI-express
      expansion card may not achieve optimal performance resulting in dropped
      packets when streaming data. A similar issue could be seen with other PCI-
      express expansion cards implemented with a PCI device behind a PLX PCIe-to-PCI
      bridge. This type of PCI-express card implementation is more common with
      older PCI-express expansion cards.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive during boot when
      configured with a very large number of disks such as fibre adapters.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.92_10-27-2015
changelog:
  -     Added an option for "Configure for 2 minimum required, 4 required for
      redundancy" to the Power Supply Requirements Override setting in the ROM-Based
      Setup Utility (RBSU). This option can be selected to force the system to use
      "2+2" power supply redundancy. This option should only be selected if the HP
      Power Advisor indicates the system's configuration allows the server to
      operate properly with two power supplies installed. This option was
      incorrectly not included in RBSU in previous revisions of the System ROM. It
      could be configured using CONREP and was honored by the System ROM. If this
      option was previously configured with CONREP, updating to this revision of the
      System ROM will NOT impact the power supply requirements.
      
      Added a Date and Time BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option to configure
      the Time Format. This option controls how the system date and time is stored
      in the Real Time Clock and presented to the operating system. By default, the
      time is formatted for Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The users may
      optionally change the time format to Local Time which removes the use of the
      time zone. This option may be used to work around interaction issues between
      the system and Microsoft Windows operating systems running in legacy boot mode
      that can result in the time to be incorrect.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.92_10-27-2015
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**        
      
      Addressed an issue where processor temperatures may not be reported properly
      when the server was configured with 3 processors. This issue does not affect
      systems configured with a different amount of processors installed.
      
      Addressed an issue where a message would not be logged to the Integrated
      Management Log (IML) when a DIMM failed to train and was not available to the
      Operating System.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.94_02-19-2016
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) PCIe I/O
      Allocation menu that allows the user to select how PCIe resources are
      allocated between PCIe slots. This option should be used when multiple PCIe
      expansion cards, such as Graphics Adapters, are installed in the system and
      the default resource allocations are not sufficient.
      
      Added a new System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) IPv6 DHCP
      Unique Identifier menu that allows the user to select how the UEFI BIOS will
      use the DHCP Unique Identifier (DUID) for IPv6 PXE Boot. By default, the
      system will use the server's Unique Universal Identifier (UUID). The user can
      now optionally select to use the DUID-LLT as the unique identifier for PXE
      Boot. This setting applies when the server is configured to UEFI Boot Mode.  
      
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.96_08-18-2016
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where a system experiencing a high rate of correctable
      memory errors may reset unexpectedly and log a fatal error in the Integrated
      Management Log (IML).
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.03.07
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.03.28-2
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2015.04.02
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue with excessively loud fan noise when either SATA AHCI
      support is enabled in the Embedded SATA Configuration menu in RBSU (ROM-Based
      Setup Utility) or when Dynamic HP Smart Array B120i RAID Support is enabled in
      the Embedded SATA Configuration menu in RBSU (ROM-Based Setup Utility) and the
      Dynamic HP Smart Array B120i RAID operating system driver is not loaded.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system under heavy stress could experience an
      uncorrectable machine check. 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.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2015.04.02-2
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 2015.04.02 (B) contains a change to the Firmware RPM install command name
      from "cpqsetup" to "hpsetup" and is functionally equivalent to ver.
      2015.04.02.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if a previous
      component Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2015.04.02.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue with excessively loud fan noise when either SATA AHCI
      support is enabled in the Embedded SATA Configuration menu in RBSU (ROM-Based
      Setup Utility) or when Dynamic HP Smart Array B120i RAID Support is enabled in
      the Embedded SATA Configuration menu in RBSU (ROM-Based Setup Utility) and the
      Dynamic HP Smart Array B120i RAID operating system driver is not loaded.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system under heavy stress could experience an
      uncorrectable machine check. 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.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2014.11.01-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 2014.11.01 (B) contains a change to the Firmware RPM install command name
      from "cpqsetup" to "hpsetup" and is functionally equivalent to ver.
      2014.11.01.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if a previous
      component Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2014.11.01.
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2016.01.18
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where incorrect threshold values of CPU temperature sensors
      were reported in HP System Management Homepage (SMH).
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.40_05-06-2015
changelog:
  -     Added a Server Security BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option to Enable or
      Disable "Processor AES-NI Support". This option enables or disables the
      Advanced Encryption Standard Instruction Set. The option is enabled by default
      and was enabled automatically with previous revisions of the BIOS.
      
      Added support for UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot functionality. The iSCSI
      Software Initiator boot support can be enabled on any network card that is in
      Ethernet mode. The iSCSI network settings can be configured in the new System
      Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) iSCSI Boot Configuration menu, as
      well as using the HP RESTful API HpiScsiSoftwareInititiator resource type.
      This option is only available in UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Added a BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Network Option for VLAN
      Configuration. This option allows the user to configure Virtual LAN (VLAN)
      settings for all network devices present in the system. This option is only
      available in UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Added a new System Utilities Embedded Applications Active Health System Log
      option. This option allows users to download Active Health System (AHS) Logs.
      
      Added support for additional Storage Options to BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU). These new options allow the user to configure the number of boot
      targets that are listed per storage controller in the UEFI Boot Order. This
      option can be used to limit the number of boot targets to simplify the UEFI
      boot order and decrease boot time. These options are only available in UEFI
      Boot Mode.
      
      Added pre-boot OHCI USB support. This will allow an optional PCIe USB
      controller, such as available on the Teradici PCoIP Zero Client card, to be
      functional in a pre-boot environment. This also adds support for booting from
      USB devices attached to optional PCIe OHCI USB controllers. Support for OHCI
      USB controllers should be available from operating system drivers when not in
      the pre-boot environment.
      
      Added support for a new partitions command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This
      command can be used to view all available drive partitions.
      
      Added support for a new ahsdownload command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This
      command can be used to download Active Health System (AHS) files.
      
      Added support for a new restclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This
      command can be used to configure the server through the HP RESTful services.
      
      Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.
      
      Updated the HPRESTful API support to report and set the default UEFI Boot
      Order settings using the HpServerBootOrder resource type.
      
      Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.
      
      Updated the HP RESTful API support for HpBios resource to rename "SecureBoot"
      property to "SecureBootStatus" to avoid conflict with the "SecureBoot"
      property in HpSecureBoot resource. This change will impact any scripts written
      with a dependency on the "SecureBoot" property in the HpBios resource.
      
      Updated the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre
      Channel/FCoE Scan Policy option to default to Scan Configured Targets only.
      Previous revisions of the System ROM defaulted to scanning all targets.
      
      Enhanced the thermal solution to provide proper cooling for optional PCIe
      graphics and acceleration cards.
      
      Enhanced the System Utilities System Information and the Embedded UEFI Shell
      sysinfo command to provide additional details for the processor, memory, PCI
      subsections. In addition, added a new Firmware Information menu to System
      Information to provide a list of current firmware revisions for supported
      components.
      
      Reduced boot time when the Dynamic Smart Array B140i RAID is enabled.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.60_01-04-2016
changelog:
  -     Added support for an optional Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0.
      
      Added support to detect and log when memory performance may be degraded due to
      a high rate of correctable memory errors. When this condition is detected, a
      new Integrated Management Log (IML) message will be logged indicating a "High
      rate of corrected memory errors, performance may be degraded".
      
      Added support to the Embedded UEFI Shell to allow the user to export Secure
      Boot certificates to a file.
      
      Added support to automatically initialize the Trusted Platform Modules (TPM)
      nonvolatile storage when the TPM is first installed on a platform. This
      feature helps avoid issues where a TPM may be locked out from use to an
      operating system and requires the user to manually clear the TPM setting from
      the BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) menus when first installed.
      
      Updated branding during the boot process and in the pre-boot System Utilities
      from HP to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. No branding changes were made that
      could impact software running on the system. Industry standard SMBIOS tables
      were NOT updated to reflect Hewlett Packard Enterprise branding.
      
      Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.
      
      Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.
      
      Added support for the industry standard SMBIOS Type 2 baseboard record.
      
      Added support to the HP RESTful API to allow the user to configure the UEFI
      boot order when the system is configured for Legacy Boot Mode.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.60_01-04-2016
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the user may not be able to properly download an
      Active Health Systems (AHS) file from System Utilities or the Embedded UEFI
      Shell when certain date ranges were used.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system configured with a Trusted Platform Module
      (TPM) may improperly measure an extra EV_SEPARATOR into the TPM PCR7.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Active Health System (AHS) file could not be
      downloaded to the embedded SD card from the Embedded UEFI Shell.
      
      Addressed issues with USB support in the pre-boot environment when the system
      is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. These issues did not affect systems
      configured in UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where certain optional PCIe video adapters would fail to
      work properly when using a Linux operating system.
      
      Addressed an issue where industry standard SMBIOS Type 9 entries for PCIe
      Slots attached to a not installed processor did not exist.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Boot Configuration may not work
      properly when configuring these options through the HP RESTful Interface. This
      issue does not affect systems where the UEFI iSCSI Boot Configuration is
      configured through the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).
      
      Addressed an issue where the drives attached to an HP Smart Array controller
      may not be detected on the first boot after switching from UEFI Boot Mode to
      Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the PXE Boot Policy does not function properly when
      the Network VLAN Configuration option is enabled. When Network VLAN
      Configuration is enabled, the server would always attempt to boot both iPV4
      and iPV6 regardless of the PXE Boot Order Policy setting.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server would display a Red Screen error and
      become unresponsive when exiting the System Utilities Embedded User
      Diagnostics when configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact
      systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the HP ProLiant Dynamic Power Regulator would not
      function properly when configured for Slow Mode. In rare cases, this could
      cause the system to not optimally switch processor power states.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may display a Red Screen error and become
      unresponsive from the Embedded UEFI Shell when interrupting the ping command
      via a CTRL-C key press.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may report a 335-HP RESTful API error
      after setting the BIOS Administrator password through the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Date and Time may be set incorrectly when using
      the Date and Time option from the BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) when the
      Daylight Savings Time option is enabled.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may display a Red Screen error and become
      unresponsive during boot when more than 256 hard drives are attached to a
      storage controller. The UEFI BIOS will now limit the enumeration of bootable
      devices to 256 entries.
      
      Addressed an issue where video is not displayed when using the embedded video
      controller with certain newer monitors, such as the HP E190i, which do not
      properly operate in native resolutions such as 1280x1024.
      
      Addressed an issue with the incorrect version of the HpServerBootSettings
      schema in the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server could become unresponsive during boot or
      from the Embedded UEFI Shell when a Block I/O device such as a USB key or hard
      drive has a corrupt FAT32 file system.
      
      Addressed an issue where an erroneous 312 - HP Smart Battery error message
      would be displayed and logged to the Integrated Management Log (IML) on the
      first boot after the system battery was removed from the server.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI or Legacy Option ROM for a PCIe adapter may
      not be properly executed when installed in certain slots. This could cause
      such issues as an inability to boot using the PCIe adapter. This issue was
      seen with a Brocade network adapter but could be seen with other adapters.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may become unresponsive and experience a
      Machine Check Exception or NMI under heavy stress conditions when configured
      with Intel Xeon E5-4600 v3 processors and 64GB LRDIMMs in a 3 DIMM Per Channel
      configuration. This issue does not impact systems configured with other memory
      configuration including 64GB LRDIMM with less than 3 DIMMs Per Channel. This
      System ROM revision should be considered the minimum revision required for use
      with 64 GB LRDIMMs in systems with any memory channels containing 3 DIMMs.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20_05-05-2016-2.1
changelog:
  -     Added support for Intel Xeon E5-4600 v4 series processors.
      
      Enhanced PCIe resource allocation so that systems configured with multiple
      PCIe expansion devices may in some cases no longer report a "276 Option Card
      Configuration Error" during system boot due to not having enough I/O resources
      to support what is requested by the installed devices. This BIOS revision
      allows a wider range of PCIe configurations that request large amounts of I/O
      to be configured properly.
      
      Updated the UEFI Secure Boot revocations list (DBX) with the latest copy from
      Microsoft.
      
      Updated to the latest support modules for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology
      (TXT) including the Intel Authenticated Code Module (ACM) and Intel Secure
      Initialization (SINIT) module.
      
      Updated the HP RESTful API HPE BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.
      
      Updated the UEFI Secure Boot Key Database revocations list (DBX) with the
      latest version from Microsoft. This includes the latest list of revoked
      certificates.
      
      Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.
      
      Increased the default timeout value of the iSCSI UEFI Software Initiator boot
      to 20 seconds. This may help resolve issues of intermittent connection drop
      during an iSCSI boot.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.32_03-06-2015-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 1.32_03-06-2015 (B) addresses a flashing issue that only impacted servers
      which shipped from HP with a Windows operating system installed. The actual
      BIOS included with this revision is the same as ver. 1.32_03-06-2015. It is
      not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if the previous Revision was used to
      upgrade the system ROM to version 1.32_03-06-2015. Please refer to the
      Customer Advisory at [http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/doc
      Display/?docId=emr_na-c04634533 ](http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/p
      ublic/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04634533 for additional details.)for
      additional details.
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20_05-05-2016
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Address an issue where a system that experiences an HPE Smart Storage Battery
      failure may become unresponsive when configured with iLO Firmware 2.40.Note
      there is an issue where a system configured with Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)
      Firmware version 2.40 may experience an intermittent and false HPE Smart
      Storage Battery failure, logged in the Integrated Management Log (IML).Due
      to the BIOS issue addressed in this revision, the false HPE Smart Storage
      Battery failure may result in the system becoming unresponsive.This issue
      does not impact systems that are not configured with an HPE Smart Storage
      Battery or systems configured with iLO Firmware 2.30 or earlier.
      
      Addressed an issue where the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU) USB Boot Options setting may not properly allow the server to boot from
      the internal SD card before a USB key when SD is higher in the priority list.
      This issue only affects servers configured in Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the ambient temperature reported by the system during
      server boot may report incorrectly. This issue also requires an iLO firmware
      version update to a revision later than 2.4x which will be released later this
      year. This issue has no impact on the thermal operation of the server and is
      simply an issue with the temperature displayed during boot. While updating to
      this revision of the BIOS will not address this issue unless the iLO FW
      revision is later than 2.4x, there are no issues caused by updating the BIOS
      without updating iLO FW.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI or Legacy Option ROM for a PCIe adapter may
      not be properly executed when installed in certain slots. This could cause
      such issues as an inability to boot using the PCIe adapter. This issue was
      seen with a Brocade network adapter but could be seen with other adapters.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server health LED may remain set in a degraded or
      failed state after an error event was resolved during server operation.
      Previously, a server reset may have been needed to clear the health LED event.
      
      Addressed an issue where the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU) option for Embedded UEFI Shell Auto Startup Script Network Location
      does not accept an NSH file name containing upper case characters.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot options may
      become invalid if the DHCP server provides a new IP Address to a previously
      configured iSCSI boot option.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may become unresponsive during boot when
      configured with a HPE Dual microSD device when one of the microSD devices is
      failed or missing.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may assign incorrect ACPI NUMA proximity
      allocations for servers configured with two or more processors and with memory
      only attached to a single processor socket potentially leading to non optimal
      performance. This issue does not impact servers with memory configured on
      multiple processors.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Automatic Server Recovery (ASR) setting may not
      be configured properly through the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the internal SD card would remain active after the
      user has disabled the SD slot from System Utilities BIOS/Platform
      Configuration (RBSU) option. This issue only effects systems configured in
      Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive when using the
      PING command from the Embedded UEFI Shell.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot options may
      become invalid if the DHCP server provides a new IP Address to a previously
      configured iSCSI boot option.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may fail to boot from existing UEFI iSCSI
      Software Initiator boot options if the user changed the iSCSI Target IP
      address.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may fail to boot from UEFI iSCSI Software
      Initiator boot options that has iSCSI Initiator or Target configured using
      static IPv6 addresses.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot option IPv6
      address cannot be configured using the HPE RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue that may result in losing the existing UEFI iSCSI Software
      Initiator boot options if any of the connection parameters (LUN, Remote Port,
      IP address, login credentials) change.
      
      Addressed an issue in reporting the incorrect PCIe slot number in the error
      messages of failed iSCSI boot attempts.
      
      Addressed an issue of iSCSI boot configuration options not being available
      from the HPE RESTful API when there are no network adapters in the system.
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may become unresponsive due
      to a Non Maskable Interrupt (NMI) when performing a shutdown or startup from
      an Operating System.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.08.16-2.1
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2013.08.16-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 2013.08.16 (C) contains updates to the component packaging and is
      functionally equivalent to ver. 2013.08.16.  It is not necessary to upgrade
      with Revision C if a previous component Revision was used to upgrade the
      system ROM to version 2013.08.16.
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.52_11-10-2015
changelog:
  -     Added support for the NVIDIA M60 GPU.
      
      Added support to configure the system to bifurcate PCIe Slot 1 on the DL360
      Gen9 or PCIe Slot 2 on the DL380 Gen9.
      
      Added support for the latest Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT)
      Authenticated Code Module (ACM) and Secure Initialization (SINIT).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.52_11-10-2015
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where a system configured with a Trusted Platform Module
      (TPM) may improperly measure an extra EV_SEPARATOR into the TPM PCR7.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI or Legacy Option ROM for a PCIe adapter may
      not be properly executed when installed in certain slots.  This could cause
      such issues as an inability to boot using the PCIe adapter.  This issue was
      seen with a Brocade network adapter but could be seen with other adapters.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.00_12-27-2015
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the user may not be able to properly download an
      Active Health Systems (AHS) file from System Utilities or the Embedded UEFI
      Shell when certain date ranges were used.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Active Health System (AHS) file could not be
      downloaded to the embedded SD card from the Embedded UEFI Shell.
      
      Addressed issues with USB support in the pre-boot environment when the system
      is configured in Legacy Boot Mode. These issues did not affect systems
      configured in UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where certain optional PCIe video adapters would fail to
      work properly when using a Linux operating system.
      
      Addressed an issue where industry standard SMBIOS Type 9 entries for PCIe
      Slots attached to a not installed processor did not exist.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Boot Configuration may not work
      properly when configuring these options through the HP RESTful Interface. This
      issue does not affect systems where the UEFI iSCSI Boot Configuration is
      configured through the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU).
      
      Addressed an issue where the drives attached to an HP Smart Array controller
      may not be detected on the first boot after switching from UEFI Boot Mode to
      Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the PXE Boot Policy does not function properly when
      the Network VLAN Configuration option is enabled. When Network VLAN
      Configuration is enabled, the server would always attempt to boot both iPV4
      and iPV6 regardless of the PXE Boot Order Policy setting.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server would display a Red Screen error and
      become unresponsive when exiting the System Utilities Embedded User
      Diagnostics when configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact
      systems configured for UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the HP ProLiant Dynamic Power Regulator would not
      function properly when configured for Slow Mode. In rare cases, this could
      cause the system to not optimally switch processor power states.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may display a Red Screen error and become
      unresponsive from the Embedded UEFI Shell when interrupting the ping command
      via a CTRL-C key press.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may report a 335-HP RESTful API error
      after setting the BIOS Administrator password through the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Date and Time may be set incorrectly when using
      the Date and Time option from the BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) when the
      Daylight Savings Time option is enabled.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may display a Red Screen error and become
      unresponsive during boot when more than 256 hard drives are attached to a
      storage controller. The UEFI BIOS will now limit the enumeration of bootable
      devices to 256 entries.
      
      Addressed an issue where video is not displayed when using the embedded video
      controller with certain newer monitors, such as the HP E190i, which do not
      properly operate in native resolutions such as 1280x1024.
      
      Addressed an issue with the incorrect version of the HpServerBootSettings
      schema in the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server could become unresponsive during boot or
      from the Embedded UEFI Shell when a Block I/O device such as a USB key or hard
      drive has a corrupt FAT32 file system.
      
      Addressed an issue where an erroneous 312 - HP Smart Battery error message
      would be displayed and logged to the Integrated Management Log (IML) on the
      first boot after the system battery was removed from the server.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may become unresponsive and experience a
      Machine Check Exception or NMI under heavy stress conditions when configured
      with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors and 64GB LRDIMMs in a 3 DIMM Per Channel
      configuration. This issue does not impact systems configured with other memory
      configuration including 64GB LRDIMM with less than 3 DIMMs Per Channel. This
      System ROM revision should be considered the minimum revision required for use
      with 64 GB LRDIMMs in systems with any memory channels containing 3 DIMMs.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may display a Red Screen error and become
      unresponsive during boot when the Embedded User Partition or Virtual Install
      Disk are enabled or if a USB storage device is installed when the server is
      configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue does not impact systems configured
      for UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20_06-02-2016
changelog:
  -     Added support for Intel Xeon E5-1600 v4 series processors.
      
      Enhanced PCIe resource allocation so that systems configured with multiple
      PCIe expansion devices may in some cases no longer report a "276 Option Card
      Configuration Error" during system boot due to not having enough I/O resources
      to support what is requested by the installed devices.  This BIOS revision
      allows a wider range of PCIe configurations that request large amounts of I/O
      to be configured properly.
      
      Updated to the latest support modules for Intel Trusted eXecution Technology
      (TXT) including the Intel Authenticated Code Module (ACM) and Intel Secure
      Initialization (SINIT) module.
      
      Updated the HP RESTful API HPE BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.
      
      Updated the UEFI Secure Boot Key Database revocations list (DBX) with the
      latest version from Microsoft.  This includes the latest list of revoked
      certificates.
      
      Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.
      
      Increased the default timeout value of the iSCSI UEFI Software Initiator boot
      to 20 seconds. This may help resolve issues of intermittent connection drop
      during an iSCSI boot.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20_06-02-2016
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where a system that experiences an HPE Smart Storage
      Battery failure may become unresponsive when configured with iLO Firmware
      2.40.  Note there is an issue where a system configured with Integrated
      Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.40 may experience an intermittent and
      false HPE Smart Storage Battery failure, logged in the Integrated Management
      Log (IML).  Due to the BIOS issue addressed in this revision, the false HPE
      Smart Storage Battery failure may result in the system becoming unresponsive.
      This issue does not impact systems that are not configured with an HPE Smart
      Storage Battery or systems configured with iLO Firmware 2.30 or earlier.
      
      Addressed an issue where the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU) USB Boot Options setting may not properly allow the server to boot from
      the internal SD card before a USB key when SD is higher in the priority list.
      This issue only affects servers configured in Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the ambient temperature reported by the system during
      server boot may report incorrectly. This issue also requires an iLO firmware
      version update to a revision later than 2.4x which will be released later this
      year.  This issue has no impact on the thermal operation of the server and is
      simply an issue with the temperature displayed during boot.  While updating to
      this revision of the BIOS will not address this issue unless the iLO FW
      revision is later than 2.4x, there are no issues caused by updating the BIOS
      without updating iLO FW.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI or Legacy Option ROM for a PCIe adapter may
      not be properly executed when installed in certain slots.  This could cause
      such issues as an inability to boot using the PCIe adapter.  This issue was
      seen with a Brocade network adapter but could be seen with other adapters.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server health LED may remain set in a degraded or
      failed state after an error event was resolved during server operation.
      Previously, a server reset may have been needed to clear the health LED event.
      
      Addressed an issue where the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU) option for Embedded UEFI Shell Auto Startup Script Network Location
      does not accept an NSH file name containing upper case characters.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot options may
      become invalid if the DHCP server provides a new IP Address to a previously
      configured iSCSI boot option.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may become unresponsive during boot when
      configured with a HPE Dual microSD device when one of the microSD devices is
      failed or missing.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may assign incorrect ACPI NUMA proximity
      allocations for servers configured with two or more processors and with memory
      only attached to a single processor socket potentially leading to non-optimal
      performance. This issue does not impact servers with memory configured on
      multiple processors.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Automatic Server Recovery (ASR) setting may not
      be configured properly through the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the internal SD card would remain active after the
      user has disabled the SD slot from System Utilities BIOS/Platform
      Configuration (RBSU) option. This issue only affects systems configured in
      Legacy Boot Mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may become unresponsive when using the
      PING command from the Embedded UEFI Shell.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot options may
      become invalid if the DHCP server provides a new IP Address to a previously
      configured iSCSI boot option.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may fail to boot from existing UEFI iSCSI
      Software Initiator boot options if the user changed the iSCSI Target IP
      address.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may fail to boot from UEFI iSCSI Software
      Initiator boot options that has iSCSI Initiator or Target configured using
      static IPv6 addresses.
      
      Addressed an issue where the UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot option IPv6
      address cannot be configured using the HP RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue that may result in losing the existing UEFI iSCSI Software
      Initiator boot options if any of the connection parameters (LUN, Remote Port,
      IP address, login credentials) change.
      
      Addressed an issue in reporting the incorrect PCIe slot number in the error
      messages of failed iSCSI boot attempts.
      
      Addressed an issue of iSCSI boot configuration options not being available
      from the HP RESTful API when there are no network adapters in the system.
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where the server may become unresponsive due
      to a Non Maskable Interrupt (NMI) when performing a shutdown or startup from
      an Operating System.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.22_07-18-2016
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where a system that experiences an HPE Smart Storage
      Battery failure may become unresponsive when configured with iLO Firmware
      2.40.  Note there is an issue where a system configured with Integrated
      Lights-Out (iLO) Firmware version 2.40 may experience an intermittent and
      false HPE Smart Storage Battery failure, logged in the Integrated Management
      Log (IML).  Due to the BIOS issue addressed in this revision, the false HPE
      Smart Storage Battery failure may result in the system becoming unresponsive.
      This issue does not impact systems that are not configured with an HPE Smart
      Storage Battery or systems configured with iLO Firmware 2.30 or earlier. The
      original version of the release notes for the v2.20 System ROM inadvertently
      indicated that this issue was addressed when it was not.  
      
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.32_03-05-2015-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 1.32_03-05-2015 (B) addresses a flashing issue that only impacted servers
      which shipped from HP with a Windows operating system installed.  The actual
      BIOS included with this revision is the same as ver. 1.32_03-05-2015.  It is
      not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if the previous Revision was used to
      upgrade the system ROM to version 1.32_03-05-2015. Please refer to the
      Customer Advisory at <http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/doc
      Display/?docId=emr_na-c04634533> for additional details.
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2014.06.20
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Update system thermal settings to improve the server's thermal solution.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2015.01.26
changelog:
  -     *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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2015.01.26-2
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 2015.01.26 (B) contains a change to the Firmware RPM install command name
      from "cpqsetup" to "hpsetup" and is functionally equivalent to ver.
      2015.01.26.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if a previous
      component Revision was used to upgrade the system ROM to version 2015.01.26.
      
      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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.32_03-07-2015-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 1.32_03-07-2015 (B) addresses a flashing issue that only impacted servers
      which shipped from HP with a Windows operating system installed.  The actual
      BIOS included with this revision is the same as ver. 1.32_03-07-2015.  It is
      not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if the previous Revision was used to
      upgrade the system ROM to version 1.32_03-07-2015. Please refer to the
      Customer Advisory at <http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/doc
      Display/?docId=emr_na-c04634533> for additional details.
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.40_05-06-2015
changelog:
  -     Added a Server Security BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) option to Enable or
      Disable "Processor AES-NI Support". This option enables or disables the
      Advanced Encryption Standard Instruction Set. The option is enabled by default
      and was enabled automatically with previous revisions of the BIOS.
      
      Added support for UEFI iSCSI Software Initiator boot functionality. The iSCSI
      Software Initiator boot support can be enabled on any network card that is in
      Ethernet mode. The iSCSI network settings can be configured in the new System
      Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) iSCSI Boot Configuration menu, as
      well as using the HP RESTful API HpiScsiSoftwareInititiator resource type.
      This option is only available in UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Added a BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Network Option for VLAN
      Configuration. This option allows the user to configure Virtual LAN (VLAN)
      settings for all network devices present in the system. This option is only
      available in UEFI Boot Mode.
      
      Added a new System Utilities Embedded Applications Active Health System Log
      option. This option allows users to download Active Health System (AHS) Logs.
      
      Added support for additional Storage Options to BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU). These new options allow the user to configure the number of boot
      targets that are listed per storage controller in the UEFI Boot Order. This
      option can be used to limit the number of boot targets to simplify the UEFI
      boot order and decrease boot time. These options are only available in UEFI
      Boot Mode.
      
      Added pre-boot OHCI USB support. This will allow an optional PCIe USB
      controller, such as available on the Teradici PCoIP Zero Client card, to be
      functional in a pre-boot environment. This also adds support for booting from
      USB devices attached to optional PCIe OHCI USB controllers. Support for OHCI
      USB controllers should be available from operating system drivers when not in
      the pre-boot environment.
      
      Added support for a new partitions command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This
      command can be used to view all available drive partitions.
      
      Added support for a new ahsdownload command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This
      command can be used to download Active Health System (AHS) files.
      
      Added support for a new restclient command in the Embedded UEFI Shell. This
      command can be used to configure the server through the HP RESTful services.
      
      Updated the HP RESTful API HP BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.
      
      Updated the HPRESTful API support to report and set the default UEFI Boot
      Order settings using the HpServerBootOrder resource type.
      
      Updated the language translations (non-English modes) for System Utilities.
      
      Updated the HP RESTful API support for HpBios resource to rename "SecureBoot"
      property to "SecureBootStatus" to avoid conflict with the "SecureBoot"
      property in HpSecureBoot resource. This change will impact any scripts written
      with a dependency on the "SecureBoot" property in the HpBios resource.
      
      Updated the System Utilities BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) Fibre
      Channel/FCoE Scan Policy option to default to Scan Configured Targets only.
      Previous revisions of the System ROM defaulted to scanning all targets.
      
      Enhanced the thermal solution to provide proper cooling for optional PCIe
      graphics and acceleration cards.
      
      Enhanced the System Utilities System Information and the Embedded UEFI Shell
      sysinfo command to provide additional details for the processor, memory, PCI
      subsections. In addition, added a new Firmware Information menu to System
      Information to provide a list of current firmware revisions for supported
      components.
      
      Reduced boot time when the Dynamic Smart Array B140i RAID is enabled.
      
      Added support for the new HP PCIe x16, FlexibleLOM x8 Riser (HP Part Number
      804165-B21).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.40_05-06-2015
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the platform may become unresponsive during system
      boot when the server is configured for Legacy Boot Mode and the USB Boot
      Support has been disabled.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Intel NIC DMA Channels (IOAT) option could not be
      properly be configured from the Embedded UEFI Shell via the Sysconfig command.
      
      Addressed an issue where the +/- keys in the BIOS/Platform Configuration
      (RBSU) Boot Options menu were not functioning properly when configuring the
      server through a BIOS Serial Console Session.
      
      Addressed an issue where the fwupdate Embedded UEFI Shell command and the
      Firmware Update pre-boot application could hang during a firmware update and
      not successfully flash the device.
      
      Addressed an issue where the server may fail to boot properly to a Windows
      Deployment Server (WDS) when configured for IPv6 network boot mode.
      
      Addressed an issue where an optional PCIe adapter's legacy Expansion ROM may
      not run properly or the Expansion ROM's Setup Utility may not run properly
      when the server is configured for Legacy Boot Mode. This issue was seen with a
      Seagate storage adapter but may impact other devices.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Administrator Password would not be properly
      configured from the Embedded UEFI Shell Sysconfig command.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system could become unresponsive when booting to
      Linux Operating when serial output was enabled from the operating system and
      the iLO Virtual Serial Port was the only enabled UART.
      
      Addressed various issues with webclient and ftp commands in the Embedded UEFI
      Shell.
      
      Addressed an issue in which an Interphase audio streaming PCI-express
      expansion card may not achieve optimal performance resulting in dropped
      packets when streaming data. A similar issue could be seen with other PCI-
      express expansion cards implemented with a PCI device behind a PLX PCIe-to-PCI
      bridge. This type of PCI-express card implementation is more common with older
      PCI-express expansion cards.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may experience a Linux kernel panic when
      booting from a SATA optical drive attached to the embedded SATA controller
      when the SATA controller is configured for Dynamic Smart Array B140i support.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system health LED would remain blinking RED
      (indicating a failed state) due to a power supply failure after the power
      supply had been replaced. Once the power supply is replaced, the system health
      LED should have returned to the blinking GREEN state. With previous revisions
      of the System ROM, the system health LED would not return to GREEN until after
      a reboot when a failed power supply is replaced.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system health LED would remain blinking AMBER
      (indicating a degraded state) due to an installed power supply not being
      plugged in after the power supply had been plugged in. Once the power supply
      is plugged in, the system health LED should have returned to the blinking
      GREEN state. With previous revisions of the System ROM, the system health LED
      would not return to GREEN until after a reboot when an unplugged power supply
      is plugged in.
      
      Addressed an issue where a system may become unresponsive when launching a
      guest operating system under a Hypervisor operating system such as Citrix or
      VMware when VT-d is enabled. This issue is NOT unique to HP servers.
      
      Addressed a possible issue where the platform may become unresponsive during
      POST when the user selects the Simplified Chinese language in System
      Utilities.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system does not report the condition where all
      installed power supplies are not of the same type.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.32_03-05-2015-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 1.32_03-05-2015 (B) addresses a flashing issue that only impacted servers
      which shipped from HP with a Windows operating system installed. The actual
      BIOS included with this revision is the same as ver. 1.32_03-05-2015. It is
      not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if the previous Revision was used to
      upgrade the system ROM to version 1.32_03-05-2015. Please refer to the
      Customer Advisory at [http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/doc
      Display/?docId=emr_na-c04634533 ](http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/p
      ublic/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04634533)for additional details.
      
      **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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.32_03-05-2015-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 1.32_03-05-2015 (B) addresses a flashing issue that only impacted servers
      which shipped from HP with a Windows operating system installed. The actual
      BIOS included with this revision is the same as ver. 1.32_03-05-2015. It is
      not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if the previous Revision was used to
      upgrade the system ROM to version 1.32_03-05-2015. Please refer to the
      Customer Advisory at [http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/doc
      Display/?docId=emr_na-c04634533 ](http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/p
      ublic/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04634533 for additional details)for
      additional details.
      
      **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


