# changelog

author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3-3.1
changelog:
  -     Firmware version HPG3(C) addresses the following issue :
      
        * Added a fix for changing the order of write buffer modes in the flash engine.
      
      Firmware version HPG3 addresses the following issues:
      
        * Corrects the potential for drives to become unresponsive. For details about this issue, refer to HPE Customer Bulletin: HPE Solid State Drives (SSD) - SSD FIRMWARE UPGRADE REQUIRED to Prevent a Higher Than Expected Failure Rate Noted on Certain Model SSD Drives: <https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00048133en_us>.   
        * Improves drive reliability by including the latest firmware maintenance updates.  
        
      After HPG3 firmware is downloaded to the drive, the new HPG3 firmware will be
      active on the drive. The new drive bootloader code will be activated after the
      next drive power cycle.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3-3.1
changelog:
  -       
        * Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or Host Bus Adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.
        * Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for ProLiant and Smart Update Manager
        * Customers who already installed latest firmware version do not need to update to sub version like (B) (C) (D) etc..,


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5
changelog:
  -      Fixes a rare link loss issue and adds enhancements for drive reliability.
        * After HPG5 firmware is downloaded to the drive, the new HPG5 firmware will be active on the drive.
        * The new drive bootloader code will be activated after the next drive power cycle.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Advisory at the following URL: <https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00072768en_us>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5-4.1
changelog:
  -      Fixes a rare link loss issue and adds enhancements for drive reliability.
        * After HPG5 firmware is downloaded to the drive, the new HPG5 firmware will be active on the drive.
        * The new drive bootloader code will be activated after the next drive power cycle.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Advisory at the following URL:<https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00072768en_us>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD3
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * HPD3 firmware resolves an issue where a hard reset could potentially occur under specific sequential write workload conditions.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD5
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * This firmware improves HDD reliability when HDDs are exposed to long periods of host inactivity that exceed 1 second. HDDs may become unresponsive when using HDD firmware prior to version HPD5.  This firmware also contains a change which prevents an incorrect reassign status of a repaired sector from being logged.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD5-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or a ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager.**
        * ****Customers who already installed firmware version HPD5 do not need to update to HPD5 (B).****


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD5-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features for HPD5 (B):**
      
        * Adds support for HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD9
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * This firmware contains a change to prevent a drive reset issue, which may affect performance.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD9-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or a ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPD9 do not need to update to HPD9(B).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD4
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * Version HPD4 prevents the potential for incorrect data to be written to the drive under extremely rare circumstances when the drive experiences a hard reset. This issue has only been observed in a rigorous test environment and has NOT been reported in a customer production environment.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD4-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * Version HPD4 prevents the potential for incorrect data to be written to the drive under extremely rare circumstances when the drive experiences a hard reset. This issue has only been observed in a rigorous test environment and has NOT been reported in a customer production environment.
      
      **Problems Fixed for HPD4 (B):**
      
        * Component would fail to install drive firmware for drives present in a system configured with two or more external drive enclosures attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x. The following message would be reported in the component log file - "Device appears more than once in tree". The drive firmware installation failure was not observed in configurations having only one external drive enclosure attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x.
        * Component fails to update the firmware for drives connected behind an HP Smart Array P431 controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD7
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * This firmware improves HDD reliability when HDDs are exposed to long periods of host inactivity that exceed 1 second. HDDs may become unresponsive when using HDD firmware prior to version HPD7. 
      
        * This firmware also contains a change which prevents an incorrect reassign status of a repaired sector from being logged.
      
        * This firmware prevents asserts on a sequential write which can result in devices being lost from the configuration. It also preserves persistent reservation through downloads which prevents loss of performance.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD8
changelog:
  -      This firmware allows the drive to meet the requirements for Azure Stack certification. 
        * This firmware contains a change to the reported drive serial number in VPD page 80. It will now report the same as is displayed on the drive label.  Any removed characters are replaced with blank place holders so the log format will not be changed.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD1
changelog:
  -      This firmware includes a fix for an issue that could cause timeout errors during certain sequential write corner cases. There is also a fix for slow response time during random write workloads.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD2
changelog:
  -      This firmware includes a fix for an issue where a drive could become format corrupt after a power cycle if write commands were being executed before the power loss.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD4
changelog:
  -      New servo which prevents the drive from posting non-media errors.
        * A fix to prevent the drive from becoming unresponsive during certain mixed read/write random workloads.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD5
changelog:
  -      This firmware includes a change to reduce response times on random read/write workloads where commands are sent at slow interval (one every few hundred milliseconds).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK2
changelog:
  -      Additional improvements in MCTP functionality.
        * Drive fails to train in BL460 after Windows warm reset or iLO reset.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK4
changelog:
  -      Fixed timing issue to pass VMWare VSAN certification.  Downgrading to any previous version of firmware is not allowed.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGD-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HP Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HP ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * ****Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.****
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPGD do not need to update to HPGD(B).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGD-2.1
changelog:
  -     * Enhancements/New Features:**
      
        * Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGD-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGD prevents this condition from occurring.
        * Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
        * Resolved a component installation issue where the drive model, MB2000GCEHK, was being detected, but would fail to flash.
        * Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGD-3.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HP Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HP ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * ****Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.****
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPGD do not need to update to HPGD(C).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGD-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features:**
      
        * Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
      
      **Enhancements/New Features for (C):**
      
        * Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SATA drive components.
        * Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGD-4.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HPE Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HPE ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPGD do not need to update to HPGD (D).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGD-4.1
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features:**
      
        * Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
      
      **Enhancements/New Features for HPGD (C):**
      
        * Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SATA drive components.
        * Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGD-4.1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * After long term use of the HDD, a rare condition might occur following a power cycle where the drive heads may land on areas of the disk containing data, which could potentially cause data loss or mechanical damage. Firmware version HPGD prevents this condition from occurring.
        * Flashing drives connected behind an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) no longer causes an interrupt resulting in drive firmware installation failures.
        * Resolved a component installation issue where the drive model, MB2000GCEHK, was being detected, but would fail to flash.
        * Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.
      
      **Problems Fixed for HPGD (D):**
      
        * Component would fail to install drive firmware for drives present in a system configured with two or more external drive enclosures attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x. The following message would be reported in the component log file - "Device appears more than once in tree". The drive firmware installation failure was not observed in configurations having only one external drive enclosure attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x.
        * Component fails to update the firmware for drives connected behind an HP Smart Array P431 controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGD-5.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or a ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPGD do not need to update to HPGD (E).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGD-5.1
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features:**
      
        * Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
      
      **Enhancements/New Features for HPGD (C):**
      
        * Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SATA drive components.
        * Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
      
      **Enhancements/New Features for HPGD (E):**
      
        * Adds support for HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGD-6.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HPE Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HPE ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPGD do not need to update to HPGD(F).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG6
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * Persistent Write Cache release size was miscalculated when disk write operation completed before command complete was reported to host which could result in slow sequential write performance of the drive.
        * Drive would stop operations when disk received COMRESET command during firmware download (DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command).  
      NOTE: If this error occurs, data integrity is maintained and reboot is
      required to restart the drive operation.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG6
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features:**
      
        * Improved robustness of Adjacent Track Interference (ATI) mitigation in System.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG7
changelog:
  -      This firmware revision improves low-temperature performance and Error Correction Code (ECC) error recording for some commands. 
        * It also improves internal logging capabilities for failure analysis.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG1
changelog:
  -      Fixes an issue which caused the drive to become non-functional.  
       Fixes VPD Log D0h reported drive Sanitize times.  
       Adds support for Security Log Page BBh


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG1-2.1
changelog:
  -      Fixes an issue which caused the drive to become non-functional.  
       Fixes VPD Log D0h reported drive Sanitize times.  
       Adds support for Security Log Page BBh.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG1-4.1
changelog:
  -      Fixes an issue which caused the drive to become non-functional.
        * Fixes VPD Log D0h reported drive Sanitize times. 
        * Adds support for Security Log Page BBh.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG1-5.1
changelog:
  -      Fixes an issue which caused the drive to become non-functional.
        * Fixes VPD Log D0h reported drive Sanitize times.
        * Adds support for Security Log Page BBh.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD2
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features:**
      
        * Improved performance at higher drive temperatures.
        * Improved link error rate counter accuracy before PHY was ready.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD2
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * HPD2 firmware update resolved an issue in multiport systems where the hard disk drive (HDD) might not be recognized. This issue was due to the HDD responding too slowly to a link reset on port A if port B was unavailable (multiport failover condition).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD4-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * Self-initiated reset during ATI (Adjacent Track Interference) mitigation issue, where the drive reported a 06/29/04 (Self-Initiated Reset) to the controller.  Then the controller would re-establish link with the drive and resend the command.
        * Servo miscalculations that resulted in degraded drive performance.
      
      **Problems Fixed for HPD4 (B):**
      
        * Component would fail to install drive firmware for drives present in a system configured with two or more external drive enclosures attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x. The following message would be reported in the component log file - "Device appears more than once in tree". The drive firmware installation failure was not observed in configurations having only one external drive enclosure attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x.
        * Component fails to update the firmware for drives connected behind an HP Smart Array P431 controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD4-3.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or a ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager.**
        * ****Customers who already installed firmware version HPD4 do not need to update to HPD4 (C).****


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD4-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features for HPD4 (C):**
      
        * Adds support for HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD6-3.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or a ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPD6 do not need to update to HPD6(C).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG2
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * Firmware version HPG2 prevents the occurrence of a rare issue which could lead to slow drive performance. This issue has the potential to impact all drives in configurations where the drives might be allowed to be idle for greater than 1 second.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG2-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HPE Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HPE ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPG2 do not need to update to HPG2(B).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG2-3.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HPE Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HPE ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPG2 do not need to update to HPG2(C).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG2-4.1
changelog:
  -      Firmware version HPG2 prevents the occurrence of a rare issue which could lead to slow drive performance. This issue has the potential to impact all drives in configurations where the drives might be allowed to be idle for greater than 1 second.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD2
changelog:
  -     This firmware includes
      
        * New servo which prevents the drive from posting non-media errors
        * A fix for an issue where the drive could become unresponsive after a hard reset


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG1
changelog:
  -      The FW version is Changed from HPG0 to HPG1. Changed the thermal throttling scheme. SMART 60 was matched with Tcase 70 and Run the thermal throttling at SMART 65.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG4-5.1
changelog:
  -      This firmware corrects a potential issue where the data in the reserved tracks is not properly updated, eliminating the risk of a drive not finishing the boot process on power up.  This firmware is also designed to prevent any previous firmware revisions to be loaded onto the drive, once the HPG4 firmware is downloaded.  Other maintenance fixes and updates are also included with the new firmware.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5
changelog:
  -      This firmware corrects a rare but potential data integrity issue, found in specific workloads with improperly ordered write commands or during overlapped read command processing.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG7-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HPE Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HPE ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPG7 do not need to update to HPG7 (B).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG7-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * This firmware corrects possible unrecovered errors caused by the track refresh algorithm not working properly.
      
      **Problems Fixed for HPG7 (B):**
      
        * Component would fail to install drive firmware for drives present in a system configured with two or more external drive enclosures attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x. The following message would be reported in the component log file - "Device appears more than once in tree". The drive firmware installation failure was not observed in configurations having only one external drive enclosure attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x.
        * Component fails to update the firmware for drives connected behind an HP Smart Array P431 controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG7-3.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or a ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager.**
        * ****Customers who already installed firmware version HPG7 do not need to update to HPG7 (C).****


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG7-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features for HPG7 (C):**
      
        * Adds support for HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGB-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or a ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPGB do not need to update to HPGB(B).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGB-3.1
changelog:
  -      Fixed the issue of Online firmware update fails when drives are connected behind AHCI controller.
        * Corrects a potential data integrity issue caused by an in process write retry incorrectly starting at the wrong location. This issue was found during supplier ongoing reliability testing.
      
        * The firmware also corrects settings preservation after a code download, and includes emergency power off improvements.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGB-7.1
changelog:
  -      Corrects a potential data integrity issue caused by an in process write retry incorrectly starting at the wrong location.This issue was found during supplier ongoing reliability testing.
        * The firmware also corrects settings preservation after a code download, and includes emergency power off improvements.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK2
changelog:
  -      After a warm reboot, the drive would fail to be recognized.
        * Addressed a potential for data integrity issues during unaligned data transfers.
        * A drive would become non-functional due to a disabled logic state that resulted from a vSAN PCIe Advance Error Reporting issue where device registers were accessed before they became ready.  
      
       For details about this issue, refer to HPE Customer Bulletin:
      <https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00052541en_us>  
      
       **Important:** After the drive is upgraded to firmware version HPK2, it cannot be downgraded firmware version HPK0.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK2-2.1
changelog:
  -      Resolves an issue where the drive may fail to be recognized after a warm reboot.
        * Corrects a potential data integrity issue during unaligned data transfers.
        * Fixes an issue where the drive may become disabled during improper access of error registers.
        * Once HPK2 is downloaded, the drive cannot be changed back to HPK0 firmware.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3
changelog:
  -      Corrects a potential unresponsiveness during a Secure Erase operation, and fixes an incorrect error reporting issue during certain SATA protocol transfers.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG6
changelog:
  -      HPG6 introduces bug fixes, reliability enhancement and modification in SMART Attributes. Once HPG6 is downloaded, the drive cannot be changed back to an earlier firmware (eg, HPG3).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD2
changelog:
  -      This firmware changes some settings to comply with Microsoft Storage Spaces Certification requirements.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD4
changelog:
  -      Free up more DRAM for user data to improve DRAM management.
      
        * Drive would stop responding on read retry Step 50 of Controller code correction.
      
        * In extremely rare cases, internal drive testing found that if I_T nexus loss is greater than 2 seconds, data loss might occur. If this rare condition occurs, the drive reports sense code 06/29/04 (HDD executed internal reboot), which displays on the screen and is entered in the drive log.
      
        * Drive may report sense code 02/04/02 instead of 02/04/01 if MODE SENSE and MODE SELECT command come before drive ready. The drive name will no longer display in the list, and the system will not be able to access the drive until the system is power-cycled or reset.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD5
changelog:
  -     This firmware provides a change to the Vendor ID in the VPD page that refers
      to HP instead of HPE.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG4
changelog:
  -      This firmware release provides additional protections against hangs in certain corner cases, and cleans up some error handling and command behavior issues.
        * It also fixes a firmware bug that caused significant performance degradation in abnormally long data transfers.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG4-2.1
changelog:
  -      Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode  is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.
        * Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for ProLiant and Smart Update Manager.
        * Customers who already installed latest firmware version do not need to update to sub version like (B) (C) (D) etc..


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5-2.1
changelog:
  -          * Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.
          * Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager.
          * Customers who already installed latest firmware version do not need to update to sub version like (B) (C) (D) etc..


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK2
changelog:
  -      Fixes an issue where the SSID was not programmed correctly to the drive. This may cause issues with the drive not being identified correctly in the Integrated Lights Out Utility.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK3
changelog:
  -      Fixed SSD weargauge report error issue.
        * Fixed Assign FWState as TR_DONE_ERR at the correct location.
        * Prepare proper response data for Get Message Type Supported MCTP Command.
        * Added code to preserve current feature values cross live firmware update.
        * Allocate 4 bytes instead of 2 bytes for parameter code.
        * Changed the value for NLB equal to NSize -1.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS4-5.1
changelog:
  -      HPS4 firmware release resolved a firmware timing issue which occurred during drive long self-test and resulted in a timeout condition that caused the drive to become unrecognized by the system.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS4
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * HPS4 firmware release resolved a firmware timing issue which occurred during drive long self-test and resulted in a timeout condition that caused the drive to become unrecognized by the system.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS4-3.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HPE Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HPE ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPS4 do not need to update to HPS4(c).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS4-4.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HPE Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HPE ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPS4 do not need to update to HPS4(D).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD2
changelog:
  -      Removes a vendor unique sense code that the controller does not handle properly.
        * Includes changes to eliminate the cause of a potential hang condition.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD3
changelog:
  -      Fix issue with Drive Hang on Read Retry Step 50 Controller code correction - When "command aging timer expire" AND "I_T nexus loss" occurs at the same time, HDD reports sense code, 06-29-04 Sense code correction.
        * Drive may report sense 02/04/02 instead of 02/04/01 if MODE SENSE and MODE SELECT command come before drive ready.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG1
changelog:
  -      Fixes Addressed a sustained write performance by improving the efficiency of background tasks. - Addressed a rare occurrence of a data loss issue during a sudden power event. - Addressed a rare occurrence of a Data Management Error after an interface reset when the device's Software Setting Prevention (SSP) is disabled.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG2
changelog:
  -      Fixed an issues where work load logging tasks were not properly reported.
        * Fixed an issue where temperatures below 10 degree celsius were being shown as a high temperature.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3
changelog:
  -      Fixed a bug which is related to SSDs returning unexpected data when drive statistics are queried and could result in server instability.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Advisory at the following URL: <https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00097984en_us>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD9
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * When configured in an HPE D6000 Disk Enclosure, a drive might fail disk discovery operation. This firmware corrects the drive's loss of signal detection, which is the root of the reported problem.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPDB
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * This firmware improves potential timeouts that could occur during the write error recovery process (causing the drive to internally reset), and corrects possible data mismanagement issues.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPDB-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HPE Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HPE ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPDB do not need to update to HPDB(B).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPDB-3.1
changelog:
  -      This firmware improves potential timeouts that could occur during the write error recovery process (causing the drive to internally reset), and corrects possible data mismanagement issues.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 3H5Q-2.1
changelog:
  -      Optimized T-offset setting .
        * Change MQES setting to 8192.
        * Code change to set 'Slot Clock Configuration bit in Link Status register.
        * Fixed LED Behavior misaligned specs issue.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> MPK75H5Q
changelog:
  -      Fixed False UECC issue at idle power mode (12.8TB and 15.36TB only).
        * Apply PCLK running PHY option, PLL clock disable can be avoided in lane 0 missing case.
        * Old FW download Blocking.
        * FW is changed off the option of TX data alignment for each lane.
        * FW is changed to clear the interrupt after TLP Complete when PCIe config read operation.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Bulletin at the following URL: <https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-a00113342en_us>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HP Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HP ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * ****Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.****
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPG3 do not need to update to HPG3(B).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features:**
      
        * This firmware includes a performance improvement when drives are operating in an expander environment.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * Linux Smart Component fails to update firmware on SATA drive connected behind a SATA HBA controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HP Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HP ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * ****Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware 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> HPG5
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features:**
      
        * Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
        * Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SATA drive components.
        * Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5
changelog:
  -     *Problem Fixed:**
      
        * Fixes a rare but potential data integrity error during low 5v drive voltage and specific sequential data streaming conditions, which could result in data written to incorrect sectors.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HPE Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HPE ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPG5 do not need to update to HPG5 (B).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Problem Fixed:**
      
        * Fixes a rare but potential data integrity error during low 5v drive voltage and specific sequential data streaming conditions, which could result in data written to incorrect sectors.
      
      **Problems Fixed for HPG5 (B):**
      
        * Component would fail to install drive firmware for drives present in a system configured with two or more external drive enclosures attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x. The following message would be reported in the component log file - "Device appears more than once in tree". The drive firmware installation failure was not observed in configurations having only one external drive enclosure attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x.
        * Component fails to update the firmware for drives connected behind an HP Smart Array P431 controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5-3.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or a ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPG5 do not need to update to HPG5 (C).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features:**
      
        * Added support for UEFI (Universal Extensible Firmware Interface) based servers.
        * Updated the flash engine to standardize logging across all SATA drive components.
        * Enhanced logging capability to improve the details provided in the component log file.
      
      **Enhancements/New Featuresfor HPG5 (C):**
      
        * Adds support for HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5-4.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or a ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPG5 do not need to update to HPG5(D).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD3
changelog:
  -      This firmware has a change that allows the drive to meet the requirements for Microsoft Azure Stack certification.  It also includes a fix for an issue that could cause timeout errors during certain sequential write corner cases.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD4
changelog:
  -          * Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.
          * Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * After HDD power cycle, the Background Media Scan (BGMS) pointer would invoke a second BGMS routine starting at LBA 0, which could affect  performance until the second BGMS has completed.
        * When writing to the HDD after it entered or returned from a standby state, the potential existed for a Non Volatile Cache issue to occur..


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * After HDD power cycle, the Background Media Scan (BGMS) pointer would invoke a second BGMS routine starting at LBA 0, which could affect  performance until the second BGMS has completed.
        * When writing to the HDD after it entered or returned from a standby state, the potential existed for a Non Volatile Cache issue to occur..
      
      **Problems Fixed for HPG3 (B):**
      
        * Component would fail to install drive firmware for drives present in a system configured with two or more external drive enclosures attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x. The following message would be reported in the component log file - "Device appears more than once in tree". The drive firmware installation failure was not observed in configurations having only one external drive enclosure attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x.
        * Component fails to update the firmware for drives connected behind an HP Smart Array P431 controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * This firmware improves HDD reliability when HDDs are exposed to long periods of host inactivity that exceed 1 second. HDDs may become unresponsive when using HDD firmware prior to version HPG5.  This firmware also contains a change which prevents an incorrect reassign status of a repaired sector from being logged.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or a ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPG5 do not need to update to HPG5 (B).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG8-2.1
changelog:
  -      This firmware updates the drive to indicate NDU compliance.
        * Fixed the issue of Online firmware update fails when drives are connected behind AHCI controller.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD6-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or a ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPD6 do not need to update to HPD6(B).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD6-3.1
changelog:
  -      This firmware provides a drive command update that allows the drive to become fully ready before returning good status during the power up sequence.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD7
changelog:
  -      Fixed an issue where drive usage was not being properly reported in the HPE Wear Gauge Utility


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD9
changelog:
  -      Fixed Store Userdata in Crash Occurred
        * Fixed Log sense returned incorrect length of data.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG5
changelog:
  -      Includes the latest maintenance code enhancements.
        * Fixes the Sanitize command progress indicator.
        * Once the firmware is updated to HPG5, it cannot be downgraded back to HPG1.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG6
changelog:
  -      HPG6 contains a fix that prevents drive failure during firmware update process. Once HPG6 is downloaded, the drive cannot be changed back to an earlier firmware (eg, HPG5).
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Advisory at the following URL: https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00102353en_us


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD1
changelog:
  -      Fix for a potential timeout.
        * Self-Test code is now logged in the correct location.
        * Fix for a potential error during error recovery.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD1-4.1
changelog:
  -      Online firmware flashing of drives attached to aSmart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.
        * Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliantand Smart Update Manager.
        * Customers who already installed latest firmware version do not need to update to sub version like(B) (C) (D) etc...


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD3
changelog:
  -      This release corrects logical block address mismatches that could results in partial or total data loss.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS5
changelog:
  -     *Enhancements/New Features:**
      
        * ****Enables sanitize device function for HP specific environments
        * Adds UECC Read-retry algorithm for timeout handling
        * Adds single binary file drive firmware update support


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS5
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * Resolves an issue with the option kit in which an M.2 SSD is installed: when RAID 1 is selected, devices go into a RAID rebuild mode


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS6
changelog:
  -     *Firmware Dependency:**
      
        * Drive models XP0032GEFEN, XP0032GDZME, XP0064GDZMF, and XP0064GEFEP must have firmware version HPS5 installed prior to updating to firmware version HPS6.
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
        * Improves firmware upgrade process by using a single firmware file instead of multiple files for upgrading all capacities of drives in this drive family.
      
        * Improves TRIM command handling.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS8
changelog:
  -     *Firmware Dependency:**
      
        * ****Drive models XP0032GEFEN, XP0032GDZME, XP0064GDZMF, and XP0064GEFEP must have firmware version HPS6 installed prior to updating to firmware version HPS8.
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
        * HPS8 firmware release resolved a firmware timing issue which occurred during drive long self-test and resulted in a timeout condition that caused the drive to become unrecognized by the system.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS8-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware Dependency:**
      
        * Drive models XP0032GEFEN, XP0032GDZME, XP0064GDZMF, and XP0064GEFEP must have firmware version HPS6 installed prior to updating to firmware version HPS8.
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
        * HPS8 firmware release resolved a firmware timing issue which occurred during drive long self-test and resulted in a timeout condition that caused the drive to become unrecognized by the system.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS8-3.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to a Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or a ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the Service Pack for Proliant and Smart Update Manager**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPS8 do not need to update to HPS8(C).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS6-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware Dependency:**
      
        * Drive models XP0032GEFEN, XP0032GDZME, XP0064GDZMF, and XP0064GEFEP must have firmware version HPS5 installed prior to updating to firmware version HPS6.
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
        * Improves firmware upgrade process by using a single firmware file instead of multiple files for upgrading all capacities of drives in this drive family.
      
        * Improves TRIM command handling.
      
      **Enhancements/New Features for HPS6 (B):**
      
        * Adds support for HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS8-4.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HPE Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HPE ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPS8 do not need to update to HPS8(D).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPS8-5.1
changelog:
  -      HPS8 firmware release resolved a firmware timing issue which occurred during drive long self-test and resulted in a timeout condition that caused the drive to become unrecognized by the system.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD5-2.1
changelog:
  -      **Online firmware flashing of drives attached to an HPE Smart Array controller running in Zero Memory (ZM) mode or an HPE ProLiant host bus adapter (HBA) is NOT supported. Only offline firmware flashing of drives is supported for these configurations.**
        * **Online drive firmware update available for Smart Array Controllers configured in systems running supported Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware environments. All other OSes would require an offline update using the SPP and HP SUM.**
        * **Customers who already installed firmware version HPD5 do not need to update to HPD5 (B).**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD5-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * Self-initiated reset during ATI (Adjacent Track Interference) mitigation issue, where the drive reported a 06/29/04 (Self-Initiated Reset) to the controller.  Then the controller would re-establish link with the drive and resend the command.
        * Servo miscalculations that resulted in degraded drive performance.
      
      **Problems Fixed for HPD5 (B):**
      
        * Component would fail to install drive firmware for drives present in a system configured with two or more external drive enclosures attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x. The following message would be reported in the component log file - "Device appears more than once in tree". The drive firmware installation failure was not observed in configurations having only one external drive enclosure attached to an HP Host Bus Adapter H22x.
        * Component fails to update the firmware for drives connected behind an HP Smart Array P431 controller. Component reports the firmware update was successful. However, after a power cycle, the firmware version remains unchanged.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG2
changelog:
  -      When SSD statistics are queried, erroneous drive temperatures may be reported. When this occurs, the system may encounter any of the two following conditions, leaving the server in an unstable state. 
          * Server shutdown
          * In VMware vSAN environment, storage volume taken offline.
        * For important information, refer to HPE Customer Advisory at the following URL: <https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00097984en_us>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD2
changelog:
  -      Fixes the cause of internal reboots detected in the MSA system.
        * Removes a vendor unique sense code that the controller does not handle properly.
        * Includes changes to eliminate the cause of a potential hang condition.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD3
changelog:
  -      Fix issue with drive Hang on read retry Step 50 Controller code correction - When "command aging timer expire" AND "I_T nexus loss" occurs at the same time, HDD reports sense code, 06-29-04 Sense code correction.
        * Drive may report sense 02/04/02 instead of 02/04/01 if MODE SENSE and MODE SELECT command come before drive ready.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD4
changelog:
  -      There is no compelling reason to update this firmware. Risk is that whoever looks at the Vendor ID in the VPD page will notice that it refers to HP instead of HPE. There is no functional risk if not upgraded.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * This firmware improves HDD reliability when HDDs are exposed to long periods of host inactivity that exceed 1 second. HDDs may become unresponsive when using HDD firmware prior to version HPD1.  This firmware also contains a change which prevents an incorrect reassign status of a repaired sector from being logged.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD2
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * This firmware prevents asserts on a sequential write which can result in devices being lost from the configuration. It also preserves persistent reservation through downloads which prevents loss of performance.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD3-2.1
changelog:
  -      This firmware allows the drive to meet the requirements for Azure Stack certification. 
        * This firmware contains a change to the reported drive serial number in VPD page 80. It will now report the same as is displayed on the drive label.  Any removed characters are replaced with blank place holders so the log format will not be changed


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD4
changelog:
  -      This firmware release provides a more graceful termination of certain commands and prevents a read/write command hang under an unusual timing condition when resuming from a suspend operation


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD5
changelog:
  -      This firmware release provides additional protections against hangs in certain corner cases, and cleans up some error handling and command behavior issues.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.1.1004
changelog:
  -      Heartbeat loss resulting in subordinate interconnect reboot and loss of network connectivity.
        * Missing FIP Discovery Advertisements after ICM reboot.
        * Packet loss during LE orchestrated f/w update.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.2.1006
changelog:
  -      Issue with Fabric Attach Boot from SAN (BFS) on ESX has been addressed
        * Fixes no link using HPE 40Gb QSFP+ Bidirectional Transceiver 841716-B21
        * Fixes two modules with same WWPN on some ports


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.1.0.1010
changelog:
  -     Requires OneView 3.10 or higher to support these enhancements
      
        * Support for VLAN 1 on an uplink set
        * Support for network loop protection and proper status reporting on per profile connection bases
        * Provide ability to disable auto-negotiation on 40Gb QSFP ports with CR4- based DAC cables for interoperability with Nexus 9K switches
        * Support for retrieval and display of the optical transceiver digital diagnostics parameters
        * Support for retrieval and display of the historical statistics and static counters for the ICM cluster links


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.1.0.1010
changelog:
  -      Resolves issue where host logins are unequally distributed after adding additional ports to Uplink Set
        * Resolves issue where broadcast, unknown unicast and multicast traffic will fail after master module is reset and uplinks in an MLAG are toggled
        * Resolves issue where Master & Subordinate ICMs MAC address tables in CLI are not in sync


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.1.1.1003
changelog:
  -     Requires OneView 3.10.00 or higher to support these enhancements
      
        * Support for HPE 3PAR Storage Direct Attach


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.2.0.1005
changelog:
  -      Resolve a small possibility that a server profile connection configured for Fibre Channel (FC) network will not completely recover resulting in loss of access to storage LUN after a reset of VC SE module
        * Resolve a temporary loss of connectivity that may occur on the subordinate module due to LACP timeout when using short timers when a master module in the stacking domain is reset
        * Resolve some Fibre Channel aborts that may be detected in host operating system During Fibre Channel multipath failback
        * Resolve an intermittent connectivity issue across the stacking links when MAC tables between the 2 ICMs are out of sync after a MAC address move
        * Resolve an issue showing stacking link health status disconnected and uplink status unknown only encountered in a 5-frame logical enclosure with five or more QSFP-SFP adapters or 4X10 breakout cables where interconnect modules will go to a Configuration Error State and Stacking Links will show disconnected after HPE OneView attempts to configure the modules
        * Resolve a management interface connectivity lost through IP after VC SE 40Gb F8 Module removal and replacement
        * Resolve an issue of rare condition that the server would lost some VLAN connectivity after its removal and insertion
        * Resolve an issue of MLAG ports remain on standby after 1 of 2 upstream switch is rebooted
        * Resolve the intermittent loss of egress traffic through VC SE Module when Cisco Top of Rack Switch vPC peer-link is shut down when Master VC SE module is connected to secondary-role Cisco vPC switch


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 0.1.2.6
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where HPE Jitter support may not respond to configuration
      changes from the Integrated Lights-Out webpage.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 0.1.4.4
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This is a new release of HPE Gen10 Innovation Engine (IE) Firmware revision
      0.1.4.4. System ROM V1.26 must be installed prior to updating to IE FW
      0.1.4.4. This revision of the IE FW is required for updating the Intel
      Platform Service (SPS) Firmware revision 04.00.04.288 and later. It should be
      installed prior to updating to SPS FW 04.00.04.288 or later. SPS FW
      04.00.04.288 mitigates security vulnerability CVE-2017-5706
      (http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-5706) and
      CVE-2017-5709 (http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-5709).
      It is anticipated that details regarding these security vulnerabilities will
      be published to these links on November 20,2017. These security
      vulnerabilities are not unique to HPE servers.  
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      System ROM V1.26  
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This is a new release of HPE Gen10 Innovation Engine (IE) Firmware revision
      0.1.4.4. System ROM V1.26 must be installed prior to updating to IE FW
      0.1.4.4. This revision of the IE FW is required for updating the Intel
      Platform Service (SPS) Firmware revision 04.00.04.288 and later. It should be
      installed prior to updating to SPS FW 04.00.04.288 or later. SPS FW
      04.00.04.288 mitigates security vulnerability CVE-2017-5706
      (http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-5706) and
      CVE-2017-5709 (http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-5709).
      It is anticipated that details regarding these security vulnerabilities will
      be published to these links on November 20,2017. These security
      vulnerabilities are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 0.1.5.2
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
       HPE Innovation Engine (IE) Firmware 0.1.4.4 has been removed from the web for
      the following reasons:
      
      1\. Systems could experience a rare issue where processor and memory
      temperatures stop reporting, resulting in increased system fan speeds. This
      issue is seen during a system reboot and is only recovered by another system
      reset. This issue did not exist with previous versions of the Innovation
      Engine Firmware.
      
      2\. Systems configured with Jitter Smoothing support could experience a rare
      issue where on a given boot the functionality does not function. Resetting the
      system typically corrects the issue. This issue did not exist with previous
      versions of the Innovation Engine Firmware.
      
      3\. Systems configured with the Intel Xeon Scalable 6143 Gold and 8165
      Platinum processors with HPE's Core Boosting support enabled could experience
      a rare issue where on a given boot the functionality does not function.
      Resetting the system typically corrects the issue. This issue did not exist
      with previous versions of the Innovation Engine Firmware.
      
      This is a new release of HPE Gen10 Innovation Engine (IE) Firmware revision
      0.1.5.2 to replace IE version 0.1.4.4. If updating from IE version 0.1.4.4,
      follow the installation notes. If updating from an IE version prior to 0.1.4.4
      please read the following note.
      
      System ROM V1.26 must be installed prior to updating to IE FW 0.1.5.2. This
      revision of the IE FW is required for updating the Intel Platform Service
      (SPS) Firmware revision 04.00.04.288 and later. It should be installed prior
      to updating to SPS FW 04.00.04.288 or later. SPS FW 04.00.04.288 mitigates
      security vulnerability CVE-2017-5706 (http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
      bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-5706) and CVE-2017-5709 (http://www.cve.mitre.org
      /cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-5709). The details regarding these security
      vulnerabilities were published to these links on November 20,2017. These
      security vulnerabilities are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      System ROM V1.26 or later  
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where systems configured with Innovation Engine Firmware
      0.1.4.4 could experience a rare issue where processor and memory temperatures
      stop reporting, resulting in increased system fan speeds. This issue is seen
      during a system reboot and is only recovered by another system reset. This
      issue did not exist with previous versions of the Innovation Engine Firmware.
      
      Addressed an issue where systems configured with Innovation Engine Firmware
      0.1.4.4 and Jitter Smoothing support could experience a rare issue where on a
      given boot the functionality does not function. Resetting the system typically
      corrects the issue. This issue did not exist with previous versions of the
      Innovation Engine Firmware.
      
      Addressed an issue where systems configured with Innovation Engine Firmware
      0.1.4.4 and the Intel Xeon Scalable 6143 Gold and 8165 Platinum processors
      with HPE's Core Boosting support enabled could experience a rare issue where
      on a given boot the functionality does not function. Resetting the system
      typically corrects the issue. This issue did not exist with previous versions
      of the Innovation Engine Firmware.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      This flash component will report the Current Revision of the Innovation Engine
      FW as "n/a" when updating the Innovation Engine FW. This does not affect the
      flash update or impact how the Innovation Engine FW operates.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 0.1.6.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      System ROM V1.26 or later
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) web interface may
      incorrectly report the Innovation Engine is running in a degraded state.
      
      Addressed an issue where memory telemetry data may not be reported properly in
      the Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) web interface or through the HPE RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Innovation Engine Firmware flash would fail if a
      previous flash attempt was interrupted and not completed successfully.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      This flash component will report the Current Revision of the Innovation Engine
      FW as "n/a" when updating the Innovation Engine FW. This does not affect the
      flash update or impact how the Innovation Engine FW operates.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 0.1.6.1-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 0.1.6.1(C) contains updates to the component packaging and is
      functionally equivalent to ver. 0.1.6.1.  It is not necessary to upgrade with
      Revision C if a previous component Revision was used to upgrade the firmware
      to version 0.1.6.1.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      System ROM V1.26 or later  
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where the Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) web interface may
      incorrectly report the Innovation Engine is running in a degraded state.
      
      Addressed an issue where memory telemetry data may not be reported properly in
      the Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) web interface or through the HPE RESTful API.
      
      Addressed an issue where the Innovation Engine Firmware flash would fail if a
      previous flash attempt was interrupted and not completed successfully.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      This flash component will report the Current Revision of the Innovation Engine
      FW as "n/a" when updating the Innovation Engine FW. This does not affect the
      flash update or impact how the Innovation Engine FW operates.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 0.2.0.11
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where updates to the Intel Server Platform
      Services (SPS) firmware may fail.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      This flash component will report the Current Revision of the Innovation Engine
      FW as "n/a" when updating the Innovation Engine FW. This does not affect the
      flash update or impact how the Innovation Engine FW operates.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 0.2.0.11
changelog:
  -     Added support for Intel Xeon Scalable Performance 3200, 4200, 5200, 6200 and
      8200 series processors.
      
      Added support for HPE system performance monitoring and workload performance
      advisor. This feature also requires Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) firmware
      version 1.40 or later.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 0.2.1.2-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support for HPE Persistent Memory featuring Intel Optane DC Persistent
      Memory.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 0.2.2.0
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where Processor or Memory temperature
      reporting may not be collected properly by the platform and the system fans
      may be running faster than expected. This issue has been seen occasionally
      after a server reboot and is typically corrected with a subsequent server
      reboot.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.53
changelog:
  -     This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:  
         iLO Amplifier Pack - Advanced Server Firmware/Driver and License
      Management Solution  
         OpenLDAP  
         OpenSSL 1.0.1u FIPS  
         PSRT 301  
         CSRs no longer include the iLO IP address by default. To include the iLO
      IP address in the CSR, enable  
          the include iLO IP Address(es) option in the iLO web interface.  
         Added an iLO RESTful API option to include the iLO IP address in SSL
      certificate CSRs.  
         AlertMail formatting improvements.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.53
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:  
         Fixed an issue that led to POST Error: 333-iLO RESTful API Error - Unable
      to communicate with the iLO firmware when an SD card is was installed.  
         Fix handling of logical drive indexing, found in cases where logical
      drives are not contiguous.  
         Power loss occurs when hot-plugging RPS backplane during runtime.  
         High fan noise occurs during ML110 Gen9 server system startup.  
         IPMI Drive fault is incorrectly mapped to "In Failed Array" on drive
      sensors.  
         Target node iLO is unavailable when an HPE OneView server profile is
      applied.  
         The iLO RESTful API Software Inventory is incomplete when compared to the
      iLO web interface.  
         The iLO RESTful API does not return complete version strings for all
      software components.  
         Unable to use IPMI to "Set Serial Number" and "Set Product ID".  
         Fan failure and server shutdown occur on SL230s Gen8 servers.  
         Reverse Address Translate returns bad values when called with hponcfg.  
         The iLO RESTful API does not return the exact PCI device location for PCIe
      components.  
         An incorrect device type is reported for the embedded SATA controller.  
         Performing a NAND format may leave the REST provider registration in an
      unstable state.  
         Solid state drives are intermittently reported as hard disk drives.  
         Fixed SNMP configuration read failure issue due to wrong FQDN trap
      destination configuration.  
         Fixed an issue that could lead to distorted video after setting boot mode
      to UEFI via RIBCL.  
         False Self-Test error on USB port may be reported when an HPE ProLiant
      Gen8-Series server is powered Off (Advisory found at:
      http://h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-
      a00007681en_us)


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.54
changelog:
  -     This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:
      
        * iLO Amplifier Pack - Advanced Server Firmware/Driver and License Management Solution
        * OpenLDAP
        * OpenSSL 1.0.1u FIPS
        * PSRT 301
        * CSRs no longer include the iLO IP address by default. To include the iLO IP address in the CSR, enable the include iLO IP Address(es) option in the iLO web interface.
        * Added an iLO RESTful API option to include the iLO IP address in SSL certificate CSRs.
        * AlertMail formatting improvements.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.54
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        * Resolved an issue where in some cases iLO configuration data could be reset to default values after an iLO firmware upgrade (only affects Gen8 servers).
        * Improved the mechanism to reset communication to the non-volatile storage (NAND) upon a warm reboot of the server (to reset an inaccessible NAND)
        * NOTE: If the NAND is inaccessible when upgrading to iLO 4 2.54 firmware, an AC power pull may be necessary to reset an inaccessible NAND.
      
      The following issues are resolved in version 2.53 (replaced by 2.54):
      
        * Fixed an issue that led to POST Error: 333-iLO RESTful API Error - Unable to communicate with the iLO firmware when an SD card is was installed.
        * Fix handling of logical drive indexing, found in cases where logical drives are not contiguous.
        * Power loss occurs when hot-plugging RPS backplane during runtime.
        * High fan noise occurs during ML110 Gen9 server system startup.
        * IPMI Drive fault is incorrectly mapped to "In Failed Array" on drive sensors.
        * Target node iLO is unavailable when an HPE OneView server profile is applied.
        * The iLO RESTful API Software Inventory is incomplete when compared to the iLO web interface.
        * The iLO RESTful API does not return complete version strings for all software components.
        * Unable to use IPMI to "Set Serial Number" and "Set Product ID".
        * Fan failure and server shutdown occur on SL230s Gen8 servers.
        * Reverse Address Translate returns bad values when called with hponcfg.
        * The iLO RESTful API does not return the exact PCI device location for PCIe components.
        * An incorrect device type is reported for the embedded SATA controller.
        * Performing a NAND format may leave the REST provider registration in an unstable state.
        * Solid state drives are intermittently reported as hard disk drives.   
        * Fixed SNMP configuration read failure issue due to wrong FQDN trap destination configuration.  
        * Fixed an issue that could lead to distorted video after setting boot mode to UEFI via RIBCL.
        * False Self-Test error on USB port may be reported when an HPE ProLiant Gen8-Series server is powered Off (Advisory found at: http://h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00007681en_us)
        * Improved error handling of option card AHS data that could result in excessive descriptor growth resulting in large AHS data files.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.55
changelog:
  -     This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:
      
        * The Self-signed SSL certificate can now be regenerated.
        * New iLO RESTful API command to allow an auxiliary power cycle of the server on the next host power down.
        * Added THERM_TRIP events, OS_STOP_SHUTDOWN, OS_NMI, ACPI, PCI-E Bus Error and CPU error logs to the SEL. 
        * Added OEM type SEL event with IML info on critical events.
        * Improved reliability of Embedded Media attach and diagnostics.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.55
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        * Masked out errant failures due to charging of storage battery.
        * Implemented cell voltage separation pre-failure warning for storage battery.
        * iLO RESTful API output might display incorrect power supply information.
        * iLO Federation group authentication errors might occur if you repeatedly add and remove groups during a query.
        * An iLO RESTful API event subscription might be lost when DELETE and CREATE subscriptions occur at the same time that the transmitter waits to retry an action.
        * During CAC smartcard authentication, the iLO RESTful API returns a session URI that incorrectly contains uppercase letters.
        * In certain conditions, the Rest server becomes unavailable during a GET of the IELs.
        * The iLO web interface language pack redirects to English.
        * The iLO RESTful API output text represents upper threshold values as lower thresholds.
        * The Linux openipmi driver does not poll the receive message queue if KCS host irq not enabled.
        * The iLO RESTful API EthernetInterfaces link should be under the system/1 root resource, and not in the OEM section.
        * SNMPv3 Engine Boot is not getting incremented on iLO reset.
        * IPMI FRU read returns incorrect completion code for response too long.
        * IPMI Get PEF Capabilities returns the number of valid table entries instead of the total number of table entries.  
        * IPMI Set Boot Options for one time change for boot mode UEFI/Legacy fixed.  
        * iLO restserver suspends when patching bad payload to external provider array.
        * iLO REST API returned 500 internal error for a GET of systems/1/ leading to failed One View Profile Apply.
        * iLO RESfulT API events are sending incorrect "Host" header when using IPv6.
        * iLO time becomes Unset after update from 2.50 or prior to 2.54.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.60
changelog:
  -     Install this update to take advantage of significant improvements to the write
      algorithm for the embedded 4 GB non-volatile flash memory (also known as the
      NAND). These improvements increase the NAND lifespan.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.60
changelog:
  -     This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:
      
        * IPMI/DCMI over LAN access is disabled by default on new servers with iLO 4 2.60.
        * IPMI/DCMI over LAN access is disabled after you reset iLO 4 2.60 to the factory default settings. 
        * Each time iLO starts, it backs up the iLO configuration to the nonvolatile flash memory (NAND). If the SRAM is erased, the configuration is automatically restored.
        * Improved Active Health System logging efficiency to prolong the NAND lifespan. 
        * Added iLO health status to the Overview page. If the status is Degraded, this value is also displayed on the Login page.  
        * Added an SNMP trap for a power fault condition on Gen8 servers.
        * Added the list of open source licenses to the login page.  
        * Added a Format Embedded Flash and reset iLO button to the Diagnostics page. When directed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise support, you can use this feature to recover Active Health System functionality.
        * Re-signed the Java IRC to extend the certificate expiration date. 
        * Re-signed the .NET IRC to extend the certificate expiration date. 
          * With this enhancement, the .NET IRC requires version 4.5.1 or later of the .NET Framework.
        * Added the ability to remove a SSL certificate and regenerate the iLO self-signed certificate. 
          * Note: HPE recommends using a CA signed certificate.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.60
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        *  iLO 4 unexpectedly restored itself to factory default settings when an user did not initiate the process. 
        * When Auto Power-On is set to Always Power On to Restore Last Power State, the server might not power on after a cold reset. 
        * False nonvolatile flash memory (NAND) test failures might occur after a firmware upgrade.
        * Incorrect RAM and Storage values are displayed on the HPE OneView for VMware vCenter tab.
        * Remote Support disk events include the text "Not Available" for the variables when data is missing.
        * Some Power Supply information is missing from the iLO web interface.
        * iLO displays Failed status instead of Disabled status when the Smart Array Cache Module battery is disconnected.
        * An iLO SSH port disconnection issue was observed after more than two days of continuous operation.
        * Values do not move up when the preceding entries in the Directory User Context fields are cleared.
        * Boot failures might occur when booting with a MicroSD card in Legacy mode.
        * Changed the resolution of a Redfish SSD wear field to display in percentage.
        * The date and time settings are reset after a firmware update.
        * The server powers on instead of shutting down when multiple power-on requests are sent.
      
      SECURITY FIXES:
      
        For the latest security bulletins and vulnerabilities addressed in this
      version, please visit:  
        https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home  
      
      Security best practices:
      
        Please refer to the HPE Integrated Lights-Out Security Technology Brief for
      the latest on security best practices at:  
        http://www.hpe.com/support/iLO4_security_en


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.61
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        * Intermittent boot failures encountered when server boots from MicroSD card.
        * Fixed problem with AHS download that might have unreadable data for the current day.
        * iLO Web GUI sessions might not logoff at the end of timeout period.
        * Incorrect information displayed for Power Supply Bay in AHS viewer.
        * Licence hyperlink in Access Settings page of GUI leads to Page Not Found.
        * Unable to login to iLO CLI after setting iLO to factory defaults, requiring an additional iLO reset.
        * Unable to delete REST interface sessions with users having certain special characters.
        * SNMP may become unresponsive over a period of time.
      
      SECURITY:
      
        For the latest security bulletins and vulnerabilities, please visit:  
        https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home  
      
      Security bulletins:
      
        * HPESBHF03866
      
      Security best practices:
      
        Please refer to the HPE Integrated Lights-Out Security Technology Brief for
      the latest on security best practices at:  
        http://www.hpe.com/support/iLO4_security_en


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.62
changelog:
  -     iLO could return a different host UUID after updating mezz firmware, and the
      new UUID would reset the configured WWN.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.62
changelog:
  -      Resolved an issue where iLO could intermittently cause adapters to lose configuration after updating adapters to newer firmware.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.70
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        * Linux or VMware systems only: An OS exception or memory corruption might occur when using the hpilo driver.
        * Automatic restoration of the iLO backup configuration does not work correctly.
        * Redfish calls with iLO 4 2.61 sometimes include an invalid UTF-8 character in the power supply part number.
        * The REST call "ilorest -d serverlogs --selectlog=IML --clearlog rc 255" fails when it should succeed.
      
      SECURITY:
      
        * HPESBHF03917
      
        For the latest security bulletins and vulnerabilities, please visit:  
        https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home  
          
      Security best practices:
      
        Please refer to the HPE Integrated Lights-Out Security Technology Brief for
      the latest on security best practices at:  
        http://www.hpe.com/support/iLO4_security_en


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.70
changelog:
  -      HTML5 Remote Console
        * SNMP trap 18015 cpqNicAllLinksDown (all Links down on a network adapter)
        * Confirmation dialog box for Remote Console power button actions
        * New Key Manager software support: 
          * SafeNet AT KeySecure G350v 8.6.0 and later
          * Gemalto SafeNet KeySecure 8.9.0 and later
        * Active Health System updates: 
          * Support for the InfoSight Optimized Active Health System download.
          * iLO nonvolatile flash memory wear data logging.
        * Embedded remote support updates: 
          * Modified the Active Health System log filename used for Embedded Remote Support uploads.
          * Updated Embedded Remote Support service events for compatibility with Windows Server 2019.
        * Support for hyphens in the State and City or Locality boxes in Certificate Signing requests.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.72
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        \- iLO gets stalled when IPv4 static address is not assigned in an IPv6 only
      environment using Embedded Remote Support.  
        \- Embedded Remote Support crashes if more than 17 IP addresses are assigned
      to host network interface.  
        \- Embedded Remote Support is not reporting all host IP addresses in Service
      Events.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.72
changelog:
  -     Enhancements:  
        \- Modified the iLO auto-generated SNMP EngineID to not change upon iLO
      resets.  
        \- Added ability to remove the directory certificate.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.73
changelog:
  -      Added fix for Embedded Remote Support in an IPv6-only environment.
        * Added fix for Embedded Remote Support data collection for systems with multiple Smart Array Controllers.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.74
changelog:
  -      iLO 4  does not enforce the requirement for strong host keys when the Enforce AES/3DES Encryption and FIPS mode settings are enabled


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.76
changelog:
  -      On a server that is registered for Remote Support, if you download the Active Health System Log when Active Health System reporting information is being sent to Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the downloaded file might contain only baseline information.
        * The Smart Storage Battery might be listed on the System Information > Network page in the iLO web interface.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.77
changelog:
  -      Potential vulnerabilities in network stack. Click [here](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=hpesbhf04070en_us) to know more about the Security Vulnerabilities.
        * Active directory test may fail during LDAP authentication.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.78
changelog:
  -     \- IML reports fan modules failed for D3000 only after server reboot  
          \- eRS service event added for Critical events like System Power Fault Detection  
          \- Security fixes  
                \- Added a Content Security Policy( CSP) to harden the web interfaces  
                \- Enhanced Input validation for user controlled data
      
      \- Fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.78
changelog:
  -     -  Updated Jquery library to 3.5.1  
       -  Updated Openssl library to OpenSSL 1.0.2x  
       -  eRS enhanced to support generic service event 1000 for critical events


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.79
changelog:
  -      Java certificate for IRC shows expired.
        * "Mark as Repaired" button for alerts in IML UI page is greyed out.
        * iLO GUI doesn't show the time adjusted to the timezone.
        * General Exception encountered while launching Java IRC.
        * iLO 4 sends multiple unwanted SNMP traps with specific ID in a day.
        * SNTP settings couldn't be configured in the GUI with iLO 4 v2.77 and above.
        * iLO Events submitted by Direct Connect devices arrive in HPE backend application of Remote Support Data Center with incorrect GUIDs.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.80
changelog:
  -      Changes included to ensure that iLO 4 firmware cannot be downgraded below iLO 4 v2.54 directly from iLO 4 v2.80. This is to ensure users are not impacted by security vulnerability CVE-2017-12542 that has been fixed. Customer Advisory link: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-a00120318en_us.
        * Webserver optimization to handle unsupported HTTP methods and return just one response header containing 501 Not implemented.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.81
changelog:
  -      iLO unable to authenticate users intermittently when directory authentication is enabled. 
        * Fans are not controllable by the CHIF Interface. - Nimish
        * Unable to mount iLO URL based Media from the cloud. - Nidhi
        * Multiple nodes reporting - iLO Reset due to Internal Error in a Synergy setup. (QXCR1001818206) - Matthew Calderon
        * The following weak ciphers are disabled in Enforce AES/3DES Encryption mode: 
          * TLS 1.2: 
            * 256-bit AES with RSA, ECDH, and a SHA384 MAC (ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384)
            * 256-bit AES with RSA, DH, and a SHA256 MAC (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256)
            * 128-bit AES with RSA, ECDH, and a SHA256 MAC (ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256)
            * 128-bit AES with RSA, DH, and a SHA256 MAC (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256)
          * SSH: 
            * hmac-sha1 MAC


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.81
changelog:
  -      iLO unable to authenticate users intermittently when directory authentication is enabled.
        * Fans are not controllable by the CHIF Interface.
        * Unable to mount iLO URL based Media from the cloud.
        * Multiple nodes reporting - iLO Reset due to Internal Error in a Synergy setup.
        * The following weak ciphers are disabled in Enforce AES/3DES Encryption mode: 
          * TLS 1.2: 
            * 256-bit AES with RSA, ECDH, and a SHA384 MAC (ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384)
            * 256-bit AES with RSA, DH, and a SHA256 MAC (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256)
            * 128-bit AES with RSA, ECDH, and a SHA256 MAC (ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256)
            * 128-bit AES with RSA, DH, and a SHA256 MAC (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256)
          *  SSH: 
            * hmac-sha1 MAC


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.10
changelog:
  -     Initial iLO 5 release with the following features:
      
        * The iLO Service Port on the front of the server is new on Gen10 ProLiant servers and Synergy compute modules. Use this feature to connect a client directly to the server to access the iLO web interface, remote console, CLI, or scripts. You can also connect a USB key and download the Active Health System log to a supported USB flash drive.
        * Improved HPE Agentless Management support for out of the box SNMP-based server management that does not require OS-based agents. OS-based agents are not supported on Gen10 servers.
        * Improved secure firmware update and recovery.
        * Secure Start ensures firmware integrity for essential system firmware.
        * Runtime firmware verification scans essential system firmware for further system integrity.
        * Automatic secure recovery of essential system firmware.
        * Common Access Card (CAC)Smartcard authentication.
        * New user account privilege levels. Specific privileges for BIOS, Storage, and Network configuration.
        * Virtual Media performance is typically at least twice as fast as it was with iLO 4.
        * New iLO web interface design.
        * Expanded Redfish support.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.15
changelog:
  -      No traps from the System Management Assistant are received when SNMP is disabled in the  iLO web interface.
        * The power profile cannot be changed through the iLO web interface.
        * Network transmission graph data is not populated in Active Health System logs.
        * The NVDIMM firmware version is not displayed on the iLO web interface Installed Firmware page.
        * The iLO web interface intermittently displays incorrect memory status after a system reset.
        * The iLO  RESTful API does not provide a method to get current cipher information.
        * The Server Power page stalls when loading the server power information.
        * Nothing happens when you click the Import button on the HPE SSO page.
        * Secure boot cannot be configured through the iLO RESTful API, even if the pending configuration is in UEFI mode.
        * The maximum available power is displayed incorrectly.
        * If the IML contains a maintenance note, the first attempt to clear the log fails.   
        * Certificate-based authentication returns a session URL with inconsistent case.
        * Onetimeboot and Continuousboot do not  take effect in iLOrest.
        * Virtual Media status is not displayed in the Java IRC.
        * The local client keyboard might get disabled when the Java IRC  is in use.
        * An iLO  Federation authentication error might occur when group names with unsupported characters are used in URLs without correct encoding.
        * An issue occurs when copying or restoring certificate mapping entries using fingerprints.
        * An iLO web interface error occurs after an installed certificate was deleted by using the iLO RESTful API.
        * An Internal Error occurs when HPONCFG for Linux is used with a server that uses the SuiteB security state.
        * SNMPv3 user details cannot be modified  through RIBCL.
        * A false positive "Insecure Cache Management Policy" issue is reported by some security scanners.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.11
changelog:
  -      This firmware release is intended for FIPS 140-2 (level 1) validation and Common Criterial (EAL 2+) certification. For the status of both, go to http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/validation.html for FIPS and http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/ for Common Criteria. Search for "iLO 5".
        * Updated cryptographic stack as required by FIPS inspection and validation process.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.15
changelog:
  -     Users should update to this firmware version 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 version.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.15
changelog:
  -      iLO backup and restore--This feature allows you to restore the iLO configuration on a system with the same hardware configuration as the system that was backed up. For example, you could use this feature if the system board is replaced, an accidental or incorrect configuration change occurred, or iLO was set to the factory default settings.  This feature is not meant to duplicate a configuration and apply it to a different iLO system.
        * AMD platform support
        * Support for diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256.
        * Support for multiple destination AlertMail email addresses. Enter the addresses separated by a semicolon.
        * iLO RESTful API features: 
          * Aux Power Reset
          * Jitter Control features to get and set Jitter Control Mode and Frequency
        * New iLO RESTful API properties to bridge the gap between RIBCL and iLO RESTful API features: 
          * High Efficiency Mode
          * Encryption-related properties and Cache Module Serial Number
          * Login Security Banner
          * Current Power on Time (provides the time since the system was last powered on).
          * Persistent Mouse/Keyboard Enabled
        * New iLO RESTful API  events for NVDIMM Init Error and Runtime Firmware Authentication Error.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.17
changelog:
  -     This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:
      
        * iLO Amplifier Pack Server System Restore \- Use the Send Recovery Event button on the Firmware Verification page to send a recovery event to iLO Amplifier Pack. If iLO Amplifier Pack is configured to listen for system recovery events, this event causes iLO Amplifier Pack to initiate the system recovery process.  The system recovery process includes the installation of the System Recovery Set followed by reimaging the server operating system.
        * RESTful API updates: 
          * Added certificate authentication and validation for Virtual Media.
          * Added certificate authentication and validation for RESTful API events that support the iLO Amplifier Pack Server System Restore feature.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.17
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
         SSH does not work correctly when iLO is configured to use the SuiteB
      security state.  
         Importing a certificate does not work correctly after the generation of a
      SuiteB-compliant CSR.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.20
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        * NVMe drive details are not displayed in the iLO web interface for HPE ProLiant XL190r Gen10 servers.
        * The system BIOS version is missing in AlertMail messages.
        * The IPMI Get Chassis Capabilities and Get Chassis Status commands do not reflect the Chassis Intrusion state.
        * Virtual Media devices are inaccessible when two virtual devices are mounted simultaneously.
        * Patched configuration file system.
        * The IPMI pre-watchdog-timeout interrupt does not occur when no watchdog action is selected.
        * Intermittent loss of network interface card (NIC) and drive detection (P408e-m controller) by BIOS on system boot up of HPE ProLiant BL460c servers.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.20
changelog:
  -     This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:
      
        * HTML5 Remote Console
        * Shared Network Port IPv6 support
        * Shared Network Port iLO Federation support
        * Ability to associate an SNMP alert destination with an SNMPv1 or SNMPv3 user
        * Enhanced firmware and software update interface: 
          * New Add to Queue pane
          * Remove All option for install sets, queued components, or components in the iLO Repository
          * Recovery Set update option during firmware update, iLO Repository upload, or install queue update
        * CAC Smartcard  authentication support for the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)
        * iLO RESTful API updates: 
          * NVMe drive properties
          * Remote Support configuration
          * Device Inventory
        * Support for eight SNMP trap destinations
        * SNMPv3 Inform notification support
        * Support for RSA-PSS certificate signatures
        * RSA cipher support in CNSA mode
        * Ability to disable device discovery on Device Inventory page
        * New Service Account option to support user accounts that are used as service accounts for supported applications


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.30
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        * Compute modules do not power on after restoring power to Frame.
        * When you use iLO Virtual Media to install an operating system, installation might fail when iLO is configured to use the Shared Network Port.
        * In rare cases, a server runs out of available SSH sessions because the sessions are not reclaimed when a client disconnects.
        * iLO 5 unexpectedly restored itself to the factory default settings when a user did not initiate the process.
        * When Auto Power-On is set to Always Power On or Restore Last Power State, the server might not power on after a cold reset.
        * iLO cannot display the HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i Adapter MAC address.
        * NVMe drive model numbers are incorrect or inconsistent.
        * Clearing the oemHPE_usercntxt## from the command line clears the value, even though error messages might be displayed.
        * Fixed Single Sign-On when in CNSA mode.
        * Added support for RSA-PSS certificate signatures.
      
      For the latest security bulletins and vulnerabilities, please visit:  
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home  
      
      Please refer to the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 Security Technology Brief for
      the latest on security best practices at:  
      http://www.hpe.com/support/ilo5-security-en


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.30
changelog:
  -     This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:
      
        * Added support for new platforms: 
          * HPE ProLiant DL20 Gen10 Server
          * HPE ProLiant ML10 Gen10 Server  
        * Improved HTML5 IRC performance, including: 
          * Added virtual keys to improve the ability to send keyboard actions to the server.
          * Added the ability to configure the keyboard layout in the HTML5 IRC
          * Added Virtual Media support for local ISO and IMG files.
        * Firmware and software update enhancements: 
          * iLO users can now view, create, and delete maintenance windows.
          * A new check box allows users to clear the installation queue when initiating an install set.
          * Updated the iLO RESTful API and iLO web interface to report when a reboot is required after an installation task completes.
        * Each time iLO starts, it backs up the iLO configuration to the nonvolatile flash memory (NAND). If the SRAM is erased, the configuration is automatically restored.
        * Added iLO web interface support for Density Optimized Drive Zoning features on supported HPE Apollo products.
        * AlertMail now supports SSL (TLS) for secure email.
        * AlertMail now supports external SMTP mail servers.
        * Added an SNMP trap for when all host NICs are down.
        * Updated to OpenSSL-1.0.2u-fips-2.0.16.
        * Added the list of open source licenses to the login page.
        * Added an SNMP trap for when iLO is reset by IPMI watchdog.
        * Added Intelligent System Tuning features to the iLO web interface. From the iLO web interface, you can view the configured settings, configure Jitter Smoothing, and launch Intelligent Provisioning to configure Workload Matching and Core Boosting.
        * Improved Active Health System logging efficiency to prolong the NAND lifespan.
        * Added iLO health status to the Overview page. If the status is Degraded, this value is also displayed on the Login page.
        * Re-signed the Java IRC to extend the certificate expiration date.
        * Re-signed the .NET IRC to extend the certificate expiration date. 
          * With this enhancement, the .NET IRC requires version 4.5.1 or later of the .NET Framework.
        * Added the ability to remove an SSL certificate and regenerate the iLO self-signed certificate. 
          * Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you install a CA signed certificate.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.35
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        * Fix for improper Smart Array error reported: Cache module board backup power failed.
        * Fixed where iLO may become unresponsive after ejecting virtual media.
      
      SECURITY FIXES:
      
      For the latest security bulletins and vulnerabilities, please visit:  
      <https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home>  
      
        * Security Bulletin HPESBHF03866
      
      Security best practices:
      
      Please refer to the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 Security Technology Brief for
      the latest on security best practices at:  
      <http://www.hpe.com/support/ilo5-security-enn>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.35
changelog:
  -     This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:
      
        * VGA Port Detect Override--Controls how devices connected to the system video port are detected. Dynamic detection protects the system from abnormal port voltages. This setting is enabled by default, and can be used for troubleshooting cases when there is no video output to displays, KVM concentrators, or active dongles.
        * DHCP Client ID override via iLO RESTful API.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.37
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
       \- Fix for "VGA Port Detect Override" to show video in all cases where
      monitors are installed.  
       \- Fix for intermittent file upload failures.  
       \- Fix for issues with Virtual Media in FIPS mode.  
       \- Fix for issues with simultaneous use of virtual DVD and floppy in FIPS
      mode.  
       \- Fix for USB floppy when used with ESXi 7 installation driver.  
       \- Fixed potential problem where iLO could continue to interact with system
      memory after it has been released by hpilo module.  
       \- Fix for erroneous reporting of disk drive overheating.  
       \- Fix for intermittent iLO communication error on HPE Apollo 2000.  
       \- Fix for potential RESTful API errors at boot with multiple NICs installed.  
       \- Fix to add iLO 5 NIC information into anonymous XML response.  
       \- Fixed false errors showing link lost on NICs when link never seen in IPMI.
      
      SECURITY FIXES:
      
       \- HPESBHF03894 - HPE iLO5 Local Bypass of Security Restrictions in Firmware
      Update


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.37
changelog:
  -     This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:
      
       \- Ability to backup and to restore a copy of the iLO configuration settings
      to/from iLO non-volatile memory via REST calls.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.39
changelog:
  -      Fixed issue where pressing UID button on Gen10 server can occasionally cause server to power off


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.40
changelog:
  -      Ability to edit Maintenance Windows in Firmware & OS Software section
        * Added Password Complexity feature to Security > Access Settings
        * Enable/disable for overlay video showing Server Health Summary
        * Downgrade Policy - Specifies how iLO handles requests to downgrade any of the firmware types that you can update through iLO. 
        * Virtual NIC functionality (disabled by default)
        * Enabled One-button Secure Erase via Intelligent Provisioning
        * LDAP/Directory settings configurable via Redfish
        * Security Dashboard - displays the status of important security features, the Overall Security Status for the system, and the current configuration for the Security State and Server Configuration Lock features.
        * Support for Gemalto SafeNet and SafeNet AT key managers
        * InfoSight Optimized AHS Download
        * Show NVMe wear level
        * Workload performance advisor: provides server tuning recommendations to improve server performance


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.40
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        * User interface fixes and improvements
        * Fixed an issue where power supply status changes may be delayed
        * Device Inventory could display a parse error under Internet Explorer 11 when certain PCI Cards are installed
      
      SECURITY FIXES:
      
        * HPESBHF03907
      
      For the latest security bulletins and vulnerabilities, please visit:  
      <https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home>  Security best practices:
      
      Please refer to the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 Security Technology Brief for
      the latest on security best practices at:  
      [http://www.hpe.com/support/ilo5-security-en](http://www.hpe.com/support/ilo5
      -security-enn)


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.40-1.1
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        * User interface fixes and improvements.
        * The text "R&D Server" is incorrectly displayed in the iLO web interface navigation pane.
        * Fixed an issue where power supply status changes may be delayed.
        * Device Inventory could display a parse error under Internet Explorer 11 when certain PCI Cards are installed.
        * Improved shared network port out-of-band LOM resuscitation to reduce the scope and the frequency of system power-on/power-off during systems shutdown/reboot.
        * iLO communication issues in certain configurations where a server is set to Auto-Power-On after an AC power cycle.
      
      SECURITY FIXES:
      
        * HPESBHF03907
      
      For the latest security bulletins and vulnerabilities, please visit:  
      <https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home>  Security best practices:
      
      Please refer to the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 Security Technology Brief for
      the latest on security best practices at:  
      [http://www.hpe.com/support/ilo5-security-en](http://www.hpe.com/support/ilo5
      -security-enn)


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.43
changelog:
  -     This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:
      
      
      
       \- Added VLAN tagging support on iLO Dedicated NIC for non-blades.
      
      \- Modified the iLO auto-generated SNMP EngineID to not change upon iLO
      resets.
      
       \- Modified Embedded Remote Support (eRS) service events to properly report
      Windows 2019.
      
       \- Reduced the number of Redfish resource change events sent.   Removed
      watching of fields that
      
         change frequently.
      
      \- BIOS Admin password will NOT cause iLO to act as if Require Host
      Authentication is Enabled


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.43
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
      \- Fix for potential firmware use of system memory after free, which could
      lead to an OS exception or
      
         memory corruption under Linux or ESX when using hpilo driver.  It was not
      an issue for Windows.
      
       \- Fix so iLO 5 can connect to switch when both are set to 100 Full Duplex.
      
       \- Fixed REST call so that "ilorest -d serverlogs --selectlog=IML --clearlog
      rc 255" does not fail when
      
         it should succeed.
      
      \- Fixed problem with erroneously logging an IML event for "exceeding power
      capacity threshold" when
      
         it should not be logged.
      
       \- Modified time zone string for "Asia/Taipei" to "Beijing, Chongqing, Hong
      Kong, Urumqi, Taipei, Perth"
      
      \- Only send Remote Support type 1000 events for Critical IML events when they
      should be sent
      
      
      
      SECURITY FIXES:
      
      \- HPESBHF03917
      
        For the latest security bulletins and vulnerabilities addressed in this
      version, please visit:
      
        <https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.45
changelog:
  -     \- Fixed problem introduced in iLO 5 v1.43 which could cause an HTTP
      connection to be refused under high activity of REST calls.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.45-1.1
changelog:
  -     Fixed problem introduced in iLO 5 v1.43 which could cause an HTTP connection
      to be refused under high activity of REST calls.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.46
changelog:
  -     Fixed potential problem of Gen10 Synergy server NIC port being down after
      complete Synergy frame power cycle.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.10
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        * The iLO clock incorrectly changes when iLO is reset due to a configuration change, firmware update, or a cause other than system power loss.
        * System GPUs might be listed without GPU version information.
        * Incorrect power consumption information is displayed in RIBCL output and the Active Health System Log.
        * If the domain name system is unavailable, an HPE ProLiant Gen10 Server might stop responding for up to three minutes during startup.
      
      Security Fixes:
      
        *   For information about the latest security bulletins and vulnerabilities addressed in this version, see the following website: <https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home>.
      
      Security best practices:
      
        *   For the latest information about security best practices, see the HPE Integrated Lights-Out Security Technology Brief at the following website: <http://www.hpe.com/support/ilo-docs>.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.10
changelog:
  -     This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:
      
        * Added a security log that lists security events recorded by the iLO firmware.
        * Enhanced Secure Start verification of CPLD on Gen10 Plus servers.
        * Updated menu path and feature names for the Performance Management features. The features that were accessed through the Intelligent System Tuning menu can now be accessed through the Performance menu.
        * Embedded remote support over IPv6.
        * New alert for recovery events.
        * SUM/SUT support on servers using the High Security, FIPS, or CNSA security states.
        * Support for staging firmware to update direct-attached hard drives through the UEFI System Utilities.
        * Ability to import and export drive bay mapping information.
        * Daily firmware flash limit, to protect iLO, ROM, and CPLD from repeated flashing attacks.
        * Performance data logging in a new Active Health System record.
        * Increased the certificate size limit from 4096 to 8096.
        * When iLO is set to the factory default settings, Virtual NIC is enabled by default.
        * The following System Diagnostics features are supported on Gen10 Plus servers: 
          * Booting to safe mode--Allows you to boot the server with a safe minimum configuration.
          * Booting to intelligent diagnostics mode--Allows the system to automatically diagnose a boot failure during POST.
          * Restoring the default manufacturing settings--Resets all BIOS configuration settings to their default manufacturing values. This process deletes all UEFI nonvolatile variables, such as boot configuration, Secure Boot security keys (if Secure Boot is enabled), and configured date and time settings.
          * Restoring the default system settings--Resets all BIOS configuration settings to their default values and restarts the server. This option preserves some UEFI settings.
        * Modified text of iLO time zone selections to match system ROM time zone selections. For backward compatibility, either previous time zone selection text or the new text can be used in APIs to set the time zone.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.10
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in this version:
      
        * The iLO clock incorrectly changes when iLO is reset due to a configuration change, firmware update, or a cause other than system power loss.
        * System GPUs might be listed without GPU version information.
        * Incorrect power consumption information is displayed in RIBCL output and the Active Health System Log.
        * If the domain name system is unavailable, an HPE ProLiant Gen10 Server might stop responding for up to three minutes during startup.
        * Fixed an issue where the iLO 5 webserver may becoming unresponsive when applying OV profile with certain models of NVME drives present.
      
      Security Fixes:
      
        *   For information about the latest security bulletins and vulnerabilities addressed in this version, see the following website: <https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home>.
      
      Security best practices:
      
        *   For the latest information about security best practices, see the HPE Integrated Lights-Out Security Technology Brief at the following website: <http://www.hpe.com/support/ilo-docs>.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.11-1.1
changelog:
  -     Removed ML150 Gen10, which was never productized, to fix issue with MCP and
      ECP products for the Anders 4 program.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.12
changelog:
  -       NVMe drives and open drive support, this includes additional robustness for device discovery and management. This helps to correct some iLO related timeout issues.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.12
changelog:
  -      The Integrated Remote Console requires code to accommodate low power mode on AMD based system to work with the ROM on EU Lot 9 requirements
        * Incorrect IML messages occur when SAS/SATA drives are installed.
        * Spurious drive hot plug events occur when the server goes through a warm reset
        * In some cases, iLO tries to use an invalid SMBIOS handle from the ROM


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.48-1.1
changelog:
  -      Implemented the set server info command for all the DCi supporting options in previous versions of iLO 5 which may reset NIC settings during iLO 5 update.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.14
changelog:
  -      Support new Accelerators: 
          * Xilinx Alveo U250
          * Xilinx Alveo U50
        * User can now define pre-caution threshold alert value for the inlet ambient sensor.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.15
changelog:
  -      Users can now restore the last power state after a power outage on Synergy compute modules.
        * Apollo servers now allow you to use the iLO RESTful API to enable or disable power regulation mode (Global settings).
        * Apollo servers now allow you to switch between power regulation modes (iLO Standard license). User Configurable Mode is available only with an iLO Advanced license.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.15
changelog:
  -      Some of the fans in Apollo XL225n Gen10 Plus Servers show a speed greater than 100% in the iLO web interface.
        * The HPE Synergy 3820C 10/20Gb CNA loses flexed sub-ports after a cold boot or E-fuse reset.
        * Updated the thermal parameters for the Xilinx U50 GPU.
        * iLO is temporarily unresponsive or iLO resets on HPE Gen10 servers and HPE Synergy Gen10 compute modules running HPE Infosight.
        * When you query for Software Inventory details, the RESTful Interface Tool 3.0 (part of SUM 8.5.5) does not fetch the "Microchip-smartpqi" driver installed on ESXi7.0.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.16
changelog:
  -      HPE SimpliVity Accelerator disappear from the thermal sensor data after iLO firmware update.
        * Xilinx U50 cards getting over heat due to wrong thermal limits on iLO 5 v2.15
        * Unable to set HPE m750 Blade Server's Asset Tag through Redfish method.
        * iLO authentication with CM2 credential through Redfish fails frequently with more number of nodes installed.
        * Insight Online shows CPU2 Status as UNKNOWN for HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Servers, while iLO GUI shows CPU2 status as OK.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.16
changelog:
  -      Enabled support for Pensando Distributed Services Platform DSC-25 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 Card.
        * Enabled support for Pensando Distributed Services Platform for HPE iLO Sideband Management Adaptive LOM Module.
        * Added Redfish property for setting the Server to remain Power OFF after thermal shutdown (Critical Temperature threshold exceeded) 
        * Allow Power Regulator Mode management in Apollo platforms without an iLO Advanced license.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.19
changelog:
  -      The Direct attached NVMe drives may go missing in the iLO Web Page after random server power cycle.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.30
changelog:
  -      Ripple20 vulnerabilities might affect the TCP/IP stack.
        * Synergy compute modules do not power up after One-button secure erase completes.
        * SPS firmware updates initiated through the iLO Firmware & OS Software pages might fail.
        * C-Class blades do not complete FRU discovery.
        * During central connect Remote Support registration, an error message is not displayed when a  required field is blank.
        * The Virtual NIC feature intermittently fails to provide an IP address to a host with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.
        * Zero Sign In login fails when Kerberos authentication is configured for a large number of groups.
        * When iLO is set to the factory default settings on a fully populated NVDIMM configuration, iLO may lose CHIF communication.
        * DCi compliant Network Adapters under un-managed network configuration, reset to defaults on cold boot.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.30
changelog:
  -      MCTP now addresses the iLO false alarm "device/adapter not responsive" issue.
        * Shutdown by virtual button press is included in the iLO enhanced reset cause.
        * Support for initiating the One-button secure erase process from the iLO web interface Lifecycle Management - Decommission page.
        * User account roles provide predefined privilege sets or allow you to define a custom set.
        * New HTML5 remote console modes: Standalone mode and New Window mode.
        * Virtual power button to power NVMe drives on and off. You can access this feature from the Physical Drive Details pane on the Storage Information page.
        * Configuration of Minimum Fan speed using iLO interfaces.
        * Users can view and modify the System thermal configuration settings using iLO interfaces..
        * PLDM firmware update support for NIC and storage option cards.
        * New REST alerts for Auto Heal and Safe Mode.
        * Enabled the iLO webserver to identify the source of request as Host over Virtual NIC.
        * Read support for RDE-enabled devices.
        * Support for flashing Universal FWPKG 2.0 images.
        * Power reading support for Edgeline 8000 systems.
        * Drive Indicator LED - 'Lit' and 'Off' state support for U.2/UBM1/UBM3 with NVMe direct attached storage.
        * When iLO is set to the factory default settings, Virtual NIC is disabled by default.
        * User can now configure iLO to avoid access over an HTTP connection


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.30-1.1
changelog:
  -     iLO 5 version 2.30(a) was released adding HPE ProLiant m750 server to the
      supported servers. The update does not affect the firmware functionality. If
      version 2.30 was previously deployed to target device, then it is not
      necessary to update to version 2.30(a)


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.31
changelog:
  -      Ability to read DIMM serial number using REST API
        * Enabled support for below GPUs: 
          * NVIDIA A100 HGX x4 GPU Air Cooled Baseboard  
          * NVIDIA A100 HGX x8 GPU Air FIO Baseboard  
          * AMD Instinct MI100 PCIE Accelerator


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.31
changelog:
  -      iLO may fail to detect NVMe controllers during power cycle.
        * Firmware version information may not displayed when the server has more than 8 GPUs
        * iLO may reset after FWPKG/PLDM update and coldboot
        * IE and SPS Firmware updates may fail on Gen10 Plus servers 
        * Remote Syslog is made to adhere to RFC 5424 for Unstructured data format    
        * On VSP performing 'cat' or 'head' or 'tail' command on a file that contains some embedded NULL characters hangs the VSP or trims the file after the NULL character
        * Inaccurate Memory Sensor status reported in the vSphere web client for HPE ProLiant Gen10 and Gen10 Plus servers running VMware ESXi 6.5/6.7/7.0 (Refer to [Customer Advisory](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-a00106468en_us))


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.33
changelog:
  -      Added IPMI lan6 commands support
        * Added ability to view DIMM serial numbers through iLO GUI and redfish API
        * iLO Security logs are now listed in Operating System logs
        * Added ability to change serial Interface configuration using standard redfish schema 
        * Added iLO hostname as part of redfish event header 
        * Enhancement to support Power regulation on AMD servers
        * Power meter data shown in GUI and IPMI CLI has been extended for 1 week
        * Limiting fan speed decrease rate to reduce fan noise. Supported on DL380 Gen10 platform with System ROM U30 v2.40 (10/26/2020) or later
        * Filtering spurious temperature readings for thermal control. Supported on DL380 Gen10 platform with System ROM U30 v2.40 (10/26/2020) or later
        * Enhanced to avoid BMC reset during system POST
        * Option to delete LDAP CA certificate and import CA Certificate of public key larger than 4096 bits (8192 bits, 16352 bits)
        * Banner to be displayed at the SSH login
        * Support enabled for the below controllers on DL385 and DL325 Gen10Plus servers 
          * HPE InfiniBand HDR/Ethernet 200Gb 2-port QSFP56 PCIe4 x16 MCX653106A-HDAT Adapter 
          * HPE InfiniBand HDR/Ethernet 200Gb 1-port QSFP56 PCIe4 x16 OCP3 MCX653435A-HDAI Adapter
          * HPE InfiniBand HDR/Ethernet 200Gb 2-port QSFP56 PCIe4 x16 OCP3 MCX653436A-HDAI Adapter
        * Enabled support of DCi on Open Adapters
        * Enabled support for below GPUs: 
          * Xilinx Alveo U50 Accelerator 
          * Xilinx Alveo U250 Accelerator 
          * Support enabled for updating the FPGA, CEC Firmware of NVIDIA A100 HGX x8 GPU Air FIO Baseboard through OOB (Out of Band) mechanism
          * Support enabled for disabling write protect for updating GPU, NVSwitch Firmware of NVIDIA A100 HGX x8 GPU Air Cooled Baseboard from host operating system
          * Support enabled for updating the RMI-Remote Management Interface Firmware of AMD Instinct MI100 PCIE Accelerator through OOB (Out of Band) mechanism


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.33
changelog:
  -      Error when a user with Read-only role tries to change the password of own account.
        * Resetting iLO to default security state i.e. 'Production' via hponcfg /reset command fails when iLO is in 'High Security' state and 'Require Host Authentication' (RHA) is disabled.
        * Fixed potential security vulnerability CVE-2020-27337 in network stack. Click [here](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=hpesbhf04070en_us) to know more about the Security Vulnerabilities


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.35
changelog:
  -     Stop pushing AMD APML data to Chassis Controller, only provide data when
      Chassis Controller asks for it
      
      Force Chassis Controller to service iLO I2C request to clear the command queue
      to prevent false communication lock between iLO and Chassis Controller


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.41
changelog:
  -      Added support to import large sized LDAP CA certificate
        * Support enablement for latest Intel Persistence Memory
        * iLO GUI to display the Host Operating System Version
        * Display platform Resiliency and Serviceability (RAS) policy in iLO GUI
        * Added standard redfish schema support for Computer System - Reset, Graceful restart actions 
        * Real CPU temperature is reported in addition to normalized temperature (this feature requires ROM 2.40 version)
        * Support for Active Health System logging by RDE ( Redfish Device Enablement ) enabled devices
        * Support alerting feature for RDE ( Redfish Device Enablement ) enabled devices 
        * Ability to control LED for locating direct attached SATA drives
        * Ability to reset power for direct attached SATA drives 
        * Added write protect setting feature for Liquid cooled Delta/Redstone GPU cards.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.41
changelog:
  -      iLO 5 reporting incorrect Power Supply count with iLO 5 v2.10
        * Continuous logging to IML of a CHIF Error running ESXi with iLO 5 v1.46
        * Random messages "smad[]: No response from iLO for Hello" seen in certain Operating Systems 
        * Incorrect MAC address shown in iLO for Synergy 4820C network adapter
        * InfiniBand card not syncing with Oneview in iLO 5 v2.30
        * Copy/paste may not work for more than 255 characters to VSP terminal in Linux platforms 
        * 547FLR / 1100Q NIC may reset to default mode after flashing from 1.48 to 2.xx


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.42
changelog:
  -     \- Corrected Product Name listed under Device Inventory as "NVIDIA Quadro
      M3000SE", that was wrongly listed as "Synergy 75W MXM Mezzanine" with iLO
      firmware v2.16 and higher  
      \- iLO stops monitoring the second Pensando card after the first one fails
      with a PCIe error


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.10
changelog:
  -     This version adds support for the following features and enhancements:  
      
      
        * Added a security log that lists security events recorded by the iLO firmware.
        * Enhanced Secure Start verification of CPLD on Gen10 Plus servers.
        * Updated menu path and feature names for the Performance Management features. The features that were accessed through the Intelligent System Tuning menu can now be accessed through the Performance menu.
        * Embedded remote support over IPv6.
        * New alert for recovery events.
        * SUM/SUT support on servers using the High Security, FIPS, or CNSA security states.
        * Support for staging firmware to update direct-attached hard drives through the UEFI System Utilities.
        * Ability to import and export drive bay mapping information.
        * Daily firmware flash limit, to protect iLO, ROM, and CPLD from repeated flashing attacks.
        * Performance data logging in a new Active Health System record.
        * Increased the certificate size limit from 4096 to 8096.
        * When iLO is set to the factory default settings, Virtual NIC is enabled by default.
        * The following System Diagnostics features are supported on Gen10 Plus servers: 
          * Booting to safe mode--Allows you to boot the server with a safe minimum configuration.
          * Booting to intelligent diagnostics mode--Allows the system to automatically diagnose a boot failure during POST.
          * Restoring the default manufacturing settings--Resets all BIOS configuration settings to their default manufacturing values. This process deletes all UEFI nonvolatile variables, such as boot configuration, Secure Boot security keys (if Secure Boot is enabled), and configured date and time settings.
          * Restoring the default system settings--Resets all BIOS configuration settings to their default values and restarts the server. This option preserves some UEFI settings.
        * Modified text of iLO time zone selections to match system ROM time zone selections. For backward compatibility, either previous time zone selection text or the new text can be used in APIs to set the time zone.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.1.7
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where a prompt to save configuration changes is
      displayed when no changes have been made from the adapter's configuration
      menu.  
      This product addresses an issue where an adapter fails to boot to PXE with
      VLAN ID enabled.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.5.11
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where adapters incorrectly send a NULL padded
      System Description LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) TLV.
      
      This product corrects an issue where an incorrect device (Network Controller)
      name is displayed in the RBSU.
      
      This product corrects an issue where adapters become Firmware corruption
      during rebooting.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.6.4
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where firmware is corrupted during multiple
      system reboots.
      
      This product addresses an LLDP message issue where adapters send incorrect
      System Description, System Name, Chassis ID and Management Address.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.8.1
changelog:
  -     This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7
      
      This product now supports  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
      
      This product now supports the following network adapters.
      
        * HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 537SFP+ Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 537SFP+ FLR Adapter


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.9.3
changelog:
  -      This product corrects wrong names of adapters which show up while doing firmware update.
        * This product corrects an issue about 2 ports in a port bond both being disconnected if we were just disconnecting 1 port.
        * This product corrects an issue about LLDP nearest bridge packet not being disabled while that option under NIC HII was disabled.
        * This product corrects the wrong LED behavior while attaching SFP-RJ45 tranceiver.
        * This product corrects an issue about firmware not being actually updated even seeing it was reported as successfully by update utility.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.12.1
changelog:
  -      This product addresses an issue a packet missing problem after some amounts of multicast UDP streams transmitted.
        * This product addresses an issue the port identifier LED problem on HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 535T Adapter .


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.1.7
changelog:
  -     This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 4.  
      This product now supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.2.16
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where a user sees a 'Submit Fail for Form:'
      error message when attempting to load the default (F7) adapter settings.  
      This product corrects an issue where the user is prompted to save changes when
      no adapter configuration settings have been modified.  
      This product corrects an issue where an adapter's branding information is lost
      when a non-English language is selected for the 'System Utilities' (F9) menu.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.2.16
changelog:
  -      This product corrects an issue where a user sees a 'Submit Fail for Form:' error message when attempting to load the default (F7) adapter settings.
        * This product corrects an issue where the user is prompted to save changes when no adapter configuration settings have been modified.
        * This product corrects an issue where an adapter's branding information is lost when a non-English language is selected for the 'System Utilities' (F9) menu.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.14.17
changelog:
  -     This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 6.  
        
      This product now supports SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12.  
        
      This product contains updated NCSI firmware (v1.3.5) that increases the number
      of multicast MAC address filters that can be supported from 2 to 8.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.14.17-2.1
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where FCoE connections can be lost when
      improving the synchronization of the Data Communication Channel (DCC) link
      status with the Virtual Connect module.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.14.18
changelog:
  -     This product addresses the following issues seen on HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port
      630FLB Adapter:
      
        * Fixes an issue where the Boot from SAN in Legacy mode fails (hang observed during OS boot) because the FCoE ROM doesn't correctly honor the link status set by the Virtual Connect Manager.
      
        * Fixes an issue where UEFI FCoE boot path sends false notification to MFW (Management Firmware) about the virtual function link change which eventually results in a deadlock with virtual link down.
      
        * Fixes an issue where the fallback Boot from SAN fails even though each port is mapped to different Virtual Connect Bays and only one of the bays is powered off.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.15.10
changelog:
  -     This product now supports only Broadcom NX1 devices. NX2 devices are now
      supported by "HP QLogic NX2 Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux x86_64."
      
      This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 1.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.15.10
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the sideband traffic on the second port
      stops after a system warm reboot when both ports are enabled for transmit and
      the first port is linked down.
      
      This product addresses an issue where the firmware update on a device fails
      when PXE is up to date but the UEFI driver needs an update.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.16.4
changelog:
  -     This product now supports the HP Ethernet 1 Gb 2-port 332i Adapter (22E8).
      
      This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 7.
      
      This product now supports SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 SP4.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.16.4-2.1
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where Gen8 systems with a HP Ethernet 1Gb
      4-port 331i Adapter LOM can no longer PXE boot after a firmware update.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.16.6
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception error reported
      in the Integrated Management Log in the iLO.
      
      This product addresses an issue where the IPv6 PXE boot entry may not show up
      in the 'One-Time Boot Menu' under the 'System Utilities' (F9 during POST).
      
      This product addresses an issue where the existing firmware present on the
      adapter is incorrectly reported.
      
      This product addresses an issue where the reported bootcode version is
      incorrect after the combo image is landed on the adapter.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.17.6
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the server makes high speed fan noise
      after the PXE firmware on the adapter is updated to version 17.0.2.
      
      This product addresses an issue where an incorrect firmware version is
      reported when updating firmware on the HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 332i Adapter.
      
      This product addresses an issue where older smart components report an
      incorrect Bootcode version after the firmware on the adapter was originally
      updated using the component version 2.16.4 or later.
      
      This product addresses an issue where an error code 7 is reported when
      updating firmware on the HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i-SPI Adapter.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.18.15
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where an adapter disappears when the system
      configuration settings are restored to defaults.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.19.6
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where negative temperatures on the adapter are
      incorrectly displayed in Integrated Lights Out (iLO).  
      This product addresses an issue where an incorrect firmware image is landed on
      an adapter.  
      This product addresses an issue where an adapter's configuration menu doesn't
      correctly prompt for reboot after changes are made that require a reboot.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20.7
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where an adapter's configuration menu doesn't
      prompt for reboot after changes are made that require a reboot.  
      This firmware now correctly displays a progress bar information when updating
      the firmware via the 'Firmware Update' feature (under 'System
      Utilities->Embedded Applications').


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20.7
changelog:
  -      This product corrects an issue where an adapter's configuration menu doesn't prompt for reboot after changes are made that require a reboot.
        * This firmware now correctly displays a progress bar information when updating the firmware via the 'Firmware Update' feature (under 'System Utilities->Embedded Applications').


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.21.3
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the NIC Serial Number for the HPE
      Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331FLR Adapter is not displayed in AHS.
      
      The firmware in this product  addresses an issue where the "Reboot Required"
      icon is not highlighted after a NIC firmware update (via System
      Utilities->Embedded Application->Firmware Update) completes.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.23.10
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where the component fails to update adapter
      firmware when running on ESXi 6.7.  
      This product corrects an issue where an incorrect device (Network Controller)
      name is displayed in the RBSU.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.23.11
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where random PXE boot installation failures
      occur when booting in UEFI mode.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.25.1
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where Legacy Boot Protocol(System Utilities ->
      System Configuration -> NIC HII menu -> BA Configuration Menu) changes from
      None to PXE.  
      This product addresses an issue where it would be forced to exit System
      Utilities when select Port 2 & Port 3(System Utilities -> System Configuration
      -> NIC HII menu).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.26.1
changelog:
  -     This product corrects the wrong spare number while it was originally not the
      same as what was written on the label of package.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.27.6
changelog:
  -      This product addresses an issue about lack of information under AHS log.
        * This product addresses an RSOD issue which appeared intermittently during POST after having a warm reboot.
        * This product addresses a modification on help string of Family Firmware Version.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.28.4
changelog:
  -     This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update 4 and SUSE Linux
      Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 3.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.28.4
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue about lost connection under S5 if adapter was
      running under 1G.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.28.50
changelog:
  -      This product addressed the firmware update failure problem while running the installation under Linux OS.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.10.8
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the temperature is incorrectly reported
      by the thermal sensors, causing the fans to run high.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.11.8
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where a firmware update fails when executed on
      a system running Xen.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.11.12
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the system may reboot when a firmware
      update is attempted.
      
      This product addresses connectivity issues that may occur while booting
      mounted image when the shared network port is enabled on HPE FlexFabric 10Gb
      2-port 562 FLR-SFP+/SFP adapters.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.11.13
changelog:
  -     This product fixes link flapping issue reported on the HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port
      560FLB Adapter.
      
      This product addresses a security issue reported on the following network
      adapters:
      
        * HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562SFLR-FP+ Adapter
        * HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562SFP+ Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 563i Adapter
      
      See the security bulletin HPSBHF03695 for more information.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.11.14
changelog:
  -     This firmware corrects an issue where the following network adapters may not
      appear in the system's boot order:
      
        * HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562FLR-SFP+ Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562SFP+ Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 563i Adapter


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.13.12
changelog:
  -     This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 4.  
      This product now supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3.
      
      This product now supports the following network adapters:
      
        * HPE Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 368i Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 368FLR-MMT Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 369i Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562FLR-T Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562T Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 568FLR-MMSFP+ Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 568FLR-MMT Adapter


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.14.13
changelog:
  -      This product corrects a Wake-on-LAN (WoL) issue seen with the HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 361T Adapter.
        * This product corrects an issue where there is no VLAN function under Legacy mode on the HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 361T Adapter.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.14.14
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where link flapping is seen when the 'HP
      Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapter' is connected to 1Gb interfaces and
      operated at 1Gb speeds.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.15.9
changelog:
  -     This product addresses a NIC VLAN ID issue seen in the NIC Human Interface
      Infrastructure (HII) menu when operating in UEFI mode.  
      This product addresses a teaming issue where the HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 561T
      Adapter still shows connected on the switch after the NIC has been disabled.  
      This product addresses a link issue and a PXE issue seen with the HPE Ethernet
      10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapter.  
      This product addresses a WOL issue seen with the HPE Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366T
      Adapter.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.17.17-2.1
changelog:
  -     This product addresses a failure to update adapter firmware on a system
      running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.  
      This product corrects an issue where the name for the HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port
      366FLR Adapter is displayed incorrectly in the network boot options.  
      This product corrects an issue where the HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562FLR-T
      Adapter can be awakened when the NIC WOL setting is disabled.  
      This product corrects an issue where system hangs when booting from the PXE
      boot menu.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.18.7
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where shared memory settings are not preserved
      after a firmware update.
      
      This product addresses an issue where the Legacy VLAN ID isn't reset to 0
      while pressing F7 to reset to default.
      
      This product addresses an issue where, after a firmware update for the HPE
      Synergy 4610C 10/25Gb Ethernet Adapter, the server fails to power up due to
      thermal fault errors.
      
      This product addresses an issue where firmware update for all Intel adapters
      fails when the system contains an obsolete Intel adapter.
      
      This product addresses an issue where the MAC of the HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port
      562T Adapter is duplicated after applying the 09.2018 SPP.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.18.10
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where the default value of Legacy Noot Protocol
      isn't set to PXE with HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366FLR Adapter.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.19.11
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where LLDP are disabled.  
      This product addresses an issue where "Firmware Image Properties", "Device
      Level Configuration", and "Link Speed Status" options in NIC HII menu will
      disappear when F7 is pressed.  
      This product addresses an issue where Firmware upgrade fail in SLES15 with
      secureboot enabled.  
      This product addresses an issue where POST when ESC Is Pressed to Enter The
      BIOS Setup Utility with HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366FLR Adapter.  
      This product addresses an issue where there is no VLAN function under Legacy
      mode.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.17.19
changelog:
  -     The firmware in this product addresses an issue where the "Shared Memory
      Feature" would be set to Enabled after Firmware upgrade with HPE Ethernet 10Gb
      2-port 561T and 561FLR-T Adapter.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.19.11
changelog:
  -     This product now remove supports Synergy and Blade Server.
      
      This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.19.30
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an WOL issue that system wakes up automatically if any
      magic packet being sent before system was shut down.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.20.10
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where ECC error occurs when running failed
      recovery with HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562T Adapter and HPE Ethernet 10Gb
      2-port 562FLR-T Adapter.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.19.11-2.1
changelog:
  -      This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. 
        * This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 
        * This product no longer supports ProLiant Blade servers and devices. Those servers and devices are now supported by the [HPE Blade Intel Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux](https://www.hpe.com/global/swpublishing/MTX-f35e20f5c7624892a850ceb642).
        * This product no longer supports Synergy servers and devices. Those servers and devices are now supported by the [HPE Synergy Intel Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux](https://www.hpe.com/global/swpublishing/MTX-bde50c38fbba4c2cb39d29468b).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.19.11-2.1
changelog:
  -      This product addresses an issue where LLDP are disabled.
        * This product addresses an issue where "Firmware Image Properties", "Device Level Configuration", and "Link Speed Status" options in NIC HII menu will disappear when F7 is pressed.
        * This product addresses an issue where Firmware upgrade fail in SLES15 with secureboot enabled.
        * This product addresses an issue where POST when ESC Is Pressed to Enter The BIOS Setup Utility with HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366FLR Adapter.
        * This product addresses an issue where there is no VLAN function under Legacy mode.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.21.6
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where Systems Insight Display (SID) modul is
      green when there's no Network connection.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.22.6
changelog:
  -     This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update 4 and SUSE Linux
      Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 3


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.14
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the "Firmware Image Properties," "Device
      Level Configuration," and "Link Speed Status" options in NIC HII menu
      disappear when F7 is pressed.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.14
changelog:
  -     Initial release.
      
      
      
      This product now supports the following operatings systems:
      
        * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 7
        * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Update 0
        * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.6.0
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version 1.6.0:**
      
        * Removed the very verbose command output for hfi1_eprom
      
      **Fixes in version 1.5.2:**
      
        * Fix in the usage string
        * Fix for listing the PCI domain name
      
      **Fixes in version 1.4.2:**
      
        * Initial version of the Intel OPA firmware component.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.6.0-2.1
changelog:
  -     1. Update the TMM of all the selected OPA HFI adaptor instead of just the default first adapter
        2. Removed duplicate CP.xml and payload.json files.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.8.1
changelog:
  -     *Changes and New Features in version 1.8.1.0.0 :**
      
        * Added hfi1_eprom **v10_8_0_0_13.**
        * Loader ROM **HfiPcieGen3Loader_1.8.1.0.0.rom** and driver EFI **HfiPcieGen3_1.8.1.0.0.efi** were added.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.9.2
changelog:
  -     *Following issues have been resolved in version 1.9.2:**
      
        * Due to a SLES 15 kernel setting, hfi1_eprom cannot work while the HFI driver is loaded. The tool and driver are mutually exclusive.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.20.11
changelog:
  -      This product now supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5.
        * This product now supports HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus and HPE ProLiant XL225n Gen10 Plus.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.21.5
changelog:
  -     This product now supports the following network adapters:
      
        * Intel X710-DA2 Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ OCP3 Adapter for HPE
        * Intel X710-DA2 Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ Adapter for HPE


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.9.10
changelog:
  -      This product corrects an issue of inconsistent LED behavior while linking up with different speed.
        * This product corrects an issue about failing to restore the factory default value by pressing F7.
        * This product addresses an issue where driver doesn't load upon booting up by correct memory relocation.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.10.8
changelog:
  -      This product contains support PLDM firmware upgrade base improvements.
        * This product addresses an overheat issue on the network adapters as below,
      
      HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port BaseT QL41132HLRJ Adapter  
      HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port BaseT QL41132HQRJ OCP3 Adapter


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.0
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following device is updated to 14.24.9000 :**
      
      P11338-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 548SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **Changes and New features in firmware version 14.24.9000 :**
      
        * Changed the firmware version string format in the HII from xx.yy.vv.zz to xx.yy.zzzz.
        * Enabled Firmware Management protocol installation on the Controller handle instead of the child handle.
        * The MTU value is set to 1500 upon driver bring up.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.0
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version** **14.24.9000**
      
        * Fixed an issue that prevented the first iSCSI target parameters to be reset to their default values.
        * Fixed an issue which cause the link not to raise in the second port which was set as IB when the first port was ETH in PXE.
        * Fixed wrong default value of Boot-To-Target in FlexBoot configuration.
        * When connecting a pre-configured port with VLAN to an IB fabric, the port runs as Ethernet port with the VLAN tag.
        * Booting PXE using Grub2.X over HP G9/G8 servers results in system hang.
        * If the client gets "PXE boot menu" when contacting the DHCP, it will PXE boot first regardless of the boot priority.
        * If the PMM fails to allocate memory, the system hangs since FlexBoot cannot load from the expansion ROM.
        * In ConnectX-4, the PXE boot time measurement over TFTP Ethernet was 1:30 min for image size of 1GB, TFTP InfiniBand was 1:20 min, and iSCSI boot time measurement was 8 seconds for image size of 25 MB.
        * In hybrid BIOSes, if the BIOS loads legacy driver without closing the UEFI driver, the legacy driver fails to load.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following device is updated to 14.26.1040:**
      
      P11338-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 548SFP+ Adapter)


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version** **14.26.XXXX :**
      
        * Fixed an issue that caused a function to misbehave when a PCIe Transaction Layer Packet (TLP) was set with a poisoned indication.
        * Fixed a rare issue that resulted in "destroy mkey " command getting stuck when rebooting the hypervisor.
        * The total firmware reset time is increased by 1 second.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.3
changelog:
  -     *Following issues have been fixed in version 14.27.4000:**
      
        * An issue that caused the sent packet to hang while the device entered FLR mode.
        * Enabled Bar configuration bytewise by applying the write_en bitmask.
        * A rare case where the the device froze while running the sw reset flow under heavy stress and with many open resources.
        * Low PXE performance while using the VSC to trigger the send_ring_doorbells.
        * An error that prevented the completions (CQ) from being completed due to a race condition in the firmware transport error handlers, and the error stressors, where the error stressors would hang the firmware transport error handler flow.
        * An issue that caused the fragmented IP packets to drop was fixed.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.3
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following device is updated to 14.27.4000:**
      
      P11338-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 548SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **Following New features and Changes are included in version 14.27.4000:**
      
        * Added mlxconfig support for power reduction: PCI CAP AUTO_POWER_SAVE_LINK_DOWN 
          * PCI CAP
          * AUTO_POWER_SAVE_LINK_DOWN
        * Added the following segments, as appeared in the PRM, to the Resource Dump: 
          * PRM_QUERY_QP
          * PRM_QUERY_CQ
          * PRM_QUERY_MKEY
          * QUERY_VNIC_ENV


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.4
changelog:
  -     *Following issues have been fixed in version 14.29.1016:**
      
        * An issue that caused the sent packet to hang while the device entered FLR mode.
        * Enabled Bar configuration bytewise by applying the write_en bitmask.
        * A rare case where the the device froze while running the sw reset flow under heavy stress and with many open resources.
        * Low PXE performance while using the VSC to trigger the send_ring_doorbells.
        * An error that prevented the completions (CQ) from being completed due to a race condition in the firmware transport error handlers, and the error stressors, where the error stressors would hang the firmware transport error handler flow.
        * An issue that caused the fragmented IP packets to drop was fixed.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.5-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in 2.40.5030:**
      
        * Fixed a race between the firmware and the hardware during driver start which blocked outbound completions.
        * Fixed an issue which caused the firmware not to send link_down event to the driver when running the close_port command.
        * Fixed an issue where in rare cases the Auto Sense failed to detect the right protocol.
        * Fixed signal integrity issue when connecting a WCS ConnectX4 mezz card to Pikes peak FPGA..
        * Added the option to transmit corrupted DME pages for a very short period of time at the beginning of the Auto-Negotiation flow.
        * Fixed an incorrect report of the PortRcvDataVLExtended / PortXmitDataVLExtended counters by the firmware.
        * Fixed a rare issue which caused firmware's packet injector to cut off packets when the TX was congested.
        * Fixed an issue that caused the response to TX requests to take up to 10 mili-seconds in IEEE clause 72 Link Training.
        * Fixed a race between 2 iriscs which caused a QP to get stuck in burst control limit state.
        * When a QP was in error state, the firmware generated too many err CQEs at once, thus causing the cmdif responsiveness to be too slow. To prevent the above, the number of err CQEs was limited to 16 at a time.
        * Fixed an issue that caused the MAC address that was set from the OS using ifconfig to be not reflected in the OCBB buffer.
        * Fixed an issue where the ibdump got broken when running with loopback traffic.
        * Fixed an issue where the firmware took QP to firmware ownership and then released it to the hardware ownership without checking if another firmware flow owns the same QP.
        * Fixed an issue which occurred after disconnecting cable which showed the link type as IB even if the link type of the port is ETH.
        * Fixed an issue related to the HCA PoerXmitWait counter on port 2 (connected to port 2 on Switch-IB) where it started counting and reached 0xFF's regardless of connection to switch.
        * Fixed a completion error issue when ECN was enabled. The ECN usage caused ordering errors in completion queues (CQ).
        * Fixed the length calculation of UDP. The incorrect UDP length in the CNP packet caused miss-calculation of the ICRC.
        * Fixed a wrong returned status in cable info MAD when the cable was not connected
        * Fixed failure instances when initiating FLR in the Physical Function.
        * Disabled High Rate Steering mode in the INI to enable its compatibility with NC-SI over VLAN.
        * Fixed a default hardware configuration issue which caused RDP over IPv4 traffic to be dropped.
        * MLNX_OEM command GET_TEMP returned a wrong value in the max_temp field.
        * Fixed an issue which caused TX traffic to stop when the message MTU size was larger than QP.mtu.
        * Fixed an issue which caused NVCONFIG to fail when the number of sector was set to 1 and the sector was zeroed.
        * Fixed a race in handling a duplicated "read request from middle".
        * Fixed an issue which caused lack of IB traffic on SR-IOV VPI.
        * Fixed an issue which caused NVRAM to get stuck when it filled non-valid information in TLV.
        * Fixed an issue which caused an internal firmware error when APM changed the QPs port mapping. 
        * Fixed an issue which caused a firmware internal error when handling QP alternative context. 
        * Fixed an issue which caused packet transmission to get stuck when the software tried to send pause frames with dmac equal to one of the device's MAC addresses.
        * Fixed a wrong reporting of section 5 event 8 - LSO support.
        * Fixed a mistakenly dropped ETH packet with ethertype 0x600 by the NIC.
        * Fixed a case preventing broadcast traffic from arriving to their destination after detaching high priority broadcast rule on a port where NC-SI was enabled.
        * Fixed an issue where the port raised as SDR vs. InfiniScale IV QDR Switch
        * Fixed a rare case of completion Error with Bad Opcode sequence status which occurred when retransmitting read requests
        * Fixed a case where the actual bandwidth did not match the user settings in VM QoS.
        * Fixed a case where on rare cases, communication to BMC was lost during driver initialization.
        * Fixed an issue with cable reading, which caused the link not to raise.
        * Set the maximum EQN number to 1024.
        * Fixed a rare issue with VPD init flow which caused read failures.
        * Fixed an issue with RX size counter not being reported.
        * Fixed promiscuous mode compatibility with A0-DMFS steering.
        * Fixed promiscuous mode compatibility when NC-SI is enabled and configured.
        * Fixed sending/receiving OEM temp commands (set/get) with channel ID 0x1f failure.
        * Fixed an issue which caused packets to drop on a port when changing the interface state of the other port.
        * Fixed long management communication loss and SOL hang during reboot cycles.
        * Fixed wrong processing of inbound traffic towards BMC which caused communication loss.
        * Fixed management link loss upon closing port interface through the driver.
        * Fixed a false indication in firmware of an expander presence causing delay in EEPROM reading.
        * Fixed an issue which caused a link down on a port when the cable was removed from the other port.
        * Fixed a rare case where packet with length zero got stuck in hardware queues.
        * Fixed an issue which caused InfiniBand congestion control packet (CNP) to hang in hardware.
        * Fixed an issue which caused AEN to be sent after channel reset.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented the restoring of QoS setting to its default consequently causing bandwidth degradation.
        * Fixed an occasional long link up time with 10GbE based devices.
        * Fixed an issue preventing cable readings from i2c slave address 0x51
        * Fixed a wrong parity bit calculation when transmitting PCIe TS1 packets.
        * Fixed a possible deadlock in PM turnoff request transmission and ack acceptance flow.
        * Fixed a rare case with alignments state machines which caused occasional width degradation.
        * Fixed an issue where the transmit queues hanged while congestion control was enabled and operational (EQC/QCN)
        * Fixed an unexpected work completion syndrome with vendor syndrome 0x77 received when running RDMA SEN/WRITE traffic with retransmissions.
        * Fixed an issue which caused SetPortInfo to return a good status when receiving invalid LinkSpeedEnabled value.
        * Fixed an issue which caused dual port SFPP module cards to be automatically mapped with expander.
        * Fixed an issue where firmware overrides the steering mode that was chosen by the driver.
        * Fixed invalid return sensing results occurred when the link was up.
        * Fixed an issue causing the sensing result to be delayed when cable was unplugged.
        * Fixed an issue causing the link type to be displayed as ETH when set to AUTO.
        * Fixed an issue causing ARP not to reply when connected to Hyper-V vSwitch.
      
      **Fixes in 14.18.2030****:**
      
        * On rare occasions during UEFI boot cycles system got stuck while WinPE is loaded. (OS WinPE, system DL160).
        * Single FTE that catches both untagged and prio-tagged packets (by giving an FTE with match_value.vlan_tag = 0 and match_value.vid = 0) is currently not supported.
        * Flashing the firmware requires server reboot. Firmware cannot be flashed twice without server reboot after first flashing
        * If the vport state is DOWN and a packet is sent in local loopback, the sx_sniffer tool will not function.
        * Fixed an issue causing bubbles to appear as symbol errors when link raised FDR 1x.
        * When Clause 74 Fire-Code FEC is active, and there are FC corrected errors, both the FC_correctable counter and the FC_uncoreectable counter are increment.
        * Some Port Control Register do not return to the default value after the last port owner host restarts the driver.
        * Fixed an issue which caused RX to hang when the UDP packet had a reserved UDP destination port.
        * Fixed DMAC reporting mapping per host.
        * Fixed an EEH error from PCI which caused firmware to hang.
        * Fixed the default value of the PCIe target_link_speed to Gen3 in link control2.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented LEDs from blinking when the traffic was less than 0.1% of the link speed.
        * Fixed an issue which caused the mlxconfig configuration of VF_LOG_BAR_SIZE to be ignored and to be set to 5 (32MB).
        * A server getting into a Standby mode while Packet-Pacing is enabled might cause firmware to hang and driver call-trace.
        * Fixed an issue which caused unexpected QoS functionality in case of multiple sources to single destination traffic transmission.
        * Fixed an issue which occasionally caused the RX traffic to hang in DC when received a PCI error on WQE fetch.
        * Fixed OOB connection issue during Intel's ITP inject errors test.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented MAC address changes by to driver to be reflected in the OBCC and NC-SI interfaces.
        * Added protection from IOPX thermal diode destabilization to prevent UEFI IPv6 PXE boot failure on ConnectX-4 Lx 25GE cards.
        * Fixed an issue which caused a link down in Port 2 when unplugging the cable from Port 1.
        * In some cases, a Bit Error Rate is not optimal on 10G/40G links.
        * Instability of Link Training Flow occurs during 100G Auto-Negotiation.
        * Fixed a rare issue which caused the command to hang when moved the QP to RESET and back to RTS.
        * Improved RDMA READ bandwidth under packet lost scenario.
        * Added support for pnat = 1 in HCA access_reg command as required by the ibdiagnet tool.
        * Fixed the LLDP OCBB response: return value is now ascii.
        * Fixed a very rare NMI issue during PXE cycles.
        * Increased the steering hash tables static size from 128 to a maximum of 32K entries.
        * Prevented miscalculation of module temperature when using 100Gb/s cables (OPN: MFA1A00-Cxxx for 100GbE).
        * Reduced one hop for Unicast RX steering, steering pipes balancing.
        * Non-volatile configuration of Port Type TLV more than 50 times might cause system hang.
        * Enabled RoCE IPv4 Multicast. This prevents MCG command from failing when an IPv4 is mapped to an IPv6 address.
        * If the PF driver or the tool (e.g. ethtool) use PAOS DOWN command (e.g. by ifconfig down or ip link set down), loopback traffic is blocked for all functions on this port (PF<->VFs / VF<->VF) In Multihost loopback, the traffic will be blocked once the firmware receives the PAOS down command from all PFs. However, the loopback traffic will not be blocked when the port is down  due to the physical link (for example: cable plugged out, switch port down).
        * Fixed a 25G and 50G link issue when Clause 91 RS FEC was active.
        * Added a missing invalidation of eSwitch cache upon FLR which caused the upcoming driver load to either fail or not to be able to transmit.
        * Fixed a UEFI IPv6 PXE boot failure on ConnectX-4 Lx 25GbE OCP card.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented Vport counters from counting local loopback packets. Packets now are filter by the self-loopback prevention.
        * Reported INTx as unsupported to allow PFs Passthrough on PowerKVM.
        * SR-IOV Ethernet supports up to 18 VFs per port only.
        * Fixed and incident what allowed local (internal) loopbacked packets to be counted by the Vport counters, although Vport counters should count only traffic that crosses the Vport.
        * Fixed an issue preventing driver loading or TX traffic sending upon reboot, after ungraceful driver unload.
        * Fixed casting of BMC MAC before steering API.
        * Fixed the PCI write flow to take into consideration the PCI MTU. This fix eliminates the need for NOPs in the flow, which resulted from PPC larger PCI MTU.  
      The single queue limitation for READ is due to a hardware limitation of the
      number of READ request in a given time.
      
        * Fixed a case that caused FlexBoot to not work as expected with systems that run with "large bar" enabled (Above 4G Decoding) over Connect-IB or ConnectX-4 HCAs.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented link creation when connected to IXIA 25G.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.5-4.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.40.7000:**  
        
      779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
      779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 2.40.7000:**
      
        * Added Etherent Link down counter.
        * Enables steering packets to receive queues according to Ethertype matching 
        * Adds support for additional rate values. 
        * Counters that count the number of repeated Send WQE cache lookups that resulted in a miss.
        * Flint utility allows performing an MD5 checksum on the non-persistent sections of the firmware image.
        * New performance and back-pressure counters command via PRM (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * Support for Multicast/Unicast sniffer rules (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * Support for VLAN in VLAN encapsulation (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * CQ creation offload by software
        * Support for rst2rts command
        * Invalidates a TLV during the firmware boot stage
        * A new counter for the diag_rprt PRM command to count packet drops due to noreceive buffer
        * Support for Ethernet TX lifetime cycle control (Head of Queue)
        * A new register (PPLR) that allows egress and external loopback control (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * A watchdog mechanism to track ingress traffic stalls to prevent flooding the network with Flow Control packets
        * Inspur LED scheme: A new LED scheme controlled by the INI which causes constant traffic LED indication even without traffic.
        * Added support for multiple RoCE modes (RoCE v1+v2) on the same port: RoCE mode is per connection now.
        * Added a new QP command "INIT2RTS_QP" to enhance QP connection readiness time.
        * Disabled FCS checks to support switches that replace FCS with Timestamp.
        * Added RX Port identification for direct rout packets.
        * Improved RDMA WRITE/SEND performance with retransmissions.
        * Enabled firmware burning/querying using the PRM ACCESS_REG command.
        * Added support for VAM.  Enabled bad cable EEPROM reporting to the driver.
        * Added support for Platform Level Data Model (PLDM) sideband protocol.
        * Added support for priority based A0-DMFS mode (For further information, please refer to the PRM).
        * Added support for Unicast/Multicast loopback disablement by the driver. (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * Removed the source IP from the hash calculation (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * Added support for Inline Receive mode up to 2KB.
        * Added support for multiple RoCE modes (RoCE v1+v2) on the same port: RoCE mode is per connection now.
        * Added a new QP command "INIT2RTS_QP" to enhance QP connection readiness time.
        * Disabled FCS checks to support switches that replace FCS with Timestamp.
        * Added RX Port identification for direct rout packets.
        * Improved RDMA WRITE/SEND performance with retransmissions.
        * Enabled firmware burning/querying using the PRM ACCESS_REG command.
        * Added support for VAM.  Enabled bad cable EEPROM reporting to the driver.
        * Added support for Platform Level Data Model (PLDM) sideband protocol.
        * Added support for priority based A0-DMFS mode (For further information, please refer to the PRM).
        * Added support for Unicast/Multicast loopback disablement by the driver. (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * Removed the source IP from the hash calculation (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * Added support for Inline Receive mode up to 2KB.
        * Sideband moved to port 0
        * Added MCTP command support
        * Changed the HP LED scheme for the 779799-B21 adapter.
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.18.2030****:**
      
      817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)  
      817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
        * Added logical link indication in SFP to BaseT modules and disabled logical link when peer port is down.
        * Added support for 10GbE in 25GbE SFP optical modules.
        * Enables mlxlink tool to collect data on the PHY link status and provides link down reasons and additional link related information.
        * Enabled TX configuration response and movement during Link Training in Ethernet.
        * Added support at lane rate of 12.89Gb.
        * Limits the amount of time a packet may head a Traffic Class (TC) transmission queue, without being transmitted. Stale packets are discarded. Active by default for TCs adhering to link level flow control.
        * UAR page size currently is set to 4KB and not according to what the system page size determines.
        * Improved performance of:  
       Doorbell from User Access Region (UAR)  
       Clear interrupt from User Access Region (UAR)
      
        * Added support for additional transport counters.
        * Added ODP support for DC.
        * Enabled scatter-to-CQE for sent packets for DC.
        * Enabled moderation period modification in CQ modify command.
        * Added support for minimum/maximum rate limit per vport in SR-IOV.
        * Enabled network traffic between UEFI-Shell and OS.
        * Enabled the PF to force disable RoCE for its VFs.
        * Added 2 new access registers:  
       Management Capabilities Mask Register  
       Ports CApabilities Mask Register Fields  
      For further information, please refer to the PRM.
      
        * Enabled VNIC the control to enable/disable its local loopback traffic.
        * Added the option to open a receive RDMA Flow Table and to forward RoCE traffic to some destination QP.
        * Added support for Multi-Host LID base routing. This feature requires a new OpenSM (v4.7.1 and above which comes with MLNX_OFED 3.3-2.0.0.0) with the following attributes:  
       qos TRUE  
       lmc 2 (if there is no quad host in the fabric, you can set the lmc to 1)  
       virt_enabled 2 Note: Multi-Host LID base routing can be configured by the
      INI only. The default is 0
      
        * Resilient RoCE is the ability to send RoCE traffic over a lossy network (a network without flow control enabled), without the need to enable flow control on the network. The ability is accomplished by enabling ECN on both the Switch and the Host.
        * Enables load balancing in the Multi PF Switch layer (MPFS) based on the L3/L4 headers
        * Increased the number of VFs from 64 to 95 per Physical Function (PF). Note: When increasing the number of VFs, the following limitations must be taken into consideration: server_total_bar_size >= (num_pfs)*(2log_pf_uar_bar_- size + 2log_vf_uar_bar_size*total_vfs) server_total_msix >= (num_pfs)*(num_pf_msix + num_vfs_msix *total_vfs) Note: For the maximum number of VFs supported by your driver, please refer to your drivers' Release Notes or User Manual.
        * Added support for Port Flap Counter.
        * Limits the buffer size for all entries to improve performance. KSM is used when associating Key Length My Virtual Address (KLMs) with fixed memory size.
        * This entry (null_mkey) is use to indicate non-present KLM/KSM entries. When accessing is, it causes the device to generate page fault event.
        * PLDM firmware burning is based on the DMTF spec DSP0267 (draft 9). The feature enables upgrading firmware and expansion ROM images using the PLDM protocol over MCTP (over PCIe). By doing so, a supporting BMC can query and upgrade the firmware without using OS based tools.
        * Added a new physical layer statistics counters group. The new group includes BER counters, FEC error correction, clear time, and additional physical layer counters. For further information, please refer to the Ethernet Adapters Programming Manual (PRM).
        * Enables the user to set a certain link up state for an unlimited period of time. This mode has 3 states:  
       Aux power (standby)  
       Reboot/boot/driver unloaded - the server is active and no driver is up  
       Driver is up - at least one driver is up (the time between init HCA and
      teardown or FLR)
      
        * Added support for Doorbell from User Access Region (UAR).
        * [Beta] Added support for maximum rate limit per function in SR-IOV.
        * Allows the user to configure the adapter card to stop sending pauses after x when the receive port is unavailable (in a hang state).
        * [Beta] Added support for new performance counters.
        * DCBX is used by DCB devices to exchange configuration information with directly connected peers. DCBX uses Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) to exchange parameters between two link peers. For further information, please refer to the PRM.
        * Allows network port registers to revert to their default values when the driver is restarted or the host is rebooted.
        * Added additional network link up modes. The new modes decide when to keep the network link up. The new modes are:  
       keep_eth_link_up  
       keep_ib_link_up  
       keep_link_up_on_boot  
       keep_link_up_on_standby
      
        * Added v1, v3, v6 tags to VPD read only tag
        * Enables software to scatter or strip FCS in RQ.
        * Keeps track of the creation of a packet. A time-stamping service supports assertions of proof that a datum existed before a particular time. 
        * Applies pause functionality to specific classes of traffic on the Ethernet link.
        * Custom port counters provide the user a clear indication about RDMA send/receive statistics and errors
        * The Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is a vendor-neutral Link Layer protocol in the Internet Protocol Suite used by network devices for advertising their identity, capabilities, and neighbors on a IEEE 802 LAN. The protocol is formally defined in IEEE 802.1AB.
        * ConnectX-4 adapters now support 1Gb/s and 56GbE Ethernet connectivity in addition to 10GigE, 25GigE, 40GigE, 50GigE, and 100GigE.
        * Provides a clear indication of Flow Steering statistics and errors.
        * The minimal amount of packet headers inlined in the WQE's Eth Segment.
        * A flow table may include a table-miss flow entry, which renders all Match Fields wildcards. If a packet does not match a flow entry in a flow table, this is a table miss. The behavior on a table miss depends on the table configuration. A table-miss flow entry in the flow table may specify how to process unmatched packets.
        * Single Root IO Virtualization (SR-IOV) is a technology that allows a physical PCIe device to present itself multiple times through the PCIe bus.
        * Uses the HCA for offloading erasure coding calculations.
        * Enables the administrator to add a timestamp to the firmware they want to upgrade to avoid situations where one host tries to upgrade the firmware and another tries to downgrade; which may lead to two or more unnecessary server reboots. For further information, please refer to MFT User Manual.
        * The change includes the following:  
      1\. Changed port configuration which required link re-training (such as speed)  
      2\. PAOS down  
      3\. PAOS up  
      This change, will cause the link to toggle and new configurations to take
      effect.
      
        * Flint utility allows performing an MD5 checksum on the non-persistent sections of the firmware image. For further information, please refer to MFT User Manual.
        * Improved TX signal integrity for Electromagnetic Induction (EMI) compliance.
        * Optic modules thermal sensing - Enables the firmware to read and report the temperature of the module.
        * PLDM for module thermal sensing - Supports platform-level data models and platform functions in a platform management subsystem. PLDM is designed to be an effective interface and data model that provides efficient access to low-level platform inventory, monitoring, control, event, and data/parameters transfer functions.
        * Low power boot state - Enables u-boot to put non-boot CPUs into a low power status. To enable low power boot using iLO debugger use the following commands.  
                            * Port shutdown due to optic thermal event - Enables the firmware to close the power cage in case of high temperature in the module.
        * Reduced the port link-up time when negotiating according to Clause 73 (DME)
        * Large Receive Offload (LRO)  Large Send Offload (LSO)
        * Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
        * Global Pause  RoCEv1.0/RoCEv2.0
        * Flow Steering
        * Sniffer Ethernet
        * Rate Limiter (at Beta level)
        * Multi packet WQE
        * Enhanced Transmission Selection standard (ETS)
        * Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
        * Priority Flow Control (PFC)
        * CQE time stamping
        * PCIe Function Level Reset (FLR)
        * Power Management L2/L3 flow support
        * Strided SRQ
        * Self Loopback support
        * Transport Domain support
        * CQ2EQ remapping
        * Added support for the following commands:  
       MODIFY/QUERY_ESW_VPORT_CONTEXT  
       QUERY/MODIFY_CONG_STATUS  
       QUERY/MODIFY_CkONG_PARAMS  
       QUERY_CONG_STATISTICS  
       ADD/DELETE_VXLAN_UDP_DPORT


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.5-4.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in 2.40.7000:**
      
        * Fixed a race between the firmware and the hardware during driver start which blocked outbound completions.
        * Fixed an issue which caused the firmware not to send link_down event to the driver when running the close_port command.
        * Fixed an issue where in rare cases the Auto Sense failed to detect the right protocol.
        * Fixed signal integrity issue when connecting a WCS ConnectX4 mezz card to Pikes peak FPGA..
        * Added the option to transmit corrupted DME pages for a very short period of time at the beginning of the Auto-Negotiation flow.
        * Fixed an incorrect report of the PortRcvDataVLExtended / PortXmitDataVLExtended counters by the firmware.
        * Fixed a rare issue which caused firmware's packet injector to cut off packets when the TX was congested.
        * Fixed an issue that caused the response to TX requests to take up to 10 mili-seconds in IEEE clause 72 Link Training.
        * Fixed a race between 2 iriscs which caused a QP to get stuck in burst control limit state.
        * When a QP was in error state, the firmware generated too many err CQEs at once, thus causing the cmdif responsiveness to be too slow. To prevent the above, the number of err CQEs was limited to 16 at a time.
        * Fixed an issue that caused the MAC address that was set from the OS using ifconfig to be not reflected in the OCBB buffer.
        * Fixed an issue where the ibdump got broken when running with loopback traffic.
        * Fixed an issue where the firmware took QP to firmware ownership and then released it to the hardware ownership without checking if another firmware flow owns the same QP.
        * Fixed an issue which occurred after disconnecting cable which showed the link type as IB even if the link type of the port is ETH.
        * Fixed an issue related to the HCA PoerXmitWait counter on port 2 (connected to port 2 on Switch-IB) where it started counting and reached 0xFF's regardless of connection to switch.
        * Fixed a completion error issue when ECN was enabled. The ECN usage caused ordering errors in completion queues (CQ).
        * Fixed the length calculation of UDP. The incorrect UDP length in the CNP packet caused miss-calculation of the ICRC.
        * Fixed a wrong returned status in cable info MAD when the cable was not connected
        * Fixed failure instances when initiating FLR in the Physical Function.
        * Disabled High Rate Steering mode in the INI to enable its compatibility with NC-SI over VLAN.
        * Fixed a default hardware configuration issue which caused RDP over IPv4 traffic to be dropped.
        * MLNX_OEM command GET_TEMP returned a wrong value in the max_temp field.
        * Fixed an issue which caused TX traffic to stop when the message MTU size was larger than QP.mtu.
        * Fixed an issue which caused NVCONFIG to fail when the number of sector was set to 1 and the sector was zeroed.
        * Fixed a race in handling a duplicated "read request from middle".
        * Fixed an issue which caused lack of IB traffic on SR-IOV VPI.
        * Fixed an issue which caused NVRAM to get stuck when it filled non-valid information in TLV.
        * Fixed an issue which caused an internal firmware error when APM changed the QPs port mapping. 
        * Fixed an issue which caused a firmware internal error when handling QP alternative context. 
        * Fixed an issue which caused packet transmission to get stuck when the software tried to send pause frames with dmac equal to one of the device's MAC addresses.
        * Fixed a wrong reporting of section 5 event 8 - LSO support.
        * Fixed a mistakenly dropped ETH packet with ethertype 0x600 by the NIC.
        * Fixed a case preventing broadcast traffic from arriving to their destination after detaching high priority broadcast rule on a port where NC-SI was enabled.
        * Fixed an issue where the port raised as SDR vs. InfiniScale IV QDR Switch
        * Fixed a rare case of completion Error with Bad Opcode sequence status which occurred when retransmitting read requests
        * Fixed a case where the actual bandwidth did not match the user settings in VM QoS.
        * Fixed a case where on rare cases, communication to BMC was lost during driver initialization.
        * Fixed an issue with cable reading, which caused the link not to raise.
        * Set the maximum EQN number to 1024.
        * Fixed a rare issue with VPD init flow which caused read failures.
        * Fixed an issue with RX size counter not being reported.
        * Fixed promiscuous mode compatibility with A0-DMFS steering.
        * Fixed promiscuous mode compatibility when NC-SI is enabled and configured.
        * Fixed sending/receiving OEM temp commands (set/get) with channel ID 0x1f failure.
        * Fixed an issue which caused packets to drop on a port when changing the interface state of the other port.
        * Fixed long management communication loss and SOL hang during reboot cycles.
        * Fixed wrong processing of inbound traffic towards BMC which caused communication loss.
        * Fixed management link loss upon closing port interface through the driver.
        * Fixed a false indication in firmware of an expander presence causing delay in EEPROM reading.
        * Fixed an issue which caused a link down on a port when the cable was removed from the other port.
        * Fixed a rare case where packet with length zero got stuck in hardware queues.
        * Fixed an issue which caused InfiniBand congestion control packet (CNP) to hang in hardware.
        * Fixed an issue which caused AEN to be sent after channel reset.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented the restoring of QoS setting to its default consequently causing bandwidth degradation.
        * Fixed an occasional long link up time with 10GbE based devices.
        * Fixed an issue preventing cable readings from i2c slave address 0x51
        * Fixed a wrong parity bit calculation when transmitting PCIe TS1 packets.
        * Fixed a possible deadlock in PM turnoff request transmission and ack acceptance flow.
        * Fixed a rare case with alignments state machines which caused occasional width degradation.
        * Fixed an issue where the transmit queues hanged while congestion control was enabled and operational (EQC/QCN)
        * Fixed an unexpected work completion syndrome with vendor syndrome 0x77 received when running RDMA SEN/WRITE traffic with retransmissions.
        * Fixed an issue which caused SetPortInfo to return a good status when receiving invalid LinkSpeedEnabled value.
        * Fixed an issue which caused dual port SFPP module cards to be automatically mapped with expander.
        * Fixed an issue where firmware overrides the steering mode that was chosen by the driver.
        * Fixed invalid return sensing results occurred when the link was up.
        * Fixed an issue causing the sensing result to be delayed when cable was unplugged.
        * Fixed an issue causing the link type to be displayed as ETH when set to AUTO.
        * Fixed an issue causing ARP not to reply when connected to Hyper-V vSwitch.
      
      **Fixes in 14.18.2030****:**
      
        * On rare occasions during UEFI boot cycles system got stuck while WinPE is loaded. (OS WinPE, system DL160).
        * Single FTE that catches both untagged and prio-tagged packets (by giving an FTE with match_value.vlan_tag = 0 and match_value.vid = 0) is currently not supported.
        * Flashing the firmware requires server reboot. Firmware cannot be flashed twice without server reboot after first flashing
        * If the vport state is DOWN and a packet is sent in local loopback, the sx_sniffer tool will not function.
        * Fixed an issue causing bubbles to appear as symbol errors when link raised FDR 1x.
        * When Clause 74 Fire-Code FEC is active, and there are FC corrected errors, both the FC_correctable counter and the FC_uncoreectable counter are increment.
        * Some Port Control Register do not return to the default value after the last port owner host restarts the driver.
        * Fixed an issue which caused RX to hang when the UDP packet had a reserved UDP destination port.
        * Fixed DMAC reporting mapping per host.
        * Fixed an EEH error from PCI which caused firmware to hang.
        * Fixed the default value of the PCIe target_link_speed to Gen3 in link control2.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented LEDs from blinking when the traffic was less than 0.1% of the link speed.
        * Fixed an issue which caused the mlxconfig configuration of VF_LOG_BAR_SIZE to be ignored and to be set to 5 (32MB).
        * A server getting into a Standby mode while Packet-Pacing is enabled might cause firmware to hang and driver call-trace.
        * Fixed an issue which caused unexpected QoS functionality in case of multiple sources to single destination traffic transmission.
        * Fixed an issue which occasionally caused the RX traffic to hang in DC when received a PCI error on WQE fetch.
        * Fixed OOB connection issue during Intel's ITP inject errors test.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented MAC address changes by to driver to be reflected in the OBCC and NC-SI interfaces.
        * Added protection from IOPX thermal diode destabilization to prevent UEFI IPv6 PXE boot failure on ConnectX-4 Lx 25GE cards.
        * Fixed an issue which caused a link down in Port 2 when unplugging the cable from Port 1.
        * In some cases, a Bit Error Rate is not optimal on 10G/40G links.
        * Instability of Link Training Flow occurs during 100G Auto-Negotiation.
        * Fixed a rare issue which caused the command to hang when moved the QP to RESET and back to RTS.
        * Improved RDMA READ bandwidth under packet lost scenario.
        * Added support for pnat = 1 in HCA access_reg command as required by the ibdiagnet tool.
        * Fixed the LLDP OCBB response: return value is now ascii.
        * Fixed a very rare NMI issue during PXE cycles.
        * Increased the steering hash tables static size from 128 to a maximum of 32K entries.
        * Prevented miscalculation of module temperature when using 100Gb/s cables (OPN: MFA1A00-Cxxx for 100GbE).
        * Reduced one hop for Unicast RX steering, steering pipes balancing.
        * Non-volatile configuration of Port Type TLV more than 50 times might cause system hang.
        * Enabled RoCE IPv4 Multicast. This prevents MCG command from failing when an IPv4 is mapped to an IPv6 address.
        * If the PF driver or the tool (e.g. ethtool) use PAOS DOWN command (e.g. by ifconfig down or ip link set down), loopback traffic is blocked for all functions on this port (PF<->VFs / VF<->VF) In Multihost loopback, the traffic will be blocked once the firmware receives the PAOS down command from all PFs. However, the loopback traffic will not be blocked when the port is down  due to the physical link (for example: cable plugged out, switch port down).
        * Fixed a 25G and 50G link issue when Clause 91 RS FEC was active.
        * Added a missing invalidation of eSwitch cache upon FLR which caused the upcoming driver load to either fail or not to be able to transmit.
        * Fixed a UEFI IPv6 PXE boot failure on ConnectX-4 Lx 25GbE OCP card.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented Vport counters from counting local loopback packets. Packets now are filter by the self-loopback prevention.
        * Reported INTx as unsupported to allow PFs Passthrough on PowerKVM.
        * SR-IOV Ethernet supports up to 18 VFs per port only.
        * Fixed and incident what allowed local (internal) loopbacked packets to be counted by the Vport counters, although Vport counters should count only traffic that crosses the Vport.
        * Fixed an issue preventing driver loading or TX traffic sending upon reboot, after ungraceful driver unload.
        * Fixed casting of BMC MAC before steering API.
        * Fixed the PCI write flow to take into consideration the PCI MTU. This fix eliminates the need for NOPs in the flow, which resulted from PPC larger PCI MTU.  
      The single queue limitation for READ is due to a hardware limitation of the
      number of READ request in a given time.
      
        * Fixed a case that caused FlexBoot to not work as expected with systems that run with "large bar" enabled (Above 4G Decoding) over Connect-IB or ConnectX-4 HCAs.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented link creation when connected to IXIA 25G.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.6
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5000:**  
        
      779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
      779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 2.42.5000:**
      
        * Added support for the following features: 
          * TLV: CX3_GLOBAL_CONF to enable/disable timestamp on incoming packets through mlxconfig configuration.
          * User MAC configuration.
          * Automatically collecting mstdump before driver reset.
          * to detect DEAD_IRISC (plastic) from TPT (iron) and raise an assert.
        * Enhanced the debug ability for command timeout cases.
        * Added a new field to "set port" command which notifies the firmware what is the user_mtu size.
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.21.2800****:**
      
      817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)  
      817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 14.21.2800:**
      
        * Query vPort Environments (Debug Counters) - Debug counters are a group of counters that handle traffic performance issue related to firmware overhead in transport flow. The following are the additional counters added to this firmware version: 
          * current_q_under_processor_handle
          * total_q_under_processor_handle
          * qp_priority_update_flow


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.6
changelog:
  -     *Fixes submitted in version 2.42.5000:**
      
        * The PortRcvPkts counter was prevented from being cleared after resetting it.
        * Fixed an issue which caused a system Time Out on the configuration cycle of the VFs when more than 10 Virtual Functions performed FLR and the completion Time Out value was configured to a range of less than  
      16 msec.
      
        * Fixed an issue that caused the server to hang and result in NMI when running "mlxfwtop -d mt4103_pci_cr0" while restarting the driver in parallel (from a different thread). In this case, the downstream bridge over the device reported completion timeout error.
        * Fixed an issue in flow_steering where BMC could not receive a ping over IPV6 after running bmc_reboot.
        * Fixed an issue while closing the HCA, where RX packet caused bad access to resources that did not exist, and consequently caused the QPCGW or the irisc to get stuck.
        * Fixed an issue where the masterSM LID and the LID was either 0 or 0xFFFF when the port was neither active nor armed.
        * Fixed an issue that prevented ibdump from capturing all MADs packets.
        * Fixed an issue that prevented the link to go up after reboot.
        * Fixed a rare issue that cause the PCIe configuration cycle that arrived during the time of sw_reset to generate 2 completions.
        * Fixed an issue that caused NC-SI not to work when adding the disable_static_steering_ini field in the ini file, due to memory allocation issue for this field in the scratchpad.
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 14.21.2800:**
      
        * Fixed an issue that caused QP connection timeout due to firmware not being able to handle duplicate packets with AckReq bit set. The fix stopped ignoring duplicate AckReq packets to avoid timeout on the sender side.
        * MPFS load balance (DUP_MAC_ACTION==LOAD_BALANCE(1)) is not working as long as IB_ROUTING_MODE/SRIOV_IB_ROUTING_MODE is configured to LID.
        * Fixed an issue that caused a SX engine deadlock (the SX engine handles software port/priority changes for a specific Send Queue) when more than a single SX engine handled the "prio diff" flow simultaneously, thus caused the hardware to get stuck.  
      The issue happened as the firmware releases the SX engine and waits for
      various operation to complete. However, due to a race that allows a different
      transaction to get into the SX engine and cause the lock to be taken by it,
      the SX engine release is prevented.
      
        * Fixed an issue that caused the system to hang while changing QPTS/QPDPM/QPDP parameters during traffic.
        * Fixed unfairness between senders in RoCE LAG while ECN is configured.
        * Fixed an issue which displayed diagnostic counters only on the adapter that was initialized first, which is the counters' owner. The owner received correct values, while the other adapter only received zeros.
        * Fixed an issue that caused the rdma_cm traffic to fail on the 2nd port when more than 32 VFs were configured, when the RoCE Dual Port vHCA (a.k.a Multi-Port vHCA: MPV) feature was enabled.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.8-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5000:**  
        
      779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
      779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 2.42.5000:**
      
        * Added support for the following features: 
          * TLV: CX3_GLOBAL_CONF to enable/disable timestamp on incoming packets through mlxconfig configuration.
          * User MAC configuration.
          * Automatically collecting mstdump before driver reset.
          * to detect DEAD_IRISC (plastic) from TPT (iron) and raise an assert.
        * Enhanced the debug ability for command timeout cases.
        * Added a new field to "set port" command which notifies the firmware what is the user_mtu size.
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.22.1414 :**
      
      817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)  
      817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 14.22.1414:**
      
        * Transition from 4MB to 7M Firmware Image Banks.
        * **Software Reset Flow:** Software detection of a fatal error, automatic creations of an mstdump file for future debug by the software, and resetting of the device.
        * **Steering Discard Packet Counters:** The following counters were added to count the discard packets (per vport) 
          * nic_receive_steering_discard
          * receive_discard_vport_down
          * transmit_discard_vport_down
        * **Virtual Functions (VF): **Increased the number of VFs that can work with full VMQoS (8 TC) per PFs as follow 
          * in dual port devices to 20 VFs
          * in single port devices to 58 VFs
        * Increased the Pause Frame Duration and the XOFF Resend Time to the maximum value defined by the specification.
        * **PCI Relax Ordering:** mlxconfig configuration can now enable or disable forced PCI relaxed ordering in mkey_context.
        * **vport Mirroring:** Packets are mirrored based on certain mirroring policy. The policy is set using the "set FTE command" that supports forward action in the ACL tables (ingress/egress).
        * **Resiliency: Special Error Event: **Added support for 10GBaseT modules connected to a QSFP cage.
        * Accelerated QP's creation time.
        * SR-IOV default routing mode is now LID based. The configuration change is available via mlxconfig tool.
        * Added PXE and UEFI to additional ConnectX-4 Lx adapter cards. ConnectX-4 Lx now holds PXE, x86-UEFI and Arm-UEFI.
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 12.22.1414 :**
      
      868779-B21 (HPE Synergy 6410C 25/50Gb Ethernet Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 12.22.1414:**
      
        * Transition from 4MB to 7M Firmware Image Banks.
        * **Software Reset Flow:** Software detection of a fatal error, automatic creations of an mstdump file for future debug by the software, and resetting of the device.
        * **Steering Discard Packet Counters:** The following counters were added to count the discard packets (per vport) 
          * nic_receive_steering_discard
          * receive_discard_vport_down
          * transmit_discard_vport_down
        * **Virtual Functions (VF): **Increased the number of VFs that can work with full VMQoS (8 TC) per PFs as follow 
          * in dual port devices to 20 VFs
          * in single port devices to 58 VFs
        * Increased the Pause Frame Duration and the XOFF Resend Time to the maximum value defined by the specification.
        * **PCI Relax Ordering:** mlxconfig configuration can now enable or disable forced PCI relaxed ordering in mkey_context.
        * **vport Mirroring:** Packets are mirrored based on certain mirroring policy. The policy is set using the "set FTE command" that supports forward action in the ACL tables (ingress/egress).
        * **Resiliency: Special Error Event: **Added support for 10GBaseT modules connected to a QSFP cage.
        * Accelerated QP's creation time.
        * SR-IOV default routing mode is now LID based. The configuration change is available via mlxconfig tool.
        * Added PXE and UEFI to additional ConnectX-4 Lx adapter cards. ConnectX-4 Lx now holds PXE, x86-UEFI and Arm-UEFI.
      
      
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 16.22.1414 :**
      
      874253-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 842QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 16.22.1414:**
      
        * Transition from 4MB to 7M Firmware Image Banks.
        * **Software Reset Flow:** Software detection of a fatal error, automatic creations of an mstdump file for future debug by the software, and resetting of the device.
        * **Steering Discard Packet Counters:** The following counters were added to count the discard packets (per vport) 
          * nic_receive_steering_discard
          * receive_discard_vport_down
          * transmit_discard_vport_down
        * Increased the Pause Frame Duration and the XOFF Resend Time to the maximum value defined by the specification.
        * **PCI Relax Ordering:** mlxconfig configuration can now enable or disable forced PCI relaxed ordering in mkey_context.
        * Added support for Push/Pop VLAN, new FLOW TABLE ENTRY actions. These new actions are used by the driver to implement Q-in-Q functionality.
        *  Packet Pacing in ConnectX-5 adapter cards.
        * **vport Mirroring:** Packets are mirrored based on certain mirroring policy. The policy is set using the "set FTE command" that supports forward action in the ACL tables (ingress/egress).
        * **Resiliency: Special Error Event: **Added support for 10GBaseT modules connected to a QSFP cage.
        * Accelerated QP's creation time.
        * SR-IOV default routing mode is now LID based. The configuration change is available via mlxconfig tool.
        * Added PXE and UEFI to additional ConnectX-4 Lx adapter cards. ConnectX-4 Lx now holds PXE, x86-UEFI and Arm-UEFI.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.8-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes submitted in version 2.42.5000 :**
      
        * The PortRcvPkts counter was prevented from being cleared after resetting it..
        * System Time Out on the configuration cycle of the VFs when more than 10 Virtual Functions performed FLR and the completion Time Out value was configured to a range of less than 16 msec.
        * The server hung and resulted in NMI (Non-maskable interrupt) when run-ning "mlxfwtop -d mt4103_pci_cr0" while restarting the driver in parallel (from a differ-ent thread). In this case, the downstream bridge over the device reported completion timeout error. 
        * In flow_steering, BMC could not receive a ping over IPV6 after running bmc_reboot.
        * While closing the HCA (Host Channel Adapters), RX packet caused bad access to resources that did not exist, and consequently caused the QPCGW or the irisc to get stuck.
        * The master SMLID and the LID was either 0 or 0xFFFF when the port was neither active nor armed.
        * ibdump could not capture all MADs packets.
        * Link could not go up after reboot.
        * A rare issue caused the PCIe configuration cycle that arrived during the time of sw_reset to generate 2 completions. 
        * NC-SI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) did not work when adding the disable_stat-ic_steering_ini field in the ini file, due to memory allocation issue for this field in the scratchpad.
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 14.22.1414 :**
      
        * A temperature normalization function calculation issue. Now the cable gain that is not pure integer is taken into account was fixed.
        * An issue related to the parser of object 0x8 in ASN that caused different structure in response was fixed.
        * Added the option to avoid unintentionally powering off the backplane port cage upon reboot when in standby mode.
        * An issue that caused the driver to return a wrong logical OR of the 2 physical ports, when querying the vport state when the LAG was enabled wre fixed.
        * Increased the Full Wire Speed (FWS) threshold value to improve EDR link results.
        * An issue that resulted in "Destroy LAG" command failure if a VFs received an FLR while its affinity QPs were open.
        * When RoCE Dual Port mode is enabled, tcpdump is not functional on the 2nd port.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5044 :**
      
         779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
         779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 12.23.8036 :**
      
         868779-B21 (HPE Synergy 6410C 25/50Gb Ethernet Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.23.8052 :**
      
         817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.23.8036 :**  
         817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 16.23.8036 :**
      
         874253-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 842QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 12.23.8036 , 14.23.8036 and 16.23.8036 :**
      
        * Implemented DCi specification v.0.80. The specification defines the NIC behavior in case of restore factory default while the NIC does not support AUX power.
        * Added support for Abstract Syntax Notation One(ASN1) defaults v3.0 and NIC Discovery Configuration v.0.81
        * Added support for Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) over PCI.
        * Added support for Event Description Addendum 2.6.4.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes submitted in version 2.42.5044 :**
      
        * Fixed an issue that prevented the firmware from detecting a link_down event thus preventing the IB bond interface from going to a failover mode
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 12.23.8036 :**
      
        * Fixed a Phase-Locked Loop(PLL) tuning issue by improving the tx_clk_phase lock mechanism.
        * The Link Layer Discovery Protocol(LLDP): Removed management MAC 0 address once a new address is received
        * Set the Port ID to be the MAC of the port
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 14.23.8052:**
      
        * The HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter was not linking in AUX power mode.
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 16.23.8036 :**
      
        * Fixed an Active Health System(AHS) packet over PCIe interface issue


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.10
changelog:
  -     *Fixes submitted in version 2.42.5044 :**
      
        * Fixed an issue that prevented the firmware from detecting a link_down event thus preventing the IB bond interface from going to a failover mode
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 14.24.9006:**
      
        * The HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter was not linking in AUX power mode.
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 16.24.9000 :**
      
        * Fixed an Active Health System(AHS) packet over PCIe interface issue


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.10
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5044 :**
      
         779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
         779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 12.24.9000 :**
      
         868779-B21 (HPE Synergy 6410C 25/50Gb Ethernet Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.24.9006 :**
      
         817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.24.9000 :**  
         817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 16.24.9000 :**
      
         874253-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 842QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 14.24.9000  :**
      
        * Implemented DCi specification v.0.80. The specification defines the NIC behavior in case of restore factory default while the NIC does not support AUX power.
        * Added support for Abstract Syntax Notation One(ASN1) defaults v3.0 and NIC Discovery Configuration v.0.81
        * Added support for Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) over PCI.
        * Added support for Event Description Addendum 2.6.4.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.11
changelog:
  -     *Fixes submitted in version 2.42.5044 :**
      
        * An issue that prevented the firmware from detecting a link_down event thus preventing the IB bond interface from going to a failover mode.
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 14.26.1040:**
      
        * A function was misbehaving when a PCIe TLP was set with a poisoned indication.
        * The "destroy mkey " command was getting stuck when rebooting the hypervisor.
        * The total firmware reset time is increased by 1 second.
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 16.26.1040:**
      
        * On rare occasions, when firmware coalesce Host stuck events occur, a async event might be delayed to be reported, and not be triggered until the next time the PCIe hangs on one of the hosts.
        * Unexpected queue pairs transitioned to error in lossy tests.
        * Limited the maximum amount of dumps created on a PF.
        * Renamed the GMP Mellanox Vendor Specific External Capability mask enum from IsDiagnosticCountersSupported to IsDiagnosticDataSupported.
        * Stability issues with RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) retransmissions under stress were affecting Zero-Touch-RoCE.
        * Fixed an issue that caused a function to misbehave when a PCIe Transaction Layer Packet (TLP) was set with a poisoned indication.
        * Large number of packets dropped when running Jumbo frames with TTL rewrite.
        * Limited the number of the elements in the Quality of Service (QoS) tree 2K.  
      Note: Creating more than 250 Vport_tc for every TC is not allowed.
      
        * Queue Pair (QP) flow query was always taking port 1, Firmware will now reply the proper port, 1 or 2, for the dual port RoCE net device.
        * The nack counters constantly reported as "0".
        * In a rare scenario when the driver is executing the "2err" command and the QP is in Send Queue (SQ) drain state, the firmware might post event of broken Work Queue (WQ) instead of sending error Completion Queue Element (CQEs) on all the Work Queue Entry (WQEs).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.11
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5044 :**
      
         779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
         779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.26.1040:**
      
         817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.26.1040 :**  
         817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 16.26.1040 :**
      
         874253-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 842QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 14.26.1040 and 16.26.1040 :**
      
        * Enabled the firmware by using the ICMD commands to deal with diagnostic counters similar to cmdif.
        * The ICMD Query Caps indicate support and expose the list of the supported counters.
        * Enabled a new feature User Context Object (DEVX) which is a containerized sandbox per user, to access PRM command securely by using General Object commands, UMEM and UCTX contexts. The allowed functionalities of this capability depend on the user permissions.
        * Support for reporting the supported affiliated and unaffiliated asynchronous events to DEVX users through the command interface.
        * Zero-Touch-RoCE counters are now available to the user for debuggability purposes when using the Zero-Touch-RoCE feature.
        * Reliability improvements and security hardening enhancements were done.
      
      **New features and changes in version 16.26.1040  :**
      
        * Added support for the following features: 
          * Address Translation Service (ATS) support for MKEY and UMEM.
          * Exposing the VPD on the VF.
          * Hairpin Drop Counter.
          * Hairpin and TM RNDV QPs to work with DevX.
          * Creating software managed steering tables in eSwitch/FDB.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.11-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5044 :**
      
         779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
         779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.26.4012:**
      
         817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)  
         817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 16.26.4012:**
      
         874253-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 842QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 14.26.4012 and 16.26.4012:**
      
        * Enables the user to globally disable RoCE on init by writing to the access register NCFG_REG.
        * Enabled Zero-Touch RoCE (ZTR) slow start capability for responder flows.
        * Extracts and prints data segments generated by the firmware.
        * Hairpin QP buffer is now available in Flow Control. Host Chaining now supports full fairness between several devices.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.11-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes submitted in version 2.42.5044 :**
      
        * An issue that prevented the firmware from detecting a link_down event thus preventing the IB bond interface from going to a failover mode.
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 14.26.4012:**
      
        * Fixed an issue that resulted in dump file being corrupted when using resource dump to dump a WQ buffer with a size more than 2^16 bytes.
        * Enabled the option to prevent clock and capture complex programmable logic device (CPLD general-purpose input/output (GPIO)s glitch upon firmware reset.
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 16.26.4012:**
      
        * Fixed a rare issue that caused the device to hang when encountering Remote Direct Memory Access (_RDMA_) read operations with very short retry time. In this case, the driver failed to load due to wait_fw_init (mlx5_load_one failed with error code -16).
        * Increased the bandwidth for RoCE scenarios using a specific Quantum Private Network (QPN).
        * Enabled lower granularity of rate for Congestion Control.
        * Set the min_time_between_cnps default value as 2.
        * Fixed an issue that prevented the meter counter from being cleared after the flow meter being updated. In this case, the Information rate took up to 10 minutes to take effect.
        * Fixed an issue that caused a unequal cost multipath when device set the lag_tx_port_affinity of the Queue Pair(QP).
        * Fixed a performance degradation issue that occurred when the flow group match criteria includes both IPV6 and IP_ECN.
        * Fixed a low performance issue that occurred occasionally when ran firmware steering with high insertion rate during "adding and removing" low table entries.
        * When working with Multi-GVMI and SR-IOV, and with a high number of Virtual Functions and sub-functions, the driver start may fail for the VFs/sub-functions.
        * Fixed a performance issue that occurred when ran numerous VMs with NIC Steering rules.
        * sw_reset action fails in case it was initiated during live-patch flow.
        * SX_RDMA was not supported when Dual Port RoCE feature is enabled. Due to this behavior, packets sent on other port are be processed by the SX_RDMA table.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.12
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5044 :**
      
         779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
         779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.27.1016:**
      
         817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.27.1016:**  
         817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 16.27.1016:**
      
         874253-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 842QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 14.27.1016 and 16.27.1016:**
      
        * RoCE Selective Repeat : This feature introduces a new QP (Queue Pair) retransmission mode in RoCE: recovery from packet drop by resending the dropped packet and not only all the PSN window (Go-Back-N protocol),  
      This new capability comes with the following limitations:
      
          * Selective repeat cannot be used with AR.
          * Does not work with signature (T10-DIF).
          * Does not work with Tag Matching enabled.
        * Allows BMC (Board Management Control) to query and control NIC over RedFish API. Currently, the NIC supports reading data and setting basic Ethernet and InfiniBand parameters.
        * Enables matching of source_vhca_port in the FDB also known as FIB ( Forwarding Information Base) flow for ECMP (Equal Cost Multi Pathing) hardware offload on a single FDB.
        * Firmware can be now updated as well as DB strings while performing Live Firmware Patch.
        * Added support for dumping hardware steering entries (raw data) using the resource dump API.
        * The eth_link_down_counter now counts logical link downs as well.
      
      **New features and changes in version 16.27.1016:**
      
        * Removed power consumption limitation.This new capability removes the necessity to disable the port due to insufficient power. When this feature is enabled, an event will be sent on every transition between the following power states: 
          * Power limit is not advertised.
          * Sufficient power detected.
          * Insufficient power detected.
        * Enables the device to generate events that will notify the user about any resource dumps updates. The resource dump owner (PF/ECPF) will be notified on the VF command failures by events that will contain the needed information to call the resource_dump command. The device will dump the resource in the standard resource dump sequence.
        * Added support for RSS (Really Simple Syndication) based on inner headers of GTP-U tunneled packets and for relaxed ordering read when using the create_mkey flag.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.12
changelog:
  -     *Fixes submitted in version 2.42.5044 :**
      
        * An issue that prevented the firmware from detecting a link_down event thus preventing the IB bond interface from going to a failover mode.
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 14.27.1016:**
      
        * An issue that caused the device to perform DMA (Direct Memory Access) into memory already returned to the OS during the transition between the pre-boot driver to the OS driver.
        * An issue that caused the ZTR (Zero Touch RoCE) counters query to always return 0.
        * NC-SI bandwidth was dropping to 20-40kBps with a high amount of package drops, in a network environment with high latency (over 110ms).
      
      **Fixes submitted in version 16.27.1016:**
      
        * An issue that caused the device to perform DMA (Direct Memory Access) into memory already returned to the OS during the transition between the pre-boot driver to the OS driver.
        * An out-of-range issue when reading or writing the q_counters was fixed.
        * Multi-Host adapter cards that resulted in wrong handling of PERST on auxiliary links.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.13
changelog:
  -     *Fixes submitted in version 2.42.5044 :**
      
        * An issue that prevented the firmware from detecting a link_down event thus preventing the IB bond interface from going to a failover mode.
      
      **Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 14.27.4000:**
      
        * The sent packet hung while the device entered FLR mode.
        * Enabled Bar configuration bytewise by applying the write_en bitmask.
        * The device hung while running the sw reset flow under heavy stress and with many open resources.
        * The completions (CQ)completed due to a race condition in the firmware transport error handlers, and the error stressors, where the error stressors would hang the firmware transport error handler flow. 
        * The fragmented IP packets were dropped.
      
      **Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 16.27.2008:**
      
        * Although the effective BER (after FEC) was expected to meet the design targets (e.g. 10e-14 or lower), occasionally it was higher.
        * High BER occured when connecting cables of type 0.5/1m DAC to an HDR speed.
        * The PCIe Tx parameters did not load correctly when the speed was changed after the PCIe link was disabled.
        * The desched_threshold field did not work properly.
        * The "roce_adp_retrans" counter was presenting the values of the "local_ack_timeout_err" counter.
        * If Relaxed Ordering was disabled by running the "setpci" command, it would not be functional even after re-enabling it by running the "setpci" command again.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.13
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5044 :**
      
         779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
         779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.27.4000:**
      
         817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.27.4000:**  
         817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 16.27.2008:**
      
         874253-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 842QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 16.27.2008:**
      
        * Added the following segments, as appeared in the PRM, to the Resource Dump: 
          * PRM_QUERY_QP
          * PRM_QUERY_CQ
          * PRM_QUERY_MKEY
          * QUERY_VNIC_ENV
      
      **New features and changes in version 14.27.4000:**
      
        * Added mlxconfig support for power reduction: 
          * PCI CAP
          * AUTO_POWER_SAVE_LINK_DOWN


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.14
changelog:
  -     *Fixes submitted in version 2.42.5044 :**
      
        * An issue that prevented the firmware from detecting a link_down event thus preventing the IB bond interface from going to a failover mode.
      
      **Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 14.29.1016:**
      
        * The sent packet hung while the device entered FLR mode.
        * Enabled Bar configuration bytewise by applying the write_en bitmask.
        * The device hung while running the sw reset flow under heavy stress and with many open resources.
        * The completions (CQ)completed due to a race condition in the firmware transport error handlers, and the error stressors, where the error stressors would hang the firmware transport error handler flow. 
        * The fragmented IP packets were dropped.
      
      **Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 16.29.1016:**
      
        * Although the effective BER (after FEC) was expected to meet the design targets (e.g. 10e-14 or lower), occasionally it was higher.
        * High BER occured when connecting cables of type 0.5/1m DAC to an HDR speed.
        * The PCIe Tx parameters did not load correctly when the speed was changed after the PCIe link was disabled.
        * The desched_threshold field did not work properly.
        * The "roce_adp_retrans" counter was presenting the values of the "local_ack_timeout_err" counter.
        * If Relaxed Ordering was disabled by running the "setpci" command, it would not be functional even after re-enabling it by running the "setpci" command again.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.14
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5044 :**
      
         779799-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
         779793-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.29.1016:**
      
         817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.29.1016:**  
         817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 16.29.1016:**
      
         874253-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 842QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 14.29.1016:**
      
      Added support for the following features:
      
        * A new counter per vPort that counts the number of packets that reached the Ethernet RQ but cannot fit into the WQE due to their large size. Additionally, we added the option to control if such packet will cause "CQE with Error" or "CQE_MOCK".
        * cq_overrun counter: This counter represents the number of times CQs enter an error state due to overflow that occur when the device tries to post a CQE into a full CQ buffer.
        * Enabled the capability to allow Virtual Functions to send Pause Frames packets.
        * Enabled 10/25GbE auto-sensing with 3rd party when using 10/25GbE optical cables.
        * Hardware steering dump output used for debugging and troubleshooting.
      
      **New features and changes in version 16.29.1016:**
      
      Added support for following features:
      
        * An option to allow applications to build their own QoS tree over the NIC hierarchy by connecting QPs to responder/requestor Queue Groups.
        * "InfiniBand" properties set to the Network Device Function Redfish object.
        * HW support for Flow Metering to utilize Advanced Steering Operation (ASO). HW Flow Meter allows higher scale, more accuracy, and better performance compare to the FW Flow Metering.
        * Trust level for VFs. Once the VF is trusted, it will get a set of trusted capabilities.
        * 2 new Mini CQE formats: Responder Mini CQE With Flow Tag Layout Responder Mini CQE With l3_l4_info Layout
        * UCX can now enable AR by exposing Out-Of-Ordering bitmask per SL with "ooo_per_sl" field in the HCA_VPORT context. It can be also queried by running the QUERY_HCA_VPORT_CONTEXT command.
        * Steering DP hash flow groups.
        * A new counter per vPort that counts the number of packets that reached the Ethernet RQ but cannot fit into the WQE due to their large size. Additionally, we added the option to control if such packet will cause "CQE with Error" or "CQE_MOCK".
        * PCIe Rx modifications to prevent the adapter cards from disappearing from the system.
        * ignore_flow_level is now enabled by the TRUST LEVEL access registry. 
        * cq_overrun counter. The counter represents the number of times CQs enter an error state due to overflow that occur when the device tries to post a CQE into a full CQ buffer.
        * [Beta] Enabled the capability to allow Virtual Functions to send Pause Frames packets.
        * Enabled 10/25GbE auto-sensing with 3rd party when using 10/25GbE optical cables.
        * Hardware steering dump output used for debugging and troubleshooting.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.14
changelog:
  -     *ixes submitted in version 2.42.5044 :**
      
        * An issue that prevented the firmware from detecting a link_down event thus preventing the IB bond interface from going to a failover mode.
      
      **Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 14.29.1016:**
      
        * Changed the default value of DCQCN's (Data center- Quantized Congestion Notification)  NP parameter min_time_between_cnps to 4 on all devices to support larger scalability of cluster.
        * An issue that caused packets to drop due to header size issues and/or failing checks. The issue was caused due to a Linux issue that caused VFs to set the wrong header size value in wqe_inline_header_mode input.
        * When MKEY_BY_NAME was enabled by NVCONFIG and a large number of VFs were configured, VM restart (VF/PF FLR) will take longer than when MKEY_BY_NAME is disabled.
        * On rare cases, a fatal error related to errors from the PCI transport layer might be reported during FLR.
        *  An issue that caused the device to go to dead IRISC as one of the firmware semaphores could not be released when a speed change or port state change was triggered. 
      
      **Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 16.29.1016:**
      
        * Changed the default value of DCQCN's (Data center- Quantized Congestion Notification) NP parameter min_time_between_cnps to 4 on all devices to support larger scalability of cluster.
        *  An issue that prevented VXLAN packets with svlan/ cvlan tag from being matched.
        * The eth_wqe_too_small counter to count ODP page used to fail.
        * When MKEY_BY_NAME was enabled by NVCONFIG and a large number of VFs are configured, VM restart (VF/PF FLR) will take longer than when MKEY_BY_NAME is disabled.
        * An issue that resulted in low performance after enabling the RoCE Accelerator capability.
        * On rare cases, a fatal error related to errors from the PCI transport layer might be reported during FLR.
        * The chassis manager calculation for Multi-Host and Socket-Direct adapter cards to allow running NC-SI commands by the chassis manager BMC. Now the chassis manager is count as BMC with index 0, regardless of how many BMC there are.
        * An issue that caused the device to go to dead IRISC as one of the firmware semaphores could not be released when a speed change or port state change was triggered.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.14-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5044 :**
      
         779799-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
         779793-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.31.1200:**
      
         817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)
      
         817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 16.29.1016:**
      
         874253-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 842QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      **New Features and Changes included in version 16.31.1200:**
      
        * Added a new NVconfig per Port for a specific Finisar module. This new NVconfig sets the port to work in AN mode and sets the module to No Data Management Engine (DME). This change does not affect the speed logic, only the forward error correction (FEC) logic (FEC override). **Note:** If the port does not come up, switch to Force mode. 
      
      **New features and changes included  in version 16.29.1016:**
      
        * An option to allow applications to build their own QoS tree over the NIC hierarchy by connecting QPs to responder/requestor Queue Groups.
        * "InfiniBand" properties set to the Network Device Function Redfish object.
        * HW support for Flow Metering to utilize Advanced Steering Operation (ASO). HW Flow Meter allows higher scale, more accuracy, and better performance compare to the FW Flow Metering.
        * Trust level for VFs. Once the VF is trusted, it will get a set of trusted capabilities.
        * 2 new Mini CQE formats: Responder Mini CQE With Flow Tag Layout Responder Mini CQE With l3_l4_info Layout
        * UCX can now enable AR by exposing Out-Of-Ordering bitmask per SL with "ooo_per_sl" field in the HCA_VPORT context. It can be also queried by running the QUERY_HCA_VPORT_CONTEXT command.
        * Steering DP hash flow groups.
        * A new counter per vPort that counts the number of packets that reached the Ethernet RQ but cannot fit into the WQE due to their large size. Additionally, we added the option to control if such packet will cause "CQE with Error" or "CQE_MOCK".
        * PCIe Rx modifications to prevent the adapter cards from disappearing from the system.
        * ignore_flow_level is now enabled by the TRUST LEVEL access registry. 
        * cq_overrun counter. The counter represents the number of times CQs enter an error state due to overflow that occur when the device tries to post a CQE into a full CQ buffer.
        * [Beta] Enabled the capability to allow Virtual Functions to send Pause Frames packets.
        * Enabled 10/25GbE auto-sensing with 3rd party when using 10/25GbE optical cables.
        * Hardware steering dump output used for debugging and troubleshooting.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.14-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes included in  firmware version 2.42.5044 :**
      
        * An issue that prevented the firmware from detecting a link_down event thus preventing the IB bond interface from going to a failover mode.
      
      **Fixes included in firmware version 14.29.1016:**
      
        * Changed the default value of DCQCN's (Data center- Quantized Congestion Notification)  NP parameter min_time_between_cnps to 4 on all devices to support larger scalability of cluster.
        * An issue that caused packets to drop due to header size issues and/or failing checks. The issue was caused due to a Linux issue that caused VFs to set the wrong header size value in wqe_inline_header_mode input.
        * When MKEY_BY_NAME was enabled by NVCONFIG and a large number of VFs were configured, VM restart (VF/PF FLR) will take longer than when MKEY_BY_NAME is disabled.
        * On rare cases, a fatal error related to errors from the PCI transport layer might be reported during FLR.
        *  An issue that caused the device to go to dead IRISC as one of the firmware semaphores could not be released when a speed change or port state change was triggered. 
      
      **No fixes are included in firmware version 14.31.1200.**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.15
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5044 :**
      
         779799-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
         779793-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.31.1200:**
      
         817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.31.1200:**  
         817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 16.31.1014:**
      
         874253-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 842QSFP28 Adapter)
      
        
      **New features and changes in version 14.31.1200:**
      
        * NVconfig per Port for a Specific Finisar Module: Added a new NVconfig per Port for a specific Finisar module. This new NVconfig sets the port to work in AN mode and sets the module to No DME. This change does not affect the speed logic, only the FEC logic (FEC override).  
      **Note:** If the port does not go up, switch to Force mode. 
      
      **New features and changes in version 16.31.1014:**
      
        * NIC scheduling feature support has been disabled for non-privileged functions.
        * Implemented a new NC-SI command get_debug_info to get mstdump via the NC-SI protocol to debug a device if the PCI link fails for any given reason.
        * Added support for Enabling/Disabling NIC and RDMA (port/partition) via the UEFI HII system settings.  
      **Note:** Values set in this option only take effect when is Ethernet mode.
        * Increased the maximum number of MSIX per VF to 127.
        * Asymmetrical MSIX Configuration: This feature allows the device to be configured with a different number of MSIX  
      vectors per physical PCI functions.  
      To use this feature, please follow these steps:
      
          * Clear NUM_PF_MSIX_VALID to disable global symmetrical MSIX configuration.
          * Set PF_NUM_PF_MSIX_VALID to enable asymmetrical per Physical Function MSIX configuration.
          * Configure PF_NUM_PF_MSIX per physical PCI function.
        * Support for RDMA partitioning and RDMA counters in IB mode.
        * A new bit ("data_in_order") was added to query the QP and allow a process/library to detect when the AR is enabled.
        * A new flex parser to support GENEVE hardware offload and ICMP.
        * When the non-page-supplier-FLR funcion is initiated, the firmware triggers a page event to the page supplier to indicate that all pages should be returned for the FLR function.  
      Pages are returned by the driver to the kernel without issuing the
      MANAGE_PAGES commands to the firmare.
      
        * Enabled UID 0 to create resources with UMEM (User Memory).
        * Receiving and sending native IB packets from/to the software (including all headers) via raw IBL2 QPs.
        * RX RDMA NIC flow table on an IB port. Now the software can steer native IB packets to raw IB receive queues according to the DLID and  
      the DQPN.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.15
changelog:
  -     *Fixes included in  firmware version 2.42.5044 :**
      
        * An issue that prevented the firmware from detecting a link_down event thus preventing the IB bond interface from going to a failover mode.
      
      **The following issues have been fixed in version 14.31.1200:**
      
        * TX PRBS was not changed even after reconfiguring it, all PRBS mode were enabled in test mode.
        * A fatal error occurred and eventually resulted in the HCA to get into an unresponsive state when a packet was larger than a strided receive WQE that was being scattered.
        * The resource number size (a 64 bit number) was overwritten with a 32 bit number and erased the high bits when de-allocating the resource number.
      
      **Additional Fixes included in version 14.31.1200:**
      
        * Fixed the rate select mechanism in QSFP modules.
        * Fixed classification issues for "Passive" cables to be more robust.
        * Initialized the rate table in the static configuration so it will be configured at the link-not-up scenarios.
      
      **The following issues have been fixed in version 16.31.1014:**
      
        * TX PRBS was not changed even after reconfiguring it, all PRBS mode were enabled in test mode.
        * An assert that was caused when trying to open 1024 functions on the device and the maximum number of functions was 1023.
        * Occasional performance issues related to RC QPs using E2E-credits (not connected to SRQ and doing send/receive traffic) when the ROCE_ACCL tx_window was enabled.
        * A fatal error occurred and eventually resulted in the HCA to get into an unresponsive state when a packet was larger than a strided receive WQE that was being scattered.
        * A rare issue that caused RX pipe to hang.
        * The resource number size (a 64 bit number) was overwritten with a 32 bit number and erased the high bits when de-allocating the resource number.
        * CRT_DCR with index larger than 1 << 21 occasionally collided with the CRT_SW_RESERVED address.
        * An issue that caused the TX queue to get into an unresponsive state when the VF rate limiter was set.
      
      **Additional Fixes included in version 16.31.1014:**
      
        * Disabled the CNP counter "rp_cnp_ignored " (triggered by OOS (out-of-sequence)) when all ports are IB.
        * Fixed the TMP421 sensor temperature reporting.
        * Fixed the rate select mechanism in QSFP modules.
        * Fixed classification issues for "Passive" cables to be more robust.
        * Initialized the rate table in the static configuration so it will be configured at the link-not-up scenarios.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.15-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5044 :**
      
         779799-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
         779793-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.31.1200:**
      
         817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.31.1200:**  
         817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 16.31.1014:**
      
         874253-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 842QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      
      
      **Updated mstflint from version 4.13 to 4.16**
      
        
      **New features and changes in version 14.31.1200:**
      
        * NVconfig per Port for a Specific Finisar Module: Added a new NVconfig per Port for a specific Finisar module. This new NVconfig sets the port to work in AN mode and sets the module to No DME. This change does not affect the speed logic, only the FEC logic (FEC override).  
      **Note:** If the port does not go up, switch to Force mode. 
      
      **New features and changes in version 16.31.1014:**
      
        * NIC scheduling feature support has been disabled for non-privileged functions.
        * Implemented a new NC-SI command get_debug_info to get mstdump via the NC-SI protocol to debug a device if the PCI link fails for any given reason.
        * Added support for Enabling/Disabling NIC and RDMA (port/partition) via the UEFI HII system settings.  
      **Note:** Values set in this option only take effect when is Ethernet mode.
        * Increased the maximum number of MSIX per VF to 127.
        * Asymmetrical MSIX Configuration: This feature allows the device to be configured with a different number of MSIX  
      vectors per physical PCI functions.  
      To use this feature, please follow these steps:
      
          * Clear NUM_PF_MSIX_VALID to disable global symmetrical MSIX configuration.
          * Set PF_NUM_PF_MSIX_VALID to enable asymmetrical per Physical Function MSIX configuration.
          * Configure PF_NUM_PF_MSIX per physical PCI function.
        * Support for RDMA partitioning and RDMA counters in IB mode.
        * A new bit ("data_in_order") was added to query the QP and allow a process/library to detect when the AR is enabled.
        * A new flex parser to support GENEVE hardware offload and ICMP.
        * When the non-page-supplier-FLR funcion is initiated, the firmware triggers a page event to the page supplier to indicate that all pages should be returned for the FLR function.  
      Pages are returned by the driver to the kernel without issuing the
      MANAGE_PAGES commands to the firmare.
      
        * Enabled UID 0 to create resources with UMEM (User Memory).
        * Receiving and sending native IB packets from/to the software (including all headers) via raw IBL2 QPs.
        * RX RDMA NIC flow table on an IB port. Now the software can steer native IB packets to raw IB receive queues according to the DLID and  
      the DQPN.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.16
changelog:
  -     *The following issues have been fixed in version 2.42.5044 :**
      
        * An issue that prevented the firmware from detecting a link_down event thus preventing the IB bond interface from going to a failover mode.
      
      **The following issues have been fixed in version 14.32.1010:**
      
        * Firmware got into an unresponsive state and caused unexpected behavior when connecting an optical transceiver that support RxLOS and the remote side port was down.
        * The system could not create more than 128K QPs.
        * On rare occasions, the system got into an unresponsive state when a peer port went down while using an Optical module.
        * Packet Pacing rate was used if asymmetric VFs was enabled.
        * Incorrect RNR timeout when trying to set it during the rts2rts_qp transition.
        * Issue with RSS on IPSec flows in ConnectX-4 Lx led to performance degradation. In this scenario, the SPI optimization caused packets from a given host to hash to the same CPU core. The fix was to ignore SPI optimization according to l4_type in ConnectX-4 Lx adapter cards.
        * The GetInventory NC-SI command reported leading 0xf in firmware version when it started with 0.
      
      
      
      **The following issues have been fixed in version 16.32.1010:**
      
        * Firmware got into an unresponsive state and caused unexpected behavior when connecting an optical transceiver that support RxLOS and the remote side port was down.
        * The link status was reported incorrectly and consequently caused the link to go down due to incorrect definition of the RX_LOS polarity in the INI.
        * On rare occasions, the system got into an unresponsive state when a peer port went down while using an Optical module.
        * Incorrect RNR timeout when trying to set it during the rts2rts_qp transition.
        * The system could not create more than 128K QPs.
        * The GetInventory NC-SI command reported leading 0xf in firmware version when it started with 0.
        * PCIe lane margining capability issues.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.33.5220:**  
        
      779799-B21  
      779793-B21


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.2
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.34.1300:**  
        
      779799-B21  
      779793-B21


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.2
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in 2.34.5010**:
      
        * Fixed OCBB Section5 event 8 FEATFLAG
        * Fixed wrong host visible firmware string report when running the HP "OEM GET HOST PARAMETER" command.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.3
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.35.5100:**  
        
      779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
      779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.3
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in 2.35.5100:**
      
        * Fixed OCBB Section5 event 8 FEATFLAG
        * Fixed wrong host visible firmware string report when running the HPE "OEM GET HOST PARAMETER" command.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.4-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.36.5000:**  
        
      779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
      779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 2.36.5000:**
      
        * Enables steering packets to receive queues according to Ethertype matching (See PRM 2.1 for more information).
        * Adds support for additional rate values.
        * Counters that count the number of repeated Send WQE cache lookups that resulted in a miss.
        * Flint utility allows performing an MD5 checksum on the non-persistent sections of the firmware image.
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.14.2200:**
      
      817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)  
      817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.4-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in 2.36.5000:**
      
        * Fixed an issue which caused packet transmission to get stuck when the software tried to send pause frames with dmac equal to one of the device's MAC addresses.
        * Fixed an issue which caused a firmware internal error when handling QP alternative context.
        * Fixed an issue which caused an internal firmware error when APM changed the QPs port mapping.
        * Fixed an issue which caused NVRAM to get stuck when it filled non-valid information in TLV.
        * Fixed an issue which caused lack of IB traffic on SR-IOV VPI.
        * Fixed a race in handling a duplicated "read request from middle".
        * Fixed an issue which caused NVCONFIG to fail when the number of sector was set to 1 and the sector was zeroed.
        * Fixed an issue which caused TX traffic to stop when the message MTU size was larger than QP.mtu.
        * MLNX_OEM command GET_TEMP returned a wrong value in the max_temp field.
        * Fixed a default hardware configuration issue which caused RDP over IPv4 traffic to be dropped.
        * Disabled High Rate Steering mode in the INI to enable its compatibility with NC-SI over VLAN.
        * Fixed failure instances when initiating FLR in the Physical Function.
        * Fixed a wrong returned status in cable info MAD when the cable was not connected.
        * Fixed the length calculation of UDP. The incorrect UDP length in the CNP packet caused miss-calculation of the ICRC.
        * Fixed a completion error issue when ECN was enabled. The ECN usage caused ordering errors in completion queues (CQ).
      
      **Fixes in 14.14.2200:**
      
        * Fixed an issue which prevented MAC address changes by to driver to be reflected in the OBCC and NC-SI interfaces.
        * Added protection from IOPX thermal diode destabilization to prevent UEFI IPv6 PXE boot failure on ConnectX-4 Lx 25GE cards.
        * Fixed an issue which caused a link down in Port 2 when unplugging the cable from Port 1.
        * In some cases, a Bit Error Rate is not optimal on 10G/40G links.
        * Instability of Link Training Flow occurs during 100G Auto-Negotiation.
        * Fixed a rare issue which caused the command to hang when moved the QP to RESET and back to RTS.
        * Improved RDMA READ bandwidth under packet lost scenario.
        * Added support for pnat = 1 in HCA access_reg command as required by the ibdiagnet tool.
        * Fixed the LLDP OCBB response: return value is now ascii.
        * Fixed a very rare NMI issue during PXE cycles.
        * Increased the steering hash tables static size from 128 to a maximum of 32K entries.
        * Prevented miscalculation of module temperature when using 100Gb/s cables (OPN: MFA1A00-Cxxx for 100GbE).
        * Reduced one hop for Unicast RX steering, steering pipes balancing.
        * Non-volatile configuration of Port Type TLV more than 50 times might cause system hang.
        * Enabled RoCE IPv4 Multicast. This prevents MCG command from failing when an IPv4 is mapped to an IPv6 address.
        * If the PF driver or the tool (e.g. ethtool) use PAOS DOWN command (e.g. by ifconfig down or ip link set down), loopback traffic is blocked for all functions on this port (PF<->VFs / VF<->VF) In Multihost loopback, the traffic will be blocked once the firmware receives the PAOS down command from all PFs. However, the loopback traffic will not be blocked when the port is down  due to the physical link (for example: cable plugged out, switch port down).
        * Fixed a 25G and 50G link issue when Clause 91 RS FEC was active.
        * Added a missing invalidation of eSwitch cache upon FLR which caused the upcoming driver load to either fail or not to be able to transmit.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.4-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.36.5000:**  
        
      779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
      779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 2.36.5000:**
      
        * Enables steering packets to receive queues according to Ethertype matching (See PRM 2.1 for more information).
        * Adds support for additional rate values.
        * Counters that count the number of repeated Send WQE cache lookups that resulted in a miss.
        * Flint utility allows performing an MD5 checksum on the non-persistent sections of the firmware image.
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.14.2204:**
      
      817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)  
      817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 14.14.2204:**
      
        * Reduced the OCBB frequency update rate.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.4-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in 2.36.5000:**
      
        * Fixed an issue which caused packet transmission to get stuck when the software tried to send pause frames with dmac equal to one of the device's MAC addresses.
        * Fixed an issue which caused a firmware internal error when handling QP alternative context.
        * Fixed an issue which caused an internal firmware error when APM changed the QPs port mapping.
        * Fixed an issue which caused NVRAM to get stuck when it filled non-valid information in TLV.
        * Fixed an issue which caused lack of IB traffic on SR-IOV VPI.
        * Fixed a race in handling a duplicated "read request from middle".
        * Fixed an issue which caused NVCONFIG to fail when the number of sector was set to 1 and the sector was zeroed.
        * Fixed an issue which caused TX traffic to stop when the message MTU size was larger than QP.mtu.
        * MLNX_OEM command GET_TEMP returned a wrong value in the max_temp field.
        * Fixed a default hardware configuration issue which caused RDP over IPv4 traffic to be dropped.
        * Disabled High Rate Steering mode in the INI to enable its compatibility with NC-SI over VLAN.
        * Fixed failure instances when initiating FLR in the Physical Function.
        * Fixed a wrong returned status in cable info MAD when the cable was not connected.
        * Fixed the length calculation of UDP. The incorrect UDP length in the CNP packet caused miss-calculation of the ICRC.
        * Fixed a completion error issue when ECN was enabled. The ECN usage caused ordering errors in completion queues (CQ).
      
      **Fixes in 14.14.2204:**
      
        * Fixed an issue which prevented MAC address changes by to driver to be reflected in the OBCC and NC-SI interfaces.
        * Added protection from IOPX thermal diode destabilization to prevent UEFI IPv6 PXE boot failure on ConnectX-4 Lx 25GE cards.
        * Fixed an issue which caused a link down in Port 2 when unplugging the cable from Port 1.
        * In some cases, a Bit Error Rate is not optimal on 10G/40G links.
        * Instability of Link Training Flow occurs during 100G Auto-Negotiation.
        * Fixed a rare issue which caused the command to hang when moved the QP to RESET and back to RTS.
        * Improved RDMA READ bandwidth under packet lost scenario.
        * Added support for pnat = 1 in HCA access_reg command as required by the ibdiagnet tool.
        * Fixed the LLDP OCBB response: return value is now ascii.
        * Fixed a very rare NMI issue during PXE cycles.
        * Increased the steering hash tables static size from 128 to a maximum of 32K entries.
        * Prevented miscalculation of module temperature when using 100Gb/s cables (OPN: MFA1A00-Cxxx for 100GbE).
        * Reduced one hop for Unicast RX steering, steering pipes balancing.
        * Non-volatile configuration of Port Type TLV more than 50 times might cause system hang.
        * Enabled RoCE IPv4 Multicast. This prevents MCG command from failing when an IPv4 is mapped to an IPv6 address.
        * If the PF driver or the tool (e.g. ethtool) use PAOS DOWN command (e.g. by ifconfig down or ip link set down), loopback traffic is blocked for all functions on this port (PF<->VFs / VF<->VF) In Multihost loopback, the traffic will be blocked once the firmware receives the PAOS down command from all PFs. However, the loopback traffic will not be blocked when the port is down  due to the physical link (for example: cable plugged out, switch port down).
        * Fixed a 25G and 50G link issue when Clause 91 RS FEC was active.
        * Added a missing invalidation of eSwitch cache upon FLR which caused the upcoming driver load to either fail or not to be able to transmit.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.5-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in 2.40.5030:**
      
        * Fixed an issue where in rare cases the Auto Sense failed to detect the right protocol.
        * Fixed signal integrity issue when connecting a WCS ConnectX4 mezz card to Pikes peak FPGA..
        * Added the option to transmit corrupted DME pages for a very short period of time at the beginning of the Auto-Negotiation flow.
        * Fixed an incorrect report of the PortRcvDataVLExtended / PortXmitDataVLExtended counters by the firmware.
        * Fixed a rare issue which caused firmware's packet injector to cut off packets when the TX was congested.
        * Fixed an issue that caused the response to TX requests to take up to 10 mili-seconds in IEEE clause 72 Link Training.
        * Fixed a race between 2 iriscs which caused a QP to get stuck in burst control limit state.
        * When a QP was in error state, the firmware generated too many err CQEs at once, thus causing the cmdif responsiveness to be too slow. To prevent the above, the number of err CQEs was limited to 16 at a time.
        * Fixed an issue that caused the MAC address that was set from the OS using ifconfig to be not reflected in the OCBB buffer.
        * Fixed an issue where the ibdump got broken when running with loopback traffic.
        * Fixed an issue where the firmware took QP to firmware ownership and then released it to the hardware ownership without checking if another firmware flow owns the same QP.
        * Fixed an issue which occurred after disconnecting cable which showed the link type as IB even if the link type of the port is ETH.
        * Fixed an issue related to the HCA PoerXmitWait counter on port 2 (connected to port 2 on Switch-IB) where it started counting and reached 0xFF's regardless of connection to switch.
      
      **Fixes in 14.18.2030****:**
      
        * Fixed an issue which prevented MAC address changes by to driver to be reflected in the OBCC and NC-SI interfaces.
        * Added protection from IOPX thermal diode destabilization to prevent UEFI IPv6 PXE boot failure on ConnectX-4 Lx 25GE cards.
        * Fixed an issue which caused a link down in Port 2 when unplugging the cable from Port 1.
        * In some cases, a Bit Error Rate is not optimal on 10G/40G links.
        * Instability of Link Training Flow occurs during 100G Auto-Negotiation.
        * Fixed a rare issue which caused the command to hang when moved the QP to RESET and back to RTS.
        * Improved RDMA READ bandwidth under packet lost scenario.
        * Added support for pnat = 1 in HCA access_reg command as required by the ibdiagnet tool.
        * Fixed the LLDP OCBB response: return value is now ascii.
        * Fixed a very rare NMI issue during PXE cycles.
        * Increased the steering hash tables static size from 128 to a maximum of 32K entries.
        * Prevented miscalculation of module temperature when using 100Gb/s cables (OPN: MFA1A00-Cxxx for 100GbE).
        * Reduced one hop for Unicast RX steering, steering pipes balancing.
        * Non-volatile configuration of Port Type TLV more than 50 times might cause system hang.
        * Enabled RoCE IPv4 Multicast. This prevents MCG command from failing when an IPv4 is mapped to an IPv6 address.
        * If the PF driver or the tool (e.g. ethtool) use PAOS DOWN command (e.g. by ifconfig down or ip link set down), loopback traffic is blocked for all functions on this port (PF<->VFs / VF<->VF) In Multihost loopback, the traffic will be blocked once the firmware receives the PAOS down command from all PFs. However, the loopback traffic will not be blocked when the port is down  due to the physical link (for example: cable plugged out, switch port down).
        * Fixed a 25G and 50G link issue when Clause 91 RS FEC was active.
        * Added a missing invalidation of eSwitch cache upon FLR which caused the upcoming driver load to either fail or not to be able to transmit.
        * Fixed a UEFI IPv6 PXE boot failure on ConnectX-4 Lx 25GbE OCP card.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented Vport counters from counting local loopback packets. Packets now are filter by the self-loopback prevention.
        * Reported INTx as unsupported to allow PFs Passthrough on PowerKVM.
        * SR-IOV Ethernet supports up to 18 VFs per port only.
        * Fixed and incident what allowed local (internal) loopbacked packets to be counted by the Vport counters, although Vport counters should count only traffic that crosses the Vport.
        * Fixed an issue preventing driver loading or TX traffic sending upon reboot, after ungraceful driver unload.
        * Fixed casting of BMC MAC before steering API.
        * Fixed the PCI write flow to take into consideration the PCI MTU. This fix eliminates the need for NOPs in the flow, which resulted from PPC larger PCI MTU.  
      The single queue limitation for READ is due to a hardware limitation of the
      number of READ request in a given time.
      
        * Fixed a case that caused FlexBoot to not work as expected with systems that run with "large bar" enabled (Above 4G Decoding) over Connect-IB or ConnectX-4 HCAs.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented link creation when connected to IXIA 25G.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.5-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.40.5030:**  
        
      779799-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter)  
      779793-B21 (HP Ethernet 10G 2-port 546SFP+ Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 2.40.5030:**
      
        * Added Etherent Link down counter.
        * Enables steering packets to receive queues according to Ethertype matching 
        * Adds support for additional rate values. 
        * Counters that count the number of repeated Send WQE cache lookups that resulted in a miss.
        * Flint utility allows performing an MD5 checksum on the non-persistent sections of the firmware image.
        * New performance and back-pressure counters command via PRM (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * Support for Multicast/Unicast sniffer rules (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * Support for VLAN in VLAN encapsulation (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * CQ creation offload by software
        * Support for rst2rts command
        * Invalidates a TLV during the firmware boot stage
        * A new counter for the diag_rprt PRM command to count packet drops due to noreceive buffer
        * Support for Ethernet TX lifetime cycle control (Head of Queue)
        * A new register (PPLR) that allows egress and external loopback control (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * A watchdog mechanism to track ingress traffic stalls to prevent flooding the network with Flow Control packets
        * Inspur LED scheme: A new LED scheme controlled by the INI which causes constant traffic LED indication even without traffic.
        * Added support for multiple RoCE modes (RoCE v1+v2) on the same port: RoCE mode is per connection now.
        * Added a new QP command "INIT2RTS_QP" to enhance QP connection readiness time.
        * Disabled FCS checks to support switches that replace FCS with Timestamp.
        * Added RX Port identification for direct rout packets.
        * Improved RDMA WRITE/SEND performance with retransmissions.
        * Enabled firmware burning/querying using the PRM ACCESS_REG command.
        * Added support for VAM.  Enabled bad cable EEPROM reporting to the driver.
        * Added support for Platform Level Data Model (PLDM) sideband protocol.
        * Added support for priority based A0-DMFS mode (For further information, please refer to the PRM).
        * Added support for Unicast/Multicast loopback disablement by the driver. (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * Removed the source IP from the hash calculation (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * Added support for Inline Receive mode up to 2KB.
        * Added support for multiple RoCE modes (RoCE v1+v2) on the same port: RoCE mode is per connection now.
        * Added a new QP command "INIT2RTS_QP" to enhance QP connection readiness time.
        * Disabled FCS checks to support switches that replace FCS with Timestamp.
        * Added RX Port identification for direct rout packets.
        * Improved RDMA WRITE/SEND performance with retransmissions.
        * Enabled firmware burning/querying using the PRM ACCESS_REG command.
        * Added support for VAM.  Enabled bad cable EEPROM reporting to the driver.
        * Added support for Platform Level Data Model (PLDM) sideband protocol.
        * Added support for priority based A0-DMFS mode (For further information, please refer to the PRM).
        * Added support for Unicast/Multicast loopback disablement by the driver. (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * Removed the source IP from the hash calculation (For further information, please refer to the PRM)
        * Added support for Inline Receive mode up to 2KB.
        * Sideband moved to port 0
        * Added MCTP command support
        * Changed the HP LED scheme for the 779799-B21 adapter.
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 14.18.2030****:**
      
      817749-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter)  
      817753-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter)
      
        * Added logical link indication in SFP to BaseT modules and disabled logical link when peer port is down.
        * Added support for 10GbE in 25GbE SFP optical modules.
        * Enables mlxlink tool to collect data on the PHY link status and provides link down reasons and additional link related information.
        * Enabled TX configuration response and movement during Link Training in Ethernet.
        * Added support at lane rate of 12.89Gb.
        * Limits the amount of time a packet may head a Traffic Class (TC) transmission queue, without being transmitted. Stale packets are discarded. Active by default for TCs adhering to link level flow control.
        * UAR page size currently is set to 4KB and not according to what the system page size determines.
        * Improved performance of:  
       Doorbell from User Access Region (UAR)  
       Clear interrupt from User Access Region (UAR)
      
        * Added support for additional transport counters.
        * Added ODP support for DC.
        * Enabled scatter-to-CQE for sent packets for DC.
        * Enabled moderation period modification in CQ modify command.
        * Added support for minimum/maximum rate limit per vport in SR-IOV.
        * Enabled network traffic between UEFI-Shell and OS.
        * Enabled the PF to force disable RoCE for its VFs.
        * Added 2 new access registers:  
       Management Capabilities Mask Register  
       Ports CApabilities Mask Register Fields  
      For further information, please refer to the PRM.
      
        * Enabled VNIC the control to enable/disable its local loopback traffic.
        * Added the option to open a receive RDMA Flow Table and to forward RoCE traffic to some destination QP.
        * Added support for Multi-Host LID base routing. This feature requires a new OpenSM (v4.7.1 and above which comes with MLNX_OFED 3.3-2.0.0.0) with the following attributes:  
       qos TRUE  
       lmc 2 (if there is no quad host in the fabric, you can set the lmc to 1)  
       virt_enabled 2 Note: Multi-Host LID base routing can be configured by the
      INI only. The default is 0
      
        * Resilient RoCE is the ability to send RoCE traffic over a lossy network (a network without flow control enabled), without the need to enable flow control on the network. The ability is accomplished by enabling ECN on both the Switch and the Host.
        * Enables load balancing in the Multi PF Switch layer (MPFS) based on the L3/L4 headers
        * Increased the number of VFs from 64 to 95 per Physical Function (PF). Note: When increasing the number of VFs, the following limitations must be taken into consideration: server_total_bar_size >= (num_pfs)*(2log_pf_uar_bar_- size + 2log_vf_uar_bar_size*total_vfs) server_total_msix >= (num_pfs)*(num_pf_msix + num_vfs_msix *total_vfs) Note: For the maximum number of VFs supported by your driver, please refer to your drivers' Release Notes or User Manual.
        * Added support for Port Flap Counter.
        * Limits the buffer size for all entries to improve performance. KSM is used when associating Key Length My Virtual Address (KLMs) with fixed memory size.
        * This entry (null_mkey) is use to indicate non-present KLM/KSM entries. When accessing is, it causes the device to generate page fault event.
        * PLDM firmware burning is based on the DMTF spec DSP0267 (draft 9). The feature enables upgrading firmware and expansion ROM images using the PLDM protocol over MCTP (over PCIe). By doing so, a supporting BMC can query and upgrade the firmware without using OS based tools.
        * Added a new physical layer statistics counters group. The new group includes BER counters, FEC error correction, clear time, and additional physical layer counters. For further information, please refer to the Ethernet Adapters Programming Manual (PRM).
        * Enables the user to set a certain link up state for an unlimited period of time. This mode has 3 states:  
       Aux power (standby)  
       Reboot/boot/driver unloaded - the server is active and no driver is up  
       Driver is up - at least one driver is up (the time between init HCA and
      teardown or FLR)
      
        * Added support for Doorbell from User Access Region (UAR).
        * [Beta] Added support for maximum rate limit per function in SR-IOV.
        * Allows the user to configure the adapter card to stop sending pauses after x when the receive port is unavailable (in a hang state).
        * [Beta] Added support for new performance counters.
        * DCBX is used by DCB devices to exchange configuration information with directly connected peers. DCBX uses Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) to exchange parameters between two link peers. For further information, please refer to the PRM.
        * Allows network port registers to revert to their default values when the driver is restarted or the host is rebooted.
        * Added additional network link up modes. The new modes decide when to keep the network link up. The new modes are:  
       keep_eth_link_up  
       keep_ib_link_up  
       keep_link_up_on_boot  
       keep_link_up_on_standby
      
        * Added v1, v3, v6 tags to VPD read only tag
        * Enables software to scatter or strip FCS in RQ.
        * Keeps track of the creation of a packet. A time-stamping service supports assertions of proof that a datum existed before a particular time. 
        * Applies pause functionality to specific classes of traffic on the Ethernet link.
        * Custom port counters provide the user a clear indication about RDMA send/receive statistics and errors
        * The Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is a vendor-neutral Link Layer protocol in the Internet Protocol Suite used by network devices for advertising their identity, capabilities, and neighbors on a IEEE 802 LAN. The protocol is formally defined in IEEE 802.1AB.
        * ConnectX-4 adapters now support 1Gb/s and 56GbE Ethernet connectivity in addition to 10GigE, 25GigE, 40GigE, 50GigE, and 100GigE.
        * Provides a clear indication of Flow Steering statistics and errors.
        * The minimal amount of packet headers inlined in the WQE's Eth Segment.
        * A flow table may include a table-miss flow entry, which renders all Match Fields wildcards. If a packet does not match a flow entry in a flow table, this is a table miss. The behavior on a table miss depends on the table configuration. A table-miss flow entry in the flow table may specify how to process unmatched packets.
        * Single Root IO Virtualization (SR-IOV) is a technology that allows a physical PCIe device to present itself multiple times through the PCIe bus.
        * Uses the HCA for offloading erasure coding calculations.
        * Enables the administrator to add a timestamp to the firmware they want to upgrade to avoid situations where one host tries to upgrade the firmware and another tries to downgrade; which may lead to two or more unnecessary server reboots. For further information, please refer to MFT User Manual.
        * The change includes the following:  
      1\. Changed port configuration which required link re-training (such as speed)  
      2\. PAOS down  
      3\. PAOS up  
      This change, will cause the link to toggle and new configurations to take
      effect.
      
        * Flint utility allows performing an MD5 checksum on the non-persistent sections of the firmware image. For further information, please refer to MFT User Manual.
        * Improved TX signal integrity for Electromagnetic Induction (EMI) compliance.
        * Optic modules thermal sensing - Enables the firmware to read and report the temperature of the module.
        * PLDM for module thermal sensing - Supports platform-level data models and platform functions in a platform management subsystem. PLDM is designed to be an effective interface and data model that provides efficient access to low-level platform inventory, monitoring, control, event, and data/parameters transfer functions.
        * Low power boot state - Enables u-boot to put non-boot CPUs into a low power status. To enable low power boot using iLO debugger use the following commands.  
                            * Port shutdown due to optic thermal event - Enables the firmware to close the power cage in case of high temperature in the module.
        * Reduced the port link-up time when negotiating according to Clause 73 (DME)
        * Large Receive Offload (LRO)  Large Send Offload (LSO)
        * Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
        * Global Pause  RoCEv1.0/RoCEv2.0
        * Flow Steering
        * Sniffer Ethernet
        * Rate Limiter (at Beta level)
        * Multi packet WQE
        * Enhanced Transmission Selection standard (ETS)
        * Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
        * Priority Flow Control (PFC)
        * CQE time stamping
        * PCIe Function Level Reset (FLR)
        * Power Management L2/L3 flow support
        * Strided SRQ
        * Self Loopback support
        * Transport Domain support
        * CQ2EQ remapping
        * Added support for the following commands:  
       MODIFY/QUERY_ESW_VPORT_CONTEXT  
       QUERY/MODIFY_CONG_STATUS  
       QUERY/MODIFY_CkONG_PARAMS  
       QUERY_CONG_STATISTICS  
       ADD/DELETE_VXLAN_UDP_DPORT


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.0
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version 12.21.1000:**
      
        * RDMA_CM driver was causing the Queue Pair (QP) Rate Limit to be activate unexpectedly and reduce the bandwidth significantly on this QP.
        * Low throughput when Eplicit Congestion Notification (ECN) was enabled in a many-to-one scenario.
        * A rare issue that caused the firmware to hang.
        * The maximum temperature in a setup was incorrectly reported as the current temperature regardless of the actual temperature.
        * Virtual Addressing Capability incorrect report in NC-SI (Sideband).
        * Enhanced RX sensitivity per Vcore.
        * Disabled the option to write to the protected modules to avoid receiving NACK upon module initialization.
        * Enabled cold_flicks reset when sending invalidate_all command to invalidate all the ECs.
        * SR-IOV min & max rate limiter can only support up to 64 Virtual Functions (VFs) per port.
        * Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) did not function as expected when the number of QPs > ~500 per host.
        * When using Unreliable Datagram (UD) RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) multicast traffic over SR-IOV, packets were scattered to all the attached QPs in the e-sw (PF and its VFs) and not only on the vport that was specified in the e-se FDB.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.0
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following device has been updated to 12.21.1000:**
      
      843400-B21 (HPE Apollo A10 InfiniBand EDR (100Gb) 2-port Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 12.21.1000:**
      
        * Added support for the following features: 
          * InfiniBand native (No SR-IOV) dual port device (Function per port is disabled). In this mode virtualization is not supported and ISSI = 0.
          * 10G/40G on 100GbE AOC/transceivers vs. non Mellanox devices.
        * PTP packets time stamping is enabled upon packet's arrival to the port.
        * Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) is enabled by default for all priorities on Ethernet ports.
        * DC CNAK improves sent CNAK performance and avoids back pressure in ConnectX-4 adapter cards.
        * Receiver Signal Integrity Improvements: 
          * Raised the link only with phase greater than 15 ticks to improve signal integrity.
          * Extended measurement test between two similar RX configurations.
          * Moved the data path to use the second input buffer to improve signal integrity.
        * RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Dual Port Mode enables the usage of a dual port Virtual HCA (vHCA) to share RDMA resources (e.g., MR, CQ, SRQ, PDs) across the two Ethernet (RoCE) NIC network ports and display the NIC as a dual port device. For this feature to function properly, the following requirements must be met: 
          * Either the LAG or the Dual Port mode is enabled by the driver.
          * Dual port device: both ports must be set as ETH.
          * In ConnectX-4/ConnectX-4 Lx adapter cards, the maximum allowed number of VFs per PF is 32.
          * Function per port is enabled.
        * QPDPM register is added to support dynamic mapping between DSCP and priority.
        * Trust level for QoS prioritization is added according to the DSCP or PCP.
        * Ingress buffer management is added for: 
          * ingress traffic mapping to a buffer according to priority.
          * buffers sizes and lossless parameters.
        * Enhanced steering rules update rate to up to 50K rules per second.
        * Enabled Windows single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV) Enhanced eIPoIB (without Secure Connection) for Windows-over-Windows setups.
        * crdump operation takes a snapshot of the device's crspace dword-by-dword. It enables the driver to collect debug information upon firmware failure.
        * Secure Firmware Updates provides devices with the ability to verify digital signatures of new firmware binaries, in order to ensure that only officially approved versions are installed on the devices.
        * Changed the default Forward Error Connection (FEC) mode for cables with attenuation 16 and below from Reed Solomon (RS) to FC.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.3
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 12.24.1000:**
      
      843400-B21 (HPE Apollo A10 InfiniBand EDR (100Gb) 2-port Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 16.24.1000:**
      
      872723-B21 (HPE Apollo InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 2-port 841z Mezzanine Adapter)  
      872725-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 1-port 841QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Changes and New features in firmware version 12.24.1000 and 16.24.1000:**
      
        * Added support for the following: 
          * An additional layer (Layer 3) of packet processing at the hypervisor level that enables adding and removing protocol headers (e.g., the MAC address is removed during encapsulation, and added during decapsulation) for the encapsulated traffic.
          * Transmission histogram counter set as part of the Ethernet extended group counters.
          * TX steering rule on flow_table_metadata in WQE Ethernet segment.
          * Added L3 encapsulation/decapsulation support in the reformat context allocation. 
            * L3 encapsulation removes L2 headers and adds generic L3 tunnel encapsulation.
            * L3 decapsulation removes the generic L3 tunnel decapsulation and L2 header.
          * Flow steering header modification (header rewrite) for IPv4 TTL header for loopback traffic (VF-VF/VF-PF).  
      Note: TTL modification for traffic from the network is currently not
      supported.
      
          * Requester QP packet based on E2E credits mode. The new flow control supports HCA-to-switch RDMA traffic packet-based End-2-End.
          * IPoIB non-default Partition Keys (PKeys). Now the PKey values can be modified in the PKey table without the need of recreating the IPoIB (underlay) QPs.
          * [Beta] SR-IOV in Multi-Host/Socket-Direct.
          * QUERY_DRIVER_VERSION command. This command allows the PF driver to query its VFs driver version which was set by the SET_DRIVER_VERSION command.
          * New diagnostic counters to evaluate the number of ICMC hits and misses for particular resources.
        * Enabled the hardware to generate an event upon counter incrementation, in order to reduce an overhead from the software from reading rarely updated counters such as error counters.
        * Enabled NOIDNIC connectivity to the network through the e-switch and not directly to the physical port.
        * Enabled setting the QP and the Mkey values by the software upon these resources creation.
        * Enabled advanced PCIe atomic operations. The HCA will perform PCIe atomic operations as a requestor towards the host memory when receiving compatible atomic messages from the network, and according to the configuration of NV_SW_OFFLOAD_CONFIG pci_atomic_mode field and the PCI AtomicOp Requester Enable bit in the Device Control 2 register.
        * Enabled TTL modification in the Rx NIC steering. When modifying the TTL in the Rx NIC, the CQE checksum will not recalculated automatically.  
      Note: TTL modification in the FDB for traffic from the network is currently
      not supported.
      
        * Enabled a single TIR destination from the FDB.
        * Changed the WRED default mode to OFF for Multi-Host adapter cards.
        * [Developers only] Moved the fast teardown HCA cap bit to offset 0x1c.4:1.
        * Enabled Virtual Functions to read QPDPM/QPDP/QPTS.
        * Multi PCI RDMA IB: This capability enables the user to expose two PCI/IB devices per network port.
        * Reduced firmware's memory consumption to increase the supported number of VFs per PF to up to 100.
        * Shutting Down RDMA QPs with Excessive Retransmissions is a mechanism used to detect excessive retransmissions for an RC connection, and to close the connection in response to it. If the number of retransmissions due to a Local Ack Timeout, NAK-Sequence Error, or Implied NAK, during a specified period, exceeds the specified threshold, the QP will be handled as if the IB spec defined Retry Count was exceeded.
      
      **New features in firmware version 12.24.1000:**
      
        * Enabled e-switch steering rule in the NIC without matching it with the Directional MACs (DMAC) protocol. Now the rule is only according to the MC/UC bit.
        * The IB Sniffer utility provides the user the ability to capture the e-switch traffic directly to a hypervisor queue.
        * Increased the number of VFs that can work with full VMQoS (8 TC) per PFs as follow: 
          * in dual port devices to: 0-21, 33-45 VFs (22-32 VFs has single TC)
          * in single port devices to: 0-64 VFs
      
      **New features in firmware version 16.24.1000:**
      
        * Enabled QoS ETS for systems with 64 VFs to better allocate bandwidth in the NIC.
        * Enabled TTL modification for received packets.
        * Mirrors the traffic from/to one VF to a dedicate admin VF for monitoring and traffic analysis. Note that in this process packets are duplicated and different packet modifications apply to different duplications.
        * Enabled TTL modification in the Rx NIC steering. When modifying the TTL in the Rx NIC, the CQE checksum will not recalculated automatically.  
      Note: TTL modification in the FDB for traffic from the network is currently
      not supported.
      
        * Added support for Dynamically Connected Transport (DC) in RoCE in ConnectX-5 adapter cards.
        * Enabled Rx mini-CQE compressed format for striding RQ.
        * Enabled TX steering rule on the application meta-data from the WQE. This functionality implements meta-data Reg A steering and meta-data Reg A and Reg B rewriting.
        * Added MPLS over UDP and MPLS over GRE protocols for tunneling offload/steering match criteria.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.4
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 12.26.1040:**
      
      843400-B21 (HPE Apollo A10 InfiniBand EDR (100Gb) 2-port Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 16.26.1040:**
      
      872723-B21 (HPE Apollo InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 2-port 841z Mezzanine Adapter)  
      872725-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 1-port 841QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Changes and New features in firmware version 12.26.1040 and 16.26.1040:**
      
        * Enabled the firmware by using the ICMD commands to deal with diagnostic counters similar to cmdif. They can be called via the vsec space. The counters' values are returned only via the tracer. The ICMD Query Caps indicate support and expose the list of the supported counters.
        * User Context Object (DEVX) is a containerized sandbox per user, to access PRM command securely by using General Object commands, UMEM and UCTX contexts. The allowed functionalities of this capability depend on the user permissions.  
      The following functionalities are still managed by the Kernel:
      
          * Resource cleaning
          * UCTX stamping
          * Blocking the physical address and IRQ from these UCTX
        * Added support for reporting the supported affiliated and unaffiliated asynchronous events to DEVX users through the command interface.
        * Zero-Touch-RoCE counters are now available to the user for debuggability purposes when using the Zero-Touch-RoCE feature.
        * This release contains important reliability improvements and security hardening enhancements. Mellanox recommends upgrading your device firmware to this release to improve the device firmware security and reliability.
      
      **Changes and New features in firmware version 16.26.1040:**
      
        * Added support for the following features: 
          * Address Translation Service (ATS) support for MKEY and UMEM.
          * Exposing the Vital Product Data (VPD) on Virtual Function (VF).
          * Hairpin Drop Counter.
          * Hairpin and TM RNDV QPs to work with DevX.
          * Creating software managed steering tables in eSwitch/Forwarding Table (FDB).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.5
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 12.27.1016:**
      
      843400-B21 (HPE Apollo A10 InfiniBand EDR (100Gb) 2-port Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 16.27.1016:**
      
      872723-B21 (HPE Apollo InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 2-port 841z Mezzanine Adapter)  
      872725-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 1-port 841QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      **Changes and New Features in firmware version 12.27.1016 and 16.27.1016:**
      
        * RoCE Selective Repeat introduces a new QP retransmission mode in RoCE: recovery from packet drop by resending the dropped packet and not only all the PSN window (Go-Back-N protocol),  
      This new capability comes with the following limitations:
      
          * Selective repeat cannot be used with AR
          * Does not work with signature (T10-DIF)
          * Does not work with Tag Matching enabled
        * Allows BMC to query and control NIC over RedFish API (https://www.dmtf.org/standards/redfish). Currently, the NIC supports reading data and setting basic Ethernet and InfiniBand parameters.
        * Enables matching of source_vhca_port in the FDB flow for ECMP hardware offload on a single FDB.
        * Added support for dumping hardware steering entries (raw data) using the resource dump API.
        * The eth_link_down_counter now counts logical link downs as well.
      
      **Changes and New Features in firmware version 16.27.1016:**
      
        * Removed power consumption limitation. This new capability removes the necessity to disable the port due to insufficient power. When this feature is enabled, an event will be sent on every transition between the following power states: 
          * Power limit is not advertised
          * Sufficient power detected
          * Insufficient power detected
        * Firmware can be now updated as well as DB strings while performing Live Firmware Patch.
        * Enables the device to generate events that will notify the user about any resource dumps updates. The resource dump owner (PF/ECPF) will be notified on the VF command failures by events that will contain the needed information to call the resource_dump command. The device will dump the resource in the standard resource dump sequence.
        * Added support for the following features: 
          * RSS based on inner headers of GTP-U tunneled packets.
          * Relaxed ordering read when using the create_mkey flag.  
      Note: This capability is not supported when using Multi-Host cards and when in
      PCIe-Switch  
      mode.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.6
changelog:
  -     *Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 16.27.2008:**
      
        * Although the effective BER (after FEC) was expected to meet the design targets (e.g. 10e-14 or lower), occasionally it was higher.
        * High BER occured when connecting cables of type 0.5/1m DAC to an HDR speed.
        * The PCIe Tx parameters did not load correctly when the speed was changed after the PCIe link was disabled.
        * The desched_threshold field did not work properly.
        * The "roce_adp_retrans" counter was presenting the values of the "local_ack_timeout_err" counter.
        * If Relaxed Ordering was disabled by running the "setpci" command, it would not be functional even after re-enabling it by running the "setpci" command again.
      
      **Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 12.27.4000:**
      
        * The device hung while running the sw reset flow under heavy stress and with many open resources.
        * Low PXE performance observered while using the VSC to trigger the send_ring_doorbells.
        * IPoIB and DC would not work together.
        * DC funtionality issues.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.6
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 12.27.4000:**
      
      843400-B21 (HPE Apollo A10 InfiniBand EDR (100Gb) 2-port Adapter)  
        
      **New Feature and Changes in Version 12.27.4000:**
      
        * Added the following segments, as appeared in the PRM, to the Resource Dump: 
          * PRM_QUERY_QP
          * PRM_QUERY_CQ
          * PRM_QUERY_MKEY
          * QUERY_VNIC_ENV
      
        
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 16.27.2008:**
      
      872723-B21 (HPE Apollo InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 2-port 841z Mezzanine Adapter)  
      872725-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 1-port 841QSFP28 Adapter)  
      
      
      **New Feature and Changes in Version 16.27.2008:**
      
      **This release contains important reliability improvements and security hardening enhancements. Upgrade the firmware of the device to this release to improve the devices' firmware security and reliability.**
      
        * Improved init_hca performance in Parallel Function initialization.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.7
changelog:
  -     *Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 16.29.1016:**
      
        * An issue that prevented VXLAN packets with svlan/ cvlan tag from being matched.
        * An issue that caused the eth_wqe_too_small counter to count ODP (On-Demand Paging) page faults.
        * When MKEY_BY_NAME was enabled by NVCONFIG and a large number of VFs are configured, VM restart (VF/PF FLR) will take longer than when MKEY_BY_NAME is disabled.
        *  Ani ssue that resulted in low performance after enabling the RoCE Accelerator capability. Note: The fix is available when all ports are set as Ethernet. 
        * On rare cases, a fatal error related to errors from the PCI transport layer might be reported during FLR.
        * The chassis manager calculation for Multi-Host and Socket-Direct adapter cards to allow running NC-SI commands by the chassis manager BMC. Now the chassis manager is count as BMC with index 0, regardless of how many BMC there are.
        * An issue that caused the device to go to down IRISC as one of the firmware semaphores could not be released when a speed change or port state change was triggered. 
      
      **Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 12.28.1002:**
      
        * An issue that caused the DCR (DC Resources) to be destroyed before the retry option managed to work when the retry timeout is too big. in this case, the DCR' time-to-live was increased, and the maximum retry timeout was decreased.
        * Increased PHY power consumption limit to 1.5w.
        * An issue that caused PortCounters.PortRcvErr / PPCNT.infiniband_counters.PortRcvErr not to report port icrc errors.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.7
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 12.28.1002:**
      
      843400-B21 (HPE Apollo A10 InfiniBand EDR (100Gb) 2-port Adapter)  
        
      **New Feature and Changes in Version 12.28.1002:**
      
        * Increased the maximum XRQ number to 512.
      
        
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 16.29.1016:**
      
      872723-B21 (HPE Apollo InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 2-port 841z Mezzanine Adapter)  
      872725-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 1-port 841QSFP28 Adapter)  
      
      
      **New Feature and Changes in Version 16.29.1016:**
      
      Added support for following features:
      
        * Changed the default value of DCQCN's (Data center- Quantized Congestion Notification) NP parameter min_time_between_cnps to 4 on all devices to support larger scalability of the cluster.
        * An option to allow applications to build their own QoS tree over the NIC hierarchy by connecting QPs to responder/requestor Queue Groups.
        * "InfiniBand" properties set to the Network Device Function Redfish object.
        * HW support for Flow Metering to utilize Advanced Steering Operation (ASO). HW Flow Meter allows higher scale, more accuracy, and better performance compared to the FW Flow Metering.
        * Trust level for VFs. Once the VF is trusted, it will get a set of trusted capabilities.
        * 2 new Mini CQE formats: Responder Mini CQE With Flow Tag Layout Responder Mini CQE With l3_l4_info Layout
        * UCX can now enable AR by exposing Out-Of-Ordering bitmask per SL with "ooo_per_sl" field in the HCA_VPORT context. It can be also queried by running the QUERY_HCA_VPORT_CONTEXT command.
        * Steering DP hash flow groups.
        * A new counter per vPort that counts the number of packets that reached the Ethernet RQ but cannot fit into the WQE due to their large size. Additionally, we added the option to control if such packet will cause "CQE with Error" or "CQE_MOCK".
        * PCIe Rx modifications to prevent the adapter cards from disappearing from the system.
        * ignore_flow_level is now enabled by the TRUST LEVEL access registry. 
        * cq_overrun counter. The counter represents the number of times CQs enter an error state due to overflow that occur when the device tries to post a CQE into a full CQ buffer.
        * [Beta] Enabled the capability to allow Virtual Functions to send Pause Frames packets.
        * Enabled 10/25GbE auto-sensing with 3rd party when using 10/25GbE optical cables.
        * Hardware steering dump output used for debugging and troubleshooting.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.8
changelog:
  -     *The following issues have been fixed in version 12.28.2006:**
      
        * An issue that caused the DCR (DC Resources) to be destroyed before the retry option managed to work when the retry timeout is too big. in this case, the DCR' time-to-live was increased, and the maximum retry timeout was decreased.
        * Increased PHY power consumption limit to 1.5w.
        * An issue that caused PortCounters.PortRcvErr / PPCNT.infiniband_counters.PortRcvErr not to report port icrc errors.
      
      **The following issues have been fixed in version 16.31.1014:**
      
        * TX PRBS was not changed even after reconfiguring it, all PRBS mode were enabled in test mode.
        * An assert that was caused when trying to open 1024 functions on the device and the maximum number of functions was 1023.
        * Occasional performance issues related to RC QPs using E2E-credits (not connected to SRQ and doing send/receive traffic) when the ROCE_ACCL tx_window was enabled.
        * A fatal error occurred and eventually resulted in the HCA to get into an unresponsive state when a packet was larger than a strided receive WQE that was being scattered.
        * A rare issue that caused RX pipe to hang.
        * The resource number size (a 64 bit number) was overwritten with a 32 bit number and erased the high bits when de-allocating the resource number.
        * CRT_DCR with index larger than 1 << 21 occasionally collided with the CRT_SW_RESERVED address.
        * An issue that caused the TX queue to get into an unresponsive state when the VF rate limiter was set.
      
      **Additional Fixes included in version 16.31.1014:**
      
        * Disabled the CNP counter "rp_cnp_ignored " (triggered by OOS (out-of-sequence)) when all ports are IB.
        * Fixed the TMP421 sensor temperature reporting.
        * Fixed the rate select mechanism in QSFP modules.
        * Fixed classification issues for "Passive" cables to be more robust.
        * Initialized the rate table in the static configuration so it will be configured at the link-not-up scenarios.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.8
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 12.28.2006:**
      
      843400-B21 (HPE Apollo A10 InfiniBand EDR (100Gb) 2-port Adapter)  
      
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 16.31.1014:**
      
      872723-B21 (HPE Apollo InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 2-port 841z Mezzanine Adapter)  
      872725-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 1-port 841QSFP28 Adapter)
      
      
      
      **New features and changes in version 12.28.2006:**
      
        * Increased the maximum XRQ number to 512.
      
      **New features and changes in version 16.31.1014:**
      
        * NIC scheduling feature support has been disabled for non-privileged functions.
        * Implemented a new NC-SI command get_debug_info to get mstdump via the NC-SI protocol to debug a device if the PCI link fails for any given reason.
        * support for Enabling/Disabling NIC and RDMA (port/partition) was included via the UEFI HII system settings.
        * Increased the maximum number of MSIX per VF to 127.
        * Asymmetrical MSIX Configuration: This feature allows the device to be configured with a different number of MSIX vectors per physical PCI functions.To use this feature, please follow these steps:
        *         Clear NUM_PF_MSIX_VALID to disable global symmetrical MSIX configuration.
        *         Set PF_NUM_PF_MSIX_VALID to enable asymmetrical per Physical Function MSIX configuration.
        *         Configure PF_NUM_PF_MSIX per physical PCI function.
        * RDMA partitioning and RDMA counters in IB mode.
        * Added a new bit ("data_in_order") to query the QP and allow a process/library to detect when the AR is enabled.
        * A new flex parser to support GENEVE hardware offload and ICMP.
        * When the non-page-supplier-FLR funcion is initiated, the firmware triggers a page event to the page supplier to indicate that all pages should be returned for the FLR function.
        * Enabled UID 0 to create resources with UMEM (User Memory).
        * Receiving and sending native IB packets from/to the software (including all headers) via raw IBL2 QPs.
        * RX RDMA NIC flow table on an IB port. Now the software can steer native IB packets to raw IB receive queues according to the DLID and  the DQPN.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version 12.28.2006:**
      
        * Fixed an issue that caused the DCR (DC Resources) to be destroyed before the retry option managed to work when the retry timeout is too big. in this case, the DCR' time-to-live was increased, and the maximum retry timeout was decreased.
        * Increased PHY power consumption limit to 1.5w.
        * Fixed an issue that caused PortCounters.PortRcvErr / PPCNT.infiniband_counters.PortRcvErr not to report port icrc errors.
      
      **The following issues have been fixed in version 16.32.1010**
      
        * Firmware got into an unresponsive state and caused unexpected behavior when connecting an optical transceiver that support RxLOS and the remote side port was down.
        * The link status was reported incorrectly and consequently caused the link to go down due to incorrect definition of the RX_LOS polarity in the INI.
        * The system got into an unresponsive state when a peer port went down while using an Optical module.
        * Invalid RNR timeout when trying to set it during the rts2rts_qp transition.
        * A fatal assert 0x81C5 occurred when calling get_vport_mad from the MAD APIs. The firmware was trying to compute the number of vPorts using a global function number. To avoid this issue, the API was updated to remove any assumption on the function number. Note: This issue is affects only IB devices.
        * During events, stress caused the firmware to reset the Arm host of the vPort without sending an event. Thus preventing the software from rearming the vPort as it did not receive any event, and the firmware did not send the event because the vPort had no Arm set.
        * The system could not create more than 128K QPs.
        * The GetInventory NC-SI command reported leading 0xf in firmware version when it started with 0.
        * PCIe lane margining capability issues.
        * An issue related to the sl2vl mad that caused a few msec hiccup in the transmission on an InfiniBand network when the SM sent the sl2vl mad to a node in the cluster.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.0-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in 12.18.1000:**
      
        * Fixed an issue which caused the HCA mad response to contain the incoming packet Pkey and not the matched Pkey.
        * Modified PCIe Tx configuration..
        * Fixed an issue that prevented the software to set ECN parameters (min_rate, max_rate, rate_to_set_on_first_cnp) to values >32768.
        * Fixed an issue which caused the link speed to raise as DDR when connected with certain copper cables to devices supporting up to QDR speed.
        * Fixed an issue which prevented physical counters from reseting. Now the physical counters are reset on first driver start.
        * Fixed possible negotiation issues with 3rd parties.
        * Fixed a rare issue which caused 56GbE link to raise with errors.
        * Fixed an issue which caused scheduling_context.element_type to be taken into consideration with performing verifications, when running the modify_scheduling_context command, although the field is reserved.
        * Fixed an issue which caused the eSwitch max_average_bw ref counter to decrement in TEARDOWN_HCA/ FLR VF regardless of the max_average_bw value set, although the ref counter design was to increment on every max_average_bw != 0 (limited).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.0
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices is updated to 22.27.1016:**
      
      P08464-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25/50Gb 2-port SFP56 MCX623102AS-GDAT Adapter)
      
      P25960-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 2-Port QSFP56 MCX623106AS-CDAT Adapter)
      
      P25963-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 2-Port QSFP56 MCX623436AS-CDAI OCP3 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 22.27.1016 ****:**
      
        * RoCE Selective Repeat introduces a new QP retransmission mode in RoCE: recovery from packet drop by resending the dropped packet and not only all the PSN window (Go-Back-N protocol),
      
      This new capability comes with the following limitations:
      
        *     * Selective repeat cannot be used with AR
          * Does not work with signature (T10-DIF)
          * Does not work with Tag Matching enabled
        * Allows BMC to query and control NIC over RedFish API (https://www.dmtf.org/standards/redfish). Currently, the NIC supports reading data and setting basic Ethernet and InfiniBand parameters
        * Enables matching of source_vhca_port in the FDB flow for ECMP hardware offload on a single FDB.
        * Enables the user to reset the firmware without resetting the PHY. The links that were up will stay up, all the other links will be disabled.
        * Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) offload allows the NIC to accelerate IPsec AES-GCM 128/256. The hardware will encrypt/decrypt the packet and send it to wire/host accordingly.
        * Added support for the following 
          * vDPA (VirtIO 0.95 and 1.0).
          * Live migration on vDPA (VirtIO 0.95 and 1.0).
          * Dumping hardware steering entries (raw data) using the resource dump API
          * Relaxed Ordering Read using the create_mkey flag.
          * Configuring Virtual Output Queuing (VoQ).
          * Expansion ROM for UEFI and PXE.
        * 100GbE link speed is supported in Auto-Negotiation Mode.
        * 200GbE link speed is supported in Force Mode.
        * RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) is a mechanism to provide this efficient data transfer with very low latencies on lossless Ethernet networks.
        * Enabled traffic directly from OS to BMC and backwards through NIC.
        * Enabled the NCSI management protocol over RMII interface.
        * Opened additional sensors for all Facebook adapter cards.
        * Enabled the hardware to identify and mark congestion.
        * A "Secure firmware update" is the ability of a device to verify digital signatures of new firmware binaries, in order to assure that only officially approved versions can be installed from the host, the network or a Board Management Controller (BMC).
        * Enables the counters to expose any legacy mode debug ability information.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices is updated to 22.27.2008:**
      
      P08464-B21 (HPE Ethernet 25/50Gb 2-port SFP56 MCX623102AS-GDAT Adapter)
      
      P25960-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 2-Port QSFP56 MCX623106AS-CDAT Adapter)
      
      P25963-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 2-Port QSFP56 MCX623436AS-CDAI OCP3 Adapter)
      
      P10180-B21 (HPE Ethernet 200Gb 1-port QSFP56 MCX623105AS-VDAT Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 22.27.2008 :**
      
        * 200GbE speed rate is at GA level
        * All Ethernet speeds at GA level including PAM4 vs NRZ and speed detection.
        * RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) is at GA level.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version 22.27.2008:**
      
        * Fixed an issue that caused packets to drop when using Post Office Protocol(POP) virtual LAN (VLAN)and decapsulation actions in the same flow table entry.
        * Fixed an issue that prevented the load of the correct PCIe Tx parameters when the speed was changed after the PCIe link was disabled.
        * Fixed an issue that caused the "roce_adp_retrans" counter to present the values of the "local_ack_timeout_err" counter.
        * If Relaxed Ordering was disabled by running the "setpci" command, it will not be functional even after re-enabling it by running the "setpci" command again.
        * Updated the RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Tx CNP's Backward Explicit Congestion Notification (_BECN_) value to be 1.
        * Non-return-to-zero (_NRZ_) and Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4)Limitations in 100GbE adapter cards: 
          * The default configuration was NRZ speeds in Auto-Neg mode
          * PAM4 speeds should be set manually (using the MFT tool - mlxlink)
          * PAM4 speeds should be configured as single speeds: 50G_1x or 100G_2x
          * 200G_4x optical cables (including 200G_4x splitter cable) will raise link only after manual configuration of PAM4 speeds (50G_1x or 100G_2x)
        * NRZ and PAM4 Limitations in 200GbE adapter cards: 
          * The default configuration was 200G_x4 in Force mode
          * NRZ speeds should be set manually. Configuration can include multiple NRZ speeds (using the MFT tool -mlxlink)
          * PAM4 speeds should be configured as single speeds: 50G_1x or 100G_2x or 200G_4x


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.2
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following device is updated to 22.27.6008:**
      
      P25960-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 2-Port QSFP56 MCX623106AS-CDAT Adapter)  
      
      
      **New features and changes in version 22.27.6008:**
      
        * The following are the minimal software/firmware versions that support PAM4 link speeds when connected using Mellanox NIC to Mellanox Switch and Mellanox NIC to 3rd Party Switches: 
          *     Mellanox Spectrum-3: 30.2007.1142
          *     Mellanox Spectrum-2: 29.2007.1142
          *     Switch SDK: 4.4.0920
          *     Mellanox Onyx: 3.9.0830-038
          *     SONiC/SAI: 201911
          *     ConnectX-6 Dx: 22.27.2008
      
                    *Note: NICs with this firmware version support Mellanox-to-Mellanox connectivity with PAM4 link speeds.
      
        * Programmable Congestion Control (PCC) is at GA level.
        * Enabled TLS offload v1.3 with key size 256.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.2
changelog:
  -     *Following issues have been resolved in firmware version 22.27.6008:**
      
        * Encapsulated RoCE traffic to drop when IB padding was required.
        * PortXmitWait HW counter to count when not expected due to an inaccuracy in the counter.
        * On dual-port device after Rx buffer modification the Physical Function on the second port got restored although no expected.  The Rx buffer changes when all Physical Functions resets over one port (through reboot /driver restart / FLR) while there were active Physical Functions over the second port.
        * Previous Shared Buffer modifications being overrun after performing Shared Buffer modifications such as SBPR, SBPM, SBCM, the PFCC Flow Control).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.3
changelog:
  -     *Following issues have been resolved in firmware version 22.29.1016:**
      
        * Traffic for virtio hardware offload solution was prevented from "iperf3" in Windows Operating System.
        * Traffic for virtio hardware offload solution was prevented from "iperf3 -i 512".
        * The struct virtio_net_hdr was not set properly by the virtio hardware offload solution. The following message appeared in dmesg during traffic: "bad gso: type xx, size: xx".
        * When MKEY_BY_NAME was enabled by NVCONFIG and a large number of VFs were configured, VM restart (VF/PF FLR) might had taken longer than that of when MKEY_BY_NAME was disabled.
        * TCP/IP traffic received by the guest kernel with version higher than 4.10 were unstable because of corrupted GSO header. The following message could be seen from dmegs: "bad gso: type: xx, size: xxxx".
        * Enabling the RoCE Accelerator capability resulted in low performance  
      Note: The fix is available when all ports are set as Ethernet.
      
        * On rare cases, a fatal error related to errors from the PCI transport layer might be reported during FLR.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.0
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version 14.26.2000 :**
      
        * Enabled the option to prevent clock and capture CPLD GPIOs glitch upon firmware reset.
      
      **Fixes in version 14.26.1040 :**
      
        * Fixed an issue that caused a function to misbehave when a PCIe Traffic Light Protocol(TLP) was set with a poisoned indication.
        * Fixed a rare issue that resulted in "destroy mkey " command getting stuck when rebooting the hypervisor.
      
      **Fixes in version 16.26.2000 :**
      
        * Enabled the option to prevent clock and capture CPLD GPIOs glitch upon firmware reset.
        * Fixed an issue that slowed the firmware flows when executing many destroy XRQ commands on an XRQ that supported DC transport service.
        * Fixed an issue that caused performance degradation when working in dual-port devices under bidirectional traffic stress.
      
      **Fixes in version 16.26.1040 :**
      
        * On rare occasions, when firmware coalesce Host stuck events occur, a async event might be delayed to be reported, and not be triggered until the next time the PCIe hangs on one of the hosts.
        * Fixed an issue that resulted in unexpected queue pairs transitioned to error in lossy tests.
        * Limited the maximum amount of dumps created on a Physical Function(PF).
        * Renamed the GMP Mellanox Vendor Specific External Capability mask enum from IsDiagnosticCountersSupported to IsDiagnosticDataSupported.
        * Fixed a stability issue in RoCE retransmissions under stress affecting Zero-Touch-RoCE.
        * Fixed an issue that caused a function to misbehave when a PCIe TLP was set with a poisoned indication.
        * Fixed an issue that caused large number of packet to drop when running Jumbo frames with Time to live (TTL) rewrite
        * Limited the number of the elements in the QoS tree 2K. Creating more than 250 Vport_tc for every TC was not allowed
        * Fixed the query QP flow. Instead of always taking port 1, FW will now reply the proper port, 1 or 2, for the dual port RDMA over Converged Ethernet(RoCE) net device.
        * Fixed an issue that caused the nack counters to constantly be reported as "0". 
        * In a rare scenario when the driver was executing the "2err" command and th Queue pair(QP) was in SQ drain state, the firmware might post event of broken Work Queue (WQ) instead of sending error CQEs on all the WQEs.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.0
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices is updated to 14.26.1040 :**
      
      P21930-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ MCX4121A-XCAT Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices is updated to 14.26.2000 :**
      
      P11341-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ MCX4621A-ACAB OCP3 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices is updated to 16.26.1040:**
      
      P13188-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX512F-ACAT Adapter )  
      P21927-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 2-Port QSFP28 MCX516A-CCAT Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices is updated to 16.26.2000:**
      
      P10112-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX562A-ACAI OCP3 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version  14.26.1040 and 16.26.1040 :**
      
        * Enabled the firmware by using the ICMD commands to deal with diagnostic counters similar to cmdif. They can be called via the vsec space. The counters' values are returned only via the tracer. The ICMD Query Caps indicate support and expose the list of the supported counters.
        * Zero-Touch-RoCE counters are now available to the user for debuggability purposes when using the Zero-Touch-RoCE feature.
        * Added Address Translation Service (ATS) support for MKEY and UMEM VPD Added support for exposing the VPD on the VF.
        * Added support for the following 
          * Reporting the supported affiliated and unaffiliated asynchronous events to DEVX users through the command interface.
          * Hairpin Drop Counter.
          * Hairpin and TM RNDV QPs to work with DevX.
          * creating software managed steering tables in eSwitch/FD
      
      **New features and changes in version  14.26.2000 and 16.26.2000 :**
      
        * Live Firmware Patch (LFWP) allows applying of critical hot fixes without interrupting data traffic and without any user application interruptions


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.0-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices is updated to 14.26.1040 :**
      
      P21930-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ MCX4121A-XCAT Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices is updated to 14.26.2002 :**
      
      P11341-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ MCX4621A-ACAB OCP3 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices is updated to 16.26.1040:**
      
      P13188-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX512F-ACAT Adapter )  
      P21927-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 2-Port QSFP28 MCX516A-CCAT Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices is updated to 16.26.2002:**
      
      P10112-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX562A-ACAI OCP3 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version  14.26.1040 and 16.26.1040 :**
      
        * Enabled the firmware by using the ICMD commands to deal with diagnostic counters similar to cmdif. They can be called via the vsec space. The counters' values are returned only via the tracer. The ICMD Query Caps indicate support and expose the list of the supported counters.
        * Zero-Touch-RoCE counters are now available to the user for debuggability purposes when using the Zero-Touch-RoCE feature.
        * Added Address Translation Service (ATS) support for MKEY and UMEM VPD Added support for exposing the VPD on the VF.
        * Added support for the following 
          * Reporting the supported affiliated and unaffiliated asynchronous events to DEVX users through the command interface.
          * Hairpin Drop Counter.
          * Hairpin and TM RNDV QPs to work with DevX.
          * creating software managed steering tables in eSwitch/FD
      
      **New features and changes in version  14.26.2002 and 16.26.2002 :**
      
        * Live Firmware Patch (LFWP) allows applying of critical hot fixes without interrupting data traffic and without any user application interruptions


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.0-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version 14.26.2002 :**
      
        * Updated the firmware behavior to report PLDM version 1.1.0 regardless of whether Redfish was enabled or not.
        * Enabled the option to prevent clock and capture CPLD GPIOs glitch upon firmware reset.
      
      **Fixes in version 14.26.1040 :**
      
        * Fixed an issue that caused a function to misbehave when a PCIe Traffic Light Protocol(TLP) was set with a poisoned indication.
        * Fixed a rare issue that resulted in "destroy mkey " command getting stuck when rebooting the hypervisor.
      
      **Fixes in version 16.26.2002 :**
      
        * Updated the firmware behavior to report PLDM version 1.1.0 regardless of whether Redfish was enabled or not.
        * Enabled the option to prevent clock and capture CPLD GPIOs glitch upon firmware reset.
        * Fixed an issue that slowed the firmware flows when executing many destroy XRQ commands on an XRQ that supported DC transport service.
        * Fixed an issue that caused performance degradation when working in dual-port devices under bidirectional traffic stress.
      
      **Fixes in version 16.26.1040 :**
      
        * On rare occasions, when firmware coalesce Host stuck events occur, a async event might be delayed to be reported, and not be triggered until the next time the PCIe hangs on one of the hosts.
        * Fixed an issue that resulted in unexpected queue pairs transitioned to error in lossy tests.
        * Limited the maximum amount of dumps created on a Physical Function(PF).
        * Renamed the GMP Mellanox Vendor Specific External Capability mask enum from IsDiagnosticCountersSupported to IsDiagnosticDataSupported.
        * Fixed a stability issue in RoCE retransmissions under stress affecting Zero-Touch-RoCE.
        * Fixed an issue that caused a function to misbehave when a PCIe TLP was set with a poisoned indication.
        * Fixed an issue that caused large number of packet to drop when running Jumbo frames with Time to live (TTL) rewrite
        * Limited the number of the elements in the QoS tree 2K. Creating more than 250 Vport_tc for every TC was not allowed
        * Fixed the query QP flow. Instead of always taking port 1, FW will now reply the proper port, 1 or 2, for the dual port RDMA over Converged Ethernet(RoCE) net device.
        * Fixed an issue that caused the nack counters to constantly be reported as "0". 
        * In a rare scenario when the driver was executing the "2err" command and th Queue pair(QP) was in SQ drain state, the firmware might post event of broken Work Queue (WQ) instead of sending error CQEs on all the WQEs.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.1
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version 14.26.6000 :**
      
        * Fixed an issue that cause the firmware to hang when an FLR occurred at the same time as the teardown. As a result, the teardown flow took a lock, and never  released it because it was being aborted by an FLR.
      
      **Fixes in version 14.26.4012 :**
      
        * Updated the firmware behavior to report PLDM version 1.1.0 regardless of whether Redfish was enabled or not.
        * Enabled the option to prevent clock and capture CPLD GPIOs glitch upon firmware reset.
        * Fixed an issue that caused a function to misbehave when a PCIe Traffic Light Protocol(TLP) was set with a poisoned indication.
        * Fixed a rare issue that resulted in "destroy mkey " command getting stuck when rebooting the hypervisor.
      
      **Fixes in version 16.26.6000 :**
      
        * Fixed an issue that prevented PCI link from being established when the firmware was corrupted.
        * Fixed an issue that triggered a firmware assert and resulted in a wrong deallocation of a resource when Packet Pacing was enabled, and a QP was being destroyed.
        * Fixed an issue that cause the firmware to hang when an FLR occurred at the same time as the teardown. As a result, the teardown flow took a lock, and never  released it because it was being aborted by an FLR.
      
      **Fixes in version 16.26.4012:**
      
        * Updated the firmware behavior to report PLDM version 1.1.0 regardless of whether Redfish was enabled or not.
        * Enabled the option to prevent clock and capture CPLD GPIOs glitch upon firmware reset.
        * Fixed an issue that slowed the firmware flows when executing many destroy XRQ commands on an XRQ that supported DC transport service.
        * Fixed an issue that caused performance degradation when working in dual-port devices under bidirectional traffic stress.
        * On rare occasions, when firmware coalesce Host stuck events occur, a async event might be delayed to be reported, and not be triggered until the next time the PCIe hangs on one of the hosts.
        * Fixed an issue that resulted in unexpected queue pairs transitioned to error in lossy tests.
        * Limited the maximum amount of dumps created on a Physical Function(PF).
        * Renamed the GMP Mellanox Vendor Specific External Capability mask enum from IsDiagnosticCountersSupported to IsDiagnosticDataSupported.
        * Fixed a stability issue in RoCE retransmissions under stress affecting Zero-Touch-RoCE.
        * Fixed an issue that caused a function to misbehave when a PCIe TLP was set with a poisoned indication.
        * Fixed an issue that caused large number of packet to drop when running Jumbo frames with Time to live (TTL) rewrite
        * Limited the number of the elements in the QoS tree 2K. Creating more than 250 Vport_tc for every TC was not allowed
        * Fixed the query QP flow. Instead of always taking port 1, FW will now reply the proper port, 1 or 2, for the dual port RDMA over Converged Ethernet(RoCE) net device.
        * Fixed an issue that caused the nack counters to constantly be reported as "0". 
        * In a rare scenario when the driver was executing the "2err" command and th Queue pair(QP) was in SQ drain state, the firmware might post event of broken Work Queue (WQ) instead of sending error CQEs on all the WQEs.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices is updated to 14.26.4012:**
      
      P21930-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ MCX4121A-XCAT Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices is updated to 14.26.6000 :**
      
      P11341-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ MCX4621A-ACAB OCP3 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices is updated to 16.26.4012:**
      
      P13188-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX512F-ACAT Adapter )  
      P21927-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 2-Port QSFP28 MCX516A-CCAT Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices is updated to 16.26.6000:**
      
      P10112-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX562A-ACAI OCP3 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version  14.26.4012 and 16.26.4012 :**
      
        * Enabled the firmware by using the ICMD commands to deal with diagnostic counters similar to cmdif. They can be called via the vsec space. The counters' values are returned only via the tracer. The ICMD Query Caps indicate support and expose the list of the supported counters.
        * Zero-Touch-RoCE counters are now available to the user for debuggability purposes when using the Zero-Touch-RoCE feature.
        * Added Address Translation Service (ATS) support for MKEY and UMEM VPD Added support for exposing the VPD on the VF.
        * Added support for the following 
          * Reporting the supported affiliated and unaffiliated asynchronous events to DEVX users through the command interface.
          * Hairpin Drop Counter.
          * Hairpin and TM RNDV QPs to work with DevX.
          * creating software managed steering tables in eSwitch/FD
      
      **New features and changes in version  14.26.6000 and 16.26.6000 :**
      
        * Explicit Congestion Notification (_ECN_) is now automatically copied from the inner header to the outer header, unless defined otherwise in the SW steering. To disable this feature, need to write to the NV_SW_OFFLOAD_CONFIG file.
        * The eth_link_down_counter now counts logical link downs as well


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.2
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices is updated to 14.27.1016:**
      
      P21930-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ MCX4121A-XCAT Adapter)  
      P11341-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ MCX4621A-ACAB OCP3 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices is updated to 16.27.1016:**
      
      P13188-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX512F-ACAT Adapter)  
      P21927-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 2-Port QSFP28 MCX516A-CCHT Adapter)  
      P10112-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX562A-ACAI OCP3 Adapter)
      
      **New features and changes in version 14.27.1016 and 16.27.1016:**
      
        * RoCE Selective Repeat introduces a new QP retransmission mode in RoCE: recovery from packet drop by resending the dropped packet and not only all the PSN window (Go-Back-N protocol). This new capability comes with the following limitations:  
                 Selective repeat cannot be used with AR  
                 Does not work with signature (T10-DIF)  
                 Does not work with Tag Matching enabled
        * Allows BMC to query and control NIC over RedFish API (https://www.dmtf.org/standards/redfish). Currently, the NIC supports reading data and setting basic Ethernet and InfiniBand parameters
        * Enables matching of source_vhca_port in the FDB flow for ECMP hardware offload on a single FDB.
        * Firmware can be now updated as well as DB strings while performing Live Firmware Patch.
        * Added support for dumping hardware steering entries (raw data) using the resource dump API.
        * The eth_link_down_counter now counts logical link downs as well.
        * Enables the device to generate events that will notify the user about any resource dumps updates. The resource dump owner (PF/ECPF) will be notified on the VF command failures by events that will contain the needed information to call the resource_dump command. The device will dump the resource in the standard resource dump sequence.
        * Added support for RSS based on inner headers of GTP-U tunneled packets.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.2
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version 14.27.1016:**
      
        * The device to perform Direct memory access (DMA) into memory already returned to the OS during the transition between the pre-boot drivers to the OS driver.
        * Fixed a rare issue that resulted in HCA hanging during a FlexibleLOM (FLR) flow while unloading the PreBoot driver.
        * The Zero-Touch RoCE (ZTR) counters query to always return 0.
        * Fixed a performance degradation issue, and a high packet drop when single root input/output virtualization or SR-IOV was enabled and packets went through the FDB default behavior.
        * Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI) bandwidth dropping to 20-40kBps with a high amount of package drops, in a network environment with high latency (over 110ms).
        * Due to the string DB not being updated after Live-Patch, the tracer cannot function after Live-Patch.
        * Fixed a issue that caused other active functions to receive a malformed Completion with Error (CQE) during driver (PF or VF) unload or FLR flows.
        * Prevented the adapter card from going into the bypass mode when the Board Management Controller (BMC) disabled the hardware arbitration.
        * The firmware to hang when an FLR occurred at the same time as the teardown. As a result, the teardown flow took a lock, and never released it because it was being aborted by an FLR.
      
      **Fixes in version 16.27.1016:**
      
        * Fixed an issue that in Multi-Host adapter cards that resulted in wrong handling of PCIe Reset(PERST) on auxiliary links.
        * Fixed an out-of-range issue when reading or writing the q_counters.
        * The device to perform DMA into memory already returned to the OS during the transition between the pre-boot driver to the OS driver.
        * The ZTR counters query to always return 0.
        * That prevented the adapter card from going into the bypass mode when the BMC disabled the hardware arbitration.
        * Required using a non-standard tool to perform the first Live Firmware Patch Update (LFWP) patching when used the GA firmware version.
        * Fixed redundant page consumption in the init_hca.
        * The sw_reset option was not supported when ATS was enabled.
        * Fixed a possible performance degradation in small packet sizes that occured when SWITCH_IPV4_TTL_MODIFY_ENABLE configuration was enabled in mlxconfig.
        * Due to the string DB not being updated after Live-Patch, the tracer cannot function after Live-Patch.
        * Other active functions to receive a malformed CQE during driver (PF or VF) unload or FLR flows.
        * Prevented PCI link from being established when the firmware was corrupted.
        * Triggered a FW assert and resulted in a wrong deallocation of a resource when Packet Pacing was enabled and a QP was being destroyed.
        * The firmware to hang when an FLR occurred at the same time as the teardown. As a result, the teardown flow took a lock, and never released it because it was being aborted by an FLR.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.3
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices is updated to 14.27.4000:**
      
      P21930-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ MCX4121A-XCAT Adapter)  
      P11341-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ MCX4621A-ACAB OCP3 Adapter)
      
      **Firmware for the following devices is updated to 16.27.2008:**
      
      P13188-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX512F-ACAT Adapter)  
      P21927-B21 (HPE Ethernet 100Gb 2-Port QSFP28 MCX516A-CCHT Adapter)  
      P10112-B21 (HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX562A-ACAI OCP3 Adapter)
      
      **New Feature and Changes in Version 12.27.4000:**
      
        * Added the following segments, as appeared in the PRM, to the Resource Dump: 
          * PRM_QUERY_QP
          * PRM_QUERY_CQ
          * PRM_QUERY_MKEY
          * QUERY_VNIC_ENV
      
      **New Feature and Changes in Version 16.27.2008:**
      
      **This release contains important reliability improvements and security hardening enhancements. Upgrade the firmware of the device to this release to improve the devices' firmware security and reliability.**
      
        * Improved init_hca performance in Parallel Function initialization.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.3
changelog:
  -     *Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 16.27.2008:**
      
        * Although the effective BER (after FEC) was expected to meet the design targets (e.g. 10e-14 or lower), occasionally it was higher.
        * High BER occured when connecting cables of type 0.5/1m DAC to an HDR speed.
        * The PCIe Tx parameters did not load correctly when the speed was changed after the PCIe link was disabled.
        * The desched_threshold field did not work properly.
        * The "roce_adp_retrans" counter was presenting the values of the "local_ack_timeout_err" counter.
        * If Relaxed Ordering was disabled by running the "setpci" command, it would not be functional even after re-enabling it by running the "setpci" command again.
      
      **Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 14.27.4000:**
      
        * The device hung while running the sw reset flow under heavy stress and with many open resources.
        * Low PXE performance observerd while using the VSC to trigger the send_ring_doorbells.
        * IPoIB and DC would not work together.
        * DC funtionality issues.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.4
changelog:
  -     *Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 14.29.1016 and 16.29.1016:**
      
        * Changed the default value of DCQCN's NP parameter min_time_between_cnps to 4 on all devices to support larger scalability of cluster.
        * An issue that caused packets to drop due to header size issues and/or failing checks. This issue was caused due to a Linux issue that caused VFs to set the wrong header size value in wqe_inline_header_mode input.
        * When MKEY_BY_NAME was enabled by NVCONFIG and a large number of VFs are configured, VM restart (VF/PF FLR) might take longer than when MKEY_BY_NAME was disabled.
        * In rare cases, a fatal error related to errors from the PCI transport layer might be reported during FLR.
        * An issue that caused the device to go to dead IRISC as one of the firmware semaphores could not be released when a speed change or port state change was triggered.
      
      **Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 16.29.1016:**
      
        * An issue that caused the eth_wqe_too_small counter to count ODP page faults.
        * A low performance was observed after enabling the RoCE Accelerator capability.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.22
changelog:
  -     The firmware in this product addresses intermittent PCIe enumeration issues
      seen after warm/cold boot.
      
      The firmware in this product addresses a system crash seen when enabling NPAR
      with SRIOV enabled.
      
      The firmware in this product addresses an issue where a "NIC Initialization
      error" message is observed when PXE boot is attempted multiple times.
      
      The firmware in this product addresses an issue where the NCSI pass-through
      does not function when configured for DHCP IP.
      
      The firmware in this product addresses an issue where PXE boot fails in legacy
      boot mode.
      
      Ths firmware in this product addresses an issue where the system PXE boots
      when PXE boot is disabled on the port.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.4.65
changelog:
  -     This product now supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.
      
      This product now supports the following network adapters:
      
        * HPE Synergy 4820C 10/25Gb Converged Network Adapter
        * HPE StoreFabric CN1200R-T Converged Network Adapter
        * HPE StoreFabric CN1300R Converged Network Adapter


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.6.27
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where the WWPN information is missing in an
      adapter's FCoE configuration menu (under 'System Utilities'->'System
      Configuration' menu).  
      This product corrects an issue where server hangs during POST when a network
      adapter is connected to the HPE Synergy 20Gb Interconnect Link Module.  
      This product corrects an issue where the initiator does not stay logged into
      the target in an FCoE connection.  
      This product corrects an issue where the link status continues to show as UP
      on the switch side even after a network adapter is disabled in the OS.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.7.16
changelog:
  -     This product now supports the HPE Synergy 6820C 25/50Gb Converged Network
      Adapter.
      
      This product now allows modification of the settings under the 'Port Level
      Configuration' sub-menu under the adapter's configuration menu (located at
      'System Utilities'(F9 at POST)->'System Configuration') when OneView Profile
      with 'manage manually' option is applied to the server.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.7.16
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where the firmware update fails when the first
      port is disabled on the network adapter.
      
      This product corrects an issue where not all devices are discovered as part of
      firmware update on a multi-root-complex platforms like Integrity, Superdome
      etc.
      
      This product corrects an issue where the system hangs during POST with red
      screen when iSCSI boot LUN is re-exported (after a previous unexport
      operation) from the iSCSI host (HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage).
      
      This product corrects an issue where 'HPE Synergy 4820C 10/20/25Gb Converged
      Network Adapter' disappears after changing its link speed under its
      configuration menu (located at 'System Utilities'(F9 at POST)->'System
      Configuration').
      
      This product corrects an issue where the configuration settings of the
      adapter, connected to a server managed by OneView profile, may be reset to
      defaults after a system reboot.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.8.12
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where 2nd port reports "function type:
      disabled" with HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 524SFP+ Adapter.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.9.8
changelog:
  -      This product corrects the abnormal disconnection of iLO web page while performing under Shared Networking on Flexible-LOM.
        * This product addresses an issue where the HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port 622FLR-SFP28 adapter and  HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port 621SFP28 Adapter UMCE (Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception) was followed by Unrecoverable I/O error, Uncorrectable PCI express error on Server and one of the ports suddenly no longer can send or receive traffic.
        * This product addresses an issue where driver doesn't load upon booting up by correct memory relocation.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.1.29
changelog:
  -     This product now supports the following network adapters:
      
        * HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 521T Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 522FLR-T Converged Network Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port 621SFP28 Adapter
        * HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port 622FLR-SFP28 Converged Network Adapter
        * HPE Synergy 6810C 25/50Gb Ethernet Adapter


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.2.14
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the Wake-On-Lan setting on the second
      port isn't correctly enabled when the network adapter's configuration settings
      are restored to default in the 'System Utilities' (F9 on POST) under the
      'System Configuration' menu.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.11.0
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the modification on string format of
      firmware update payload.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.3.12
changelog:
  -      This product addresses an issue where the inlet temperature is incorrectly reported.
        * This product addresses an issue where the Wake-On-LAN setting is not properly set on the second port after the defaults are restored.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.4.24
changelog:
  -      This product corrects an issue where booting to Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) may not work after applying the OneView server profile when the System ROM is set to 'Legacy BIOS Mode'.
        * This product addresses an issue where the FCoE boot parameters cannot be configured in the adapter's configuration menu (under 'System Utilities'->'System Configuration' menu) when OneView profile with connections set to 'manually managed' is applied to the system.
        * This product corrects an issue where certain settings/changes (CHAP, boot mode etc) in the OneView server profile are not reflected in the adapters' configuration menu (under 'System Utilities'->'System Configuration' menu) after applying the OneView server profile.
        * This product corrects an issue where the virtual World Wide Port Name(WWPN)/World Wide Node Name(WWNN) are not programmed properly when applying the OneView server profile.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.15.19
changelog:
  -     This firmware provides a new option in the NIC ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU)
      menu (HP's UEFI System Utilities - F9 at POST) to allow enabling and disabling
      of HP shared memory features.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.16.20
changelog:
  -     This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 7.
      
      This product now supports SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 SP4.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.16.21
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the Smartlink function does not work
      properly when System ROM's 'Boot Mode' is in 'Legacy BIOS Mode'.
      
      This product addresses the following issues seen with 'HP FlexFabric 20Gb
      2-port 630FLB Adapter':
      
         Fixes an issue where the Boot from SAN in Legacy mode fails (hang observed
      during OS boot) because the FCoE ROM doesn't correctly honor the link status
      set by the Virtual Connect Manager.
      
         Fixes an issue where UEFI FCoE boot path sends false notification to MFW
      (Management Firmware) about the virtual function link change which eventually
      results in a deadlock with virtual link down.
      
         Fixes an issue where the fallback Boot from SAN fails even though each
      port is mapped to different Virtual Connect Bays and only one of the bays is
      powered off.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.17.16
changelog:
  -     This product now supports the HPE StoreFabric CN1100R-T Converged Network
      Adapter.
      
      This product now provides the capability of converting an 'HP FlexFabric 10Gb
      2-port 533FLR-T Adapter' into a Converged Network Adapter.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.17.16
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where Boot from SAN in Legacy mode fails (hang
      observed during OS boot) because the FCoE ROM doesn't correctly honor the link
      status set by the Virtual Connect Manager.
      
      This product corrects an issue where UEFI FCoE boot path sends incorrect
      notification to Management Firmware (MFW) about a virtual function link
      change, which eventually results in a deadlock with virtual link down.
      
      This product corrects an issue where the fallback Boot from SAN fails even
      though each port is mapped to a different Virtual Connect Bay and only one of
      the bays is powered off.
      
      This product corrects an issue where the Smartlink function does not work
      properly in FCoE SAN boot environment when server 'Boot Mode' is 'Legacy BIOS
      Mode.'
      
      This product corrects an issue where the FCoE UEFI driver is unable to find
      LUNs when multiple FCoE VLANs are enabled.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.18.1
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the iSCSI and FCoE configuration menus
      are displayed after NPAR is enabled.
      
      This product addresses an issue where expected network devices don't appear in
      the Legacy BIOS Boot Order menu.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.18.44
changelog:
  -     This product now supports the following network adapters:
      
        * HPE Synergy 3820C 10/20Gb Converged Network Adapter
        * HPE Synergy 10Gb 2-port 2820C Converged Network Adapter


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.19.22
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the system boots to an FCoE target when
      the FCoE ports are marked as "Not Bootable" in the OneView profile.
      
      This product addresses an issue booting to an iSCSI target fails when the
      target is configured with a sixteen character long mutual Challenge Handshake
      Authentication Protocol (CHAP) secret.
      
      This product addresses an issue where a network adapter's configuration
      settings are not reset to defaults when the adapter is moved to a different
      slot and the system is booted in 'Legacy BIOS Mode'.
      
      This product addresses an issue where the system's power-on self-test (POST)
      duration is extended when a single interconnect module (ICM) is installed in
      the enclosure and used to configure the logical interconnect group (LIG).
      
      This product addresses an issue where the configuration settings of the HPE
      Synergy 3820C 10/20Gb Converged Network Adapter revert to the default values
      after a system restart.
      
      This product addresses an issue where booting to an iSCSI target fails
      intermittently across multiple platform reboots.
      
      This product addresses an issue where OneView displays the downlink port state
      as "Linked" for a network adapter that is disabled in the OS.
      
      This product addresses an issue where a firmware update fails with a
      "segfault" error.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20.4
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where a network adapter cannot be re-added to
      a NIC bond after being removed from the bond.
      
      This product addresses an issue where adapters are not reporting the correct
      temperature in the Integrated Lights Out (iLO) webpage.
      
      This product addresses an issue where the value set for Maximum Transmission
      Unit (MTU) setting wasn't preserved and instead gets reverted back to default
      value on system reboot.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.20.5
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the users see the error message "Server
      profile settings conflict with the server hardware configuration" in OneView
      when applying the Server Profile to a server with VMware (ESXi 6.x).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.21.15
changelog:
  -      This product corrects an issue where the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) setting value reverts to the default value after a system reboot.
        * This product corrects an issue where an adapter's configuration menu doesn't correctly prompt for reboot after changes are made that require a reboot.
        * This product corrects a high latency issue seen during high ping activity.
        * This product corrects an issue where OneView displays the error message "Server profile settings conflict with the server hardware configuration" when applying the server profile to a server running VMware ESXi 6.x.
        * This product corrects an issue where the iSCSI settings configured in the OneView Profile are not correctly applied to the adapter.
        * This product corrects an issue where an error message is seen when entering the 'MBA Configuration Menu' under the adapter's settings (under the 'System Utilities->System Configuration' menu) and attempting to restore the defaults. 
        * This product corrects an issue where the iSCSI multipath does not work correctly in 'Legacy BIOS Mode'.
        * This product corrects an issue where the virtual World Wide Port Name(WWPN)/World Wide Node Name(WWNN) are not programmed properly when applying the OneView Server Profile.
        * This product addresses an issue where the user sees the error message "Unable to find a FibreChannel boot source for server" in OneView when applying the Server Profile with Fibre Channel network paths configured.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.21.15
changelog:
  -      The default 'Boot Retry Count' has been increased from 'No Retry' to '6.'
        * Configuration settings are now localized.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.22.15
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where users may see an error message when they
      attempt to restore the adapter's configuration settings to defaults by
      pressing F7 under the 'System Utilities->System Configuration' menu.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.24.15
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where a server does not boot via a network
      adapter in Legacy BIOS Mode.  
      This product corrects an issue where a server, across repeated reboots, is
      unable to boot into iSCSI LUN.  
      This product corrects an issue where a firmware update performed in UEFI fails
      when multiple adapters are connected to the system.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.24.16
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the network adapter doesn't properly
      report increased temperatures, causing potential system shutdown.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.25.10
changelog:
  -     This product corrects an issue where the link status is not updated
      immediately to the switch when network adapter interface is brought down in
      the Operating System.
      
      This product corrects an issue where not all devices are discovered as part of
      firmware update on a multi-root-complex platforms like Integrity, Superdome,
      etc.
      
      This product corrects an issue where the system hangs with red screen when
      attempting to update the firmware via 'Firmware Update' feature under the
      'System Utilities > Embedded Applications' menu.
      
      This product corrects an issue where a firmware update fails.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.26.7
changelog:
  -     This product now remove supports Synergy and Blade Server.
      
      This product now supports the following operatings systems:
      
        * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 7
        * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Update 0
        * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.26.7
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an incorrect local sequence number in the Link Layer
      Discovery Protocol (LLDP).
      
      This product addresses an issue where boot mode is not restored to the default
      value after a factory reset.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.26.30
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an Overheat issue that system shuts down automatically
      due to NIC temperature exceeding threshold.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.27.8
changelog:
  -      This product corrects the display problem of the adapter name under RBSU.
        * This products corrects some issues about the thermal reporting and temperature threadshold control of the adapter.
        * This product addresses an issue where unexpected UMCE(Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception) appeared when powering on the system with NPAR(Network Partitioning) enabled.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.27.50
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the Firmware installation failure when
      enabling secure boot under SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.28.50
changelog:
  -      **This product addressed the firmware update failure problem which may cause NIC FW corruption.**
        * **This product addressed the firmware update failure problem while the platform secure boot being enabled.**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an incorrect local sequence number in the Link Layer
      Discovery Protocol (LLDP).
      
      This product addresses an issue where boot mode is not restored to the default
      value after a factory reset.
      
      This product addresses an issue where the F1 help messages "Number of VFs per
      PF" and "Legacy Boot Protocol" option display incorrectly in Japanese and
      Simplified Chinese languages.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.2.3
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where powering on the system with any I/O
      virtualization functionality (NPAR, SR-IOV, etc) enabled results in an
      Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception (UMCE).  
      This product addresses an issue where the WOL option is displayed on the Human
      Interface Infrastructure (HII) menu for 534M and 630M mezzanine devices, even
      though WOL is not supported on those devices.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.2.3
changelog:
  -     This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Updates 8 and 9.  
      This product now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Updates 2 and 3.  
      This product now supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5.  
      This product now supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.5.2
changelog:
  -     This product addresses an issue where the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
      value of iSCSI function port is displayed as 0 bytes in AHS log.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 8.4-2.1
changelog:
  -      Updated to support Service Pack for ProLiant version 2017.07.0
      
                **Note:** If version 8.4 was previously installed, then it is not necessary to upgrade to version 8.4 (B).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 8.4-3.1
changelog:
  -      Updated to support Service Pack for ProLiant version 2017.07.0
      
                **Note:** If version 8.4 was previously installed, then it is not necessary to upgrade to version 8.4 (C).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.20
changelog:
  -     Note: After running this component to update the NVMe Backplane PIC firmware,
      a server reboot is required for iLO to display the new NVMe Backplane PIC
      firmware version on iLO's Firmware Information page


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.20
changelog:
  -     Added support for the following Gen10 servers:
      
        * HPE ProLiant XL190r Gen10 Server
        * HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen10 Server
        * HPE ProLiant DL180 Gen10 Server
        * HPE ProLiant DL160 Gen10 Server
        * HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen10 Server
        * HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen10 Server
        * HPE ProLiant XL450 Gen10 Server
        * HPE ProLiant DL120 Gen10 Server


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.20-4.1
changelog:
  -     The following support was added in version 1.20(C). No new features were added
      in version 1.20(D).
      
        * Added support for the HPE ProLiant XL270d Gen10 Server


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.20-4.1
changelog:
  -     Firmware Package version 1.20(D) addressed the following issue:
      
        * When using OneView, attempts to upgrade firmware from version 1.18 to 1.20 failed.
      
      Note: If the target device was previously updated to firmware version 1.20, it
      is not necessary to apply firmware update 1.20(D).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.40
changelog:
  -     Update to this firmware version if any documented fixes or enhanced
      functionality provided by this version would be useful to your system.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.40
changelog:
  -      **General**
        *     * Cipher suites are now configured and displayed using their RFC 5246 standardized names. 
        * **EFM**
          * The maximum valid length of the Firmware Management ISO URL has been increased to 511 characters. o   **FIPS** This version of the OA addresses FIPS 140-2 certification requirements and is in the In Process list located at <http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140InProcess.pdf>. Added support for FIPS 186-4 approved RSA key generation used in SSL/SSH keys and certificates    Added support for the cipher TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 Upgrading to this version of OA will replace old DSA keys with 2048-bit RSA keys to meet FIPS 140-2 requirements 
          * Replaced the MD5 password hashing algorithm with the stronger SHA256 algorithm when the Onboard Administrator is operating in FIPS Mode ON or DEBUG.  As a result of this change, OA 4.40 supports a maximum of 21 local users in FIPS Mode ON or DEBUG.  
          * Prevention of 1024-bit SSH/SSL key generation.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.40
changelog:
  -     *General**
      
        * Devices with MAC addresses ending with "81:00" (such as f8:66:f2:6d:81:00) were unable to communicate with the OA. Some examples of the observed symptoms were:
      Attempts to ping the OA from the device fail The OA cannot use such a device
      as a gateway The OA GUI and CLI cannot be used from this device
      
        * The OA HTTP service would become unresponsive and communication to the OA would be lost after removing a local user account that had OA administrator level privileges.This problem only occurred when the removed user account had previously been used to configure network services on the OA module.    o   When running OA firmware 4.0x, 4.1x, or 4.2x, the OA could erroneously report fans and/or power supplies as missing or failed even though they were not physically removed or failed.  When this issue occurred, after a few seconds the affected fans and/or power supplies would reappear as normal. There are no known functional impacts associated with this issue other than associated brief status reporting anamolies.  o   When the CLI CONNECT SERVER command is issued to connect to the server as an LDAP user, the text console session opens successfully but the "wget: not an http,https or ftp url: http:/<IP Address> /xmldata?item=cpqkey" message is displayed.  o   In rare cases, the following message was logged in the Standby OA syslog during a redundancy role transition initiated by the CLI FORCE TAKEOVER command: "CERTS: Failed to open flash"
      This had no functional impact; the entry could be ignored.  
      **Documentation**
      
        * In the September 2014 (Edition 23) HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator CLI User Guide for OA 4.30, within the description of the SET HTTP REQUESTREADTIMEOUT command, a command showing recommended values had the BODY MINRATE value as 50 instead of the correct value 500. The command with the correct recommended values is as follows: SET HTTP REQUESTREADTIMEOUT HEADER 3-8 MINRATE 500 BODY 5-10 MINRATE 500
      This error was corrected in the October 2014 (Edition 24) document.  
        **EFM**
      
        * In rare cases, the Active OA module would reboot expectedly during the update of the OA firmware on redundant OA modules.  When this issue occurred, the Active OA module would reboot during the transfer of the OA firmware image to the Standby OA module.  The OA firmware update would fail to complete successfully; a segmentation fault (SEGV) error would be logged in the Active OA system log.  This issue did not cause any firmware or data corruption, and the OA firmware update could be successful if retried following the occurrence of this issue. Note that this issue could only be encountered when updating OA modules running OA 4.30 firmware.  o   Attempts to update the firmware failed on an HP ProLiant Gen9 server blade configured in UEFI Boot Mode or UEFI Optimized Boot Mode. When this failure occurred, the firmware log for the blade server would indicate an error similar to the following for each update attempt, including the two automatic retries that occur on failure: Jul 15 09:34:19 Unable to detect ISOLINUX booting. A final status report similar to the following would also be issued:
      Jul 15 10:30:33 Firmware Management is incomplete on blade <bay number>.
      
        * When using an HP Firmware Management ISO image based on a URL that includes the HTTP port (for example, <http://10.226.36.35:8080/bp-151ilo-2014-08-26-1.iso>),  EFM failed to mount the image. The following error message would be displayed: Unable to mount ISO or validate version information. The URL or ISO is invalid.   CLI commands affected include those that depend on the URL specification via the SET FIRMWARE MANAGEMENT URL command (such as the UPDATE FIRMWARE SERVER command and the UPDATE IMAGE FW_ISO command).** ** o   The EFM firmware log would indicate "Firmware Management successfully completed on blade x" even if the iLO firmware update failed to complete successfully. 
       **IPv6**
      
        * Configuration scripts could not be applied to another OA properly when attempting to configure new EBIPA DNS IPv4/IPv6 addresses or IPv6 routes. Attempts to change the configurations could only add new addresses to those of the previous configuration. It was not possible to replace the existing addresses with the new ones. The following CLI commands now include the ALL keyword to allow clearing of all unwanted addresses or routes:
        * REMOVE EBIPA SERVER DNS ALL
        * REMOVE EBIPAV6 SERVER DNS ALL
        * REMOVE OA ROUTE IPV6 <ACTIVE|STANDBY> ALL
      A configuration script can now use these commands to clear the previous
      (unwanted) EBIPA DNS IP addresses and IPv6 static routes, and then add the new
      ones.  
        **KVM**
      
        * Pressing **Enter** four times consecutively on a keyboard attached to the c7000 Enclosure integrated KVM module would cause the highlighted blade server on the KVM screen to power off or on, depending on its current power state. This issue has been fixed by interchanging the **Ok**/**Confirm** and **Cancel** buttons on the **Confirm: Change Server Power** and **Change Server Power** screens so that the **Cancel** button is highlighted by default instead of the **OK** or **Confirm** button. The default focus is set on the **Cancel** button.
        **Security**
      
        * The following security vulnerabilities were fixed:   
        * CVE-2014-3511: A vulnerability could be exploited by launching man-in-the-middle attacks to force the use of TSL 1.0 instead of the intended later version of TLS. This is documented in HP Security Bulletin HPSBMU03104 ([https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04427546).](https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04427546\).# \(QXCR1001370888\))
        * CVE-2007-2242: A vulnerability could be exploited by launching denial-of-service attacks via crafted IPv6 type 0 router headers between two routers, resulting in network congestion. This is documented in HP Security Bulletin HPSBMU03104 (<https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04427546>).
        * CVE-2014-3567: A vulnerability can be exploited to cause a DOS denial-of-service (memory consumption) attack via crafted session tickets that triggers an integrity check-failure.
        * CVE-2014-3513: A vulnerability can be exploited to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted handshake message.
        * CVE-2014-3513: SRTP Memory Leak - a memory leak in d1_srtp.c in the DTLS SRTP extension in OpenSSL 1.0.1 (before 1.0.1j) allows remote attackers to cause denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted handshake message.
        * This release of the OA resolves this security vulnerability by compiling OpenSSl with OPENSSL_NO_SRTP (the OA does not use DTLS and SRTP). 
        * CVE-2014-0139: A vulnerability affecting SSL/TLS transactions that might allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certificate Authority.
        * [CVE-2014-0015](http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-0015): A vulnerability when more than one authentication method is enabled and NTLM connections are reused, which might allow context-dependent attackers to authenticate as other users via a request.
        * CVE-2014-0138: A vulnerability affecting certain LDAP connections that might allow context-dependent attackers to connect as other users via a request (similar to issue CVE-2014-0015).
        * [CVE-2014-2522](http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-2522): A vulnerability when running on Windows and using an SChannel/Winssl TLS backend. When accessing a URL that uses a numerical IP address, curl does not verify that the server host name matches a domain name in the subject's CN or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via an arbitrary valid certificate. 
        * In addition, OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.0.1h to address multiple CVE fixes.
        
       **SSH/SSL keys**
      
        * With OA firmware later than 4.0x, attempts to add an SSH key using the OA CLI ADD SSH KEY command might fail. Intermittently, after issuing the command, the user received an error message ("The submitted file is not a valid SSH key."), in which case the command failed. 
        
      **SNMP** 
      
        * SNMP alerts (or traps) sent from the OA to an IPv6 SNMP alert destination are sent incorrectly to destination port 161 instead of port 162 (per RFC 1157) when no destination port is explicitly specified as part of an IPv6 SNMP alert destination configuration. 
          *  The OA HTTP service would become unresponsive and communication to the OA would be lost after removing a local user account with OA administrator level privileges.  This issue in only occurred when the removed user account had previously been used to configure network services on the OA module.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.50
changelog:
  -     Onboard Administrator 4.50 provides support for the following enhancements:
      
        * **Hardware Additions**
          * Added support for HP 2650W PSU -US PLATINUM DC c7000 power supplies.
      
       Features Additions and Changes
      
        * **General**
          * Introduced a standardized code signing and validation mechanism to enhance the firmware image authenticity.
          * Enhanced the OA CLI SET FACTORY command to set the Administrator password to the factory default "toe tag" password. This helps customers reset the module to the factory defaults including the password.
      
       New CLI command: SET FACTORY [RESTORE_FACTORY_PASSWORD]
      
        * Enhanced the OA firmware to notify users when the network connectivity of the Standby OA is lost. This helps users restore the Standby OA's connectivity to maintain redundancy.
        * Added an option to allow selection of UEFI Target as a One Time Boot option for UEFI enabled blade servers. Now USB, UEFI_SHELL and UEFI_TARGET options have been added as One Time Boot options. The option has been added in both GUI and CLI.
        * The OA bay number is now indicated in the Enclosure TCP/IP Settings page so users can know which bay currently hosts the Active and Standby OA module. The bay number labels would be shifted based on the Active-Standby role transition
        * Added diagnostics for Enclosure management network flooding situations. Now, in the enclosure management network flooding situations, OA will report the top 5 IP addresses in the network that are contributing to the network flood. This will help the customers to identify the source of the flood and take appropriate action.
        * **Remote Support**
          * As an enhancement, SNMP traps for Insight Remote Support service event transmission failures have been added to enable users to monitor this specific trap to identify any service event transmission failures.
          * Added Insight Remote Support service event for indicating low OA RTC battery condition.The service event will give information on the OA module in which the battery is low or failed and the spare part for the replacement battery.
        * **EFM**
          * Added a feature to prevent the flashing of OA firmware while the EFM process is in progress, thereby preventing the devices from getting into an indeterminate state.
          * Enhancements in the EFM feature have been made to handle issues seen in servers that take a longer duration to boot up.
          * Added a syslog notification when the EFM ISO is changed as to indicate the change to users.


