# changelog

author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 15.10.07.00
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed in version 15.10.07.00:**
      
        * Resolves POST error 'MPT BIOS Fault 13h'. If this error occurs, the system will not boot from any boot device attached to an HP H2xx Host Bus Adapter (HBA) and will be unable to access data on drives attached to the HP H2xx HBA. The fault is triggered if the link between the HP H2xx HBA and the drives goes down during link tuning process. Updated firmware will no longer trigger this fault and the link is now allowed to re-establish itself. This issue is seen only with Solid State Drives (SSD).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 15.10.07.00-2.1
changelog:
  -      Customers who already installed firmware version 15.10.07.00 do not need to update to 15.10.07.00 (B).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 15.10.09.00
changelog:
  -     Firmware Version 15.10.09.00
      
        * Resolves a performance issue that was caused by a 90 msec timeout on all read/write operations when no Smart Carrier was present. This firmware reduces the read/write timeout to 2 msec.
      
        * Resolves a lockup issue during boot up on the HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8 Server when configured with the HP Host Bus Adapter H220 connected to SATA SSD or HDD drives.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 15.10.09.00-2.1
changelog:
  -     Firmware Version 15.10.09.00 (B)
      
        * Improved integration with HP Smart Update Manager
      
      Firmware Version 15.10.09.00
      
        * Resolves a performance issue that was caused by a 90 msec timeout on all read/write operations when no Smart Carrier was present. This firmware reduces the read/write timeout to 2 msec.
      
        * Resolves a lockup issue during boot up on the HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8 Server when configured with the HP Host Bus Adapter H220 connected to SATA SSD or HDD drives.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 15.10.10.00
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed in version 15.10.10.00:**
      
        * HPE ProLiant BL420c Gen8 server configured with HPE Dynamic Smart Array B320i RAID controllers, failed to boot and the system stopped responding during Power-On Self-Test (POST). In some instances, the message, "1783 Driver Array Controller Failure" was displayed. Please refer to HPE Customer Advisory [c05317927](http://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c05317927) for details.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 15.10.10.00-2.1
changelog:
  -     Fixes an issue where the appropriate FW version for the Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
      Stockade (H2xx) driver will not install when using the Service Pack ProLiant
      (SPP)


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 5.04-3.1
changelog:
  -     *The following enhancement has been added in this version:**
      
        * Added support of Rhel 7.8 
      
        * Added support of Rhel 8.2 
      
        * Added support of SLES15 SP2


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 5.04-3.1
changelog:
  -     *The following fixes were incorporated in this version:**
      
        * The Enabled-ClusterS2D command now completes successfully when executed on a SATA drive within a D3610 disk enclosure for a NonStop solution.
      
        * The smart carrier, which is the drive case for SAS drives, now authenticates in the D3610/D3710 drive enclosure.
      
        * Added new 7-segment error codes E0 and E1 to report issues with Fan modules A and B, respectively. These new codes only apply to the D3610/D3710 and only display when running firmware 5.04.
      
        * If the storage enclosure processor within the I/O module fails, a hard reset (power down and then power up) is executed to ensure the processor comes back online.
      
      Please refer to the _[Release
      Notes_](https://downloads.hpe.com/pub/softlib2/software1/pubsw-
      linux/p652416360/v202887/20_D3000_Gen9RN504C_ED1.html) for the complete
      listing of fixes, enhancements, known issues and work-arounds corresponding to
      this firmware.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.74-10.1
changelog:
  -     *The following fixes were incorporated in this version:**
      
        * Temperature sensors logic inside gSEP model and SES database
        * When an IOM is pulled the surviving IOM reports false critical temperatures
      
      Please refer to the _[Release
      Notes_](https://downloads.hpe.com/pub/softlib2/software1/pubsw-
      linux/p155944634/v202900/20-D6020-Gen9RN274J-ED1.html) for the complete
      listing of fixes, enhancements, known issues and work-arounds corresponding to
      this firmware.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.8
changelog:
  -     *Fixes submitted in version 12.27.1016:**
      
        * ZTR counters query was always set to return 0.
        * The adapter card was prevented from going into the bypass mode when the BMC disabled the hardware arbitration.
        * Performance degradation and a high packet drop occurred when SRIOV was enabled and packets went through the FDB default behaviour.
        * Due to the string DB not being updated after Live-Patch, the tracer could not function after Live-Patch.
        * Fixed a rare issue that caused other active functions to receive a malformed CQE during driver (PF or VF) unload or FLR flows.
        * Firmware error was observed when 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 submitted in version 16.27.1016:**
      
        * Fixed an issue that caused the device to perform DMA into memory already returned to the OS during the transition between the pre-boot driver to the OS driver.
        * Out-of-range issue when reading or writing the q_counters.
        * Fixed an issue that in Multi-Host adapter cards that resulted in wrong handling of PERST on auxiliary links.
        * ZTR counters query was always set to return 0.
        * The adapter card was prevented from going into the bypass mode when the BMC disabled the hardware arbitration.
        * A non-standard tool was required to perform the first LFWP patching when used with the GA firmware version.
        * Updated the OOOSLMask behaviour. Firmware now will apply OOOSLMask even if it is set to zero (OOOSLMask = 0).
        * Redundant page consumption in the init_hca.
        * The sw_reset option was not supported when ATS was enabled.
        * When ESWITCH_IPV4_TTL_MODIFY_ENABLE configuration was enabled in mlxconfig, there was performance degradation in small packet sizes.
        * Due to the string DB not being updated after Live-Patch, the tracer could not function after Live-Patch.
        * Fixed a rare issue that caused other active functions to receive a malformed CQE during driver (PF or VF) unload or FLR flows.
        * The PCI link was not getting established when the firmware was corrupted.
        * FW assert was triggerred and resulted in a wrong deallocation of a resource when Packet Pacing was enabled, and a QP was being destroyed.
        * Firmware error was observed when 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> 1.0.9
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 12.27.4000:**
      
      825110-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 840QSFP28 Adapter)  
      825111-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 2-port 840QSFP28 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:**
      
      879482-B21 (HPE InfiniBand FDR/Ethernet 40/50Gb 2-port 547FLR-QSFP Adapter)  
      872726-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 2-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> 1.0.9
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 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> 1.0.10
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 12.28.1002:**
      
      825110-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 840QSFP28 Adapter)  
      825111-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 2-port 840QSFP28 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:**
      
      879482-B21 (HPE InfiniBand FDR/Ethernet 40/50Gb 2-port 547FLR-QSFP Adapter)  
      872726-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 2-port 841QSFP28 Adapter)  
      
      
      **New Feature and Changes in Version 16.29.1016:**
      
      Added support for the 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 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> 1.0.10
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.
        * An issue 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 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> 1.0.10-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 12.28.1002:**
      
      825110-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 840QSFP28 Adapter)  
      825111-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 2-port 840QSFP28 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 16.31.1200:**
      
      879482-B21 (HPE InfiniBand FDR/Ethernet 40/50Gb 2-port 547FLR-QSFP Adapter)  
      872726-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 2-port 841QSFP28 Adapter)  
      
      
      **New Feature and Changes in Version 16.31.1200:**
      
        * .Added a new NVconfig per Port for a specific Finisar module which 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 come up, switch to Force mode.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.10-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 12.28.1002:**
      
        * An issue that caused the DCR 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.
      
      **No fixes are included in firmware version 16.31.1200.**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.11
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 12.28.2006:**
      
      825110-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 840QSFP28 Adapter)  
      825111-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 2-port 840QSFP28 Adapter)  
      
      
      **New Feature and Changes in Version 12.28.2006:**
      
        * Increased the maximum XRQ number to 512.
      
      
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 16.31.1200:**
      
      879482-B21 (HPE InfiniBand FDR/Ethernet 40/50Gb 2-port 547FLR-QSFP Adapter)  
      872726-B21 (HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 2-port 841QSFP28 Adapter)  
      
      
      **New features and changes included in version 16.31.1200:**
      
        * 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.
        * 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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.11
changelog:
  -     *Following issues have been fixed in firmware version 12.28.2006:**
      
        * An issue that caused the DCR 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 16.31.1200:**
      
        * 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 16.31.1200:**
      
        * 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> 1.0.12
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version 12.28.2006:**
      
        * Fixes an issue that caused the DCR 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 n 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> 1.0.8
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version 2.42.5000:**
      
        * PortRcvPkts counter was prevented from being cleared after resetting it.
        * The system Timed Out on the configuration cycle of the Virtual Functions (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 hangs and results 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.
        * In flow_steering, BMC could not receive a ping over IPV6 after running bmc_reboot.
        * While closing the HCA, the 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 did not 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.
        * Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI) did not 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 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 in version 2.42.5052:**
      
        * Fixed Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception issue. The internal resources for handling packets were not allowed to be flushed when the driver was brought down and occasionally caused Red Screen of Death (RSOD). The fix was applied to the ROM code only and has only external timing influences upon the driver's teardown.


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:**  
          764282-B21  
          764286-B21  
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5044:**  
          764284-B21  
          764285-B21
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5052:**  
          764283-B21
      
      **New features in firmware version 2.42.5000:**
      
        * Added support for the following features. 
          * new TLV: CX3_GLOBAL_CONF to enable/disable timestamp on incoming packets through mlxconfig configuration.
          * User MAC configuration.
          * Automatically collecting mstdump before driver reset.
          * A mechanism to detect DEAD_IRISC (plastic) from TPT (iron) and raise an assert.
          * A new field is added to "set port" command which notifies the firmware what is the user_mtu size.
        * Improved the debug ability for command timeout cases
      
      **Smart Component Fixes:**
      
        * Mellanox Infiniband 544 NIC Interface Shows Incorrectly as PCI Bus:Dev.Funtion in Smart Update Manager(SUM) Report.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5000:**  
          764282-B21  
          764286-B21  
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5052:**  
          764283-B21  
          764284-B21  
          764285-B21
      
      **New features in firmware version 2.42.5000:**
      
        * Added support for the following features. 
          * new TLV: CX3_GLOBAL_CONF to enable/disable timestamp on incoming packets through mlxconfig configuration.
          * User MAC configuration.
          * Automatically collecting mstdump before driver reset.
          * A mechanism to detect DEAD_IRISC (plastic) from TPT (iron) and raise an assert.
          * A new field is added to "set port" command which notifies the firmware what is the user_mtu size.
        * Improved the debug ability for command timeout cases


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version 2.42.5000:**
      
        * PortRcvPkts counter was prevented from being cleared after resetting it.
        * The system Timed Out on the configuration cycle of the Virtual Functions (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 hangs and results 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.
        * In flow_steering, BMC could not receive a ping over IPV6 after running bmc_reboot.
        * While closing the HCA, the 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 did not 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.
        * Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI) did not 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 in version 2.42.5052:**
      
        * Fixed Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception issue. The internal resources for handling packets were not allowed to be flushed when the driver was brought down and occasionally caused Red Screen of Death (RSOD). The fix was applied to the ROM code only and has only external timing influences upon the driver's teardown.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.10
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5000:**  
          764282-B21  
          764286-B21  
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5056:**  
          764283-B21  
          764284-B21  
          764285-B21
      
      **New features in firmware version 2.42.5000:**
      
        * Added support for the following features. 
          * new TLV: CX3_GLOBAL_CONF to enable/disable timestamp on incoming packets through mlxconfig configuration.
          * User MAC configuration.
          * Automatically collecting mstdump before driver reset.
          * A mechanism to detect DEAD_IRISC (plastic) from TPT (iron) and raise an assert.
          * A new field is added to "set port" command which notifies the firmware what is the user_mtu size.
        * Improved the debug ability for command timeout cases.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.10
changelog:
  -     *Fixes in version 2.42.5000:**
      
        * PortRcvPkts counter was prevented from being cleared after resetting it.
        * The system Timed Out on the configuration cycle of the Virtual Functions (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 hangs and results 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.
        * In flow_steering, BMC could not receive a ping over IPV6 after running bmc_reboot.
        * While closing the HCA, the 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 did not 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.
        * Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI) did not 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 in version 2.42.5056:**
      
        * Fixed an issue that resulted in reading from invalid I/O address on handover from UEFI boot to OS boot, when a port was configured as InfiniBand on a VPI adapter device.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.11
changelog:
  -     *Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5000:**  
          764282-B21  
          764286-B21  
      
      **Firmware for the following devices are updated to 2.42.5056:**  
          764283-B21  
          764284-B21
      
      **Firmware for the following device is updated to 2.42.5700:**  
          764285-B21
      
      **New features in firmware version 2.42.5000:**
      
        * Added support for the following features. 
          * new TLV: CX3_GLOBAL_CONF to enable/disable timestamp on incoming packets through mlxconfig configuration.
          * User MAC configuration.
          * Automatically collecting mstdump before driver reset.
          * A mechanism to detect DEAD_IRISC (plastic) from TPT (iron) and raise an assert.
          * A new field is added to "set port" command which notifies the firmware what is the user_mtu size.
        * Improved the debug ability for command timeout cases.
      
      **New features and changes in firmware version 2.42.5700.**
      
        * Modified the mlx_cmd_get_mlx_link_status command return value to return "Link Type = Ethernet" in Ethernet adapter cards.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK3
changelog:
  -      This Firmware release contains various drive interoperability enhancements and code fixes accumulated since the last firmware release, as well as a change to disable MCTP over PCIe VDM function per requested of HPE, and a PHY setting change for improved compatibility with Intel Ice Lake based Gen10+ DL360 platform. 
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Bulletin at the following URL: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-a00115201en_us


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD2-3.1
changelog:
  -      This firmware contains a change to prevent occasional command completion times in the 4-5 second window when command is received just as the drive is transitioning from active to Idle A.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD2-4.1
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> HPG2-4.1
changelog:
  -      Corrects a potential data integrity issue during unaligned write commands, only found in supplier ongoing lab testing.Includes additional fixes to improve error handling and reliability.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3
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> HPD5-3.1
changelog:
  -      This firmware includes a fix for slow performance during sequential write workloads with small queue depth.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG4-5.1
changelog:
  -      Firmware version HPG4 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> HPG3-3.1
changelog:
  -      This firmware has a change that allows the drive to meet the requirements for Azure Stack certification.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD9
changelog:
  -     This firmware:  
      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> HPD2-2.1
changelog:
  -      This firmware contains a fix for a data integrity issue that could occur during a power cycle while the drive is processing write commands.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD2-3.1
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> HPD2-4.1
changelog:
  -      Online firmware flashing of drives attached to aSmart 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 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> HPG3
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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3
changelog:
  -      This update includes a fix that prevents unrecoverable read errors in highly localized write intensive workload, and a new servo code revision that improves performance under specific vibration conditions.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4ICDHPK1
changelog:
  -      This firmware corrects the potential for a drive to become disabled and nonfunctional during certain conditions or workloads.
        * After the drive is upgraded to firmware version HPK1, it cannot be downgraded to firmware version HPK0.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGB-6.1
changelog:
  -      Corrects a potential data integrity issue caused by an in process write retry incorrectly starting at the wrong location.  This issue was only found during supplier ongoing reliability testing.


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 only found during supplier ongoing reliability testing.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD8-2.1
changelog:
  -      The issue affects SSDs with an HPE firmware version prior to HPD8 that results in SSD failure at 32,768 hours of operation (i.e., 3 years, 270 days 8 hours), neither the SSD nor the data can be recovered, after the SSD failure occurs.
        * In addition, SSDs which were put into service at the same time will likely fail nearly simultaneously.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Advisory at the following URL: <https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00092491en_us>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD8-4.1
changelog:
  -      The issue affects SSDs with an HPE firmware version prior to HPD8 that results in SSD failure at 32,768 hours of operation (i.e., 3 years, 270 days 8 hours), neither the SSD nor the data can be recovered, after the SSD failure occurs.
        * In addition, SSDs which were put into service at the same time will likely fail nearly simultaneously.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Advisory at the following URL:<https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00092491en_us>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD1
changelog:
  -      VENDOR IDENTIFICATION field change from "HP" to HPE". Support for second source PMIC from IDT.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK3
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * HPK3 firmware resolved an issue that caused the disk activity ring, which is located on NVME SSD drive carrier, to constantly spin regardless of drive activity status.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK4
changelog:
  -      Fixes a potential latency issue caused by an incorrect pre-fetch algorithm. 
        * Resolves an issue with a possible bus hang during a system reboot.
        * Once HPK4 is downloaded, the drive firmware cannot be changed back to an earlier firmware version (eg, HPK3 or HPK2) due to security changes.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK4-2.1
changelog:
  -      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> HPK2-2.1
changelog:
  -      Update MCTP base spec version from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0
      
        * Change firmware to save the telemetry log buffer to smaller pages.
      
        * When reset happens, add to clear ready bit and other bits in health data according to MI 1.0a spec.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK3
changelog:
  -      Improve overhead in handling of first packet to limit the incidence of NACKs due to lost byte from second packet.
        * Maintain Class Code value in a buffer area when link is down. Copy maintained Class Code from buffer to PCIe Config Space on link-up.
        * Change 'Percent Endurance Used' value reported in a Workload Log Page ( D6h ) to report actual endurance value.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK5
changelog:
  -      Optimized T-offset setting.
        * Change MQES setting to 8192.
        * Fixed LED Behavior misaligned specs issue.
        * Fixed performance drop issue when 4+ SSD are installed.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK5-3.1
changelog:
  -      Optimized T-offset setting.
        * Change MQES setting to 8192.
        * Fixed LED Behavior misaligned specs issue.
        * Fixed performance drop issue when 4+ SSD are installed.
        * The Idle Power Management fix to keep the drive from entering and exiting the Lower Power Idle mode too frequently.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Advisory at the following URL: https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00112800en_us


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD1
changelog:
  -      This firmware fixes an issue where the drive can become inaccessible after an emergency power off, and corrects a potential verification issue during read recovery.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD1-2.1
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> HPD1-4.1
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> HPDB-3.1
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 includes emergency power off improvements.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD5
changelog:
  -      A low-probability, high severity corner case of sustained outer-diameter activity with emergency power off when heads are at the outer diameter prevented heads from parking/latching properly on a few drives in the field.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD1
changelog:
  -      Fixed a rare occurrence of meta data not being saved during a sudden power loss.
        * Fixed an issue where a performance drop was occurring during a write same operation.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD8
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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD5-4.1
changelog:
  -      Fixes a data integrity risk where a recoverable error can prevent a write command from completing properly.
        * Fixes a data integrity risk due to incorrect re-ordering of commands, when overlapped commands occur. 
        * Fixes a data integrity risk during very large blocks of sequential commands with a data transfer between 1020MB and 1024MB.
        * Fixes a data integrity risk during a sequential read and write workload when a recovered error is encountered, which could cause incomplete data to be read.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG4-4.1
changelog:
  -      This firmware improves potential timeouts that could occur during the write error recovery process, for drives that have head contaminant build up.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD3
changelog:
  -      Increased Queue Size from 32 to 128 to be equal to the max number of chips.
        * Refresh NM SRAM area periodically only when idle as a possible work around on NM SRAM parity error.
        * Change the error response as 0x3 (SP_Busy) or 0x07 ( NO_SESSION_AVAILABLE) when host attempts to open another session while a session is already opened.
        * Disable verify compare if APP_CHK=0


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> GPK3
changelog:
  -     This Firmware release address below fixes and additional features:
      
        * FW Transfer Fix
        * Drive Failure Fix
        * Power Loss Protection
        * FW Download Fix
        * Reset Fix
        * Shutdown fix
        * PCIe Improvement
        * Random Write Improvement


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD5-4.1
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> HPD7
changelog:
  -      This firmware version updates the Vendor ID in the standard inquiry to 'HPE', in previous versions it was 'HP.'


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3-8.1
changelog:
  -      Firmware fixes intermittent data corruption issue associated with unaligned sequential write operations.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG6-6.1
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> HPG2-4.1
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> HPD2
changelog:
  -      Fix command timeout and uncorrectable error improvement.
        * Added features for SAS4 auto power swtiching and thermal requirement.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD7
changelog:
  -      The issue affects SSDs with an HPE firmware version prior to HPD7 that results in SSD failure at 40,000 hours of operation (i.e., 4 years, 205 days 16 hours), neither the SSD nor the data can be recovered, after the SSD failure occurs.
        * In addition, SSDs which were put into service at the same time will likely fail nearly simultaneously.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Advisory at the following URL: <https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00097382en_us>.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD7-3.1
changelog:
  -      The issue affects SSDs with an HPE firmware version prior to HPD7 that results in SSD failure at 40,000 hours of operation (i.e., 4 years, 205 days 16 hours), neither the SSD nor the data can be recovered, after the SSD failure occurs.
        * In addition, SSDs which were put into service at the same time will likely fail nearly simultaneously.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Advisory at the following URL:<https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00097382en_us>.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD6
changelog:
  -      This firmware fixes an issue that, under extremely rare conditions, can cause a data miscompare. It eliminates causes of some potential timeouts and hangs. It also addresses some temporary performance degradation conditions.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD8-2.1
changelog:
  -      This firmware release provides additional protection against command timeouts.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Bulletin at the following URL: <https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00117258en_us>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD8
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.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK2
changelog:
  -      Drive asserts under numerous PCIe link down events without PERST# condition.
        * Improvement to Background Media Scan if the required host idle time never occurs.
        * Check PE6031 VPD content and make appropriate correction if needed.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK2-4.1
changelog:
  -      Drive asserts under numerous PCIe link down events without PERST# condition.
        * Improvement to Background Media Scan if the required host idle time never occurs.
        * Check PE6031 VPD content and make appropriate correction if needed


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK3-2.1
changelog:
  -      This FW change resolves a MCTP VDM compliance issue seen by iLO version 2.30.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Advisory at the following URL: https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00111061en_us


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD6-6.1
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 includes emergency power off improvements.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> EPK75H3Q
changelog:
  -      Fixed False UECC issue at idle power mode.
        * Old FW download Blocking (EPK70H3Q~EPK74H3Q).
        * 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> HPG6-2.1
changelog:
  -      This firmware includes a fix that changes the response to "SMART READ LOG" command from 04/80/80 to 05/26/00, which prevents the drive from incorrectly reporting an error.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG1
changelog:
  -      Adds support for the HPE Security Log Page BBh, and improves drive reliability and responsiveness by including the latest firmware maintenance updates.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD5-4.1
changelog:
  -      This code corrects a potential data integrity issue related to unaligned write commands.This issue was only found in supplier ongoing lab testing.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG6-6.1
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> HPG6-7.1
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> HPD3-3.1
changelog:
  -      Added support for SLES15.
        * Firmware version HPD3 supports NDU (non-disruptive update) firmware updates.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG1-2.1
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> 85031G00
changelog:
  -      This is a maintenance release that contains various drive reliability enhancements and code fixes accumulated since the last initial release, as well as a change to disable MCTP over PCIe VDM function to satisfy certain HPE platform environments.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 85032G00
changelog:
  -      Implements FW-based VPD.
        * ARP setting is changed from "Capable & Discoverable" to "Fixed & Discoverable".
        * A minor tweak to the Foreground Media Scan (FMS) algorithm to ensure critical variables are initialized properly.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD3
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> HPD4
changelog:
  -     This firmware fixes a potential reliability condition, a rare data integrity
      issue and the cause of a potential hang.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD6-4.1
changelog:
  -      Fixes a data integrity risk where stale data is mistakenly used from cache.
        * Fixes a data integrity risk where stale data is returned on an unaligned overlapped write-read operation.
        * Fixes a data integrity risk during a sequential read and write workload when a recovered error is encountered, which could cause incomplete data to be read.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD3
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.**


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD3
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed:**
      
        * Fixed an issue where wear usage was not being reported correctly in the SmartSSD Wear Gauge Utility


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD4
changelog:
  -      If Power On Hours exceeds 70,000hrs, PM2R will report Hardware error (04/4C/A8) after the next Power Cycle and will not accept read/write commands. This fix will update storage location reporting when the maximum number of registrations in the Work Load Log read process reaches 70,000; the last registered 70,000th storage location will be modified to be read as the next (70,001st) storage location.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Advisory at the following URL: https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00111296en_us


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD1-4.1
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> HPD4
changelog:
  -      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> HPG1
changelog:
  -      Fixed a PSuite FwCheck L5005 error at the time of Support Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) execution.
        * Fixed a L4500 error at the time of device WWN update.
        * Fixed a write CMD timeout at the time of SPL happens during sanitize.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG2
changelog:
  -     This FW release deploys an Enhanced Media Scan algorithm that addresses an
      issue when the host system does not provide enough idle time for drive's
      Foreground Media Scan to be activated, which is needed to ensure long term
      drive reliability. It also addresses few minor issues.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK1
changelog:
  -      Firmware corrects an issue where the drive will be in a failed state after an unexpected power loss. When this occurs the drive will not recover after subsequent power cycles and will not be accessible by the system configuration and Host applications.
        * Refer Customer Bulletin for workarounds <https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00042733en_us>


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK1-2.1
changelog:
  -      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> HPK1-2.1
changelog:
  -      Firmware corrects an issue where the drive will be in a failed state after an unexpected power loss. When this occurs the drive will not recover after subsequent power cycles and will not be accessible by the system configuration and Host applications.


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> HPG1
changelog:
  -      The updates were included in a regularly scheduled 5300 maintenance release. This firmware has a security version upgrade to include TCGe SKUs and prevent a downloading of a back level firmware version of HPG0 after upgrading to HPG1.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPGE
changelog:
  -      Fix to issue in bootloader download during power loss. 
        * Improvements to error exception.
        * Improvements to Secure lock fix during multi-thread read tests with high freq. power cycling.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4ICRHPK3
changelog:
  -      Fixed issues described in Customer Bulletin at the following URL: https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00111900en_us.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4ICRHPK3-2.1
changelog:
  -      The issue affects SSDs with an HPE firmware version prior to 4ICRHPK3 that may result in SSD failure starting at 4,700 hours of operation, neither the SSD nor the data can be recovered, after the SSD failure occurs.
        * For more information, refer to HPE Customer Bulletin at the following URL: <https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-a00111900en_us>


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> HPG5
changelog:
  -      This firmware includes a fix for an issue where the LED would continue blinking after a Sanitize operation completed.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK2-2.1
changelog:
  -      Update MCTP base spec version from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0
        * Change firmware to save the telemetry log buffer to smaller pages.
        * When reset happens, add to clear ready bit and other bits in health data according to MI 1.0a spec.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK3
changelog:
  -      Improve overhead in handling of first packet to limit the incidence of NACKs due to lost byte from second packet
        * Maintain Class Code value in a buffer area when link is down. Copy maintained Class Code from buffer to PCIe Config Space on link-up
        * Change 'Percent Endurance Used' value reported in a Workload Log Page ( D6h ) to report actual endurance value


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPK4
changelog:
  -      Fixes a potential latency issue caused by an incorrect pre-fetch algorithm. 
        * Resolves an issue with a possible bus hang during a system reboot.
        * Once HPK4 is downloaded, the drive firmware cannot be changed back to an earlier firmware version (eg, HPK3 or HPK2) due to security changes


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD7-5.1
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> HPG2-2.1
changelog:
  -      Fix to issue in bootloader download during power loss. 
        * Change IDF Word 106 report 4K TU for 4/8TB drives to align with Microsoft SQL requirement.
        * Improvements to error exception.
        * Improvements to Secure lock fix during multi-thread read tests with high freq. power cycling.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG3
changelog:
  -      Improved Product Quality and Reliability. Changed Cap Charge Timeout to 14 seconds from 4 seconds to provide additional time for cap charge in marginal power environment.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD9
changelog:
  -     This firmware version updates the Vendor ID in the standard inquiry to 'HPE',
      in previous versions it was 'HP.'


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD3
changelog:
  -      Increased Queue Size from 32 to 128 to be equal to the max number of chips.
        * Refresh NM SRAM area periodically only when idle as a possible work around on NM SRAM parity error.
        * Change the error response as 0x3 (SP_Busy) or 0x07 ( NO_SESSION_AVAILABLE) when host attempts to open another session while a session is already opened.
        * Disable verify compare if APP_CHK=0.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG8-2.1
changelog:
  -      Eliminates a potential hang on 4TB under certain pattern-dependent read conditions
        * Eliminates the possibility of a weak read signal under a sequenced combination of read/write conditions
        * Provides reliability enhancements involving head fly height dynamics
        * Enables download Mode 0Eh activation by Mode 0Fh


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG1-5.1
changelog:
  -      Firmware corrects an issue where drives were not found during Power-On Self-Test device discovery.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPG2-8.1
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> 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> HPD4
changelog:
  -      This firmware adds a feature that will periodically assess the health of the writer element of the head by verifying the data after a write operation to ensure more robust data integrity.
        * When performing format on drives with marginal servo flaws, it takes too long to format or format fails with 03/31 reported across the interface on subsequent commands. This firmware includes a change that moves the servo flaw characterization retries earlier in the sequence of format.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> HPD4-2.1
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> HPG6-3.1
changelog:
  -      Online firmware flashing of drives attached to aSmart 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 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> HPG5-3.1
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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> HPG1-4.1
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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> MPK73H5Q
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> 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> 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> HPG3-2.1
changelog:
  -      Fix to the error recovery algorithm to improve the overall reliability of the device.
        * Fix to insure complete support of internal logging during a sudden power off event which prevents the device entering into a degraded state.
        * Fixed a mishandling of error handling data during back ground media activities prevent a data issue.
        * Fix to  correct a buffer management timing issue internal to the device allowing for a more robust internal movement of data.


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> 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> 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> 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:
  -     -  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> 2.78
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> 2.79
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> 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> 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> 1.19.11-2.1
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> 1.19.30
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> 1.21.6
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> 1.8.1
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> 1.0.13
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> 1.0.14
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> 1.0.4
changelog:
  -     *Fixes submitted in version 12.26.1040:**
      
        * IPoIB could not to function when there were Dynamically Connected Transport (DC) CNAK Queue Pairs (QPs) active.
        * 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.
        * Renamed the GMP Mellanox Vendor Specific External Capability mask enum from IsDiagnosticCountersSupported to IsDiagnosticDataSupported.
        * Fixed an issue that caused a function to misbehave when a PCIe Transaction Layer Packet (TLP) was set with a poisoned indication.
      
      **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> 1.0.5
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:
  -     *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> 1.0.6
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> 1.0.7
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> 1.0.7
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> 1.0.8
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> 1.0.8
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> 1.0.9
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> 1.6.27
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 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> 1.8.12
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> 1.11.0
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> 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> 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> 1.0.7
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      This is the initial version of the firmware.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.7-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      Ver. 1.0.7(B) addresses a minor issue in the online flashing mechanism. The
      actual firmware contained within version 1.0.7(B) did not change as compared
      to version 1.0.7 and therefore it is not necessary to upgrade if version 1.0.7
      has already been installed.  
        
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      This is the initial version of the firmware.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addresses an issue in which the minimum power capping value was incorrectly
      being calculated on certain systems. This fix increases the accuracy of the
      minimum capping value set during POST.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 1.0.9 (C) contains support for new server products and a change to the
      Firmware RPM install command name from "cpqsetup" to "hpsetup".  It is
      functionally equivalent to ver. 1.0.9.  It is not necessary to upgrade with
      Revision C if a previous component revision was used to upgrade the firmware
      to ver. 1.0.9.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addresses an issue in which the minimum power capping value was incorrectly
      being calculated on certain systems. This fix increases the accuracy of the
      minimum capping value set during POST.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9-4.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 1.0.9(D) contains updates to the component packaging and is functionally
      equivalent to ver. 1.0.9.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision D if a
      previous component Revision was used to upgrade the firmware to version 1.0.9.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addresses an issue in which the minimum power capping value was incorrectly
      being calculated on certain systems. This fix increases the accuracy of the
      minimum capping value set during POST.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9-6.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 1.0.9 (F) contains support for new server products.  It is functionally
      equivalent to ver. 1.0.9.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision F if a
      previous component revision was used to upgrade the firmware to ver. 1.0.9.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addresses an issue in which the minimum power capping value was incorrectly
      being calculated on certain systems. This fix increases the accuracy of the
      minimum capping value set during POST.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9-7.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 1.0.9 (G) contains a change to the Firmware RPM file name.  It is
      functionally equivalent to ver. 1.0.9.  It is not necessary to upgrade with
      Revision G if a previous component revision was used to upgrade the firmware
      to ver. 1.0.9.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addresses an issue in which the minimum power capping value was incorrectly
      being calculated on certain systems. This fix increases the accuracy of the
      minimum capping value set during POST.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9-9.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 1.0.9(I) contains updates to the component packaging and is functionally
      equivalent to ver. 1.0.9. It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision I if a
      previous component Revision was used to upgrade the firmware to version 1.0.9.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addresses an issue in which the minimum power capping value was incorrectly
      being calculated on certain systems. This fix increases the accuracy of the
      minimum capping value set during POST.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.0.9-10.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 1.0.9(J) contains updates to the component packaging and is functionally
      equivalent to ver. 1.0.9. It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision J if a
      previous component Revision was used to upgrade the firmware to version 1.0.9.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addresses an issue in which the minimum power capping value was incorrectly
      being calculated on certain systems. This fix increases the accuracy of the
      minimum capping value set during POST.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.80
changelog:
  -      HP Smart Array Px3x controller with HP SmartCache enabled on boot volume could potentially encounter file corruption when booting the system if the Super-cap is not fully charged due to being replaced or being in a power down condition for several days (Example 7 days). File corruption is less likely to occur on non-boot volumes than on boot volumes. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # [c04719000](http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04719000)


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 3.02
changelog:
  -      A physical drive configured as a spare drive might indicate predictive failure sooner than expected.
        * Controller might stop responding during run-time (POST Lockup 0x13).
        * After hot-plug replacement of a hard disk drive, incorrect hard disk drive firmware version and upgrade recommendation were displayed by HP Smart Storage Administrator.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 3.54
changelog:
  -      Detection of all direct-attached physical drives might fail if a single drive did not spin up.
        * Servers now power up faster due to improvements in the UEFI controller driver.
        * Reduced likelihood of POST Lockup 0x13 occurrence due to intermittent memory errors.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.04
changelog:
  -      System might hang at POST following a reboot.
        * System fans might go to 100% if connected drives were spun down.
        * SATA SSD's were incorrectly marked as worn out.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.08
changelog:
  -      Intermittent memory errors might cause the controller to stop responding. (POST Lockup 0x13)
      
        * System might stop responding if a parity error is found during surface scan of a RAID6 volume. (POST Lockup 0x13)
      
        * In rare cases, the controller might stop responding while running IO without displaying a lockup code.
      
        * Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) might occur on systems with a Windows OS and HPE Gen9 Smart Array or Smart HBA adapters and performing continuous reboot testing.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.10
changelog:
  -      If and unexpected power outage occurred, the system might stop operating during Power-On Self Test
      
        * Controller could stop responding when Smart Cache is performing a read-ahead after finishing a read-fill for a pending flush operation


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.54
changelog:
  -      DDR cache could be randomly disabled after several boots
        * A hot-inserted replacement drive might show as a predictive failure if the original drive was identified as a predictive failure.
        * Controller cache module might be marked as permanently disabled if the Smart Storage Battery is removed or failed while the system is online, even if SSA was previously used to enable write caching without a backup power source.
        * Controller can become unresponsive due to a SmartCache pending flush operation when a read-ahead and a read-fill are performed in sequent.
        * System might stop responding if a parity error is found during surface scan of a RAID6 volume. (POST Lockup 0x13)
        * System fans might go to 100% if connected drives were spun down
        * Issue where a controller crash dump may not be collected after a controller failure


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 5.02
changelog:
  -      The firmware updates could fail while SmartCache is enabled due to active I/O in the Smart Cache.
        * The serial output of the expander could fail to be populated in the controller logs due to the buffer not being handled appropriately by the controller


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 4.21
changelog:
  -     The following issues are resolved in version 4.21:
      
        * Expander may reset during heavy SSACLI polling
        * SATA drives may take longer to spin up, not be initially detected, and then hot add later. This can prevent system boot or affect the logical drive status.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 5.10
changelog:
  -      To make Valid flag is always set to true initially so that CRC check can be performed on initstring partition and test if it is really valid.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 5.12
changelog:
  -     Users need to update HPE SAS 12G Expander FW version 5.12 for FW compatibility
      due to a specific SPI flash devices is used on the Expander card. Carry over
      issue resolution with reference SID8638.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 5.12
changelog:
  -     1\. In support of Micron 256Mb SPI ROM on the latest Shiner board
      
      2\. Provided a proper downgrade restriction to ensure FW compatibility with
      the latest HW


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.00-2.1
changelog:
  -      Improved integration with Smart Update Manager.
      
      Note: Upgrading to version 1.00(B) is not necessary if the Apollo 2000 SAS
      Expander was previously updated to version 1.00.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.00-3.1
changelog:
  -     Customers who already have previous firmware version 1.00 installed do not
      need to update to 1.00(C).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.52
changelog:
  -     Fixed an issue in the HPE Apollo 2000 System SAS Expander FW where the HDD
      Zoning Table would be set to default after upgrading to 1.51


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.04
changelog:
  -      HP Apollo 45xx Gen9 Backplane Expander firmware version 1.04 provides enhanced functionality so that upgrades from version 1.04 to a later version no longer requires a power cycle/cold reboot of the server after the firmware is flashed.  
      NOTE: Upgrading from a firmware version older than version 1.04 to version
      1.04 or later still requires a power cycle/cold reboot to complete the upgrade
      process.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.08-2.1
changelog:
  -     Customers who already have firmware version 2.08 installed do not need to
      update to 2.08(B).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.50
changelog:
  -       Expander may reset during heavy SSACLI polling
        * SATA drives may take longer to spin up, not be initially detected, and then hot add later. This can prevent system boot or affect the logical drive status.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.73
changelog:
  -      When the server hardware inventory was displayed in the Device Manager, the NVMe drives were not included in the lists.
      
      Firmware version 1.73 allows all NVMe supported drives to be recognized and
      displayed in the server hardware inventory lists.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.73-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed in version 1.73 (B):**
      
        * The component installer did not detect the HPE Express Bay Enablement Switch Card, when it was configured in an HP ProLiant DL580 Gen9 Server, and would not proceed with firmware update.
      
      **Problems Fixed in version 1.73:**
      
        * When the server hardware inventory was displayed in the Device Manager, the NVMe drives were not included in the lists.
      
      Firmware version 1.73 allows all NVMe supported drives to be recognized and
      displayed in the server hardware inventory lists.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.73-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Problems Fixed in version 1.73 (C):**
      
        * During component installation on a system configured with NVIDIA Tesla M2090 GPU, an uncorrectable PCIe error might occur.
      
      **Problems Fixed in version 1.73 (B):**
      
        * The component installer did not detect the HPE Express Bay Enablement Switch Card, when it was configured in an HP ProLiant DL580 Gen9 Server, and would not proceed with firmware update.
      
      **Problems Fixed in version 1.73:**
      
        * When the server hardware inventory was displayed in the Device Manager, the NVMe drives were not included in the lists.
      
      Firmware version 1.73 allows all NVMe supported drives to be recognized and
      displayed in the server hardware inventory lists.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.73-4.1
changelog:
  -      Updated to support Service Pack for ProLiant version 2017.07.0
      
                **Note:** If any version 1.73 was previously installed, then it is not necessary to upgrade to version 1.73 (D).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 6.06
changelog:
  -      Under the following conditions, the controller might stop responding: 
          * During POST following an unexpected power event if there was data in the controller cache.
          * When running I/O to SATA drives. (POST Lockup 0x13)
          * When using a RAID configuration with strip size of 1024KiB. (POST Lockup 0x13)
          * When a WRITE SAME command is sent with a buffer size greater than 512 bytes. (POST Lockup 0x13)
        * In a multi-path environment with nested expanders, the active path to a device might be incorrect following a path failure or restoration.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 6.30
changelog:
  -     Fixes the following issues:
      
        * DDR cache could be randomly disabled after several boots
        * The controller could become unresponsive while in HBA mode during the creation of a partition/file system
      
      .


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 6.60
changelog:
  -      Issue where the QueryAsynchronousEvent could potentially provide incorrect response data
        * Issue where the Cache could potentially get disable after several reboots


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 6.88
changelog:
  -     Fixes the following Issues
      
        * SATA drive could stop responding  while on HBA mode when non-NCQ commands are executed
        * Controller could stop responding when upgrading due to the DDR Cache Module exceeding its limitations
        * SSD Cache module could become disable while upgrading FW
        * Data from the HPE Smart Drive Backplane could potentially become corrupted if a non-HPE carrier is present


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 7.00
changelog:
  -      Occasionally  the drive will not accept any IO's after running Sanitize command for a period of time due to the FW being out of sync with the drive during that time
        * Non-HPE drives could report "Task Set Full" due to the drives reaching the qdepth limit during heavy workload
        * Raid volume is not discovered due to a bad drive consuming two slots during hotplug
        * Data could become inaccessible when upgrading from firmware versions prior to 4.5x
        * The controller could stop responding when executing a SCSI verify command due to a CPU exception
        * The system could stop communicating due to an I/O command timeout
        * While on HBA mode, a drive could stop responding due to an early allocated buffer release
        * A SAS drive WWN is reported inaccuratelyy due to an incorrect report causing the driver to be out of sync with the device
        * If using a 4G module, the controller could stop responding due to the SSD Cache metadata exceeding its limits during a Backup
        * SSD Smart Cache module become disabled due to a reduction in usable cache space


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.70_12-29-2018
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigation for an Intel sighting where under complex
      microarchitectural conditions, software using Intel TSX (Transactional
      Synchronizations Extensions) may result in unpredictable system behavior.
      Intel has only seen this under synthetic testing conditions and is not aware
      of any commercially available software exhibiting this behavior. This issue is
      not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigation for an Intel sighting where under complex
      microarchitectural conditions, software using Intel TSX (Transactional
      Synchronizations Extensions) may result in unpredictable system behavior.
      Intel has only seen this under synthetic testing conditions and is not aware
      of any commercially available software exhibiting this behavior. This issue is
      not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the UEFI EDK2
      support that provides mitigations for a variety of security vulnerabilities.
      The following vulnerabilities have been addressed in this System ROM release:
      CVE-2018-3613 CVE-2017-5731, CVE-2017-5732, CVE-2017-5733, CVE-2017-5734,
      CVE-2017-5735, CVE-2018-3630, CVE-2018-12178, CVE-2018-12179, CVE-2018-12180,
      CVE-2018-12181, CVE-2018-12182 and CVE-2018-12183. These security
      vulnerabilities are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.72_03-25-2019
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Updated the Intel processor microcode to the latest version.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.74_07-21-2019
changelog:
  -     This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigation for an Intel sighting where the system may
      experience a machine check after updating to the latest System ROM which
      contained a fix for an Intel TSX (Transactional Synchronizations Extensions)
      sightings. The previous microcode was first introduced in the v2.70 System
      ROM. This issue only impacts systems configured with Intel Xeon v4 Series
      processors. This issue is not unique to HPE servers.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.74_07-21-2019
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where a system booting to VMware may
      experience a PSOD in legacy boot mode. This issue does not impact systems in
      UEFI boot mode or other operating systems.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.76_10-21-2019
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest support for Intel Trusted
      eXecution Technology (TXT) which provides mitigation for CVE-2019-151. This
      mitigation is only needed for systems that have TXT enabled (TXT is disabled
      by default). This issue is not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code support that provides mitigation for CVE-2019-11137. This issue
      is not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.76_10-21-2019-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains the latest support for Red Hat
      Enterprise Linux 8.x Server. Ver. 2.76_10-21-2019(B) contains updates to the
      firmware packaging and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2.76_10-21-2019.  It
      is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if a previous component revision
      was used to upgrade the firmware to version 2.76_10-21-2019.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest support for Intel Trusted
      eXecution Technology (TXT) which provides mitigation for CVE-2019-0151. This
      mitigation is only needed for systems that have TXT enabled (TXT is disabled
      by default). This issue is not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.80_10-16-2020
changelog:
  -     Added support to BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) to allow importing and
      exporting Secure Boot signature lists as a signed binary file. This is useful
      to import the Microsoft revocation list binary file into the Secure Boot DBX
      as found on the UEFI forum at https://uefi.org/revocationlistfile.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.80_10-16-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains updates aligned with the Intel Product
      Update (IPU) version IPU.2020.2 guidance.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of Intel
      microcode. The Intel microcode patches included in this release are versions
      0x00000044 (CPUID 306F2) and 0x00B00003A (CPUID 406F1).
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for BIOS advisories and security
      vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-0591 and CVE-2020-0592. These security
      vulnerabilities are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00358.
      These issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for BIOS platform code advisories
      and security vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-8738, CVE-2020-8740, and
      CVE-2020-8764. These security vulnerabilities are documented in Intel Security
      Advisory INTEL-SA-00390. These issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This version of the System ROM contains an updated UEFI Driver for the
      SmartArray B140i SATA RAID controller. This update addresses an issue where
      the system may periodically experience an operating system boot issue such as
      experiencing a Linux kernel panic on boot.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.90_04-29-2021
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains updates aligned with the Intel Product
      Update (IPU) version IPU.2021.1 guidance.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigations for the Intel technical sighting referred
      to as MD Clear. The Intel microcode patches included in this release are
      version 0x00000046 (CPUID 306F2) and 0x0B00003E (CPUID 406F1). This issue is
      not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for BIOS advisories and security
      vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-12360 and CVE-2020-12357. These
      security vulnerabilities are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-
      SA-00463. These issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.92_11-23-2021
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains updates aligned with the Intel Product
      Update (IPU) version IPU.2021.2 guidance.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes Intel Platform Update 2021.2. It
      provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities documented as INTEL-SA-00561
      for below CVEs: CVE-2021-0092, CVE-2021-0144, CVE-2021-0099, CVE-2021-0103,
      CVE-2021-0107, CVE-2021-0111, CVE-2021-0114, CVE-2021-0115, CVE-2021-0116,
      CVE-2021-0117, CVE-2021-0118, CVE-2021-0125, CVE-2021-0124.
      
      These issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.64_10-17-2018-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 2.64(B) contains updates to the component packaging and is functionally
      equivalent to ver. 2.64. It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if a
      previous component Revision was used to upgrade the firmware to version 2.64.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which addresses an issue where the system could experience an
      unexpected reset or shutdown with no errors logged to the Integrated
      Management Log (IML). This issue is not unique to HPE servers. Please consult
      the following advisory for additional details.
      <https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00060570en_us>
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which addresses an issue where the system could experience an
      unexpected reset or shutdown with no errors logged to the Integrated
      Management Log (IML). This issue only impacts systems configured with Intel
      Xeon 2600 v4 series processors. This issue is not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which addresses an issue where the system could experience an
      unexpected reset or shutdown with no errors logged to the Integrated
      Management Log (IML) when processor C-states are enabled. This issue does not
      exist when processor C-states are disabled. This issue is not unique to HPE
      servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.76_10-21-2019
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest support for Intel Trusted
      eXecution Technology (TXT) which provides mitigation for CVE-2019-151. This
      mitigation is only needed for systems that have TXT enabled. This issue is not
      unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code support that provides mitigation for CVE-2019-11137. This issue
      is not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.72_03-25-2019-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 2.72 (B) contains updates to the component packaging and is functionally
      equivalent to ver. 2.72.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision (B) if
      a previous component revision was used to upgrade the firmware to ver. 2.72.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which, in combination with operating system and/or hypervisor
      updates, provides mitigation for a new group of side channel vulnerabilities
      known as Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS).  This includes support for
      mitigating the following vulnerabilities:  CVE-2018-12126 - Microarchitectural
      Store Buffer Data Sampling, CVE-2018-12130 - Microarchitectural Fill Buffer
      Data Sampling, CVE-2018-12127 - Microarchitectural Load Port Data Sampling,
      and CVE-2019-11091 - Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory.
      These issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which, in combination with operating system and/or hypervisor
      updates, provides mitigation for a new group of side channel vulnerabilities
      known as Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS).  This includes support for
      mitigating the following vulnerabilities:  CVE-2018-12126 - Microarchitectural
      Store Buffer Data Sampling, CVE-2018-12130 - Microarchitectural Fill Buffer
      Data Sampling, CVE-2018-12127 - Microarchitectural Load Port Data Sampling,
      and CVE-2019-11091 - Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory.
      These issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.92_11-23-2021
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains updates aligned with the Intel Product
      Update (IPU) version IPU.2021.2 guidance.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes Intel Platform Update 2021.2. It
      provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities documented as INTEL-SA-00561
      for below CVEs: CVE-2021-0092, CVE-2021-0144, CVE-2021-0099, CVE-2021-0107,
      CVE-2021-0111, CVE-2021-0114, CVE-2021-0115, CVE-2021-0116, CVE-2021-0117,
      CVE-2021-0118, CVE-2021-0125, CVE-2021-0124.
      
      These issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.76_10-21-2019-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest support for Intel Trusted
      eXecution Technology (TXT) which provides mitigation for CVE-2019-0151. This
      mitigation is only needed for systems that have TXT enabled (TXT is disabled
      by default). This issue is not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.76_10-21-2019-3.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains the latest support for Red Hat
      Enterprise Linux 8.x Server. Ver. 2.76_10-21-2019(C) contains updates to the
      firmware packaging and is functionally equivalent to ver. 2.76_10-21-2019(B)
      and 2.76_10-21-2019.  It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision C if a
      previous component revision was used to upgrade the firmware to version
      2.76_10-21-2019.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest support for Intel Trusted
      eXecution Technology (TXT) which provides mitigation for CVE-2019-0151. This
      mitigation is only needed for systems that have TXT enabled (TXT is disabled
      by default). This issue is not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.80_10-16-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains updates aligned with the Intel Product
      Update (IPU) version IPU.2020.2 guidance.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of Intel
      microcode. The Intel microcode patches included in this release are versions
      0x00000016 (CPUID 306F4) and 0x00B00003A (CPUID 406F1).
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for BIOS advisories and security
      vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-0592. These security vulnerabilities
      are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00358. These issues are not
      unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for BIOS platform code advisories
      and security vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-8764. These security
      vulnerabilities are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00390.
      These issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This version of the System ROM contains an updated UEFI Driver for the
      SmartArray B140i SATA RAID controller. This update addresses an issue where
      the system may periodically experience an operating system boot issue such as
      experiencing a Linux kernel panic on boot.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.90_04-29-2021
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains updates aligned with the Intel Product
      Update (IPU) version IPU.2021.1 guidance.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigations for the Intel technical sighting referred
      to as MD Clear. The Intel microcode patches included in this release are
      version 0x00000019 (CPUID 306F4) and 0x0B00003E (CPUID 406F1). This issue is
      not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for BIOS advisories and security
      vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-12360 and CVE-2020-12357. These
      security vulnerabilities are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-
      SA-00463. These issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.80_12-18-2018
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the UEFI EDK2
      support that provides mitigations for a variety of security vulnerabilities.
      The following vulnerabilities have been addressed in this System ROM release:
      CVE-2018-3613 CVE-2017-5731, CVE-2017-5732, CVE-2017-5733, CVE-2017-5734,
      CVE-2017-5735, CVE-2018-3630, CVE-2018-12178, CVE-2018-12179, CVE-2018-12180,
      CVE-2018-12181, CVE-2018-12182 and CVE-2018-12183. These security
      vulnerabilities are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      Addressed an issue where certain PCIe option cards may not train properly and
      cause the system to hang during POST. This issue is not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.84_11-07-2019
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigation for CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2019-11135,
      CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, and CVE-2018-11091. These
      issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigation for an Intel sighting where under complex
      micro-architectural conditions, executing X87 or AVX or integer divide
      instructions may results in unpredictable system behavior. This issue is not
      unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.86_05-28-2020
changelog:
  -     See the release document U22_2.86_05_28_2020 in Download Product Binaries page
      from Product Summary of the firmware product.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.86_05-28-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for CVE-2020-0528, CVE-2020-0529,
      CVE-2020-0543, CVE-2020-0548 and CVE-2020-0549. These issues are not unique to
      HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.88_10-16-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains updates aligned with the Intel Product
      Update (IPU) version IPU.2020.2 guidance.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of Intel
      microcode. The Intel microcode patches included in this release are versions
      0x000000DC (CPUID 506E3) and 0x0000000DE (CPUID 906E9).
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities documented
      as CVE-2020-8696, CVE-2020-8694 and CVE-2020-8695. These security
      vulnerabilities are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-0381 and
      INTEL-SA-00389. The Intel microcode patches included in this release are
      versions 0x000000DC (CPUID 506E3) and 0x0000000DE (CPUID 906E9). These issues
      are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for BIOS advisories and security
      vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-0593. These security vulnerabilities
      are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00358. These issues are not
      unique to HPE servers.
      
      This version of the System ROM contains an updated UEFI Driver for the
      SmartArray B140i SATA RAID controller. This update addresses an issue where
      the system may periodically experience an operating system boot issue such as
      experiencing a Linux kernel panic on boot.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.90_11-27-2020
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of Intel
      microcode.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of Intel
      microcode: 0x000000E2 (CPUID 506E3). This Intel microcode patch provide
      mitigations for BIOS advisories and security vulnerabilities documented as
      CVE-2020-8696 and CVE-2020-8698. These security vulnerabilities are documented
      in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00381. These issues are not unique to HPE
      servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 3.00_04-01-2021
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains updates aligned with the Intel Product
      Update (IPU) version IPU.2021.1 guidance.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities documented
      as CVE-2020-24512. These security vulnerabilities are documented in Intel
      Security Advisory INTEL-SA-464. The Intel microcode patches included in this
      release are version 0x000000EA (CPUID 506E3 and CPUID 906E9). These issues are
      not unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigations for the Intel sighting CVE-2020-24512.
      This security vulnerability is documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-
      SA-00463. The Intel microcode patches included in this release are version
      0x000000EA (CPUID 506E3) and 0x000000EA (CPUID 906E9). This issue is not
      unique to HPE servers.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      Reference Code which provides mitigations for BIOS advisories and security
      vulnerabilities documented as CVE-2020-8670 and CVE-2020-12357. These security
      vulnerabilities are documented in Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-00463.
      These issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 3.02_11-19-2021
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This version of the System ROM contains updates aligned with the Intel Product
      Update (IPU) version IPU.2021.2 guidance.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes microcode mitigations for security
      vulnerability CVE-2021-0127. These issues are not unique to HPE servers.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.80_12-18-2018
changelog:
  -     Added support to allow for the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) Power Regulator
      setting to be set to Static Low or OS Control Mode when the Processor Power
      and Utilization Support was disabled. Previous ROMs required the Power
      Regulator to be configured for Static High Mode only.
      
      Updated the RESTful API HPE BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.40_08-08-2017
changelog:
  -     Added support for the HPE Dynamic SmartArray B140i Option in the BIOS/Platform
      Configuration (RBSU) Configuration Menu.
      
      Added support for Cluster Model and On-Package High-Bandwidth Memory Cache
      Size menus to the Memory Options in the BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU)
      Configuration Menu.
      
      Added support for Intel Xeon Phi processors with Integrated Intel Omni-Path
      Fabric.
      
      Added support for XL2x260w Server.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.40_08-08-2017
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an extremely rare issue where the system may become unresponsive on
      a subsequent boot after an uncorrectable Machine Check Error.
      
      Addressed an issue where the system may experience correctable memory errors
      on some boots. It is recommended that users seeing a high rate of corrected
      memory errors update to this version of the System ROM before replacing any
      hardware.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.50_09-25-2017
changelog:
  -     Added support for Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 Firmware flash updates.
      For systems configured with the optional TPM 2.0 device, this is the minimum
      revision of the System ROM required to update TPM firmware.
      
      Updated the HPE RESTful API HPE BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.50_09-25-2017
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Addressed an issue where a system may experience unpredictable system behavior
      when the embedded memory (MCDRAM) is configured in Cache or Hybrid Memory
      modes. This issue does not impact systems configured in Flat Memory mode. This
      issue is not unique to Hewlett Packard Enterprise systems.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.60_01-22-2018
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which, in combination with operating system updates, provides
      mitigation for Variant 2 of the Side Channel Analysis vulnerability, also
      known as Spectre. The revision of the microcode included in this System ROM
      does NOT have issues with more frequent reboots and unpredictable system
      behavior which impacted the previous Intel microcode which was part of the
      Spectre Variant 2 mitigation. Additional information is available from Intel's
      Security Exploit Newsroom, <https://newsroom.intel.com/press-kits/security-
      exploits-intel-products/>.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Updated the Intel processor microcode to the latest version.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 1.60_01-22-2018-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 1.60(B) contains updates to the component packaging and is functionally
      equivalent to ver. 1.60. It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if a
      previous component Revision was used to upgrade the firmware to version 1.60.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which, in combination with operating system updates, provides
      mitigation for Variant 2 of the Side Channel Analysis vulnerability, also
      known as Spectre. The revision of the microcode included in this System ROM
      does NOT have issues with more frequent reboots and unpredictable system
      behavior which impacted the previous Intel microcode which was part of the
      Spectre Variant 2 mitigation. Additional information is available from Intel's
      Security Exploit Newsroom, <https://newsroom.intel.com/press-kits/security-
      exploits-intel-products/>.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Updated the Intel processor microcode to the latest version.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.52_10-25-2017
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This System ROM revision replaces the 2.50 revision. An issue was found with
      the 2.50 revision of the System ROM that may result in a system hang during
      boot with a messaging indicating "Memory Initialization - complete" with
      certain memory configurations. The 2.50 revision of the System ROM has been
      removed from the HPE Support Site. It is highly recommended that any customers
      using the 2.50 revision of the System ROM upgrade to the 2.52 revision or
      later.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**
      
      Added support for Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 Firmware flash updates.
      For systems configured with the optional TPM 2.0 device, this is the minimum
      revision of the System ROM required to update TPM firmware.
      
      Addressed an issue where Processor Core Disable may not function properly,
      such as disabling the wrong number of cores.
      
      Updated the HPE RESTful API HPE BIOS Attribute Registry resources to match the
      latest BIOS/Platform Configuration options.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.56_01-22-2018
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which, in combination with operating system updates, provides
      mitigation for Variant 2 of the Side Channel Analysis vulnerability, also
      known as Spectre.  The revision of the microcode included in this System ROM
      does NOT have issues with more frequent reboots and unpredictable system
      behavior which impacted the previous Intel microcode which was part of the
      Spectre Variant 2 mitigation.  Additional information is available from
      Intel's Security Exploit Newsroom, <https://newsroom.intel.com/press-kits
      /security-exploits-intel-products/>.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      Updated the Intel processor microcode to the latest version.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hpe.com> 2.60_05-21-2018-2.1
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**
      
      Ver. 2.60(B) contains updates to the component packaging and is functionally
      equivalent to ver. 2.60. It is not necessary to upgrade with Revision B if a
      previous component Revision was used to upgrade the firmware to version 2.60.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which, in combination with operating system and hypervisor updates,
      provides mitigation for the L1 Terminal Fault - OS/SMM (CVE-2018-3620) and L1
      Terminal Fault - VMM (CVE-2018-3646) security vulnerabilities.  These
      vulnerabilities may allow unauthorized disclosure of information residing in
      the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel
      analysis.  These security vulnerabilities are not unique to HPE servers and
      impact any servers utilizing impacted processors.  Note that this server is
      NOT vulnerable to L1 Terminal Fault - SGX (CVE-2018-3615), also known as
      Foreshadow, because this server does NOT support SGX.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which, in combination with operating system updates, provides
      mitigation for the Speculative Store Bypass (also known as Variant 4) security
      vulnerability. A Medium level CVE has been assigned to this issue with ID
      CVE-2018-3639. Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution
      and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all prior
      memory writes are known may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an
      attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis. This security
      vulnerability is not unique to HPE servers and impacts any systems utilizing
      impacted processors.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigation for the Rogue Register Read (also known as
      Variant 3a) security vulnerability. A Medium level CVE has been assigned to
      this issue with ID CVE-2018-3640. Systems with microprocessors utilizing
      speculative execution and that perform speculative reads of system registers
      may allow unauthorized disclosure of system parameters to an attacker with
      local user access via a side-channel analysis. This security vulnerability is
      not unique to HPE servers and impacts any systems utilizing impacted
      processors.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Problems Fixed:**
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which, in combination with operating system and hypervisor updates,
      provides mitigation for the L1 Terminal Fault - OS/SMM (CVE-2018-3620) and L1
      Terminal Fault - VMM (CVE-2018-3646) security vulnerabilities.  These
      vulnerabilities may allow unauthorized disclosure of information residing in
      the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel
      analysis.  These security vulnerabilities are not unique to HPE servers and
      impact any servers utilizing impacted processors.  Note that this server is
      NOT vulnerable to L1 Terminal Fault - SGX (CVE-2018-3615), also known as
      Foreshadow, because this server does NOT support SGX.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which, in combination with operating system updates, provides
      mitigation for the Speculative Store Bypass (also known as Variant 4) security
      vulnerability. A Medium level CVE has been assigned to this issue with ID
      CVE-2018-3639. Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution
      and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all prior
      memory writes are known may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an
      attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis. This security
      vulnerability is not unique to HPE servers and impacts any systems utilizing
      impacted processors.
      
      This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel
      microcode which provides mitigation for the Rogue Register Read (also known as
      Variant 3a) security vulnerability. A Medium level CVE has been assigned to
      this issue with ID CVE-2018-3640. Systems with microprocessors utilizing
      speculative execution and that perform speculative reads of system registers
      may allow unauthorized disclosure of system parameters to an attacker with
      local user access via a side-channel analysis. This security vulnerability is
      not unique to HPE servers and impacts any systems utilizing impacted
      processors.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


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


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


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 4.1-2
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
        
      None
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**  
        
      Ver. 4.1(B) includes minor documentation updates. The Power Management
      Controller Firmware contained within ver. 4.1(B) is equivalent to the Firmware
      contained within ver. 4.1. Therefore, it is not necessary to upgrade with ver.
      4.1(B), if the Power Management Controller firmware version is 4.1.
      
      **Known Issues:**
      
      None


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 4.1-4
changelog:
  -     *Important Notes:**  
      Ver. 4.1(D) contains updates to the OS installation support for HP Smart
      Update Manager. The Power Management Controller Firmware contained within Ver.
      4.1(D) is Ver. 4.1. Therefore, it is not necessary to upgrade with ver.
      4.1(D), if the Power Management Controller firmware version is 4.1.
      
      **Firmware Dependencies:**
      
      None
      
      **Enhancements/New Features:**  
      This is the initial version of the firmware.  
      **Known Issues:**
      
      The smart component prompts for reboot unnecessarily when the installation
      procedure is completed. Reboot is not required after installation for updates
      to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.


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


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


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


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


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


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


