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    HP Pr oL iant F ir m w ar e Maintenance CD 8.20 Wha t 's Ne w Part Number 502507-001 August 2008 (First Edition)[...]

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    © Copyright 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to chan ge without no tice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such produc ts and services. Noth ing herein should be construed as constituting an additional w arranty. H[...]

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    Contents 3 Con te nt s New firmware CD feat ures ............................................................................................................ 4 HP Smart Update Manager updates ................................................................................................ ............ 4 New operating sy stem support ................[...]

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    New firmware CD features 4 Ne w f ir m w ar e CD f eatur es HP Smart Update Manager updates • Section 508 support • Added support for updating SATA hard drive firmwa re components (online), based on the following requirements: o The SATA hard drive firmware co mponent supports online updating. o The correct version of the Smart Array controller[...]

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    New firmware CD features 5 • ROM Flash Component - BF01885A34 drives • ROM Flash Component - BF03685A35 drives • ROM Flash Component - BF07285A36 drives • ROM Flash Component - BF03664664 drives • ROM Flash Component - BF018863B8, BF03 6863B9, and BF072863BA driv es • ROM Flash Component - BF00988282, BF01 888283, BF03688284, BF036 9828[...]

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    Hardware support 6 Har d w ar e su pport For a list of HP ProLiant supported serv ers, see the Firmware Maintenance CD Server Support Matrix ( ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/management/smartstart/FWServerSupportMatrix.pdf ).[...]

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    Firmware on the CD 7 Fi r m w a re o n t h e C D For the complete list of firmware on the CD, see the f ile cdcontent-fw.htm on the CD.[...]

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    History of previous releases 8 Histor y of p r e v ious r ele ases Firmware maintenance 8.10 • HP Smart Update Manager updates o Added support for flashing Emulex HBA firmware (offline only) • New operating system support o No new operating systems for this r elease • Added firmware to the CD for th e following supported options: o Emulex HBA[...]

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    History of previous releases 9 o ROM Flash Component - BD00912578 and BD01812579 drives - Linux (version: BCJG(E)) o ROM Flash Component - AD00933626 and AD01833627 drives - Linux (version: ADCB(E)) o ROM Flash Component - BD009635CB, BD00973 623, BD018635CC, BD01873624, BD03663622, BD03673625, and BC072638A 2 drives - Linux (version: BDCB(E)) o RO[...]

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    History of previous releases 10 o Online ROM Flash Component for Windows® - HP Pr oLiant DL360 G4p (P54) Servers (version: 2007.07.16) o Online ROM Flash Compo nent for Linux - HP ProLiant DL360 G4p (P54) Servers ( version: 2007.07.16) o Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade for HP ProLiant DL360 G4p (P 54) Servers (version: 2007.07.16 (A)) o Online ROM[...]

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    History of previous releases 11 o HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator o HP tape drives Firmware maintenance 8.00 • HP Smart Update Manager updates o Added support for flashing QLogic HBA firmware (offline only) o Additional command parameters for HP Smart U pdate Manager CLI. For additional information, see the HP ProLiant Firmwa re Main[...]

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    History of previous releases 12 • Removed firmware from the CD for the following suppo rted options (this firmware is still available on hp.com and is baselined on the Firmware Maintenance CD 7.90): o Smart Array Controller RAID LC2 o SMART-2 Controller DH o SMART-2 Controller SL o SMART-2 Controller P o SMART-2 Controller E o SMART-2 Controller [...]

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    History of previous releases 13 o Lights Out Management (RILOEII/iLO/i LO2 firmware) o Network (NIC firmware) Firmware maintenance 7.80 • HP Smart Update Manager updates o Support for updating NIC firmware o Support for updating Modular Smart Array 60 and Modular Smart Array 70 storage enclosure firmware o Support for updating SATA hard drives in[...]

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    History of previous releases 14 • Support for installing Network (NI C) firmware fr om the Firmware Update tab in the Firmware CD user interface (online only) • New operating system support o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 • Updated firmware for the following ProLiant servers and supported options: o System ROMs for HP ProLiant ML/DL/ BL ser[...]

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    History of previous releases 15 • HP Smart Update Manager updates o Add Supplemental Update is functional again o Able to deploy iLO and iLO2 firmware successfully • Updated firmware for the following ProLiant servers and supported options o Select System ROMs for HP ProLiant ML/DL/BL servers o Storage Array Controller - Smart Array P600 Contro[...]

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    History of previous releases 16 o HP ProLiant ML370 G2 o HP ProLiant ML530 o HP ProLiant ML570 o HP ProLiant ML750 • Support has been removed from this CD for the followin g options: o Smart Array 4200 Controller o Smart Array 4250ES Controller o Smart Array 431 Controller o Embedded ROC Controller Firmware Maintenance CD Version 7.50 should be c[...]