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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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Contents 3 Con te nt s New firmware CD feat ures ............................................................................................................ 4 HP Smart Update Manager updates ...........................................................
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.
New firmware CD features 5 • ROM Flash Component - BF01885A34 drives • ROM Flash Component - BF03685A35 drives • ROM Flash Component - BF07285A36 drives • ROM Flash Component - BF03664664 driv.
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.
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..
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 f.
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.
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 follo.
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.
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