TITLE: HP Workstation xw8200 System BIOS Packaged for Linux

VERSION: 2.03 Rev. a
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains an updated System BIOS release for the HP Workstation 
xw8200, packaged in a way that is easily usable within a Linux operating system 
environment.
PURPOSE: Critical
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP31221
SUPERSEDES: SP30529
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 31, 2005
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Workstations

PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP xw8200 Workstation: HP Workstation xw8200

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (AMD64/EM64T)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86)
Red Hat Linux 7.2
Red Hat Linux 7.3

LANGUAGE(S): 
Chinese(PRC Simplified)
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish
Taiwanese Chinese
US English

ENHANCEMENTS: 
N/A

FIXES: 
- Fixes a BIOS upgrade issue that required user interaction after upgrading 
from BIOS version 1.06 or earlier.
- Fixes a BIOS password security issue.
- Incorporates errata for the Intel 6700PXH 64-bit PCI Hub.
- Fixes a pin-initialization issue that can cause the workstation to stop 
responding (hang) during startup (boot).

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A

HOW TO USE: 
1. Download and extract the .TGZ file. For example, to extract the contents, at 
console prompt type (where ''filename'' is replaced by the name of the file to 
be extracted): 
''tar -xzvf filename.tgz''

This command extracts files to the directory 786B8_bios.

2. For further information about creating a bootable diskette and flashing the 
system BIOS, refer to the README text file that is provided in the SoftPaq. 



Copyright (c) 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.