TITLE: HP xw9300 Workstation System BIOS Packaged for Linux

VERSION: 2.02 Rev. a
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains an updated System BIOS release for the HP xw9300 
Workstation, packaged in a way that is easily usable within a Linux operating 
system environment. 

NOTE: After upgrading the system BIOS to version 2.xx (or later), the NVIDIA 
Driver MUST be upgraded to NVIDIA IDE Driver 5532 (or later). (This action is 
not required for systems configured with a serial ATA [SATA] RAID drive.) 

PURPOSE: Critical
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP32098
SUPERSEDES: SP31426
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 20, 2006
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Workstations

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP xw9300 Workstation: All Models

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Red Hat Ent Linux 4 (AMD64/EM64T)
Red Hat Ent Linux 4 (x86)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (AMD64/EM64T)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86)

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

ENHANCEMENTS: 
N/A

FIXES: 
- Provides a reduction in acoustic noise.
- Adds ''dual-core'' support.
- Implements the static resource affinity table (SRAT).
- Provides improved system board power management.
- Adds x8 DIMM memory erratum for AMD Opteron Processors having revision CG.

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A

HOW TO USE: 
1. Download the SoftPaq file to a directory on your hard drive. 

LINUX USERS: After downloading the SoftPaq file, verify that the SoftPaq file 
has a .tgz extension. If it does not, change it to .tgz. Some browsers 
automatically rename the file with a .tar extension, which makes the SoftPaq 
unusable. 

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.


Copyright (c) 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.