TITLE: HP Z820 Workstations System BIOS

VERSION: 02.07 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains the System BIOS image and flash utilities for the HP Z820
Workstations. These utilities can be used to restore or update the System BIOS.
System BIOS is independent of the operating system.

To determine the BIOS family and BIOS date, press F10 on the target workstation
during Power On to run the Computer Setup Utility, and then select File/"System
Information". This information can be saved into a text file on a USB flash
media device by selecting File/"Save to Removable Storage Device".

For a USB flash media device to be recognized by the workstation, the device
must be attached before the workstation is Powered On.

System requires a BIOS version of 01.07 or greater to update to the new 02.00
code base

WARNING: After installing this BIOS version onto the system, prior BIOS
versions cannot be installed onto the system.

PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP59187
SUPERSEDES: None
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: Yes

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Workstations

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP Z820 Workstation

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S):
Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit Enterprise
Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit Professional
Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Enterprise
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Professional
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

LANGUAGE(S):
Arabic
Brazilian Portuguese
Bulgarian
Chinese(PRC Simplified)
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hongkong
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin America
Latvian
Lithuanian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Taiwanese Chinese
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
US English

ENHANCEMENTS:
The following enhancement has been made in BIOS version 02.07:
- Updated to new 2.xx code base in order to support future features.
- Fixed an issue that hid HDDs when an optical drive is attached to the onboard
LSI SAS controller.
- Added F10 option to support legacy CPU reporting on XP.
- Added F10 option to disable the POST OROM window.
- Improved reporting of memory errors.
- Added HDD boot order support for Repsetup and BIOSConfigutility tools.

The following enhancement has been made in BIOS version 01.14:
- Enhancement to Drivelock, so that the password prompt only appears after a
cold boot.

FIXES:
The following fix has been made in BIOS version 01.14:
- Fixed an issue that prevented the virtualization feature, VTd, from
functioning.

The following fix has been made in BIOS version 01.12:
- Fixed an issue that caused systems to fail to boot with multiple SATA HDDs
attached.

The following fix has been made in BIOS version 01.08:
- Fixed an issue that caused the system to fail to boot when the SATA
Controller was in IDE mode.
- Fixed an issue that caused USB data drives to prevent system boot.
- Fixed an issue that removed OEM strings for XP Operating systems.

PREREQUISITES:
None

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
This SoftPaq includes the following methods for changing the BIOS version:
- Use HPQFlash to upgrade the BIOS directly in a Microsoft Windows
environment.
- Use the utilities in this package to flash the BIOS in a DOS environment from
bootable media.
- Use the ROM images in this package with the Computer Setup Utility (F10) to
flash the BIOS from a USB flash drive.

This package can be used with HP System Software Manager (SSM), HP Client
Management Solution (HPCMS), or pre-boot execution environment (PXE) management
software for remote updating of the BIOS.


WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER DURING THE
UPGRADE PROCESS!

1. Download the file by clicking the "Download" or "Obtain Software" button and
saving the file to a folder on your hard drive (make a note of the folder where
the downloaded file is saved).

2. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to
update the System BIOS.

NOTE: If remote flashing is required, see the remote utility documentation for
instructions about creating a Remote ROM Flash job to flash the System ROM on
target workstations on the network.


Copyright (c) 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.