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Unsupported processor stepping with Intel® processors

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o If you use a USB drive key, you must start the interface manually. Open a command-line interface and enter one of the following commands to access the Firmware Maintenance CD: In Windows®: \_autorun\autorun_win In Linux: /autorun 2. Read the End-User License Agreement. If you agree to the terms of the license agreement, click Agree to continue. The Firmware Maintenance CD interface is displayed. 3. Click the Firmware Update tab. 4. Click Install Firmware. The HP Smart Update Manager is initiated. 5. Select and install the desired components. For more information, see the HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD User Guide on the Firmware Maintenance CD. ROM Update Utility The ROM update utility is being replaced by the HP Smart Update Manager on the Firmware Maintenance CD version 7.50 and later. The ROM Update Utility is offline ROM flash technology. To access the ROM Update Utility: 1. Boot the server from one of the following: o HP SmartStart CD 6.x o HP Firmware Maintenance CD 7.0 or later 2. Select the Maintenance tab. Unsupported processor stepping with Intel® processors For systems based on Intel® processors, you must update the system ROM to support new steppings (revisions) of processors. System ROM for HP servers contains the Intel® microcode, also called processor support code, that the system uses to initialize the processor and ensure proper operation of the platform. New steppings of Intel® processors tend to be functionally equivalent to previous steppings. HP ProLiant servers fully support mixing steppings when other parameters are identical: processor speed, cache size, number of cores, and processor wattage. To maintain support and uptime, HP provides updated system ROM before shipping new stepping processors. A new or replacement processor may be a newer stepping. At boot, the server indicates if the current system ROM does not support the new stepping processor. The following message is displayed: Unsupported Processor Detected System will ONLY boot ROMPAQ Utility. If this message is displayed, update the system ROM in one of the following ways: • Updating system ROM without removing the processor (on page 84) • Updating system ROM after removing the processor (on page 84) Software tools and solutions 83

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o
If you use a USB drive key, you must start the interface manually. Open a command-line interface
and enter one of the following commands to access the Firmware Maintenance CD:
In Windows®:
In Linux:
agree to the terms of the license agreement, click
Agree
irmware
. The HP Smart Update Manager is initiated.
e Utility
The ROM Update Utility is offline ROM flash technology.
tart CD 6.x
o
HP Firmware Maintenance CD 7.0 or later
tenance
tab.
Unsupported processor stepping with Intel® processors
you must update the system ROM to support new steppings
for HP servers contains the Intel® microcode, also called processor
support code, that the system uses to initialize the processor and ensure proper operation of the platform.
ameters are identical: processor speed, cache size,
dated system
ssor may be a newer stepping. At boot, the server indicates if the current
ocessor. The following message is displayed:
Utility.
ating system ROM after removing the processor (on page
84
)
\_autorun\autorun_win
/autorun
2.
Read the End-User License Agreement. If you
to continue. The Firmware Maintenance CD interface is displayed.
3.
Click the Firmware Update tab.
4.
Click
Install F
5.
Select and install the desired components. For more information, see the
HP ProLiant Firmware
Maintenance CD User Guide
on the Firmware Maintenance CD.
ROM Updat
The ROM update utility is being replaced by the HP Smart Update Manager on the Firmware
Maintenance CD version 7.50 and later.
To access the ROM Update Utility:
1.
Boot the server from one of the following:
o
HP SmartS
2.
Select the
Main
For systems based on Intel® processors,
(revisions) of processors. System ROM
New steppings of Intel® processors tend to be functionally equivalent to previous steppings. HP ProLiant
servers fully support mixing steppings when other par
number of cores, and processor wattage. To maintain support and uptime, HP provides up
ROM before shipping new stepping processors.
A new or replacement proce
system ROM does not support the new stepping pr
Unsupported Processor Detected
System will ONLY boot ROMPAQ
If this message is displayed, update the system ROM in one of the following ways:
•
Updating system ROM without removing the processor (on page
84
)
•
Upd
Software tools and solutions
83