HP Proliant DL160 G5 Bios Update

[dfrankes]

Hello,

 

I currently own an HP Proliant DL160 G5 and i want to update the bios because Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterpise Hyper-V isnt working. (It says that i need to enable it in the bios, But there are not options in the bios for this)

 

The CPU in this server: Intel Xeon E5404 2.0 Ghz (Supports Virtualization)

Current Bios Version: 012 (12/11/2011)

 

Already installed HP Service Pack for proliant.

 

 

Anyone here can help me to upgrade the bios? (If there is any newer version ofc)

[Revilogy]

I have heard that to update the BIOS on a Proliant you use an image you download from HP, copy it to a bootable USB drive or burn it to a CD and boot it up... Hope this helps

[Revilogy]

Give this link a shot http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/psi/swdDetails/?sp4ts.oid=3884344&spf_p.tpst=swdMain&spf_p.prp_swdMain=wsrp-navigationalState%3Didx%253D%257CswItem%253DMTX_7bd12651ab954fdcb0d7ee164a%257CswEnvOID%253D54%257CitemLocale%253D%257CswLang%253D%257Cmode%253D%257Caction%253DdriverDocument&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken

[dfrankes]

Thats for an G6 series, Already got the ROM for the G5, Created the usb stick, but it keeps being stuck at: Loading FreeDOS __

[Revilogy]

Ah sorry I read it wrong. Going through the basics, have you tried using a different stick or tired downloading the ROM image?

[dfrankes]

This thread can be closed, Already solved the problem!

[elsiegee40]

@dfrankes

 

It is good that you have found a solution to your problem, but on edugeek we ask that you post your solution to help others and leave the thread in place.

 

I have restored the thread and would be grateful if you would tell us how you solved the problem.

Edited November 8, 2014 by elsiegee40

[dfrankes]

Solution for this problem:

 

1) Create a booteble Win98 DOS USB stick

2) Copy the files from "ROMPaq Flat Files" (In C:\SWSetup\SP52204\) to an folder on the USB stick (I created a folder called: ROM)

3) Boot the server with usb

4) as soon the WIN98 DOS started you enter the folder ROM and execute ROMPAQ.EX, Follow the instuctions on the screen

5) Done, your server is now updated with the latest ROM

[Revilogy]

No doubt this will come handy for us at some point, thanks!

[glt]

** Update: I was not able to get the latest FW as the current (and last) version, 2010.11.17 (A) 9 Mar 2011, requires a service contract. However, the previous version, 2010.10.25 (A) 8 Dec 2010, was available. After wasting an hour trying to get the USB Stick method to work, I used their CDROM method and burned a disk from the provided ISO. 15 minutes later I was able to enable the Virtualzation features on the CPU.

 

The free FW update can be found at this HP location (at least on Pi Day 2015, 3/14/15). [i did a Google search on "proliant dl160 g5 bios update," searched for DR-DOS updates, and the FW update that was "entitled" had a link to the previous version, which was free--and marked "critical".

*** end Update

 

I am having a similar problem with my DL160 G5. I run Ubuntu Linux and need to get the VT instructions enabled so that I can run do some work with Virtualbox. I downloaded the last SP DVD image that supported the G5 and ran it to upgrade. But it doesn't seem like anything changed. I have no ability to enable the VT instructions.

 

My Main BIOS version is 012 (02/11/2007)

My RSBU BIOS is 2.61 (AMI)

 

I used the HP SUM Service Pak DVD from 6/2014, which advertises itself as being the last one that supported the G5 series.

 

I am hoping you can provide a little more info from your experience that will help me identify what I need to get/do to gain the ability to enable this feature on the CPU.

Edited March 14, 2015 by glt

[Arthur]

I was not able to get the latest FW as the current (and last) version, 2010.11.17 (A) 9 Mar 2011, requires a service contract.

The latest firmware can be downloaded from HPs FTP server without requiring a service contract should you want it.

 

• Windows (x64)
  ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-windows-fw-sys/p962933855/v67391/cp014736.exe
   
   
  
• Windows (x86)
  ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-windows-fw-sys/p52063186/v67389/cp014734.exe
   
   
  
• USB
  ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/pubsw-windows/p303200197/v67394/SP52204.exe
  

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Problems Fixed

• Resolved an issue where the system may not report all DIMM locations encountering an Uncorrectable Memory Error during Power-On Self-Test (POST) and the DIMM error may not be logged to the IPMI System Event log.
  
• Resolved an issue where the memory is not mapped out during Power-On Self-Test (POST) when an Uncorrectable Memory Error is detected.
  
• Resolved an issue where the Server Health LED will illuminate red when an Uncorrectable Memory Error is detected during Power-On Self-Test (POST).
  

Known Issues

None

Edited March 15, 2015 by Arthur

[glt]

Arthur,

 

Thanks for the pointer. If the latest BIOS version is available, I would like to grab it, but my box is running Ubuntu Linux and not Windows, so this particular kit will not work for me.

 

Do you know if there is an equivalent to this that can be burned to a CD-ROM for updating?

 

Greg