HP ProLiant DL560 User's Guide download pdf (Page 77)

Software and configuration utilities 77

For more information regarding the default configurations that ORCA uses, see the HP ROM-Based Setup

Utility User Guide on the Documentation CD or the HP RBSU Information Library

(http://www.hp.com/go/rbsu/docs).

For more information about the storage controller and its features, select the relevant controller user

documentation on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/smartstorage/docs).

To configure arrays, see the HP Smart Storage Administrator User Guide on the HP website

(http://www.hp.com/go/smartstorage/docs).

ROMPaq utility

The ROMPaq utility enables you to upgrade the system firmware (BIOS). To upgrade the firmware, insert a

ROMPaq USB Key into an available USB port and boot the system. In addition to ROMPaq, Online Flash

Components for Windows and Linux operating systems are available for updating the system firmware.

The ROMPaq utility checks the system and provides a choice (if more than one exists) of available firmware

revisions.

For more information, go to the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc) and click on Drivers, Software

& Firmware. Then, enter your product name in the Find an HP product field and click Go.

Automatic Server Recovery

ASR is a feature that causes the system to restart when a catastrophic operating system error occurs, such as

a blue screen, ABEND (does not apply to HP ProLiant DL980 Servers), or panic. A system fail-safe timer, the

ASR timer, starts when the System Management driver, also known as the Health Driver, is loaded. When the

operating system is functioning properly, the system periodically resets the timer. However, when the

operating system fails, the timer expires and restarts the server.

ASR increases server availability by restarting the server within a specified time after a system hang. At the

same time, the HP SIM console notifies you by sending a message to a designated pager number that ASR

has restarted the system. You can disable ASR from the System Management Homepage or through RBSU.

USB support

HP provides both standard USB 2.0 support and legacy USB 2.0 support. Standard support is provided by

the OS through the appropriate USB device drivers. Before the OS loads, HP provides support for USB

devices through legacy USB support, which is enabled by default in the system ROM.

Legacy USB support provides USB functionality in environments where USB support is not available normally.

Specifically, HP provides legacy USB functionality for the following:

• POST

• RBSU

• Diagnostics

• DOS

• Operating environments which do not provide native USB support

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