TITLE: HP bc2000/bc2500 Blade PC System BIOS (786E5 BIOS)

VERSION: 2.05 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains utilities that can be used to restore or update the 
system BIOS (786E5 BIOS) for the HP bc2000/bc2500 Blade PC. 

IMPORTANT: If updating the system BIOS image to V2.05, the Blade Management 
Controller (BMC) image must also be updated to V22.

NOTE: If both the System BIOS and the BMC image are updated on the same power 
cycle, the BMC image must be updated first (before updating the system BIOS). 

PURPOSE: Recommended
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP37089
SUPERSEDES: SP36357
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 2007
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: Yes

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Desktops

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP bc2000 Blade PC: All Models
HP bc2500 Blade PC: All Models

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

LANGUAGE(S): 
Arabic
Brazilian Portuguese
Chinese(PRC Simplified)
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hongkong
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Taiwanese Chinese
Turkish
US English

ENHANCEMENTS: 
- Adds support for HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS) local console blanking.
- Adds F10 Setup option to enable users to disable NIC B.
- Improves speed of the pre-boot Memory test.
- Exposes the Enclosure IP Address in F10 Setup and Microsoft Windows 
Management Instrumentation (WMI).
- Changes Wake-on-LAN (WOL) Boot flow to match the HP bc1500 Blade PC.
- Improves error and blade health detection and reporting.

FIXES: 
- Corrects spare part numbers for Korean SKUs.

PREREQUISITES: 
None

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: 
1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive.  

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


Copyright (c) 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.