ESS Hard Disk Controller Driver Download For Windows

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* RECOMMENDED * Online ROM Flash Component for Windows (x64) - Smart Array P220i, P222, P420i, P420, P421, P721m, and P822

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Note: Some software requires a valid warranty, current Hewlett Packard Enterprise support contract, or a license fee.

Type:

Firmware - Storage Controller

Version:

8.32(2 Nov 2017)

Operating System(s):

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

Microsoft Windows Server 2016

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Multi-part download

File name:

cp033362.exe (7.8 MB)

File name:

cp033362.md5 (48 Bytes)

This x64 Smart Component provides firmware for the following storage controllers: Smart Array P220i, P222, P420i, P420, P421, P721m, and P822

Improved accuracy of drive temperature reporting feature

To ensure the integrity of your download, HPE recommends verifying your results with the following SHA-256 Checksum values:

c44d8e07820afe7c7fb286ce9da44c85e98030b38801fadba01beb87a18d13b7	cp033362.md5
52996f9e52f61f470075f0899f8c0212fd34b7a6e3881793765c408254e23b4a	cp033362.exe

Reboot Requirement:
Reboot is required after installation for updates to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.

Installation:

To update firmware from Windows operating system on target server:

Place the Smart Component in a temporary directory.
Double-click on the Smart Component.
Follow the directions given by the Smart Component.
Reboot your system if you would like the update to take effect immediately.

To use HP Smart Update Manager from the Service Pack for ProLiant :

Place the desired firmware to be updated in the directory, SPP20xxxxxhpswpackages
Locate Start.html which is found in the root of the ISO
Open the html file in a supported browser
Follow the instructions on the screen

End User License Agreements:
HPE Software License Agreement v1
Hewlett-Packard End User License Agreement

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Notes:

Deliverable Name:
Online ROM Flash Component for Windows (x64) - Smart Array P220i, P222, P420i, P420, P421, P721m, and P822

Release Version and/or Date:
8.32
Last Recommended or Critical Version:
8.00
Previous Version of Firmware:
8.00
Firmware Dependency:
None

Enhancements/New Features:

Improved accuracy of drive temperature reporting feature

Problems Fixed:

System can potentially stop responding with no lockup code due to livelock condition where the RAID Stack thread is polling a queue for a completion to be returned by the base code firmware

Known Issues:
None

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

System can potentially stop responding with no lockup code due to livelock condition where the RAID Stack thread is polling a queue for a completion to be returned by the base code firmware

Version:8.32(C) (27 Nov 2018)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Customers who already have firmware version 8.32 installed do not need to update to 8.32(C).

Improved Integration with Smart Update Manager

Version:8.32(B) (26 Jun 2018)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Customers who already have firmware version 8.32 installed do not need to update to 8.32(B).

Added HPE Digital Signature

Version:8.32 (2 Nov 2017)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

System can potentially stop responding with no lockup code due to livelock condition where the RAID Stack thread is polling a queue for a completion to be returned by the base code firmware

Improved accuracy of drive temperature reporting feature

Version:8.00(C) (25 Sep 2017)

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Updated to support Service Pack for ProLiant version 2017.07.1

Note: If version 8.00 was previously installed, then it is not necessary to upgrade to version 8.00 (C).

Version:8.00(B) (12 Jul 2017)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Updated to support Service Pack for ProLiant version 2017.07.0

Note: If version 8.00 was previously installed, then it is not necessary to upgrade to version 8.00 (B).

Version:8.00 (24 Oct 2016)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Drive temperatures for SATA drives might not be reported after hot-inserting the drive.
System might hang at POST following a reboot.
System fans might go to 100% if connected drives were spun down.
SATA SSD’s were incorrectly marked as worn out.

Increased performance of SATA drives by increasing command queue depth.

Version:7.5 (24 Oct 2016)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Drive temperatures for SATA drives might not be reported after hot-inserting the drive.

Version:7.02 (B) (7 Apr 2016)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Problems Fixed in 7.02:

A physical drive configured as a spare drive might indicate predictive failure sooner than expected.
Controller might stop responding during run-time (POST Lockup 0x13).
When drive write-cache is enabled, protocol errors are observed.
After hot-plug replacement of a hard disk drive, incorrect hard disk drive firmware version and upgrade recommendation were displayed by HP Smart Storage Administrator.

Problems Fixed in 7.02 (B):

Component would fail to install firmware in a system configured with two or more external drive enclosures attached to an HPE Host Bus Adapter H22x. The following message would be reported - “Device appears more than once in tree”. The firmware installation failure was not observed in configurations having only one external drive enclosure attached to an HPE Host Bus Adapter H22x.

Version:7.02 (1 Apr 2016)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

A physical drive configured as a spare drive might indicate predictive failure sooner than expected.
Controller might stop responding during run-time (POST Lockup 0x13).
When drive write-cache is enabled, protocol errors are observed.
After hot-plug replacement of a hard disk drive, incorrect hard disk drive firmware version and upgrade recommendation were displayed by HP Smart Storage Administrator.

Version:6.68 (1 Oct 2015)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

HP Smart Array Px2x controller with HP SmartCache enabled on boot volume could potentially encounter file corruption when booting the system if the Super-cap is not fully charged due to being replaced or being in a power down condition for several days (Example 7 days). File corruption is less likely to occur on non-boot volumes than on boot volumes. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04719000
I/O may halt when the drive write cache is enabled.

Increased performance for tape drives when using variable block sizes.

Version:6.64 (15 Jun 2015)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

An intermittent aborted IO request with attached SATA drives resulted in a LUN (Logical Unit Number) reset.
When using SATA drives with a Px2x controller, the server may stop responding or shut down after an extended period of time due to a controller lockup (POST Lockup 0xAB).

Version:6.34 (6 Apr 2015)

Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HP requires users update to this version immediately.

Problems Fixed:

Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
When a controller was set to RAID6 mode and a large number of recoverable errors were generated by hard disk drives in the system, the controller might go into a degraded mode and cease to function. A 0x0E error message would display during POST on subsequent power cycle and in the Integrated Management Log (IML)
The controller would report 0xE0 error to HP Smart Storage Administrator (HP SSA) and would cease to function when set to RAID 6 mode
Intermittent SSD SATA 6G drive failures would occur when drive was configured in Bay 1 of HP ProLiant BL465 Gen8 Server
Uncorrectable ECC errors would cause the controller to stop responding (Lockup 0x13). This version of Smart Array firmware properly calculates the maximum controller memory bandwidth required to sustain streaming write operations with the current logical drive configuration and reduces the cache memory speed on configurations that do not require peak controller memory bandwidth. When running at the slower memory speed, less power is consumed and performance degradation is expected to be negligible. For additional information, reference Customer Advisory # c03755983
The HP D2220sb Storage Blade is not recognized when configuring it with the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602866

Enhancements/New Features:

Improved error handling when hard disk drives generate a large number of recoverable errors.
Added support for non-hotplug disk drives.
Added support for HP ProLiant Gen9 servers:
- HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server
- HP ProLiant BL660c Gen9 Server

Version:6 (9 Sep 2014)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Problems Fixed in version 6.00:
This firmware release resolved the following issues:

When executing kdump on systems running in Zero Memory RAID (ZMR) mode, the controller might halt.
When an HP Smart Array P420 controller was attached to both an expander backplane and non-expander backplane, the controller would not properly control SmartCarrier LEDs.
Chkdsk was running slowly.

Type:

Firmware - Storage Controller

Version:

8.32(2 Nov 2017)

Operating System(s):

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

Microsoft Windows Server 2016

Description

This x64 Smart Component provides firmware for the following storage controllers: Smart Array P220i, P222, P420i, P420, P421, P721m, and P822

Enhancements

Improved accuracy of drive temperature reporting feature

Installation Instructions

To ensure the integrity of your download, HPE recommends verifying your results with the following SHA-256 Checksum values:

c44d8e07820afe7c7fb286ce9da44c85e98030b38801fadba01beb87a18d13b7	cp033362.md5
52996f9e52f61f470075f0899f8c0212fd34b7a6e3881793765c408254e23b4a	cp033362.exe

Reboot Requirement:
Reboot is required after installation for updates to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.

Installation:

To update firmware from Windows operating system on target server:

Place the Smart Component in a temporary directory.
Double-click on the Smart Component.
Follow the directions given by the Smart Component.
Reboot your system if you would like the update to take effect immediately.

To use HP Smart Update Manager from the Service Pack for ProLiant :

Place the desired firmware to be updated in the directory, SPP20xxxxxhpswpackages
Locate Start.html which is found in the root of the ISO
Open the html file in a supported browser
Follow the instructions on the screen

Release Notes

End User License Agreements:
HPE Software License Agreement v1
Hewlett-Packard End User License Agreement

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Notes:

Deliverable Name:
Online ROM Flash Component for Windows (x64) - Smart Array P220i, P222, P420i, P420, P421, P721m, and P822

Release Version and/or Date:
8.32
Last Recommended or Critical Version:
8.00
Previous Version of Firmware:
8.00
Firmware Dependency:
None

Enhancements/New Features:

Improved accuracy of drive temperature reporting feature

Problems Fixed:

System can potentially stop responding with no lockup code due to livelock condition where the RAID Stack thread is polling a queue for a completion to be returned by the base code firmware

Known Issues:
None

Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

System can potentially stop responding with no lockup code due to livelock condition where the RAID Stack thread is polling a queue for a completion to be returned by the base code firmware

Revision History

Version:8.32(C) (27 Nov 2018)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Customers who already have firmware version 8.32 installed do not need to update to 8.32(C).

Improved Integration with Smart Update Manager

Version:8.32(B) (26 Jun 2018)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Customers who already have firmware version 8.32 installed do not need to update to 8.32(B).

Added HPE Digital Signature

Version:8.32 (2 Nov 2017)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

System can potentially stop responding with no lockup code due to livelock condition where the RAID Stack thread is polling a queue for a completion to be returned by the base code firmware

Improved accuracy of drive temperature reporting feature

Version:8.00(C) (25 Sep 2017)

Updated to support Service Pack for ProLiant version 2017.07.1

Note: If version 8.00 was previously installed, then it is not necessary to upgrade to version 8.00 (C).

Version:8.00(B) (12 Jul 2017)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Updated to support Service Pack for ProLiant version 2017.07.0

Note: If version 8.00 was previously installed, then it is not necessary to upgrade to version 8.00 (B).

Version:8.00 (24 Oct 2016)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Drive temperatures for SATA drives might not be reported after hot-inserting the drive.
System might hang at POST following a reboot.
System fans might go to 100% if connected drives were spun down.
SATA SSD’s were incorrectly marked as worn out.

Increased performance of SATA drives by increasing command queue depth.

Version:7.5 (24 Oct 2016)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Drive temperatures for SATA drives might not be reported after hot-inserting the drive.

Version:7.02 (B) (7 Apr 2016)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Problems Fixed in 7.02:

A physical drive configured as a spare drive might indicate predictive failure sooner than expected.
Controller might stop responding during run-time (POST Lockup 0x13).
When drive write-cache is enabled, protocol errors are observed.
After hot-plug replacement of a hard disk drive, incorrect hard disk drive firmware version and upgrade recommendation were displayed by HP Smart Storage Administrator.

Problems Fixed in 7.02 (B):

Component would fail to install firmware in a system configured with two or more external drive enclosures attached to an HPE Host Bus Adapter H22x. The following message would be reported - “Device appears more than once in tree”. The firmware installation failure was not observed in configurations having only one external drive enclosure attached to an HPE Host Bus Adapter H22x.

Version:7.02 (1 Apr 2016)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

A physical drive configured as a spare drive might indicate predictive failure sooner than expected.
Controller might stop responding during run-time (POST Lockup 0x13).
When drive write-cache is enabled, protocol errors are observed.
After hot-plug replacement of a hard disk drive, incorrect hard disk drive firmware version and upgrade recommendation were displayed by HP Smart Storage Administrator.

Version:6.68 (1 Oct 2015)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

HP Smart Array Px2x controller with HP SmartCache enabled on boot volume could potentially encounter file corruption when booting the system if the Super-cap is not fully charged due to being replaced or being in a power down condition for several days (Example 7 days). File corruption is less likely to occur on non-boot volumes than on boot volumes. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04719000
I/O may halt when the drive write cache is enabled.

Increased performance for tape drives when using variable block sizes.

Version:6.64 (15 Jun 2015)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

An intermittent aborted IO request with attached SATA drives resulted in a LUN (Logical Unit Number) reset.
When using SATA drives with a Px2x controller, the server may stop responding or shut down after an extended period of time due to a controller lockup (POST Lockup 0xAB).

Version:6.34 (6 Apr 2015)

Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HP requires users update to this version immediately.

Problems Fixed:

Critical issue for all UEFI systems using 2.2 TB or greater volumes configured with GPT partitions. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602001
When a controller was set to RAID6 mode and a large number of recoverable errors were generated by hard disk drives in the system, the controller might go into a degraded mode and cease to function. A 0x0E error message would display during POST on subsequent power cycle and in the Integrated Management Log (IML)
The controller would report 0xE0 error to HP Smart Storage Administrator (HP SSA) and would cease to function when set to RAID 6 mode
Intermittent SSD SATA 6G drive failures would occur when drive was configured in Bay 1 of HP ProLiant BL465 Gen8 Server
Uncorrectable ECC errors would cause the controller to stop responding (Lockup 0x13). This version of Smart Array firmware properly calculates the maximum controller memory bandwidth required to sustain streaming write operations with the current logical drive configuration and reduces the cache memory speed on configurations that do not require peak controller memory bandwidth. When running at the slower memory speed, less power is consumed and performance degradation is expected to be negligible. For additional information, reference Customer Advisory # c03755983
The HP D2220sb Storage Blade is not recognized when configuring it with the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade. For additional information please refer to the customer advisory # c04602866

Enhancements/New Features:

Improved error handling when hard disk drives generate a large number of recoverable errors.
Added support for non-hotplug disk drives.
Added support for HP ProLiant Gen9 servers:
- HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server
- HP ProLiant BL660c Gen9 Server

Version:6 (9 Sep 2014)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Problems Fixed in version 6.00:
This firmware release resolved the following issues:

When executing kdump on systems running in Zero Memory RAID (ZMR) mode, the controller might halt.
When an HP Smart Array P420 controller was attached to both an expander backplane and non-expander backplane, the controller would not properly control SmartCarrier LEDs.
Chkdsk was running slowly.

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