Proactive Change Notification; Subscriber's Choice; Rom Flash; Remote Rom Flash - HP xw4550 Service And Technical Reference Manual

Proactive Change Notification

The Proactive Change Notification program uses the Subscriber's Choice Web site to proactively and
automatically:
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Send you Proactive Change Notification (PCN) emails informing you of hardware and software
changes to most commercial workstations and servers, up to 60 days in advance
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Send you emails containing customer bulletins, customer advisories, customer notes, bulletins,
and driver alerts for most commercial workstations and servers

Subscriber's Choice

Subscriber's Choice is a client-based service from HP. Based on your profile, HP will supply you with
personalized product tips, feature articles, and driver and support alerts and notifications. Subscriber's
Choice Driver and Support Alerts/Notifications will deliver emails notifying you that the information you
subscribed to in your profile is available for review and retrieval. To learn more about Subscriber's
Choice and create a custom profile, see: http://www.hp.com/go/subscriberschoice.

ROM Flash

The workstation comes with a programmable flash ROM. By establishing a setup password in the
Computer Setup (F10) Utility, you can protect the ROM from being unintentionally updated or
overwritten. This is important to ensure the operating integrity of the workstation. To upgrade the ROM,
download the latest SoftPaq images from http://www.hp.com/support/workstation_swdrivers.
NOTE: For maximum ROM protection, be sure to establish a setup password. The setup password
prevents unauthorized ROM upgrades. System Software Manager enables you to set the setup
password on one or more PCs simultaneously. For more information, see: http://www.hp.com/go/ssm.

Remote ROM Flash

Remote ROM Flash allows the system administrator to safely upgrade the ROM on remote HP
workstations directly from the centralized network management console, resulting in a consistent
deployment of and greater control over HP PC ROM images over the network. It also results in greater
productivity and lower total cost of ownership.
The workstation must be powered on, or turned on through Remote Wakeup, to use Remote ROM Flash.
For more information on Remote ROM Flash, see the HP Client Manager Software or System Software
Manager sections at http://www.hp.com/go/ssm.

HPQFlash

The HPQFlash utility is used to locally update or restore the system ROM on individual PCs through a
Windows operating system.
For more information on HPQFlash, see:
workstation when prompted.

The FailSafe Boot Block ROM

The FailSafe Boot Block ROM is a flash-protected section of the workstation ROM that checks for a
valid system ROM flash image whenever power is applied to the workstation. This protected section of
ROM allows the workstation to recover following an unlikely ROM flash failure (such that as caused by
a workstation power loss) during a ROM upgrade.
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