TITLE: HP Z6 Avalanche G5A WkS BIOS Linux
VERSION: 01.01.24 REV: A PASS: 1
DESCRIPTION:
System BIOS for the Z6 G5A Workstation. These utilities can be used to restore
or update the System BIOS. System BIOS is independent of the Operating System.
PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: sp157165
SOFTPAQ FILE NAME: sp157165.tgz
SOFTPAQ MD5: 784B4417ABD225F0FF0AE690A66F6D8B
SUPERSEDES: sp156635
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 18, 2025
CATEGORY: BIOS - System Firmware
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Desktops
HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP Z 6 G5 A Workstation

OPERATING SYSTEM(S):
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop (x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Workstation (x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Workstation (x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (x86-64)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (x86-64)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

LANGUAGE(S): Global

DEVICES SUPPORTED:


ENHANCEMENTS:
The following enhancements have been made in BIOS version 01.01.24:
-Updated SIO Firmware v12.3.38
-Upgraded in-ROM UEFI Diagnostics to version 2.3.8.0
-Includes enhancements to mitigate security vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-21925,
CVE-2024-0179
FIXES:
The following fixes have been made in BIOS version 01.01.24:
-Added support for Digistor Citadel and FIPS M.2 NVMe drives.
-Add ACPI slot number for FlexIO for HP Performance Advisor to distinguish
network adapters
-Fix to WMI setting for active core count (must be <= existing core count)
-Fix to check for zero-length name in Secure Erase

PCR0 = FFDE69BE36455340117E65827F51D21173B1D7D4579635AAABF1314635761924
PREREQUISITES: NONE
HOW TO USE:
Linux BIOS:
This SoftPaq includes the following methods for changing the BIOS version:
- Use HP- lxbios Flash tool for updating System BIOS's and cloning system BIOS
settings from the Linux command line. Compiler and kernel development tools are
required to build Linux kernel-compatible interfaces for a target Linux
workstation system. See documentation for details.

NOTE: 'hp-lxbios' is intended for rpm based Linux distributions.

1. Download the file by clicking the "Download" or "Obtain Software" button and
saving the file to a folder on your hard drive (make a note of the folder where
the downloaded file is saved).
2. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to
update the System BIOS.

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