TITLE: HP Z6/8-G4 WKS System BIOS For Linux
VERSION: 02.86 REV: A PASS: 2
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains the System BIOS image and flash utilities for Z6G4/Z8G4.
These utilities can be used to restore or update the System BIOS. System BIOS is
independent of the Operating System.
PURPOSE: Critical
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: sp144036
SOFTPAQ FILE NAME: SP144036.tgz
SOFTPAQ MD5: 1ed370a3c2b7b13f2534f93c4ea7eee0
SUPERSEDES: None
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 18, 2022
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Desktops
HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP Z 8 G4 Workstation
HP Z 6 G4 Workstation

OPERATING SYSTEM(S):
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop (x86_64) (OEM)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Workstation (x86_64) (OEM)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Workstation (x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) (OEM)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (x86_64)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (x86_64)
Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS

LANGUAGE(S): Global

DEVICES SUPPORTED:


ENHANCEMENTS:
-Includes enhancements to mitigate security vulnerability CVE-2022-26343.
-HP strongly recommends promptly transitioning to this updated BIOS version.
-Updates UEFI-based Hardware Diagnostics to v2.2.7.0.

Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) Enabled:
TPM2.0 PCR0 = A9235EFCE221FCC58EFAA0C757A95F685FD1EFDAA5E034525750D667AF49848B
(SHA256)
TPM1.2 PCR0 = 813D88AFBCE0C35842FABB49FE02FE5D7C143DFB (SHA1)

Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) Disabled:
TPM2.0 PCR0 = 461025B02A0A891470006D7434C8D0340550440B006330B461A02BD84EE31DAC
(SHA256)
TPM1.2 PCR0 = C6911CF88F5F51266AB5B473C552732BF5E5C34F (SHA1)
FIXES:
-Fixes an issue where network boot options would not show up in F9 Boot Menu for
certain Network Interface Cards.
PREREQUISITES: NONE
HOW TO USE:
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.

Copyright (c) 2022 HP Development Company, L.P.