UEFI Development in HP

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Mission-Critical Customer ChallengesFinancial ServicesEvery minute ofdowntime = a minute oflost revenue!Manufacturingand DistributionProduction comesto grinding haltHealthcarePatient outcomesdepend on 24x7access to dataPublic Sector,and Communications,Media & EntertainmentCustomer retentionand fraud detection at riskNo tolerance for downtimeIncreasing Service Level Agreements with decreasing budgetsIslands of legacy apps and monolithic systems4Hewlett-Packard Company makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of theforegoing material and hereby disclaims any responsibility therefor.

The First Mission-Critical ConvergedInfrastructureNew Integrity systems optimized for the converged infrastructureStorageHPConvergedInfrastructureServersPower &coolingNetworkManagementsoftwareA common, modular architecturethat simplifies, consolidates, andautomates everythingA mission-criticalinfrastructure delivering thehighest levels of reliability andflexibility5Hewlett-Packard Company makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of theforegoing material and hereby disclaims any responsibility therefor.

What HP looks for in FirmwareHP Firmware Requirements• Advanced Features support• Path to support network boot over IPv6, etc.• HP Platform Innovations• Platform value-add modules• Protect intellectual property• Improve Execution Excellence• Limited engineering resources• Faster time to market• Separate the hardware basic execution away from HP innovations• Reduced Integration & Validation Time• Used packaging supplied by Silicon driver modules from Siliconsupplier• Maximize proper code reuse• Build-once, use by multiple platforms6Hewlett-Packard Company makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of theforegoing material and hereby disclaims any responsibility therefor.

Integrity † Leads HP EDK II TransitionEDK II Enables HP Platform Innovation and Execution ExcellenceSingle Source TreeFor Superdome 2,Blades and RackServersSuperdome 2The ultimate mission-criticalconsolidation platformSuperior PackagesAbility to reuseSingle module/solutionownerGlobal visibility for bug fixc3000Integrity Server Bladesc7000ECP Works WellReuse existing siliconmodules, applicationsBladeSystem Matrixwith HP-UXFirst ConvergedInfrastructureplatform for shared services,now mission-criticalIntegrity 2s Rack Server8-core scalability in 3xless compute density—without sacrificing RAS7Hewlett-Packard Company makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of theforegoing material and hereby disclaims any responsibility therefor.

HP Contributions to EDK IIAn Early Adopter• Provided review/guidance that helped to refine EDKII to the present form• Provided multiple feedback on simplification• Recommended the use industry-standard toolsinstead of proprietary tools• Provided fixes of build tool bugs• Identified EDK II issues that arose when enablingcompiler optimization with the Intel C compiler.• Discovered multiple EDK II bugs− For example, a subtle design issue with the UEFI network stack thatleads to severe performance degradation on large systemsHP Contributions benefited the entire opensourcecommunity8Hewlett-Packard Company makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of theforegoing material and hereby disclaims any responsibility therefor.

UEFI Transition RecommendationsDevelopment Challenge• Code development required large-scale source tree updates• Updates needed on average every 2-3 months• Expected in early adoption phaseUDK2010 addresses this challenge through code base maturity,packaging technology, and catching up with the latest specsDevelopers Recommendation• Pay close attention to the specifications/errata• Parallel versions for different spec versions• Maintain the infrastructure support and compatibility– Keep ―deprecated‖ version of lib/include/PCD– Avoid changing build tools/lib/include/PCD• Proactively communicate when a bug is fixed9OEMs/IBVs Recommendation• Take advantage of parallel versions if available– Get small-scale source updates needed• Pull in the latest code at least every 2 months• Use EDK II package solution– Create vendor-specific modulesHewlett-Packard Company makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of theforegoing material and hereby disclaims any responsibility therefor.

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