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If you are upgrading your CMS and have VCEM 6.2 to 7.0 running on a 64-bit operating system,

you can directly update installations with the HP Insight Management DVD. Figure 6 (page 20)

shows the 32-bit to 64-bit operating system update path.

Figure 6 Update path

IMPORTANT: VCEM 7.3 does not support VC firmware versions prior to VC 3.30. If you have

versions of VC firmware before 3.30 installed, an incompatible firmware icon is displayed, and

VCEM prevents most VC Domain, VC Domain Group, and server profile operations. You must

upgrade to VC firmware 3.3x. See “Upgrading incompatible firmware modes and versions” (page

28) for more information. While VCEM does not support older firmware versions, both VCEM and

the Insight Managed System Setup Wizard will not prevent you from licensing these firmware

versions.

For a list of VCEM and Insight Management requirements see the HP Insight Management Support

Matrix at http://www.hp.com/go/insightsoftware/docs.

Installation prerequisites

VC firmware browser support

Ensure that you have the right browser before installing VCEM. Table 6 lists browser support by

VC firmware version.

Table 6 VC firmware browser support

Firefox VersionInternet Explorer versionVC firmware version

3.x7.x and 8.x3.30

6.x and 7.x8.x and 9.x3.5x

9 and 10ESR8.x and 9.x3.60

9, 10ESR and 118.x and 9.x3.7x

9, 10ESR and 17ESR8.x, 9.x and 10

4.0x

17, 229.x, 10 and 114.1x

The iSCSI boot configuration web GUI is not supported in IE10 compatibility mode.

Mixed VC firmware versions and compatibility in a VC Domain Group

VCEM enables firmware compatibility using current and future versions of VC firmware. This feature

provides both backward and forward VC firmware compatibility.

Backward compatibility for VC firmware

You can install VCEM 7.3 and run the latest VC firmware in a VC Domain Group that has an

earlier but supported firmware mode.

IMPORTANT: The minimum supported firmware version in VCEM 7.3 is VC firmware 3.3x. If

you are upgrading from an earlier VCEM version managing VC Domains that have a VC firmware

version older than 3.3x, VCEM will mark those VC Domains and VC Domain Groups with an

incompatible firmware status.

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