HP BladeSystem Matrix 6.
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Contents 1 About this document................................................................................................................... 4 2 HP BladeSystem Matrix hardware................................................................................................ 5 Enclosure and server blades ....................................................................................................................... 5 HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure components ........................................
1 About this document As of June 2011, the product name of HP BladeSystem Matrix has been renamed to HP CloudSystem Matrix. While some documents before June 2011 may continue to have references to the HP BladeSystem Matrix product name, these references are interchangeable with HP CloudSystem Matrix. This document specifies the HP BladeSystem Matrix 6.0 definition of hardware, firmware, and software.
2 HP BladeSystem Matrix hardware Enclosure and server blades This chapter shows the supported enclosures and server blades for HP BladeSystem Matrix.
Storage systems SAN functionality HP BladeSystem Matrix 6.0 supports the use of virtual and physical logical servers. Virtual logical servers use storage from the file system of the hypervisor. Physical logical servers use storage provisioned from the SAN for flexible movement. HP recommends Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) with boot-from-SAN capability (for physical blade deployments).
3 HP BladeSystem Matrix firmware The HP BladeSystem Matrix 6.0 firmware definition consists of HP BladeSystem Firmware Release Set, version 2010.01 and updates. HP BladeSystem Firmware Release Set 2010.01 The HP BladeSystem Firmware Release Set 2010.01 consists of a collection of individual firmware components which have been tested and verified together in an integrated BladeSystem solution environment.
Server blade model Version HP ProLiant BL460c G6 I24 2009.10.011 I24 2011.05.051 HP ProLiant BL465c G5 and G6 A13 2009.07.271 A13 2011.05.021 HP ProLiant BL490c G6 I21 2009.10.011 I21 2011.05.051 HP ProLiant BL495c G5 and G6 A14 2009.07.271 A14 2011.05.021 HP ProLiant BL680c G5 I17 2009.07.101 I17 2011.05.021 HP ProLiant BL685c G5 A08 2009.07.201 A08 2011.05.021 HP ProLiant BL685c G6 A17 2009.07.281 A17 2011.05.021 1 HP recommends updating to OA 3.21, iLO2 2.06, VC 3.
Ethernet mezzanine cards and embedded controllers Component • • • • • • • • NC325m • • NC360m • Version NC326i NC326m • Linux FW component version 2.2.4 • Windows® FW component version 2.1.5.5 • 1.00 NC362i • N/A • NC542m • N/A • NC522m • Linux FW component version 4.0.516 • Windows® FW component version 9.80 NC370i NC373i NC382m NC532i NC532m NC364m Fibre Channel host bus adapter (FC HBA) mezzanine cards Component Firmware HP BLc QLogic QMH2462 4Gb FC HBA BIOS: 2.
Virtual Connect Virtual Connect Component Version Virtual Connect Firmware, Ethernet plus 8Gb 24-port FC Edition for Windows1 VC 2.322, 3 VC 3.183 Virtual Connect Firmware, Ethernet plus 8Gb 24-port FC Edition for Linux VC 2.322, 3 VC 3.183 1 This online VC 2.32 firmware component for Windows® can be run from the Windows CMS server in a BladeSystem Matrix environment to update all VC firmware in all BladeSystem Matrix enclosures.
HP Integrity server firmware BIOS Server blade model Version HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade 04.21 HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade 04.21 Ethernet mezzanine card Component Version HP Integrity Gigabit Ethernet Single-port NIC (Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Fiber) HP-UX 11.31: 11.31.0909 NC532m EFI: 5.0.23, MBA: 5.0.17, and Bootcode: 5.0.13 NC364m Firmware 1.00 NC360m Firmware 1.
4 Central management server software Operating system CMS operating system1, 2 1 2 Operating system Version Windows Server® 2008, Enterprise Edition R2 (x64) Windows Server® 2008, Enterprise Edition SP2: x64 and x86 Windows Server® 2003, Enterprise Edition R2 SP2: x64 and x86 Windows Server® 2003, Enterprise Edition SP2: x64 and x86 In general, HP BladeSystem Matrix supports the same native CMS operating systems supported by HP Insight Dynamics management software, see the HP Insight Software 6
Software Version HP Insight Control power management 6.0.0 HP Insight Control virtual machine management 6.0.0 HP Insight Control server migration 6.0.0 HP Insight Control server deployment 6.0.0 HP Insight Control server deployment supplement 6.0.2 HP Insight Control licensing and reports 6.0.0 HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) 6.0.0 HP Insight Remote Support Advanced Edition A.05.40 HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) 6.0.0 HP System Management Homepage (SMH) 6.0.
Software product and version Notes Windows Automated Installation KIT (WAIK) Version 1.1 If you are installing or upgrading Insight Control server deployment, you must first install Microsoft WAIK 1.1, also known as the "Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008." It is available at the Microsoft website. Installing Insight Control server deployment on Windows OSs localized in Italian or Spanish requires the English Windows AIK.
5 Managed system software In general, HP BladeSystem Matrix supports the same managed node operating environments supported by HP Insight Dynamics management software, see the HP Insight Software 6.0 Support Matrix available at www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics/docs. HP ProLiant managed systems HP ProLiant Support Pack ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) Version ProLiant Support Pack for Windows® Server 8.30 ProLiant Support Pack for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 8.
Operating system Version Windows Server® 2003, Web Edition R2 SP2: x86 and x646 Windows Server® 2003, Datacenter Edition R2 SP2: x86 and x646 VMware ESX 3.5 or ESXi Server 3.5 Update 4 Update 5 VMware ESX 4.04, 5 or ESXi Server 4.
Supported VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V guest operating systems Hypervisor Supported OS VMware ESX or ESXi Server 3.5 Update 4 or Update 5 Microsoft Windows and Linux OSs listed among managed system operating systems above VMware ESX or ESXi Server 4.
Integrity managed node operating system support Operating system1 Version HP-UX 11i v3 HP-UX 11.31 v3 0909 OpenVMS OpenVMS 8.3-H12 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Intel Itanium R2 1 2 Not supported by Insight Recovery. Only Insight Virtualization manager software, Insight Capacity Advisor software, and Insight Global Workload Manager software support OpenVMS. Logical server operations, Insight Orchestration software and Insight Recovery software are not supported.
6 Support and other resources Contacting HP Information to collect before contacting HP Be sure to have the following information available before you contact HP: • HP BladeSystem Matrix Starter Kit or Expansion Kit c7000 enclosure serial number • SAID (Service Agreement Identifier) if applicable • Software product name • Hardware product model number • Operating system type and version • Applicable error message • Third-party hardware or software • Technical support registration number (if a
Registering for software technical support and update service HP BladeSystem Matrix includes as standard, three or one year of 24 x 7 HP Software Technical Support and Update Service and 24 x 7 four hour response HP Hardware Support Service. This service provides access to HP technical resources for assistance in resolving software implementation or operations problems. The service also provides access to software updates and reference manuals in electronic form as they are made available from HP.
Security bulletin and alert policy for non-HP owned software components Open source software (such as OpenSSL) or third-party software (such as Java) are sometimes included in HP products. HP discloses that the non-HP owned software components listed in the HP Insight Dynamics end user license agreement (EULA) are included with HP Insight Dynamics. To view the EULA, use a text editor to open the /opt/vse/src/README file on an HP-UX CMS, or the \src\README file on a Windows CMS.
