HP Virtual Connect Manager Version 1.10 Release Notes

Hardware and firmware requirements 5
• Fibre Channel mezzanines
• HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator
For additional information on required firmware versions and to download firmware upgrades, see the
HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystemupdates
).
Required firmware versions for this release
Product Required firmware version
HP Onboard
Administrator
Version 1.20 (1.30 preferred) or later
BL460c and BL480c System ROM 2006.09.18 or later
BL465c and BL685c System ROM 2006.12.02 or later
iLO Version 1.20 or later
NC370i, NC373i, and
NC373m
Boot code version 1.9.6 and C Class option ROM
1.1.3* or later
NC326i, NC325m, and
NC326m
Boot code version 3.28 and C Class option ROM
1.1.3* or later
QLogic QMH2462 4Gb
FC HBA
QLogic multiboot image 1.57 (with BIOS 1.26) or
later
* Use the HP Gigabit Server Adapter Firmware Upgrade Utility for c-Class Blades version 1.10 (HP website
(http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/25604.html
)) or one of the online methods
available for the OS. To find the online update method for your OS, go to the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystemupdates
) and search for Server Blade Software & Updates.
Virtual Connect v1.10 checks the server ROM image version and displays an incompatible state only for
server blades that have a VC Server Profile assigned and are using incompatible server ROM versions.
No version checking of mezzanine card firmware is available, so be sure to verify that your mezzanine
card firmware is up to date.
Server blades and mezzanine cards that do not meet the required firmware versions will not properly
accept Virtual Connect-assigned parameters (MACs, WWNs, etc.) and will maintain factory defaults.
However, these server blades will have the Ethernet network and Fibre Channel fabric connectivity
specified in their Virtual Connect server profiles. This connectivity enables the use of network-based
firmware update tools to update server blade and mezzanine firmware.