HP Virtual Connect Version 3.30 Release Notes

Hardware and firmware requirements 8
Adapter Website
HP NC550m 10Gb 2-port PCIe x8
Flex-10 Ethernet Adapter
HP website
(http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownloa
d.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=4085929&taskId=135&prodTypeId
=3709945&prodSeriesId=4085948&lang=en&cc=us)
HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric
10Gb Converged Network
Adapter
HP website
(http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownloa
d.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=4145269&taskId=135&prodTypeId
=3709945&prodSeriesId=4145106&lang=en&cc=us)
HP NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric
10Gb Converged Network
Adapter
HP website
(http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownloa
d.jsp?prodNameId=5033634&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=135&prodSeriesI
d=5033632&prodTypeId=329290)
HP NC552m 10Gb 2-Port Flex-
10
Ethernet Adapter
HP website
(http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownloa
d.jsp?prodNameId=4324790&lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=329290&pr
odSeriesId=4295117&taskId=135)
HP NC553i 10Gb 2-port
FlexFabric Converged Network
Adapter
HP website
(http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownloa
d.jsp?prodNameId=4324630&lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=329290&pr
odSeriesId=4324629&taskId=135)
HP NC553m 10Gb 2-port
FlexFabric Server Adapter
HP website
(http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownloa
d.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=4324854&taskId=135&prodTypeId
=3709945&prodSeriesId=4296125&lang=en&cc=us)
To obtain VMware operating system drivers and firmware, see the websites listed in the following table.
VMware version and driver Website
ESX/ESXi 4.1 FC/FCoE driver
VMware website
(http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/dt_esxi41_emulex_lpfc820_
8219730/ZHcqYnR3anRiZGhwZA)
ESX/ESXi 4.0 FC/FCoE driver
VMware website
(http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/dt_esxi40_emulex_lpfc820_
8209730/ZHcqYnR3amRiZHR3ag)
ESX/ESXi 4.x NIC driver
VMware website
(http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/dt_esxi4x_emulex_2104277
3/ZHcqYnR3JUBiZGhwZA)
ESX/ESXi 4.1 iSCSI driver
VMware website
(http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/dt_esxi41_emulex_oneconne
ct_21042773/ZHcqYnR3andiZGhwZA)
Additional information
For more BladeSystem information and tools, as well as additional tested Flex-10 NIC adapter operating
system drivers and firmware, available in the HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 NICs Solution Recipe White Paper,
go to the Additional information section of the HP website
(http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/bladesystemupdate.html).
Versions 3.15 and higher of HP Virtual Connect Manager check the server ROM image version and display
an incompatible state only for server blades that have a VC Server Profile assigned and are using
incompatible server ROM versions.