HP Virtual Connect Version 3.17 Release Notes

Hardware and firmware requirements 5
IMPORTANT: When upgrading the HP VC 4Gb FC firmware from version VC-FC 1.2x to version
VC-FC 1.4x, the VC-FC module can drop connectivity temporarily during the activation process.
A redundant customer configuration experiences a failover with no loss of application
connectivity to the fabric.
Virtual Connect
firmware
v1.31 v1.32,
v1.34
v2.01,
v2.02
v2.10,
v2.12
v2.30 –
v2.33
v2.34 v3.0x v3.10,
v3.15
v3.17
VC 4Gb FC firmware
within Virtual Connect
1.20 1.21 1.30 1.32 1.40 1.41 1.40 1.41 1.41
VC 8Gb 20-Port FC
firmware within Virtual
Connect
— — — 1.32 1.40 1.41 1.40 1.41 1.41
VC 8Gb 24-Port FC
firmware within Virtual
Connect
— — — 1.00 1.01 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04
The following table shows firmware upgrade/downgrade support for the HP VC 4Gb FC Modules or HP VC
8Gb 20-Port FC Modules.
Upgrade to or
downgrade from
1.31 1.32,
1.34
2.01,
2.02
2.10,
2.12
v2.3x 3.0x 3.10,
3.15,
3.17
VC 1.31
— Normal Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
VC 1.32/1.34
Normal — Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
VC 2.01/2.02
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
— Normal Normal Normal Normal
VC 2.10/2.12
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Normal — Normal Normal Normal
VC 2.3x
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Normal Normal — Normal Normal
VC 3.0x
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Normal Normal Normal — Normal
VC
3.10/3.15/3.17
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Normal Normal Normal Normal —
* Always reset the module after the upgrade or downgrade.
On HP Virtual Connect 4Gb Fibre Channel Modules (with enhanced NPIV), downgrading the firmware to
any version older than VC 2.10 is not supported.
Recommended firmware versions for this release
Product Minimum firmware version
HP Onboard
Administrator
Minimum 3.11. HP recommends 3.30 or higher.
iLO 2
Minimum 1.82. HP recommends 2.01 or higher.
iLO 3
Minimum 1.10. HP recommends 1.20 or higher.
For more information on required firmware versions and to download firmware upgrades, see the HP
website (http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystemupdates).