HP Virtual Connect 4.01 Release Notes

Installation instructions 11
Firmware upgrade requirements
IMPORTANT: When updating VC firmware, update each domain with the entire firmware
package, which includes the individual VC-Enet and VC-FC firmware. Updating only the VC-Enet
firmware or only the VC-FC firmware is not supported.
IMPORTANT: For VC 4.01 upgrades when Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) is in
use, HP recommends upgrading to VCEM v7.2. For more information about the VC firmware that
is compatible with VCEM, see the latest version of the Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager User
Guide on the HP website
(http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=Su
pportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=18964&prodSe
riesId=3601866).
Each HP Virtual Connect firmware package contains a separate HP VC-FC firmware version. The following
tables show the version of VC-FC firmware included with each VC firmware package.
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
VC 4Gb FC firmware
within Virtual
Connect
VC 8Gb 20-Port FC
firmware within Virtual
Connect
VC 8Gb 24-Port FC
firmware within Virtual
Connect
v1.31
1.20 — —
v1.32, v1.34
1.21 — —
v2.01, v2.02
1.30 — —
v2.10, v2.12
1.32 1.32 1.00
v2.30–v2.33
1.40 1.40 1.01
v2.34
1.41 1.41 1.01
v3.0x
1.40
1.40
1.02
v3.10, v3.15
1.41 1.41 1.03
v3.17, v3.18
1.41 1.41 1.04
v3.30
1.42 1.42 1.04
v3.51, v3.60, v3.70
1.43 1.43 1.04
v3.75
1.44
1.44
1.04
v4.01
1.44 1.44 1.05
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, 3.18
3.30,
3.51,
3.60,
3.70,
3.75,
4.01
VC 1.31
— Normal Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*
Fabric
outage*