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. 










