HP Virtual Connect 3.51 Release Notes

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For Virtual Connect Fibre Channel and FlexFabric modules, the supported firmware and OS drivers are listed
in the HP Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) website (http://www.hp.com/storage/spock).
The link to Virtual Connect is under the category "Other Hardware" in the list of selections on the left.
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.
Virtual Connect does not have the capability to perform version checking of the mezzanine card firmware.
Validate this information through server post for mezzanine support utilities.
Server blades and mezzanine cards that do not meet the required firmware versions do not accept Virtual
Connect-assigned parameters such as MACs and WWNs properly, and therefore maintain factory defaults.
However, these server blades do have the Ethernet network and Fibre Channel fabric connectivity specified
in their Virtual Connect server profiles. This connectivity enables you to use network-based firmware update
tools for server blade and mezzanine firmware updates.
Related information
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager support
VCEM v6.3u1 allows VC 3.51 to work in VC 3.30 firmware "compatibility mode" as long as no profiles
have more than four FC or FCoE connections per I/O bay. VCEM 6.1x, 6.2x, and 6.3 also allow VC 3.51
to work in compatibility mode. See the respective VCEM user guides for more information on VC features that
need to be disabled to allow usage in these VCEM versions.
For VCEM availability and full product details, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/vcem) or
contact your HP representative.
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