HP Virtual Connect Version 3.30 Release Notes

Hardware and firmware requirements 9

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.

Firmware version for HP BladeSystem for Integrity

CAUTION: HP recommends using the specific firmware and software versions listed together to

ensure complete solution component compatibility and full functionality. These versions have been

tested as a set. Using other version levels might result in operational issues.

Baseline Firmware Release Set

HP Integrity i2 Server Blade Version

HP Smart Updated Firmware – HP Integrity BL860c/870c/890c i2 System Firmware Bundle for

Linux/Windows (http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/integrity-release-sets.html)

26.05

HP Integrity Server Blade Version

HP Integrity BL860c

(http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&pro

dNameId=3351095&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=3331044&swLang=13&taskId=135&

swEnvOID=4001)

04.25

HP Integrity BL870c

(http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&pr

odNameId=3676869&taskId=135&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=3676868&lang=en&cc

=us)

04.25

Additional information

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