HP BladeSystem Networking Reference Architecture: HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Module and VMware vSphere 4

14
HP Virtual Connect and DCC
Virtual Connect firmware v2.30 introduced Device Control Channel (DCC) support to enable Smart
Link, Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation, and Network Assignement to FlexNICs without powering off the
server. There are three components required for DCC:
 NIC Firmware (Bootcode 5.0.11 or newer)
 NIC Driver (Windows Server v5.0.32.0 or newer; Linux 5.0.19-1 or newer; VMware ESX
4.0 v1.52.12.v40.3; VMware ESX 4.1 v1.60)
 Virtual Connect Firmware (v2.30 or newer)