HP Storage Platform Firmware Management Tool for StoreAll User Guide
Table 9 Upgrade support for X9720 G6 server components (continued)
Failover?Reboot?Online?RewriteDowngradeUpgradeComponent
YesYesOnline✓✓✓BIOS
YesYesOnline✓✓✓PPIC
YesYesOnline✓✓✓Embedded NIC-NC532i
YesYesOnline✓✓✓Embedded Smart Array
Table 10 Upgrade support for X9720 G7 server components
Failover?Reboot?Online?RewriteDowngradeUpgradeComponent
YesYesOnline✓✓✓P700m Controller
NoNoOnline✓✓✓ILO3
YesYesOnline✓✓✓BIOS
YesYesOnline✓✓✓PPIC
YesYesOnline✓✓✓Embedded NIC—NC553i
YesYesOnline✓✓✓Embedded Smart Array
Table 11 Upgrade support for X9720 storage components
Failover?Reboot?Online?RewriteDowngradeUpgradeComponent
NoNoOffline
1
✓✓✓ExDS9100cc Controller
N/ANoOffline
2
✓✓✓Enclosure I/O Module
N/ANoOffline✓✓✓Enclosure HDD
1
If the current version is 1.30 or later, you can upgrade the ExDS9100cc firmware online.
2
After a firmware update, you need to reboot an attached ExDS9100cc controller to bring in a new image that is effective
for the enclosure I/O module and the enclosure HDD.
Table 12 Upgrade support for X9720 chassis components
Failover?Reboot?Online?RewriteDowngradeUpgradeComponent
NoNoOnline✓✓✓Onboard Administrator
NoNoOnline✓✓✓6GB SAS Switch
NoNoOnline✓✓✓Flex 10 Virtual Connect
Table 13 X9720 HDD models with supported firmware
HDD modelType
Server HDDs
NOTE: A firmware update using the FMT is not supported
on server HDDs because the update must be done offline.
EG0300FAWHV
DG0300FAMWN
DG0300FARVV
EG0300FAWJD
EG0300FARTT
EG0300FBDBR
EG0300FBDSP
EG0300FBLSE
EG0300FBVFL
Enclosure HDDs MB2000FAMYV
MB1000FAMYU
MB1000FBZPL
MB2000FBZPN
12 Firmware update strategy