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HP SUM supported firmware for HP ProLiant servers

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HP SUM stores host and group information from session to session. However, user names, passwords, and existing credentials are not stored in a session or from session to session. If you use OA version 2.51 or later, click the Rack Firmware link on the main OA website for a list of all major firmware versions deployed in your enclosure. HP supports the current and two previous versions of the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD. NOTE: The Onboard Administrator and Virtual Connect Ethernet and Fibre Channel Modules are supported only in online deployments on HP ProLiant servers. NOTE: You can add firmware components to the USB drive key in the /hp/swpackages directory. IMPORTANT: Before deploying firmware updates to a target server, be sure that a recent backup of the target server is available in the event the deployment procedure fails. For more information about deploying firmware on HP ProLiant servers, see the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD User Guide on the HP website (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManu al&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=345557). HP SUM supported firmware for HP ProLiant servers The following table describes firmware types that are supported by HP SUM. Firmware Types Supported by HP SUM System ROM Yes iLO firmware Yes, both server-based and directly to the iLO Management NIC port Broadcom NIC Yes firmware Mellanox NIC firmware Yes QLogic NIC firmware Yes PowerPIC firmware Yes Smart Array controller Yes firmware SAS and SATA hard Yes, some older SATA hard drives require offline mode drive firmware behind Smart Array controllers SAS and SATA hard Yes drive firmware behind non-Smart Array controllers Emulex, QLogic, and Yes, in offline mode only because of HBA firmware limitations Brocade Fibre Channel HBA firmware Tape Blade firmware Yes OA firmware Yes, online only VC firmware Yes, online only beginning with HP SUM 4.1.0. HP SUM only updates a VC if the VC is in a good health state, the VC is part of a domain, and if the VC is in a paired or redundant configuration. CPLD firmware No Introduction 14

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HP SUM stores host and group information from session to session. However, user names, passwords, and
existing credentials are not stored in a session or from session to session.
If you use OA version 2.51 or later, click the Rack Firmware link on the main OA website for a list of all major
firmware versions deployed in your enclosure. HP supports the current and two previous versions of the HP
Smart Update Firmware DVD.
NOTE:
The Onboard Administrator and Virtual Connect Ethernet and Fibre Channel Modules
are supported only in online deployments on HP ProLiant servers.
NOTE:
You can add firmware components to the USB drive key in the /hp/swpackages
directory.
IMPORTANT:
Before deploying firmware updates to a target server, be sure that a recent backup
of the target server is available in the event the deployment procedure fails.
For more information about deploying firmware on HP ProLiant servers, see the
HP Smart Update Firmware
DVD User Guide
on the HP website
(
al&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=345557
).
HP SUM supported firmware for HP ProLiant servers
The following table describes firmware types that are supported by HP SUM.
Firmware Types
Supported by HP SUM
System ROM
Yes
iLO firmware
Yes, both server-based and directly to the iLO Management NIC port
Broadcom NIC
firmware
Yes
Mellanox NIC firmware
Yes
QLogic NIC firmware
Yes
PowerPIC firmware
Yes
Smart Array controller
firmware
Yes
SAS and SATA hard
drive firmware behind
Smart Array controllers
Yes, some older SATA hard drives require offline mode
SAS and SATA hard
drive firmware behind
non-Smart Array
controllers
Yes
Emulex, QLogic, and
Brocade Fibre Channel
HBA firmware
Yes, in offline mode only because of HBA firmware limitations
Tape Blade firmware
Yes
OA firmware
Yes, online only
VC firmware
Yes, online only beginning with HP SUM 4.1.0.
HP SUM only updates a VC if the VC is in a good health state, the VC is part of a
domain, and if the VC is in a paired or redundant configuration.
CPLD firmware
No