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SAS and SATA hard drive firmware, Behind a Smart Array controller requirements, Tape firmware - gen8 hard drives

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SAS and SATA hard drive firmware You can install SAS and SATA hard drives behind both Smart Array controllers and non-Smart Array controllers. The requirements differ depending on whether you are using a Smart Array controller or a non-Smart Array controller. Use HP SUM or the HP Integrity Smart Update Firmware bundle as a source for the firmware. Behind a Smart Array controller requirements Any version of the driver meets the requirements to update the SAS or SATA hard drive firmware. NOTE: Gen8 servers require HP SUM 5.1.0 and later. Behind a non-Smart Array controller requirements • Use HP SUM 4.1.0 or later. HP added support for SAS and SATA hard drive firmware located behind a non-Smart Array controller in HP SUM 4.1.0 and was released with the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD 9.20. NOTE: Gen8 servers require HP SUM 5.1.0 or later. • The HP SPP, or HP SPP-related hot fixes, and HP Integrity bundles provide non-Smart Array controller components that HP SUM supports. Tape firmware Load an appropriate driver for the controller the Tape Blade is attached to. Loading an appropriate driver fulfills this dependency. Also, the tape drive must have a tape in it. As part of the firmware update process, the tape is ejected. Failure to have a tape in the drive could cause the firmware update to fail. OA firmware Use HP SPP or HP Integrity Smart Update Firmware bundle as the source for your OA updates. The following are requirements for updating OA firmware. • You must connect a workstation to the same network as the OA network port. • You must have OA administrator credentials. Other types of OA credentials do not allow firmware updates. • The OA firmware can only be updated online. You cannot boot to the HP SPP. Execute HP SUM from a workstation or server running any supported version of a Windows or Linux operating system. You can execute HP SUM, add the IP address or DNS name of the OA network port as a remote host, and HP SUM will automatically detect the target is an OA and only allow the OA firmware to be selectable. NOTE: If you are using VC Ethernet or Fibre Channel modules and the firmware version is earlier than version 1.34, network outages might occur. HP recommends that you update the VC firmware to version 1.34 or greater to prevent this network downtime from occurring when the OA firmware is updated. SAS and SATA hard drive firmware 33

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SAS and SATA hard drive firmware
You can install SAS and SATA hard drives behind both Smart Array controllers and non-Smart
Array controllers. The requirements differ depending on whether you are using a Smart Array
controller or a non-Smart Array controller. Use HP SUM or the HP Integrity Smart Update Firmware
bundle as a source for the firmware.
Behind a Smart Array controller requirements
Any version of the driver meets the requirements to update the SAS or SATA hard drive firmware.
NOTE:
Gen8 servers require HP SUM 5.1.0 and later.
Behind a non-Smart Array controller requirements
•
Use HP SUM 4.1.0 or later. HP added support for SAS and SATA hard drive firmware located
behind a non-Smart Array controller in HP SUM 4.1.0 and was released with the HP Smart
Update Firmware DVD 9.20.
NOTE:
Gen8 servers require HP SUM 5.1.0 or later.
•
The HP SPP, or HP SPP-related hot fixes, and HP Integrity bundles provide non-Smart Array
controller components that HP SUM supports.
Tape firmware
Load an appropriate driver for the controller the Tape Blade is attached to. Loading an appropriate
driver fulfills this dependency. Also, the tape drive must have a tape in it. As part of the firmware
update process, the tape is ejected. Failure to have a tape in the drive could cause the firmware
update to fail.
OA firmware
Use HP SPP or HP Integrity Smart Update Firmware bundle as the source for your OA updates.
The following are requirements for updating OA firmware.
•
You must connect a workstation to the same network as the OA network port.
•
You must have OA administrator credentials. Other types of OA credentials do not allow
firmware updates.
•
The OA firmware can only be updated online. You cannot boot to the HP SPP.
Execute HP SUM from a workstation or server running any supported version of a Windows or
Linux operating system. You can execute HP SUM, add the IP address or DNS name of the OA
network port as a remote host, and HP SUM will automatically detect the target is an OA and only
allow the OA firmware to be selectable.
NOTE:
If you are using VC Ethernet or Fibre Channel modules and the firmware version is earlier
than version 1.34, network outages might occur. HP recommends that you update the VC firmware
to version 1.34 or greater to prevent this network downtime from occurring when the OA firmware
is updated.
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