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HP updates its customised images for VMware ESXi 5.1 and 5.0 Update 2 for Feb 2013

March 7th, 2013

HP has updated its ESXi 5.x customised images as part of its Service Pack for Proliant (SPP) Feb 2013 update.

HP’s customised images are fully integrated sets of specific drivers and software that are tested to work together. You can see the list of Driver Versions in HP supplied VMware ESX/ESXi images.

I have done an extensive update of my HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 & VMware ESX(i) pre-requisites post which includes these new customised images.

HP Custom Image for VMware ESXi 5.1 February 2013: VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-HP-5.34.23.iso

The new and updated features for the HP vSphere 5.1 Customized Image for February 2013 include:

  • Provider Features:
    • Report installed licenses for HP Dynamic Smart Array Controller.
    • Report New memory properties.
    • Support for IP Address encoding in SNMP traps.
    • Support SMX MemoryModuleOnBoard association.
    • HP Dynamic Smart Array Controller split cache support.
    • Report New RAID levels for storage volume fault tolerance.
    • HP Smart Cache support.
    • Update reporting of Smart Array Cache Status to align with firmware and iLO.
  • AMS features:
    • Report running SW processes to HP Insight Remote Support.
    • Report vSphere 5.1 SNMP agent management IP and enable VMware vSphere 5.1 SNMP agent to report iLO4 management IP.
    • IML logging for NIC, and SAS traps.
    • Limit AMS log file size and support log redirection as defined by the ESXi host parameter: ScratchConfig.ConfiguredScratchLocation
  • SR-IOV Support:
    • Updated Intel 10Gb network driver to enable SR-IOV for the HP 560FLB, 560M, 560SFP+, and 560FLR-SFP+.

HP Custom Image for VMware ESXi 5.0.0 Update 2 February 2013: VMware-ESXi-5.0.0-Update2-914586-HP-5.27.20.iso

    The new and updated features for the HP vSphere 5.0 U2 Customized Image for February 2013 include:

    • Provider Features:
      • Report installed licenses for HP Dynamic Smart Array Controller.
      • Report New memory properties.
      • Support for IP Address encoding in SNMP traps.
      • Support SMX MemoryModuleOnBoard association.
      • HP Dynamic Smart Array Controller split cache support.
      • Report New RAID levels for storage volume fault tolerance.
      • HP Smart Cache support.
      • Update reporting of Smart Array Cache Status to align with firmware and iLO.
    • AMS features:
      • Report running SW processes to HP Insight Remote Support.
      • IML logging for NIC, and SAS traps.
      • Limit AMS log file size and support log redirection as defined by the ESXi host parameter: ScratchConfig.ConfiguredScratchLocation
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    1. Ben Conrad
      March 7th, 2013 at 17:42 | #1

      Thank you!

      This info is extremely useful for HP blade/virtual connect/ESX shops.

      Ben

    2. Michael Schweiger
      March 14th, 2013 at 15:17 | #2

      the odyssey continues:)

      Bios Fw 12/09/2012 is just beeing replaced by version 2012.12.17

      DESCRIPTION
      Certain HP ProLiant servers with AMD Opteron (6200-series processors) running a Hypervisor host operating
      system such as VMware ESXi 5.X or VMware ESX/ESXi 4.X, may intermittently encounter operating system
      unresponsiveness, a kernel panic or VMware Purple Screen (PSOD). If this occurs, one of the following error
      messages may be displayed:
      CPUx tried to re-acquire lock CpuSchedCore. X
      Page Fault # PF Exception 14 in CpuSchedVcpuSwitch()
      System unresponsiveness, a kernel panic, or VMware ESXi Purple Screen (PSOD) may occur during
      moderate to heavy CPU stress or when network stress occurs between Virtual Machines (VMs) while the
      system is configured with a supported System ROM version dated 12/08/2012 or 12/09/2012.

      VMware ESXi 5.X:
      The System ROMs for each of these servers are available at the following URLs:
      • HP ProLiant DL585 G7 server (A16) (version 2012.12.17)
      ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-linux-fw-sys/p1115634943/v85565 (CP019783.scexe)
      • HP ProLiant BL685c G7 server blade (A20) (version 2012.12.17)
      ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-linux-fw-sys/p399044107/v85570 (CP019786.scexe)
      • HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 server (A28) (version 2012.12.17)
      ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-linux-fw-sys/p1844533170/v85579 (CP019790.scexe)
      • HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 server (A26) (version 2012.12.17)
      ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-linux-fw-sys/p1703471599/v85582 (CP019793.scexe)

    3. Michael Brennan
      April 11th, 2013 at 17:34 | #3

      You definitely want to upgrade to BIOS 12/17/12. Especially if you have experienced PSODs with PF#14, individual VMs dropping with “vmm64 fault 14” errors and MCEs in the IML. BIOS 12/09/12 and 12/08/12 (depending on HP model) and in SPP 2013.02 caused the individual VMs to crash as opposed to the whole ESX server issuing a PSOD.

    4. Michael Schweiger
    5. Lawrance Lee
      June 11th, 2013 at 02:12 | #5

      Does anyone know what the new driver versions will be for ESXi 4.x and 5.x to be matched up to this new Emulex firmware 4.2.401.2215?

      I am looking for the specific driver versions for the Ethernet (be2net) and FCoE (lpfc820) drivers.

      Thanks in advance!

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