Posts tagged "blades"

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HP G7/Gen8 Blades: New Emulex firmware 4.2.401.2215 released

Jul 25, 2013

HP has released a new firmware version _4.2.401.2215_ of its Emulex OneConnect 10Gb Ethernet Controller which is used in HP G7 and Gen8 Blades. The built in LOM adapter names on a G7 Blade server are NC553i or NC551i and the Mezz card is NC554m. The CNA LOM added to a Gen8 Blade server is HP554FLB. This firmware is required if you are going to be using the new ( "HP Virtual Connect 4.01 Update:...

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HP Virtual Connect Firmware upgrade may cause Server Profiles to be unassigned causing a network outage

Jul 25, 2013

HP has released a serious advisory that upgrading certain Virtual Connect firmware may cause server profiles to be unassigned which will cause a a network outage for your blades. The issue occurs when you have both single dense and double dense servers in your chassis and you are upgrading from Virtual Connect firmwares 3.10-3.60 up to Virtual Connect firmwares 3.70-3.75. The upgrade process wi...

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New HP Emulex drivers and firmware released for VMware ESXi 5.x

Mar 7, 2013

Emulex has released a new set of drivers and firmware for use on Gen8 and G7 HP Servers including blades with both VMware ESXi 5.0 and 5.1. Driver: Emulex be2net nic driver version _4.2.327.0_ which is included in the HP Custom Image for VMware ESXi 5.1 February 2013: ( and HP Custom Image for VMware ESXi 5.0.0 Update 2 February 2013: ( or can be downloaded separately from ( Emulex has also rel...

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UK VMUG - 15 November 2012 & I'll be presenting

Oct 30, 2012

Update: 11 November - WIN A FANTASTIC PRIZE!!! During my session I will be giving away a voucher for FREE access to all on-demand recorded VMworld 2012 sessions and content which includes: 1. Videos (general sessions and super sessions) 2. Flash presentations w/ audio over slides (all breakout sessions) 3. PDF downloads (all sessions and labs) 4. MP3 podcats (all sessions) 5. Demo videos and sc...

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HP G7 Blades: New Emulex firmware 4.1.402.20 released

Jul 2, 2012

The June HP Service Pack for ProLiant 2012.06.0(B) had a _4.1.402.8_ firmware version so it looks like it only had a lifespan of a month and has now been superseded by _4.1.402.20_. Unfortunately it doesn't look like the HP VMware Recipe for June has been updated ( The installation is as before and requires you to boot off an .ISO and update manually. (I have a dream that one day...) Before Jun...

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HP G7 Blade new Emulex be2net ESX(i) drivers 4.1.334.0 now supported

Jun 6, 2012

VMware recently released a ( for both ESX(i) 4.x and ESXi 5.x for the Emulex OneConnect 10Gb Ethernet Controller which is used in HP G7 Blades. These new drivers were not supported by HP when released but HP has now certified this driver and included it its new ( ESX(i) 4.x ( ESXi 5.x ( I’ve updated my post: (

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New Emulex be2net drivers for ESX(i) 4.x and ESXi 5.x but they're not supported yet for HP G7 Blades

May 2, 2012

Update: 06 June 2012 - These drivers are now supported by HP - ( Update: 11 May 2012 to amend link and try work out HP support. Apologies I had the wrong ESX(i) version link in the original post and hadn't properly investigated HP support for Virtual Connect/FlexFabric which is confusing. Sorry, Sloppy me! :-( VMware has released a new Emulex be2net driver version 4.1.334.0 for both ESX(i) 4.x...

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New HP Blade Onboard Administrator 3.55 Firmware released

Apr 4, 2012

HP has released two new firmware updates for its blade chassis, ( and ( These were both released on the same day. 3.50 was released to support Gen 8 blades and is required before you insert any Gen 8 blades into your enclosure (along with having Virtual Connect 3.51). There are also a lot of other fixes. You will also need to update HP SIM to at least 6.3 to be able to discover OAs from 3.30 up...

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New HP G7 Blade Emulex Nic 4.0.493.0 Firmware released

Apr 4, 2012

HP has released a new version of the firmware for G7 blades which use an Emulex be2net Nic rather than the Broadcom bnx2x Nic used in G6 blades. ( This is an offline update so will require you to boot from an .ISO to apply the firmware update. 1. Added support for the following operating systems: - RHEL 6.2 Resolved Issues from Firmware Version 4.0.360.15 1. A file level restore (FLR) request s...

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HP ESXi 5.0 Update 1 customised image available for download

Mar 28, 2012

HP has updated its ESXi 5.0 image to include ESXi 5.0 Update 1. The HP ESXi Offline Bundle for VMware ESXi 5.0 includes the latest HP Common Information Model (CIM) Providers, HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) driver, HP Compaq ROM Utility (CRU) driver, and the new HP Agentless Management Service (AMS). The latest versions are:

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