Posts tagged "hp-2"

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HP Virtual Connect in tunnel mode breaks vCloud Director Network Isolation (vCDNI)

Mar 21, 2013

VMware and HP have both released advisories which say you shouldn't use HP Virtual Connect in tunnel mode if you are using vCloud Director Network Isolation (vCDNI) which is MAC-in-MAC encapsulation. There are two network modes available with Virtual Connect, Tunnel Mode and Mapped Mode. When using Tunnel Mode, Virtual Connect passes all tagged and untagged packets through the Virtual Connect s...

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

Mar 7, 2013

HP has updated its ESXi 5.x customised images as part of its ( (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 ( I have done an extensive update of my ( post which includes these new customised images. HP Custom Image for VMware ESXi 5.1 February 2013: ( The new and updated feature...

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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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HP releases online firmware updates for ESXi 5

Dec 10, 2012

Anyone who manages firmware on HP rack and blade servers knows it can be a fairly cumbersome process. You can either update firmware by booting from the ( which is an offline process. Windows and Linux servers have had the option to perform firmware updates online by running an application from with the OS. Sadly this has not been possible with ESX or ESXi which meant you always had to arrange...

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vSphere Networking and Converged IO with Blade Servers - a UK VMUG presentation

Nov 15, 2012

My presentation was titled vSphere Networking and Converged IO with Blade Servers. I discussed how converged networking incorporating 10GE and FCoE is become more important as we try to utilise bandwidth more efficiently which is especially important with blade servers which have limited IO expansion. I explained the architecture of Cisco UCS and HP Virtual Connect as examples and how they can...

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VMware vVolumes: the game changing future for storage is demoed

Oct 29, 2012

At VMworld 2011. VMware Virtual Volumes, vVolumes or vVols for short was previewed which I ( You can now see the original presentation: VMworld 2011: VSP3205 - VMware vStorage APIs for VM and Application Granular Data Management Well, another year and another VMworld has passed and it seems the storage game changer is getting closer to seeing the light of day if the recent spate of tech preview...

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Updating HP Blade Chassis Firmware with HP Smart Update Manager

Sep 27, 2012

All of these components require firmware to run and many of them are from different manufactures such as Nic cards which can be made by Broadcom, Intel or Emulex. Managing this firmware can be a frustrating and time consuming process which adds another management layer separate from the Operating System, applications and even HP drivers installed on the actual blade servers. HP has previously h...

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HP G7/8 Blades: New Emulex firmware 4.1.450.7 released

Sep 10, 2012

HP has released a new firmware version _4.1.450.7_ of its Emulex OneConnect 10Gb Ethernet Controller which is used in HP G7 and G8 Blades. This is a standalone image so not part of the ( release which is unfortunate. The new firmware release notes state the following: Added support for the following operating systems: Resolved Issues from Firmware Version 4.1.402.20: I’ve updated my post: (

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HP releases Virtual Connect 3.70 & Onboard Administrator 3.60 firmware

Sep 10, 2012

HP has released its latest Virtual Connect Firmware which is used in HP c-Class Chassis with Flex-10, FlexFabric, VC Enet and FC Module interconnect modules. This release adds support for some new hardware: You can now rollback from a previous firmware upgrade without having to delete the VC domain which is good news. There are also number of management enhancements such as _Advanced telemetry...

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HP ESXi customised images now available on vmware.com

Aug 7, 2012

HP has been creating its own customised ESXi images for while now which contain all the HP specific drivers and software which could be downloaded from somewhere on HPs website (unfortunately ( isn't the easiest thing to do). ( These images are now available to download directly from VMware's site alongside images from NEC, Hitachi and Cisco. ( Click on OEM Customized Installer CDs. There are a...

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