McDATA 8832 warranty Appendix A. Firmware Versions, Management Module Bios Information

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Appendix A. Firmware Versions

The following tables contain both the minimum versions required deploy on the BladeCenter and its various components, and the current versions at the time this document was published. Please visit the IBM support site for the most current firmware versions for all components.

www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-54597

There is also a URL for registering for proactive emails regarding firmware updates.

https://www-1.ibm.com/support/mysupport/us/en/

First time you visit select register. After you have logged into the site, select edit profile and add the servers that you would like receive notification on.

The tables in that appendix will also help translate between build ids and release versions. You can see the current firmware levels from the management module.

All values current as of Feb 28, 2006.

Management Module

 

Minimum Req

Most Current

Version

1.13

1.19H

Release Date

2005/02/11

2005/12/22

Revision (Main App)

BRET73H

BRET82H

Table 2 Management Module BIOS Information

A minimum of BRET82A is highly recommended since it contains several important fixes:

1)Repeating keystrokes fix

2)Gratuitous arp fix

3)Improved failover and firmware transfer handling

HS20 BIOS – Model 8832

 

 

 

Minimum Req

Most Current

 

 

 

 

Version

1.06

1.10

 

 

 

 

Release Date

2004/08/12

2005/12/13

 

 

 

 

Build Id

BSE119AUS

BSE124AUS

 

 

 

 

Build Date

2004/06/11

2005/10/21

 

 

 

HS20 ISMP – (8832)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum Req

Most Current

 

 

 

 

Version

1.07

1.10

 

 

 

 

Release Date

2004/07/08

2005/12/11

 

 

 

 

Build Id

BR8T33A

BR8T36A

 

 

 

HS20 Diagnostics (8832)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum Req

Most Current

 

 

 

 

Version

1.03

1.04

 

 

 

 

Release Date

2004/07/08

2004/11/09

 

 

 

 

Build Id

BSYT15A

BSYT16A

 

 

 

 

Table 3 HS20 – Model 8832 Firmware Information

 

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