HP Virtual Connect Firmware manual Installation instructions

—SLES 11 SP2, SP3 (64-bit with KVM)

•The lowest VCEM 7.4 support compatibility mode is set to VC 3.30.

•If you are planning to use VC 4.31 firmware in a VCEM environment, HP recommends upgrading VCEM to version 7.4. For more information about compatibility between VC firmware and VCEM versions, see the Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager User Guide on the HP website (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=Support Manual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=360 1866).

•Customers using Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server should upgrade to version 6.3 when using Virtual Connect firmware version 3.30 and later. Version 6.3 fixes a known issue with version 6.2 where Virtual Connect data did not display correctly.

•The Virtual Connect GUI requires a minimum of 512 MB of available memory to operate efficiently.

•To operate with HP VC 8Gb 20-Port FC Modules, all HP Emulex LPe 1205 8Gb FC HBAs that are revision A (identified by label EDC A-4904) must perform a CFL region 19 flash update. For download and installation instructions, see the LPe1205 product page on the HP website (http://www.hp.com).

•Virtual Connect Manager version 4.31 requires Adobe Flash Player 11.1.x or higher before you can log in. HP recommends updating to Adobe Flash Player 11.5 or higher for Windows and 11.2 for Linux systems.

The recommended Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in can be downloaded and installed from the Adobe website (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/), or downloaded as a standalone executable from the Adobe website (http://www.adobe.com/downloads).

For the latest Adobe Flash Player Security Bulletin Updates, see the Adobe website (http://www.adobe.com/support/security/index.html#flashplayer).

•When VC 4.10 or higher is configured in "IPv6 Only" mode, the OA "Enclosure IP Mode" must also be configured through the OA CLI or OA GUI. However, you must ensure that any OA IPv4 addresses are cleared or the VC module cannot function correctly. To recover, clear any OA IPv4 addresses using the OA CLI or OA GUI, and then reset the VC module. For more information, see the "Enabling IPv6 support" section in the latest HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem User Guide in the Virtual Connect Information Library (http://www.hp.com/go/vc/manuals).

Installation instructions

Update firmware using HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Support Utility.

HP recommends that you always use the latest version available. For more information about VCSU, see the HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Support Utility release notes in the Virtual Connect Information Library (http://www.hp.com/go/vc/manuals). To download the VC firmware and the VCSU utility, view the BladeSystem for ProLiant Release Set Compatibility Table on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystemupdates) and select the appropriate download.

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