HP Complete Guide to Virtual Connect Firmware and Updates

IMPORTANT: VC 4.31 supports SPP 2014.09.0, SPP 2014.06.0, SPP 2014.02.0 (B), and HP Maintenance Supplement Bundle for SPP 2014.09.0 and SPP 2014.02.0 (B) but only for the features that are compatible between VC 4.31 and the corresponding SPPs. The VC 4.31 firmware can be downloaded separately from the HP website. HP also recommends using the most current updates for the firmware and drivers subsequent to the 2014.09.0 release. When available, they can be obtained from the HP Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) website (http://www.hp.com/storage/spock). The link to Virtual Connect is under the category "Other Hardware" in the list of selections on the left.

Firmware upgrade requirements

IMPORTANT: When updating VC firmware, update each domain with the entire firmware package, which includes the individual VC-Enet and VC-FC firmware. Updating only the VC-Enet firmware or only the VC-FC firmware is not supported.

IMPORTANT: For VC 4.31 upgrades when Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) is in use, HP recommends upgrading to VCEM v7.4. For more information about the VC firmware that is compatible with VCEM, see the latest version of the Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager User Guide on the HP website (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=Su pportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=18964&prodSe riesId=3601866).

Each HP Virtual Connect firmware package contains a separate HP VC-FC firmware version. The following tables show the version of VC-FC firmware included with each VC firmware package.

IMPORTANT: When upgrading the HP VC 4Gb FC firmware from version VC-FC 1.2x to version VC-FC 1.4x, the VC-FC module can drop connectivity temporarily during the activation process. A redundant customer configuration experiences a failover with no loss of application connectivity to the fabric.

Virtual Connect	HP 4Gb VC-FC	HP Virtual	VC 8Gb 20-Port FC	VC 8Gb 24-Port FC
firmware	Module firmware	Connect 4Gb FC	Module firmware	Module firmware
	(409513-B21)	Module firmware
		(409513-B22)
v1.31	1.20	—	—	—
v1.32, v1.34	1.21	—	—	—
v2.01, v2.02	1.30	1.30	—	—
v2.10, v2.12	1.32	1.32	1.32	1.00
v2.30–v2.33	1.40	1.40	1.40	1.01
v2.34	1.41	1.41	1.41	1.01
v3.0x	1.40	1.40	1.40	1.02
v3.10, v3.15	1.41	1.41	1.41	1.03
v3.17, v3.18	1.41	1.41	1.41	1.04
v3.30	1.42	1.42	1.42	1.04
v3.51, v3.60,	1.43	1.43	1.43	1.04
v3.70
v3.75	1.44	1.44	1.44	1.04
v4.01	1.44	1.44	1.44	1.05
v4.10	Not Supported*	2.00	2.00	1.10

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