FILE NAME:	CP027776.txt

TITLE:  HP Intel Firmware Upgrade Utility for VMware Esxi

VERSION:	3.0.8

REVISION:	0

LANGUAGE:	English

CATEGORY:	Software Solutions

DIVISIONS:	Enterprise and Mainstream Servers

EFFECTIVE DATE:	11/04/15

SUPERSEDES:	3.0.7


Products Affected
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HP Ethernet 1Gb  2-port 361i Adapter
HP Ethernet 1Gb  2-port 361T Adapter
HP Ethernet 1Gb  2-port 361FLB Adapter
HP Ethernet 1Gb  4-port 366i Adapter
HP Ethernet 1Gb  4-port 366M Adapter
HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapter
HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560SFP+ Adapter
HP Ethernet 1Gb  4-port 366FLR Adapter
HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLR-SFP+ Adapter
HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560M Adapter
HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 561FLR-T Adapter
HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 561T Adapter
HP Ethernet 10Gb 1-port P560SFP+ Adapter
HP Ethernet 1Gb  2-port 363i Adapter
HP Ethernet 1Gb  1-port 364i Adapter
HP Ethernet 1Gb  2-port 367i Adapter
HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562i Adapter
HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562SFLR-FP+ Adapter
HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562SFP+ Adapter
HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366T Adapter

Operating Systems
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Esxi 5.1
Esxi 5.5
Esxi 6.0

Pre-requisites
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i40e VMware driver version >= 1.3.21

Description
============
This package contains the utilities and binaries for upgrading firmware on HP Ethernet networking adapters (Intel controller based) connected to supporting Proliant servers running supported VMware platform. 

This component contains combo image version 1.1200.0. The combo image includes: 
Boot Agent: 1GbE - v1.5.72, 10GbE - v2.3.46, 40GbE - v1.0.21 & 
UEFI Drivers: 1GbE - v6.9.07, 10GbE - v5.0.12, 40GbE - v1.5.11.

Enhancements/Fixes
===================
- Enhancements Description:
  - N/A

- Fixes Description:
 -  Fixes an issue where the temperatures were incorrectly reported by the thermal sensors causing the fans to run high.

Table of Contents
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Introduction
Packaging
Performing the Firmware Upgrade
Firmware Upgrade Log


Introduction
============
This file describes the procedure to use for upgrading firmware on HP Ethernet networking adapters mentioned in the 'PRODUCTS AFFECTED' section of this document.

User guides and additional HP network adapter information can be found at:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/index-nic.html

Packaging
=========
The firmware upgrade utility is released in scexe format. The file is a single self-extracting executable that unpacks the component, runs it, and cleans up.

Performing the Firmware Upgrade
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Off-line: 
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SPP Off-line mode boots a special Linux OS environment, thus the Linux Smart Components are used, not the VMware Smart Components  

Remote On-line: If the component is supported by HP SUM but is not yet part of an SPP:
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Download the appropriate SPP	
Add the component to the SPP	
Mount the SPP on a remote server running Windows or Linux that has a network connection to the ESXi host to be updated
Run HP SUM	
Add the ESXi host to be updated as a remote target/node 
Enter IP or DNS address of the ESXi host to be updated 
Enter the ESXi host credentials (root or administrator username and password) 
For HP SUM 6.0 and newer, select both the Additional Package with the added component and the SPP Baseline on the node Inventory page.
Follow HP Smart Update Manager Steps to complete the firmware update
Refer to the SPP documentation for detailed instructions at:www.hp.com/go/spp 

To use HP Insight Control for vCenter: 
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Log in to the vSphere Client 	
Select a server or cluster in the inventory tree 
Click the HP Insight Management tab	
Follow Insight Control for vCenter steps to update firmware using a Smart Component 

To update firmware from VMware ESXi operating system on target server: 
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 - Enable Tech Support Mode on the ESXi host					
 - Login as root. (You must be root in order to apply the update) 					
 - Place the Smart Component zip file in a temporary directory					
 - Unzip the file CPXXXXXX.zip	
 - Ensure that CPXXXXXX.vmexe is executable by using the command:
 - chmod  +x  CPXXXXXX.vmexe				
 - From the same directory, execute the Smart Component. For example: ./CPXXXXXX.vmexe 					
 - Follow the directions given by the Smart Component 					
 - Logout					
 - Disable Tech Support Mode on the ESXi host 	

Firmware Upgrade Log
====================
Results of the firmware upgrade are written to /var/cpq/CPxxxxxx.log.