FILE NAME:	CP022009.txt 

TITLE:		HP QLogic P3P Online Firmware Upgrade Utility
		for VMware Esxi

VERSION:       2.1.6	

REVISION:	0

LANGUAGE:	English

CATEGORY:	Software Solutions

DIVISIONS:	Enterprise and Mainstream Servers

EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/11/2013

SUPERSEDES:	2.1.5


Products Affected
==================
HP CN1000Q Dual Port Converged Network Adapter
HP NC523SFP Dual port 10GbE Server Adapter
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 526FLR-SFP+ Adapter



Operating Systems
==================

Esxi 5.0
Esxi 5.1
Esxi 5.5

Pre-requisites
===============
None


Description
============
This package contains the utilities and binaries for upgrading HP 
ProLiant QLogic P3P 10Gb Ethernet NICs ROM images running under 
VMware platform.


Enhancements/Fixes
===================
- Enhancements Description:

This smart component would support Esxi 5.5 OS.

  - Firmware Enhancements:
 - This component provides firmware version 4.16.32. This firmware is part of a combo image file
      p3p24009.bin (v 2.40.09) that the component uses to update to this firmware. Therefore users 
      will see information about the combo image versions in the interactive mode.
      
     

- Fixes Description:
  - Firmware Fixes: 
  	
  	
- Smart Component Fixes: 
   Fixed discovery XML parsing issue for HPSUM to resolve deploy error.


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


Introduction
============
This file describes the firmware upgrade of HP Gigabit Server 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
===============================
1. The firmware can be upgraded interactively using the following command:

		#./CP00xxxx.scexe

2. Check the help menu for more information regarding command line options.

		#./CP00xxxx.scexe -h

3. The tool can be executed in silent mode with -s option and -f can be used
   to downgrade the firmware forcefully.
	 
		#./CP00xxxx.scexe -s 
	  #./CP00xxxx.scexe -f

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


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