FILE NAME:	CP024532.scexe

TITLE:		HP QLogic P3 Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux x86_64

VERSION:	5.6.3

REVISION:	0

LANGUAGE:	English

CATEGORY:	Software Solutions

DIVISIONS:	Enterprise and Mainstream Servers

EFFECTIVE DATE:	11/04/2014


Products Affected
==================
HP NC375i Quad Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
HP NC375T PCI Express Quad Port Gigabit Server Adapter


Operating Systems
==================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 6  for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 5  for AMD64/EM64T

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 for AMD64/EM64T


Pre-requisites
===============
Firmware version >= 4.0.230


Description
============
This package contains the utilities and binaries for upgrading
firmware on HP Ethernet networking adapters (QLogic P3 controller based)
connected to supporting Proliant servers running supported Linux 
x86_64 OS distros.


Enhancements/Fixes
===================
- Enhancements Description:
  - Add support for SLES 12 SP0 x86_64.
  - Firmware Enhancements:
   - This component upgrades NIC fimware  v4.0.596.

- Fixes Description:
  - Firmware Fixes:
   - FW changes w.r.t to 4.0.593 :
      * Fix incorrect update of large receive offload (LRO) mask for Linux for flow removal. 
      * Fix incorrect Receive Side Scaling (RSS) disable on Windows. 


Table of Contents
=================
Introduction
Performing the Firmware Upgrade
Firmware Upgrade Log
Important Information


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


Performing the Firmware Upgrade
===============================
1. Firmware can be upgraded interactively using following command:

	# ./CP024532.scexe

2. The help menu lists all available command line options.

	# ./CP024532.scexe -h


Firmware Upgrade Log
====================
The results of the firmware upgrade are saved to the CP024532.log file
which is located at the /var/cpq/ directory. 


Important Information
======================
1) The nx_nic driver uses host-based firmware load.  When the user loads the 
driver the host-based firmware image in the driver will be the version that 
is displayed when checking the firmware version using ethtool.  The burned-in 
firmware on the device as well as the host-based firmware version can be 
verified by checking dmesg for entries similiar to the following:

nx_nic: Flash Version: Firmware[4.0.516], BIOS[2.1.3]

nx_nic: File FW[nx3fwmn.bin] version[4.0.516:12818]

2) This tool requires the supported interfaces to be active when executing
because it queries the ethernet interface to get current version of firmware
and driver. Hence, when a ethernet interface is not configured or is in a slave
bonding configuration, this tool will not work as expected.

3) The ethernet interfaces may be down temporarily during the update process.
So any remote sessions via these interfaces will be disconnected temporarily.


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