FILE NAME:	CP030890.scexe

TITLE:		HPE QLogic FastLinQ Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux x86_64

VERSION:	1.0.22

REVISION:	0

LANGUAGE:	English

CATEGORY:	Software Solutions

DIVISIONS:	Enterprise and Mainstream Servers

EFFECTIVE DATE:	09/20/2016


Products Affected
==================
HPE Ethernet 4x25Gb 1-port 620QSFP28 Adapter


Operating Systems
==================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 2  for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 1  for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 8  for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 7  for AMD64/EM64T

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 4 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3 for AMD64/EM64T


Pre-requisites
===============
ProLiant server supporting above operating systems
2GB RAM minimum
Recommended qed/qede Linux driver version >= 8.10.12.0


Description
============
This package contains the utilities and binaries for upgrading
firmware (boot code, PXE, UEFI, iSCSI, NCSI, FCoE and CCM code) 
on HPE Ethernet networking adapters (QLogic E4 controller based) 
connected to supporting Proliant servers running supported 
Linux x86_64 OS distros.

This component contains combo image version 8.11.06. The combo image includes: 
MFW: v8.11.1.0; PXE: 1.0.17; UEFI: v4.0.0.9; iSCSI: N/A; FCoE: N/A; L2: N/A; 
CCM: N/A. The users will only see the combo image versions in the interactive 
mode firmware update or while using HPSUM/SPP to update the firmware on the 
supported adapters.


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

- Fixes Description:
  - Fixes an issue where the PXE boot fails in legacy boot mode.
  - Fixes an issue where intermittent PCIe enumeration problems were seen after warm/cold boot.
  - Fixes the system crash seen when enabling NPAR with SRIOV enable.
  - Fixed the issue where "NIC Initialization error" message is observed when PXE boot is attempted multiple times.
  - Fixes the issue where the NCSI pass-through was not functioning when configured for DHCP IP.
  - Fixes an issue where the system PXE boots even when it is disabled on the port.


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


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

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


Performing the Firmware Upgrade
===============================
1. This utility requires all the associated ethernet interfaces to be up. 
You can  bring up an ethernet interface by using the following command:

	# ifup ethx

	or

	# ifconfig ethx up
2. Firmware can be upgraded interactively using following command:

	# ./CP030890.scexe

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

	# ./CP030890.scexe -h


Firmware Upgrade Log
====================
The results of the firmware upgrade are saved to the CP030890.log file
which is located at the /var/cpq/ directory. 


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