FILE NAME:	CP041781.scexe

TITLE:		HPE Broadcom NetXtreme-E Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux x86_64

VERSION:	1.8.1

LANGUAGE:	English

CATEGORY:	Software Solutions

DIVISIONS:	Enterprise and Mainstream Servers

EFFECTIVE DATE:	01/11/2020


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


Operating Systems
==================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Update 1 for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Update 0 for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 7 for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 6 for AMD64/EM64T

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 1 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 0 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 4 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 3 for AMD64/EM64T


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:

	# ./CP041781.scexe

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

	# ./CP041781.scexe -h


Firmware Upgrade Log
====================
The results of the firmware upgrade are saved to the CP041781.log file
which is located at the /var/cpq/ directory. 


Important Information
======================
1) The adapter's ethernet interfaces may be down temporarily during the update process.
So any remote sessions via these interfaces will be disconnected temporarily.
2) The Device ID will change when NPAR (NIC Partitioning) mode is enabled. Accordingly 
adapters with DID 0x16D7 and 0x16D8 will change to 0x16EC and 0x16EE respectively if  
NPAR is enabled but RoCE is disabled and to 0x16ED and 0x16EF respectively if NPAR is 
enabled and RoCE is also enabled.


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of their respective companies. User guides and additional HPE network adapter 
information can be found at:https://www.hpe.com/us/en/servers/networking.html