Minimum OA and VC firmware level to support BL460c G8

[Robert Cook_6]

Looking for the minimum OA and VC firmware levels that will support a G8 blade in a c7000 enclosure.  I currently have OA version 3.32 and VC version 3.30.

Regards,

[Bart_Heungens]

Hi,

OA and VC firmware version should be 3.60 to be sure... Have plenty of enclosures and servers like that and everything is running smoothly...

Kr,

Bart

[Psychonaut]

I believe it's OA 3.55 (well technically it was what 3.50, but there was something wrong with that and they released 3.55 that same day) and VC 3.51.

[Bart_Heungens]

3.50 is the absolute minimum but there is a known issue with cooling of the BL460c Gen8 blades (not all of them but...) so 3.56 is a minimum for HP...

3.60 adds support for more Gen8 blades and some additional features like EFM and Insight Remote Support, which is a great thing for use with the Gen8 servers...

All info at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=3188465&swItem=MTX-d5bee9bbe1fb4df7935ea1f1f6&prodNameId=3188475&swEnvOID=4064&swLang=8&taskId=135&mode=5

[Robert Cook_6]

Thanks.  That is what I was looking for.  My enclosures are stacked and firmware updates make me nervous!  You wouldn't know what the minimum Recipe for the i2 blades are for OA 3.60 and VC 3.70. 

Regards,

BC

[Psychonaut]

I do agree with Bart whereas 3.55/3.56 is the minimum I'd pick 3.60 for the OA because of the enhancements.

3.70 for the VC's has some slick stuff too, like the graphical statistics, but there is a long list of known issues with it.

I do have Gen 8's running on 3.51. I haven't used 3.60; but if you were to upgrade since Bart has had good luck I'd say jump to 3.60 if you aren't comfortable with 3.70.

[Robert Cook_6 · Accepted solution]

Thanks.  I think I will go ahead and install VC 3.70.  I have two more c7000's coming in next month and I don't want to have to downgrade them.

BC