topic Re: NC373i Boot code: v1.9.6 or v4.4.1? in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

NC373i Boot code: v1.9.6 or v4.4.1?

HubertG — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:13:02 GMT

Planning to update several DL380-G5 and DL580-G5 servers, including the nc373i network adapters. Looking at the Release Notes: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=3660135&swItem=MTX-8eddcfd746204c07a686d3e25f&prodNameId=3660137&swEnvOID=1005&swLang
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it appears there are two versions of boot code. Which version will be installed? Is there a preference to select one version over the other?

Re: NC373i Boot code: v1.9.6 or v4.4.1?

T. Vander Auwera — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:44:16 GMT

Run the NIC firmware utility on the system. It will first tell you which version it will install.

HTH,

Tristan

Re: NC373i Boot code: v1.9.6 or v4.4.1?

HubertG — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:35:42 GMT

Thank-you. The response is consistent with my findings. NC373i is available with two different levels of functionality, determined by the firmware preloaded on the adapter: v1.x.x firmware includes iSCSI support, v4.x.x firmware does not. The NIC firmware update component is intelligent enough to only load the appropriate adapter firmware. See p38 of the â HP BladeSystem ProLiant Firmware Management Best Practices Guide for details. Document: c02049593.