FILE NAME:	CP031112.scexe

TITLE:		HPE QLogic NX2 Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux x86_64

VERSION:	2.19.22

LANGUAGE:	English

CATEGORY:	Software Solutions

DIVISIONS:	Enterprise and Mainstream Servers

EFFECTIVE DATE:	05/16/2017


Products Affected
==================
HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 530FLB Adapter
HP NPAR 10Gb 2-port 530FLB Adapter
HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 530SFP+ Adapter
HP NPAR 10Gb 2-port 530SFP+ Adapter
HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 530T Adapter
HP NPAR 10Gb 2-port 530T Adapter
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLR-SFP+ Adapter
HP NPAR 10Gb 2-port 534FLR-SFP+ Adapter
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534M Adapter
HP NPAR 10Gb 2-port 534M Adapter
HP StoreFabric CN1100R Dual Port Converged Network Adapter
HP NPAR CN1100R Dual Port Converged Network Adapter
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 533FLR-T Adapter
HP NPAR 10Gb 2-port 533FLR-T Adapter
HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630FLB Adapter
HP NPAR 20Gb 2-port 630FLB Adapter
HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630M Adapter
HP NPAR 20Gb 2-port 630M Adapter
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter
HP NPAR 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter
HPE StoreFabric CN1100R-T Converged Network Adapter
HPE NPAR 10Gb DP CN1100R-T
HPE FlexFabric 10Gb 4-port 536FLR-T Adapter
HPE Synergy 3820C 10/20Gb Converged Network Adapter
HPE NPAR 3820C 10/20Gb Converged Network Adapter
HPE Synergy 10Gb 2-port 2820C Converged Network Adapter
HPE NPAR 10Gb 2-port 2820C Converged Network Adapter


Operating Systems
==================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3  for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 2  for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 9  for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 8  for AMD64/EM64T

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 2 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1 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 bnx2x Linux driver version >= 1.714.2


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 NX2 controller based) 
connected to supporting Proliant servers running supported 
Linux x86_64 OS distros.

This component contains combo image version 7.15.37. The combo image includes: 
MFW: v7.14.37; PXE: v7.14.10; UEFI: v7.15.16; iSCSI(wherever applicable): v7.14.0
FCoE(wherever applicable): v7.14.3; L2: v7.12.25; CCM: v7.14.4. 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 system boots to FCoE target even though the FCoE 
    ports are marked as Not Bootable in the OneView profile. 
  - Fixes an issue where booting to iSCSI target may fail when it is configured 
    with a sixteen character long mutual Challenge Handshake Authentication 
    Protocol (CHAP) secret. 
  - Fixes an issue where the network adapters configuration settings are not 
    reset to defaults when the adapter is moved to a different slot, when the 
    system is booted in Legacy BIOS Mode. 
  - Fixes an issue  where the systems power-on self-test (POST) duration is 
    delayed when only one interconnect module (ICM) is installed in the enclosure 
    and used to configure the logical interconnect group (LIG).
  - Fixes an issue where loading hypervisor on VMware causes pink screen of death 
    (PSOD) when NIC Partitioning (NPAR) is enabled. 
  - Fixes an issue where HPE Synergy 3820C 10/20Gb Converged Network Adapter restores 
    its configuration settings to default after a system restart.
  - Fixes an issue where booting to iSCSI target may fail randomly across multiple 
    platform reboots.
  - Fixes an issue on 'HPE Synergy 3820C 10/20Gb Converged Network Adapter' & 
    'HPE Synergy 10Gb 2-port 2820C Converged Network Adapter' where OneView displays 
    the downlink port state as Linked instead of Unlinked even when the network 
    adapter was disabled in the OS.
  - Fixes an issue where firmware update fails with segfault error.


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:

	# ./CP031112.scexe

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

	# ./CP031112.scexe -h


Firmware Upgrade Log
====================
The results of the firmware upgrade are saved to the CP031112.log file
which is located at the /var/cpq/ directory. 


Important Information
======================
1) The Device ID in NPAR (NIC Partitioning) mode is different over the DID used 
for Flex10, or (forced) Single Function mode.  Accordingly adapters with DID 0x168E
and 0x16A2 changes to 0x16AE and 0x16A4 respectively after enabling NPAR.


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