Reference Guide

1 Overview

As of June 2011, the product name of HP BladeSystem Matrix has been renamed to HP CloudSystem

Matrix. While some documents before June 2011 may continue to have references to the HP

BladeSystem Matrix product name, these references are interchangeable with HP CloudSystem

Matrix.

This document provides instructions on installing the components outlined in the updated Customer

Advisory c02796117 dated September 2011. In this advisory, HP recommends updating Integrated

Lights-Out 2 (iLO2) Advanced firmware to version 2.06, Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO3) Advanced

firmware to version 1.26 (for ProLiant only), Onboard Administrator (OA) firmware to 3.31, Virtual

Connect (VC) firmware to 3.18, and Matrix ProLiant server blades system ROMs as a set.

Virtual Connect firmware should be updated to 3.18 if it has not been upgraded already.

NOTE: This document applies to all HP CloudSystem Matrix 6.1 through 6.3 customers.

Hardware components to be updated

HP recommends updating the following hardware components.

VersionHardware component

I22 2011.05.05HP ProLiant BL280c G6

I23 2011.05.02HP ProLiant BL460c G5

I24 2011.05.05HP ProLiant BL460c G6

I27 2011.05.05HP ProLiant BL460c G7

A13 2011.05.02HP ProLiant BL465c G5 and G6

A19 2011.05.10HP ProLiant BL465c G7

I21 2011.05.05HP ProLiant BL490c G6

I28 2011.05.05HP ProLiant BL490c G7

A14 2011.05.02HP ProLiant BL495c G5 and G6

I17 2011.05.02HP ProLiant BL680c G5

A08 2011.05.02HP ProLiant BL685c G5

A17 2011.05.02HP ProLiant BL685c G6

A20 2011.05.10HP ProLiant BL685c G7

3.31HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure Onboard Administrator

3.18

HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Module for c-Class BladeSystem

HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module for c-Class BladeSystem

HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port Fibre Channel Module for c-Class

BladeSystem

HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-port Fibre Channel Module for c-Class

BladeSystem

2.06HP ProLiant Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO2) Advanced for BladeSystem

1.26HP ProLiant Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO3) Advanced for BladeSystem (for

ProLiant G7)

4 Overview