HP XC System Software Release Notes for Version 3.2.1

3 Hardware Preparation
Hardware preparation tasks are documented in the HP XC Hardware Preparation Guide. This
chapter contains information that was not included in that document at the time of publication.
3.1 Upgrading BMC Firmware on HP ProLiant DL140 G2 and DL145 G2
Nodes
This note applies only if the hardware configuration contains HP ProLiant DL140 G2 or DL145
G2 nodes and you are upgrading an existing HP XC system from Version 3.0, 3.1, or 3.2 to Version
3.2.1.
The HP ProLiant DL140 G2 (G2) and DL145 G2 series of hardware models must be installed with
BMC firmware version 1.25 or greater. However, the BMC version 1.25 firmware was not
supported by HP XC Version 3.0 or earlier. As a result, you must update the BMC firmware on
these nodes after you upgrade the system to HP XC Version 3.2.1, which is contrary to the
upgrade instructions for a typical upgrade.
Before upgrading an HP XC system to Version 3.2.1, contact the HP XC Support Team and request
the procedure to upgrade the BMC firmware on HP ProLiant DL140 G2 and DL145 G2 nodes:
[e-mail]
3.2 FakeRAID Controllers Are Not Supported
The XC kernel will not boot on ProLiant DL160 G5 nodes configured with Fake Hardware RAID.
Hardware RAID setups created using the "HP Embedded G5 SATA RAID Controller" found in
some DL160 G5 servers are not supported in XC. Those hardware RAID controllers are not full
blown hardware RAID controllers (also called FakeRAID controllers) and are known to have
performance and reliability issues.
Consider using a separate SmartArray or other compatible Hardware RAID card on such
machines.
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