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HP DL 360G5 Firmware warning.

Has anyone got any experiance of this issue.

I am running a HP proliant DL360 with intergrated p400i raid controller and battery cache.

The server has had the HP update disc run and all drivers and firmware applied but i am still getting the warning even though the firmware driver is the latest on HP's website.

I have tried a vmware image and installed the CMS and still the same, the included screenshot is from the server which is running the HP release of EXSi which i prefer to do.

Any ideas or is this nothing to worry about and if so can i disable the warning?

Thanks Adrian.

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See attached, don't worry about the ZIP file bundle number the VIB's inside are the correct ones.

These two are the important ones;

  • hp-ams-esx-500.9.2.0-11.434156.vib
  • hp-smx-provider-500.03.01.10.2-434156.vib

HP are just clowns with their version numbering;

http://vibsdepot.hp.com/hpq/

v1.5 is Oct 2012;

HP-VIB.png

Originals here;

http://vibsdepot.hp.com/hpq/oct2012/esxi-5x-bundles/

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Jon

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Better screenshot.

hpdl3601.jpg

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What version of the HP bundle did you install?

If it was the latest version 1.6, then there is a known bug (see link below). Simply remove version 1.6 and redeploy version 1.5 to resolve the issue.

I posted this yesterday;

http://www.jonmunday.net/2013/03/25/bug-hp-esxi-5-0-complete-bundle-update-1-6/

Cheers,

Jon

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I followed your advice but when done i could not see the system information at all.

After looking around I have seen there is a new HP version:

VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-HP-5.34.23.iso
File size:332048384
File type:                                                                            iso
Release Date:2013-02-19
Build Number:799733

so have used this but the same problem existis.

The vim list for Hp returned the following.

char-hpcru                     5.0.3.09-1OEM.500.0.0.434156          Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-26
char-hpilo                     500.9.0.0.9-1OEM.500.0.0.434156       Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-26
hp-ams                         500.9.3.0-13.434156                   Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-26
hp-build                       5.34.23-434156                        Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-26
hp-smx-provider                500.03.02.00.23-434156                Hewlett-Packard  VMwareAccepted    2013-03-26
hpacucli                       9.40-12.0                             Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-26
hpbootcfg                      01-01.02                              Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-26
hponcfg                        04-00.10                              Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-26
scsi-hpsa                      5.0.0-40OEM.500.0.0.472560            Hewlett-Packard  VMwareCertified   2013-03-26
scsi-hpvsa                     5.0.0-50OEM.500.0.0.472560            Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-26
vmware-esx-hp_vaaip_p2000      2.1.0-2                               Hewlett-Packard  VMwareAccepted    2013-03-26

Many thanks

Adrian

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Hi Adrian,

Looking at your VIB's you have updated to the same faulty version (see below) ;

These are the buggy versions inclusded in v1.6;

~ # esxcli software vib list | grep hp

Name                  Version                             Vendor           Acceptance Level  Install Date
--------------------  ----------------------------------  ---------------  ----------------  ------------
char-hpcru            5.0.3.09-1OEM.500.0.0.434156        Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2012-11-13
char-hpilo            500.9.0.0.9-1OEM.500.0.0.434156     Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2012-04-11
hp-ams                500.9.3.0-13.434156                 Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-21
hp-smx-provider       500.03.02.00.23-434156              Hewlett-Packard  VMwareAccepted    2013-03-21
hpacucli              9.40-12.0                           Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-21
hpbootcfg             01-01.02                            Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-21
hponcfg               04-00.10                            Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-21

ata-pata-hpt3x2n      0.3.4-3vmw.500.0.0.469512           VMware           VMwareCertified   2012-03-26
scsi-hpsa             5.0.0-17vmw.500.0.0.469512          VMware           VMwareCertified   2012-03-26
hpnmi                 2.0.11-434156                       hp               PartnerSupported  2012-04-11

These are the working versions inclusded in v1.5;

~ # esxcli software vib list | grep hp

Name                  Version                             Vendor           Acceptance Level  Install Date
--------------------  ----------------------------------  ---------------  ----------------  ------------
char-hpcru            5.0.3.09-1OEM.500.0.0.434156        Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2012-11-13
char-hpilo            500.9.0.0.9-1OEM.500.0.0.434156     Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2012-04-11
hp-ams                500.9.2.0-11.434156                 Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-25
hp-smx-provider       500.03.01.10.2-434156               Hewlett-Packard  VMwareAccepted    2013-03-25
hpacucli              9.20-9.0                            Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-25
hpbootcfg             01-01.02                            Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-25
hponcfg               04-00.10                            Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-25

ata-pata-hpt3x2n      0.3.4-3vmw.500.0.0.469512           VMware           VMwareCertified   2012-03-26
scsi-hpsa             5.0.0-17vmw.500.0.0.469512          VMware           VMwareCertified   2012-03-26
hpnmi                 2.0.11-434156                       hp               PartnerSupported  2012-04-11

Remove the faulty VIB's, reboot the host, reinstall the working version 1.5, reboot the host again and update / reset your hardware sensors.

Do you need me to attach the version 1.5 VIB's? And do you need syntax to do this from the console?

Cheers,

Jon

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if you could attach the 1.5 vibs as I can't find them on the hp website,

I have been using the console to do this with "software vib remove" and "install" ?

Adrian.

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See attached, don't worry about the ZIP file bundle number the VIB's inside are the correct ones.

These two are the important ones;

  • hp-ams-esx-500.9.2.0-11.434156.vib
  • hp-smx-provider-500.03.01.10.2-434156.vib

HP are just clowns with their version numbering;

http://vibsdepot.hp.com/hpq/

v1.5 is Oct 2012;

HP-VIB.png

Originals here;

http://vibsdepot.hp.com/hpq/oct2012/esxi-5x-bundles/

Cheers,

Jon

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With the HP image being problematic is it worth using or would it be better to use the VMimage and then update using the files from the website?

Many thanks

Adrian.

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My preference is to use the VMware image and have control of what drivers and extrensions go into the build - more work, but at least I know exactly what has been layered on top.

If you want to use the HP image then use this one and patch from here;

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/vmware/esxi-image.html

ESXi 5.0 U1 Oct 2012 - Download here

Interestingly, HP show this build (which is the one that I would actually use If use it were available) ... but they provide no link to download it;

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/vmware-esxi/driver_version.html

5.0 U2 Dec 2012ESXi 5.0 U2
Build 914586
char-hpcru 5.0.3.09-1OEM.500.0.0.434156 HP ESXi Offline Bundle for VMware ESXi 5.x version 1.3.5
char-hpilo 500.9.0.0.9-1OEM.500.0.0.434156
hp-smx-provider 500.03.01.10.2-434156
hp-ams-esx-500.9.2.0-11.434156
hp-nmi-2.0 - Version 500.2.0.11-434156 HP NMI Sourcing Driver for VMware ESXi 5.0 version 2.1
hpacucli-9.20.9.0HP ESXi Utilities Offline Bundle for VMware ESXi 5.0 Version 1.3
hpbootcfg-01-01.02
hponcfg-04-00.10
char-hpilo-500.9.0.0.9-1OEM.500.0.0.434156
hp_vaaip_p2000 - Version 2.1.0-2HP hpvaaip p2000
net-bnx2 - Version - 2.2.1l.v50.1-1Broadcom NX2 package
net-bnx2x - Version - 1.72.54.v50.2-1
misc-cnic-register - Version - 1.72.1.v50.1-1
net-cnic - Version - 1.72.50.v50.1-1
scsi-bnx2fc - Version - 1.72.51.v50.1-1
scsi-bnx2i - Version - 2.72.10.v50.2-1
net-tg3 - Version 3.123b.v50.1-1Broadcom tg3 Driver
net-mlx - Version - 1.6.1.2-1Mellanox ConnectX Driver
net-qlcnic - Version 5.0.741-14Qlogic qlcnic Driver
net-be2net - Version 4.1.334.0-1Emulex be2net Driver
net-nx-nic - Version 5.0.619-3Qlogic nx_nic Driver
net-igb - Version 3.2.10-1Intel igb Driver
scsi-hpsa - Version 5.0.0-28HP hpsa Driver
scsi-hpvsa - Version 5.0.0-36HP hpvsa Driver
mpt2sas - Version 13.10.02.00.1LSI mpt2sas Driver
scsi-qla2xxx - Version 911.k1.1-26Qlogic qla2xxx Driver
scsi-qla4xxx - Version 624.01.43-1Qlogic qla4xxx Driver Set
ima-qla4xxx - Version 500.2.01.31-1
scsi-be2iscsi - Version 4.2.324.12-1Emulex be2iscsi Driver Set
ima-be2iscsi - Version 4.2.324.12-1
bfa - Version 3.0.0.0-1Brocade bfa Driver

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A great blog with HP related links (including the HP ESXi 5.0 U2) can be found at http://www.v-front.de/p/hp-vmware-links.html

André

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Thanks André - that's awesome!

Sorry to hijack this thread, but have you done any testing to determine if you need any of the additional HP updates if you deploy the "complete bundle".

So in this case, the HP ESXi 5.0 complete bundle update 1.5 is deployed ... but there are still some missing updates shown. We obviously don't want v1.6 as it is faulty, but do we need the utility bundle and the management bundles? Also, do we need both the management bundle and the agentless management bundle?

UpdateManager-HP.png

I plan to do my own testing, but thought I would ask first.

Cheers,

Jon

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I only deployed the complete HP image on Gen8 Hosts so far, for other installations I usually use the ESXi-Customizer-PS script (from the blog I mentioned before) to create an installation image with the add-ons and drivers I need. Usually I create an image with the latest VMware patches and the HP Offline Bundle and NMI sourcing driver.

André

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Thanks for all your help it really is appreciated.

It's good to see those Green Ticks ! Smiley Happy

Regards

Adrian.

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Good news Smiley Happy

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The latest HP Offline Bundle fixes the issues with the hardware status warning 

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Fix confirmed;
http://www.jonmunday.net/2013/04/16/fix-hp-esxi-5-x-management-bundles/

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