FILE NAME:			CP016884.scexe

TITLE:			HP NC-Series QLogic P3 Online Firmware Upgrade Utility 
				for Linux x86_64 

VERSION:			5.1.2

REVISION:			0

LANGUAGE:			English

CATEGORY:			Software Solutions

DIVISIONS:			Enterprise and Mainstream Servers

EFFECTIVE DATE:		06/26/2012

SUPERSEDES:			CP016410.scexe

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:
				HP NC510F PCIe 10 Gigabit Server Adapter
				HP NC510C PCIe 10 Gigabit Server Adapter
				HP NC522m Dual Port 10GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter
				HP NC522SFP Dual Port 10GbE Server Adapter
				HP NC375i Quad Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
        HP NC375i 1Gb w/HP NC524 10Gb
				HP NC375T PCI Express Quad Port Gigabit Server Adapter

OPERATING SYSTEMS:
				Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 3 for AMD64/EM64T
				Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 2 for AMD64/EM64T
				Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 1 for AMD64/EM64T
				Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 8 for AMD64/EM64T
				Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 7 for AMD64/EM64T

				SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 for AMD64/EM64T
				SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1 for AMD64/EM64T
				SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 4 for AMD64/EM64T

PREREQUISITES:
				HP NC-Series QLogic (nx_nic) driver rpm version >= 4.0.540
				Firmware version >= 3.4.336 for NC510C and NC510F
				Firmware version >= 4.0.230 for all other Products

DESCRIPTION:		This scexe contains the utilities and binaries for upgrading 
				firmware on HP ProLiant QLogic NICs running the Linux x86_64 platform

ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES:
				1) This component now upgrades to fimware v4.0.588
				2) This component installs Firmware even if ethernet driver is not
available.

Table of Contents
=================
Introduction
Packaging
Performing the Firmware Upgrade
Firmware Upgrade Log
Configure PXE/WOL/NCSI
Important Information
  
			       
Introduction
============
This file describes the firmware upgrade of the HP Gigabit Server 
Adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section of this
document.   

User guides and additional HP Network Adapter information can be
found at: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/index-nic.html


Packaging
=========
The firmware upgrade utility is released in scexe format.  The file is a single
self-extracting executable that unpacks the component, runs it, and cleans
up the component.  This one-step process replaces the rpm format which would 
require three steps to install, execute, and remove. 


Performing the Firmware Upgrade
===============================

1. The utility requires nx_nic rpm installed and the module loaded. 
   The module can be loaded by executing the below command. To install
   the rpm please refer the text file released with nx_nic rpm.

	# modprobe nx_nic
        
2. The firmware can be upgraded interactively using the following command:

	#./CP00xxxx.scexe 
	
3. Check the help menu for more information regarding command line options.

	#./CP00xxxx.scexe -h


Firmware Upgrade Log
====================

The results of the firmware upgrade are in the nxflash.log which 
will be written to the current working directory.  

	
Configure PXE/WOL/NCSI
==============================

1. The utility requires nx_nic rpm installed and the module loaded. 
   The module can be loaded by executing the below command. To install
   the rpm please refer the text file released with nx_nic rpm.

	# modprobe nx_nic

2. Verify the configuration status of the network adapter by sending the 
   following command:

	# ./CP00xxxx.scexe -c

3. Configure PXE/WOL/NCSI by sending the following command:

	# ./CP00xxxx.scexe [ interface ] pxe/wol/ncsi [ options ]

          options:
          0 - Disable 
          1 - Enable 

   example:  The following command disables pxe

	# ./CP00xxxx.scexe eth0 pxe 0

   Note: Please refer to the adapter QuickSpecs for information 
	   on supported features.


Important Information
======================
1) The nx_nic driver uses host-based firmware load.  When the user loads the 
driver the host-based firmware image in the driver will be the version that 
is displayed when checking the firmware version using ethtool.  The burned-in 
firmware on the device as well as the host-based firmware version can be 
verified by checking dmesg for entries similiar to the following:

nx_nic: Flash Version: Firmware[4.0.516], BIOS[2.1.3]

nx_nic: File FW[nx3fwmn.bin] version[4.0.516:12818]

2) On NC522m, NC522SFP etc that have only eeprom on the chip and thus share
the fimware among all the ports, update is done only once. However other 
commands like show current ports and change the pxe setting etc treat the 
ports independently. This greately improves the performance of the tool. Thus
please expect not to see all the ports that were displayed during -c
invocation during the actual firmare update process.

3) This tool requires the supported interfaces to be active when executing
because it queries the ethernet interface to get current version of firmware
and driver. Hence, when a ethernet interface is not configured or is in a slave
bonding configuration, this tool will not work as expected.

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