SOFTPACK NUMBER:  SP21986
PART NUMBER:  
FILE NAME:  SP21986.tgz
TITLE:    ProLiant BL e-Class C-GbE Interconnect Switch Firmware for Linux Deployment
VERSION:  2.1.0
LANGUAGE:  English (US)
CATEGORY:  Firmware - Blade Infrastructure

DIVISIONS:  Server

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:	ProLiant BL10e		All Models
                       

OPERATING SYSTEM:  Red Hat Linux 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0
                   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
                   UnitedLinux 1.0
                   SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES:  

EFFECTIVE DATE:	9/22/03  

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPACK UTILITY VERSION:  

SUPERSEDES:  SP23579

DESCRIPTION:  This SoftPaq contains the ProLiant BL e-Class GbE Interconnect Switch firmware image and Readme files.


Enhancements/Fixes:
This updated firmware corrects these and other issues:

- Resetting to factory defaults and saving IP settings will change
  the switch set up from DHCP to manual IP setting. If you are using
  DHCP to establish your IP address, use the "Reboot & Load Factory
  Default Configuration" option instead of "Reboot & Load Factory
  Default Configuration Except IP Address."

- If you enter a list of Security IP addresses, SNMP querries only work for the
  first 3 entries. Telnet and Web connections work properly for all entries.

- Poor performance may be encountered when flow control is enabled on Gigabit 
  uplinks.  In some test cases, maximum throughput was reduced by 50% with flow
  Control enabled on the Gigabit uplinks.

  Disabling flow control on the switch Gigabit uplink ports or the network 
  switch or server directly connected to the switch Gigabit uplink ports does 
  resolve the problem.

- When an XML file is downloaded via the Web interface, the switch reboots. 
  If a switch reboot when downloading a new configuration file is not wanted, 
  use the command line or menu interfaces.


HOW TO USE:
                                              
Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your target computer. The SoftPaq
is a .tgz file with a file name based on the SoftPaq Number. 

Run this command to extract the files from the .tgz file: 
	tar -zxvf *.tgz 

Place the firmware image file (*.bin) on a TFTP server that is network-accessible from the switch you wish to update.  Use the switch's command line interface (CLI) to update the firmware. Alternately, the switch's serial console may be used to update the firmware.  See the switch's User Guide for detailed instructions.

Refer to the Softpaq README file for installation instructions and firmware information. 


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