HP BladeSystem Firmware Release Sets Business success: Grow revenue, profit, faster response, efficient, predictable transactions, faster development IT success: Hit project design timelines Presenter’s Name January 4, 2010

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Agenda Customer Needs Firmware Release Sets Defining a Release Set and Support Strategy One Step Update Simplified Firmware Deliverable HP Smart Update Technology and Roadmap HP Systems Insight Manager and HP Smart Update Manager Integration Roadmap Q&A 19 September 2018

Customer Needs Quality Firmware and System Software releases Regular and less frequent releases Improved release information Support without having to update if not needed Information on what was qualified together Easy to use tools and reports Best Practices information on maintaining firmware proactively 9/19/2018

New BladeSystem Firmware Release Sets Phase 1, January 2009 Regularly Scheduled Release sets  Solution oriented configuration testing Support Process Changes Phase 2, March/April 2010 Consolidation of Firmware Deliverables into one DVD One Step Update of the BladeSystem Enclosure Regularly Scheduled Release sets Allows for fewer updates and more predictable maintenance scheduling Improved confidence in release updates Customer oriented configuration testing Representative configuration and Integrated release testing of Firmware, Operating Systems, Drivers, Tools and Management support with version information Deployment Deliverable Enhancements Consolidation of deliverables for ease of use and acquisition Reports on available, installed, and installation firmware sets per target Support Process Changes Support for multiple generations of quarterly releases BladeSystem Compatibility Chart represents the release sets and deliverables Improved and standardized release notes/criticality, documentation and web presence Less Disruptive Firmware update R&D programs Integrated BladeSystem Onboard Administrator Firmware Updates 9/19/2018

Defining a Release Set FW types BIOS SA NIC OA VC iLO Other Validated Collected FW Release point Validated Collected Jan Feb Mar Apr Collect and test period Release Set available Updates collected and “Solution Stack” tested for ~8 weeks Release Set launches Subsequent updates validated against current Release Set Cycle repeats Start of next Release Set 9/19/2018

Handling out of cycle Component Releases Z and A included in Release Set C Nov May Feb X Z Release Set A Note: Customers that have not performed maintenance in the past year need to refer to the Implementers Guide Release Set B Release Set C Individual firmware component releases outside of a release set will be tested with the most current release set and incorporated into the subsequent release set. Y A X and Y included in Release Set B Components released out of the normal quarterly cycle will be tested and certified on the previous release set The components will be integrated into the upcoming release set 19 September 2018 HP CONFIDENTIAL

Support Strategy (Current and 2 back) Nov May Feb Aug Release Set A Note: Customers that have not performed maintenance in the past year need to refer to the Implementers Guide Release Set B Release Set C Release Set D Will this initiative impact the HP BladeSystem support model? Yes. HP will provide support for the current release set and two previous release sets. For example, if HP delivers three release sets (A, B, and C) over three calendar quarters, any of the three releases represent a supported configuration. If a customer has standardized on release set A, for example, and experiences a problem that is only solved on a later release set, the customer may be asked to move to the new release set to fix the problem In a more complicated example, assume the customer is on release set A and experiences an issue that appears to be corrected with a firmware component that was released as an exception release after release set C. The customer will most likely be asked to move to release set C including the indicated firmware component. The customer will not be asked to move off a supported release set (A, B, or C), unless the problems they are experiencing have a high probably of being fixed with a later release set and/or exception release. The Support organization will not “shotgun” the problem by issuing a blanket request to move to the latest firmware. Also, to help the decision to upgrade, the release notes associated with each component will allow the Support organization and customers to be aware of bug fixes or new features within that component. Release Set A customer: 3 months to update to stay in support window without multi-step updates Upgrade Upgrade Current release and two back will be supported Upgrades are supported within two full releases, multi-step updates could be needed for older releases 19 September 2018 HP CONFIDENTIAL

One Step Update of the BladeSystem Enclosure HP Smart Update Firmware DVD/ISO BladeSystem all blade local update with USB key OA ILO on blade BladeSystem FDT ISO (Place ISO image on USB key and insert into OA USB key drive) ILO on blade ILO on blade ILO on blade Assembled and OA Wizard performed: Insert FDT CD or USB with ISO From Onboard Administrator Device Bays and select all blade bays DVD pull down and Connect to Enclosure DVD Device Bays and select all blade bays again because it gets deselected One Time Boot pull down – CDROM Virtual Power pull down – Momentary Press The Blades boot the FDT and flashes UID when updating Any updates failures will automatically open log in vim One step update ….. (Using OA USB key port to mount image for deployment through ILO Virtual Media to an entire enclosure at once – can also be scripted using HPONCFG) 9 9/19/2018

HP Smart Update Firmware DVD ISO NEW HP Smart Update Firmware DVD ISO Firmware Maintenance CD BladeSystem Firmware Deployment Tool ISO (FDT) BladeSystem Online Firmware Bundles for Windows/Linux HP Smart Update Firmware DVD ISO Can be used locally or remotely in a one-to-many mode Can be PXE, DVD, USB booted or used directly from network resource from Windows and Linux Supports Server and network target Based updates Interactive, Scripted or Automatic mode of execution Defaults to automatic upon boot Full interactive GUI mode available - Includes key SW drivers for Server FW updates One stop location Full ProLiant and option coverage Easy to add components when used as USB Key Before: Software ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) Individual Smart Components (CP0xxxxx.exe) Firmware (ML/DL) HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD Individual Smart Components (CP0xxxxx.exe or CP0xxxxx.scexe) Firmware (BladeSystem) BladeSystem Firmware Update Bundles for Windows and Linux BladeSystem Firmware Deployment Tool Virtual Connect Support Utility (VCSU) for Virtual Connect Firmware Softpaqs After: Firmware (ML/DL, BladeSystem, 100 series) HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance DVD

HPSUM – Prototype Component Criticality Classification   Current  icons Tick – for optional Square bang – critical Triangle bang – recommended Question mark – I was not able to get the criticality of the version 19 September 2018

HPSUM – Reporting of Inventory, Installed, and Installation Set on a per target basis to HTML (viewing) or XML (exporting) 19 September 2018

Firmware Best Practices Implementer’s Guide Comprehensive information including: Quick start Example scripts Best practices scenarios Troubleshooting Step-by-step installation instructions A living document that gets rev’d with every release 9/19/2018

HP Smart Update Strategy Deliverable/Segment SMB HP FW DVD, SmartStart, Easy, etc. Enterprise HP SIM, RDP, Scripting,etc. Unified Deployment Engine HP SUM System ROM iLO FW Smart Array FW SAS/SATA HDD FW Onboard Administrator FC HBA FW Agents Drivers Tools Firmware release set Virtual Connect Networking FW ProLiant Support Pack Smart Components

Building on HPSUM HPSUM is the deployment engine – Windows, Linux, Virtualization, Software, Firmware, 100, BladeSystem Matrix, and Converged Infrastructure Started as offline local execution only and then we added online Windows SW/FW and Linux FW Added one-to-many support, enhanced Discovery/Dependency and network Target based support (OA and iLO) Virtualization detection and blocking, TPM, Linux RPM’s, Virtual Connect and broader component support Converged, Hierarchical, Enclosure, Infrastructure, Storage, Network, and Virtualization Support 2005/2006 2007/2008 2009 2010 The firmware management paradigm is being enhanced and expanded to go beyond Server and Network Target based Management to Enclosure and Hierarchical Target Groups in support of Converged Infrastructure and seamless Virtualization Support.

For the latest BladeSystem Firmware Maintenance information and Compatibility Chart please visit: http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystemupdates 9/19/2018

HPSUM Deployment Roadmap Presentation Title HPSUM Deployment Roadmap Aug. 2009 Nov. 2009 Feb. / March 2010 V4.0.0 Linux RPMs (completes leading OS FW/SW) Report Generation BCS Integrity Server support for ILO, FPGA, System ROM and Power Management Controller firmware VCSU Based VC Firmware updates Native x64 – Windows Firmware DVD support V3.6.0 FTP Proxy Authentication for pull from web Power PIC Firmware support Brocade FC HBA Support V3.7.0 SIM integration (optional replacement of VCA with HPSUM – Network based firmware updates) Enhanced scripting support Report Generation - Inventory - Per-Target Installation Set 9/19/2018 17 17

HP SIM and HP SUM Integration Roadmap 4q ‘09 1h ‘10 Phase 1 (4Q09) Initial HP SUM integration, providing FW upgrade to iLO, OA, VC OS deployment to servers w/o VCA Not promoted until ’10, since VCA is required for SW Status Phase 2 (2Q10) SW Baselines in SIM HP SUM will act as a repository, using pull-from-web HP SUM deploys Linux SW (RPM’s) HP SUM reports SW/FW versions Update all FW in an enclosure (or group of enclosures) SIM support for deployment of Firmware DVD ISO for offline firmware updates 9/19/2018 18

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