HPE Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) Version 2017101 G8.1

The Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) is a comprehensive systems software and firmware update solution, which is delivered as a single ISO image. This post production SPP uses Smart Update Manager (SUM) as the deployment tool and contains updates for ProLiant Gen8 systems.

Important Notes:
In order to reduce the frequency at which servers need to be updated, HPE is changing the packaging and delivery of the SPP.

Going forward, two types of SPPs will be released:

A single “Production SPP” that contains the firmware and drivers for the all of the production server generations, and Multiple server generation specific “Post-Production SPPs” that contain the firmware and drivers for a specific post-production server generation (e.g. Gen8 only Post-Production SPP that contains the firmware and drivers for all of Gen8 server models).

When a server generation transitions to “Post-Production,” the firmware and drivers for that server generation are frozen, packaged together on a “Post-Production SPP,” and released. The “Post-Production SPP” is supported through the EOS (end of support) for that server generation, and all future firmware and driver updates are released as hot fixes. This eliminates the need for yearly updates.

The 2017.04.0 SPP is the last production SPP to contain components for the G7 and Gen8 server platforms.

Release Summary:
Addressed VMware firmware installation issues with the following components:

HPE Broadcom NX1 Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for VMware
Online Firmware Upgrade Utility (ESXi 6.0) for HPE Mellanox VPI (Ethernet and Infiniband mode) devices on VMware ESXi
Online Firmware Upgrade Utility (ESXi 6.0) for HPE Mellanox Ethernet only adapters
No functional changes have been made to these firmware components; the updates are only needed for new installations.
Addressed VMware driver installation issues with the following component: HPE ProLiant Smart Array Controller Driver for VMware vSphere 6.0 (Driver Component) Version 2017.09.25 (B)

Included updated version of Fibre Channel (FC) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) driver to correct an occasional display of a purple diagnostic screen on VMware ESXi 5.5 and 6.0. This can happen when the driver receives a SCSI Check Condition response and perceives the SCSI Sense Data is either zero length or is invalid in the FCP_RSP field.

Emulex Fibre Channel driver component for VMware vSphere 5.5 Version 2016.10.03
Emulex Fibre Channel driver component for VMware vSphere 6.0 Version 2016.10.03
This release provides updates for Gen8 server platforms and adds support for vSphere 6.0 U3.

Production Version: 2017.10.1

Download Link: P01456_001_spp-2017.10.1-SPP2017101.2017_1027.10.iso

Size: 5.05 GB

MD5: 9c01d4a07b356c5b36f1d5b39eb34db5

SHA256: 7d5d7ec56c185610a1b711e1ddd601e3bea7111c959827204b3aa30fb39f6eef

Post-Production Version: Gen8.1

Download Link: P03093_001_spp-Gen8.1-SPPGen81.4.iso

Size: 5.44GB

MD5: 064177d26c939f8dc60c6aefa0799bcf

SHA256: 085f456c4b4d7dd3d2235258adf787b0785c75e62b4c898411f8198f1c4baa65

Post-Production Version: G7.0

Download Link: 882084_001_spp-g7.0-SPPG70.14.iso