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  • 1.  How to tell which HP SPP is installed

    Posted Oct 14, 2015 12:57 PM

    I'm installing the HP SPP before installing a custom image and wanted to know if there was an easy way to determine which SPP is installed.  I am having trouble coming up with a method other then boot in the SPP and wanted to know if anyone had any thoughts.  I thought I would just check the CNA/HBA firmware through ESXCLI, but that does not seem to be visible in the current version I'm running.  Any thoughts are appreciated.  Thanks!



  • 2.  RE: How to tell which HP SPP is installed

    Posted Oct 14, 2015 01:06 PM

    There's no a way to check which SPP has been used, as an SPP is only a collection of different firmware and drivers.

    Generally speaking you would insert the last available SPP and it will tell you what is supposed to be updated.

    Regards



  • 3.  RE: How to tell which HP SPP is installed
    Best Answer

    Posted Oct 15, 2015 02:48 PM

    I agree, unlike an OS service pack it's not like a rollup and as such you can pick and choose which firmware etc to install so looking at one particular version on your host won't necessarily indicate the levels of everything else.

    That said, if you have a policy to install the SPP wholesale then you could identify one particular piece of firmware or driver and check it against the Contents Report of an SPP release (eg. here)

    In vSphere you could check the versions you have on your hosts on the Hardware Status tab, or the HP Insight Management plug-in, or iLO site if you have one to try and determine to what level your firmware etc. is at.

    Hope that helps, good luck

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