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IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide

Appendix A.

Firmware Versions

The following tables contain both the minimum versions required deploy on the BladeCenter and its
various components, and the current versions at the time this document was published. Please visit the
IBM support site for the most current firmware versions for all components.

www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-54597

There is also a URL for registering for proactive emails regarding firmware updates.

https://www-1.ibm.com/support/mysupport/us/en/

First time you visit select register. After you have logged into the site, select edit profile and add the
servers that you would like receive notification on.

The tables in that appendix will also help translate between build ids and release versions. You can see
the current firmware levels from the management module.

All values current as of Feb 28, 2006.

Management Module

Minimum Req

Most Current

Version

1.13

1.19H

Release Date

2005/02/11

2005/12/22

Revision (Main App)

BRET73H

BRET82H

Table 2 Management Module BIOS Information

A minimum of BRET82A is highly recommended since it contains several important fixes:

1) Repeating

keystrokes

fix

2) Gratuitous arp fix
3) Improved failover and firmware transfer handling

HS20 BIOS – Model 8832

Minimum Req

Most Current

Version

1.06

1.10

Release Date

2004/08/12

2005/12/13

Build Id

BSE119AUS

BSE124AUS

Build Date

2004/06/11

2005/10/21

HS20 ISMP – (8832)

Minimum Req

Most Current

Version

1.07

1.10

Release Date

2004/07/08

2005/12/11

Build Id

BR8T33A

BR8T36A

HS20 Diagnostics (8832)

Minimum Req

Most Current

Version

1.03

1.04

Release Date

2004/07/08

2004/11/09

Build Id

BSYT15A

BSYT16A

Table 3 HS20 – Model 8832 Firmware Information

http://w3-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP100564

The BladeCenter Deployment Guide is intended as a personal productivity tool. It is not intended to be comprehensive and is provided for

guidance only, on an 'as is basis' without warranty of any kind. Please be aware that its contents have not been certified by IBM.