HPE Synergy Software Releases - What's New?

★HPE Synergy Service Pack (SSP) 2023.05.01

HPE Synergy Service Pack (SSP) 2023.05.01 introduces OS support for VMware ESXi 8.0 U1, Ubuntu 22.04.2, and Oracle Enterprise Linux 8.7 and 9.1.

In addition, support is added for the following:

  • HPE Synergy 3820C 10/20Gb Converged Network Adapter (CNA) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6, 8.7 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SLES SP4.

  • HPE Synergy 6410C 25/50Gb Ethernet Adapter for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7, 9.1, and VMware ESXi 8.x.

HPE SSP 2023.05.01 contains the following known issues and limitations:

  • The HPE Synergy 3530C 16G FC HBA is not supported.

  • The HPE Synergy 5830C 32G FC HBA is supported on the HPE Synergy 480 Gen11 Compute Module with HPE Synergy Composer (HPE OneView) 8.3 or later.

  • When drives are managed by Intel Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel VROC) and Intel Volume Management Device (Intel VMD) on HPE Synergy 480 Gen11 and HPE Synergy 480 Gen10 Plus compute modules, updating drive firmware is only supported through UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). For more information, see Customer Advisory a00131550.

    For Virtual RAID on CPU (VROC) support with Gen11 servers, see the Intel Virtual RAID on CPU for HPE Gen11 User Guide.

For a specific list of firmware and software smart components included with this ISO, see the HPE Synergy Service Pack version SY-2023.05.01 contents list.

★HPE Synergy Composer2 (HPE OneView) 8.3

HPE Synergy Composer2 (HPE OneView) 8.3 consists of the following enhancement:

API support for staging and activating online firmware updates with full control through HPE OneView

You can now control the online firmware update process from HPE OneView without HPE Smart Update Tools (SUT) interaction on the OS.

With SUT running in the autodeployreboot mode, use the API to orchestrate the entire firmware update by first staging the update and later activating the update

For a complete list of enhancements, see the HPE OneView 8.3 Release Notes for HPE Synergy.

★HPE Synergy Service Pack (SSP) 2023.03.01

HPE Synergy Service Pack (SSP) 2023.03.01 introduces support for HPE Synergy Gen11 hardware with HPE OneView 8.2 or later. In addition, this SSP provides support for the following OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 and 9.1, Oracle Linux 8.6, and Ubuntu 20.04.5 and 22.04.1.

HPE SSP 2023.03.01 contains the following known issues and limitations:

  • HPE Synergy 3530C 16G FC HBA is not supported.

  • The HPE Synergy 5830C 32G FC HBA is supported on the HPE Synergy 480 Gen11 Compute Module with HPE Synergy Composer (HPE OneView) 8.3 or later.

  • HPE OneView for Synergy - When running VMware ESXi 8.0 and using HPE Synergy Service Pack (SSP) 2023.03.01, the online firmware method will not update HDD/SSD firmware. For more information, see Customer Advisory a00127577.

  • When deploying HPE Synergy Service Pack (SSP) 2023.03.01, the following HPE Synergy Management Combination is supported, but only with Gen10 / Gen10 Plus hardware.

    • HPE Synergy Software Releases: Composer 6.60.04 and Image Streamer 6.4

  • When deploying HPE Synergy Service Pack (SSP) 2023.03.01, the following HPE Synergy Management Combinations should only be used for upgrade purposes.

    • HPE Synergy Software Releases: Composer 8.0 and Image Streamer 6.4

    • HPE Synergy Software Releases: Composer 7.0 and Image Streamer 6.4

For a specific list of firmware and software smart components included with this ISO, see the HPE Synergy Service Pack version SY-2023.03.01 contents list.