HP Flex-10 and Flex-Fabric Supportability

This document for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots ESX/ESXi systems in an HP
VirtualConnect environment. The following drivers and firmware combinations have been tested with
VMware Versatile IO Certification at the time of release of this article. For the latest recipe information
from HP, please refer to the links in the Additional Resources #2 section below

NIC Drivers
Driver Name

Driver Version

ESX Version

Adapter Firmware

HP Virtual Connect
Firmware

be2net
be2net
be2net
be2net
be2net
be2net
bnx2x
bnx2x
bnx2x
bnx2x
bnx2x
bnx2x
bnx2x
bnx2x
bnx2x
bnx2x
bnx2x
mlx4
mlx4
mlx4
nx_nic
nx_nic
nx_nic
nx_nic
nx_nic
nx_nic
nx_nic
nx_nic
nx_nic

4.1.255.11
4.1.334.0
4.1.334.0
4.0.355.1
4.0.306.0
2.104.277.3
1.74.19.v50.1
1.74.17.v50.1
1.74.19.v41.1
1.74.17.v41.1
1.72.54.v41.1
1.72.54.v50.2
1.70.34.v50.1
1.70.34.v41.1
1.62.11.v40.1
1.62.15.v41
1.61.15.v50.1-1vmw
1.5.7
1.5.5.436
1.6.1.2
5.0.626
5.0.614
4.0.626
4.0.614
4.0.602
5.0.601
4.0.598
4.0.557
4.0.585

ESXi 5.1
ESXi 5.0
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESXi 5.0
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESX/ESXi 4.x
ESXi 5.x
ESXi 5.x
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESX/ESXi 4.x
ESXi 5.0
ESXi 5.0
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESX/ESXi 4.0
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESXi 5.0
ESX/ESXi 4.x
ESX/ESXi 4.x
ESXi 5.0
ESXi 5.x
ESXi 5.0
ESX/ESXi 4.x
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESX/ESXi 4.x
ESXi 5.0
ESX/ESXi 4.x
ESXi 5.0
ESX/ESXi 4.x

4.1.450.7
4.1.355.0
4.0.355.0
4.0.354.0
4.0.354.0
2.104.281.0
7.4.22
7.4.19
7.4.22
7.4.19
7.2.54
7.2.54
7.0.48
7.0.48
2.2.8
2.2.8
6.2.10
2.9.1000
2.8.0
2.8.0
4.0.590
4.0.585
4.0.590
4.0.585
4.0.579
4.0.579
4.0.555
4.0.579
4.0.544

3.60
3.30
3.18
3.18
3.30
3.18
3.70
3.70
3.70
3.70
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.17
3.17
3.17
3.30
3.17
3.17
3.75
3.30
3.75
3.30
3.30
3.30
3.10
3.30
3.18

Storage Drivers
Driver Name

Driver Version

ESX Version

Adapter Firmware

HP Virtual Connect
Firmware

be2iscsi
be2iscsi
be2iscsi
be2iscsi
be2iscsi
be2iscsi
be2iscsi
lpfc820
lpfc820
lpfc820
lpfc820
lpfc820
lpfc820
lpfc820
lpfc820
lpfc820

4.2.324.12
4.2.324.12
2.104.277.3
4.1.334.301
4.0.317.1
4.0.317.0
4.1.334.3
8.2.4.141.55
8.2.3.1-127vmw
8.2.2.126.50
8.2.1.141.55
8.2.1.126.50
8.2.2.105.34
8.2.1.105.34
8.2.0.97.30
8.2.1.97.30

ESXi 5.1
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESXi 5.0
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESXi 5.0
ESXi 5.0
ESXi 5.1
ESXi 5.0
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESXi 5.0
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESX/ESXi 4.0
ESX/ESXi 4.1

4.1.450.7
4.2.394.0
2.104.281.0
4.1.355.0
4.0.354.0
4.0.354.0
4.1.335.0
4.2.365.0
4.1.450.7
4.1.355.0
4.2.394.0
4.0.355.0
4.0.354.0
4.0.354.0
2.104.281.0
2.104.281.0

3.60
3.60
3.18
3.30
3.30
3.30
3.30
3.60
3.60
3.18
3.60
3.18
3.18
3.18
3.18
3.18

Additional Resources:
1. To obtain VMware certified drivers please go to the following Website
http://www.vmware.com/download/vsphere/drivers_tools.html
2. To obtain additional information on HP Flex-10 and FlexFabric product information, please go to
the following Websites

"HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 NICs Solution Recipe":

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02713767/c02713767.pdf
"HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Solution Recipe":
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02610285/c02610285.pdf