With all the announcements the last weeks at HP on Gen9 servers, Oneview and Hyper Converged solutions, we would forget that, together with the launch of Gen9 servers, there is also an update available of HP SIM (was 7.3) with support for those Gen9 servers.
The newest version has the typical next version number 7.4 and is available for download on the HP Software Depot.
Besides the Gen9 support there are some other new stuff in there as well:
New hardware support
• HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9
• HP ProLiant DL160 Gen9
• HP ProLiant DL180 Gen9
• HP ProLiant DL360p Gen9
• HP ProLiant DL380p Gen9
• HP ProLiant ML350 Gen9
• HP ProLiant XL230a Gen9
New software support
• HP iLO 4 v2.00
• HP Smart Update Manager (HP SUM) v7.1.0
• Network Controller Driver Ethernet (NCDE) 11.05
• HP Service Pack for ProLiant 2014.09.0 Gen9 Snap 1
• Virtual Connect 4.30
• Onboard Administrator 4.30
• HP Intelligent Provisioning v2.00
• Upgrade from 7.2.x, 7.3.x to 7.4
• Data migration from 7.2.x, 7.3.x, and 7.4 to 7.4
• Microsoft Windows SQL Express 2012 SP1 database support
• Hyper-V Generation 2 VM support
• OpenSSL 1.0.1h for Windows and Linux CMS
• OpenSSL 0.9.8za for HP-UX CMS
• SNMP MIBs 10.0
New networking support
• HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter
• HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter
• HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter
• HP Emulex 10Gb 2-port Standup Converged Network Adapter
• HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter
• Gen9 SAS Expander
New CMS and managed node support
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 managed node
• VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 3 CMS
• VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 2 CMS
• VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 1 CMS
• VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2 CMS
• VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2 managed node
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.10 CMS
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5 CMS
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 managed node
• KVM on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 managed node
New storage support
• MSL6480 Tape Library support
• 3PAR OS 3.2.1 for Storeserv 10000, Storeserv 7000
• HP P6000 Command View Software 10.3.3
• MSA 1040 Fibre Channel/iSCSI with GL200 firmware
• MSA 2040 Fibre Channel/iSCSI/SAS with GL200 firmware
• MSA P2000 G3 w/T251 firmware
• B140i SATA Controller
• HP Smart Array Gen9 controllers
• LeftHand OS 11.5 MIBs
Power supply
• Gen9 1400W Platinum (Delta Unit)
• Gen9 800W Platinum
• Gen9 500W Platinum
• Gen9 900W RPS
• Gen9 550W
Might also be important to know:
Deprecated CMS support
• Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x86 SP2
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard/Enterprise x64
• Windows Server 2008 Datacenter R2 SP1
• Windows Storage Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise SP2
• Windows Storage Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise SP2 (block for Gen9 only)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
• SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP3
• SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP4
• SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 SP1
• HP-UX 11.23 PA
• VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 Update 2
• VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 Update 3
• VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 Update 1
• VMware ESXi 5.0
• VMware ESXi 5.0 Update1
• VMware vSphere 5.1
Deprecated managed node support
• Windows 7 Professional and Enterprise x86 and x64
• Windows XP
Deprecated database support
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP3
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2
Find here the complete Release Notes. And the FAQ document.
Also the Installation and Configuration guide got updated for this 7.4 release.
And also the User Guide.
Update time!