Blade Chassis

Which Module Management Firmware for which Bull Blade Chassis ?

To find out what version of firmware has to be downloaded, it is necessary to know the chassis type.

The Blade chassis are identified by their Product Code.
To identify what is the type of your chassis, please, refer to the "Management Modules" item, in the Hardware VPD menu.

Bull Blade Chassis - Standard (7U)

• The chassis delivered until end of June 2006 are equipped with CMM1.
  their Product Code  is SBCECMM
• The chassis delivered after June 2006 are equipped with CMM2 or AMM (generation 1).
  their Product Code is SBCECMM2

Bull Blade Chassis - Standard (7U) and Enterprise (9U)

• The most recent chassis are equipped with AMM (generation 2)
  Their Product Code is 43W3487

Current Blade AMM (generation 2) Firmware Package

The current Blade AMM (generation 2) Firmware Package is the version 66G (build id BPEO66G - rev. 66)

This package have to be installed only on chassis 7U/9U with Product Code = 43W3487

Previous Blade AMM (generation 2) Firmware Package

These previous versions can be required to upgrade the firmware:

• AMM 46J (build id BPEO46J) or later is required to support the Qlogic 8Gb Intelligent Passthru and San Switch
• AMM 48N (build id BPEO48N) or later is required to take into account the Bull blade BL265
• AMM 50K (build id BPEO50K) or later is required to upgrade the Escala blade EL460/EL260/BL460