Hi All! I am looking at updating firmware on following hardware:
* IBM Flex Chassis (with dual Management Modules)
* Chassis Ethernet Switch
* Chassis SAN Scalable Switch (Fiber)
* 8 x Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Compute Node
(each with 2 x expansion cards for networking). ESXi on all Nodes
* SAN unit (V3700) external to chassis
My mission, should I accept it (well, no choice really, it’s imperative!) …….is to bring all firmware up to date as has not been done since new 4 years ago. Also need to update VMware to version 6.5 + as still on version 6.0, this will be scheduled after firmware upgrades completion on all hardware components.
The steps I plan on taking for firmware updates are as follows:
1. Update expansion cards on all Nodes to recommended latest driver/firmware recipe for VMware/IBM versions (latest releases are for all...