5 Firmware Qualification
This chapter provides information about Oracle Private Cloud Appliance component firmware versions that have been qualified through Oracle internal platform testing for use with a specific release of the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Controller Software.
Interim Firmware Patches
Oracle periodically releases firmware patches
for many products, for example to address security vulnerabilities. Sometimes an important
firmware patch is released for a component of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance outside of the normal Controller Software release schedule. When this occurs, the patches
go through the same testing as all other appliance firmware, but they are not added to the
qualified firmware list or the installation .iso for the affected
Controller Software release.
After thorough testing, important firmware patches that cannot be included in the Controller
Software .iso image are made available to Oracle Private Cloud Appliance users through My Oracle Support.
Qualified Firmware for Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Controller Software Release 2.4.4.3
The table in this section lists the firmware versions that have been qualified by Oracle for Private Cloud Appliance Release 2.4.4.3. All required firmware packages are provided on the Controller Software ISO image.
Caution:
Do not upgrade the ZFS Storage Appliance firmware yourself. Contact Oracle Support and reference "[PCA 2.x] Additional Step Needed When Upgrading the ZFSSA as a Part of PCA 2.4.4.3 Update (Doc ID 2993850.1)."
Additional Firmware Notes
For Private Cloud Appliance 2.4.4.3, the Cisco spine switch
files are modified as suggested by Cisco to fix bug 34837709. These spine switch files are
updated during upgrade when pca-misc-tasks runs. If the switch is reloaded
from a backup that does not include this change, run pca-misc-tasks to add
this change to the spine switches. For more information, contact Oracle Support and reference "[PCA 2.x] Port
Based Network Redundancy Check (Port Down, Cable Pull, Admin Shut etc.) / Port Based Failover
Scenario Leads to Connectivity Loss on PCA Spine Switches (Doc ID 2920424.1)."
The update to Cisco 10.2.5M includes the following changes:
-
The Spine Filesystem Check is removed from the
pca-admin diagnose spine-swiitchoutput, and the "Leaf Filesystem Check" is removed from thepca-admin diagnose leaf-switchoutput. -
When you use EM and EMVT to discover the Private Cloud Appliance X8-2, the Cisco switches are not discovered, which causes appliance discovery to fail. To prevent appliance discovery from failing, deselect all Cisco switches before you begin appliance discovery.
Table 5-1 Qualified Firmware Release 2.4.4.3 for Ethernet-based Systems
| Component | Firmware Version | Patch |
|---|---|---|
|
System Software |
|
|
| Compute/Management Nodes | ||
|
Kernel management node/compute node |
UEK6 kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.326.6.el7uek.x86_64 |
|
|
Oracle Server X8-2 management node/compute node |
SW 3.4.0
CX-5 Adapter 16.32.1010 (Oracle_Dual_Port_100_Gb_RoCE_Adapter) RAID Controller 4.740.00-8466 |
35208896 |
|
Oracle Server X9-2 compute node |
SW 3.4.0
CX-5 Adapter 16.32.1010 (Oracle_Dual_Port_CX5_100_Gb_OCP_Adapter) |
35209070 |
| Storage | ||
|
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS7-2 Controller Server |
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance software OS8.8.57+IDR5 2013.06.05.8.57,1-2.57.5392.5 Supports 22 TB drives Do not upgrade the ZFS Storage Appliance firmware yourself. Contact Oracle Support and reference "[PCA 2.x] Additional Step Needed When Upgrading the ZFSSA as a Part of PCA 2.4.4.3 Update (Doc ID 2993850.1)." |
|
|
1.2 TB 10 K RPM Drive |
ORA6 (or above) |
|
| Switches | ||
|
Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP Switch |
Cisco Firmware 10.2.5M |
|
|
Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 Switch |
Cisco Firmware 10.2.5M |
|