HPE Synergy Firmware Feature Comparison Table

For HPE Synergy Management Combination 5.0

The following table provides new supported features for the selected HPE Synergy Management Combination and HPE Synergy Custom SPPs.

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HPE Synergy Custom SPP

2019.03.20191029

2019.03.20200123

2019.03.20190826

2019.03.20200324

2019.09.20190925

2019.09.20190926

2019.09.20200325

2019.12.20200124

2019.12.20200125

2019.12.20200326

HPE Synergy Custom SPP -- Core SPP Date Mar-19 Mar-19 Mar-19 Sep-19 Dec-19
New HPE Synergy Hardware          
HPE VC SE 100Gb F32 Module for HPE Synergy (FW version) 2.0.0.1006 2.0.0.1006 2.0.0.1006
HPE Synergy 50Gb Interconnect Link Module (25/50Gb Satellite module) Supported Supported Supported
HPE Synergy 6820C 25/50Gb Converged Network Adapter Supported Supported Supported
HPE Synergy Composer2 Management Appliance Supported Supported Supported
HPE Synergy 4-port Frame Link Module Supported Supported Supported
Existing HPE Synergy hardware          
HPE VC SE 40Gb F8 Module for HPE Synergy (FW version) 1.4.1.1003 1.5.0.1004 1.4.2.1005 1.5.0.1004 1.5.0.1004
HPE VC SE 32Gb FC Module for HPE Synergy Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
HPE VC SE 16Gb FC Module for HPE Synergy Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
HPE Synergy Composer (1st gen) Management Appliance Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
HPE Synergy 2-port Frame Link Module Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
           
HPE Synergy Composer2 features          
Gen10 Architecture          
UEFI and iLO5 Supported Supported Supported
8-core processor with 64Gb memory Supported Supported Supported
User interface responsiveness enhancements Supported Supported Supported
Performance improvements for operations at scale Supported Supported Supported
           
iLO Remote Access          
iLO access for remote datacenter management Supported Supported Supported
Remote power controls, remote console, and re-imaging using iLO Virtual Media Supported Supported Supported
           
Security          
Secure boot to validate Composer2 firmware to the iLO "Silicon Root of Trust" Supported Supported Supported
Composer2 iLO access uses CNSA security mode (secure by default) Supported Supported Supported
           
HPE Composer (1st gen) and HPE Composer2 features          
Virtual Connect Fabric and Networking          
Advanced L2 features for 100Gb HPE Synergy VC Interconnect Module Supported Supported Supported
HPE Synergy IPv6 support with device assignment/address pools Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
Large network set support Supported Supported Supported
Arista ToR support Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
'Update from Group' progress indicator enhancements for Logical Interconnects (LI) Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
           
Storage          
Brocade REST API (FOS) for BNA replacement Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
           
Supportability and Remote Support          
Firmware update task cancellation capability Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
'Global secondary contact' added in HPE OneView Remote Support Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
Support Dump previews Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
           
Security          
Data-at-rest encryption in HPE Synergy Composer Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
           
Template and Profile Enhancements          
Cluster profile 'rolling cluster update' for VMware vSAN Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
Consistency Reporting for FW & BIOS (Server Profile to Server Hardware Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
           
Firmware updates          
Firmware Compliance Dashboard for Gen10-based servers Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
Server firmware 'retries during failure' enhancements Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
Fine-grained progress indicators during firmware update process Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
           
Additional enhancements          
iLO Configuration for Hostname & Key manager setup Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
'Noisy alert' suppression enhancements Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
Display-of-progress reporting enhancements for long-running tasks Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
WCAG 2.0 Accessibility standards for Keyboard Operations Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
           
HPE Synergy Image Streamer features          
Pre-upgrade health checks of HPE Synergy Image Streamer management and storage clusters Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
Interconnect SFP+ ports (X1 & X2) support on 'VC SE 100Gb F32 Module for HPE Synergy' for Image Streamer use Supported Supported Supported
HPE Synergy Composer2 operations support by Image Streamer Supported Supported Supported

OS deployment artifacts for Image Streamer operation with:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 and SP4 versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS with BTRFS filesystem using artifacts with FAT32 content

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 version

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS with XFS filesystem using artifacts with FAT32 content

Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
Support tools bundles into Image Streamer (for health check use by HPE Support) Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported