About This Document
Purpose
This document describes how to upgrade the RAID controller card, network interface card (NIC), drive, graphical processing unit (GPU), and chassis components of the TaiShan rack server and how to verify the upgrade.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for:
- Huawei technical support engineers
- Technical support engineers from channel partners
- Enterprise administrators
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Change History
Changes between document issues are cumulative. The latest document issue contains all the changes made in earlier issues.
Issue |
Date |
Change Description |
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19 |
2023-07-05 |
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18 |
2023-05-10 |
Modified Upgrade Procedure. |
17 |
2023-01-10 |
Added Using SmartKit. Modified Upgrade Procedure. |
16 |
2023-01-10 |
Added the content of upgrading the SP186 HBA controller card firmware. |
15 |
2022-07-13 |
Added the content of upgrading the SP686C RAID controller card firmware. |
14 |
2021-08-24 |
Added precautions for upgrading the RAID controller card firmware. |
13 |
2021-07-16 |
Added Upgrading the GPU. |
12 |
2021-04-07 |
Modified Upgrading the ConnectX-4 NIC. |
11 |
2021-03-30 |
Added Upgrading the ConnectX-4 NIC. |
10 |
2021-02-24 |
Added the precautions for upgrading the drive backplane CPLD. |
09 |
2021-02-04 |
Modified Upgrade Procedure. |
08 |
2020-12-10 |
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07 |
2020-06-19 |
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06 |
2020-04-23 |
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05 |
2020-03-02 |
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04 |
2019-12-30 |
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03 |
2019-10-30 |
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02 |
2019-07-12 |
Optimized the method of upgrading the LSI SAS3108 RAID controller card. |
01 |
2018-11-01 |
This issue is the first official release. |