Description

This software is used for G7 X86 models to upgrade the iFIST software version.

Installation steps

Publish Description

Restrictions and cautions

Restrictions

Verify that the server on which you want to upgrade iFIST can communicate with HDM.

Cautions

Verify the hardware and software compatibility for iFIST.

iFIST diagnosis is unavailable only for the R4970 G7.

In the current software version, iFIST supports hot backup only for RAID-P460-B2, RAID-P460-M2, RAID-P460-B4, and RAID-P460-M4 controllers.

The OS installation wizard of iFIST supports the following operating systems:

Kylin：

Kylin-Server-V10-SP3-x86_64（2403）

Kylin：

Kylin-Server-V10-SP2-x86_64

Kylin-Server-V10-SP3-x86_64（2303）

Kylin-Server-V10-SP3-x86_64（2403）

CentOS：

CentOS 8.3（64 bit）

CentOS 8.4（64 bit）

Oracle Linux：

Oracle Linux 8.2

Oracle Linux 8.6

Oracle Linux 8.10

Oracle Linux 9.0

Oracle Linux 9.5

openEuler：

openEuler-20.03-LTS-x86_64

openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP1-x86_64

openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP3-x86_64

openEuler-22.03-LTS-SP1-x86_64

openEuler-22.03-LTS-x86_64

Rocky Linux：

Rocky Linux 8.6 x86_64

Rocky Linux 8.9 x86_64

Rocky Linux 8.10 x86_64

Rocky Linux 9.0 x86_64

Rocky Linux 9.2 x86_64

Rocky Linux 9.3 x86_64

Rocky Linux 9.5 x86_64

Ubuntu Server：

Ubuntu Server 22.04 (64 bit) – LTS

Ubuntu Server 22.04.1 (64 bit) – LTS

Ubuntu Server 22.04.3 (64 bit) – LTS

Ubuntu Server 22.04.4 (64 bit) – LTS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux：

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 (64 bit) (includes KVM)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (64 bit) (includes KVM)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 (64 bit) (includes KVM)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 (64 bit) (includes KVM)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 (64 bit) (includes KVM)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 (64 bit) (includes KVM)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 (64 bit) (includes KVM)

The OS installation wizard of iFIST supports the following storage controllers:

HBA-1000-M2-1

RAID-P430-M1

RAID-P430-M2

HBA-H460-M1

RAID-P460-M4

HBA-H460-B1

RAID-P460-B4

HBA-LSI-9311-8i-A1-X

RAID-LSI-9361-8i(1G)-A1-X

RAID-LSI-9361-8i(2G)-1-X

RAID-LSI-9460-8i(2G)

RAID-LSI-9460-8i(4G)

RAID-LSI-9460-16i(4G)

RAID-L460-M4

RAID-P5408-Mf-8i-4GB

HBA-H5408-Mf-8i

HBA-LSI-9440-8i

HBA-LSI-9300-8i-A1-X

RAID-P4408-Mf-8i-2GB

RAID-P2404-Mf-4i-2GB

RAID-P5408-Ma-8i-4GB

RAID-P4408-Ma-8i-2GB

RAID-P4408-Mr-8i-2GB

RAID-P460-B2

RAID-P460-M2

RAID-LSI-9560-LP-16i-8GB

RAID-LSI-9560-LP-8i-4GB

RAID-P9560-3S-8i-4GB

HBA-LSI-9400-8i

HBA-LSI-9400-16i

HBA-LSI-9500-LP-8i

HBA-LSI-9500-LP-16e

HBA-LSI-9500-LP-16i

HBA-LSI-9540-LP-8i

RAID-MARVELL-SANTACRUZ-LP-2i

Table 4 shows the compatibility between firmware versions of storage controllers and iFIST.

Table 4 Compatibility between iFIST and storage controllers

For the memory smart-test feature, follow these restrictions and guidelines: 

The memory smart-test feature can perform tests only in UEFI boot mode.

The memory smart-test feature is supported only when all memory chips on the server are from a single vendor, Hynix, Samsung, or Micron.

The memory smart-test feature for memory chips from Hynix is supported in BIOS-2.00.33 and later on the following servers:

H3C UniServer R2700 G3

H3C UniServer R2900 G3

H3C UniServer R4700 G3

H3C UniServer R4900 G3

H3C UniServer R6700 G3

H3C UniServer R6900 G3

H3C UniServer R5300 G3

H3C UniServer R4400 G3

H3C UniServer E3200 G3

H3C UniServer B5700 G3

H3C UniServer B5800 G3

H3C UniServer B7800 G3

The memory smart-test feature for memory chips from Samsung is supported in BIOS-2.00.36 and later on the following servers:

H3C UniServer R2700 G3

H3C UniServer R2900 G3

H3C UniServer R4700 G3

H3C UniServer R4900 G3

H3C UniServer R6700 G3

H3C UniServer R6900 G3

H3C UniServer R5300 G3

H3C UniServer R4400 G3

H3C UniServer E3200 G3

H3C UniServer B5700 G3

H3C UniServer B5800 G3

H3C UniServer B7800 G3

The memory smart-test feature for memory chips from Samsung is supported in BIOS-2.00.37 and later on the H3C UniServer R8900 G3 servers.

The memory smart-test feature for memory chips from Micron is supported in BIOS-2.00.43 and later on the following servers:

H3C UniServer R2700 G3

H3C UniServer R2900 G3

H3C UniServer R4700 G3

H3C UniServer R4900 G3

H3C UniServer R6700 G3

H3C UniServer R6900 G3

H3C UniServer R8900 G3

H3C UniServer R5300 G3

H3C UniServer R4400 G3

H3C UniServer E3200 G3

H3C UniServer B5700 G3

H3C UniServer B5800 G3

H3C UniServer B7800 G3

Follow these restrictions and guidelines for configuration management:

Configuration import and export are supported only in HDM-1.11.25 and later.

PMC storage controllers do not support importing and exporting RAID configuration.

ACS configuration is supported only on the following products:

H3C UniServer R5300 G3 with 16 GPUs

H3C UniServer R5300 G3 with 8 GPUs 

H3C UniServer R5500 G5 with AMD CPUs

H3C UniServer R5500 G5 with Intel CPUs

H3C UniServer R5300 G5 with 16 GPUs

H3C UniServer R5300 G5 with 8 GPUs

H3C UniServer R5300 G3 with a version earlier than BIOS-2.00.47 does not support disabling ACS control.

H3C UniServer R5500 G5 with Intel CPUs and a version earlier than BIOS-5.34 does not support disabling ACS control.

H3C UniServer R5300 G3 with 16 GPUs and a version earlier than HDM-1.30.20 does not support enabling ACS capability.

H3C UniServer R5300 G5 with 16 GPU and a version earlier than HDM-2.60 does not support enabling ACS capability.

Follow these restrictions and guidelines for log downloading:

SDS log downloading is supported only in HDM-1.11.19 and later.

The HBA-LSI-9300-8i-A1-X storage controller does not support downloading controller logs.

Secure data clearing is supported only on the following storage controllers: HBA-H460-M1, HBA-H460-B1, RAID-P460-M2, RAID-P460-B2, RAID-P460-M4, RAID-P460-B4, RAID-P4408-Mf-8i, RAID-P2404-Mf-4i, RAID-LSI-9361-8i(1G)-A1-X, and RAID-LSI-9361-8i(2G)-1-X.

Version information

Version number

Version 1.79

Table 1 shows the MD5 checksums for the installation files in this package.

Table 1 MD5 checksums for individual software installation files

The version history is as shown in Table 2.

Table 2 Version history

Software running environments

Rocky-9.3-x86_64

Supported browsers

Mozilla Firefox 102.15.0

Supported languages

English

Chinese

Supported devices

H3C UniServer R4930 G7

H3C UniServer R5330 G7

H3C UniServer R5500 G7

H3C UniServer R4900 G7

H3C UniServer R4700 G7

H3C UniServer R3950 G7

H3C UniServer R4950 G7

H3C UniServer R4330 G7

H3C UniServer R3900 G7

H3C UniServer R4900 G7 Ultra

H3C UniServer R4300 G7

Hardware and software compatibility matrix

Table 3 Hardware and software compatibility matrix (for the H3C UniServer R4930/R5330/R5500/R4900/R4700/R3950/R4950/R4330/R3900/R4900 Ultra/R4300 G7 servers)

Upgrade recommendations

As a best practice, recommend upgrade the software to this version.

Upgrade restrictions and guidelines

Verify the hardware and software compatibility before performing an upgrade.

Verify that the server on which the iFIST image is saved can communicate with HDM.

Problems Solved

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

202410311186

Symptom: The HTTP Referrer-Policy header missing vulnerability was detected during vulnerability scanning in a version earlier iFIST-1.74.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.74.

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.84(2025/11/5)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

None.

202508281540

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.83, vulnerability scanning detects that iFIST of H3C UniServer R4930 G7 has a security vulnerability where iFIST supports RSA key exchange.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.83.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

202410311186

Symptom: The HTTP Referrer-Policy header missing vulnerability was detected during vulnerability scanning in a version earlier iFIST-1.74.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.74.

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.83(2025/10/10)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

202508281540

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.83, vulnerability scanning detects that iFIST of H3C UniServer R4930 G7 has a security vulnerability where iFIST supports RSA key exchange.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.83.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

202410311186

Symptom: The HTTP Referrer-Policy header missing vulnerability was detected during vulnerability scanning in a version earlier iFIST-1.74.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.74.

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.82P01(2025/9/4)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

202410311186

Symptom: The HTTP Referrer-Policy header missing vulnerability was detected during vulnerability scanning in a version earlier iFIST-1.74.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.74.

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.81(2025/8/5)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

202410311186

Symptom: The HTTP Referrer-Policy header missing vulnerability was detected during vulnerability scanning in a version earlier iFIST-1.74.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.74.

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.79P01(2025/6/26)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

202410311186

Symptom: The HTTP Referrer-Policy header missing vulnerability was detected during vulnerability scanning in a version earlier iFIST-1.74.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.74.

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.79(2025/6/4)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

None.

None.

None.

None.

None.

202410311186

Symptom: The HTTP Referrer-Policy header missing vulnerability was detected during vulnerability scanning in a version earlier iFIST-1.74.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.74.

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.78(2025/5/8)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

None.

None.

None.

None.

202410311186

Symptom: The HTTP Referrer-Policy header missing vulnerability was detected during vulnerability scanning in a version earlier iFIST-1.74.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.74.

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.77P01(2025/4/7)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

None.

None.

None.

202410311186

Symptom: The HTTP Referrer-Policy header missing vulnerability was detected during vulnerability scanning in a version earlier iFIST-1.74.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.74.

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.76(2025/3/6)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

None.

None.

202410311186

Symptom: The HTTP Referrer-Policy header missing vulnerability was detected during vulnerability scanning in a version earlier iFIST-1.74.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.74.

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.75(2025/2/7)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

None.

202410311186

Symptom: The HTTP Referrer-Policy header missing vulnerability was detected during vulnerability scanning in a version earlier iFIST-1.74.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.74.

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.74(2025/1/6)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

202410311186

Symptom: The HTTP Referrer-Policy header missing vulnerability was detected during vulnerability scanning in a version earlier iFIST-1.74.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you perform vulnerability scanning in a version earlier than iFIST-1.74.

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.73(2024/12/4)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

202410311195

Symptom: In versions earlier than iFIST-1.73, the vulnerability scanning software detects a security vulnerability that the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies header is missing.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you use the vulnerability scanning software in version earlier than iFIST-1.73.

None.

None.

None.

New Functions

Version:1.71(2024/11/11)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

None.

None.

None.

New Functions