This article provided information about firmware update issue encountered for OEM version of X710.
Encountered error message "Update not available" when update firmware to 6.01 in X710.
Contact the OEM* NIC vendor (depends on the OEM vendor such as Dell, Cisco or others.
* Computer Manufacturer Support Websites
Updating the firmware of X710 network cards encountered error message such as the output below (depending on the OEM version some of this output may vary):
Num Description Ver. DevID S:B Status
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01) Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X710 SFP+ rNDC 6.00 1572 00:001 Update not available
02) Intel(R) Gigabit 4P I350-t Adapter 1.103 1521 00:129 Update not available
2) 9 hosts with ESXi 6.5U1 7388607
3) device ID output
root@vmware4:~] vmkchdev -L 0000:01:00.0
0000:01:00.0 8086:1572 1028:1f9c vmkernel vmnic0
NIC1
root@vmware4:~] vmkchdev -L 0000:01:00.1
0000:01:00.1 8086:1572 1028:0000 vmkernel vmnic1
2. Identify the OEM version based on MAC, device and vendor ID or the explicit OEM vendor name appeared in the log