Keeping The System Current; Access To Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Materials; Updating Firmware Or System Rom - HP HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen9 User Manual

Keeping the system current

Access to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Materials

Access to some updates for ProLiant Servers may require product entitlement when accessed through
the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Center support portal. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends
that you have an HP Passport set up with relevant entitlements. For more information, see the Hewlett
Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/support/AccessToSupportMaterials).

Updating firmware or System ROM

Multiple methods exist to update the firmware or System ROM:
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Service Pack for ProLiant (on page 82)
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FWUPDATE utility (on page 87)
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FWUpdate command from within the Embedded UEFI shell (on page 87)
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Firmware Update application in System Utilities (on page 88)
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Online Flash components (on page 88)
Product entitlement is required to perform updates. For more information, see "Access to Hewlett Packard
Enterprise Support Materials (on page 87)."
FWUPDATE utility
The FWUPDATE utility enables you to upgrade the system firmware (BIOS).
To use the utility to upgrade the firmware:
Download the FWUPDATE flash component from the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Center
1.
website (http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc).
Save the FWUPDATE flash components to a USB key.
2.
Set the boot order so the USB key will boot first using one of the following options:
3.
Configure the boot order so the USB key is the first bootable device.
o
Press F11 (Boot Menu) when prompted during system boot to access the One-Time Boot
o
Menu. This menu allows you to select the boot device for a specific boot and does not modify the
boot order configuration settings.
Insert the USB key into an available USB port.
4.
Boot the system.
5.
The FWUPDATE utility checks the system and provides a choice (if more than one exists) of
available firmware revisions.
To download the flash components, see the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Center website
(http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc).
For more information about the One-Time Boot Menu, see the UEFI System Utilities User Guide for
ProLiant Gen9 Servers on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website
(http://www.hpe.com/info/ProLiantUEFI/docs).
FWUpdate command from within the Embedded UEFI Shell
For systems configured in either boot mode, update the firmware:
Access the System ROM Flash Binary component for your server from the Hewlett Packard
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Enterprise Support Center website (http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc). When searching for the
component, always select OS Independent to locate the binary file.
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