Safety And Security Benefits; Keeping The System Current; Drivers; Software And Firmware - HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen10 User Manual

side of the ROM contains the current ROM program version, while the other side of the ROM contains a
backup version.
NOTE: The Server Blade ships with the same version programmed on each side of the ROM.

Safety and security benefits

When you flash the system ROM, ROMPaq writes over the backup ROM and saves the current ROM as a
backup, enabling you to switch easily to the alternate ROM version if the new ROM becomes corrupted for
any reason. This feature protects the existing ROM version, even if you experience a power failure while
flashing the ROM.

Keeping the system current

Drivers

IMPORTANT:
Always perform a backup before installing or updating device drivers.
The Server Blade includes new hardware that may not have driver support on all OS installation media.
If you are installing an Intelligent Provisioning-supported OS, use Intelligent Provisioning on page 63 and its
Configure and Install feature to install the OS and latest supported drivers.
If you do not use Intelligent Provisioning to install an OS, drivers for some of the new hardware are required.
These drivers, as well as other option drivers, ROM images, and value-add software can be downloaded as
part of an SPP.
If you are installing drivers from SPP, be sure that you are using the latest SPP version that your Server Blade
supports. To verify that your Server Blade is using the latest supported version and for more information about
SPP, see the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website.
To locate the drivers for a particular server, go to the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Center website.
Under Select your HPE product, enter the product name or number and click Go.

Software and firmware

Software and firmware should be updated before using the server for the first time, unless any installed
software or components require an older version.
For system software and firmware updates, use one of the following sources:
• Download the SPP from the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website.
• Download individual drivers, firmware, or other systems software components from the Server Blade
product page in the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Center website.

Version control

The VCRM and VCA are web-enabled Insight Management Agents tools that SIM uses to schedule software
update tasks to the entire enterprise.
• VCRM manages the repository for SPP. Administrators can view the SPP contents or configure VCRM to
automatically update the repository with internet downloads of the latest software and firmware from
Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
• VCA compares installed software versions on the node with updates available in the VCRM managed
repository. Administrators configure VCA to point to a repository managed by VCRM.
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