Safety And Security Benefits; Keeping The System Current; Updating Firmware Or System Rom - HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen10 User Manual

Safety and security benefits

When you flash the system ROM, the flashing mechanism 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

Updating firmware or system ROM

To update firmware or system ROM, use one of the following methods:
• The Firmware Update option in the System Utilities. See Updating firmware from the System
Utilities.
• The fwupdate command in the Embedded UEFI Shell.
• Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP)
• HPE online flash components
Service Pack for ProLiant
SPP is a systems software and firmware solution delivered as a single ISO file download. This solution
uses SUM as the deployment tool and is tested on supported ProLiant servers.
SPP, along with SUM and SUT, provides Smart Update system maintenance tools that systematically
update ProLiant servers and BladeSystem infrastructure.
SPP can be used in an online mode on a Windows or Linux hosted operating system, or in an offline
mode where the server is booted to an operating system included in the ISO file.
To download the SPP, see the SPP download page at https://www.hpe.com/servers/spp/download.
Smart Update Manager
SUM is a tool for firmware, driver, and software maintenance on ProLiant servers, BladeSystem
enclosures, Moonshot systems, and other nodes. It provides a browser-based GUI or a command-line
scripting interface for flexibility and adaptability.
SUM identifies associated nodes you can update at the same time to avoid interdependency issues.
Key features of SUM include:
• Discovery engine that finds installed versions of hardware, firmware, and software on nodes.
• SUM deploys updates in the correct order and ensures that all dependencies are met before deploying
an update.
• Interdependency checking.
• Automatic and step-by-step localhost Guided Update process.
• Web browser-based mode.
• Ability to create custom baselines and ISOs.
• Support for iLO Repository (Gen10 iLO 5 nodes only).
• Simultaneous firmware and software deployment for multiple remote nodes.
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