External Usb Functionality; Redundant Rom Support; Safety And Security Benefits; Keeping The System Current - HPE Apollo DX2000 User Manual

External USB functionality

Hewlett Packard Enterprise provides external USB support to enable local connection of USB devices for server
administration, configuration, and diagnostic procedures.
For additional security, external USB functionality can be disabled through USB options in UEFI System Utilities.

Redundant ROM support

The server enables you to upgrade or configure the ROM safely with redundant ROM support. The server has a single
ROM that acts as two separate ROM images. In the standard implementation, one side of the ROM contains the current
ROM program version, while the other side of the ROM contains a backup version.
NOTE: The server ships with the same version programmed on each side of the ROM.

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.
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• The fwupdate command in the Embedded UEFI Shell.
• Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP)
• HPE online flash components
• Moonshot Component Pack
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 and supports HPE ProLiant, HPE BladeSystem, HPE Synergy, and HPE Apollo servers and
infrastructure.
SPP, along with SUM and SUT, provides Smart Update system maintenance tools that systematically update HPE
ProLiant, HPE BladeSystem, HPE Synergy, and HPE Apollo servers and infrastructure.
SPP can be used in an online mode on a server running Windows, Linux, or VMware vSphere ESXi, or in an offline mode
where the server is booted to an operating system included in the ISO file.
The preferred method for downloading an SPP is using the SPP Custom Download at https://www.hpe.com/
servers/spp/custom.
The SPP is also available for download from the SPP download page at https://www.hpe.com/servers/spp/download.
Smart Update Manager
SUM is an innovative tool for maintaining and updating the firmware, drivers, and system software of HPE ProLiant, HPE
BladeSystem, HPE Synergy, and HPE Apollo servers, infrastructure, and associated options.
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