Software and configuration utilities 138
Updating firmware or System ROM
Multiple methods exist to update the firmware or System ROM:
•
HP Service Pack for ProLiant (on page
132
)
•
FWUPDATE utility (on page
138
)
•
FWUpdate command from within the Embedded UEFI shell (on page
138
)
•
Firmware Update application in System Utilities (on page
139
)
•
Online Flash components (on page
139
)
Product entitlement is required to perform updates. For more information, see "Access to HP Support
Materials (on page
137
)."
FWUPDATE utility
The FWUPDATE utility enables you to upgrade the system firmware (BIOS).
To use the utility to upgrade the firmware:
1.
Download the FWUPDATE flash component from the HP website (
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc
).
2.
Save the FWUPDATE flash components to a USB key.
3.
Set the boot order so the USB key will boot first using one of the following options:
o
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 Menu
. This
menu allows you to select the boot device for a specific boot and does not modify the boot order
configuration settings.
4.
Insert the USB key into an available USB port.
5.
Boot the system.
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 HP website (
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc
).
For more information about the One-Time Boot Menu, see the
HP UEFI System Utilities User Guide for HP
ProLiant Gen9 Servers
on the HP website (
http://www.hp.com/go/ProLiantUEFI/docs
).
FWUpdate command from within the Embedded UEFI Shell
For systems configured in either boot mode, update the firmware:
1.
Access the System ROM Flash Binary component for your server from the HP Support Center
(
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc
). When searching for the component, always select
OS Independent
to
locate the binary file.
2.
Copy the binary file to a USB media or iLO virtual media.
3.
Attach the media to the server.
4.
Boot to Embedded Shell.
5.
To obtain the assigned file system volume for the USB key, enter
Map –r
. For more information about
accessing a file system from the shell, see the
HP UEFI Shell User Guide for HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers
on the HP website (
http://www.hp.com/go/ProLiantUEFI/docs
).
