Best practices for managing firmware

Best practice Description

Set the NIC Settings in OA

Before beginning a firmware update process on all devices in the enclosure, perform these steps:

In OA, select Enclosure Information→Enclosure Settings→Enclosure TCP/IP Settings.
Select the NIC Options tab.
Set the NIC Settings to Auto-negotiate.

Upload the latest current SPP.

You should upload the SPP to your appliance repository.

Download the latest SPP from SPP custom download. Apply your favorite filter to download an environment specific SPP.

Set the same firmware baseline for all devices in an enclosure. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you set the firmware baseline using the Update Firmware option on the Logical Enclosures screen. This immediately updates all of the devices in the enclosure to the specified SPP level.

Update the firmware and drivers in the proper sequence. It is not always possible to update all of the devices in an enclosure in a single operation. The appliance supports installing firmware on one device at a time. In this case, upgrade the firmware in the following order: OA, logical interconnect, and then the server profile. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you install the drivers from the same SPP that contains the firmware.

Update firmware and drivers using HPE Smart Update Tools when the server is powered on

Firmware drivers can be updated via the server profile when using Smart Update Tools.

Set HPE SUT mode to Auto Stage Deploy. Reboot in the maintenance window.

Verify the managed device setting before updating the firmware. Do not update the firmware using HP SUM or another external tool, on a managed device unless the firmware baseline is set to Manage manually.

If you choose to create custom SPPs, use SPP custom Download to create them.

Login to the web portal of SPP custom download at http://www.hpe.com/info/spp to create a custom SPP using environment specific filters. Apply server model filter or operating system filter to create a smaller sized SPP.


	TIP: Save the filter for convenience.

Store SPPs in a separate repository. The appliance does not back up SPPs, so store SPPs in a repository that is not on the appliance, such as in the HP SUM repository used to create the custom SPP.

See also

Firmware Bundles

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