Executing the server firmware update

Update firmware for compute modules

• Through the server profile or server profile template:

  Firmware and driver updates are applied to servers through server profiles. A firmware baseline is added to a server profile or server profile template, and then the profile is applied to the server.

  • To update the firmware for a specific server:

    • Create a server profile. See Create a server profile.

    • Assign a firmware baseline to the profile. See Update firmware with a server profile.

    • Select the required method of deploying the firmware. See Different methods of deploying firmware and drivers.

    • Apply the profile to the server.

    If the server already has a profile assigned:

    • Edit the profile. See Edit a server profile.

    • Assign a new firmware baseline to the profile. See Update firmware with a server profile.

    • Apply the profile to the server.

  • To update the firmware for many serves at once:

    • Create a server profile template. See Create a server profile template.

    • Assign a firmware baseline to the template. See Server profile templates firmware settings.

    • Use the template to create profiles on many servers. See Create server profile from server profile template.

    Later, if you want to update the firmware on the servers that use the template:

    • Edit the server profile template. See Edit a server profile template.

    • Change the firmware baseline. See Server profile templates firmware settings.

    • Update all the profiles from the new template. See Update the profile configuration from the server profile template.

  • For a fully nondisruptive update of a specific compute module that has an associated hypervisor profile, use the hypervisor cluster profile rolling updates. For more information, see Hypervisor Cluster Profiles.

• Through the logical enclosure:

  • If a server profile is assigned, the logical enclosure firmware update uses the server profile installation method.

  • If there is no server profile assigned, the logical enclosure firmware update uses the offline (Firmware only) mode to update the compute module.

  • If the server is assigned to a hypervisor cluster profile and the orchestrated interconnect activation method is selected, a hypervisor cluster rolling update is done for the server profiles that are part of the hypervisor cluster profile.

  • If a server with a profile gets updated from a logical enclosure update, the firmware baseline associated with that profile is updated to the baseline that is used in the logical enclosure update.

• Through server profile using HPE Synergy Image Streamer:

  Update compute modules including drivers from an existing OS volume by creating a deployment plan and golden image. For more information, see HPE Synergy Image Streamer Help.

  1. Select a representative existing instance of the operating system from which you want to create a newly updated golden image.

  2. Update the firmware and drivers using one of the options listed in the previous Through server profile or server profile template section.

  3. Update the existing OS volume.

  4. Copy one or more deployment plans that use the original golden image, and then specify the new or updated golden image.

  5. To use the copied deployment plan, edit the server profile or server profile template, and then select the copied deployment plan.

  6. Ensure the firmware update mode in the server profiles/server profile template is set to Managed manually or Firmware only.

  Alternatively, if you have an unallocated compute module, you can deploy a fresh golden image and update the drivers on the compute module to capture a new golden image.