Upgrade fimware Gen8 server never updated before

[adelgado]

Hi,

I work for a company that have serveral servers, Gen8 and Gen9, that never before have been updated the firmware.

As I realize this situation, I asked why have never update them, but nobody could answer.

I want to start upgrading a DL36p Gen8, and I'd like to know if is possible to go directly with the post production SSP 8.1, P03093_001_spp-Gen8.1-SPPGen81.4.iso, or should I apply previous SPPS'.

Thanks,

Alex.

[SanjeevGoyal]

Hello,

Could share the current bios and firmware version of Gen8 & Gen9 servers.

[adelgado]

Hello,

The current bios is P71 12/20/2013, and the firmware versions are:

HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331FLR Adapter bc 1.34 ncsi 1.2.19.0

HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560SFP+ Adapter 0x80000597, 1.180.0 Slot 2

HP NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port Flex-10 Ethernet Server Adapter 4.14.26 Slot 1

iLO 2.61 Jul 27 2018

System Board Intelligent Platform Abstraction Data 5.43

System Board Intelligent Provisioning N/A

System Board Power Management Controller Firmware 3.2

System Board Power Management Controller Firmware Bootloader 2.7

System Board Redundant System ROM P71 12/20/2013

System Board SAS Programmable Logic Device Version 0x0C

System Board Server Platform Services (SPS) Firmware 2.1.7.E7.4

System Board Smart Array P420i Controller 5.22

Embedded System Programmable Logic Device Version 0x2F

System Board System ROM P71 12/20/2013 System Board System ROM Bootblock 03/05/2013 System Board

Thanks for your help.

[Cali]

I'm doing many SPP Updates for many Years and always use the latest.

Cali

[SanjeevGoyal]

Hello,

You can use SPP 8.1 to update the Gen8 server.

I would request you download the latest bios and firmware for the Gen8 server because a couple of bios and firmware released after SPP 8.1