Which statement about HPE Superdome Flex firmware updates is true?

The HPE Superdome Flex Rack Management Controller (RMC) provides a Command Line Interface (CLI) for system administration. The RMC CLI is the designated tool for updating the complex firmware bundle (which includes UEFI, RMC firmware, etc.). Because it is a CLI, it can be scripted. Administrators can use a central management station to run scripts that establish parallel SSH sessions to multiple independent HPE Superdome Flex systems, thereby executing the update firmware command simultaneously across all of them. This makes statement A a description of a valid operational capability.

B. RMC CLI is the only tool that can be used to update HPE Persistent Memory firmware.

This is incorrect. The official HPE-sanctioned tool for updating HPE Persistent Memory firmware on Superdome Flex is HPE Smart Update Manager (SUM).

C. HPE OneView is the only tool that can be used to perform I/O updates.

This is incorrect. HPE Smart Update Manager (SUM) is the primary tool for performing I/O firmware updates and can be used standalone, without HPE OneView.

D. HPE SUM is the only tool that can be used to update HPE Persistent Memory firmware.

This is incorrect. While HPE SUM is the official method, low-level vendor-specific utilities (e.g., from Intel) can also update persistent memory firmware, so SUM is not the only possible tool.

1. HPE Superdome Flex Server Firmware Update Guide (Document ID: a00065524enus)

Page 6

"Firmware update tools": This section explicitly states: "The complex firmware is updated using the RMC." and "HPE Persistent Memory module firmware is updated using HPE Smart Update Manager (SUM)." and "I/O firmware and drivers are updated using HPE Smart Update Manager (SUM)." This single source refutes the core claims of options B and C

and shows that SUM

not RMC

handles PMem.

2. HPE Superdome Flex Server RMC Command Reference (Document ID: a00065526enus)

Chapter 4

"Commands"

Section "update": The guide details the update firmware command. The existence of a non-interactive command structure is what enables scripting from an external management host to automate and parallelize updates across multiple systems

supporting the validity of option A.

3. HPE Smart Update Manager User Guide (Document ID: 872263-008)

The guide's overview and usage sections describe how SUM functions as a standalone tool for applying firmware and driver updates to HPE servers and their components

including I/O cards. This confirms that OneView is not the only tool for I/O updates

refuting option C.