fwupdate enables you to update firmware for the following components:
Disk drives (spinning media and flash drives)
Oracle ILOM service processor and BIOS
HBA and embedded storage controllers, SAS1, SAS2 and SAS3
LSI SAS expander devices, SAS1, SAS2 and SAS3
Emulex and QLogic Fiber Channel controllers
Mellanox InfiniBand controllers
Intel LOM (LAN on Motherboard)
Intel Network Interface Cards (NICs)
You can use fwupdate to do the following:
Examine firmware information for devices in a server
Check firmware file compatibility
Update device firmware using an automated XML metadata file