HP Smart Update Manager 4.1.0 User Guide

Introduction 17
IMPORTANT: Before deploying firmware updates to a target server, be sure that a recent
backup of the target server is available in the event the deployment procedure fails.
For more information about deploying firmware on HP ProLiant servers, see the HP Smart Update
Firmware DVD User Guide on the HP website
(http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManu
al&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=345557).
NOTE: Currently, HP SUM cannot be used to deploy firmware on HP Integrity servers except
for HP Integrity BL860c/BL870c/BL890c i2 Servers.
HP SUM supported firmware for HP ProLiant servers
Component Supported
HP ProLiant ML/DL/SL series System ROM Yes
HP Workstation WS460c G6 Blade ROM Yes, offline only
HP ProLiant Blade Servers ROM Yes
HP ProLiant 100-series Servers ROM Yes
iLO 2 firmware Yes, local and remote
iLO 3 firmware
3
Yes, local and remote
LO-100 firmware
3
Yes
Broadcom NIC firmware Yes
Intel® NIC firmware No
QLogic NIC firmware Yes, offline only
Mellanox NIC firmware Yes
Power Management Controller firmware Yes
Smart Array Controller firmware Yes
SAS and SATA hard drive firmware behind Smart Array
controllers
Yes
SAS and SATA hard drive firmware behind non-Smart Array
controllers
No
Emulex, QLogic, and Brocade Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
firmware
Yes, offline only
Tape blade firmware Yes
Virtual Connect firmware
1
Yes, online only
HP StorageWorks 600 Modular Disk System (MDS600)
2
Yes, offline only
HP 3Gb SAS BL Switch firmware Yes, online only
Onboard Administrator Firmware
4
Yes, online only