HP Smart Update Manager 6.3.1 Release Notes (Ed. 2)

DescriptionMode
includes add nodes and baselines, deploy nodes, get component logs, and
generating reports. For more information, see the HP Smart Update Manager
User Guide, or issue the command hpsum /h from the directory where you
saved HP SUM.
Operating systems and devices
HP SUM deployment
The following table describes which operating systems run HP SUM, and to which nodes HP SUM can
deploy updates.
HP-UX
5
VMware ESXi/vSphere
4
Linux
4, 6
Windows
4, 6
HP SUM
runs
on/Deploys
to
SoftwareFirmwareSoftwareFirmwareSoftwareFirmwareSoftwareFirmware
N/AYes
2,3
N/AYes
1
YesYesYesYesWindows
N/AYes
2,3
N/AYes
1
YesYesN/AN/ALinux
N/AN/AN/AYesN/AYesN/AYesOffline SPP
NOTE: You can run HP SUM on a VMware host running a supported operating system, but HP does
not recommend updating the localhost.
1. VMware ESXi 5.0 and later
2. I/O via online HP-UX
3. Platform firmware via iLO
4. HP ProLiant nodes running a supported OS version
5. HP Integrity nodes running HP-UX
NOTE: You can update non-supported operating systems offline.
6. HP SUM supports running on x86 Windows and Linux systems. HP SUM does not support running
on IA64 systems.
Prerequisites
HP SUM and SPP Boot environment change
Beginning with HP SUM 6.2.0 and HP SPP 2014.02.0, the HP USB Key Utility no longer supports
multi-boot setups on a single device. HP SUM and SPP ISOs contain signed parts to work with the UEFI
bootloader. This change no longer allows for multi-boot setups on a single device, such as a USB key.
IMPORTANT: Before deploying any components to a system, be sure that a recent backup of the
system is available in the event the deployment procedure fails.
Enable the network ports that HP SUM uses. For more information, see “Network ports used by HP
SUM” (page 8).
Make sure there is at least 1 GB of free disk space available for HP SUM to generate temporary files
it uses.
NOTE: HP SUM uses the host system’s language settings to determine which language it displays.
4 Operating systems and devices