HP Smart Update Manager 5.3.5 Release Notes (Ed. 3)

Version
5.3.5
Description
HP SUM is a technology you can use to update firmware and software on HP ProLiant servers, and
firmware on HP Integrity servers. The HP Service Pack fro ProLiant (SPP) and HP Integrity Smart Update
Firmware bundles include the version of HP SUM that HP recommends using for the set of updates.
HP SUM updates server, enclosures, and other components in your server environment.
NOTE: HP SUM can update some firmware for VMware ESXi 5.x and later.
HP SUM provides a GUI and a command-line scriptable interface for:
Deployment of firmware for single or one-to-many HP servers and network-based targets such as
iLO, OA, and VC Ethernet and Fibre Channel modules.
Deployment of drivers, agents, and tools for single or one-to-many HP ProLiant servers (supported
in Windows and Linux environments).
Operating systems and devices
HP ProLiant servers
This version of HP SUM is delivered with HP SPP version 2013.02.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
Supplement for HP Service Pack for ProLiant 213.02.0, and HP SPP version 2013.09.0. For more
information about these products, see the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Information Library at http://
www.hp.com/go/spp/documentation.
HP Integrity servers
HP SUM can deploy firmware to the following servers:
HP Integrity Superdome 2
HP Integrity BL860c i2
HP Integrity BL860c i4
HP Integrity BL870c i2
HP Integrity BL870c i4
HP Integrity BL890c i2
HP Integrity BL890c i4
HP Integrity rx2800 i2
HP Integrity rx2800 i4
HP SUM must be running on a supported Windows or Linux system as noted in the HP Integrity Smart
Update Firmware bundle's Release Notes. HP SUM can update the supported target HP Integrity servers
that are running any OS or none at all at the time of the update.
For more information on HP Integrity Smart Update Firmware bundles, see the Manage HP Integrity
Servers Firmware Updates website at http://www.hp.com/go/smartupdate/integrity.
VMware ESXi operating systems
You can update servers running VMware ESXi operating systems remotely while running HP SUM on
a Linux or Windows system. HP SUM only supports updating firmware for VMware targets. Firmware
that HP releases is available in the HP SPP, For information on the recommended driver and firmware
versions for HP ProLiant servers running VMware ESXi, see the VMware firmware and software recipe
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