HP Smart Update Manager 5.3 User Guide

The following table shows what updates occur if AMS switches are currently installed.
Gen8 serversG7 and earlier serversCommand
AMSN/Ano switches
AMSN/A/use_ams
AMS and SNMPN/A/use_snmp
AMS and WBEMN/A/use_wmi
AMS and SNMPN/A/use_ams /use_snmp
AMS and WBEMN/A/use_ams /use_wmi
AMS, SNMP, and WBEMN/A/use_wmi /use_snmp
AMS, SNMP, and WBEMN/A/use_ams /use_wmi /use_snmp
NOTE: G7 and earlier servers do not support AMS.
Command-line arguments
HP SUM recognizes the following command-line arguments, which you can use to pre-populate
the GUI on the Source Selection and Review/Install Updates screens. If you specify the target and
credentials, use the /s[ilent] parameter to proceed with the installation.
You cannot use some arguments, such as /romonly and /softwareonly, together.
DescriptionHelp
Displays command line help information./h[elp] or /?
DescriptionInstallation options
Overrides or downgrades an existing component
installation. This produces the same results as
/f:software.
/f[orce]
Overrides or downgrades the existing installation of
components in the selected bundle.
/f[orce]:bundle
Overrides or downgrades the existing installation of the
selected firmware components (applies to firmware only).
/f[orce]:rom
Overrides or downgrades the existing installation of the
selected software components.
/f[orce]:software
Overrides or downgrades the existing installation of the
selected software components, firmware components, and
bundles.
/f[orce]:all
Downgrades to an earlier version of firmware for
multi-target devices such as hard drives and array
controllers (applies to firmware only).
/g or /downgrade
Downgrades to an earlier version of firmware for
multi-target devices such as hard drives and array
controllers (applies to firmware only).
/e or /rewrite
Causes the installation to run silently with no GUI or console
output. All data writes to the log file. Any generated
/s[ilent]
prompts use the default option and continue the installation
without user input. If a component requires input before
installation (such as configuration information), then the
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