HP Smart Update Manager 6.0.0 User Guide

The script supports the following options:
DefinitionOption
Continue the migration without using prompts./y
Print the script help./h
This option creates a file with the migration commands, it
does not run the script. You can edit the script commands
manually before migrating the targets.
NOTE: Use this option to select the targets you migrate,
or edit the user credentials for an individual target.
/script
This options sets a default username and password
credentials for each node that HP SUM migrates. If you do
/user {username} /password {password}
not use this option, each node is given the following
credentials:
• user=username
• password=passwd
Deploying HP SUM
The following sections discuss deployment from HP SUM. For more information on planning an
update, see the HP ProLiant and Integrity Firmware Management Best Practices Overview, HP
ProLiant and Integrity Firmware Management Best Practices Planning Guide, or HP ProLiant and
Integrity Firmware Management Best Practices Implementer Guide, available on the HP website:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsum/documentation.
Running HP SUM
HP SUM provides the following modes:
• GUI—For firmware and software deployments
• Scripted—For silent firmware and software deployments
HP SUM supports local and remote deployments. HP SUM runs in Windows and Linux in online
and offline mode. For more information about deployment modes, see “Deployment modes” (page
12).
NOTE: You cannot use Windows Hyper-V systems to run HP SUM and deploy updates. You can
select Hyper-V systems as a node from HP SUM running on a Windows or Linux system.
NOTE: Before deploying software updates to a server, be sure that a recent backup of the server
is available in the event the deployment procedure fails.
For information on the minimum requirements to run HP SUM, see the HP Smart Update Manager
Release Notes on the HP website:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsum/documentation
Deploying firmware for HP ProLiant servers using the HP Service Pack for ProLiant
The SPP is a re-packaging of HP ProLiant system software and firmware for HP ProLiant BL/ML/DL/SL
servers and their options, and BladeSystem enclosures including OA, VC, and 3 Gb SAS switches
running supported Windows, Linux, VMware (supported firmware updates only) operating systems.
The single SPP image contains a comprehensive collection of firmware and system software
components including drivers, agents, tools, utilities, and firmware that is tested, managed, and
deployed together as a single solution.
The SPP includes HP SUM for deployment of the SPP components.
Deploying HP SUM 11