HP Smart Update Manager 6.0.0 User Guide

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Contents

1 Introduction...............................................................................................7

HP SUM overview.....................................................................................................................7

About the graphical user interface..............................................................................................8

Status icon descriptions.............................................................................................................9

HP SUM new terms...................................................................................................................9

2 Downloading, installing, and launching HP SUM..........................................10

Downloading HP SUM............................................................................................................10

Downloading HP SUM from the HP SUM website...................................................................10

Downloading HP SUM from the SDR website.........................................................................10

Migrating nodes from HP SUM 5.x to HP SUM 6........................................................................10

Deploying HP SUM.................................................................................................................11

Running HP SUM...............................................................................................................11

Deploying firmware for HP ProLiant servers using the HP Service Pack for ProLiant.......................11

Deploying HP Integrity firmware bundles with HP SUM...........................................................12

Deployment modes............................................................................................................12

Deployment scenarios.........................................................................................................12

Disabling BitLocker to permit firmware updates (Windows only)....................................................13

Launching and logging into HP SUM.........................................................................................14

Launching HP SUM............................................................................................................14

Logging into HP SUM.........................................................................................................15

Logging out of the HP SUM GUI...............................................................................................15

3 Using the HP SUM GUI.............................................................................16

Using the Home screen............................................................................................................16

Using the Activity screen..........................................................................................................16

Using Guided Update.............................................................................................................16

Using the Baseline Library screen..............................................................................................18

Adding a baseline.............................................................................................................18

Creating a custom baseline.................................................................................................19

Deleting a baseline............................................................................................................21

Configuring components.....................................................................................................21

Using the Nodes screen..........................................................................................................21

Selecting multiple nodes.....................................................................................................22

Adding a node..................................................................................................................22

Editing a node...................................................................................................................25

Aborting a node update.....................................................................................................25

Node inventory.................................................................................................................25

Deploying a node..............................................................................................................26

Deploying all partitions in an HP Integrity BL870c i4 or BL890c i4 node..............................27

Node reports....................................................................................................................28

Deleting a node.................................................................................................................28

Server overview.................................................................................................................29

Integrity node overview.......................................................................................................29

Using the Enclosures screen.....................................................................................................29

Adding an enclosure..........................................................................................................29

Editing an enclosure...........................................................................................................29

Aborting an enclosure update.............................................................................................29

Enclosure inventory............................................................................................................30

Deploying an enclosure......................................................................................................30

Enclosure reports...............................................................................................................30

Deleting an enclosure.........................................................................................................30

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