HP Smart Update Manager 6.0.0 User Guide

Switch update commands
G7 and earlier servers do not support AMS agents. The following tables show what updates occur
when you use the switch agent commands.
NOTE: To find out if you have any switches installed, use HP SUM to create the Firmware Details
Report.
The following table shows what updates occur if no switches are currently installed.
Gen8 serversG7 and earlier serversCommand
AMSSNMPno switches
NothingNothing/no_mgmt
AMSSNMP/use_ams
SNMPSNMP/use_snmp
WBEMSNMP and WBEM/use_wmi
AMS and SNMPSNMP/use_ams /use_snmp
AMS and WBEMSNMP and WBEM/use_ams /use_wmi
WBEM and SNMPWBEM and SNMP/use_wmi /use_snmp
AMS, SNMP, and WBEMWBEM and SNMP/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. If you specify the node 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-node
devices such as hard drives and array controllers (applies
to firmware only).
/g or /downgrade
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