HP Smart Update Firmware DVD 9.3 User Guide

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Smart Update Firmware DVD contents
Release sets and bundles
A release set is an enhanced, solutions-oriented collection of ProLiant BladeSystem firmware released on a
regular basis. The full collection is tested against HP software, drivers, and PSPs to drive standardization of
components to HP customers. The release set can only be applied in interactive mode and by selecting the
blade system bundle. HP recommends that you not deviate from the release set firmware contents. You can
monitor the compatibility page at the HP BladeSystem Firmware website
(http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystemupdates) for updates to the release set.
Bundles are for ML/DL based servers and are not solution-tested and provide the same level of testing as
previous iterations of the Smart Update Firmware DVD, or its predecessor, the Firmware Maintenance CD.
The following are the bundles and BladeSystem release sets included in this version of HP Smart Update
Firmware DVD:
• HP Smart Update Firmware—100 Series Bundle for Linux
• HP Smart Update Firmware—100 Series Bundle for Windows®
• HP Smart Update Firmware—ML/DL/SL 300/500/700/900 Series Bundle for Linux
• HP Smart Update Firmware—ML/DL/SL 300/500/700/900 Series Bundle for Windows®
• HP Smart Update Firmware—BladeSystem Release Set 2010.07 for Linux
• HP Smart Update Firmware—BladeSystem Release Set 2010.07 for Windows®
100 series servers
Smart Update Firmware DVD supports 100 series servers and options beginning with select G6 servers.
Apply firmware updates using the 100 series bundle. For special support cases, see the support limitation
section of this guide.
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Smart Update Manager
For advanced topics on using HP Smart Update Manager containing specific cases and examples of use, see
the HP Smart Update Manager User Guide
(http://www.hp.com/support/HP_Smart_Update_Manager_UG_en
). HP Smart Update Manager is
designed for maximum flexibility and is shipped within the HP ProLiant Support Pack and HP Smart Update
Firmware DVD. It provides a Graphical User Interface and a command-line, scriptable interface for
deployment of firmware for single or one-to-many servers and network-based targets such as iLOs, OAs, and
Virtual Connect Ethernet and Fibre Channel modules. HP SUM has an integrated hardware and software
discovery engine that discovers the installed hardware, current versions of firmware in use on a target, and
software versions on target servers. This prevents extraneous network traffic by only sending the components
to a target host that are required. HP SUM also has logic to install updates in the correct order and ensure all