HP Smart Update Manager 4.2 User Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP Smart Update Manager User Guide
- Abstract
- Notice
- Contents
- Introduction
- HP Smart Update Manager overview
- Using this guide
- New features of HP SUM 4.2.0
- Minimum requirements
- Supported deliverables overview
- Deployment from HP SUM
- Executing HP SUM
- Deploying software using the ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) for Microsoft Windows
- Deploying software using the Integrity Support Pack (ISP) for Microsoft Windows
- Deploying software using the ProLiant Support Pack for Linux
- Deploying firmware for ProLiant servers using the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD
- Deploying firmware using the HP Smart Update Firmware - HP Integrity BL860c/BL870c/BL890c i2 Servers Bundles
- HP SUM User Interface
- Deployment scenarios
- Keyboard support
- Local host installations
- Multiple-host installations
- Selecting remote hosts or groups
- Searching for remote hosts
- Managing hosts
- Managing groups
- Entering credentials for hosts
- Selecting bundles to filter on multiple hosts
- Selecting components to install on multiple hosts
- Updating Firmware on HP Integrity BL860c/BL870c/BL890c i2 Servers
- Viewing the installation results for multiple hosts
- Scripted deployment
- Advanced topics
- Troubleshooting
- Recovering from a failed ROM upgrade
- Recovering from an installation failure
- Recovering from a discovery failure
- Recovering from a loss of Linux remote functionality
- Recovering from a blocked program on Microsoft Windows
- Recovering from operating system limitations when using a Japanese character set
- Recovering from Fatal Error - application will exit message
- Recovering from a missing reboot message when running on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9
- Recovering a lost HP Smart Update Manager connection
- Troubleshooting HP Smart Update Manager in IPv6 networks
- HP SUM found new hardware message
- Non-matching systems error reported when building source Linux RPMs or installing Linux RPMs built from source
- Linux component version discrepancy for source RPMs
- HP SUM displays No components found in the selected repository(ies) message
- Additional/Optional Actions columns are grayed when HP SUM is maximized
- Installation of components failed with 'Update returned an error' when installing Linux RPMs
- Issues related to bundle filtering on the Select Items to be Installed and Select Bundle Filter screens
- HP SUM fails on Windows Vista® due to McAfee firewalls
- Technical support
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Index
Introduction 6
Introduction
HP Smart Update Manager overview
HP SUM is a technology, included in many HP products for installing and updating firmware and software
components on HP ProLiant and HP Integrity servers, enclosures, and options.
HP SUM provides a GUI and a command-line scriptable interface for:
• Deployment of firmware for single or one-to-many HP servers and network-based targets such as iLOs,
OAs, and VC Ethernet and Fibre Channel modules.
• Deployment of software for single or one-to-many HP ProLiant servers (supported in Windows® and
Linux environments) and HP Integrity servers (supported in Windows® environments).
IMPORTANT: Throughout this document, most references to the deployment of firmware apply
only to HP SUM when used with HP ProLiant servers. For HP Integrity servers, deploying firmware
using HP SUM only applies to BL860c/BL870c/BL890c i2 Servers.
HP SUM has an integrated hardware and software discovery engine that discovers the installed hardware
and current versions of firmware and software in use on target servers. This capability prevents extraneous
network traffic by sending only the required components to a target host. HP SUM installs updates in the
correct order and ensures all dependencies are met before deployment of an update. HP SUM prevents
version-based dependencies from destroying an installation, and ensures firmware updates are handled in a
manner that reduces any downtime required for the firmware update process.
HP SUM does not require an agent for remote installations because it copies a small, secure SOAP server to
the target server for the duration of the installation. After the installation is complete, the SOAP server and all
remote files associated with the installation, except installation log files, are removed. HP SUM copies the log
files from the remote targets back to the system where HP SUM is executed.
Key features of HP SUM include:
• Dependency checking, which ensures appropriate installation order and dependency checking
between components
• Intelligent deployment deploys only required updates
• Simultaneous firmware and software deployment for multiple remote targets in both GUI and CLI modes
(ProLiant servers and options only)
• Improved deployment performance
• Local or remote (one-to-many) online deployment
• Local offline firmware deployments with the earlier HP Firmware Maintenance CD or the HP Smart
Firmware Update DVD for ProLiant servers and options
• Remote offline deployment when used with the SmartStart Scripting Toolkit or iLO Virtual Media
• GUI- or CLI-scriptable with extensive logging
• Remote command-line deployment