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

HP SUM User Interface 61
Icon Text Description
Action Required The host is not ready for installation. Click View Host for additional
information.
Discovery Failed The host is not ready for installation. The detection of installed hardware,
software, and firmware has failed.
NOTE: The default reboot behavior after updates are installed might also appear in the Status
column.
To zoom in to single host selections, click View Host on the Select Items to be Installed screen. The Selections
for Single Host screen appears.
To set single-host selections, proceed as described in "Selecting Components to Install (on page 35)."
After setting the single-host selections for all hosts to be updated, on the Select Items to be Installed screen, to
proceed with the installation, click Install.
Updating Firmware on HP Integrity BL860c/BL870c/BL890c i2
Servers
One firmware package for the HP Integrity BL860c/BL870c/BL890c i2 Servers includes System Firmware
which requires a reboot to activate the firmware. To activate and configure the firmware, select Configure
Now, and then select one of the following options:
• Upload and Activate—(Default selection). After the component is uploaded to the server which is up and
running, HP SUM shuts down and restarts the server to activate the system firmware immediately.