HP Smart Update Manager (User Guide) User Manual
Hp smart update manager user guide
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HP Smart Update Manager User Guide
Abstract
This document describes how to use HP SUM to apply firmware updates to HP ProLiant and HP Integrity servers, and apply
software updates to HP ProLiant servers. This document is intended for individuals who understand the configuration and
operations of Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, Linux, smart components, and the risk of data loss from performing updates.
HP Part Number: 613175-009
Published: May 2013
Edition: 10a
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- HP Smart Update Manager User Guide
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Using the HP SUM GUI
- Keyboard support
- Source selections
- Setting Proxy Server options
- Using multiple repositories
- Adding the repository
- Editing the repository
- Removing the repository
- Configuring the components
- Downloading components for target discovery
- Setting a schedule to download updates from the web
- Creating a custom baseline in HP SUM
- Updating mixed HP ProLiant and HP Integrity environments
- Selecting the targets
- Reviewing and installing updates
- Scheduling updates
- Generating and viewing reports
- 3 Using scripts to deploy updates
- Command-line interface
- Input files
- Reports
- Downloading HP SUM and components from the SDR
- 4 Advanced topics
- 5 Troubleshooting
- Installation issues
- Discovery and connection issues
- IPv6 network issues
- Operation issues
- HP SUM stalls during boot
- HP SUM connection is lost during iLO or NIC firmware update
- The user-specified reboot message does not appear when using a Japanese character set on a Linux operating system
- Automatic reboot does not occur when using the user-specified reboot message with a Japanese character set on Windows
- HP SUM stalls when run in a directory path that contains multi-bye characters
- Microsoft Windows displays a 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
- No components found in the selected repositories message appears
- HP SUM prevents an upgrade of Virtual Connect firmware if the VC health is invalid or bad health state.
- HP ProLiant G6 Server ROM downgrade from 2010.03.30 or later to 2010.03.01 or earlier with HP SUM is not supported
- For HP ProLiant G2, G5, and G6 servers, after upgrading to the May 2011 (or later) revision of the system ROM, perform special steps if downgrading the system ROM to revisions earlier than May 2011 is required
- 6 Support and other resources
- 7 Documentation feedback
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Index