HP Smart Update Manager User Manual

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HP deliverable

HP SUM command

Description

Scenario

Use this scenario when you:

Interactive, graphical
deployment on a local host

Online:

Windows:

hpsum

Are not familiar with
command line tools

HP Smart Update
Firmware DVD

Run HP SUM on the server
being updated.

Linux:

./hpsum

Are deploying
components on a local,
single host

HP Service Pack for
ProLiant

Do not require scripting

Offline:

Want to select the
components to be
installed

HP Smart Update
Firmware DVD

HP Service Pack for
ProLiant

Use this scenario when you:

Scripted deployment on a
local host

Online:

Windows:

hpsum -s

Are familiar with
command line tools

HP Smart Update
Firmware DVD

Run HP SUM from a network
share on a local server.

Linux:

./hpsum -s

Are deploying
components on a local,
single host

HP Integrity bundles

HP Service Pack for
ProLiant

Must perform a
customized, scripted
deployment

Offline:

None

Are unable to unlock the
required HP SUM
network ports for remote
deployment

Use this scenario when you:

Interactive, graphical
deployment to a remote host

Online:

Windows:

hpsum

Are not familiar with
command line tools

HP Service Pack for
ProLiant

Run HP SUM from a
workstation and update

Linux:

./hpsum

Do not require scripting

Smart Update
Firmware DVD

remote hosts over the
network using the GUI.

Want to select the
components to be
installed

Targets can be a
Windows, Linux, or
VMware ESXi 5.0 server,

HP Integrity Support
bundles

Need to update multiple
targets including OA,

OA, iLO, or VC IP
address or DNS name.

HP Integrity BL8x0c
i2, rx2800 i2 and
Superdome 2 Servers

VC, and server-based
firmware

NOTE:

HP SUM can

detect updates that are
available for a VMware
server and generate
reports, it cannot deploy
updates.

Bundles for Windows
and Linux

Need to select individual
firmware to update

Need to select individual
hardware devices to be
updated

Offline:

None

Need to target VMware
host servers

Use this scenario when you:

Scripted deployment to a
remote host

Online:

Windows:

hpsum -s -target

Target1 -target

Are familiar with
command line tools

HP ProLiant Support
Pack for Windows
and Linux

Run HP SUM from a
workstation and update a

Target2 -username

User1 -password

PW1

Must perform a
customized, scripted
deployment

remote host over the network
using scripts.

HP Smart Update
Firmware DVD

Need to update multiple
targets including OA,

Linux:

./hpsum -s -target

Target1 -target

HP Integrity Support
Pack for Windows

VC, and server-based
firmware

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