Document Outline

• HP Smart Update Manager User Guide
• Notice
• Contents
• Introduction
  • HP Smart Update Manager overview
  • New features of HP SUM 4.0.0
  • Minimum requirements
    • Minimum requirements for Windows servers
    • Minimum requirements for Linux servers
  • Obtaining the HP SUM utility
  • Deployment from HP SUM
    • Executing HP SUM
    • Deploying PSP for Microsoft Windows
    • Deploying PSP for Linux
    • Deploying Firmware from the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD
      • HP SUM supported firmware
      • HP USB key utility
      • Using a hard drive
      • Deploying components not on Smart Update Firmware DVD
      • Trusted Platform Module
      • TPM scenarios
• HP SUM User Interface
  • Deployment scenarios
    • Graphical deployment on a local host
    • Scripted deployment on a local host
    • Deployment to multiple remote hosts
  • Keyboard support
  • Local host installations
    • Selecting the location to check for updates
    • Download Permission
    • Selecting an installation host
    • Selecting bundles to filter
    • Selecting components to install
      • Status field
      • Reboot section
    • Component selection pane
      • Installation options
    • Viewing the installation results
  • Multiple-host installations
    • Selecting remote hosts or groups
    • Managing hosts
    • Managing groups
    • Entering credentials for hosts
    • Selecting bundles to filter on multiple hosts
    • Selecting components to install on multiple hosts
    • Viewing the installation results for multiple hosts
• Scripted deployment
  • Command line interface
    • Command-line syntax
    • Command-line arguments
    • Component configuration for Windows components only
    • Command line examples
    • Return codes
    • Windows smart component return codes
    • Linux smart component return codes
    • Linux RPM return codes
  • Input files
    • Command-line usage of input file
    • Input file format and rules
    • File encoding
    • Error reporting
    • Input file parameters
  • Reports
• Advanced topics
  • Component configuration
  • Deploying firmware and software simultaneously
  • Server virtualization detection and support
  • Configuring IPv6 networks with HP Smart Update Manager
    • Configuring IPv6 for Windows Server 2003
    • Configuring IPv6 for Windows Server 2008
      • Limitations of IPv6 for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008
    • Configuring IPv6 for Linux
      • Limitations of IPv6 for Linux
• Troubleshooting
  • Recovering from a failed ROM upgrade
    • Recovering from a failed system ROM upgrade
      • Redundant ROM recovery
      • ROMPaq recovery
    • Recovering from a failed option ROM upgrade
      • Array controller ROMs
      • Lights-Out management ROMs
  • Recovering from an installation failure
    • Collecting trace directories
  • Recovering from a discovery failure
    • Troubleshooting connection errors
    • HP SUM hangs during discovery
  • Recovering from a loss of Linux remote functionality
    • Configuring firewall settings
  • Recovering from a blocked program on Microsoft Windows
    • Configuring Windows firewall settings
    • Enabling ports in HP Smart Update Manager
  • Recovering from operating system limitations when using a Japanese character set
    • Displaying the user-specified reboot message using a Japanese character set when running on a Linux operating system
    • Rebooting with the user-specified reboot message using a Japanese character set when running on a Windows operating system
  • Recovering from Fatal Error - application will exit message
    • Running in a directory path containing double-byte characters
  • Recovering from a missing reboot message when running on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9
    • Running HP Smart Update Manager on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9
  • Recovering a lost HP Smart Update Manager connection
    • HP Smart Update Firmware DVD mounted using iLO virtual media
  • Troubleshooting HP Smart Update Manager in IPv6 networks
    • Troubleshooting HP Smart Update Manager in IPv6 Windows Server 2003 environment
    • Troubleshooting HP Smart Update Manager in IPv6 Windows Server 2008 environment
    • Troubleshooting HP Smart Update Manager in IPv6 Red Hat and Novell SUSE-based Linux environments
  • HP SUM found new hardware message
  • Non-matching systems error reported when building source RPMs or installing 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
• Technical support
  • Reference documentation
  • Operating system information
  • HP contact information
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Index