HP Smart Update Best Practices Implementer Guide

SAS and SATA hard drive firmware
You can install SAS and SATA hard drives behind both Smart Array controllers and non-Smart
Array controllers. The requirements differ depending on whether you are using a Smart Array
controller or a non-Smart Array controller. Use HP SPP as a source for the firmware.
Behind a Smart Array controller requirements
Any version of the driver meets the requirements to update the SAS or SATA hard drive firmware.
NOTE: Gen8 servers require HP SUM 5.1.0 and later.
Behind a non-Smart Array controller requirements
• Use HP SUM 4.1.0 or later. HP added support for SAS and SATA hard drive firmware located
behind a non-Smart Array controller in HP SUM 4.1.0 and was released with the HP Smart
Update Firmware DVD 9.20.
NOTE: Gen8 servers require HP SUM 5.1.0 or later.
• The HP SPP, or HP SPP-related hot fixes, and HP Integrity bundles provide non-Smart Array
controller components that HP SUM supports.
Tape firmware
To successfully update the tape firmware
• Load an appropriate driver for the controller.
• Make sure there is a tape in the drive, failure to do so could cause the update to fail.
OA firmware
Use HP SPP or HP Integrity Smart Update Firmware bundle as the source for your OA updates.
The following are requirements for updating OA firmware.
• You must connect a workstation to the same network as the OA network port, or connect
through a router for network access to the OA.
• You must have OA administrator credentials. Other types of OA credentials do not allow
firmware updates.
• The OA firmware can only be updated online. You cannot boot to the HP SPP.
Execute HP SUM from a workstation or server running any supported version of a Windows or
Linux operating system. You can execute HP SUM, add the IP address or DNS name of the OA
network port as a remote host, and HP SUM will automatically detect the target is an OA and only
allow the OA firmware to be available for selection.
NOTE: If you are using VC Ethernet or Fibre Channel modules and the firmware version is earlier
than version 1.34, network outages might occur. HP recommends that you update the VC firmware
to version 1.34 or greater to prevent this network downtime from occurring when the OA firmware
is updated.
32 Deploying individual firmware types