HP Smart Update Best Practices Overview

1 Introduction
Overview
Updating firmware, software, and drivers for your server environment is crucial for maintaining
server systems. The HP SPP ISO provides the firmware, software, and drivers your servers need to
stay current. The HP Integrity bundles provide the firmware updates for your Integrity servers.
Planning an update helps make the update go smoothly and minimizes downtime.
NOTE: HP SPP includes only firmware updates for VMware targets. For full information on the
VMware firmware available, see the HP Support Pack for ProLiant Release Notes.
Explanation of guides
These guides are written to help you create strategies for using the HP update packages.
• HP Smart Update Best Practices Overview–Provides information for keeping your system
environment updated and running at its best.
• HP Smart Update Best Practices Planning Guide–Provides an outline for creating a firmware
update plan to follow before updating your server environment.
• HP Smart Update Best Practices Implementer Guide–Provides examples for implementing an
update.
You can find these guides on the HP Smart Update Manager Information Library at http://
www.hp.com/go/hpsum/documentation.
4 Introduction