HP Smart Update Best Practices Planning Guide

to downtime. HP offers the following fee-based services to help you review the current firmware,
software, and driver levels to develop an appropriate management strategy:
• HP BladeSystem Firmware and Driver Gap Analysis
• HP BladeSystem Firmware and Driver Update Process Review
Gap analysis and process review
The driver gap analysis is a fee-based service that provides a thorough onsite and remote review
of your current and recommended firmware and drivers, including analysis of risks and
interdependencies.
The update process review service provides an onsite workshop to review your current approach
to firmware maintenance and analyze your business needs. A tailored firmware strategy is created
to align business requirements with firmware maintenance practices, including best practices and
a recommendations report, the review process then fine tunes these recommendations for your
environment. For more information, see the HP Proactive Select Services website at http://
www.hp.com/services/proactiveselect.
Updating mixed HP ProLiant and HP Integrity environments
To update an environment with both HP ProLiant and HP Integrity servers:
1. Review the support matrix. Be sure to use OA and VC versions supported by both HP ProLiant
and HP Integrity servers. For more information, see the HP BladeSystem Release Sets for Mixed
ProLiant and Integrity website at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/firmware/
mixed-release-sets.html.
2. Download the latest SPP version and HP Integrity Smart Update Firmware bundles.
NOTE: You can also use the Check for Latest Updates from ftp.hp.com function in HP SUM.
3. Unzip the SPP and HP Integrity Smart Update Firmware bundles to separate directories.
4. Launch HP SUM from one of the directories, and add the other directory to the Source Selections
(HP SUM 5.x) or Baseline Library (HP SUM 6.x) screen.
NOTE: The SPP and HP Integrity bundles include a copy of HP SUM. You can download
the latest version of HP SUM from the HP SUM website at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsum. If
you use HP SUM 6.x, you need to add both directories to the Baseline Library screen.
5. Perform your updates. Be sure you do not update the OA or VC to a version not listed in the
support matrix.
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