HP Smart Update Best Practices Planning Guide

HP Integrity firmware bundles
HP delivers updates for HP Integrity servers as specific system downloadable bundles. For more
information on the bundles, see the HP Integrity website at http://www.hp.com/go/integrity. On
the support page for each server, there are two bundles for each firmware release. Use the bundle
for the operating system of the management station where you run HP SUM. Both bundles can
update HP Integrity servers running any operating system because updates are performed by the
management interfaces. Use one bundle when you run HP SUM on a Windows management server
to update Integrity servers on the network. Use the other bundle when you run HP SUM on a Linux
management server to update HP Integrity servers on that network. Both bundles contain the same
target server firmware.
You can download the latest version of HP SUM from: http://www.hp.com/go/hpsum.
After you download a bundle, extract the file into empty directory. If you need to update using
multiple Integrity bundles, download and extract each bundle into its own empty directory. Run
HP SUM from the latest bundle you downloaded. In HP SUM, add all bundles to the Source
Selections (HP SUM 5.x) or Baseline Library (HP SUM 6x) screen. For more information, see the
HP Smart Update Manager Online Help or HP Smart Update Manager User Guide.
HP SUM provides installation logic and version control that automatically checks for dependencies,
and installs only the correct updates for optimal configuration.
Downloading Integrity bundles
1. In a web browser, see the HP website at http://www.hp.com.
2. Click Support & Drivers.
3. Click Drivers & Software.
4. Enter your product name or number, and then press Enter.
5. Select your product from the list.
6. Click Cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware, Diagnostic, etc.).
7. Choose the firmware, and then click Download.
HP Smart Update Firmware DVD ISO and HP ProLiant Support Pack
HP is replacing the Smart Update Firmware DVD and PSP with the HP SPP. For more information,
see “HP Service Pack for ProLiant” (page 22).
Creating a custom ISO
HP SUM 6.x
HP SUM 6.x supports creating custom baseline and bootable ISOs when you have a source ISO,
which HP SUM 6.x includes. You can download the latest version of HP SUM at http://
www.hp.com/go/hpsum.
Add the baselines that include the updates you want to apply to your nodes, and then use the
Create Custom baseline function. For more information, see the HP Smart Update Manager User
Guide, available at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsum/documentation.
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