Using HP Smart Update Manager with HP Integrity Servers: Capabilities, Best Practices, and Troubleshooting
c-Class Blades
There are 3 types of HP SUM firmware bundles provided for HP Integrity c-Class blades, under two different
headings:
Under “Firmware – Bundle”
1) CloudSystem Matrix Firmware bundles
These bundles include firmware for enclosures: Onboard Administrator, Virtual
Connect and HP Integrity Blades with specific versions that match the CloudSystem
Matrix version. The bundles include filtering information so HP SUM can determine if
the target enclosure is set to the matching CloudSystem Matrix version.
2) General bundles with full enclosure
These bundles include firmware for enclosures: Onboard Administrator, Virtual Connect
and HP Integrity Blades. I/O card firmware for online HP-UX updates will be included in a
rolling fashion as new versions of firmware bundles are released. The firmware versions in
these bundles represent an approved and tested recipe.
Under “Firmware – System”
3) HP Integrity server only bundles
These bundles include just the firmware for Integrity Blades and mezzanine I/O cards. They
do not include an additional enclosure firmware. These are made available to ease
deployment in some cases where special versions of enclosure firmware are needed that
are different from the recipe provided in the general bundles. These might be useful for a
mixed-environment with HP ProLiant blades, older CloudSystem Matrix revisions that do
not have a specific bundle, or other situations.
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