Installing The Latest Firmware Using Hp Smart Update Manager; Troubleshooting Installation Issues - HP Integrity rx2800 i2 Installation Manual

Installing the latest firmware using HP Smart Update Manager

The HP Smart Update Manager utility enables you to deploy firmware components from either an
easy-to-use interface or a command line. It has an integrated hardware discovery engine that
discovers the installed hardware and the current versions of firmware in use on target servers. This
prevents extraneous network traffic by only sending the required components to the target. HP
Smart Update Manager also has logic to install updates in the correct order and ensure all
dependencies are met before deployment of a firmware update. It also contains logic to prevent
version-based dependencies from preventing a successful installation and ensures updates are
handled in a manner that reduces any downtime required for the update process. HP Smart Update
Manager does not require an agent for remote installations. After the installation is complete, HP
Smart Update Manager also removes all remote files associated with the installation.
Key features of HP Smart Update Manager are:
GUI and CLI
Dependency checking, which ensures appropriate installation order and dependency checking
between components
Intelligent deployment of only required updates
Improved deployment performance
Remote command-line deployment
Windows X86 or Linux X86 support
At this time, firmware updates on Integrity systems through HPSUM are done remotely. For example,
HP SUM runs on an x86 Linux or Windows management system and updates targeted Integrity
systems through the network. HP Smart Update Manager supports firmware updates on rx2800
i2 servers. Firmware bundles for these servers are available and can be downloaded from the HP
website at http://www.hp.com.
For more information about HP Smart Update Manager, see the HP Smart Update Manager User
Guide (http://www.hp.com/go/hpsum/documentation).

Troubleshooting installation issues

To troubleshoot issues that might occur during server installation, see the HP Integrity rx2800 i2
User Service Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/integrity_servers-docs.
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