• Discovery engine that finds installed versions of hardware, firmware, and software on nodes.
• SUM deploys updates in the correct order and ensures that all dependencies are met before deploying an update.
• Interdependency checking.
• Automatic and step-by-step Localhost Guided Update process.
• Web browser-based user interface.
• Ability to create custom baselines and ISOs.
• Support for iLO Repository (Gen10 iLO 5 nodes only).
• Simultaneous firmware and software deployment for multiple remote nodes.
• Local offline firmware deployments with SPP deliverables.
• Extensive logging in all modes.
NOTE: SUM does not support third-party controllers, including flashing hard drives behind the controllers.
Smart Update Tools
Smart Update Tools is a software utility used with iLO 4, HPE OneView, Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP), and Smart
Update Manager (SUM) to stage, install, and activate firmware and driver updates.
NOTE: HPE OneView manages the iLO while iSUT runs on each server and deploys the updates. The same tool might not
manage both applications. Create a process that notifies the administrators when updates are available.
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Smart Update Tools: Polls iLO to check for requests from HPE OneView for updates through the management
network and orchestrates staging, deploying, and activating updates. You can adjust the polling interval by issuing the
appropriate command-line option provided by iSUT. Performs inventory on target servers, stages deployment, deploys
updates, and then reboots the servers.
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HPE OneView: Displays available updates for servers. Communicates with iSUT (or SUT 1.x) to initiate updates,
reports the status on the
Firmware section of the Server Profile page of HPE OneView. HPE OneView provides
automated compliance reporting in the dashboard.
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SPP: A comprehensive systems software and firmware update solution, which is delivered as a single ISO image.
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SUM: A tool for firmware and driver maintenance for HPE ProLiant servers and associated options.
NOTE: Do not manage the same nodes with SUM and HPE OneView at the same time.
Updating firmware from the System Utilities
Use the
Firmware Updates option to update firmware components in the system, including the system BIOS, NICs, and
storage cards.
Procedure
1. Access the System ROM Flash Binary component for your server from the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Center.
2. Copy the binary file to a USB media or iLO virtual media.
3. Attach the media to the server.
4. Launch the System Utilities, and select Embedded Applications > Firmware Update.
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Software and configuration utilities
