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Manual: Choose the firmware bundle labeled for manual installation. This bundle can be installed or updated
directly from the RMC with the installation instructions in the bundle, under "Installation instructions".
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SUM: Choose the firmware bundle labeled for SUM installation. This bundle can be installed or updated from any
system on the same network as the RMC using the included copy of the SUM tool. Follow the instructions in the
bundle, under "Installation instructions".
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HPE OneView: Choose the firmware bundle labeled for OneView installation. This bundle can be installed from
the HPE OneView application. Follow the instructions in the bundle, under "Installation instructions".
NOTE: If a firmware mismatch error is displayed after an update, retry the update. If you continue to see failures,
contact a support specialist.
For more information about release sets, see
www.hpe.com/support/superdome-flex-release-sets.
Updating the operating system
It is important that the operating system is maintained to include the latest security updates and patches. Each OS has a
unique procedure for enabling automatic or manual updates. Refer to the following for the location of the vendor provided
update procedures for your OS.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
See the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Administrator's Guide at
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/
red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/system_administrators_guide/index. The update instructions can be found in
section 9.7, "Automatically Refreshing Package Database and Downloading Updates with Yum.cron".
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles-12/book_sle_admin/data/cha_onlineupdate_you.html
Oracle Linux
https://www.oracle.com/linux for information about subscribing to live patches with Kspice.
Oracle VM Server
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/vm-096300.html and select View Library for your Oracle
VM Server version. See the "Upgrading Oracle VM" chapter in the Oracle VM Installation and Upgrade Guide for Release
x.x for information about updating Oracle VM Server.
VMware vSphere
See the Running VMware vSphere on HPE Superdome Flex Server white paper at
www.hpe.com/support/superdome-
flex-vmware for information regarding installing and updating VMware. VMware on HPE Superdome Flex Server contains
HPE value-add components requiring a custom ISO image to get the latest drivers and HPE components.
Microsoft Windows Server
See the Running Microsoft Windows Server on HPE Superdome Flex Server white paper at
support/superdome-flex-windows or Installing and running Microsoft Windows Server 2019 on HPE Superdome Flex
Server at
www.hpe.com/support/superdome-flex-windows-2019 for information regarding installing and updating
Microsoft Windows Server.
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