HP SUM provides three ways of running for users:
GUI—For firmware and software deployments
Express—For software deployments only (local host only)
Scripted—For silent firmware and software deployments
HP SUM supports local and remote deployments. HP SUM runs in Windows and Linux in online and offline mode. For more information about deployment modes, see Deployment modes.
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NOTE: You cannot use Windows Hyper-V systems to run HP SUM and deploy updates. You can select Hyper-V systems as a target from HP SUM. | |
Use the following table to determine the correct execution mode for the server use case.
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NOTE: Before deploying software updates to a target server, be sure that a recent backup of the target server is available in the event the deployment procedure fails. | |
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HP SUM command |
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Interactive, graphical deployment on a local host Run HP SUM on the server being updated. |
Use this scenario when you:
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Scripted deployment on a local host Run HP SUM from a network share on a local server. |
Use this scenario when you:
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Interactive, graphical deployment to a remote host Run HP SUM from a workstation and update remote hosts over the network using the GUI. |
Use this scenario when you:
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Scripted deployment to a remote host Run HP SUM from a workstation and update a remote host over the network using scripts. |
Use this scenario when you:
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Automatic Deployment to one or more servers in a HP BladeSystem enclosure Use the HP SPP with embedded HP SUM to deploy firmware updates to one or more blades automatically. |
Use this scenario when you:
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The HP SPP takes care of this automatically |
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Update an existing enclosure manually |
The same scenario as shown in the “Interactive, graphical deployment to a remote host” or “Scripted deployment to a remote host” scenarios discussed previously in this table |
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