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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| GUI mode | An easy-to-use browser-based graphical user interface that enables deployment and maintenance of system software and firmware components to multiple systems in a single session. |
| CLI mode | CLI mode enables you to script custom installations. This mode might not support all functions of the GUI and interactive CLI. |
| Interactive CLI | Interactive CLI mode allows you to script most of the commands which are available in the HP SUM GUI. Functionality available from the interactive CLI includes add nodes and baselines, deploy nodes, get component logs, and generating reports. For more information, see the HP Smart Update Manager User Guide, or issue the command hpsum /h from the directory where you saved HP SUM. |
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NOTE: Before deploying software updates to a server, be sure that a recent backup of the server is available in the event the deployment procedure fails. |
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For information on the minimum requirements to run HP SUM, see the HP Smart Update Manager Release Notes on the HP website:
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NOTE: You cannot run HP SUM on a Windows Hyper-V system. Run HP SUM on a supported Windows or Linux system, and select the Hyper-V system as a node. |
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