Deployment modes

The following key terms apply when using HP SUM to deploy updates:

Term

Definition

Local

The installation runs on the physical hardware you are updating. For example, running a utility on a server to update the system ROM of the server.

Remote

The installation runs on one system, but updates other physical nodes. For example, updating the OA or HP Integrity server firmware across a network.

Online

The installation occurs while the host processor is running in the normal server environment. For example, if the server runs Microsoft Windows Server 2012, the update occurs under this environment. The update does not require you to boot to a special environment to update the firmware. You might need to reboot the node to activate the firmware.

Offline

In offline mode, the HP SUM boots a small Linux kernel and enables updates to occur on a single server.

Only updates the local system
Only uses a single baseline

NOTE: Some features of HP SUM that require the regular local host operating systems are not supported in offline mode.

These terms can be used in combination to designate the type of environment required for updates to occur, such as local-online or remote-online.

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