Use HP SUM to deploy firmware, software, and/or drivers updates to supported Hewlett Packard Enterprise servers from a web-based GUI, command-line interface, and interactive command-line interface.
HP SUM provides a browser-based GUI, a command-line interface, and an interactive command-line scriptable interface for flexibility and adaptability.
HP SUM has an integrated discovery engine that finds the installed hardware and current versions of firmware and software in use on target nodes and identifies associated targets that should be updated at the same time to avoid interdependency issues. HP SUM installs updates in the correct order and ensures that all dependencies are met before deploying an update. HP SUM prevents an installation if there are version-based dependencies that it cannot resolve.
Key features of HP SUM include:
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Interdependency checking, which ensures appropriate installation order and component readiness
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Automatic and step-by-step Guided Update process for the localhost
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Simultaneous firmware and software deployment for multiple remote nodes in GUI, text-based console, and CLI modes
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Remote offline deployment when used with the SmartStart Scripting Toolkit (ProLiant G7 and earlier servers), Scripting Toolkit (ProLiant Gen8 and Gen9), or RESTful Interface Tool (Gen10), iLO Virtual Media, or PXE booted media
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GUI, interactive CLI, or CLI scripting modes with extensive logging
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Support for updating firmware on network-based targets such as the OA, iLO through the Network Management Port, VC Ethernet and Fibre Channel switches, and 3Gb/6Gb SAS BL Switch interconnects on ProLiant servers
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NOTE: HP SUM does not support third-party controllers, including flashing hard drives behind the controllers. |
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More information
| Using the HP SUM GUI |
| http://www.hpe.com/info/hpsum/documentation |