Deployment modes

The following key terms apply when using SUM to deploy updates. You can combine the terms to reflect an environment, for example, local-online or remote-online.

Local

The installation runs on the physical hardware you are updating. For example, running 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 server firmware across a network.

Online

The installation occurs while the host operating system is running in the normal server environment.

Offline

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

• Only updates the local system

• Deploys only firmware

• Only uses a single baseline

  NOTE:

  Some features that require the regular local host operating systems are not supported in offline mode.