HP Smart Update Manager (User Guide) - Manual (Page 14)

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HP SUM stores host and group information from session to session. However, user names, passwords, and
existing credentials are not stored in a session or from session to session.
If you use OA version 2.51 or later, click the Rack Firmware link on the main OA website for a list of all major
firmware versions deployed in your enclosure. HP supports the current and two previous versions of the HP
Smart Update Firmware DVD.
NOTE: The Onboard Administrator and Virtual Connect Ethernet and Fibre Channel Modules
are supported only in online deployments on HP ProLiant servers.
NOTE: You can add firmware components to the USB drive key in the /hp/swpackages
directory.
IMPORTANT: Before deploying firmware updates to a target server, be sure that a recent backup
of the target server is available in the event the deployment procedure fails.
For more information about deploying firmware on HP ProLiant servers, see the HP Smart Update Firmware
DVD User Guide on the HP website
( http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManu
al&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=345557 ).
HP SUM supported firmware for HP ProLiant servers
The following table describes firmware types that are supported by HP SUM.
Firmware Types Supported by HP SUM
System ROM
Yes
iLO firmware
Yes, both server-based and directly to the iLO Management NIC port
Broadcom NIC
firmware Yes
Mellanox NIC firmware Yes
QLogic NIC firmware
Yes
PowerPIC firmware Yes
Smart Array controller
firmware
Yes
SAS and SATA hard
drive firmware behind
Smart Array controllers
Yes, some older SATA hard drives require offline mode
SAS and SATA hard
drive firmware behind
non-Smart Array
controllers
Yes
Emulex, QLogic, and
Brocade Fibre Channel
HBA firmware
Yes, in offline mode only because of HBA firmware limitations
Tape Blade firmware Yes
OA firmware Yes, online only
VC firmware Yes, online only beginning with HP SUM 4.1.0.
HP SUM only updates a VC if the VC is in a good health state, the VC is part of a
domain, and if the VC is in a paired or redundant configuration.
CPLD firmware No