HP Integrity rx4640 Server - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Overview..................................................................................................................................... 6
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 6
About this guide........................................................................................................................................ 7
Benefits.................................................................................................................................................... 7
Features ................................................................................................................................................... 8
HP ProLiant Support Pack requirements......................................................................................................... 8
HP Integrity Support Pack requirements ........................................................................................................ 8
Management protocol requirements............................................................................................................. 8
Supported hardware platforms.................................................................................................................... 8
Supported operating systems ...................................................................................................................... 9
SMS platform support ................................................................................................................................ 9
System requirements .................................................................................................................................. 9
SMS site servers .............................................................................................................................. 9
SMS client servers ......................................................................................................................... 10
Related documents .................................................................................................................................. 11
SMS site hierarchy .................................................................................................................................. 11
Software components .................................................................................................................. 13
Inventory tool components ........................................................................................................................ 13
Packages ............................................................................................................................................... 14
HP Updates program ..................................................................................................................... 14
HP Updates (expedited) program..................................................................................................... 14
HP Updates Sync program.............................................................................................................. 14
HP Insight Inventory Collector.......................................................................................................... 14
Advertisements........................................................................................................................................ 15
HP Updates advertisement .............................................................................................................. 15
HP Updates Sync advertisement ...................................................................................................... 15
Collections ............................................................................................................................................. 15
HP Updates collection .................................................................................................................... 15
HP Updates (pre-production) collection ............................................................................................. 15
HP Updates Sync collection ............................................................................................................ 16
HP Servers collection...................................................................................................................... 16
Reports .................................................................................................................................................. 17
Installation ................................................................................................................................. 18
Installation overview ................................................................................................................................ 18
Using the software ...................................................................................................................... 19
Identifying HP servers to manage .............................................................................................................. 19
Modifying the list of scanned systems......................................................................................................... 19
Running the hpCplVerify.exe utility on Itanium servers .................................................................................. 22
Scanning managed servers....................................................................................................................... 22
Obtaining the latest HP manifest catalog .................................................................................................... 23
SMS site server with an FTP connection ............................................................................................ 23
SMS site server without an FTP connection ........................................................................................ 23
Obtaining the HP manifest catalog with the sync tool ......................................................................... 24
Software update reports ........................................................................................................................... 25
Authorizing and deploying software updates .............................................................................................. 26
Filtering updates using the DSUW ................................................................................................... 30
Obtaining information about updates............................................................................................... 30
Obtaining components from the network .......................................................................................... 30
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