HP ProLiant Support Pack - Manual (Page 13)

Deploying PSPs 13
Server virtualization detection and support
Windows® PSP supports server virtualization that runs on a Windows® host. However, Windows® PSP
does not run on a VMware host or on a guest operating system environment regardless of what host
hypervisor you use. Windows® PSP does not boot to a guest operating system environment.
Deploying PSPs for Linux
Separate PSPs are currently shipped for each supported distribution and version of Linux. Each PSP includes
the software appropriate for the supported distribution and version of Linux. The PSPs support 32-bit and
x86-64-based installations on both AMD®- and Intel®-based servers.
Starting with the 8.40 version of the PSP for Linux, the deployment utility contained on the PSP transitioned
from the LDU to HP SUM. HP SUM enables the customer to choose the components to install. As with the LDU,
the default setting within HP SUM installs all available components. Additionally, the HP SUM utility enables
software deployment for multiple HP ProLiant servers from a single GUI.
Differences from previous Linux PSP versions:
• HP SUM no longer determines the necessity of a reboot based on component selection and installation.
Instead, HP SUM provides an interface.
• HP SUM attempts to install all of the RPMs in the Linux PSP. HP recommends that you select only those
components necessary for each environment.
• The necessary libraries must be changed to ensure execution of HP SUM. Additionally, several new
RPMs might have to be installed before all RPMs included in the Linux PSP can be deployed successfully.
(Prerequisite RPMs and platform-specific compatibility libraries are listed in the "Minimum requirements
for Linux servers (" Minimum requirements for Linux PSP " on page 13 )" section).
NOTE: When building source RPMs into binary RPMs and deploying them to remote targets, HP
SUM validates the target operating system and kernel matches the local kernel on which the
source RPM is being built. To bypass this verification process, you can build source RPMs into
binary RPMs and add them to the location where HP SUM is started. These pre-built RPMs can be
deployed to any target regardless of the installed kernel version. Before deploying the RPM in a
production environment, HP recommends testing the RPMs on a non-production server running the
targeted kernel.
Minimum requirements for Linux PSP
IMPORTANT: Before deploying software updates on a target system, be sure that a recent
backup of the target system is available in the event the deployment procedure fails.
For PSP installation for Linux servers:
• glibc 2.2.4-26 or later
• gawk 3.1.0-3 or later
• sed 3.02-10 or later
• pciutils-2.1.8-25.i386.rpm or later
The following RPMs are also required: