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Managing servers – HP OneView for VMware vCenter User Manual

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To update firmware for the cluster or selected systems in the cluster, complete the following steps:
1.

Select the Smart Component Update tabbed page.

2.

Select one of the following options and enter the required information:

Update from URL — Enter the URL of a web server from which to distribute the firmware
update.

Update from Managed Smart Components – Select one or more updates which you have
uploaded using the Managed Smart Components tabbed page (see

“Manage Smart

Components” (page 26)

.

Manage Smart Components

With the Manage Smart Components capability, you can keep track of firmware versions on a
host system as they are automatically inventoried after you have downloaded them.

IMPORTANT:

To use the Manage Smart Components tabbed page, you must first download

smart components from the

http://www.hp.com

website for your systems. The downloaded smart

component files can then be uploaded to Insight Control for vCenter using the Managed Smart
Components tabbed page.

To upload from the host system:
1.

Select the Manage Smart Components tabbed page.

2.

Select the Smart Component file update you want to distribute.

Managing servers

To access the overview summary for the HP ProLiant and BladeSystem server or host level, select
the HP ProLiant and BladeSystem server in the inventory tree, and then select the HP Insight Software
tab if necessary. The Summary screen appears (

Figure 8 (page 26)

).

Figure 8 Server management summary screen

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Using Insight Control for vCenter