HP BL680c HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD User Guide - Page 3

Contents Introduction ...5 HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD overview 5 Minimum requirements...5 New features ...6 Supported firmware...7 Obtaining the HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD 8 Deployment options ...8 Online deployment ...9 Offline deployment...9 HP USB key utility...9 Using a hard drive ...11 Deployment of components not on Firmware Maintenance CD 11 Trusted Platform Module...11 TPM scenarios ...13 Firmware Maintenance CD powered by HP Smart Update Manager 15 Deployment scenarios...15 Graphical deployment on a local host 16 Scripted deployment on a local host 16 Deployment to multiple remote hosts 16 Keyboard support ...17 Local host installations using the GUI ...17 Selecting the location to check for updates 17 Selecting an installation host ...20 Selecting components to install ...22 Viewing the installation results ...30 Multiple-host installations using the GUI ...32 Selecting remote hosts or groups...32 Selecting components to install on multiple hosts 42 Viewing the installation results for multiple hosts 44 Scripted deployment ...46 Command line interface...46 Command line syntax ...46 Command line arguments ...46 Component configuration for Windows components only 51 Command line examples...51 HP Smart Update Manager return codes 52 Creating HP Smart Update Manager input files 54 Input file format and rules...55 File encoding ...56 Error reporting ...56 Input file parameters ...56 Advanced topics...61 Deploying firmware and software simultaneously 61 Server virtualization detection and support...62