HP A180 HP Integrity Servers and HP 9000 Servers Firmware Update Options - Page 7

Table 2 HP 9000 supported firmware update methods HP Firmware Manager (FM) HP 9000 Systems HP OSIFM HP-UX Linux® Windows® OpenVMS Cellular Systems HP 9000 x Superdome sx2000 NA NA NA rp8440 x NA NA NA rp7440 x NA NA NA Non-Cellular Systems C8000 x NA NA NA rp24xx x NA NA NA rp54xx x NA NA NA rp7400 x NA NA NA rp3410 x NA NA NA rp3440 x NA NA NA rp4440 x NA NA NA Legend: • x = Available • NA = Not applicable HP OFM NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Others EFI Image MP-initiated NA x NA x NA x NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA HP Smart Update Manager (HP SUM) HP SUM is a tool that runs from a networked Windows X86 or a Linux X86 workstation or laptop. The tool is included in the HP Smart Update Firmware Bundle for the supported servers (see table above). HP SUM discovers the new firmware packages you currently have, the firmware versions currently installed on your systems, which firmware components need to be updated, and allows you to upgrade, downgrade or re-install firmware on one or multiple systems and enclosures. Since HP SUM runs from a separate networked workstation, it is independent of the operating system installed on your Integrity server. HP SUM can update the system firmware, ILO firmware , FPGA firmware, and power monitor firmware regardless of the OS running on the blade or server. Using HP SUM, you can perform firmware updates while the Integrity system is online or offline, powered on or powered off while still connected to standby or housekeeping power. Although the update might be done online, the activation of the system firmware and the FPGA firmware requires a reboot. With the new version of HP SUM, the default behavior delays firmware activation until you reboot the system at a convenient time. If you want HP SUM to activate the firmware immediately, choose Upload and Activate. The next time you reboot the system, the firmware will be activated. Before the reboot, you can use the ILO GUI or CLI to verify the firmware versions. The firmware state will appear as Pending. HP SUM has an interactive Graphical User Interface (GUI) and a non-interactive Command Line Interface (CLI). HP FM HP Firmware Manager (HP FM) offers two types of firmware installation solutions: HP OS Initiated Firmware (HP OSIFM) and HP Offline Firmware Manager (HP OFM). HP Smart Update Manager (HP SUM) 7