HP Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 HP Smart Update Manager 5.2 Release Notes - Page 4

Enhancements, Fixes, Prerequisites, Minimum requirements for Windows - for firmware update

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Enhancements • Support for updating VMware servers • New Installed Updates report Fixes The following known issues have been resolved in this version of HP SUM: • HP SUM might show HP High Performance iLO 2 Mouse X Driver for Linux as a valid component for an operating system that does not support the mouse driver • HP SUM might show the status of HP ProLiant Dynamic Smart Array RAID controller driver for Windows 2008 x64 as Not Updated Already Current after performing an installation. Prerequisites IMPORTANT: Before deploying any components to a system, be sure that a recent backup of the system is available in the event the deployment procedure fails. Enable the network ports that HP SUM uses. For more information, see "Network ports used by HP SUM" (page 8). Minimum requirements for Windows To successfully use HP SUM to deploy firmware and software to targets running a Windows operating system, the following must be available: • A supported operating system: ◦ Microsoft Windows Server 2012 ◦ Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2012 ◦ Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 & 2011 Essentials ◦ Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 (uses Windows Server 2008 R2 drivers) ◦ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Hyper-V, HPC and Web x64 Editions (Datacenter Edition is for 2-socket servers and above. Full OS and Server Core OS installations required including Hyper-V standalone.) HyperV is supported remotely only. ◦ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation & Foundation R2 - supported on single-socket servers ◦ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Hyper-V, HPC and Web x86 and x64 Editions (Datacenter Edition is for 2-socket servers and above. Full OS and Server Core OS installations required including Hyper-V standalone.) ◦ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 ◦ A local administrative system with at least 1 GB of memory NOTE: The HP SPP or HP Integrity Smart Update firmware bundle that delivered HP SUM might require more memory than HP SUM. Check the release notes for those products for information on the memory requirements. • Sufficient hard-drive space of at least twice the file size of the components to be deployed • WMI enabled on all targets 4 Enhancements

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Enhancements
Support for updating VMware servers
New Installed Updates report
Fixes
The following known issues have been resolved in this version of HP SUM:
HP SUM might show HP High Performance iLO 2 Mouse X Driver for Linux as a valid component
for an operating system that does not support the mouse driver
HP SUM might show the status of HP ProLiant Dynamic Smart Array RAID controller driver for
Windows 2008 x64 as Not Updated Already Current after performing an installation.
Prerequisites
IMPORTANT:
Before deploying any components to a system, be sure that a recent backup of the
system is available in the event the deployment procedure fails.
Enable the network ports that HP SUM uses. For more information, see
“Network ports used by HP
SUM” (page 8)
.
Minimum requirements for Windows
To successfully use HP SUM to deploy firmware and software to targets running a Windows operating
system, the following must be available:
A supported operating system:
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 & 2011 Essentials
Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 (uses Windows Server 2008 R2 drivers)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Hyper-V, HPC and
Web x64 Editions (Datacenter Edition is for 2–socket servers and above. Full OS and Server
Core OS installations required including Hyper-V standalone.) HyperV is supported remotely
only.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation & Foundation R2 - supported on single-socket
servers
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Hyper-V, HPC and Web
x86 and x64 Editions (Datacenter Edition is for 2–socket servers and above. Full OS and
Server Core OS installations required including Hyper-V standalone.)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
A local administrative system with at least 1 GB of memory
NOTE:
The HP SPP or HP Integrity Smart Update firmware bundle that delivered HP SUM
might require more memory than HP SUM. Check the release notes for those products for
information on the memory requirements.
Sufficient hard-drive space of at least twice the file size of the components to be deployed
WMI enabled on all targets
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