Smart Update Tools

Smart Update Tools is a software utility used with iLO 4, HPE OneView, Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP), and Smart Update Manager (SUM) to stage, install, and activate firmware and driver updates.

NOTE:

HPE OneView manages the iLO while iSUT runs on each server and deploys the updates. The same tool might not manage both applications. Create a process that notifies the administrators when updates are available.

  • Smart Update Tools: Polls iLO to check for requests from HPE OneView for updates through the management network and orchestrates staging, deploying, and activating updates. You can adjust the polling interval by issuing the appropriate command-line option provided by iSUT. Performs inventory on target servers, stages deployment, deploys updates, and then reboots the servers.

  • HPE OneView: Displays available updates for servers. Communicates with iSUT (or SUT 1.x) to initiate updates, reports the status on the Firmware section of the Server Profile page of HPE OneView. HPE OneView provides automated compliance reporting in the dashboard.

  • SPP: A comprehensive systems software and firmware update solution, which is delivered as a single ISO image.

  • SUM: A tool for firmware and driver maintenance for HPE ProLiant servers and associated options.

NOTE:

Do not manage the same nodes with SUM and HPE OneView at the same time.