Hpe Smart Update Manager Vmware
Configuring sut for vmware esxi.
Hpe smart update manager vmware. All other oses would require an offline update using the service pack for proliant and smart update manager. By using the hp extensions you will benefit the optimized drivers and cim providers for your hp hardware. Is hp smart update manager able to deliver vmware patches and updates to esxi 3 5 host. To all could anyone please advise if the following statements are true and if there is any supporting documentation.
Click the manage tab download settings under the settings tab. Use the command line to configure the following parameters after installing sut. Sum by default opens as a gui. Spp is packaged as an iso.
Click the edit button to add the download source. Select the vcenter server under navigator. Smart update manager sum is an innovative tool for keeping the firmware drivers and system software of hpe server infrastructure and associated options up to date and secure. It can also be run in interactive cli cli or linux rpm mode.
These parameters allow sut to retrieve the firmware profile details from hpe oneview and use the oath token from vcenter server to gain credentialless access to the esxi host. Is the technology portable so it can be hosted in hp systems insight manager 5 3. Online drive firmware update available for smart array controllers configured in systems running supported linux microsoft windows and vmware environments. To do so navigate to update manager from the vcenter server web client.
Hewlett packard enterprise community hpe technical marketing engineer fred gagne reviews the process of using hpe smart update manager sum to update server firmware. Although this example is pertinent to the nimble dhci solution it can be applied to any hpe proliant 300 series server. In this excellent article ivo beerens explains how you can add the hp extensions to an esxi installation using vmware update manager.