Need an HPE server update? Keep your Hewlett Packard Enterprise Server firmware, drivers and options current with the HPE Smart Update solution. 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. Contains HP Smart Update Manager v7.1.0. Hope this helps! Regards Torsten. _____ There are only 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary, and.
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Hp Smart Update Manager For Windows
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Type:
Application - System Management
Version:
7.6.0(24 Oct 2016)
Operating System(s):
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (x86-64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (AMD64/EM64T)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (x86)
Multi-part download
File name:
hpsum-7.6.0-86.rhel6.x86_64.rpm (55 MB)
File name:
hpsum-7.6.0-86.rhel7.x86_64.rpm (55 MB)
File name:
hpsum-7.6.0-86.sles11.x86_64.rpm (55 MB)
File name:
hpsum-7.6.0-86.sles11.i386.rpm (55 MB)
File name:
hpsum-7.6.0-86.sles12.x86_64.rpm (55 MB)
File name:
hpsum-7.6.0-86.rhel6.i386.rpm (55 MB)
HP Smart Update Manager is a product which updates firmware and software on HPE Synergy Compute Modules, HPE ProLiant servers, and firmware on HPE Integrity and HPE ProLiant Moonshot servers. HP SUM has a browser-based GUI; as well as a scriptable interface using legacy command line interface, inputfile, and interactive command line interface modes. For more information, please see the Enterprise Information Library, http://www.hpe.com/info/sum-docs.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.6.0:
Added support for new HPE Synergy Gen9 Compute Modules, HPE ProLiant Gen9 servers, and options
Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Baseline - Improved the custom baseline smart component filtering
Prerequisites:
For prerequisite information, please see the HP SUM Release Notes.
To ensure the integrity of your download, HPE recommends verifying your results with the following SHA-256 Checksum values:
Reboot Requirement: Reboot may be required after installation for updates to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.
Installation:
rpm -Uvh hpsum-<version>.<OS>.<arch>.rpm Preparing.. ########################################### [100%] 1:hpsum ########################################### [100%] Please read the Licence Agreement for this software at
/opt/hp/hpsum/hpsum.license
By not removing this package, you are accepting the terms of the 'HP Proliant Essentials Software End User License Agreement'.
The HPSUM RPM has installed successfully.
End User License Agreements: HPE Software License Agreement v1 BSD License gSOAP Software End User License Agreement Libcurl End User License Agreement The MIT License Agreement OpenSSL License Agreement zlib End User License Agreement Hewlett-Packard End User License Agreement
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Important:
Note: To migrate node information from HP SUM 6.x to HP SUM 7.6.0, please run hpsum_migration.bat (Windows) or hpsum_migration.sh (Linux) found in the same directory as HP SUM. See the HP SUM Release Notes for more information. Note: To migrate node information from HP SUM 5.x to HP SUM 7.6.0, please run port-targets.bat (Windows) or port-targets.sh (Linux) found in the same directory as HP SUM. See the HP SUM Release Notes for more information. For more information on HP SUM, please see the Enterprise Information Library.
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Note: To migrate node information from HP SUM 6.x to HP SUM 7.6.0, please run hpsum_migration.bat (Windows) or hpsum_migration.sh (Linux) found in the same directory as HP SUM. See the HP SUM Release Notes for more information. Note: To migrate node information from HP SUM 5.x to HP SUM 7.6.0, please run port-targets.bat (Windows) or port-targets.sh (Linux) found in the same directory as HP SUM. See the HP SUM Release Notes for more information. For more information on HP SUM, please see the Enterprise Information Library.
Version:8.4.0 (2 Apr 2019)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Please refer release notes for the issues addressed in this release
• Support for scheduling via iLO Repository. • Support for rollback and update of recovery sets. • Support for installing the necessary pre-requisites prior to inventory. • Handling dependencies for Mellanox components. • Provide detailed errors upon inventory and deploy failures. • Improved component dependency checking when doing updates via iLO Repository • Support online updates of HDDs behind Mesa Verde & NVMe controllers • Enhance the mechanism of handling reboot required flag in software RPM • Support for SLES 15 OS • Improved handling of SUM user sessions • Provide granular install status to SUM users via detailed XML • Prevent installation of post-production SPP on production servers.
Version:8.3.7 (28 Nov 2018)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Added support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers 15 and VMware vSphere 6.7 for HPE Gen10 servers
Version:8.3.5 (9 Oct 2018)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Please refer to the SUM Release Notes for information on the issues addressed in this release.
Support for Online Updates of Gen10 ESXi nodes.
Version:8.3.1 (26 Jun 2018)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Addressed increased DB size issue that is observed on adding multiple baselines.
Fixed an issue of not copying 'Saas_Required_Files.txt' file when a Custom Baseline is created using 'Save Baseline' option.
Addressed a OneView hang issue.
Addressed file tag missing issue in Custom Baseline meta xml file.
Version:8.3.0 (26 Jun 2018)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Please refer to the SUM Release Notes for information on the issues addressed in this release.
Version:8.2.0 (5 Feb 2018)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Security Enhancements:
Improved security key management for encrypting and decrypting node credentials.
Better session token management.
Enabled SUM with FIPS compliant Open SSL libraries which enables SUM to update systems where FIPS is enabled on OS.
Custom Baseline Enhancements:
Reduce the size of SPP ISO by selecting only the latest component version.
Display only the list of server model filters on Custom baseline UI that is supported by SPP.
Enable staging the applicable components to iLO Repository. Customer can now update systems in two steps.
Upload the components before the maintenance window and
Perform the actual deploy during the maintenance window.
Enable updating firmware on NVDIMM devices.
Support for updating software components on Gen 9 ESXi.
Better handling dependency between IE and ME
Version:8.1.0 (22 Dec 2017)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
iLO High Security mode support
Version:8.0.0 (12 Jul 2017)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release. Version:7.6.2 (15 Sep 2017)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
HPSUM now properly detects which one of CISS2 and CISS3 driver is installed and show up only the applicable one.
Added support for Firmware RPM debranded components
Added support for component configuration in case of debranded components
Version:7.6.0 (24 Oct 2016)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.6.0:
Added support for new HPE Synergy Gen9 Compute Modules, HPE ProLiant Gen9 servers, and options
Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Baseline - Improved the custom baseline smart component filtering
Version:7.5.1 (1 Apr 2016)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.5.1:
Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 servers and options
Added support for HP 512MB Flash Backed Write Cache for B-Series Smart Array
Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.1
Reduced the size of the HP SUM RPMs
Updated logo and copyright to Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Improved Trusted Module (TM) and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) support
Baseline - Improved the custom baseline smart component filtering
Version:7.4.0 (1 Oct 2015)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.4.0:
Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 servers and options
Node Deployment
Node Deployment user interface has been modified to have Easy and Advanced modes as well as a component dashboard. With both modes, HP SUM will still present the components that can be installed on the node. Easy mode allows you to deploy the HP SUM recommended components in a single step. Advanced mode allows you to individually select which components to deploy.
Node deployment can now scale to 50 nodes.
Baseline
Download baseline from hp.com now requires an entitlement token in order to download entitled components delivered with the HP Service Pack for ProLiant.
Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.4, VMware vSphere 6.0 U1
Version:7.3.1 (1 Oct 2015)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release. Version:7.3.0 (3 Aug 2015)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.3.0:
Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 servers and options
Added deployment support for VMware firmware components that have been converted from scexe to zip format
Added support when HP SUM is running on a supported Linux operating system to accept SSH keys as passwords
Custom Baseline - Added ability to specify an explicit version of HP SUM to be included in the baseline
Version:7.2.0 (30 Mar 2015)
Upgrade Requirement: Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.2.0:
Baseline
New interface for component configuration including the ability to import and export the component configuration data (Available in GUI, CLI, and interactive CLI modes)
Added modifications to Custom Baseline to generate baselines which can be used by HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM)
Deployment
Modified the node deployment-related screens to remove the Analysis button
Node Groups
Removed the default Node Group
Reports
Specify the location where reports are stored (Available in GUI, CLI, and interactive CLI modes)
New Hardware and Operating System Support
Support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 servers and options
Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, VMware vSphere 5.1 U3, and VMware vSphere 2015
Version:7.1.0 (9 Sep 2014)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.1.0:
Scalable Updates powered by iLO Federation
Added the ability to automatically discover the iLO Federation Groups on the management network using multicast technology as well as adding them manually
Added the ability to update online the iLO and ROM firmware on HP ProLiant servers in the iLO Federation Group via the iLO
Added the ability to update all applicable firmware on HP ProLiant servers in the iLO Federation Group via the iLO using offline firmware deployment
Deployment of VMware VIBs and Linux firmware RPMs
Deployment
Enhanced deployment experience by viewing deployment logs during the deployment process (AKA Live logs)
Enhanced hard disk drive firmware deployment for selective HDD update (limited to firmware packages that supports this)
Added warning when deploying to nodes with HP Service Guard for HP-UX or Linux
HP Integrity servers
Added warning for HP-UX low disk space availability
Added the ability to automatically install the PCIINFO Depot on older installations
Guided Update
Added ability to specify a baseline for deploying packages to the localhost
Baseline
Custom Baseline
Added dynamic filters for package selection based on the packages in the baseline
Added filter by server model
Added filter to create an HP CloudSystem Matrix custom baseline
Enhanced Add Baseline
Added ability to download a baseline from an HTTP server
Added the ability to abort downloading a baseline from hp.com or an HTTP server
Added localization support for Linux package configuration
Enhanced Delete Baseline to report which nodes are referencing the baseline to be deleted
Added Validate Baseline which verifies that all the files are present in the baseline
Interactive Command Line Interface (CLI)
Added the ability to download a baseline from hp.com or an HTTP server
New Hardware and Operating System Support
Support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 servers and options
Support for deploying firmware from Moonshot Component Pack to Moonshot systems
Support for Internet Explorer 11
Version:6.4.1.0 (b) (24 Jul 2014)
Upgrade Requirement: Critical - HP requires users update to this version immediately. Note: HP SUM 6.4.1 has been patched to address SSL/TLS MITM Vulnerability CVE-2014-0224 http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140605.txt.
The following are important fixes included in HP SUM 6.4.1:
Patched to address SSL/TLS MITM Vulnerability CVE-2014-0224 http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140605.txt
Fixed dependency processing for Linux RPMs including proper handling of the hp-nx_nic-tools dependency for the HP QLogic nx-nic drivers
Legacy CLI mode
Fixed error handling with Virtual Connect firmware deployment
Fixed the situation when HP SUM would lose the location of the components which caused no updates to occur
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release. Version:6.3.1.0 (17 Apr 2014)
Upgrade Requirement: Critical - HP requires users update to this version immediately. Note: HP SUM versions 6.3.0, 6.2.0, and 6.0.1 have been replaced with HP SUM version 6.3.1 because a potential security vulnerability CVE-2014-0160 has been found. HP SUM versions 6.3.0, 6.2.0, and 6.0.1 include an affected OpenSSL version with the vulnerability known as 'Heartbleed' that could be exploited remotely resulting in disclosure of information. For more information on this vulnerability, see the Customer Advisory.
You can turn this off by setting 'Input| Fine mode'.
On Linux, you need to set up libusb device protections. You can use this scanner on Mac OS X and Linux without installing any other software. You need to install the driver to use this scanner on Windows x86. VueScan uses in-scanner JPEG compression with this scanner to scan faster.
The following are important fixes included in HP SUM 6.3.0:
Addressed potential security vulnerability CVE-2014-0160 (also known as “Heartbleed”)
Improved Report Content
Custom Baselines are created successfully on Linux systems
Improved user experience when deploying components using HP SUM via iLO Virtual Media
Offline mode hard disk drives firmware updates are being updated immediately
HP SUM discovers and updates hard disk drives connected behind any HP H22x Host Bus Adapter on HP ProLiant SL230s Gen8
HP SUM will now update the firmware on hard disk drives that are at different firmware versions and share a common firmware component
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
The following are enhancements for HP SUM 6.3.0:
Text-based console and scripting
To get more information, issue hpsum <console_command> [/help | /h | /?]
New Node types: iLO Federation – discovers the servers in an iLO Federation Trust group – Technology preview
Node groups
Sudo/SU credential support for HP-UX
Type:
Application - System Management
Version:
7.6.0(24 Oct 2016)
Operating System(s):
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (x86)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (x86-64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (AMD64/EM64T)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
Description
HP Smart Update Manager is a product which updates firmware and software on HPE Synergy Compute Modules, HPE ProLiant servers, and firmware on HPE Integrity and HPE ProLiant Moonshot servers. HP SUM has a browser-based GUI; as well as a scriptable interface using legacy command line interface, inputfile, and interactive command line interface modes. For more information, please see the Enterprise Information Library, http://www.hpe.com/info/sum-docs.
Enhancements
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.6.0:
Added support for new HPE Synergy Gen9 Compute Modules, HPE ProLiant Gen9 servers, and options
Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Baseline - Improved the custom baseline smart component filtering
Installation Instructions
Prerequisites:
For prerequisite information, please see the HP SUM Release Notes.
To ensure the integrity of your download, HPE recommends verifying your results with the following SHA-256 Checksum values:
Reboot Requirement: Reboot may be required after installation for updates to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.
Installation:
rpm -Uvh hpsum-<version>.<OS>.<arch>.rpm Preparing.. ########################################### [100%] 1:hpsum ########################################### [100%] Please read the Licence Agreement for this software at
/opt/hp/hpsum/hpsum.license
By not removing this package, you are accepting the terms of the 'HP Proliant Essentials Software End User License Agreement'.
The HPSUM RPM has installed successfully.
Release Notes
End User License Agreements: HPE Software License Agreement v1 BSD License gSOAP Software End User License Agreement Libcurl End User License Agreement The MIT License Agreement OpenSSL License Agreement zlib End User License Agreement Hewlett-Packard End User License Agreement
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Important:
Note: To migrate node information from HP SUM 6.x to HP SUM 7.6.0, please run hpsum_migration.bat (Windows) or hpsum_migration.sh (Linux) found in the same directory as HP SUM. See the HP SUM Release Notes for more information. Note: To migrate node information from HP SUM 5.x to HP SUM 7.6.0, please run port-targets.bat (Windows) or port-targets.sh (Linux) found in the same directory as HP SUM. See the HP SUM Release Notes for more information. For more information on HP SUM, please see the Enterprise Information Library.
Fixes
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Important
Note: To migrate node information from HP SUM 6.x to HP SUM 7.6.0, please run hpsum_migration.bat (Windows) or hpsum_migration.sh (Linux) found in the same directory as HP SUM. See the HP SUM Release Notes for more information. Note: To migrate node information from HP SUM 5.x to HP SUM 7.6.0, please run port-targets.bat (Windows) or port-targets.sh (Linux) found in the same directory as HP SUM. See the HP SUM Release Notes for more information. For more information on HP SUM, please see the Enterprise Information Library.
Revision History
Version:8.4.0 (2 Apr 2019)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Please refer release notes for the issues addressed in this release
• Support for scheduling via iLO Repository. • Support for rollback and update of recovery sets. • Support for installing the necessary pre-requisites prior to inventory. • Handling dependencies for Mellanox components. • Provide detailed errors upon inventory and deploy failures. • Improved component dependency checking when doing updates via iLO Repository • Support online updates of HDDs behind Mesa Verde & NVMe controllers • Enhance the mechanism of handling reboot required flag in software RPM • Support for SLES 15 OS • Improved handling of SUM user sessions • Provide granular install status to SUM users via detailed XML • Prevent installation of post-production SPP on production servers.
Version:8.3.7 (28 Nov 2018)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Added support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers 15 and VMware vSphere 6.7 for HPE Gen10 servers
Version:8.3.5 (9 Oct 2018)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Please refer to the SUM Release Notes for information on the issues addressed in this release.
Support for Online Updates of Gen10 ESXi nodes.
Version:8.3.1 (26 Jun 2018)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Addressed increased DB size issue that is observed on adding multiple baselines.
Fixed an issue of not copying 'Saas_Required_Files.txt' file when a Custom Baseline is created using 'Save Baseline' option.
Addressed a OneView hang issue.
Addressed file tag missing issue in Custom Baseline meta xml file.
Version:8.3.0 (26 Jun 2018)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Please refer to the SUM Release Notes for information on the issues addressed in this release.
Version:8.2.0 (5 Feb 2018)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
Security Enhancements:
Improved security key management for encrypting and decrypting node credentials.
Better session token management.
Enabled SUM with FIPS compliant Open SSL libraries which enables SUM to update systems where FIPS is enabled on OS.
Custom Baseline Enhancements:
Reduce the size of SPP ISO by selecting only the latest component version.
Display only the list of server model filters on Custom baseline UI that is supported by SPP.
Enable staging the applicable components to iLO Repository. Customer can now update systems in two steps.
Upload the components before the maintenance window and
Perform the actual deploy during the maintenance window.
Enable updating firmware on NVDIMM devices.
Support for updating software components on Gen 9 ESXi.
Better handling dependency between IE and ME
Version:8.1.0 (22 Dec 2017)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
iLO High Security mode support
Version:8.0.0 (12 Jul 2017)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release. Version:7.6.2 (15 Sep 2017)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
HPSUM now properly detects which one of CISS2 and CISS3 driver is installed and show up only the applicable one.
Added support for Firmware RPM debranded components
Added support for component configuration in case of debranded components
Version:7.6.0 (24 Oct 2016)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.6.0:
Added support for new HPE Synergy Gen9 Compute Modules, HPE ProLiant Gen9 servers, and options
Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Baseline - Improved the custom baseline smart component filtering
Version:7.5.1 (1 Apr 2016)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.5.1:
Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 servers and options
Added support for HP 512MB Flash Backed Write Cache for B-Series Smart Array
Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.1
Reduced the size of the HP SUM RPMs
Updated logo and copyright to Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Improved Trusted Module (TM) and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) support
Baseline - Improved the custom baseline smart component filtering
Version:7.4.0 (1 Oct 2015)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.4.0:
Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 servers and options
Node Deployment
Node Deployment user interface has been modified to have Easy and Advanced modes as well as a component dashboard. With both modes, HP SUM will still present the components that can be installed on the node. Easy mode allows you to deploy the HP SUM recommended components in a single step. Advanced mode allows you to individually select which components to deploy.
Node deployment can now scale to 50 nodes.
Baseline
Download baseline from hp.com now requires an entitlement token in order to download entitled components delivered with the HP Service Pack for ProLiant.
Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.4, VMware vSphere 6.0 U1
Version:7.3.1 (1 Oct 2015)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release. Version:7.3.0 (3 Aug 2015)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.3.0:
Added support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 servers and options
Added deployment support for VMware firmware components that have been converted from scexe to zip format
Added support when HP SUM is running on a supported Linux operating system to accept SSH keys as passwords
Custom Baseline - Added ability to specify an explicit version of HP SUM to be included in the baseline
Version:7.2.0 (30 Mar 2015)
Upgrade Requirement: Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.2.0:
Baseline
New interface for component configuration including the ability to import and export the component configuration data (Available in GUI, CLI, and interactive CLI modes)
Added modifications to Custom Baseline to generate baselines which can be used by HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM)
Deployment
Modified the node deployment-related screens to remove the Analysis button
Node Groups
Removed the default Node Group
Reports
Specify the location where reports are stored (Available in GUI, CLI, and interactive CLI modes)
New Hardware and Operating System Support
Support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 servers and options
Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, VMware vSphere 5.1 U3, and VMware vSphere 2015
Version:7.1.0 (9 Sep 2014)
Upgrade Requirement: Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
Enhancements for HP SUM 7.1.0:
Scalable Updates powered by iLO Federation
Added the ability to automatically discover the iLO Federation Groups on the management network using multicast technology as well as adding them manually
Added the ability to update online the iLO and ROM firmware on HP ProLiant servers in the iLO Federation Group via the iLO
Added the ability to update all applicable firmware on HP ProLiant servers in the iLO Federation Group via the iLO using offline firmware deployment
Deployment of VMware VIBs and Linux firmware RPMs
Deployment
Enhanced deployment experience by viewing deployment logs during the deployment process (AKA Live logs)
Enhanced hard disk drive firmware deployment for selective HDD update (limited to firmware packages that supports this)
Added warning when deploying to nodes with HP Service Guard for HP-UX or Linux
HP Integrity servers
Added warning for HP-UX low disk space availability
Added the ability to automatically install the PCIINFO Depot on older installations
Guided Update
Added ability to specify a baseline for deploying packages to the localhost
Baseline
Custom Baseline
Added dynamic filters for package selection based on the packages in the baseline
Added filter by server model
Added filter to create an HP CloudSystem Matrix custom baseline
Enhanced Add Baseline
Added ability to download a baseline from an HTTP server
Added the ability to abort downloading a baseline from hp.com or an HTTP server
Added localization support for Linux package configuration
Enhanced Delete Baseline to report which nodes are referencing the baseline to be deleted
Added Validate Baseline which verifies that all the files are present in the baseline
Interactive Command Line Interface (CLI)
Added the ability to download a baseline from hp.com or an HTTP server
New Hardware and Operating System Support
Support for new HP ProLiant Gen9 servers and options
Support for deploying firmware from Moonshot Component Pack to Moonshot systems
Support for Internet Explorer 11
Version:6.4.1.0 (b) (24 Jul 2014)
Upgrade Requirement: Critical - HP requires users update to this version immediately. Note: HP SUM 6.4.1 has been patched to address SSL/TLS MITM Vulnerability CVE-2014-0224 http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140605.txt.
The following are important fixes included in HP SUM 6.4.1:
Patched to address SSL/TLS MITM Vulnerability CVE-2014-0224 http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140605.txt
Fixed dependency processing for Linux RPMs including proper handling of the hp-nx_nic-tools dependency for the HP QLogic nx-nic drivers
Legacy CLI mode
Fixed error handling with Virtual Connect firmware deployment
Fixed the situation when HP SUM would lose the location of the components which caused no updates to occur
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release. Version:6.3.1.0 (17 Apr 2014)
Upgrade Requirement: Critical - HP requires users update to this version immediately. Note: HP SUM versions 6.3.0, 6.2.0, and 6.0.1 have been replaced with HP SUM version 6.3.1 because a potential security vulnerability CVE-2014-0160 has been found. HP SUM versions 6.3.0, 6.2.0, and 6.0.1 include an affected OpenSSL version with the vulnerability known as 'Heartbleed' that could be exploited remotely resulting in disclosure of information. For more information on this vulnerability, see the Customer Advisory.
The following are important fixes included in HP SUM 6.3.0:
Addressed potential security vulnerability CVE-2014-0160 (also known as “Heartbleed”)
Improved Report Content
Custom Baselines are created successfully on Linux systems
Improved user experience when deploying components using HP SUM via iLO Virtual Media
Offline mode hard disk drives firmware updates are being updated immediately
HP SUM discovers and updates hard disk drives connected behind any HP H22x Host Bus Adapter on HP ProLiant SL230s Gen8
HP SUM will now update the firmware on hard disk drives that are at different firmware versions and share a common firmware component
See the HP SUM Release Notes for information about the issues resolved in this release.
The following are enhancements for HP SUM 6.3.0:
Text-based console and scripting
To get more information, issue hpsum <console_command> [/help | /h | /?]
New Node types: iLO Federation – discovers the servers in an iLO Federation Trust group – Technology preview
Node groups
Sudo/SU credential support for HP-UX
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