This blog post will guide you through the process of creating a single bootable ISO file which consists of the latest HP Service Pack for Proliant (SPP) ISO and an additional HP Maintenance Supplement Bundle (MSB) which is delivered in a ZIP format. Additionally you can add single “Firmware Supplemental Updates” as well. The HP Service Pack for Proliant is a complete system software and firmware solution that is delivered several times a year, mainly driven by the release of a new server. This SPP is delivered as a bootable ISO and can be used to do offline firmware upgrades. Due to the fact that the SPP is only delivered several times a year it will most likely not contain the most recent updates, that’s why HP lets you also download a Maintenance Supplement Bundle (MSB). The SPP combined with a MSB contains a fully supported set of software. Let’s look at the components needed, which can all be downloaded: • Full ISO Image of the latest HP Service Pack for Proliant (SPP) (currently this is 2014.09.0) • Maintenance Supplement Bundle (MSB) (which contains hot fixes, security releases and other updates released since the latest SPP) Now the procedure: 01. Extract both the SPP ISO and the MSB ZIP to a local destination. (instead of the MSB contents you can also separately download “Firmware Supplemental Updates” from HP and add them) 02. Run the launch_hpsum.bat (from the extracted SPP ISO) 03. Click the Baseline Library on the HP Smart Update Manager welcome screen 04. Press Add Baseline 05. Press Browse and locate the extracted Maintenance Supplement Bundle (MSB) files or the separately downloaded “Firmware Supplemental Updates” (.scexe files) Note: you need to double-click the upper arrow to switch to a higher level directory 06. Click OK and Add, the inventory will now be filled with the extra files. Click on Actions > Create custom in the upper-right corner 08. Updating HP Blade Chassis Firmware with HP Smart Update Manager. The SPP is delivered as a full ISO containing everything and six subset ISOs broken out by OS and server types. The ISOs available are. You can boot off the.ISOs to apply firmware offline and included is HP Smart Update Manager. Could some one please provide me with a link to the HP smart update Manager 7.3 ISO. I am running Vmware Esx 5.5 on my Ml 110 G7 and would like to update the. Overview: Fill in the Overview Screen and ensure that the Make Bootable ISO file is checked. Step 1 – Baseline Sources – Ensure that all baselines are Selected 10. Step 2 – Filters – Select your desired settings 11. Step 3 – Review – Click Apply Filters 12. Click Create ISO and wait until the custom baseline creation is completed. I got around this by downloading the full (not just Windows) ISO and copying the contents to a temp folder on my HDD. I then went to the baseline library and browsed for the swpackages folder (in my case C: HP_SPP hp swpackages). I started at the root of C: and drilled down to swpackages, because leaving it at its default location (already at swpackages) didn't work. After doing that and clicking 'Add', a baseline was added to my Baseline Library, and I could use it to do an inventory. I have run into another issue that I haven't worked through yet regarding analysis and deployment. I can analyse, but the deploy button never becomes clickable. If anyone has a fix for this, please let me know. This is completely crazy. I have this problem: ' Controller with Flash-Backed Write Cache from Halting During Power-On Self Test with POST Error 1783 After a Power Loss' but the solution listed is to run an *online* flash firmware update - obviously an imposssible task if the controller isn't responding. I found an offline update which could work. But its an.scexe, with no indication of how to install it. So I fell back to trying the hpsum offline utility. And have been banging my head against what has got to be one of the most unfriendly, impossible to use tools I've ever found. Whats wrong with a simple button 'Update my server' or a list of updates with 'install me' buttons. This baseline rubbish is totally incomprehensible and the tool just plain doesn't work. Nothing seems to let me add the obligitory baseline - without any indication of what its actually looking for. Didn't they consider that someone may not have a baseline to start with?
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