Deployment scenarios

HP Smart Update Manager deploys smart firmware components on a local host or one or more remote hosts. The remote hosts must be online and running the same operating system as the system running HP Smart Update Manager. For example, when the remote hosts are running Linux, the HP Smart Update Manager must also be running on a Linux operating system. HP Smart Update Manager supports the following operating systems:

  • Windows Server® 2003
  • Windows Server® 2003 x64
  • Windows Server® 2008
  • Windows Server® 2008 x64
  • Windows Server® 2008 R2 x64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

The following table describes typical HP Smart Update Manager deployment scenarios.

Scenario

Description

Graphical deployment on a local host

Use this scenario when you:

  • Are not familiar with command line tools.
  • Are deploying components on a local, single host.
  • Do not require scripting.

Scripted deployment on a local host

Use this scenario when you:

  • Are familiar with command line tools.
  • Are deploying components on a local, single host.
  • Must perform a customized, scripted deployment.

Graphical deployment to a remote host

Use this scenario when you:

  • Are not familiar with command line tools.
  • Are deploying components on one or more remote hosts.
  • Do not require scripting.

Scripted deployment to a remote host

Use this scenario when you:

  • Are familiar with command line tools.
  • Are deploying components on one or more hosts.
  • Must perform a customized, scripted deployment to one or more host systems.

Deployment scenarios