Smart Update Tools features

Smart Update Tools (SUT) is an operating system utility used with iLO 4 (Gen9 servers) and iLO 5 (Gen10 and later servers). SUT enables an administrator to perform online firmware and driver updates. SUT polls HPE OneView every five minutes for new requests, processes those requests, and provides HPE OneView with a status. HPE OneView posts the progress in the Firmware section of the Server Profile page. SUT installs updates in the correct order and ensures that all dependencies are met before starting an update. If there are unmet dependencies, SUT prevents the installation and notifies the HPE OneView administrator that the installation cannot continue due to a dependency.

For more information, see the HPE OneView Support Matrix for HPE Synergy.

Key features:

  • Combined driver, software, and firmware updates

  • Compliance reporting in the HPE OneView dashboard based on the status received from SUT

  • An increase in the maximum uptime by minimizing the number of reboot required for activation

  • The ability to perform firmware staging and development tasks outside of the actual maintenance window so that one reboot during the maintenance window activates both firmware and driver updates

  • Multiple user roles:

    • HPE OneView Software administrator who defines the required state using the firmware options in the server profile.

    • SUT administrator who uses SUT to update the firmware and the software on the server.

  • Manual control and varying levels of automation:

    • On demand or manual updates

    • Semiautomatic when staging is automatic or staging and installation are automatic

    • Scheduled updates

    • Fully automatic update

      NOTE:

      For SUT to function correctly, use iLO 4 firmware version 2.31 or above, or iLO 5 firmware version 1.10 or above. HPE OneView manages the server firmware. HPE OneView automatically updates the iLO firmware, provided an SPP 2016.10.0 or above is available in the HPE OneView repository, and enables SUT to proceed.