HP Discover Las Vegas 2013 - TB2108 HP Smart Update solution - Final

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HP Smart Update solutionConverged infrastructure for day-to-day operations

Adrian Kasbergen / June 2013

© Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.3

Agenda

HP Smart Update solution

HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP)

HP Smart Update Manager (HP SUM)

Smart Update and VMware ESXi/vSphere

Smart Update and Linux


RESOURCES TIED UP IN OPERATIONS

30%70%

New IT ProjectInitiatives

Ongoing IT Operations

IT SPRAWL LACK OF AGILITY



Unified• Firmware, drivers, agents

• Interdependency tested and encoded

Maximizes stability

Online updates• All Windows and Linux updates

• Growing number of VMware ESXi/vSphere 5 updates

• Single reboot to activate

Maximizes uptime

Full year of support• Every SPP supported for 12

months

• Includes customizations

• Includes mixed enclosures

Maximizes supportability

Takes the pain out of firmware and driver maintenance



Breakthrough maintenance tool works at data center scale

One-click simplicity for systematic online updates

Best-in-class reporting - manage to company standards

HP-validated service pack - customizable to your baseline

Converged infrastructure for day-to-day operations

93%Less downtime during online updates

3x faster Update process

69%Less operator time during updates


HP Smart Update Technology

Smart Components• Windows (self-extracting

executables)

• Linux (RPMs, self-contained exes – scexes)

• VMware (self-contained exes – scexes)

• HP-UX (self-contained exes – scexes)

• Individually versioned

• Contain one or more payloads that are installed together as a set

SPPs and Bundles• Collections of smart

components with special XML file, usually by OS or product

• All components and bundles are tested as a set

• A product the customer downloads from the web

• HP SUM is embedded in the bundle as the deployment engine

HP SUM 5• Engine for deployment used in most HP

recommended management options

• Easy to use

• Provides scriptable, offline boot and Windows/ Linux online updates, local and remote deployments

• Supports ProLiant / Integrity i2 and i4 servers and c-Class/Superdome 2 enclosures and most infrastructure

• Advanced features:

– Scheduling, reports, re-analysis, dependency checking, installation ordering

A smart solution for solid results

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“Enterprises' software update processes are frighteningly chaotic. Overrun with out-of-date versions and a hodge-podge of different release levels and configurations—it's a miserable recipe from a support and quality of service point of view. At best, it increases complexity and cost while lowering reliability and creating difficult-to-diagnose, difficult-to-fix problems. HP Smart Update Manager and Service Packs for ProLiant are very practical approaches to reducing this version sprawl problem. Consolidated, well-tested updates; delivered on a sensible cadence; installed in an automated, low-touch way—what's not to like? It's a systematic approach to reducing IT's ongoing infrastructure operations challenge.”

Jonathan Eunice, Founder, Principal Analyst Illuminata

http://www.illuminata.com/

http://www.illuminata.com/


A single deliverable with the highest Quality and best User ExperienceHP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP)

Consolidated Deliverables

Quality

ProLiant firmware, drivers, utilities for servers, options

and blade infrastructure

Support for: Windows, Red Hat & SUSE Linux,

and VMware ESX/vSphere

HP SUM 5 and related deployment tools

Solution testing

SPP Hot fixes

One-Step download

Consolidated documtation

Highlighted Customer Advisories

Service Pack for ProLiant

SPP OS Supplements

Outage & issue analysis

1 Year support

User Experience

Easy to find & use web pages

‘How to’ videos


HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) support policyClarification w.r.t. customizations and mixed enclosures

Clarified to include support for: • Multiple SPP releases within a BladeSystem

enclosure• Customizing SPP ISOs:

• Mix supported components within an SPP• Limited testing

• Use devices whose firmware and drivers are not included in an SPP release. • Examples: CPLD and fibre channel switch

firmware

• Add SPP-supported components that have not yet been tested at a SPP-solution level

• Using a supported baseline after the support period expires

Clarified policy formalizes de-facto support practices

Publication:• Enhanced HP Services training• eMail to the internal PDLs• Newsletters• External:

• http://www.hp.com/go/SmartUpdate• www.hp.com/go/spp

http://www.hp.com/go/SmartUpdate

http://www.hp.com/go/spp


Currently supported versions

HP Service Pack for ProLiant

SPP version 2012.02.0

SPP version 2012.06.0(B)




• Built with HP SUM 5.0.1

• Support for ProLiant Gen8 Snap 1 servers

• Faster update of Blade enclosures

• New user interface, CLI, & architecture

• Online FC HBA firmware updates

• KMP support for Linux storage drivers

• Inter-target dependency for blade enclosures check


• Support for ProLiant Gen8 Snap 2 servers

• New reporting formats

• Intelligent Power Distribution Unit (IPDU) firmware updates

• HPSUM as an RPM in the SDR

• Updated HP ProLiant and Integrity Firmware Management Best Practices Implementer Guide


• Support for ProLiant Gen8 Snap 3 servers & workstations

• Add support for UNC names to connect to repositories

• Support for online VMware ESXi 5 Smart Components as they become available during 2nd half of 2012


• Support for WindowsServer 2012

• Custom baseline filter tool

• Reports in CSV format (for easy import in Excel, Access, etc.)

• Linux firmware wrapped in RPMs for delivery (still using SCEXE for actual update)

• Firmware integration into the Linux SDR

• Virtual Connect firmware update enhancements

• Built with HP SUM 5.3.5• Support for ProLiant Gen8 Snap 4

servers• Support for VMware ESXi 5.0/vSphere

5.1 online firmware updating of:• ProLiant G7 & Gen8 System ROMs• iLO 3 and 4• Smart Array Controllers P2xx, P4xx,

P8xx• Select HDDs connected to these

controllers

• Linux root credential changes, offering choice between:• SSH key pair support• User account with sudo• Current root access

• Enhance reports to include:• driver and agent information• NIC, CAN, and FC HBA driver and

firmware info

• Performance enhancements


What’s available:

HP Firmware Bundles for Integrity current versions

HP Integrity Superdome 2 Servers Firmware Bundle 2012.09 (2.53.2)

HP Smart Update Firmware Bundle for HP Integrity rx2800 i2 servers 26.35 (Oct 2012)

HP IntegrityBL860c/BL870c/BL890c i2 Server Firmware Bundle 2012.10

HP IntegrityBL860c/BL870c/BL890c i4 Server Firmware Bundle 2012.12

• Windows- or Linux-hosted• Contains HP SUM 5.2.0




This bundle contains the Complex firmware updates, which includes: • System firmware (SFW)• FPGA firmware• iLO-3 MP firmware• Onboard Administrator (OA)

firmware

This bundle contains:• System firmware• FGPA firmware • iLO-3 firmware • Power Monitor firmware

This bundle contains:• System firmware• FGPA firmware • iLO-3 firmware • Power Monitor firmware• Onboard Administrator firmware• Virtual Connect (VC) firmware

This bundle contains:• System firmware• FGPA firmware • iLO-3 firmware • Power Monitor firmware• Onboard Administrator firmware• Virtual Connect (VC) firmware

Associated downloads:• IO Firmware Update Package - HP

Integrity Superdome 2 2012.02

Associated downloads:• SAS IO Firmware Update Package for

Integrity rx2800 i2 5.78• LOM Firmware Update Package for

Integrity rx2800 i2 4.3.01


Integrity BL8x0c i2 5.78• LOM Firmware Update Package for

Integrity BL8x0c i2 5.2.58


Integrity BL8x0c i4 5.82• LOM Firmware Update Package for

Integrity BL8x0c i4 4.1.450.14

Previous version: 2.51.102 (Dec 2011)

Previous version: 26.34 (Oct 2012) Previous version: 2012.09 N/A


HP SUM – the engine for deviceware deployment

AccessibilityLocal, remote, online, offline, centralized

Infrastructure scalability


Convergence, consolidation & simplification

Old process (HP and competition)

Find out about new

release

Manual

Download the SPP

Read one Release

Notes doc

Choose method of

update

Prepare environment

Update firmware

and software

Find SPP ISO on HP.com

Simplified Automated

Discover installed versions

Locate packages

& info

Read docsfor each

item

Choose method

of update

Download packages

Prepare environment

Manually identify

dep.

Update firmware

Required reboot

Update software

Required reboot

Reboot (if necessary)

New Smart Update (HP only)


Wizard-like process flow

HP Smart Update Manager 5

Evaluate

• Reconnect with all target nodes to clean up all swbits and collect logs

• Review logs and/or re-analyse

(Schedule,)Update, Reboot

• Run update now or scheduled

• Choice of reboot always, when needed, delayed, or not at all

Review

• Review delta between current and available

• Consider all dependencies

• User modifications

Discovery

• IP sweep or LDAP directory

• Automatically finds associated devices

• Determines current versions

Inventory

• Load repository

• Look for updates

• Configure components where needed


Example report format


SUMSUMSUMSUM

CMS

Up to 10,000 servers

Client PC

Up to 100

servers

Modes of operation HP SUM 5

Client PC

Single server

SUMSOAP SOAP

VCRM

SOAP

SUM

SIM

Console SUM BrowserClient

PC


Integration

HP System Insight Manager(and Insight Control)

HP SUM can be used in conjunction with Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM), replacing the Version Control Agent (VCA)

Combines the scalability and custom baselining of SIM/VCRM with the robustness and agentless operation of HP SUM

ProLiant (G5 & up) and select Integrity servers

HP Insight Control for Microsoft System Center

HP ProLiant Updates Catalog –content extracted from HP Service Pack for ProLiant, formatted for System Center

Deploys firmware AND drivers from the Microsoft System Center console

Uses HP SUM for actual online firmware and driver deployment (silent mode)

Automatic dependency checking and update ordering

ProLiant servers (G5 & up)

HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server

Support for HP Smart Components from vCenter UI

Currently only some online updates

Currently firmware only

For servers AND enclosures (OA and VC)

ProLiant servers (G5 & up)

HP SIM and Insight Control


HP Smart Update for VMware ESXi/vSphere 5.x

February 2013• Add select VMware ESXi 5.0 /

vSphere 5.x online firmware update components*:

– 28 ProLiant G7 & Gen8 System ROMs

– iLO 3 and 4

– Smart Array Controllers P2xx, P4xx, P8xx

• 16 HDDs connected to these controllers

3rd Quarter 2013• Add additional online firmware

update components:

– Fibre Channel HBAs

– Converged Network Adapters

– Several of the NICs

Future• Add online firmware update

components for remaining NICs

• Add online driver update bundles (VIBs)

Making online updates available in a phased approach

* Requires WBEM providers


HP Smart Update and Linux

The HP Way• Use SPP and HP SUM

• HP SUM runs on Windows or Linux

– Running on Win can update Linux (fw only)

– Running on Linux can update Linux (fw + software)

– Offers the interdependency checking and sequencing capability of HP SUM

The community way• Use distro drivers where

possible

• Download HP firmware, drivers (where needed/desired), agents and tools from HP SDR

• Use open-source or own tools for deployment

Hybrid• Pick and choose

Offering choice and flexibility

New in HP SUM 5.3.5Root credential choices:- SSH key pair- User account with SUDO- Current root access


HP Smart Update strengths

Scalability• Scalability with the use of SIM 7.0

(1000s of targets instead of 100s)

• Insight Control plug-ins provides the ability to update firmware from VMware vCenter and firmware and drivers from Microsoft System Center.

• Limited fault domain

Flexibility• Online deployment with delayed

reboot to activate

• Flexibility in deployment to the enclosure

• Easier deployment without the need to first change the server profiles for possibly every server in the enclosure.


HP Smart Update strengths (cont’d)

Dependency checking• Dependency issues found before

deployment and activation

• Better compatibility between server options, drivers and firmware

• Orderly deployment of firmware updates

Packaging• Firmware and Driver Integration

• Single, Versioned Deliverable for Drivers and Firmware (SPP)

• Fewer releases with better hot fix integration

• Compatibility is driven into the SPP and not in externally managed tables or documents


For more information

Attend this session

• CDA3541 – HP SUM Futures

Visit this demo

• 1439 – HP Smart Update solution

After the event

• Contact your sales rep

• Visit the website at: HP.com/go/SmartUpdate

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