User manual HP PROLIANT FIRMWARE MAINTENANCE

[. . . ] HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD User Guide Part Number 447788-004 March 2008 (Fourth Edition) © Copyright 2007, 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. [. . . ] The Edit Group dialog box appears. 2. Enter an optional user-defined description given to the group to be added. Select the hosts to be added to the group from the available hosts pane. You can add new hosts from this screen by clicking the New Host button. For more information on adding hosts, see "Managing hosts (on page 24). " Firmware Maintenance CD powered by HP Smart Update Manager 27 5. 6. Click the Enter >> button to move the selected hosts to the new group. Click OK. The new group is added to the list on the Select Installation Host(s) screen. To edit an existing group: 1. Select the desired group and click the Edit Group button on the Manage Groups screen. The Edit Group dialog box appears. 2. Edit the optional user-defined description given to the host as needed. Use the Enter >> and << Remove buttons to add or remove hosts as needed. Click OK. To delete a group, select the group on the Manage Groups screen, then click the Delete Group button. Click Yes when the confirmation screen appears. Firmware Maintenance CD powered by HP Smart Update Manager 28 Entering credentials for hosts When a single remote host is selected, the Enter Credentials for Host screen appears. To enter the credentials for the host, choose one of the following: · · Select Enter Username and Password, and enter the username and password. Select Use Current Credentials to use the currently logged-in user's credentials. If an active update process is detected on the remote host, you can select Skip host or Restart update. Skip host causes the host to be ignored for the rest of the update process, while Restart update causes any existing or in-progress installation to be terminated. Click OK to continue. Firmware Maintenance CD powered by HP Smart Update Manager 29 When you select a group or multiple hosts, the Enter Credentials for Group screen appears. The screen separates the remaining hosts that still require credentials from the completed hosts. Each pane is divided into the following columns: · · Icon Name--Specifies the name of the host. Status--Specifies the credentials status of the host. Text Entered Needs Credentials Credentials Failed Unable to access host Host Skipped Due to Existing HPSUM Session Description The credentials for the host have been entered. The credentials for the host have not been entered. The credentials entered for the host have failed. The host cannot be accessed using the credentials entered, or the host cannot be found in the network. [. . . ] When HP Smart Update Manager initiates communications to remote targets, it uses several well-known ports depending on the OS. For Windows®, it uses ports 138 and 445 to connect to remote targets (equivalent to net use functionality). For Linux, HP Smart Update Manager uses port 22 (SSH) to start the communications with the remote target. HP Smart Update Manager uses random ports above 49152 to communicate between the remote target and the workstation where HP Smart Update Manager is executing. [. . . ]