A customer wants to streamline firmware and driver management of their HPE Synergy nodes running VMware hypervisor. They want to implement HPE Smart Update Tools (SUT). Which of the following…

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Options

• AHPE Support Pack for ProLiant (SPP) is uploaded to Composer and applied to the profile
• BAll VMware updates and drivers are downloaded by HPE OneView
• CICsp coordinates firmware and driver updates
• DEach server must be booted to the SPP through iLO Console virtual media by the administrator

• A
  76% (22)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  7% (2)
• D
  14% (4)

Explanation

Option A is correct because HPE Synergy's firmware management is centrally driven through the Synergy Composer (which runs HPE OneView): the SPP is uploaded as a firmware baseline to the Composer, then referenced in server profile templates, and the SUT agent running on each node communicates with OneView to stage and activate updates automatically - no manual intervention needed.

Option B is wrong because OneView manages firmware baselines that you upload; it does not autonomously download VMware updates or drivers from the internet. Option C is wrong because ICsp (Insight Control server provisioning) is a legacy provisioning tool that predates Synergy and is not the coordination layer for SUT in a Synergy environment - OneView/Composer fills that role. Option D is wrong because booting each server to the SPP via iLO virtual media is the old, fully manual process that SUT specifically exists to replace.

Memory tip: In Synergy, everything flows through the Composer - think of it as the "brain" that holds the SPP baseline and pushes it out via profiles. If an answer mentions Composer + SPP + profiles together, it's almost certainly correct for Synergy firmware questions.

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