Larry Smith Jr.

Doing my thang with #automation #DevOps and cloudy things! Providing hopefully valuable content for others to consume easily and also learn from.

Updating HP C3000/C7000 using HPSUM

April 9, 2013 less than 1 minute read

After going through years of changes with the way that firmware is managed on HP c3000/C7000 blade chassis’ I have to say it is absolutely easy as can be now using the well seasoned HPSUM utility. Below is a screenshot of it in action.

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