1 Introduction
1.5.2 Components of a PSP
Each PSP consists of the following elements:
l A zip archive containing the drivers or software products as well as the
files required to install the PSP
l Release notes (relnotes.txt)
l A PSP description file (xml file)
PSP description file (xml file)
The description file contains the following information:
l Name of the PSP
l Details of the version and contents of the PSP
l Information on the installation priority of the PSP
l Description of all packages contained in the PSP
For each package contained in the PSP, information is provided on the
version and on hardware and software dependencies, e.g. the chassis
ID, system board ID, PCI ID, firmware or operating system version.
Based on the information contained in the description file, the update tool can
check on the managed server whether the requirements of the hardware and
software dependencies are fulfilled.
22 ServerView Update Management