HPE Software Product Updates Service/HPE Software Updates Service

Support Services

HPE Software Product Updates Service/HPE Software Updates Service provides the rights to use the software updates for selected HPE-supported software products for each system, processor, processor core, or end user, as allowed by the original Hewlett Packard Enterprise or original manufacturer software license. HPE releases updates to software and reference manuals as soon as they are made available. Updates for selected HPE-supported third-party software products are included as they are made available from the original software manufacturer.


In addition, this service provides electronic access to related product and support information, enabling any member of your IT staff to locate this essential commercially available information. For third-party products, access is subject to availability of information from the original manufacturer.

  • Service benefits

    • Predictable cost to receive the latest revision of Hewlett Packard Enterprise and eligible third-party software
    • May contribute to improved system performance and reduced downtime due to software defects
    • Potentially reduces the cost of purchasing individual software updates through subscription savings
  • Service feature highlights

    • License to use software updates
    • Software product and documentation updates
    • Access to electronic software information
    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommended software and documentation updates method

    Table 1. Service features

Feature

Delivery specifications

License to use software updates

The Customer receives the license to use software updates to HPE or HPE-supported third-party software for each system, socket, processor, processor core, or end-user software license covered by this service, as allowed by the original Hewlett Packard Enterprise or original manufacturer software license terms.

The license terms shall be as described in the HPE software licensing terms corresponding to the Customer's prerequisite underlying software license, or in accordance with the current licensing terms of the third-party software manufacturer, if applicable, including any additional software licensing terms that may accompany such software updates provided under this service.

Software product and documentation

updates

As Hewlett Packard Enterprise releases updates to HPE software, the latest revisions of the software and reference manuals are made available to the Customer. For selected third-party software, HPE will provide software updates as such updates are made available from the third party, or HPE may provide instructions on how the Customer can obtain any software updates directly from the third party. A license key or access code, or instructions for obtaining a license key or access code, will also be provided to the Customer when required to download, install, or run the latest software revision.

For most HPE software and selected HPE-supported third-party software, updates will be made available through the Software Updates and Licensing portal via the HPE Support Center. The Software Updates and Licensing portal provides the Customer with electronic access to receive and proactively manage software product and documentation updates.

For other HPE-supported third-party software, the Customer may be required to download updates directly from the vendor’s website.

Access to electronic software

information

As part of this service, Hewlett Packard Enterprise provides the Customer with access to certain commercially available electronic and Web-based tools. The Customer has access to:

  • Certain capabilities made available to registered users, such as downloading selected HPE software and firmware patches, subscribing to hardware-related proactive service notifications, and participating in support forums for solving problems and sharing best practices with other registered users
  • HPE or third-party hosted knowledge databases for certain third-party products, where the Customer can search for and retrieve product information, find answers to support questions, participate in support forums, and download software patches
  • The Software Updates and Licensing portal, which provides the Customer with electronic access to receive, proactively manage, and plan for software product and documentation updates; access to the portal is through the HPE Support Center

Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommended software and documentation updates method

For HPE or HPE-supported third-party software and documentation updates, the recommended delivery method will be determined by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The primary delivery method for software updates and documentation updates will be via download from the Software Updates and Licensing portal or a third-party hosted website.

  • Service limitations

    For some products, software updates include only minor improved features. New software versions must be purchased separately.

  • Customer responsibilities

    The Customer will:

    • Retain, and provide to Hewlett Packard Enterprise upon request, all original software licenses, license agreements, license keys, and subscription service registration information, as applicable for this service
    • Use all software products in accordance with current Hewlett Packard Enterprise software licensing terms corresponding to the Customer's prerequisite underlying software license, or in accordance with the current licensing terms of the third-party software manufacturer, if applicable, including any additional software licensing terms that may accompany such software updates provided under this service
    • Take responsibility for acting upon software product updates and obsolescence notifications received from the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Center
    • Be responsible for registering to use Hewlett Packard Enterprise's electronic facility in order to obtain software product information and to download HPE software patches
  • Ordering information

    HPE Software Product Updates Service may be ordered using the HA108AC service product number.

    HPE Software Updates Service may be ordered using the HA156AC service product number.

  • For more information

    For more information on Hewlett Packard Enterprise support services, contact any of our worldwide sales offices or visit the following website: www.hpe.com/services/support

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