Support Patch Installation Methods
Update Manager offers these methods for installing support patches:

You can install support patches directly from
Empower on a single machine.

You can download support patches from
Empower into an image and then install the support patches from the image on one or more machines.

You can record a script of yourself installing support patches from
Empower or from an image, and then install the support patches from the script with no user input on one or more machines.