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HPE Intelligent Provisioning overview

There are two versions of HPE Intelligent Provisioning, for HP ProLiant servers dependent on the generation or ‘age’ of the machine:

  • Version 2.50 supports all new HPE ProLiant Gen9 platforms.
  • Version 1.63 supports all new HPE ProLiant Gen8 platforms.

You can upgrade the version of HPE Intelligent Provisioning without affecting data, this is done by downloading the ISO and booting from the ISO, it runs the update and reboots.

It lets you:

  • Perfom an assisted OS install (and configure the array if necessary)
  • Run maintenance/diagnostics

The steps therefore for a new server build out would be:

  • Configure ILO
  • Download the latest appropriate Intelligent Provisioining ISO and run the update
  • Download and run the latest Service Pack for ProLiant (currently April 2015)
  • Run Service Pack for ProLiant and bring the server firmware up to date
  • Boot the server and run the Array configuration utility F5 – configure the array, set the boot order and reboot
  • Run F10 to boot into Intelligent Provisioning and perform OS install – select custom install to specify the server name and specifics (including drivers/management software if you want)
    • If the install fails due to language settings try leaving language US English
  • Complete OS install and configuration
  • Re-run the Service Pack for ProLiant to install any missing components
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