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    installation, firmware updates, and diagnostic tasks performed on HP ProLiant Gen8 servers using optimized ProLiant server support software from the HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP). This document is intended for server administrators experienced in HP ProLiant server configuration. HP Part Number
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    , Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the
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    29 Resetting iLO...30 Intelligent Provisioning Preferences 30 Erasing system CMOS, nonvolatile RAM, and hard drives 30 3 Advanced topics 31 Creating an Intelligent Provisioning update mirror 31 Using the HP USB Key Utility...34 4 Support and other resources 37 Contacting HP...37 Related
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    and integrating optimized ProLiant server support software from the HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP). SPP is the installation package for operating system-specific bundles of HP ProLiant optimized drivers, utilities, management agents, and system firmware. ProLiant Gen8 servers are pre-loaded
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    Update upon initial setup to ensure you have the latest versions. Do not update firmware if the version you are currently running is required for compatibility. For specific definitions of supported BIOS, hardware, firmware, and software, see the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide
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    Provisioning uses this configuration to establish a network connection to a data share with the operating system contents, and to access the Internet to download the latest system software updates directly from HP. This connection is used only to prepare the server for installation; it does not
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    Static IP Address field. For more information about using iLO, see the HP iLO 4 User Guide on the HP website: http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/docs System Software Update Use this setting to specify whether to get drivers and software updates from the HP website or a local repository on your network. If you
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    after the Preferences screen. Use this screen to activate or disable Intelligent Provisioning. If you activate Intelligent Provisioning, you can access it during server POST by pressing the F10 key. If you disable Intelligent Provisioning, pressing the F10 key during POST does not launch Intelligent
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    having to configure the settings through the system RBSU. • System Software Update - Specify whether to get drivers and software updates from the HP website or a local repository on your network. You can update before the OS installation or skip updates. Selecting an installation or maintenance
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    Fiber Channel Configuration displays the Fibre Channel configuration, if applicable to your server. • iSCSI Configuration displays the iSCSI configuration, if applicable to your server. Step 2: Operating system selection This screen displays the operating systems available for installation. Some of
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    defined by HP to configure the server software and firmware, partition storage, and install the operating system with HP drivers. • Customized - Configure each option for server software and firmware updates, storage partitioning, and operating system installation with HP drivers. Choose Customized
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    IMPORTANT: You cannot install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 from iLO virtual media on an HP ProLiant Gen8 server with a B120i or B320i Smart Array controller if VID is disabled. • Network Share - Network share with operating system contents. When you click the Continue arrow,
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    Product key, if required for your operating system. Microsoft Windows Server configuration information for a Customized installation Use the Operating System Product . When installing Microsoft Smart Business Server, HP recommends entering the final system name during the installation. •
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    messages to HP Support. AMS does not need to be configured. AMS is a lightweight service that collects operating system-based management information and provides this information to iLO. AMS collects the following information: • Server inventory information on installed applications • Information
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    hard drives" (page 30) Active Health System download Use the Active Health System download screen to download Active Health System telemetry data from the server onto a USB key in the form of an Active Health System log file (hp_serial#_date.ahs). HP support uses the log file for problem resolution
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    (optional) in the form provided. The contact information will help HP customer services to provide better assistance. 7. Click Download to save the data to the USB key. To submit the file to HP Support: 1. Contact HP Support, with the log file available for email submission. 2. After getting
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    /spp/download For instructions on using the ISO, see the HP Service Pack for ProLiant User Guide on the HP website: http://www.hp.com/support/SPP_UG_en When firmware is found that applies to your system, the utility can download and apply it directly. Although HP ProLiant Gen8 servers are pre-loaded
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    cache on physical drives attached to a controller. This feature can improve performance but precautions must be taken to ensure data integrity. • Modify include SmartSSD Wear Gauge information for supported solid state drives. • SmartSSD Wear Gauge - View or generate a report ◦ View SmartSSD Wear
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    hard drives. During offline testing, the user-installed OS is not running. Therefore, software information from the system is not reported. Insight Diagnostics (Offline Edition) runs when the computer is started from one of the following methods: • Intelligent Provisioning on ProLiant servers • HP
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    screen as well, from the Hardware Settings screen during the Configure and Install task. The following Quick Configs Power Management settings might not all be available if the server does not have HP DIMMs installed: • Balanced Power and Performance - Optimum settings to maximize power savings
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    Processor Idle Power C1e State Disabled Enabled Disabled Maximum Memory Bus Frequency Auto 800MHz Auto Memory Interleaving Channel Interleaving No Interleaving Channel Interleaving PCI Express Generation 2.0 Support Auto Force PCI-E Generation 1 Auto Performing maintenance tasks 21
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    Servers Memory Bus Frequency Auto 800MHz Auto Channel Interleaving Enabled Disabled Enabled Maximum PCI Express Speed Maximum Supported PCIe Generation 1 Maximum Supported DIMM Voltage Preference Optimized for Performance Optimized for Power Optimized for Performance iLO configuration
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    and DNS are configured to connect to the iLO subsystem name instead of the IP address. • iLO Firmware Version - The version of the installed iLO firmware • iLO Firmware Date - The date of the installed iLO firmware version • iLO IP Address - The network IP address of the iLO subsystem • Server Model
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    . 4. Click Save. NOTE: You can also perform this task from the User Administration screen in the iLO GUI. For more information, see the HP iLO 4 User Guide on the HP website: http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/docs Adding a user account Use this screen to add a user account. 1. Enter the user credentials for
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    disabled, all connections to iLO are prevented. The iLO 10/100 network and communications with operating system drivers are turned off when iLO functionality is disabled. If iLO functionality is disabled (including the iLO Diagnostic Port), you must use the server Security Override Switch to enable
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    only if DHCP and DNS are configured to connect to the iLO DNS name instead of the IP address. Observe the following iLO DNS name limitations: ◦ Name service limitations - The subsystem name is option is available only if your server supports the required hardware. 26 Using Intelligent Provisioning
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    card installed in the server pushes the Lights-Out Management to eth2 and eth3. 2. Click Save. You can also view and change these settings on the Network - IP & NIC Settings screen in the iLO GUI. For more information, see the HP iLO 4 User Guide on the HP website: http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/docs
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    agents can be forwarded to SNMP alert destinations through iLO. These alerts are generated by the Insight Management Agents, which are available for each supported operating system. Insight Management Agents must be installed on the host server to receive these alerts. • Cold Start Trap Broadcast
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    SIM) to associate the management processor with the host server and provides sufficient data to enable integration with HP SIM • Disabled - Prevents iLO from responding to HP SIM requests • View XML Reply - Enables you to examine the data returned at the current settings. View the response that is
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    system CMOS, nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM), and hard drives. CAUTION: Based on your selections in this utility, the Erase Utility will erase data from the specified areas of the system. This results in the loss of data and system configuration settings. Run the HP System Erase utility to: • Reset all
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    information, see the HP Service Pack for ProLiant User Guide on the HP website: http://www.hp.com/support/SPP_UG_en The mirror requires a web server running on a server with any operating system capable of serving files over FTP or HTTP. To create an Intelligent Provisioning update mirror for an
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    replaces each URL that starts with file:// with a URL on your web server. For example, a request for file://./hp/ swpackages/CP0012345.scexe is converted to http://myserver/ spp-version1/hp/swpackages/CP0012345.scexe. b. Update spp-version1/hp_manifest/index.xml to reference config.xml if it is not
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    update the URLs in the IP configuration files to address your web server: a. Create or modify the file ipupdate-1.00/hp_manifest/config.xml and add rules to rewrite the URLs to reference your web server place it in the update-src/hp/proliant directory relative to your web server's root directory.
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    (dmidecode - string system-product-name) SMBIOS serial number (smidecode - string system-serial-number) SMBIOS uuid (dmidecode - string system-id) ROM family (dmidecode - string bios-version) For example, to configure a mirror that serves different SPPs for different types of servers, you can add
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    (provided there is adequate space available on the USB flash drive). To create a bootable USB key with multiple CD and DVD images, each image transferred to the USB key must support the multi-boot feature. 1. Follow the instructions for creating a bootable USB key. Using the HP USB Key Utility 35
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    USB Key Utility shortcut in the HP System Tools folder. 3. Complete each step presented by the the media into the optical drive or mount the ISO image, and then click Next. e. Choose the drive letter of the source, choose the drive letter of the target USB flash drive, and then click Next
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    .hp.com/go/ilo • HP Systems Insight Manager: http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim • HP Service Pack for ProLiant: http://www.hp.com/go/spp Website http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/docs http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/ SupportManual/c00729544/c00729544.pdf http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers
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    instructions. NOTE: Provides additional information. HP Insight Remote Support software HP strongly recommends that you install HP Insight Remote Support software to complete the installation or upgrade of your product and to enable enhanced delivery of your HP Warranty, HP Care Pack Service, or HP
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    HP recommends installing the latest HP Insight Remote Support Advanced software. This software provides comprehensive remote monitoring and proactive service support for nearly all HP servers, storage, network, and SAN environments, plus selected non-HP servers that have a support obligation with HP
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    documentation that meets your needs. To help us improve the documentation, send any errors, suggestions, or comments to Documentation Feedback ([email protected]). Include the document title and part number, version number, or the URL when submitting your feedback. 40 Documentation feedback
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    Array Configuration Utility AMS Agentless Management Service HP SUM HP Smart Update Manager HP iLO Integrated Lights-Out POST power-on self test PSP HP ProLiant Support Pack RBSU HP ROM-Based Setup Utility SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SPP HP Service Pack
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    , 28 contacting HP, 37 conventions document, 38 customized installation, 13 D document conventions, 38 prerequisites, 38 documentation providing feedback on, 40 DVD, 35 E Erase Utility, 30 F Firmware Update utility, 17 H help obtaining, 37 HP technical support, 37 I iLO configuring, 22 rebooting
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HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide
Abstract
This document provides configuration and maintenance information for operating system installation, firmware updates, and
diagnostic tasks performed on HP ProLiant Gen8 servers using optimized ProLiant server support software from the HP Service
Pack for ProLiant (SPP). This document is intended for server administrators experienced in HP ProLiant server configuration.
HP Part Number: 679795-002
Published: June 2012
Edition: 2