HP ProLiant MicroServer Generation 8 Quickspecs page 5

QuickSpecs
Standard Features
HPE Insight
Management
HPE Service Pack for
ProLiant (SPP)
• HPE Active Health System: Always on, continuous monitoring for
increased stability and shorter downtimes; 100% configuration
history; Health and service alerts and easy export and upload to
Service and Support.
• HPE Intelligent Provisioning: Lets customers provision and
configure a single server without any separate media. No more
SmartStart CDs or Smart Update Firmware DVD are needed.
To start Intelligent Provisioning:
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• HPE iLO Mobile App: Enables the ability to access, deploy, and
manage your server anytime from anywhere from select
smartphones and mobile devices. For additional information please
visit: http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/mobileapp
NOTE: For more information, visit:
Management Engine technologies whitepaper
HPE Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) and HPE Smart Update Manager
(HPE SUM) version 5 provide a new, comprehensive approach to firmware
and system software maintenance. Together they provide better operating
stability and ensure maximum uptime. The SPP will be updated at a
predictable cadence, typically coinciding with new HPE server hardware
launches. By enabling all firmware to be updated online and integrating
firmware and system software updates in one operation HPE SUM and the
SPP offer faster updates of individual servers and dramatically faster
updates of entire BladeSystem enclosures. Further improving system
uptime and stability is the fact that Hewlett Packard Enterprise provides 12
months of support on each Service Pack for ProLiant.
The user experience around HPE SUM and the SPP has been improved in
several ways, starting with the web download. A single web page provides
access to a single download containing both the latest version of HPE SUM
version 5 and the latest SPP. Optional smaller subsets with only specific
types of servers or specific operating systems are offered to save on
download time. The HPE SUM application has been re-written to provide a
more straightforward, intuitive user interface that guides the user through
the steps of discovery, analyses and update, providing comprehensive
information on available updates, criticality and interdependencies. This
information is also available in reports. By providing the option of multiple
local or shared repositories which can be easily updated from hp.com, HPE
SUM provides the tools to optimize stability and consistency throughout
the company. While HPE SUM and the SPP will recommend the
combinations of firmware and system software that Hewlett Packard
Enterprise has found to be the best practice, the application gives
HPE ProLiant MicroServer Generation 8 (Gen8)
Press the F10 key during the ProLiant Gen8
server boot process (also known as power on
self-test or POST).
Please go to the Intelligent Provisioning website
at
http://www.hp.com/go/intelligentprovisionin
g for additional information and to view usage
videos.
Use the Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) at
http://www.hp.com/go/spp to get firmware and
software updates.
http://www.hp.com/go/ilo or HPE iLO
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