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CAUTION: Perform a backup before running the Erase Utility. The utility completes the
following:
• Sets the system to its original factory state
• Deletes the current hardware configuration information, including array setup and disk
partitioning
• Erases all connected hard drives completely.
Before using this utility, see the instructions in the Intelligent Provisioning User Guide.
Use the Erase Utility to erase drives and Active Health System logs, and to reset UEFI System Utilities
settings. Run the Erase Utility if you must erase the system for the following reasons:
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You want to install a new operating system on a server with an existing operating system.
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You encounter an error when completing the steps of a factory-installed operating system
installation.
To access the Erase Utility, click the Perform Maintenance icon from the Intelligent Provisioning home
screen, and then select Erase.
For more information about the Erase Utility, see the Intelligent Provisioning User Guide on the Hewlett
Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/info/intelligentprovisioning/docs).
Scripting Toolkit for Windows and Linux
The Scripting Toolkit for Windows and Linux is a server deployment product that delivers an unattended
automated installation for high-volume server deployments. The Scripting Toolkit is designed to support
ProLiant BL, ML, DL, and SL servers. The toolkit includes a modular set of utilities and important
documentation that describes how to apply these tools to build an automated server deployment process.
The Scripting Toolkit provides a flexible way to create standard server configuration scripts. These scripts
are used to automate many of the manual steps in the server configuration process. This automated
server configuration process cuts time from each deployment, making it possible to scale rapid,
high-volume server deployments.
For more information, and to download the Scripting Toolkit, see the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website
(http://www.hpe.com/servers/proliant/stk).
Service Pack for ProLiant
The SPP is a comprehensive systems software (drivers and firmware) solution delivered as a single
package with major server releases. This solution uses HP SUM as the deployment tool and is tested on
all supported ProLiant servers including ProLiant Gen8 and later servers.
SPP can be used in an online mode on a Windows or Linux hosted operating system, or in an offline mode
where the server is booted to an operating system included on the ISO file so that the server can be
updated automatically with no user interaction or updated in interactive mode.
For more information or to download SPP, see one of the following pages on the Hewlett Packard
Enterprise website:
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Service Pack for ProLiant download page (http://www.hpe.com/servers/spp/download)
•
Smart Update: Server Firmware and Driver Updates page
(http://www.hpe.com/info/SmartUpdate)
HP Smart Update Manager
HP SUM is a product used to install and update firmware, drivers, and systems software on ProLiant
servers. The HP SUM provides a GUI and a command-line scriptable interface for deployment of systems
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