Software And Firmware; Operating System Version Support; Version Control; Operating Systems And Virtualization Software Support For Proliant Servers - HP APOLLO 2000 User Manual

If you are installing an Intelligent Provisioning-supported OS, use Intelligent Provisioning and its Configure
and Install feature to install the OS and latest supported drivers.
If you do not use Intelligent Provisioning to install an OS, drivers for some of the new hardware are required.
These drivers, as well as other option drivers, ROM images, and value-add software can be downloaded as
part of an SPP.
If you are installing drivers from SPP, be sure that you are using the latest SPP version that your node
supports. To verify that your node is using the latest supported version and for more information about SPP,
see the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website.
To locate the drivers for a particular server, go to the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Center website.
Under Select your HPE product, enter the product name or number and click Go.

Software and firmware

Update software and firmware before using the node for the first time, unless any installed software or
components require an older version.
For system software and firmware updates, use one of the following sources:
• Download the SPP from the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website.
• Download individual drivers, firmware, or other systems software components from the node product page
in the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Center website.

Operating System Version Support

For information about specific versions of a supported operating system, refer to the operating system
support matrix.

Version control

The VCRM and VCA are web-enabled Insight Management Agents tools that SIM uses to schedule software
update tasks to the entire enterprise.
• VCRM manages the repository for SPP. Administrators can do the following:
◦ View the SPP contents
◦ Configure VCRM to update the repository automatically with internet downloads of the latest software
and firmware from Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• VCA compares installed software versions on the server with updates available in the VCRM managed
repository. Administrators configure VCA to point to a repository managed by VCRM.
For more information about version control tools, see the following documents on the Hewlett Packard
Enterprise website:
• Systems Insight Manager User Guide
• Version Control Agent User Guide
• Version Control Repository Manager User Guide
To locate the documents, do the following:
1. Select Insight Management from the available options in Products and Solutions.
2. Select Version Control from the available options in Models / Subcategories.
3. Locate and download the latest document.

Operating systems and virtualization software support for ProLiant servers

For information about specific versions of a supported operating system, see the Hewlett Packard
Enterprise website.
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