Step 3: Os Information; Os Information Required For Recommended Installations - HP ProLiant Gen8 User Manual

• Deploys OSs to diskless servers and SAN storage
• Uses less power than traditional drives
• Reduces temperature, decreasing throttling and A/C costs
• Reduces vibration, particularly in environments with high G-force
• Frees drive bays for other uses
NOTE:
SD Boot does not support deployment (Deployment Settings on page 32) installation.
Requirements:
• iLO 4 1.30 or later
• Intelligent Provisioning 1.50 or later
• System ROM from the SPP 2013.09.0 or later baseline
You can find information about using an SD card with Intelligent Provisioning in Step 3: OS Information
on page 25.

Step 3: OS Information

OS information required for recommended installations

Depending on the OS you are installing, you may be prompted to enter or confirm the following
information:
Procedure
1. Select the OS family and edition.
When installing Windows 2012 Hyper-V, you must select the Windows 2012 OS family and the Hyper-
V OS. If a different OS family is selected, the installation will fail, generating the following error
message:
Unattended settings error
Also, when installing windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V, you must select Windows 2012 R2 as OS family and
the Hyper-V OS.
2. Select the OS and the keyboard language.
IMPORTANT:
The HPE SD or microSD Enterprise Mainstream Flash Media cards are the only SD cards that
currently support the SD Boot option. Windows and Linux OS families support the SD Boot
option for Recommended installations.
3. Enter the product key. (Not displayed for all OSs)
This is the Product Identification (Product ID) number. If you do not enter a product key and one is
required, the OS installation pauses indefinitely, prompting you to enter the key. The installation
resumes after you enter the product key.
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