Powering On And Selecting Boot Options In Uefi Boot Mode; Installing The Operating System; Installing The System Software - HP ProLiant XL730f Gen9 User And Maintenance Manual

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Use a virtual power button selection through iLO.
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Press and release the Power On/Standby button.
When the server goes from the standby mode to the full power mode, the system power LED changes from
amber to solid green. The health status LED light remains solid green when the Power On/Standby Button
service is being initialized. For more information about the system power LED status, see "Front panel
identification (on page 6)."
For more information about the rack, see the rack setup and installation guide on the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/support/oa).
For more information about iLO, see "HP iLO (on page 17)."

Powering on and selecting boot options in UEFI Boot Mode

On servers operating in UEFI Boot Mode, the boot controller and boot order are set automatically.
Press the Power On/Standby button.
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During the initial boot, press the F9 key in the HP ProLiant POST screen to enter the UEFI System Utilities
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screen. By default, the System Utilities menus are in the English language.
For more information on automatic configuration, see the UEFI documentation on the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/ProLiantUEFI/docs).

Installing the operating system

To operate properly, the server must have a supported operating system installed. For the latest information
on operating system support, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/supportos).
IMPORTANT:
Provisioning, but do support the maintenance features. For more information, see the Performing
Maintenance section of the HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide and online help.
To install an operating system on the server, use one of the following methods:
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Manual installation—Insert the operating system CD into the USB-attached DVD-ROM drive (user
provided) and reboot the node. You must download the HP Service Pack for ProLiant from the SPP
download site (http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download) and create SPP media so that you can install
the drivers.
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Remote deployment installation—Use Insight Control server deployment for an automated solution to
remotely deploy an operating system.
For additional system software and firmware updates, download the HP Service Pack for ProLiant from the HP
website (http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download). Software and firmware should be updated before using
the node for the first time, unless any installed software or components require an older version.
For more information on using these installation methods, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/ilo).

Installing the system software

To access and configure Intelligent Provisioning on a single node:
Access Intelligent Provisioning by rebooting the server and pressing F10.
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HP ProLiant XL servers do not support operating system installation with Intelligent
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