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supported products have been installed by an HPE specialist.
The HPE Installation Service provides the following benefits:
Installation by an HPE authorized technical specialist.
Verification prior to installation that all service prerequisites are met.
Delivery of the service at a mutually scheduled time convenient to your organization.
Allows your IT resources to stay focused on their core tasks and priorities.
Full coverage during the warranty period for products that require installation by an HPE authorized technical specialist.
For more information on the features, limitations, provisions, and ordering information of the HPE Installation Service, see this Hewlett
Packard Enterprise website:
https://www.hpe.com/support/installation-service
https://www.hpe.com/support/installation-service
Setting up the server
Setting up the server
Prerequisites
Prerequisites
As a best practice, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends installing the latest firmware, drivers, and system software before
using the server for the first time. You have these options:
HPE GreenLake for Compute Ops Management is an advanced software-as-a-service platform that securely streamlines
operations from edge-to-cloud and automates key life cycle tasks through a unified single browser-based interface. For more
information on using HPE GreenLake for Compute Ops Management , see https://www.hpe.com/info/com-docs
Use the Firmware Update option in Intelligent Provisioning—Intelligent Provisioning is a server deployment tool embedded in
HPE ProLiant servers. To access Intelligent Provisioning, during the server boot process, press F10
the Intelligent Provisioning user guide at https://www.hpe.com/info/intelligentprovisioning/docs
Download the HPE Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) —SPP is a comprehensive system software and firmware update solution
that is delivered as a single ISO image. This solution uses Smart Update Manager (SUM) as the deployment tool.
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The preferred method for downloading an SPP is by creating an SPP custom download at
https://www.hpe.com/servers/spp/custom.
https://www.hpe.com/servers/spp/custom
This option reduces the size of the SPP by excluding firmware and drivers for OS and server models that are not needed.
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The SPP is also available for download from the SPP download page at https://www.hpe.com/servers/spp/download
Verify that your OS or virtualization software is supported:
https://www.hpe.com/support/Servers-Certification-Matrices
https://www.hpe.com/support/Servers-Certification-Matrices
The embedded Intel Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel VROC) provides enterprise-level hybrid RAID support. Note the following
information:
Intel VROC provides RAID support for direct attached SATA and NVMe SSDs.
The VROC RAID volume must use drives of the same form factor.
Intel VROC requires the server boot mode to be set to UEFI Mode.
In the pre-OS environment, use UEFI System Utilities to enable Intel VROC and create a VROC RAID volume. This task is not
supported in Intelligent Provisioning.
Intel VROC supports RAID management though the following tools:
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Non-OS specific: UEFI System Utilities
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Windows: Intel VROC GUI, Intel VROC CLI
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Linux: mdadm CLI
For more information on Intel VROC features and configuration, see the Intel VROC for HPE Gen11 User Guide:
https://hpe.com/support/VROC-Gen11-UG.
https://hpe.com/support/VROC-Gen11-UG
https://www.hpe.com/info/intelligentprovisioning/docs.
https://www.hpe.com/info/com-docs.
F10. For more information, see
https://www.hpe.com/servers/spp/download.
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