Software and configuration utilities 89
If you are installing an Intelligent Provisioning-supported OS, use Intelligent Provisioning (on page
80
)
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 server
supports. To verify that your server is using the latest supported version and for more information about
SPP, see the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (
http://www.hpe.com/servers/spp/download
).
To locate the drivers for a particular server, go to the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Center website
(
http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc
) and click on Drivers, Software & Firmware. Then, enter your product
name in the Find a
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
product field and click Go.
Software and firmware
Software and firmware should be updated before using the server 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 ("
Service Pack for ProLiant
" on page
82
) from the Service Pack for ProLiant
download page (
http://www.hpe.com/info/spp/docs
).
•
Download individual drivers, firmware, or other systems software components from the server
product page in the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Center website
(
http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc
).
Operating System Version Support
For information about specific versions of a supported operating system, refer to the operating system
support matrix (
http://www.hpe.com/info/ossupport
).
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 view the SPP contents or configure
VCRM to automatically update the repository with internet downloads of the latest software and
firmware from Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
•
VCA compares installed software versions on the node 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
Systems Insight Manager User Guide,
the
Version Control Agent User Guide
, and the
Version Control Repository Manager User Guide
on the
Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (
http://www.hpe.com/info/enterprise/docs
).
1.
Select
HPE Insight Management
from the available options in Products and Solutions.
2.
Select
HPE Version Control
from the available options in Insight Management.
3.
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 (
http://www.hpe.com/info/ossupport
).
