and consistency throughout the company. While HP SUM and the SPP will
recommend the combinations of firmware and system software that HP has
found to be the best practice, the application gives customers the flexibility to
set their own specific baseline.
The Service Pack for ProLiant has been rigorously tested with specific
attention for interaction between firmware, drivers and agents both within the
server as well as in interaction with the BladeSystem enclosure components
(Onboard Administrator and Virtual Connect). This testing ensures the highest
quality as well as providing the input for HP SUM to deploy updates taking into
account all interdepencies, when determining the correct updates and order of
update deployment.
The Service Pack for ProLiant (which includes HP SUM 5) can be downloaded
from
www.hp.com/go/spp/download
. More information can be found:
www.hp.com/go/spp
and
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsum
HP Insight Foundation
Insight Foundation is being baselined at version v8.70 which means the
following:
Its Media Kit (contains 2 SmartStart CDs, the Firmware DVD, and the
Management DVD) will continue to ship with all supported ProLiant G7
or earlier BTO servers until the last supported server is no longer
shipping.
The Media Kit will not be updated past version 8.70.
ProLiant G7 or earlier CTO servers are able to order the Media Kit with
the understanding that the media is not updated. Please check specific
server QuickSpecs for availability of CTO Kit.
PSP and Firmware DVD downloads will be updated through 2Q 2012 at
the HP Insight Foundation Suite for ProLiant downloads tab:
http://www.hp.com/go/foundation
Customers are urged to use the replacement product, HP Service Pack for
ProLiant, instead of Insight Foundation Suite which is found at these location:
www.hp.com/go/spp
www.hp.com/go/spp/download
HP Integrated Lights-Out
HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) simplifies server setup, health monitoring,
power and thermal control, and lights-out remote administration of ProLiant
ML, DL, and BL servers. HP iLO functions without additional software and can
be accessed from any location via a web browser. HP iLO works hand-in-hand
with HP Systems Insight Manager, Insight Control suites, and HP Matrix
Operating Environment, helping customers unleash the value of the ProLiant
platform and deliver the highest possible quality of IT service. For more
information, visit:
www.hp.com/go/iLO
HP Insight Control
HP Insight Control, a product option, delivers essential infrastructure
management that can help save time and money by making it easy to deploy,
migrate, monitor, remote control, and optimize your IT infrastructure through
a single, simple management console.
Two versions of Insight Control are available, to serve environments requiring
either a Linux-based or a Windows-based central management server: HP
QuickSpecs
HP ProLiant BL490c Generation 7 (G7) Server Blade
Standard Features
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