HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.60 Release Notes (Ed. 2)

Version:
1.60
Description
Embedded in all HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, Intelligent Provisioning is a single-server deployment tool
that installs the operating system, supplying most of drivers required for that operating system in a
wizard-style format.
Intelligent Provisioning replaces and improves upon the SmartStart CDs and Smart Update Firmware
DVD that were used with previous generation HP ProLiant servers.
These release notes provide information about this release of Intelligent Provisioning, including support
information, enhancements, and known issues and their potential workarounds.
User documentation for Intelligent Provisioning is available on the Intelligent Provisioning Information
Library page (http://www.hp.com/go/intelligentprovisioning/docs).
Update recommendation
Optional
NOTE: For Microsoft Windows Server 2012 installations, you must run Intelligent Provisioning version
1.30 or later.
For Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 installations, you must run Intelligent Provisioning version
1.60 or later.
Supersedes
1.50
Product models
Intelligent Provisioning supports HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. For more information, see the “Server
support” (page 4) section.
IMPORTANT: HP ProLiant SL and SE servers do not support operating system installations with
Intelligent Provisioning, but do support the maintenance features described in the Performing
Maintenance section of the HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide and online help.
Operating systems and devices
NOTE: Intelligent Provisioning does not support all server-supported operating systems, including
32-bit Windows operating systems. If you need to install a 32-bit operating system, you can download
the drivers from the HP Drivers and Downloads page (http://www.hp.com/go/support) and search
by the server model.
The following operating systems are supported for use with Intelligent Provisioning:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Hyper-V, and Web x64
Editions (with SP1)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation R2 - supported on Single Socket Servers (with SP1)
• Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Server Core
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for x86
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
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