HP VMware vSphere 5.5 U1 Customized Image Release Notes for 17 March 2014 Abstract This document provides the latest release information for HP VMware vSphere 5.5 U1 Customized Image.
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Contents 1 2 3 4 Navigation tips..........................................................................................4 HP VMware vSphere 5.5 U1 Customized Image.............................................5 New and updated in this release..................................................................6 Important notes and recommendations..........................................................
1 Navigation tips Navigating to documentation on the HP website 4 • From the URLs in this guide, you may need to make several selections to get to your specific server documentation. • For online access to technical documentation, self-help resources, live chat assistance, community forums of IT experts, technical knowledge base, remote monitoring and diagnostic tools, go to http://www.hp.com/support (http://www.hp.com/support).
2 HP VMware vSphere 5.5 U1 Customized Image The HP vSphere 5.5 U1 Customized Image includes the following: • HP Management Tools: ◦ UEFI platform support ◦ HP CIM Providers ◦ HP NMI Driver ◦ HP iLO Driver ◦ HP CRU Driver ◦ HPONCONFG Utility ◦ HPBOOTCFG Utility ◦ HPSSACLI Utility ◦ HPTESTEVENT utility • VMware IOVP Certified Device Drivers added to HP vSphere 5.5 U1 installation images for HP device enablement.
3 New and updated in this release The new and updated features for the HP vSphere 5.
4 Important notes and recommendations The drivers and firmware recipe information for HP ProLiant servers and options can be found at the following link: http://vibsdepot.hp.com/hpq/recipes. AMS and Active Health Installation AMS and Active Health is shipped as part of the HP Custom Image, the HP ESXi Offline Bundle and the new Agentless Management Service Offline Bundle. The HP Custom Image and the HP ESXi Offline Bundle also include the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers.
and a non-embedded NIC is used in its place. The following error message is displayed in the HP SIM query provider class under root/hpq namespace: CIM_ERR_FAILED (*** Provider smx::SMXBaseServer(552840) exiting due to a SIGSEGV signal) For the Customer Advisory of this issue, see: http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/ public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04025110.
