HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.2 Administrator Guide

• You want to see the server listed by its default DNS name.
Reasons to not boot to maintenance mode when using iLO
• You want to run a Build Plan immediately and do not want to wait for the server to boot.
• You want to leave the server powered off until you are ready to install it.
• All your servers are of the same type so you do not need the full properties information.
Reasons to PXE boot
• You do not have iLO credentials for your target servers.
• You prefer PXE for all your needs.
• You do not want to use Intelligent Provisioning on your Gen8 or newer servers.
• You prefer the simplicity of a power-on discovery because your servers automatically PXE
boot.
• You have a large number of servers, making manual entry of iLO credentials impractical.
1.3 Server life cycle
The following diagram illustrates the typical life cycle for a target server managed by Insight Control
server provisioning.
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