HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.50 Release Notes

Version:
1.50
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.
Supersedes
1.40
Product models
Intelligent Provisioning supports HP ProLiant Gen8 servers For more information, see the “Server
support” (page 5) 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
NOTE: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 is not supported for use with Intelligent Provisioning
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Hyper-V, and Web x64
Editions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation and Foundation R2 - supported on Single Socket
Servers; check server QuickSpecs
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition Server Core
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions
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