HP ProLiant Gen8 Server with HP iLO Management Engine Setup Guide
Figure 3 Intelligent Provisioning EULA
3. Set preferences
Set the rest of the preferences according to network requirements:
• Initial Network Settings — Select the active NIC (marked with a green status icon) from
the list. Next, choose an IP addressing scheme:
◦ DHCP Auto-Configuration — HP recommends that you select DHCP to have IP
addresses assigned automatically to your server.
◦ IPv4 Static — Selecting IPv4 causes four new fields to be added, for static IPv4
address, network mask, gateway address, and DNS address.
◦ IPv6 Static — Selecting IPv6 causes two fields to be added, for the static IP address
and the Gateway address. IPv6 Static must be 128–bit only.
NOTE: If your network uses proxy servers, click Use Proxy and then enter the proxy
server address and port.
• iLO Network Settings — Select an iLO network IP addressing scheme:
◦ DHCP Auto-Configuration — HP recommends that you select DHCP to have iLO IP
addresses assigned automatically.
◦ IPv4 Static — Selecting IPv4 causes three new fields to be added, for static IPv4
address, network mask, and gateway address.
◦ Off — Selecting Off makes this server unavailable through iLO.
For more information about using iLO, see the HP iLO 4 User Guide on the HP website:
http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/docs
• System Software Update — Select how you would like to deliver System Software updates
to your server:
◦ HP Web Site — HP recommends selecting this option to download all software
updates for your server from http://www.hp.com. An “Updates Available” banner
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