IMPORTANT: HP Intelligent Provisioning and Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) are required for HP ProLiant Gen8 Server Deployment

which are not delivered or supported on HP ProLiant
Gen8 servers:
• SmartStart CD
• Smart Update Firmware DVD
• PSP
For more information regarding SPP, see the SPP
website (http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download).
SPP Support Policy
For details go to the HP website (http://
h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/
c03681570.pdf).
VMware ESX and ESXi installation require
a custom HP image
Installing VMware ESXi or ESX requires a custom HP
image, which includes the drivers for VMware devices
not included in the VMware base image.
The image is available on the HP website (http://
www.hp.com/go/esxidownload).
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