HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.40 Release Notes

Version:
1.40
Description
Embedded in all HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, Intelligent Provisioning is one of the management features
of the HP iLO Management Engine. 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 at the Intelligent Provisioning Information
Library (http://www.hp.com/go/intelligentprovisioning/docs).
Update recommendation
Optional
Supersedes
1.30
Product models
Intelligent Provisioning supports HP ProLiant Gen8 servers.
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.
The following operating systems are supported for use with Intelligent Provisioning:
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 & 2011 Essentials
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Hyper-V, and Web x64
Editions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation & 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
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Data Center Edition x64 on select platforms
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
• Microsoft Windows Web Server 2008 Standard and Premium
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for x86
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
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