This blog post will guide you through the process of creating a single bootable ISO file which consists of the latest HP Service Pack for Proliant (SPP) ISO and an additional HP Maintenance Supplement Bundle (MSB) which is delivered in a ZIP format. Additionally you can add single “Firmware Supplemental Updates” as well. The HP […]
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Creating a single bootable ISO with HP SPP and MSB
Posted by Kenneth van Ditmarsch on December 5, 2014
https://virtualkenneth.com/2014/12/05/create-single-bootable-iso-hp-spp-msb/
BL460c Gen8: Not detecting SD-Card during ESXi 5.1 Installation
While installing new HP BL460c Gen8’s (Xeon E5-2680 v2) we discovered some strange behavior while setting the HP Power Profile setting to “Maximum Performance”. It appears that this setting causes the ESXi 5.1 Installer to not see the Internal SD-Card as storage device anymore. Default BIOS Settings give us this, which is good:
Posted by Kenneth van Ditmarsch on August 7, 2014
https://virtualkenneth.com/2014/08/07/bl460-detecting-sd-card-esxi-5-1-installation/
Understanding HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Mappings with VMware vSphere
Within this article I will try to give you a clear vision on the HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Mappings that HP uses to facilitate their blades with NIC’s and HBA’s. If you are looking for the Flex-10 mappings click here. In our example we use the HP BL460 Gen8 blade with a FlexibleLOM (LAN on […]
Posted by Kenneth van Ditmarsch on November 26, 2012
https://virtualkenneth.com/2012/11/26/understanding-hp-virtual-connect-flexfabric-mappings-with-vmware-vsphere/
Testing Scenario's VMware / HP c-Class Infrastructure
Since my blog about Understanding HP Flex-10 Mappings with VMware ESX/vSphere is quite a big hit (seeing the page views per day) I decided to also write about the testing scenario’s which should all be walked through before taking a design as this into production. In my blog I stated: Last word of advice: while implementing […]
Posted by Kenneth van Ditmarsch on December 4, 2009
https://virtualkenneth.com/2009/12/04/testing-scenarios-vmware-hp-c-class-infrastructure/
Understanding HP Flex-10 Mappings with VMware ESX/vSphere
I’ve written this blog as an add-on to Frank Denneman’s blog about Flex-10 which you can find over here. Goal of this blog is to get a clear vision about the Flex-10 port mappings that HP uses to facilitate their blades with NIC’s, with the special focus towards VMware ESX/vSphere. If you are looking for the HP FlexFabric mappings […]
Posted by Kenneth van Ditmarsch on November 4, 2009
https://virtualkenneth.com/2009/11/04/understanding-hp-flex-10-mappings-with-vmware/
HP c-Class Infrastructure come in handys
I’ve been working with HP c-Class infrastructure components (Onboard Administrator and Virtual Connect) for a few years now and collected some useful commands that helped me out several times while doing new installations or maintenance. Update all Blade iLO firmware’s from the OA CLI OA with connection to the Internet: Logon to the Onboard Administrator with […]
Posted by Kenneth van Ditmarsch on September 10, 2009
https://virtualkenneth.com/2009/09/10/hp-c-class-infrastructure-come-in-handys/
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