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/
BIOS settings in a VMware ESX(i)/vSphere Environment
Over the last period I’ve noticed that a lot of customers aren’t aware of BIOS settings that can be changed as a best practice for VMware ESX(i)/vSphere environments. In this article I want to outline some of these best practices specifically based on HP Hardware, but feature-like options are available within other vendors as well. […]
Posted by Kenneth van Ditmarsch on December 6, 2010
https://virtualkenneth.com/2010/12/06/bios-settings-in-a-vmware-esxivsphere-environment/
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