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 […]
Creating a single bootable ISO with HP SPP and MSB
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:
https://virtualkenneth.com/2014/08/07/bl460-detecting-sd-card-esxi-5-1-installation/
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 […]
https://virtualkenneth.com/2009/12/04/testing-scenarios-vmware-hp-c-class-infrastructure/