HP ProLiant Gen8 - Configuring the Server and Installing an OS; Source Media Types and Installation Methods Supported for Each OS; Using an SD Card as a Boot Device

Configuring the server and installing an OS
To use Intelligent Provisioning to configure the hardware and install an OS on your HPE ProLiant server,
follow the onscreen prompts in the Configure and Install menu to complete the tasks in the following
topics:
• Step 1: Hardware Settings on page 18
• Step 2: OS Selection on page 19
• Step 3: OS Information on page 25
• Step 4: Review on page 27
Source media types and installation methods supported for each OS
Each Express OS Install screen provides a guided method for configuring the server, installing an OS,
and updating the system software.
IMPORTANT:
Intelligent Provisioning only supports original, licensed vendor media or Hewlett Packard Enterprise-
branded versions. Demo or developer versions of the OS, or media that has been modified to
slipstream custom software or service packs, are not supported and might not be correctly identified
by the installation process.
For more information about source media and installation methods supported by each OS, see the
Intelligent Provisioning Release Notes.
Using an SD card as a boot device
With Intelligent Provisioning, you can use an Hewlett Packard Enterprise-supplied SD card as a target for
deploying an OS. Only the following SD cards are supported as an alternative OS boot device:
VMware
• 8 GB USB Enterprise Mainstream Flash Media Drive Key Kit (737953-B21)
• 8 GB microSD Enterprise Mainstream Flash Media Kit (726116-B21)
Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• 32 GB SD Enterprise Mainstream Flash Media Kit (700136-B21)
• 32 GB microSD Enterprise Mainstream Flash Media Kit (700139–B21)
NOTE:
• SD Boot does not support deployment installations.
• Red Hat does not support installation to USB drives or SD memory cards. For information about
the support for third-party virtualization technologies, see the Red Hat Hardware Compatibility
List, available online at https://hardware.redhat.com.
These SD cards can be used as an alternative to hard drive or solid state drive storage for deploying an
OS on ProLiant Gen9 servers. Using an SD card as a target for deploying an OS provides the following
advantages:
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