HP ProLiant Gen8 - Intelligent Provisioning Preferences; Deployment Settings

8. After all components are installed, click Exit to return to the Perform Maintenance screen.
9. Restart the OS.
Intelligent Provisioning Preferences
Use Intelligent Provisioning Preferences to change basic preferences, including the interface and
keyboard languages, network and share setting, system date and time, and software update settings. In
addition, the End User License Agreement is accessible from this screen.
When Intelligent Provisioning is run for the first time on a server, this is the first screen that is displayed
within Intelligent Provisioning. For more information about the fields in this screen, see Step 1: Setting
Intelligent Provisioning preferences on page 7.
Deployment Settings
Deployment Settings allows you to create a server configuration package that you can deploy to one or
more HPE ProLiant Gen8 servers and Gen8 server blades using a USB key, HPE iLO Scripting. Using
Deployment Settings is an alternative to using the Scripting Toolkit.
To use Deployment Settings, you must be running Intelligent Provisioning 1.20 or later with iLO 4
firmware version 1.10 or later.
NOTE:
Creating a deployment setting from the Assisted Installation option is only supported for Windows
installs.
When you open Deployment Settings, you can choose to manage an existing Deployment Settings profile
or create a new one.
• To create a new, custom Deployment Settings profile or modify an existing Deployment Settings
profile, click Manage.
• To create a new Deployment Settings profile based on one of the provided default profiles, select one
of the templates at the bottom of the page.
Creating a Deployment Settings package (overview)
To create a Deployment Settings package:
Procedure
1. Navigate through the options in the Deployment Settings windows.
2. Click Save. When prompted, enter a name and navigate to a USB key on which to save the
Deployment Settings. The name cannot include spaces.
IMPORTANT:
Deployment Settings package names cannot include spaces.
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