HP ProLiant Easy Set-up CDs provide easy, step-by-step, single and multi-server server utilities for the
HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers* and streamlines single-server setup for
the HP ProLiant ML110 G5 and ML115 G5 servers. It offers a consistent user experience with SmartStart and features one CD per server model where each CD offers:
Boot Environment & GUI
Assisted Installation: Windows 2003 Server and 2008 Server drivers
Manual installation: same drivers as assisted installation plus Linux drivers (refer to each server's QuickSpecs for supported versions - specific OS support varies by server)
HP Insight Diagnostics
Offers the combined Array Configuration Utility (ACU) to configure array controllers and storage devices
and the Array Diagnostics Utility (ADU) to perform array controller hardware tests
Additionally on DL100 and SL100 G6 servers, you get SmartStart Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK) and
smart components (software only, no firmware).
*Note: The Easy Set-up CD does not support the DL165 G6.
What's new
Management
Support for next generation HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers
SmartStart "like" look and feel for a consistent deployment and update experience across ProLiant servers with improvements to user interface designed for ProLiant 100 series G6 users
Available on either CD or as an ISO image download from the hp.com Business Support Center
Integration of key server software drivers with assisted installation
Latest enhancements
Dramatically reduces setup and update time by providing deployment tools for multi-server environments that are consistent with those of ProLiant 300 series and above servers, e.g.:
SmartStart Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK) on DL100 and SL100 G6 servers
which is an automated scalable deployment utility
smart components. These are self-extracting executables consisting of drivers
and utilities.
Supported products
Supports the infrastructure products you are accustomed to on ProLiant servers with dependency and validity checks to ensure that all supported ProLiant software can be installed.
Array Configuration Utility (ACU) combined with
Array Diagnostics Utility (ADU)
HP Insight Diagnostics
Option-ROM Configuration for Arrays utility (ORCA)
Ideal environment
Ideal for...
Customers seeking simplicity and consistency
in deploying ProLiant 100 series servers
Provides simple wizard based setup of ProLiant 100 series G6 servers including both hardware configuration and assisted OS installation
Customers having difficulty configuring
hardware and array controllers on the supported ProLiant 100
series servers
Simplifies array configuration and operating system
installation
Detects hardware configuration and recommends appropriate
settings
HPC / HPTC / SCI/ Cloud Computing/ Web 2.0 customers who need to deploy many servers at a time.
Existing ProLiant tools for scaling out, multiple server deployments, and migration are now available for DL100
and SL100 G6 servers; e.g. scriptable deployment with SmartStart Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK) and
software smart components.
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