24 Jul 2014
By Yendis

HP iLO 4 Firmware Issues

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Recently there has been an issue raised with HP that in rare  instances,  on a ProLiant Gen8 series server with HP Integrated Lights-Out 4 (iLO 4) Firmware Versions 1.30, 1.32, 1.40 or 1.50, intermittent Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) events may occur. After rebooting the server, the operating system loads properly and no additional impact to system operation will occur. If this issue occurs, the operating system will indicate that an NMI has happened; however, the specific indication will vary by OS: VMware ESXi operating systems will experience a Purple Screen of Death (PSOD). Linux operating systems will display a message indicating that…
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20 Jul 2014
By Yendis

HP Customised VMware ESXi Images

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The new Proliant Gen8 servers require you to use a customised image for the installation of ESXi to be a success.  The network and storage drivers are combined in the HP customised image and therefore you are unable to install ESXi with a standard download ISO from VMware. There are a number of download options available to you which is summarised below:  1 - HP Customised ESXi Image ESXiandvSphere: vSphere 5.5 U1 June 2014 - Download here vSphere 5.5 June 2014 - Download here vSphere 5.1 U2 June 2014 - Download here vSphere 5.1 U1 Sept 2013 - Download here vSphere…
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