Advisory: Certain ProLiant Gen8 and ProLiant Gen9 Servers -HP Intelligent Provisioning Does Not Support Installing VMware ESXi to an SD or MicroSD Card
Advisory: Certain ProLiant Gen8 and ProLiant Gen9 Servers -HP Intelligent Provisioning Does Not Support Installing VMware ESXi to an SD or MicroSD Card
HP Intelligent Provisioning (IP) software does not support installing a VMware operating system to any SD or MicroSD card.
The following excerpt is from the User Guide for HP Intelligent Provisioning. It mentions support for Linux and Windows using HP supplied options only, but does not mention that there is "no support" for ESXi:
"With Intelligent Provisioning, you can use an HP SD card as a target for deploying an OS. The following HP-supplied SD cards are supported as an alternative OS boot device: HP 32GB SD Enterprise Mainstream Flash Media Kit (700136-B21), HP 32GB microSD Enterprise Mainstream Flash Media Kit (700139B21)
IMPORTANT:
The HP SD or MicroSD Enterprise Mainstream Flash Media cards are the only SD cards that currently support the SD Boot option. Windows and Linux OS families support the SD Boot option for Recommended installations."
SCOPE
Any HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 server blade or HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 Server running either of the following Operating Systems:
VMware ESX Server 5.x
VMware ESXi 6.0
RESOLUTION
HP Intelligent Provisioning (IP) software does not support installing a VMware operating system to any SD or MicroSD card.
Install the VMware ESXi operating system using the following HP custom image instead:
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Hardware Platforms Affected: HPE ProLiant DL380p Gen8 Server
Operating Systems Affected: VMware ESXi Server 5.x
Software Affected: Not Applicable
Support Communication Cross Reference ID: IA04857285
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Advisory: Certain ProLiant Gen8 and ProLiant Gen9 Servers -HP Intelligent Provisioning Does Not Support Installing VMware ESXi to an SD or MicroSD Card
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