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Intelligent Provisioning Recovery Media

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Type: Software - CD-ROM
Version: 2.50(24 Oct 2016)
Operating System(s): CentOS 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Essential Business
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Small Business
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (x86)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (x86-64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (AMD64/EM64T)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
VMware vSphere 5.5
VMware vSphere 6.0
File name: HPIP250.2016_1015.169.iso (1.0 GB)
Installs HPE Intelligent Provisioning software on supported HPE Servers.

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2016.

To ensure the integrity of your download, HPE recommends verifying your results with this SHA-256 Checksum value:

1c40d603b912cc03f7865b4e5acff78a165ab4d8e30cb5623dee6255b56d3626 HPIP250.2016_1015.169.iso

Reboot Requirement:
Reboot may be required after installation for updates to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.

Installation:

To re-install Intelligent Provisioning, burn this ISO to a dvd and boot your Gen9 server to it.  Follow the onscreen instructions to install onto your system.  Once installed, reboot your server and press the F10 screen at server POST to boot into Intelligent Provisioning.

For Available Support Documentation:

Contents of this ZIP file:

  • DVD ISO image
  • Readme.txt

Making a physical DVD from an ISO image file
Download the files to a temporary directory.

To create a DVD from this ISO image, you must use a software utility capable of writing an ISO file to a recordable media such as DVD-R.

  • Note: Simply copying the ISO file to a DVD-R will NOT result in a usable DVD. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends you run MD5 Checksum on the Zip file and/or ISO image prior to burning the DVD. Hewlett Packard Enterprise also recommends that you turn the verify feature "ON".

DVD labeling
For reference purposes, please label your resulting DVD as follows:

  • Intelligent Provisioning recovery media 2.50

Copying the ISO Image file to the HPE USB Key Utility For Windows

The HPE USB Key Utility is a Windows application that allows you to copy the Intelligent Provisioning recovery media to a USB memory key.  You can then install Intelligent Provisioning from a USB key instead of from the DVD.  To download the HPE USB Key Utility for Windows, click here:  HPE USB Key Utility for Windows.

End User License Agreements:
HPE Software License Agreement v1

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Important:

The Intelligent Provisioning recovery media is only needed when you would like to manually install the software onto a Gen9 server.  Intelligent Provisioning is already embedded on your Gen9 server and accessible by pressing the F10 key at server POST.  To update Intelligent Provisioning, you may go to the Firmware Update feature in the Maintenance page of Intelligent Provisioning.  For product information, go to http://www.hpe.com/servers/intelligentprovisioning

For the latest release notes, see Intelligent Provisioning Release Notes.

The Intelligent Provisioning recovery media is only needed when you would like to manually install the software onto a Gen9 server.  Intelligent Provisioning is already embedded on your Gen9 server and accessible by pressing the F10 key at server POST.  To update Intelligent Provisioning, you may go to the Firmware Update feature in the Maintenance page of Intelligent Provisioning.  For product information, go to http://www.hpe.com/servers/intelligentprovisioning

For the latest release notes, see Intelligent Provisioning Release Notes.

Version:2.82 (25 Aug 2020)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HPE requires users update to this version immediately.

  1. Add fix for CVE-2020-15705 to avoid loading unsigned kernels when grub is booted directly under secure boot.
  2. Include hexane-1.0.1-1.x86_64.rpm to update UEFI DBX. Executing hexane RPM to update UEFI DBX will be performed when using Intelligent Provisioning recovery media to update Intelligent Provisioning.
     

Version:2.81 (29 Jul 2020)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HPE requires users update to this version immediately.

  1. Include GRUB2 patch to fix CVE-2020-10713 (BootHole vulnerability) and CVE-2020-7205 (insmod vulnerability).
  2. Include Hexane to update UEFI dbx variable when installing Intelligent Provisioining via ISO image.

Version:2.80 (25 Feb 2020)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Updated drivers from SPP 2019.03.1 for Gen9 systems

Version:2.71 (4 Jan 2019)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 and Microsoft Windows Server 2019.

Version:2.70(b) (28 Feb 2018)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Added support for PXE boot, which was unavailable in Intelligent Provisioning 2.70.
Enhancements

Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3.

Version:2.70 (29 Nov 2017)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3.

Version:2.61 (19 May 2017)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Added support for ClearOS.

Version:2.60 (5 May 2017)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for VMware 6.5.

Version:2.50 (24 Oct 2016)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2016.

Version:2.40(B) (20 May 2016)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Updates for the latest hardware and software from Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Fix for booting to physical DVD media in a SATA-attached or a B140i-attached optical media drive.

 

Version:2.40 (1 Apr 2016)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Updates for the latest hardware and software from Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Version:2.30 (1 Oct 2015)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Fixes and enhancements can be found in the Intelligent Provisioning Release Notes .

Version:2.20 (15 Jun 2015)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

  • Faster firmware update from FTP repositories
  • Customer modification of boot mode (UEFI/Legacy) available from set up
  • BIOS Timezone now settable
  • Media browsing speed increased 2-5x
  • Able to type in paths to media directly rather than using the mouse
Enhancements

  • Red Hat 7.1 Media is now supported

Version:2.10 (30 Mar 2015)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Added support for the following new servers:

  • HP ProLiant BL660c Gen9 Server   
  • HP ProLiant DL580 Gen9 Server
  • HP ProLiant DL560 Gen9 Server 
  • HP ProLiant ML110 Gen9 Server   
  • HP ProLiant XL230b Gen9 Server  
  • HP ProLiant XL730f Gen9 Server  
  • HP ProLiant WS460c Gen9 Graphics Server Blade 
  • HP ProLiant XL190r Gen9 Server
  • HP ProLiant XL170r Gen9 Server

Version:2.01 (9 Sep 2014)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

System updates

Release Summary:

  • Initial release to support HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.
  • Added ability to deploy HP StoreVirtual VSA (Virtual Storage Appliance) alongside your hypervisor. For more information on HP StoreVirtual VSA, visit hp.com/go/vsa1TB.
     

Type: Software - CD-ROM
Version: 2.50(24 Oct 2016)
Operating System(s):
CentOS 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Essential Business
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Small Business
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (x86)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (x86-64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (AMD64/EM64T)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
VMware vSphere 5.5
VMware vSphere 6.0

Description

Installs HPE Intelligent Provisioning software on supported HPE Servers.

Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2016.

Installation Instructions

To ensure the integrity of your download, HPE recommends verifying your results with this SHA-256 Checksum value:

1c40d603b912cc03f7865b4e5acff78a165ab4d8e30cb5623dee6255b56d3626 HPIP250.2016_1015.169.iso

Reboot Requirement:
Reboot may be required after installation for updates to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.

Installation:

To re-install Intelligent Provisioning, burn this ISO to a dvd and boot your Gen9 server to it.  Follow the onscreen instructions to install onto your system.  Once installed, reboot your server and press the F10 screen at server POST to boot into Intelligent Provisioning.

For Available Support Documentation:

Contents of this ZIP file:

  • DVD ISO image
  • Readme.txt

Making a physical DVD from an ISO image file
Download the files to a temporary directory.

To create a DVD from this ISO image, you must use a software utility capable of writing an ISO file to a recordable media such as DVD-R.

  • Note: Simply copying the ISO file to a DVD-R will NOT result in a usable DVD. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends you run MD5 Checksum on the Zip file and/or ISO image prior to burning the DVD. Hewlett Packard Enterprise also recommends that you turn the verify feature "ON".

DVD labeling
For reference purposes, please label your resulting DVD as follows:

  • Intelligent Provisioning recovery media 2.50

Copying the ISO Image file to the HPE USB Key Utility For Windows

The HPE USB Key Utility is a Windows application that allows you to copy the Intelligent Provisioning recovery media to a USB memory key.  You can then install Intelligent Provisioning from a USB key instead of from the DVD.  To download the HPE USB Key Utility for Windows, click here:  HPE USB Key Utility for Windows.

Release Notes

End User License Agreements:
HPE Software License Agreement v1

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Important:

The Intelligent Provisioning recovery media is only needed when you would like to manually install the software onto a Gen9 server.  Intelligent Provisioning is already embedded on your Gen9 server and accessible by pressing the F10 key at server POST.  To update Intelligent Provisioning, you may go to the Firmware Update feature in the Maintenance page of Intelligent Provisioning.  For product information, go to http://www.hpe.com/servers/intelligentprovisioning

For the latest release notes, see Intelligent Provisioning Release Notes.

Important

The Intelligent Provisioning recovery media is only needed when you would like to manually install the software onto a Gen9 server.  Intelligent Provisioning is already embedded on your Gen9 server and accessible by pressing the F10 key at server POST.  To update Intelligent Provisioning, you may go to the Firmware Update feature in the Maintenance page of Intelligent Provisioning.  For product information, go to http://www.hpe.com/servers/intelligentprovisioning

For the latest release notes, see Intelligent Provisioning Release Notes.

Revision History

Version:2.82 (25 Aug 2020)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HPE requires users update to this version immediately.

  1. Add fix for CVE-2020-15705 to avoid loading unsigned kernels when grub is booted directly under secure boot.
  2. Include hexane-1.0.1-1.x86_64.rpm to update UEFI DBX. Executing hexane RPM to update UEFI DBX will be performed when using Intelligent Provisioning recovery media to update Intelligent Provisioning.
     

Version:2.81 (29 Jul 2020)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HPE requires users update to this version immediately.

  1. Include GRUB2 patch to fix CVE-2020-10713 (BootHole vulnerability) and CVE-2020-7205 (insmod vulnerability).
  2. Include Hexane to update UEFI dbx variable when installing Intelligent Provisioining via ISO image.

Version:2.80 (25 Feb 2020)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Updated drivers from SPP 2019.03.1 for Gen9 systems

Version:2.71 (4 Jan 2019)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 and Microsoft Windows Server 2019.

Version:2.70(b) (28 Feb 2018)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Added support for PXE boot, which was unavailable in Intelligent Provisioning 2.70.
Enhancements

Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3.

Version:2.70 (29 Nov 2017)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3.

Version:2.61 (19 May 2017)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Added support for ClearOS.

Version:2.60 (5 May 2017)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for VMware 6.5.

Version:2.50 (24 Oct 2016)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2016.

Version:2.40(B) (20 May 2016)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Updates for the latest hardware and software from Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Fix for booting to physical DVD media in a SATA-attached or a B140i-attached optical media drive.

 

Version:2.40 (1 Apr 2016)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Updates for the latest hardware and software from Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Version:2.30 (1 Oct 2015)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Fixes and enhancements can be found in the Intelligent Provisioning Release Notes .

Version:2.20 (15 Jun 2015)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

  • Faster firmware update from FTP repositories
  • Customer modification of boot mode (UEFI/Legacy) available from set up
  • BIOS Timezone now settable
  • Media browsing speed increased 2-5x
  • Able to type in paths to media directly rather than using the mouse
Enhancements

  • Red Hat 7.1 Media is now supported

Version:2.10 (30 Mar 2015)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Added support for the following new servers:

  • HP ProLiant BL660c Gen9 Server   
  • HP ProLiant DL580 Gen9 Server
  • HP ProLiant DL560 Gen9 Server 
  • HP ProLiant ML110 Gen9 Server   
  • HP ProLiant XL230b Gen9 Server  
  • HP ProLiant XL730f Gen9 Server  
  • HP ProLiant WS460c Gen9 Graphics Server Blade 
  • HP ProLiant XL190r Gen9 Server
  • HP ProLiant XL170r Gen9 Server

Version:2.01 (9 Sep 2014)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

System updates

Release Summary:

  • Initial release to support HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.
  • Added ability to deploy HP StoreVirtual VSA (Virtual Storage Appliance) alongside your hypervisor. For more information on HP StoreVirtual VSA, visit hp.com/go/vsa1TB.
     

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