1. HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
Integrated lifecycle automation
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2. From the moment power and network are connected
to a ProLiant server, you’ll notice the difference. Within
3 seconds, the server starts to communicate with you
and allows comprehensive system configuration prior to
boot with guided, profile-driven, or scripted approaches.
Servers so intelligent they eliminate tedious, Once you’re ready to install your system software, you’ll notice
the next difference. With HP Intelligent Provisioning all your needed
time-consuming tasks firmware, drivers, and tools are pre-loaded and ready to deploy at your
In today’s data centers, life is harder than it should be. Too often, the command. No CDs to load. No software to find. No guesswork. This
data center workday is a steady stream of error alerts, system events, fully integrated system and OS configuration tool eliminates 45 percent
installation and update issues, and calls to support desks. In the cloud of the steps, so you can deploy servers three times faster.
era, the problems are only multiplied as administrators grapple with
exploding demand for applications, data, and digital content. HP Active Health System
To respond effectively to today’s challenges, your IT team needs Automate monitoring, diagnostics, and alerting.
intelligent servers that eliminate tedious, time-consuming tasks. That’s You can start troubleshooting your next-generation ProLiant server five
the new HP ProLiant family with the HP ProActive Insight architecture. times faster with HP Active Health technology—your 24/7 mission
This architecture, embedded inside each next-generation ProLiant control for automated monitoring, diagnostics, and alerting. This
server, gives you deep insight into your IT environment and a rich industry-first technology monitors and securely logs more than 1,600
set of capabilities that automate and simplify system provisioning, system parameters and 100 percent of configuration changes for
troubleshooting, and software updates. more accurate problem resolution.
These integrated lifecycle automation capabilities are enabled In addition, HP SmartMemory and HP SmartDrive devices log failure
by a unique set of ProLiant innovations, including HP Intelligent information to accurately document events and avoid inadvertent reuse
Provisioning, HP Active Health, and HP Smart Update. of failed components. This information enables you to start problem
analysis five times faster and spend less time with support specialists
HP Intelligent Provisioning reproducing or describing errors.
Get your systems online three times faster. All the while, consolidated health and service alerts with precise time
HP Intelligent Provisioning takes strengths from products like HP stamping are synchronized to improve root-cause diagnosis across
SmartStart, HP Smart Update Manager, and HP ProLiant Support Packs, systems and solutions. With this advanced system telemetry, you can
enhances them with the latest ease-of-use features, and then places them more accurately troubleshoot your system and resolve problems faster
where you can use them instantly: on the system board. This integrated than with other servers. And because it’s completely agentless, Active
administrator has everything you need for painless system setup and Health doesn’t impact application performance.
deployment. The new system is completely agentless, so management
All information collected by Active Health is logged securely, isolated
doesn’t have any impact on system performance.
from the operating system, and held separately from any customer
From the moment power and network are connected to a ProLiant data. In just 3 to 4 minutes, you can securely export the Active Health
server, you’ll notice the difference. Within 3 seconds, the server starts to file to an HP Support professional to help you resolve issues faster
communicate with you and allows comprehensive system configuration and more accurately. By enabling Insight Remote Support, your HP
prior to boot with guided, profile-driven, or scripted approaches. The Service professional automatically receives this data, so you spend less
server also checks your configuration for errors, and if one occurs it tells time on the phone.
you what went wrong and how to fix it.
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3. HP Smart Update The world’s most self-sufficient servers
Systematically update servers and blade infrastructures In today’s data centers, small advances in technology won’t solve
with one-click simplicity. the big problems. To respond effectively to exploding demand for
HP Smart Update Manager helps you simplify and accelerate system applications, data, and digital content, your IT organization needs
updates—one of the most time-consuming and frustrating jobs of a intelligent technology built for the challenges of the cloud era. That’s
system administrator. This breakthrough tool systematically updates the next-generation HP ProLiant family.
server and blade infrastructures with one-click simplicity, at the scale With an unprecedented set of innovations, the new ProLiant
of your data center. It allows you to update your ProLiant servers family provides the heart and mind of a self-aware and intelligent
three times faster and, thanks to the online updates process, with 93 converged infrastructure. From core to cloud, HP is transforming the
percent less downtime. expectations and economics of the data center with the world’s most
The HP Smart Update process starts with the industry’s most self-sufficient servers.
comprehensive update package that includes firmware, drivers, and To learn more about the new ProLiant family, visit
tools—and spans across servers, infrastructure, and options. To reduce www.hp.com/go/proliantgen8.
churn, these packages are pre-tested for interdependencies and
supported for one full year with fewer, more predictable updates.
At every step, you are in control. You decide whether you want to
maintain the HP-recommended service pack baseline configurations
or customize them to your standards. You can also have multiple base-
line repositories, which allow updates to integrate with your internal
solution and patch processes.
With this intelligence and online capability, maintaining your
system software has never been so easy or so fast. The bottom line:
You spend less time on maintenance and have more confidence in
the stability of the updates.
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