It exposes more hardware status information to vCenter.
DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.217.6851 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 3:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: vSphere on HP Proliant G7 Series The servers are already here, for what a pair of HDD's cost I went with that option. Other than allowing for management from SIM and the likes, is there any benefit in installing the HP bundle? From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] Sent: 14 January 2011 20:06 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: vSphere on HP Proliant G7 Series If you're using ESXi (which you definitely should) you can purchase a supported USB key or SD Card from HP to install vSphere on. This will save you the money and potential grief of hard drives, array controllers, etc. Also make sure to install the HP NMI driver and ESXi offline bundle (both can be done via Update Manager) DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.217.6851 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 3:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: vSphere on HP Proliant G7 Series Just looking at this - http://cavarpe.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/hp-hardware-documentation/ I have 2 DL380 G7's that I'm in the process of configuring/testing that will be running vSphere 4.1. Those of you with similar, any tweaks to share? Thanks, Paul ________________________________ MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
