Sorry, you need to pay up to download the HP Service Pack ISO image! When clicking on the ‘ Obtain Software’ link, users receive the bad news:įigure 2. Attempting to download the HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) ISO Til recently, HP customers could download the HP Service Pack ( SPP) for Proliant servers free of charge, but that’s no longer the story as HP is forcing customers to pay up in order to get access to its popular SPP package.įor those who are unaware, the HP SPP is a single ISO image that contains all the latest firmware software and drivers for HP’s Proliant servers, supporting older and newer operating systems including Virtualization platforms such as VMware and HyperV.įrom HP’s prospective, you can either search and download for free each individual driver you think is needed for your server, or you buy a support contract and get everything in one neat ISO with all the necessary additional tools to make life easy – sounds attractive right? Well, it depends which way you look at it… not everyone is happy to pay for firmware and driver updates considering they are usually provided free of charge.Ī quick search for HP Proliant firmware or drivers on any search engine will bring up HP’s Enterprise Support Center where the impression is given that we are one step away from downloading our much wanted SPP:įigure 1. As I say this is the absolute last option to use but it usually works.Downloading all necessary drivers and firmware upgrades for your HP Proliant server is very important, especially if hardware compatibility is critical for new operating system installations or virtualized environments ( VMware – HyperV). The nasty hack way which I have used once on a very nearly dead server to keep it going for a couple of months more was to just leave an installer CD in the drive, when the press any key bit times out the bootloader chains to the next avalible boot device even if the BIOS won't go there directly and so it starts. Should be able to pick up the caddies (plastic surrounds really) of ebay. What I did with SATA drives was to grab some of the caddies that allow them to fit into the hotswap SAS/SATA bays at the front and run them right through the RAID controller which is much faster and cleaner. If they are connected by some kind of third party controller or right to the SATA ports on the MB then they may not boot from there directly as this is not a primary controller (but again check the BIOS to see if the onboard SATA ports are an option. Have you checked the boot order in the BIOS making sure it queries the right RAID controller. If they are via the integrated controller then it should boot from it fine. How are the SATA drives connected, via the integrated RAID controller or a third party controller.
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