Available install methods, source media types, and formats supported for each OS family

Step 2: OS Selection

Step 3: OS Information

Step 4: Review

Checking installation parameters

Disabling the VID

Step 1: Hardware Settings

In the first configuration screen, enter global settings to control power use, software updates, and array configuration.

IMPORTANT: If unsupported media devices are connected at this point, an error appears. To resolve the issue, remove the unsupported media device, and make sure you have network share information available, or a disk or ISO, FTP, or USB drive installed when prompted.

  1. Select the power management System Profile to use. These profiles set a basic policy for performance versus power usage without having to configure individual settings through the UEFI System Utilities menus.

    The current (or a recommended) profile is displayed, but to change the settings, the options include:

    • No Change

    • Balanced Power and Performance

    • Minimum Power Usage

    • Maximum Performance

    The suggested default varies. If Intelligent Provisioning detects existing settings on the server that match one of these profiles, that profile is displayed in the System Profiles field. If Intelligent Provisioning detects settings that do not match one of the profiles, No Change is displayed in this field.

  2. Select whether to perform a software update before the OS is installed.

  3. Enter array configuration specifications for the server's storage subsystem.

    Options include:

    • Keep Current Setting—Uses existing settings to maintain any previously constructed arrays. Use this option when reprovisioning a server. This option is displayed only when valid logical drives are present on the server. For new server installations, this option is not displayed.

      NOTE: The secure boot feature is only supported in UEFI mode and on Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2.

    • Recommended Settings—HPE SSA polls any drives that are present and builds an appropriate array for those drives. For example, if two drives are connected to the Smart Array card, the setup defaults to RAID 1. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends selecting this option when initially provisioning a server.

      CAUTION: Selecting this choice resets all disks (and arrays, if any are present). Because no arrays or disk data are present during a first-time setup, this does not affect your server. However, if you choose this option when reprovisioning your server, you can lose your data and any disk arrays. For more information about the HPE SSA, see the HPE Smart Storage Administrator User Guide (http://www.hpe.com/support/SSA_UG_en).

    • Customize—Opens HPE SSA (after clicking the Continue right arrow) and allows you to choose array settings.

    NOTE: Some controllers other than Smart Array controllers can be configured through HPE SSA.

  4. Select the Target Controller you want to use from the drop-down menu if more than one is available.

  5. Confirm Fibre Channel and iSCSI configuration settings.

    If discovered, the Fibre Channel and iSCSI information is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

    Intelligent Provisioning supports installation to iSCSI targets and to shared storage devices. Before starting an installation, the devices need to be set up outside of Intelligent Provisioning, using options that appear during POST, or through their setup applications. In addition, the boot controller order needs to be set correctly in the UEFI System Utilities before installation.

  6. Click the Continue right arrow.