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Thanks for IP not being as good as the old CD.
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Thanks for IP not being as good as the old CD.

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I don't mind it too much Andy, hasn't stuffed up an install as of yet (touch wood)!
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I don't mind it too much Andy, hasn't stuffed up an install as of yet (touch wood)!

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You're right, it's not so bad. Can be hard to keep IP up to date though.<br />
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So long as you suck every firmware update off HP's web during the first 3 years while you're entitled to them you can keep the server up for many years.
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You're right, it's not so bad. Can be hard to keep IP up to date though.

So long as you suck every firmware update off HP's web during the first 3 years while you're entitled to them you can keep the server up for many years.

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Can be hard to keep IP up to date though.
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Agreed. I haven't had that much success downloading firmware/driver updates through IP either.<br />
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So long as you suck every firmware update off HP's web during the first 3 years while you're entitled to them you can keep the server up for many years. 
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I'm really annoyed that HP introduced this. I'm going to miss all the free firmware and BIOS updates.
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> Can be hard to keep IP up to date though.

Agreed. I haven't had that much success downloading firmware/driver updates through IP either.



> So long as you suck every firmware update off HP's web during the first 3 years while you're entitled to them you can keep the server up for many years.

I'm really annoyed that HP introduced this. I'm going to miss all the free firmware and BIOS updates.

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I have just setup an HP Dl360 gen9 using HP's media less provisioning utility built into the server. I deployed Windows Server &nbsp;2012 essentials without any issues however there are no HP tools installed on the server as with previous generations using smart start cd's.<br />
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Do you have to download the tools from the web?
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I have just setup an HP Dl360 gen9 using HP's media less provisioning utility built into the server. I deployed Windows Server  2012 essentials without any issues however there are no HP tools installed on the server as with previous generations using smart start cd's.

Do you have to download the tools from the web?

HP DL360  Gen9 Intelligent Provisioning

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

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