HP Insight Control for Linux 6.1 Support Matrix

3 Supported servers and enclosures
This chapter lists the HP ProLiant servers and HP BladeSystem enclosures that are supported
for use with Insight Control for Linux.
For a list of HP ProLiant servers that support RHEL and SLES operating systems, see the Linux
certification and support matrix - HP ProLiant servers web site:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hplinuxcert.html
To find the minimum supported Red Hat updates or Novell service packs for a particular server,
go to this web site, locate the server, and select it. An individual web page for that server will
appear with the minimum supported OS information.
IMPORTANT: Some server/operating system combinations require an updated initrd file. If
a specific server requires an initrd file, there will be a note in the entry for that server. The HP
Insight Control for Linux Release Notes contains an update to Table 7-2, Download web address
for initrd files, of the HP Insight Control for Linux User Guide.
For information on Insight Control power management server requirements and capabilities,
see the HP Insight Control Support Matrix at the following web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs
For a list of HP ProLiant servers that support VMware, see the VMware from HP for ProLiant
web site and select the tab for 4.X servers or 3.X servers as needed:
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/505363-0-0-0-121.html
NOTE: Virtual media functions can only be used on servers with iLO-based management
processors.
3.1 Management processors
The following table provides the minimum firmware version for the management processors
used for the servers supported by Insight Control for Linux:
Table 3-1 Management processor firmware versions
Minimum Firmware VersionManagement processor
3.11LO100i
1.94iLO
2.0iLO2
1.05iLO3
For information on which management processor your server features, see the QuickSpecs for
your server.
3.2 c-Class server blades
The c-Class server blades feature iLO2 and iLO3 management processors.
Table 3-2 lists the HP ProLiant c-Class server blades that are supported for use with Insight
Control for Linux.
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