What's New for SmartStart 8.70 Abstract This document provides information about what has changed in this release of SmartStart.
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Contents New SmartStart features ................................................................................................................ 4 ProLiant Support Pack .................................................................................................................... 5 New operating system support .................................................................................................................... 5 Microsoft® Windows® .......................................................
New SmartStart features • Added support for newly released HP ProLiant ML 110 G7 and HP ProLiant DL 120 G7 Series servers and options. • This will be the last planned release of the physical CDs. The Insight Foundation suite for ProLiant Media Kit will no longer ship with the servers after the 8.70 release. The Insight Foundation suite for ProLiant Kits will be baselined at version 8.70. Downloads will be available from the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/foundation).
ProLiant Support Pack New operating system support Added support for the following operating system: • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 • Microsoft® Windows Server® 2011 Small Business • Microsoft® Windows Server® 2011 Small Business Essentials • Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 SP1 Microsoft® Windows® SmartStart version 8.70 will be the last release that contains Microsoft® Windows® 2003 PSP.
• HP Linux Driver Kit for Emulex Based Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters for 2.6.
HP Smart Update Manager New features for Smart Update Manager New features for Smart Update Manager in this release: • Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 • Added support for downloading Linux RPMs from the HP ftp site HP Smart Update Manager 7
HP Insight Diagnostics There are no new feature updates for this release.
Hardware support For a complete list of hardware and software support, see the Server Support Guide (http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA3-2059ENA&cc=us&lc=en).
History of previous releases SmartStart 8.60 • Added support for newly released HP ProLiant ML, DL and SL 300, 500, 700, and 900 Series servers, HP ProLiant BL server blades, and HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures and options • Removed support from the SmartStart and ProLiant Support Packs version 8.
• o HP 6-Port SATA RAID Controller Driver for Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003 x32 and x64 Editions o HP ProLiant Storage System Driver for Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions o HP ProLiant Rack Infrastructure Interface Service for Windows Server 2003/2008 x32 and x64 Editions o HP ProLiant IPMI Provider for Windows Included drivers for the following new components in the Linux ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) 8.
• o Matrox G200eH Video Controller Driver for Windows operating systems o HP Storageworks x64 Brocade Storport Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Driver for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Removed drivers for the following components from the ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) 8.
• • • o HP ProLiant DL360 G4 Server o HP ProLiant ML310 G2 Server o HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Server o HP ProLiant ML310 G4 Server o HP ProLiant ML350 G4 Server Added support for the following operating systems: o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Added support in the HP ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) 8.
• o HP NC-Series Mellanox 10GbE Driver for Linux o HP NC-Series Broadcom iSCSI daemon for Linux iSCSI Driver o Tools Package for HP NC-Series QLogic Driver for Linux o HP NC-Series QLogic Driver for Linux Removed drivers from the ProLiant Support Pack (LSP) 8.40 for Linux: o HP NC-Series NetXen Driver for Linux o HP Linux Driver Kit for Emulex Based Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters for 2.6.x Kernels has been removed from the HP PSP Linux version 8.40, SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 only.
• • Support has been removed in the 8.
• SmartStart version 7.91 was the last release that contained NetWare PSP. The NetWare PSP will continue to be available on the web for download. See the HP website (http://www.hp.com). • There were no new components for ProLiant Support Pack (LSP) 8.30 for Linux. • Removed drivers for ProLiant Support Pack (LSP) 8.30 for Linux: o HP 6-Port SATA RAID Controller Driver for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 • There were no new updates for HP Smart Update Manager.
• o HP ProLiant DL360 G3 Server o HP ProLiant DL380 G2 Server o HP ProLiant DL560 Server o HP ProLiant DL580 G2 Server o HP ProLiant DL760 G2 Server o HP ProLiant ML350 G2 Server o HP ProLiant ML350 G3 Server o HP ProLiant ML370 G3 Server o HP ProLiant ML530 G2 Server o HP ProLiant ML570 G2 Server New operating system support: o Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 SP2 o SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 (x86 and AMD64/EM64T) o Replaces SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (x86 and AMD64/EM64T)
This option enables you to select the source directory for the components you want to deploy. The directory can be located on a locally accessible file system. The default location is the directory from which HP Smart Update Manager is executed. — Check ftp.hp.com This option enables you to obtain firmware and software components located on the HP ftp site. The ftp site contains the latest versions of the firmware and software components available from HP. The applicable components, denoted with an HP.
o HP ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack (http://www.hp.com/go/foundation) o SmartStart CD (http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpsupport/index.pl) o Management DVD (http://www.hp.com/go/foundation) • Support for newly released HP ProLiant ML/DL 300, 500, and 700 Series servers, HP ProLiant BL server blades, and HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures and options • Support for newly released server options • As of SmartStart version 8.
tool was available only in the Online Editions of HP Insight Diagnostics delivered through ProLiant Support Packs. • Starting with SmartStart CD version 8.10 and PSP 8.11/LSP 8.11, the Disk Array Diagnosis tool has been enhanced to support the new generation of intelligent Power Supplies offered with selected ProLiant servers.
— Trusted Platform Module Identifier for Windows Server® 2003 — Storport miniport driver for the HP ProLiant Integrated SATA Controller Driver for Windows Server® 2003 x86 Edition — HP NC-Series Broadcom 10GbE Multifunction Driver for Windows Server® 2003 o Removed drivers for ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) 8.11 for Windows®: — This is the last release of the SmartStart and Windows® 2003 PSP 8.10 to provide support for the following driver: HP ProLiant Advanced System Management Controller driver (cpqasm.
o New HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server® 2003/2008. These providers have the following features: — Emulate industry standard technologies for accessing management information in an enterprise environment. — Supply system management data through the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) framework for ProLiant server platforms and options. — Serve as an alternative to SNMP-based management agents. — Support by HP-SIM 5.2.
- HP ProLiant ML330 Generation 2 Server - HP ProLiant ML330 Generation 3 Server • NetWare Removed drivers for NetWare PSPs. SmartStart version 7.91 was the last release that contained NetWare PSP. The NetWare PSP will continue to be available on the web for download. • Linux: o New drivers for Linux PSPs: — HP NC-Series NetXen Driver for Linux — HP Linux Socket Acceleration — HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition for Linux is now supported in 64-bit environments.
Acronyms and abbreviations CIM common information model MSA Modular Smart Array PSP ProLiant Support Pack WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management Acronyms and abbreviations 24
