User guide
Table Of Contents
- HP ProLiant BL490c G7 Server Blade User Guide
- Abstract
- Notice
- Contents
- Component identification
- Operations
- Setup
- Hardware options installation
- Introduction
- Hard drive option
- Memory options
- Processor option
- Mezzanine card option
- HP Trusted Platform Module option
- Cabling
- Software and configuration utilities
- Troubleshooting
- Battery replacement
- Regulatory compliance notices
- Regulatory compliance identification numbers
- Federal Communications Commission notice
- Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only
- Modifications
- Cables
- Canadian notice (Avis Canadien)
- European Union regulatory notice
- Disposal of waste equipment by users in private households in the European Union
- Japanese notice
- BSMI notice
- Korean notice
- Chinese notice
- Laser compliance
- Battery replacement notice
- Taiwan battery recycling notice
- Acoustics statement for Germany (Geräuschemission)
- Electrostatic discharge
- Specifications
- Technical support
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Index
Software and configuration utilities 58
Keeping the system current
Drivers
IMPORTANT: Always perform a backup before installing or updating device drivers.
The server blade includes new hardware that may not have driver support on all OS installation media.
If you are installing a SmartStart-supported OS, use the SmartStart software (on page 49) and its Assisted
Path feature to install the OS and latest driver support.
If you are installing drivers from the SmartStart CD, be sure that you are using the latest SmartStart version
that your server blade supports. To verify that your server blade is using the latest supported version, see the
HP website (http://www.hp.com/support). For more information, see the documentation provided with the
SmartStart CD.
If you do not use the SmartStart CD to install an OS, drivers for some of the new hardware are required.
These drivers, as well as other option drivers, ROM images, and value-add software can be downloaded
from the HP website (http://www.hp.com/support).
To directly locate the OS drivers for a particular server blade, enter the following web address into the
browser:
http://www.hp.com/support/<servername>
In place of <servername>, enter the server name.
For example:
http://www.hp.com/support/dl360g6 (http://www.hp.com/support/dl360g6)
ProLiant Support Packs
PSPs represent operating system-specific bundles of ProLiant optimized drivers, utilities, and management
agents. Refer to the PSP website (http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/psp.html).
Operating System Version Support
For information about specific versions of a supported operating system, refer to the operating system
support matrix (http://www.hp.com/go/supportos).
Firmware
The Smart Update Firmware DVD is an organized firmware collection for ProLiant servers and options
powered by HP Smart Update Manager (on page 59). The Smart Update Firmware DVD combines the
following resources on a single DVD:
• Firmware Maintenance CD
• HP BladeSystem Firmware Deployment Tool (FDT)
• The HP BladeSystem online firmware bundles
• The ProLiant BladeSystem Release Sets