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I have been struggling since Friday to get HP Intelligent Provisioning working on a Hp Proliant ML350e Gen8. I want to install server 2012 R2 but for the life of me I cant seem to get this working.

What I've done: I have to mention I tried installing with just the windows CD but I get a BOD when it first needs to boot. I assume this has to do with the raid controller but I have tied every version of the drivers I could find and it still BOD after first boot. It has B120i Array controller)

After hours of struggle I have managed to update Intelligent Provisioning to V1.50 but no luck and the V1.61(b) upgrade just makes as if it upgrades and when I restart I am still stuck at V1.50.

Question: Can someone please point me to a working version (possibly 1.60 so I can try to upgrade from there) or a possible solutions to this headache?

Griffin
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  • Can you explain how you updated Intelligent Provisioning? – ewwhite Mar 08 '15 at 11:13
  • I downloaded the V1.6.1(b) iso from HP's site (After allot of searching) and that boots and says it successfully updates the Intelligent Provisioning but when I restart it was still stuck at V1.30. I then downloaded the V1.50 iso and tryied again. This time it updated but still would not update to V1.61(b) – Griffin Mar 08 '15 at 11:16

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  • It's not necessary to use Intelligent Provisioning in order to install an operating system on Gen8/Gen9 ProLiant servers. The HP Dynamic Smart Array driver is available separately. I'd imaging you can slipstream this into the installation.

  • Some systems ship with old firmware and outdated Intelligent Provisioning software. Download the current Intelligent Provisioning ISO from HP. You can burn this to disk or mount via ILO.

  • Your Intelligent Provisioning loads. You should probably use it to update your system's firmware before you run the OS installer.

ewwhite
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  • Tried that already. V2.01 does not support my Gen 8 server. I have also tried the array drivers and I can load the OS but when it restarts to boot for the first time I get a BOD – Griffin Mar 08 '15 at 11:33
  • @Griffin I suggested you upgrade your server's firmware. That means: BIOS, RAID controller, NIC, disks... You can use Intelligent Provisioning to do that. Try that first, then run your installation. – ewwhite Mar 08 '15 at 22:22