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HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 Server Management Overview

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Overview

HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 Server Management focuses on changes to embedded products included with the firmware in the latest generation of HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers. It covers subjects such as new features and functionality, enhancements, new design features of both the HPE iLO 7 management processor and the latest versions of HPE UEFI System Utilities, Active Health Viewer, and System Update.

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Duration

1 hour

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eLearning

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  • Audience

    This course is ideal for anyone who wants to learn about the new features of HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 embedded management products.


  • Prerequisites

    Before attending this course, you should have:

    • A general understanding of computing concepts
    • An understanding of embedded management for setup, configuration, monitoring, and management of servers

    Although not a prerequisite, prior knowledge of HPE iLO, HPE Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP)/HPE Smart Update Manager (SUM), and HPE UEFI for HPE ProLiant Compute ROM would also be helpful.

  • Objectives

    After completing this course, you should be able to:

    • Compare HPE iLO 6 to HPE iLO 7 in terms of enhancements, security, and new UI design
    • Identify the functionality of previous versions of HPE iLO
    • Identify enhancements to HPE iLOrest
    • Identify new features of HPE UEFI System Utilities common to HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers
    • Identify changes to the System Update using HPE SUM with HPE iLO 7

  • Course outline

Module 1: HPE iLO 7
  • HPE Integrated Lights Out (iLO) overview
  • Development of HPE iLO 7 over HPE iLO 6
  • Gen12: Performance comparison
  • Comparison of HPE iLO 6 to HPE iLO 7
  • New features
  • Security enhancements
  • Virtual NIC replaces CHIF functionality
  • Security differentiators
  • Hardware differentiators
  • HPE iLO 7 demonstration
  • HPE iLO 7 user experience
  • Searching for a particular feature or function
  • Consolidated Security Dashboard
  • Launch of UEFI Remote Console
  • Flexible navigation
  • Standalone HTML 5 Remote Console
  • Learning check

Module 2: HPE iLOrest
  • Changes to Redfish RESTful API (HPE iLOREST)
  • HPE GreenLake Edge-to-Cloud platform and Data Services Cloud Console
  • Creating an appaccount for access

Module 3: UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface)
  • UEFI overview
  • Changes to UEFI
  • New Intel processors—comparison with previous versions
  • Efficiency Latency Control (ELC)
  • Hardware Lockstep Control (HWLS)
  • Enable or disable Intel processor cores by module
  • PCIe Multi-Segment enabled by default
  • Slot numbering redesign
  • Non-bootable drive filtering
  • HPE UEFI System Utilities model specific changes
  • Boot process observable through Redfish API

Module 4: System Update
  • Changes to Smart Update
  • Smart Update components
  • HPE SPP experience
  • FWPKG changes
  • HPE Smart Update Manager (SUM) changes
  • Accessing HPE iLO 7 with HPE SUM
  • Key takeaways

Module 5: Resources
  • Resources

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