Using the highest industry flash technology to provide a higher level of performance and longer endurance characteristics at an enterprise level, each device undergoes rigorous testing and software validation to verify the highest level of quality and reliability while running on HPE ProLiant servers.

In vSphere 7.0, VMware made changes that impact the use of an SD Card/USB media as a standalone boot device and will be removing support for them after version 7.x.

SD Card/USB media can still be used as a standalone boot option through all 7.x releases via published Customer Advisory Usage of SD Card/USB Devices As Standalone Boot Devices Has Changed Due to System Storage Changes For VMware ESXi 7.0 (Or Later)

For any major release beyond VMware ESXi 7.x, VMware will require M.2 or another local persistent device as the standalone boot option.

HPE Tech Care Service

HPE Tech Care Service is the operational support service experience for HPE products. The service goes beyond traditional support by providing access to product specific experts, an AI-driven digital experience, and general technical guidance to not only reduce risk but constantly search for ways to do things better. HPE Tech Care Service delivers a customer-centric, AI-driven, and digitally enabled customer experience to move your business forward. HPE Tech Care Service is available in three response levels. Basic, which provides 9x5 business hour availability and a 2-hour response time. Essential which provides a 15-minute response time 24x7 for most enterprise level customers, and Critical which includes a 6-hour repair commitment where available and outage management response for severity 1 incidents.

https://www.hpe.com/services/techcare

HPE Lifecycle Services

HPE Lifecycle Services provide a variety of options to help maintain your HPE systems and solutions at all stages of the product lifecycle. A few popular examples include:

• − Lifecycle Install and Startup Services: Various levels for physical installation and power on, remote access setup, installation and startup, and enhanced installation services with the operating system.
• − HPE Firmware Update Analysis Service: Recommendations for firmware revision levels for selected HPE products, taking into account the relevant revision dependencies within your IT environment.
• − HPE Firmware Update Implementation Service: Implementation of firmware updates for selected HPE server, storage, and solution products, taking into account the relevant revision dependencies within your IT environment.
• − Implementation assistance services: Highly trained technical service specialists to assist you with a variety of activities, ranging from design, implementation, and platform deployment to consolidation, migration, project management, and onsite technical forums.
• − HPE Service Credits: Access to prepaid services for flexibility to choose from a variety of specialized service activities, including assessments, performance maintenance reviews, firmware management, professional services, and operational best practices.

Notes: To review the list of Lifecycle Services available for your product go to: https://www.hpe.com/services/lifecycle

For a list of the most frequently purchased services using service credits, see the HPE Service Credits Menu

Other Related Services from HPE Services:

HPE Education Services

Training and certification designed for IT and business professionals across all industries. Broad catalog of course offerings to expand skills and proficiencies in topics ranging from cloud and cybersecurity to AI and DevOps. Create learning paths to expand proficiency in a specific subject. Schedule training in a way that works best for your business with flexible continuous learning options.

https://www.hpe.com/services/training

Defective Media Retention

An option available with HPE Complete Care Service and HPE Tech Care Service and applies only to Disk or eligible SSD/Flash Drives replaced by HPE due to malfunction.

Consult your HPE Sales Representative or Authorized Channel Partner of choice for any additional questions and services options.

Parts and Materials

HPE will provide HPE-supported replacement parts and materials necessary to maintain the covered hardware product in operating condition, including parts and materials for available and recommended engineering improvements.

Parts and components that have reached their maximum supported lifetime and/or the maximum usage limitations as set forth in the manufacturer’s operating manual, product quick-specs, or the technical product data sheet will not be provided, repaired, or replaced as part of these services.

How to Purchase Services

Services are sold by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Authorized Service Partners:

• − Services for customers purchasing from HPE or an enterprise reseller are quoted using HPE order configuration tools.
• − Customers purchasing from a commercial reseller can find services at https://ssc.hpe.com/portal/site/ssc/

AI-Powered and Digitally Enabled Support Experience

Achieve faster time to resolution with access to product-specific resources and expertise through a digital and data-driven customer experience.

Sign into the HPE Support Center experience, featuring streamlined self-serve case creation and management capabilities with inline knowledge recommendations. You will also find personalized task alerts and powerful troubleshooting support through an intelligent virtual agent with seamless transition when needed to a live support agent.

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home/signin

Consume IT On Your Terms

HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform brings the cloud experience directly to your apps and data wherever they are—the edge, colocations, or your data center. It delivers cloud services for on-premises IT infrastructure specifically tailored to your most demanding workloads. With a pay-per-use, scalable, point-and-click self-service experience that is managed for you, HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform accelerates digital transformation in a distributed, edge-to-cloud world.

• − Get faster time to market
• − Save on TCO, align costs to business
• − Scale quickly, meet unpredictable demand
• − Simplify IT operations across your data centers and clouds

To learn more about HPE Services, please contact your Hewlett Packard Enterprise sales representative or Hewlett Packard Enterprise Authorized Channel Partner. Contact information for a representative in your area can be found at "Contact HPE" https://www.hpe.com/us/en/contact-hpe.html

For more information

http://www.hpe.com/services