HP ProLiant Easy Set-Up CDs

The HP ProLiant Easy Set-up CDs optimize single-server setup, providing a simple way to deploy reliable and consistent server configurations. The HP ProLiant 100 Series Easy Set-up CDs and their ISO images are available for:

• All HP ProLiant 100 G6 series servers, except the HP ProLiant DL165 G6
• The HP ProLiant ML110 G5 and the ML115 G5 servers.

The HP ProLiant Easy Set-up CDs assist with the OS installation process by configuring the system for installing "off-the-shelf" versions of Windows via assisted path install and Linux operating system software via boot driver USB key creation.

Starting with HP ProLiant 100 Series G6 servers, this product has been enhanced with capabilities for multi-server DL100 and SL100 deployments through the use of SmartStart Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK).
Features, functions, and benefits:

• An easy-to-use, intuitive graphical interface
• Assisted installation.
• Dependency and validity checks
• Array Configuration Utility (ACU)
• HP Insight Diagnostics

• The HP USB Key Utility is adding HP Easy Set-up CD support for ProLiant 100 Series.
• A standalone utility, downloadable from the web that places the contents on USB key and makes them bootable.
• Available on the actual media and web so that customers can make their USB key directly from their media or at your Desktop
• One USB key for each server's Easy Set-up CD

Easy set-up CD Customers ProLiant 100 G6 series servers

• Provides simple wizard based setup of ProLiant 100 series G6 servers including both hardware configuration and assisted OS installation

• Simplifies array configuration and operating system installation
• Detects hardware configuration and recommends appropriate settings

Existing ProLiant tools for scaling out, multiple server deployments, and migration are now available for DL100 and SL100 G6 servers; e.g. scriptable deployment with SmartStart Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK) and software smart components.