HP - Service Pack for ProLiant

After the HP NC522SFP saga one of the nuggets of information I gratefully received was the HP Service Pack for ProLiant. Which was great! Apart from where can it be found on the HP website!!!!!!

I decided to hunt the page down to enable me to find it quickly when I needed to (also regularly check if there are new releases or not).

Home page: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/spp/index.html

Download page: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/service_packs/en/index.html

Extract from the site on benefits of using SPP:

Leverages the Power of HP Smart Update Manager (HP SUM).

Broad portfolio support for HP ProLiant servers, BladeSystem enclosures, and HP CloudSystem

Radically simplified updates with a single step installation process containing both firmware and systems software with drivers packaged together

• Consolidation -- single solution for all supported ProLiant servers
• Interdependency testing of drivers and firmware
• Offered from the web to provide convenient access
• PXE bootable ISO images to reduce customer:
• Qualification cycles
• Resource usage
• Maintenance windows
• Downtime

Integral Part of the HP Server Experience

• Essential management tool designed to simplify IT management in a dynamic and demanding 7x24x365 environment
• Increases Ease of Server Management
  • More efficient enclosure updates because of enhancements to HP SUM
  • Consolidated sets of tested firmware and HP System Software (drivers, agents, utilities)
  • Enhances IT staff productivity while reducing downtime
  • Provides Reliable Configuration by:
  • Assisting with server deployment, integrating server support software and firmware, and minimizing configuration and update issues
  • Ensuring consistency and reliability and maximizing system uptime
  • Simplified delivery of ProLiant software and firmware.