AJWhite1970 Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Hi Bit of a shot in the dark but has anyone got a copy of the above iso I could keep an off-site backup for them? Building a couple of refurbished Proliant servers with Windows 2012R2 and need some drivers and BIOS update off there to stop the on-board fans running in helicopter mode... Thanks for any assistance Andrew
Domino Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 I believe you now need an active support contract to get those, as the SPP contains system board firmware. You should be able to get the drivers individually from their site, a pain I know but otherwise you'd be in contravention of the licensing terms.
AJWhite1970 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Posted April 29, 2015 Problem is the downloads page only goes up to Windows 2008 for drivers and although 2012R2 isn't officially supported, the HP forums say the drivers I need are on the new SPP. Was trying to source an official version rather than searching on the dark side of the net for a dodgy mirror... Cheers
DMcCoy Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Currently have a new G8 Microserver, the threads on Home server forum usually list the latest version. It's available on the ftp site without a login. ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/cd-generic/p67859018/v108240/ 1
AJWhite1970 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Posted April 29, 2015 Many thanks. Have cancelled the Russian mirror I was downloading it from and am now downloading direct from HP Andrew
ITGURU Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 We're running both ML350 G5 and G6 servers on Windows Server 2012 R2. Have had 0 issues with this - just used the latest available Service Pack at the time and all drivers and software installed without any issues. Only part I had to re-configure manually was the SNMP Traps settings so that the data showed in the System Management Homepage. 1
AJWhite1970 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Posted April 29, 2015 These are refurbished HP Proliant SE316M1's that didn't ship with any SP's so had to find the drivers the old fashioned way (very similar in build to a DL160 G6). Got everything working, really good servers but need to flash the BIOS and a few firmwares to stop the fans spinning at 100%...
ITGURU Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 I had similar issue with G6 servers but was a combination of hardware and firmware. Fans were running at high speed as a base unit install, and had to add an extra fan for it to then run at normal speed.
AJWhite1970 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Posted April 29, 2015 I'm hoping this is firmware as all the fan bays are full and all the fans are most definably (deaf-inably) working...
AJWhite1970 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Posted April 29, 2015 Many thanks for the link, server now fully patched (15 W2K12 specific HP drivers I'd missed) and the decibel levels have returned to normal Andrew
didco Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) Hello guys, I've just bought couple of the same servers (SFF version). I can see that there is another folder with a little bit newer version of the firmware - 2015060. Can I use it or it is better to stick to the link above? And the last but not least - Andrew, are you happy with these servers? I'm planning to install on them the latest ESX hypervisor. Edited September 18, 2015 by didco
AJWhite1970 Posted September 18, 2015 Author Posted September 18, 2015 Hi The SPP gets re-released approx every 3 months but TBH I haven't re patched my servers firmware/drivers since April other then the usual Windows Updates. There has been very few changes to the ISO in that time. For me, it falls in the not broken, don't fix it category. As for recommending the servers? I have 2 running the school CCTV system, very heavy load and they have yet to drop a packet. Very pleased with them, as workhorses and file servers they are excellent for the price. Unfortunately, not really played with VM on them so although I know it installs, I haven't any real world experience as to how they would perform. HTH Andrew
caffrey Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 I've just put one of these in the cab too and it's screaming, what is the firmware I need for it ?
AJWhite1970 Posted September 18, 2015 Author Posted September 18, 2015 I can't remember specifically. What I did was explode the iso onto a USB stick, then run the installer in Windows (about 10 news drivers were automatically installed after it had done it's hardware analysis) and once the server had rebooted back into Windows, shut it down and rebooted from the USB stick. That loads a linux environment that then installed another 6 firmware drivers for various on board kit. When that had finished, the reboot was about 70db quieter... 1
didco Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Mine are on the way but I've already subscribed for this thread so I'll update you if there is anything wrong with the latest ISO. Btw, after downloading this ISO, I'm not longer able to connect to the ftp server. @caffrey, if you have any issues accessing the ftp, let me know and I'll upload you somewhere SPP2015060.2015_0605.106.iso 1
caffrey Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 |Cheers for the offer, I managed to get it, I used Filezilla which auto reconnects (It was constantly disconnecting) I'll MD5 it to make sure it's okay
caffrey Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Anyone's matching the md5 hash ? Downloaded twice now and different both times!
didco Posted September 21, 2015 Posted September 21, 2015 [root@localhost HP]# cat SPP2015040.2015_0407.5.iso.md5sum 1165ec847d1c08f6ece902052de27a80 *SPP2015040.2015_0407.5.iso [root@localhost HP]# md5sum SPP2015040.2015_0407.5.iso 1165ec847d1c08f6ece902052de27a80 SPP2015040.2015_0407.5.iso [root@localhost HP]# [root@localhost HP]# cat SPP2015060.2015_0605.106.iso.md5sum ea55094600e7204918bef9fefeabdb0b *SPP2015060.2015_0605.106.iso [root@localhost HP]# md5sum SPP2015060.2015_0605.106.iso ea55094600e7204918bef9fefeabdb0b SPP2015060.2015_0605.106.iso [root@localhost HP]#
AJWhite1970 Posted September 22, 2015 Author Posted September 22, 2015 Hi I built my spare server this morning to document the process (might be getting another couple soon...) 1) Boot from SPP on USB stick and update firmware as prompted (2 on my server) and reboot 2) Boot from Windows 2012R2 USB install stick and install Windows 3) Post install, insert SPP USB stick and run launch_hpsum.bat 4) Install missing HP drivers (17 on my server) as prompted by SPP and reboot 5) Enjoy near silent server 6) Run Windows Updates (130 when I checked this morning...) Hope that helps Andrew
didco Posted October 4, 2015 Posted October 4, 2015 Last night I was installing one of these and I've used the latest SPP image. It upgraded only the raid controller firmware and the ILO2. Can you tell me what BIOS version you are running? Mine is R02 released on 30.03.2010.
AJWhite1970 Posted October 5, 2015 Author Posted October 5, 2015 Just checked, mine says HP R02 05/05/2011
didco Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 Well, your server is SE316M1R2 while mine is just SE316M1...
Firefishy Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 The latest BIOS/firmware for the SE316M1R2 is available here: Drivers & Software - HP Support Center. Extract and run the exe as administrator. Only runs from within Windows, WINPE will do.
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