The Easy Way to Update ProLiant Firmware

A client had an issue with their HP server last week. They called HP Support hoping for some major hardware exchanges but first were told (paraphrased), “You are way behind on firmware updates – until you update firmware for System BIOS, RAID adapter and hard drives you get no support from us!”

(We’d never even

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One of the production sites I manage has a pretty straightforward setup. Your basic firewall, some 1-to-1 NAT routing and a pair of Web/App servers behind it. OK, there are some other boxes behind the firewall as well, but they’re not really germane so I’ll just wave my hands and gloss over that aspect.

Simplified, it

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