Re: HP ProLiant server running NetBSD 9 setup suggestions?

[Dima Veselov <kab00m%lich.phys.spbu.ru@localhost>]

> > > > And, perhaps most importantly, is there anything I should install, configure, or tune to keep the fans nice and quiet? Booting the NetBSD 9.0 installer from a USB key, the system was plenty quiet, but I know those fans can move a lot of air if they have to.
> > > I have one myself in the basement. It is a nice machine.
> > >
> > > You should install the BIOS updates if you have access to them. The HP
> > > Proliants are a ransomware platform, you you may not have access t
> > > them.
> >
> > In fact the BIOS, iLO, etc. updates are on the HPE web site, which is something I verified before purchasing. (Which I’d encourage everyone to do if they’re going to do something like this, of course.)
>
> Yeah, I did the same thing. I verified the server was still supported
> and the driver downloads were present.
>
> What they don't tell you is, you need a support contract to get them.
> Eventually, when you get to the point of the actual download, you need
> more then a HP account. You need a support contract.

They say it but they do not check it. Any firmware download
for g7 or g8 is free and I recently got some new of them.

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Dima Veselov
Physics R&D Establishment of Saint-Petersburg University