A customer needs to install Red Hat 7.2 on a few DL380 Gen10 systems. Which tool should be used for this deployment?

Question

Options

• AImage Streamer
• BIntelligent Provisioning
• COneView
• DInsight Control server provisioning (ICsp)

• A
  3% (2)
• B
  88% (52)
• C
  7% (4)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

Intelligent Provisioning (B) is the correct tool because it is a HPE utility embedded directly in the server's firmware (accessible via F10 at boot), designed specifically for OS deployments on HPE ProLiant Gen8+ servers including the DL380 Gen10 - it supports RHEL 7.2 out of the box.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Image Streamer is an HPE Synergy-specific tool for stateless, diskless boot from a SAN image - it only works within HPE Synergy composable infrastructure, not standalone ProLiant servers.
• C. OneView is a datacenter management and lifecycle orchestration platform; while it can trigger provisioning workflows, it is not itself the OS installation tool.
• D. ICsp (Insight Control server provisioning) is the legacy HPE provisioning tool that was retired and replaced by Intelligent Provisioning for Gen8+ servers - it would be the right answer for older ProLiant generations.

Memory tip: Think "IP = In-the-box Provisioning" - Intelligent Provisioning ships inside every Gen8+ server, so for a standalone ProLiant OS install question, it's almost always the answer. If you see "Synergy" in the question, switch to Image Streamer; if you see "Gen7 or older," consider ICsp.

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