A customer is installing multiple racks of DL380 Gen10 servers in a datacenter. They need to configure each one with identical BIOS settings. Which tools are available to solve the situation?…

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Options

• AHPE Active Health System
• BHPE Smart Update Manager
• CBIOS RESTful API
• DHPE ICsp
• EHPE Intelligent Provisioning

• A
  7% (2)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  71% (20)
• D
  18% (5)

Explanation

BIOS RESTful API (C) lets administrators script and push identical BIOS configurations to multiple servers programmatically via iLO, making it perfect for bulk, repeatable deployments. HPE Intelligent Provisioning (E) is embedded directly in the server and includes a BIOS/platform configuration feature that can capture a baseline config and replicate it across systems during provisioning.

The distractors are wrong for distinct reasons: Active Health System (A) is a continuous health monitoring and diagnostics logger - it reads system state but doesn't configure BIOS. Smart Update Manager (B) handles firmware and driver updates (via SPP bundles), not BIOS settings management. ICsp (D) was an OS provisioning workflow tool (now end-of-life/replaced by OneView) and was never a BIOS configuration utility.

Memory tip: Think of the two correct tools by their scope - Intelligent Provisioning works locally on the server (embedded, interactive), while the RESTful API works remotely at scale (scriptable, automated). Both touch BIOS directly; the others are about health, firmware, or OS - not settings.

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