HP Smart Setup Utilities

Some of the options available from the HP Smart Setup EBSU utility main menu are not part of the steps required to prepare your system for Linux installation, but such options can be used to customize, diagnose problems, or fine-tune firmware settings.

Accessing HP Smart Setup Utilities

To access the HP Smart Setup utilities:

Power on the server. The server boots to the EFI utility.
Ensure that the removable media, containing the HP Smart Setup EBSU utility, you want to use is accessible. For details, see “Accessing the Removable Media Devices Using EFI”.

From the EFI Boot Menu, select Smart Setup EBSU or Smart Setup from EBSU as appropriate, and then press Enter.




	NOTE: The entry Smart Setup EBSU or Smart Setup from EBSU are not displayed in all EFI Boot Managers. If this entry does not appear, perform the steps detailed in “Accessing the Removable Media Devices Using EFI”.

The HP Smart Setup EBSU utility executes and the introduction screen is displayed. Click OK and press Enter to continue.

The HP Smart Setup EBSU utility provides the following capabilities:

Configure Storage Adapters—Configures bootable I/O cards. A submenu provides a list of storage adapters from which to choose.
Smart Setup—Provides a wizard that guides you through the following set of pre-selected Linux installation setup tasks:
- Updating firmware
- Creating disk partitions
- Installing offline diagnostic tools
- Installing Linux

Maintain Firmware—Upgrades the firmware for all the selected devices that can be upgraded. You can upgrade all the devices at once or select one or more individually.




	NOTE: You may not be able to use the Smart Setup function to upgrade the firmware of some devices. This function does not allow you to upgrade the firmware if the installed version is the same or higher than the version of the HP Smart Setup utility. However, you can make a firmware downgrade by selecting the Maintain Firmware function from the Main Menu. When using this function, you are prompted for confirmation of the downgrade. The Smart Setup wizard upgrades the firmware for all systems except the Firmware upgrades for CX2620, Superdome sx1000, rx8620, rx7620, BL870C servers and HP-VM. For these systems you must contact HP Support for assistance in upgrading the firmware on these systems.

Create Partitions and Install Diagnostics—Creates partitions, such as the EFI System Partition (ESP) or the HP Service Partition (HPSP).
- ESP - A partition that is required to boot the OS. Only the EFI drivers and the OS files should be stored here. This partition is labeled EFIPART.
- HPSP - An optional partition. The files from the HP Itanium Processor Family (IPF) Offline Diagnostics and Utilities media are stored here. This partition is labeled HPPART.
Install Linux—Launches the Linux Installer.
System Inventory—Retrieves system information and displays a report of the system hardware including the UUID (Logical) and Serial Number (Logical), and Serial Number, when possible.
Install Diagnostics—Installs a copy of the diagnostics programs from the HP Itanium Processor Family (IPF) Offline Diagnostics and Utilities media to the HPSP partition.
Install and Update Support Tools—Copies support tools to the HPSP partition. These tools are for use only by HP Support.
Drive Explorer—Offers these options:
- Execute - Launches Drive Explorer, which displays the directories present on the disks in the EFI partition or executes EFI programs.
- Install - Installs Drive Explorer.

HP Smart Setup Utilities

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Accessing HP Smart Setup Utilities