On May 20, 2020, at 1:08 AM, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 12:49 AM Chris Hanson > <cmhan...@eschatologist.net> wrote: >> >> 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.) The only update I can’t find is an *offline* update for the P420i storage controller firmware; mine is at version 8.00 and the latest is 8.32(C) and the only updaters are “online” updates for Windows, Windows x64, and VMware ESXi. In the worst case, I have to install one of those, do the firmware update, and then install NetBSD. -- Chris
