On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 3:21 PM Chris Hanson <cmhan...@eschatologist.net> wrote: > > 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.) >
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. Jeff
