HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) Version 2016.04.0 is out.

HP has released a new version of very useful tool: HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) 🙂 - version 2016.04.0

What is the HP Service Pack for ProLiant?

Just for a quick reminder on what the HP Service Pack for ProLiant is:

• Systems software and firmware solution delivered as a bootable ISO.
• Solution using HP Smart Update Manager (HP SUM) as the deployment tool.

What’s new in SPP 2016.04.0?

1. Support for new HP ProLiant servers and options
2. Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.1
3. HP Smart Update Manager v7.5.1

Useful links:

• Download Page (valid HP contract required)
• Release Notes
• Component Release Notes
• Contents Report
• Server Support Guide
• SPP FAQ

I like using HP SPP as this tool provides an easy way to patch HP servers running VMware vSphere. For more information please follow below posts:

• VMware vSphere on HP ProLiant Server: How to update online firmware and drivers using Service Pack (SPP)?
• VMware vSphere on HP ProLiant Server: Driver and online/offline firmware deployment options.

Note: This version of SPP supports vSphere 5.1 or later. The SPP 2015.10.0 was the final version supporting VMware ESXi 5.0.