To ensure the servers are ready to receive applications upon power up, the best recommendation is to use HP Pointnext service patching and OS installation services. These services can handle the necessary configuration and updates, ensuring the servers are application-ready when they arrive. The other options either do not directly address the need for immediate application readiness or assume the servers come pre-configured, which may not be the case.
To accommodate the new requirement of 16Gb Fibre Channel (FC) connectivity to the newly-deployed 3PAR storage array in the existing HPE Synergy environment, the correct components are the Synergy 3830C Host Bus Adapter and an additional Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 module. The Synergy 3830C Host Bus Adapter is necessary to provide the required FC connectivity. An additional Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 module is recommended to support the increased bandwidth and connectivity demands introduced by adding FC connectivity. Other options such as adding a second CPU or QSFP+ cables do not directly address the requirement for 16Gb FC connectivity.
The most efficient location to make a change to the BIOS settings of multiple servers in an HPE Synergy environment is through the Server Profile Template. Server Profile Templates allow you to define a consistent configuration and apply it across multiple servers, ensuring that all the servers conform to the same settings. This method is particularly efficient for large environments because it automates the application of these settings rather than having to manually configure each server individually.


The OmniStack Accelerator Card (OAC) in HPE SimpliVity solutions is designed to enhance performance, availability, efficiency, and protection by offloading key tasks from the CPUs. It contains an FPGA programmed with HPE SimpliVity deduplication, compression, and optimization algorithms. These functions are critical to ensuring high performance and significant storage efficiency, which are hallmarks of the HPE SimpliVity solution.