We have a bunch of BL460c G7 and G8. Last week I successfully upgraded to vSphere 6.5 one of our test G8 using HP's vSphere 6.5 custom ISO. No problems so far. Next I tried to deploy it to a test G7 but it wouldn't work using Update Manager, there was a driver issue. So I tried to install it from scratch on that G7, still using HP's vSphere 6.5 custom ISO. The installation worked but it PSOD'ed in my face 3 times 5 minutes after being booted up. I can be wrong but it seems to be a network issue.
HP finally updated their "HPE Servers Support & Certification Matrices" last Friday afternoon to include vSphere 6.5 and the BL460c G7 is not listed as supported.
I did some research on VMware's web site and haven't found any limitation or compatibility issues with vSphere 6.5 and the hardware we have. So I tried to install vSphere 6.5 with VMware's ISO and it worked, my test G7 is running on 6.5 since yesterday morning without any issues.
My question is, is installing vSphere with a non-HP customized ISO supported by HP? Will I get support if I have issues? I gave them a call but apparently, I need a special support contract to answer that kind of question...
