What you need to know about HPE OneView 6.6

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Good news to share! HPE OneView 6.6 now offers extended support for HPE hardware platforms until their software end-of-support-life (EOSL) date. Additionally, HPE OneView 6.6 provides enhancements to further modernize the data center with a software-defined approach.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is pleased to announce the release of HPE OneView 6.6, an integrated IT infrastructure management software that automates IT operations and simplifies infrastructure lifecycle management across compute, storage and networking. This most recent release provides updates to supported hardware platforms with additional enhancements to further automate and modernize your datacenter with a software-defined approach.

HPE OneView 6.6 features an update to the current supported hardware such as server platforms, networks, and storage devices. With the recent long-term support (LTS) release, HPE OneView 6.6 offers extended support for HPE hardware platforms¹ until their software end-of-support-life (EOSL) date.

Additionally, HPE OneView 6.6 provides enhancements to improve efficiency and support. New capabilities include:

• Reduced firmware downgrade time with new policy option for firmware management
• VMware vSphere Rolling cluster updates for non-VC Synergy interconnects

• HPE OneView Remote Support (OVRS) support for DX325 and DX385 Gen10 plus v2 servers

• Quick view of applied license keys using the new license view
•  Local storage management enabled on HPE ProLiant rackmount servers with HPE Smart Array & SmartRAID (SR) controllers (PCIe Add-In-Card form factor).

Some important things to know about the LTS release:

1. The LTS release can be patched, as required, to address security and other critical issues.
2. LTS patches will not contain new features.
3. Updating from an LTS release to a newer release with end-of-life (EOL) hardware platforms or devices will be blocked.

If you decide to continue to use EOL hardware platforms or devices, they must remain on the specified HPE OneView LTS release. Those platforms will remain supported until their associated software EOSL date. If you want to update to a future release, you must first remove the EOL platforms.

Learn More

You can find the latest information on the HPE OneView Software Lifecycle page.

Download the HPE OneView 6.6 update, or enable enterprise scale with the HPE OneView Global Dashboard update.

To experience HPE OneView for yourself, you can walk through an interactive demo here or visit hpe.com/OneView.

Are you ready to get started now? You can download our free e-book: HPE OneView for Dummies to see how to deploy faster and simplify lifecycle operations in your own environment with a free 60-day trial license.

¹ Long-term support is for the following hardware: HPE Composer 1, HPE BladeSystem c-Class, HPE Gen6 and Gen7 Rackmount Servers, HPE StoreVirtual Storage systems, Brocade Network Advisor (BNA), HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage system OS pre 3.2.2 GA, and HPE Integrity Superdome X server

Ruben Ramirez
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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