HP SmartStart is a program for Windows developed to help you set up reliable and consistent ProLiant server configurations. It assists the deployment process by preparing the system for installing different operating systems. Please note that the tool is included in the ProLiant Essentials Foundation pack, which ships standard with physical server.

General notes

The application comes equipped with an simple and intuitive graphical interface that guides you through preparation of the system for the OS installing process. It is worth noting that the utility integrates key server drivers and management agents through ProLiant Support Packs with every facilitated deployment instance. Moreover, the software performs dependency and validity checks to ensure that all supported distributions can be actually run on the target computer.

Advantages

SmartStart guarantees consistency, maximizes reliability and machine uptime by assisting with operating system installations. It leverages embedded instruments that provide either customized parameters or intelligent defaults for server hardware and array controller configuration. If you want to simply select the OS upon startup, you may use another tool called GRUB4DOS Installer.

Features

free to download and use;
compatible with modern Windows versions;
gives you the ability to prepare computers for OS installations;
requires a connection to a physical server to function properly.
it is possible to perform dependency and validity checks.