Related information

New and changed information in this edition

•Wording added for hponcfg and hpbootcfg to identify both tools support execution on ProLiant Series 100 Gen 8.

•Additional arguments for hponcfg command line.

Following documents and websites provide related information:

Documents

Following documents are supported for the product:

•HP VMware ESXi 5.0 Release Notes

•HP VMware ESXi 5.0 and Updates Getting Started Guide

Websites

HP documents regarding VMware are available at the following location:

https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/searchProducts.do.

Typographic conventions

This document uses the following typographical conventions:

%, $, or #	A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar sign
	represents the system prompt for the Bourne, Korn, and POSIX
	shells. A number sign represents the superuser prompt.
audit(5)	A manpage. The manpage name is audit, and it is located in
	Section 5.
Command	A command name or qualified command phrase.
Computer output	Text displayed by the computer.
Ctrl+x	A key sequence. A sequence such as Ctrl+x indicates that you
	must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while you press another key
	or mouse button.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE	The name of an environment variable, for example, PATH.
ERROR NAME	The name of an error, usually returned in the errno variable.
Key	The name of a keyboard key. Return and Enter both refer to the
	same key.
Term	The defined use of an important word or phrase.
User input	Commands and other text that you type.
Variable	The name of a placeholder in a command, function, or other
	syntax display that you replace with an actual value.
[]	The contents are optional in syntax. If the contents are a list
	separated by , you must choose one of the items.
{}	The contents are required in syntax. If the contents are a list
	separated by , you must choose one of the items.
...	The preceding element can be repeated an arbitrary number of
	times.
	Indicates the continuation of a code example.
	Separates items in a list of choices.

16 Support and other resources

VMware Virtualization Software for Servers specifications

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