Proliant DL380P G8 SD Card

[WorkingOnWise]

In the manuals I can find for this server, they all point out the existence of the SD Card slot on the motherboard, but no mention of its purpose, use, capabilities or limitations. Can someone shed some light on this for me? 

[Windows7ge]

Hmn. Just in case I'm wrong I'm going to call on a couple of names who will probably be able to correct me @leadeater, @Electronics Wizardy but from my understanding it's a means of booting an OS. Many server distros can be ran from thumb-drives but another common form-factor in the enterprise is SD cards.

[Electronics Wizardy]

21 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Hmn. Just in case I'm wrong I'm going to call on a couple of names who will probably be able to correct me @leadeater, @Electronics Wizardy but from my understanding it's a means of booting an OS. Many server distros can be ran from thumb-drives but another common form-factor in the enterprise is SD cards.

Yup mainly for booting oses like esxi.

 

Have seen a move toward sata doms and m.2 drives and simmilar as sd cards seem to fail a lot.

[leadeater]

6 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Have seen a move toward sata doms and m.2 drives and simmilar as sd cards seem to fail a lot.

The official SD cards that HPE sell are way higher quality so it's not that much of a problem, they also do dual RAID 1 SD cards.

[svmlegacy]

I ran my DL380 G6 for a while off of a SD Card as an OS drive. Convenient, but not really that reliable. Ended up moving my Ubuntu Server installation onto my main RAID array, out of fear of it dying due to Murphy's law. Could also be a good alternative to a USB boot device, for installations, BIOS updates, etc.

14 hours ago, WorkingOnWise said:

In the manuals I can find for this server, they all point out the existence of the SD Card slot on the motherboard, but no mention of its purpose, use, capabilities or limitations. Can someone shed some light on this for me?