HPE SmartStart was valuable for HPE ProLiant DL Servers. However, I believe it has been discontinued, considering your technical awareness of current developments. There is a feature called SmartStart, which refers to the HPE SmartStart CD provided by HPE. This CD was available until 2008. Now, in the present scenario, people are migrating from Server 2008 to Server 2019. Logically, according to the manufacturer, HPE, it's stated that SmartStart is not compatible with newer operating systems like 2019 or 2016. It doesn't work. However, I have personally performed a workaround. You can start by using the SmartStart CD to install Windows Server 2008 R2 as the base operating system and then proceed with upgrading it to Windows Server 2016. I have successfully implemented this approach on several servers, approximately 20 to 30 servers. I haven't encountered any issues so far. Why doesn't it cause problems? I believe that HPE is aware of this situation. Not every organization has the budget or resources to purchase new servers once the lifecycle ends. Therefore, HPE should provide some form of correction, such as upgrades or updated utilities, that can be used with these servers. By offering backward compatibility, at least until the G7 series, and supporting operating systems like SmartStart for these environments, it would greatly benefit clients. This approach would receive positive feedback for the company's support services.