HPE OneView is the management platform used to ensure HPE compute nodes remain compliant. It utilizes server profiles to create a configuration baseline, which specifies firmware versions, BIOS settings, and other hardware configurations. OneView continuously monitors the assigned server hardware against this baseline. If a deviation is detected, the server is flagged as non-compliant. Administrators can then use OneView to remediate the issue by applying the correct firmware and configuration from the baseline, thereby ensuring consistency and compliance across all nodes in the VMware cluster.

B. BIOS overclocking is a performance-tuning technique that increases component clock speeds beyond manufacturer specifications, which typically violates compliance standards and can cause system instability.

C. GPU re-partitioning is a specific task for allocating physical GPU resources to virtual machines; it is not a process for ensuring overall hardware and firmware compliance of the compute node.

D. vMotion configuration is a VMware-level software setting that enables the live migration of virtual machines. It does not manage or enforce the underlying physical hardware's firmware compliance.

1. HPE OneView 8.4 User Guide for API 6400

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"Server profiles": "A server profile is the configuration for a single server hardware and its connections. The configuration includes firmware and BIOS settings... The appliance monitors the server hardware for compliance with the server profile."

2. HPE OneView for VMware vCenter 11.6.0 Installation and User Guide

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"Features": "HPE OneView for VMware vCenter provides the following features... View details of HPE servers

including... Firmware and driver compliance... HPE OneView server profile compliance." This document explicitly links OneView's compliance features to the VMware environment.

3. HPE Synergy Configuration and Management Guide

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"Firmware compliance": "HPE OneView reports firmware compliance for the server hardware managed by HPE OneView... When the installed firmware version on a component does not match the version specified in the server profile

the firmware is not compliant." This illustrates the core mechanism for ensuring compliance on HPE compute platforms like Synergy.