HPE Intelligent Provisioning only bundles drivers for select HPE-branded network adapters (e.g., Embedded 1GbE 4-port 331i, 10Gb 530FLR). If you have a third-party NIC (Intel I350 from a white-box server) or a very old HPE NIC (NC-series), IP may load the driver but fail to get link status.
Give it 10 full minutes. Seriously. Sometimes it's just slow-rolling a timeout. Pull the Plug (The Virtual One): HPE Intelligent Provisioning only bundles drivers for select