Of course they are all RPM based, so I can see how Debian might not take kindly to that.

I admit that I haven't tried the obvious lately:

apt-get install rpm
rpm -Uvh hpasm....rpm

That prompted a descent into kernel and libc version hell last I tried it, but it might work OK now. I think I'm current on firmware, but all of our machines have iLo's so I don't think the Virtual CD works (that's RILOE II only, right?)