Hewlett-Packard 12.211, 12.212 User Manual

HP Insight Control Data

Overview

Center Edition

Quick Setup Poster

HP Insight Control Data Center Edition is an integrated suite of software that simplifies the management of HP BladeSystem infrastructures.

Delivered on DVD media, this integrated suite uses a single installer to deploy, configure, and license core infrastructure management software rapidly and consistently, helping IT organizations reduce manual procedures and time to production. Insight Control Data Center Edition builds on HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and ProLiant Essentials software to manage HP BladeSystem lifecycles, including hardware deployment, health monitoring, performance monitoring, virtual machine management, vulnerability scanning, and patch management.

Insight Control Data Center Edition is delivered with HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures as evaluation or fully licensed software. Software only license options are also available for HP BladeSystem c-Class and p-Class environments.

Insight Control Data Center Edition components

The following components are installed standard in a typical Insight Control Data Center Edition installation:

• HP SIM, including the following components:

• HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager

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Part number: 411806-002 Second edition (October 2006)

• OpenSSH

• HP System Management Homepage

• HP Version Control Repository Manager

• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Mapper

• HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition

• HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack

• HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack

The HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Management Software is installed as an option in an Insight Control Data Center Edition installation. The Virtualization Management Software includes the following components:

• HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack

• HP ProLiant Essentials Server Migration Pack

For more information about installing and configuring the Virtual Machine Management Pack and Server Migration Pack, see the HP ProLiant Essentials

Virtualization Management Software User Guide.

Upgrading Insight Control Data

Software installation requirements

Center Edition

The following table lists the Insight Control Data Center Edition component version numbers and their upgrades with this release.

Table 1 Insight Control Data Center Edition component upgrades

Component From this version To this version

HP SIM 5.0 5.0.2 HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager 2.0, 2.1 2.2 Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows 3.00 3.10

Edition (if installed on local server) Performance Management Pack 4.0, 4.1, or 4.1.1 4.2 Vulnerability and Patch 2.0, 2.0.1 2.0.2

Management Pack Virtualization Management Software 1.11, 2.0, and 2.0.1 2.0.2

Insight Control Data Center Edition platform support

Insight Control Data Center Edition is supported on a defined set of HP BladeSystem hardware, HP storage, software, and third-party operating platforms.

For a full list of supported platforms and components, see the HP Insight Control

Data Center Edition Support Matrix.

Table 3 Insight Control Data Center Edition software installation requirements

Component Specification

Operating system Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition SP1

Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP1 Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition

Services Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 or later,

installed and running with FTP service ASP.NET 1.1, with .NET 1.1 Framework SNMP TCP/IP with DNS properly installed so that system names

can be resolved to IP addresses

Database Microsoft SQL Server 2000, SP3 or higher (optional)*

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (optional)

Applications Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with the latest service packs

Adobe Acrobat Reader

* Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 2000 SP3a is installed automatically as part of the installation if SQL Server is not present.

Before beginning the Insight Control Data Center Edition installation process, identify the information or configure the settings as listed in the HP BladeSystem Installation Checklist in the kit. Having this information available reduces the time required for installation.

Insight Control Data Center Edition installation requirements

Before beginning the Insight Control Data Center Edition installation process, verify that your hardware and software meet the requirements listed in the following tables.

Hardware installation requirements

Table 2 Insight Control Data Center Edition hardware installation requirements

Component Specification

Server HP BladeSystem c-Class or p-Class server blade or

HP ProLiant ML or DL servers Memory At least 2 GB RAM (4 GB RAM recommended) Processor At least 1.6 GHz (2 GHz or higher recommended) Disk space 5 GB for Insight Control Data Center Edition software; more

disk space required for operating systems, logs,

and patch databases File structure New Technology File System (NTFS) DVD drive Local or mapped DVD drive required

Performing an Insight Control Data Center Edition installation

Before installing Insight Control Data Center Edition, change the configuration of the Windows automatic updates to prompt for confirmation before installing the updates. Changing this configuration prevents undesired reboots when Insight Control Data Center Edition installation is left to run overnight. You can restore this configuration after the installation of Insight Control Data Center Edition is complete.

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