HP Insight Control Server Deployment 7.3 Update 1 User Guide
HP Part Number: 656830-004
Published: June 2014
Edition: 1
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Contents
1 Overview..................................................................................................4
2 Licensing...................................................................................................5
License types............................................................................................................................5
Adding a license file to an existing installation.............................................................................5
3 Getting started...........................................................................................6
Deployment Console basics.......................................................................................................6
Connecting server blades..........................................................................................................7
Deploying the first server blade..................................................................................................7
Reconfiguring the server blade...................................................................................................7
4 Changing deployment server/solution username or password (after initial
installation)...................................................................................................9
Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................9
Changing the password............................................................................................................9
Changing service account password...........................................................................................9
Changing each service log on username and password.................................................................9
Changing the Windows user password.....................................................................................10
Drive mappings and file permissions.........................................................................................10
Changing the database’s user password (example: SQL Server Express)........................................11
Changing the password in the PXE configuration utility (if PXE is installed locally)............................11
5 Reference................................................................................................12
Design..................................................................................................................................12
Firmware and hardware features...............................................................................................12
Windows features...................................................................................................................13
Linux features.........................................................................................................................14
Virtualization Host features.......................................................................................................15
6 Support and other resources......................................................................17
Information to collect before contacting HP.................................................................................17
How to contact HP..................................................................................................................17
Security bulletin and alert policy for non-HP owned software components......................................17
Subscription service............................................................................................................17
Registering for software technical support and update service.......................................................17
How to use your software technical support and update service...............................................18
HP authorized resellers............................................................................................................18
Related information.................................................................................................................18
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................18
7 Documentation feedback...........................................................................20
A Manually installing distribution files............................................................21
B Manually modifying configuration settings...................................................23
Synchronize display names with computer names option..............................................................23
Primary lookup key option.......................................................................................................23
PXE initial deploy boot timeout option.......................................................................................23
Client/server file transfer port option.........................................................................................23
Windows product keys............................................................................................................23
Contents 3
1 Overview
HP Insight Control server deployment is a server deployment solution that provides:
• Automated server hardware configuration and operating system deployment.
• Consistent Windows, VMware, and Linux deployment on the latest HP servers.
• Scalable deployment of ProLiant Blade Servers.
This document describes the provided content and outlines how to get started.
NOTE: This document does not cover how to use the Altiris Deployment Server. You can find
Altiris Deployment Server help in the Deployment Console help menu.
You can find additional help in the Knowledge Base at http://www.hp.com/go/insightdeploy/
kb. It contains:
• Release notes (which contain known issues, supported hardware and operating systems, and
so on)
• Troubleshooting information
• How-to procedures
• Frequently asked questions
The following are some key articles in the knowledge base.
Table 1 Knowledge Base articles
TitleArticle number
License Files And Licenses20000001
Primary Lookup Key And Virtual Connect20000023
Troubleshooting Windows 2008 Sysprep Image Installs20000037
Servers With Multiple Disks Deployment Support20000038
How To Perform a Boot From SAN Installation20000039
How To Install Software Packages And Support Packs20000042
How To Add A Windows Localized Distribution Or Edition20000043
20000063
20000086
Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE) And Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)
Deployment Support
Roles/Features to be enabled in IIS for Deployment Server/Web Console installed on
Windows 2012
4 Overview
2 Licensing
A license allows Insight Control server deployment to deploy and manage either a physical server
or a virtual machine. One license is required to manage each server. After you apply a license to
a server, you cannot remove or transfer the license to another server. A license file contains licenses
for a predetermined number of servers. Purchased license files are not specific to Insight Control
server deployment versions. To view the number of licensed nodes from the console, click
Help>About.
License types
10-node, 7-day evaluation license—This license is built into the Deployment Server.
You can purchase licenses for HP Insight Control Server Deployment from http://
h30094.www3.hp.com/Server-options/ProLiant-Essentials-software/Rapid-deployment-pack/
store17/search183/dept1150.
Adding a license file to an existing installation
To add a license file to an existing installation:
1. Shut down all Deployment Server Consoles and Deployment Server Web Consoles.
2. Click Start>Programs>Altiris>Deployment Solution>Product Licensing Utility.
3. Enter the path to the new license file in the Activation Key File Information field and click Next.
4. Follow the instructions to apply your additional licenses.
If you have combined or transferred licenses and have obtained a new license file, to replace your
existing license file follow the steps above for adding a license file.
On the third wizard step, select Replace all existing license Activation Keys with this new Activation
Key.
License types 5
3 Getting started
To get started, double-click the Deployment Console icon on the desktop. The Deployment Console,
from which you can manage computers and execute jobs, appears.
Deployment Console basics
• Computers pane
This pane shows managed computers. The New Computers group shows computers that have
connected to the Deployment Server for the first time. Click View→Show Physical Devices to
show the Physical Devices group.
• Jobs pane
This pane shows the provided jobs.
• Details pane
The right-hand side of the console displays information about the selected computer or job.
For each computer, basic properties and job history appear. For each job, tasks and computer
history appear. The Job Schedule Information dialog box displays the status of each task in
the schedule. To view this dialog box, double-click an item in the job history or computer
history. The Schedule Status Detail dialog box displays return codes and status messages. To
view this dialog box, click Status Details.
To execute a job, drag and drop one or more computers onto a job, or vice-versa.
6 Getting started
Connecting server blades
1. Connect the enclosure to the network that contains your Deployment Server, and power up
the enclosure.
2. Change the default rack and enclosure names.
3. Insert the server blades into the enclosure and wait for the blades to power up.
4. From the Computer pane, right-click on a server blade and select Power Control→iLO –
Interface.
The iLO homepage appears.
Deploying the first server blade
1. In the Jobs pane, select a Windows scripted install job. Drag the job to the server blade in
the Computers pane.
2. Select Run this job immediately, and then click OK.
3. To view the progress of the job, double-click the computer in the job’s computer history.
Reconfiguring the server blade
By default the Windows scripted install job configures the computer name as the console display
name and configures the network as DHCP.
If you need to reconfigure the server:
1. In the Computers pane, right-click the blade and click Configure.
2. Click Microsoft Networking, and then enter a new computer name and a new workgroup or
domain name.
3. Click TCP/IP, and then enter the appropriate IP information.
Connecting server blades 7
4. Click OK.
5. Select Run this job immediately, and then click OK.
6. If the Windows scripted install job is still running when the warning message appears, click
OK.
NOTE: HP recommends that HP Insight Control Server Deployment must run only on private secure
networks to prevent risk of security compromise.
8 Getting started