HP Insight Control Environment Suites User Manual
HP Insight Control Environment Suites
User Guide
HP Part Number: 411803-401
Published: April 2009, Tenth Edition
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Table of Contents
About this document....................................................................................15
Intended audience................................................................................................................................15
Related documents................................................................................................................................15
1 Introduction.............................................................................................17
Overview.............................................................................................................................................17
HP Insight Control Environment Suites .....................................................................................................17
HP Systems Insight Manager.............................................................................................................17
HP Insight Control Environment Suites (ProLiant ML, ProLiant DL, and ProLiant BladeSystem servers and blade
workstations)...................................................................................................................................17
HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem ..................................................................................18
Key benefits for HP Insight Control Environment Suites ...............................................................................18
Licensing..............................................................................................................................................19
Platform support....................................................................................................................................19
Component summary.............................................................................................................................19
2 Licensing HP Insight Control Environment Suites ...........................................23
Preparing for HP Insight Control Environment licensing...............................................................................23
Adding and applying licenses to Insight Control Environment......................................................................23
Adding and applying licenses to HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem uses three license keys:.........24
Licensing HP Insight Rapid Deployment Software.......................................................................................25
License types...................................................................................................................................25
Applying a license file during a first-time installation or upgrade............................................................25
Adding a license file to an existing installation.....................................................................................25
Replacing licenses in an existing installation........................................................................................25
Adding iLO 2 Advanced license keys.......................................................................................................25
3 Managing server blades from HP SIM.........................................................27
Overview.............................................................................................................................................27
What's New in HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager 3.5 with Update 1................................................27
Racks and enclosures.............................................................................................................................27
Overview........................................................................................................................................27
Rack and enclosure collections...........................................................................................................27
System page........................................................................................................................................28
Viewing racks.......................................................................................................................................28
Navigating the System(s) tab..................................................................................................................29
System List buttons............................................................................................................................31
Save a collection.............................................................................................................................32
Deleting a Blade system....................................................................................................................32
Navigating the Event tab........................................................................................................................32
Filter Criteria...................................................................................................................................33
Event Status Legend..........................................................................................................................33
Event Details...................................................................................................................................33
Event Collection Columns..................................................................................................................33
Selection...................................................................................................................................34
State.........................................................................................................................................34
Severity.....................................................................................................................................34
Event Type.................................................................................................................................34
System Name.............................................................................................................................34
Event Time.................................................................................................................................34
Assigned To...............................................................................................................................34
Comments.................................................................................................................................34
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System Type...............................................................................................................................34
Rack Name...............................................................................................................................34
Enclosure Name.........................................................................................................................35
Event Management Buttons...............................................................................................................35
Viewing enclosures................................................................................................................................35
Viewing an enclosure.......................................................................................................................38
Creating a rack...............................................................................................................................39
Editing a rack..................................................................................................................................40
Saving an Onboard Administrator configuration..................................................................................41
Restoring an Onboard Administrator configuration...............................................................................41
Deleting a configuration script...........................................................................................................41
4 Monitoring and controlling servers..............................................................43
Configuring Insight Power Manager options.............................................................................................43
Using the iLO browser interface..............................................................................................................44
Using the System Status tab...............................................................................................................44
Using the Remote Console tab...........................................................................................................45
Using the Virtual Devices tab.............................................................................................................46
Monitoring PMP parameters...................................................................................................................46
Default PMP settings..............................................................................................................................46
Sample rate....................................................................................................................................46
Number of samples..........................................................................................................................46
Using the PMP interface.........................................................................................................................46
Online and Offline Analysis...................................................................................................................47
Systems detail frame.........................................................................................................................47
Server Tree frame.............................................................................................................................47
Results frame...................................................................................................................................48
Storage Analysis...................................................................................................................................48
PMP Reports.........................................................................................................................................48
Offline Analysis....................................................................................................................................49
Manual Log Purge.................................................................................................................................50
Using PMP...........................................................................................................................................51
Opening the HP SIM console............................................................................................................51
Debugging a server bottleneck condition............................................................................................51
Selecting the server.....................................................................................................................52
Displaying the memory status.......................................................................................................52
Displaying the memory graph......................................................................................................53
Contrasting the graphical display............................................................................................................53
Expanding the local storage..............................................................................................................53
Displaying the controller...................................................................................................................54
Displaying the port...........................................................................................................................54
Displaying the drive.........................................................................................................................55
Displaying the inventory....................................................................................................................55
Debugging a network storage bottleneck condition..............................................................................56
Selecting the server.....................................................................................................................56
Displaying the storage status........................................................................................................57
Displaying the logical drive under network storage..........................................................................57
Displaying the array....................................................................................................................57
Debugging a virtual machine host and guest bottleneck condition..........................................................57
Selecting the server (virtual machine host) .....................................................................................58
Displaying the virtual machine host status.......................................................................................58
Displaying the virtual machine guests page....................................................................................59
Displaying the virtual machine guest.............................................................................................59
Displaying the virtual machine guest performance...........................................................................59
Addressing performance issues with no hardware upgrade recommendation...........................................60
Performing a static analysis...............................................................................................................60
General usage...........................................................................................................................60
Half duplex port.........................................................................................................................61
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Unassigned disks........................................................................................................................61
Reduced SCSI speed...................................................................................................................62
Host bus balancing.....................................................................................................................62
Performing Online Analysis...............................................................................................................62
Performing Offline Analysis...............................................................................................................63
Data reporting.................................................................................................................................64
Generating a Static Analysis Report..............................................................................................65
Generating a SQL queries list..................................................................................................65
Generating a System Summary Report...........................................................................................65
Generating a SQL queries list..................................................................................................66
Generating a CSV File Generator Report.......................................................................................66
Generating a SQL queries list..................................................................................................66
Generating a Server Availability Report.........................................................................................67
Generating a SQL queries list..................................................................................................67
Licensing Integrity and Storage Systems..............................................................................................67
Licensing virtual machine hosts and virtual machine guests....................................................................67
Monitoring administration.................................................................................................................68
Changing server monitoring status................................................................................................68
Enabling virtual machine host and virtual machine guests logging..........................................................69
Monitoring parameters................................................................................................................70
Number of samples....................................................................................................................71
Performance threshold setting.......................................................................................................71
Modifying the sample rate...........................................................................................................71
Modifying log days.....................................................................................................................71
Modifying Management Agents from the Control Panel..............................................................71
Modifying Management Agents from Internet Explorer...............................................................72
Setting performance thresholds..........................................................................................................72
Threshold values.........................................................................................................................74
Manual Log Purge.................................................................................................................................74
5 Deploying and securing servers..................................................................75
Configuring BladeSystem servers and image installs using the HP Insight Rapid Deployment software...............75
Configuring scripted installs ..............................................................................................................75
Configuring SAN-attached scripted install ..........................................................................................75
Configuring image installs.................................................................................................................75
Configuring HP BladeSystem enclosures .............................................................................................76
Using HP Insight Rapid Deployment software............................................................................................76
Deployment Console basics...............................................................................................................76
Connecting server blades..................................................................................................................77
Deploying the first server blade..........................................................................................................78
Reconfiguring the server blade..........................................................................................................78
Vulnerability scanning and deploying patches and fixes.............................................................................78
HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack (VPM) overview...............................................................78
Provided scan definitions..................................................................................................................79
Scanning for vulnerabilities...............................................................................................................79
Viewing, modifying, or canceling a scheduled task.........................................................................80
Viewing vulnerability scan results..................................................................................................80
Vulnerability scan results guidelines.........................................................................................80
Viewing vulnerability scan results by scan name........................................................................80
Viewing vulnerability scan results by scan system.......................................................................80
Customizing vulnerability scan definitions......................................................................................81
Deleting scan results...................................................................................................................81
Deleting scan results by scan name..........................................................................................81
Deleting scan results by system................................................................................................81
Deploying patches and fixes..............................................................................................................81
Deploying patches and fixes based on a vulnerability scan..............................................................81
Deploying patches without a vulnerability scan...............................................................................83
Viewing the patch repository........................................................................................................84
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Viewing patch reboot status.........................................................................................................84
Validating installed patches...............................................................................................................86
Removing patches............................................................................................................................86
Redeploying the VPM Patch Agent......................................................................................................88
HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack events............................................................................89
6 Using HP Virtual Machine Management Pack...............................................91
Virtual Machine Management Pack interface overview...............................................................................91
Virtual machine host..............................................................................................................................91
Virtual machine guest............................................................................................................................93
Configured and unconfigured virtual machine hosts...................................................................................94
Configured.....................................................................................................................................95
Unconfigured..................................................................................................................................95
Task execution process...........................................................................................................................95
Using Virtual Machine Management Pack controls and tools.......................................................................95
Starting or resuming a virtual machine guest (Windows or Linux)...........................................................96
Shutting down or stopping a virtual machine guest (Windows or Linux)...................................................97
Suspending a virtual machine guest...................................................................................................97
Resetting or restarting a virtual machine guest......................................................................................98
Copying a virtual machine guest (Windows or Linux)............................................................................98
SUSE Linux scenario....................................................................................................................99
Moving a virtual machine guest (Windows or Linux).............................................................................99
Creating a virtual machine guest template.........................................................................................101
Deploying a virtual machine guest template.......................................................................................102
Creating a virtual machine guest backup..........................................................................................102
Restoring a virtual machine guest backup..........................................................................................103
Restoring the most recent virtual machine guest backup.......................................................................104
Recovering virtual machines of a failed host on a VMware ESX Server or HP integrated Citrix XenServer....104
Setting an alternate virtual machine host on a VMware ESX Server or HP integrated Citrix XenServer........104
Removing an alternate virtual machine host on a VMware ESX Server or HP integrated Citrix XenServer....105
Launching VNC.............................................................................................................................105
Restarting the VMM Agent..............................................................................................................105
Setting or removing the performance threshold..................................................................................105
Registering virtual machine hosts......................................................................................................106
Registering virtual machine hosts using the command line interface......................................................106
Registering virtual machine hosts for Linux CMS.................................................................................106
Launching remote access................................................................................................................107
Launching Remote Console..............................................................................................................107
For VMware ESX Server 2.5.x ...................................................................................................108
For VMware Server...................................................................................................................108
Launching Remote Desktop..............................................................................................................108
Updating the HP SIM certificate on the Virtual Machine Management Service.......................................108
Unregistering virtual machine hosts..................................................................................................108
Configuring the xapi port for HP integrated Citrix XenServer.....................................................................108
Configuring WMI Mapper proxy server settings for Hyper-V.....................................................................109
Configuring the polling frequency for virtual machine status checks............................................................109
Handling prefailure events....................................................................................................................109
Handling automatic prefailure events................................................................................................109
Prerequisites..................................................................................................................................110
Handling automatic prefailure events using the VirtualCenter DRS cluster enabled in the VirtualCenter
Server..........................................................................................................................................110
Handling semi-automatic prefailure events with the VirtualCenter DRS cluster enabled in the VirtualCenter
server...........................................................................................................................................110
Handling automatic prefailure events using the Set Alternate host feature...............................................111
Handling semi-automatic events using the Set Alternate host feature......................................................111
Handling automatic prefailure events using Citrix XenServer resource pool with HA enabled....................111
Handling automatic prefailure events using Citrix XenServer resource pool with HA disabled...................112
Prefailure event list.........................................................................................................................112
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ProLiant system and environmental events.....................................................................................112
ProLiant storage events..............................................................................................................112
Failed host recovery............................................................................................................................114
Setting up the recovery feature..............................................................................................................114
Creating a CriticalVmHost collection.....................................................................................................115
Setting the alternate virtual machine host................................................................................................115
Scheduling the recovery of virtual machines of failed hosts.......................................................................115
Launching SCVMM.............................................................................................................................117
Microsoft Virtual Server Host System page.........................................................................................117
Microsoft Virtual Server Guest System page.......................................................................................118
Launching VC.....................................................................................................................................118
VMware ESX Server Host System page.............................................................................................118
VMware ESX Server Guest System page...........................................................................................118
VirtualCenter information.....................................................................................................................119
Configuring Virtual Machine Management Pack on a Microsoft Cluster Server............................................120
Configuring Virtual Machine Management Pack on an HP integrated Citrix XenServer resource pool..............120
Considerations on VMM-enabled and HA-enabled resource pool:........................................................120
Configuring Virtual Machine Management Pack for Hyper-V hosts Microsoft failover cluster......................120
Multisystem aware tools available.........................................................................................................121
Performance information......................................................................................................................121
Displaying virtual machine host performance information.........................................................................121
Virtual machine host performance....................................................................................................121
Virtual machine performance...........................................................................................................122
Displaying virtual machine guest performance........................................................................................123
Virtual machine performance...........................................................................................................123
Resource allocation.............................................................................................................................123
Performance color codes......................................................................................................................124
Virtual Machine Management Pack infrastructure.....................................................................................124
7 Reporting..............................................................................................125
Reporting in HP SIM............................................................................................................................125
Software inventory details...............................................................................................................126
Printing reports..............................................................................................................................126
Sample PMP CSV file...........................................................................................................................126
PMP measurement categories................................................................................................................127
Servers.........................................................................................................................................127
Servers with MSVS or VMware GSX (VM Host) .................................................................................127
Servers with VMware ESX (VM Host) ...............................................................................................128
VM guest......................................................................................................................................128
Smart Array controllers...................................................................................................................128
Smart Array logical drives...............................................................................................................129
Smart Array physical arrays............................................................................................................129
SCSI buses attached to Smart Array controllers..................................................................................129
Fibre Channel host bus adapters......................................................................................................129
Fibre Channel enclosures................................................................................................................129
SCSI adapters...............................................................................................................................130
SCSI buses attached to SCSI adapters..............................................................................................130
SCSI drives attached to SCSI adapters..............................................................................................130
IDE controllers...............................................................................................................................130
Network adapters..........................................................................................................................130
Host buses....................................................................................................................................131
Sample PMP system summary report......................................................................................................131
System summary report for a server or MSVS/VMware GSX Host.........................................................131
System summary report for a VMware ESX Host ................................................................................132
System summary report for a VM Guest............................................................................................133
Overall PMP performance....................................................................................................................134
Sample PMP Static Analysis report........................................................................................................135
Sample PMP Server Availability report...................................................................................................135
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Viewing patch installation status............................................................................................................135
Viewing patch installation status by patch.........................................................................................136
Viewing patch installation status by search filter.................................................................................136
Viewing patch installation status by system........................................................................................136
8 Troubleshooting......................................................................................137
General troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................137
General installation issues...............................................................................................................137
ASP.NET 1.1 installation error..........................................................................................................139
IIS error message appears during installation.....................................................................................139
Applying and assigning HP Insight Software suite licenses from HP SIM license manager .......................140
HP Insight Software licensing menus do not appear............................................................................140
Verifying environment functionality with Insight Software Advisor..........................................................140
HP Insight Software installation does not accept username, but password is already accepted by HP SIM...140
Updating passwords......................................................................................................................140
Uninstalling HP Insight Software.......................................................................................................141
Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack troubleshooting.......................................................................142
VPM installation and configuration...................................................................................................142
Viewing VPM installation logs.....................................................................................................142
VPM installation updates MDAC and MSDE ................................................................................142
An error occurs when installing MSDE files from a Remote Desktop session.......................................142
“STAT Scanner WSI Requires IWAM and IUSR” error occurs during VPM installation.........................142
Installation fails with “Product RMS not installed: Service RMS error. The specified service does not exist
as an installed service (0x424)” message ...................................................................................143
VPM installation fails.................................................................................................................143
Cannot modify VPM acquisition settings to acquire updates from a local repository...........................143
Required open ports..................................................................................................................143
Modifying firewall configuration settings......................................................................................144
Configuring a DNS server..........................................................................................................144
All target systems do not have the same administrator credentials....................................................145
Multiple VPM servers.................................................................................................................145
Administrator credentials have been changed...............................................................................145
Uninstalling Vulnerability and Patch Management..............................................................................145
Remaining VPM files.................................................................................................................146
Reinstalling VPM.......................................................................................................................146
Vulnerability scans.........................................................................................................................146
Vulnerability and Patch Management cannot access target systems..................................................146
Windows...........................................................................................................................147
Windows XP.......................................................................................................................147
Linux target systems..............................................................................................................147
Scan reports cannot be viewed...................................................................................................147
A scan was submitted but never started.......................................................................................147
Scan results are inaccurate because of overlapping tasks..........................................................147
Current patch information is not displayed in scan reports.........................................................148
Patches and configuration fixes........................................................................................................148
VPM Patch Agent installation fails...............................................................................................148
A patch acquisition was started, but no patches are seen...............................................................148
HTTP 300 errors received during patch acquisition........................................................................149
Patches appear in a scan report but are not successfully deployed..................................................149
Check for missing patches.........................................................................................................149
Validating VPM Patch Agent installation.......................................................................................149
Patch installation status reports are not current or do not match information that appears in scan
reports....................................................................................................................................149
Other tools report that a Windows system is patched, but Vulnerability and Patch Management reports
patches needed........................................................................................................................150
Patch source for vendor patches is Microsoft or Red Hat............................................................150
Multiple events listed in HP SIM for patch deployments.............................................................150
STAT Scanner update error listed in the HP SIM event log.........................................................150
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Radia internal error listed in the HP SIM event log....................................................................150
“Abuse of Service” error occurs when attempting to acquire Red Hat patches..............................150
Validate Installed Patches event does not complete .......................................................................150
HP SIM integration.........................................................................................................................150
9 Technical support...................................................................................151
HP Software Technical Support and Update Service................................................................................151
HP Installation and Startup Service for BladeSystem Integrated Manager infrastructure.................................151
HP contact information.........................................................................................................................152
A HP Performance Management Pack measurement parameter matrix..............153
Static analysis.....................................................................................................................................153
ATA disk array....................................................................................................................................153
ATA Disk Array Status.....................................................................................................................153
ATA Disk Array Inventory................................................................................................................153
ATA disk............................................................................................................................................154
ATA Disk Status.............................................................................................................................154
ATA Disk Inventory.........................................................................................................................154
Drive array.........................................................................................................................................154
Drive Array Status..........................................................................................................................154
Drive Array Inventory......................................................................................................................154
External storage enclosure....................................................................................................................154
External Storage Enclosure Status.....................................................................................................155
External Storage Enclosure Inventory................................................................................................155
Fibre Channel host bus adapter............................................................................................................155
Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Status.............................................................................................155
Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Inventory.........................................................................................155
Host buses.........................................................................................................................................155
Host Buses Status...........................................................................................................................156
Host Buses Inventory.......................................................................................................................156
IDE channel........................................................................................................................................156
IDE Channel Status........................................................................................................................156
IDE Channel Inventory....................................................................................................................156
IDE controller......................................................................................................................................156
IDE Controller Status.......................................................................................................................156
IDE Controller Inventory..................................................................................................................156
Logical drive.......................................................................................................................................156
Logical Drive Status........................................................................................................................157
Logical Drive Inventory....................................................................................................................157
Memory.............................................................................................................................................157
Memory Status..............................................................................................................................157
Memory Inventory..........................................................................................................................158
Network adapter................................................................................................................................158
Network Adapter Status..................................................................................................................158
Network Adapter Inventory.............................................................................................................158
Network connections...........................................................................................................................158
Network Connections Status............................................................................................................158
Network Connection Inventory.........................................................................................................158
Network port......................................................................................................................................158
Network Port Status........................................................................................................................159
Network Port Inventory...................................................................................................................159
Network storage array.........................................................................................................................159
Network Storage Array Status.........................................................................................................159
Network Storage Array Inventory.....................................................................................................159
Network storage controller...................................................................................................................159
Network Storage Controller Status....................................................................................................160
Network Storage Controller Inventory...............................................................................................160
Network storage enclosure...................................................................................................................160
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Network Storage Enclosure Status....................................................................................................160
Network Storage Enclosure Inventory................................................................................................160
Network storage logical drives..............................................................................................................160
Network Share Status.....................................................................................................................160
Network Share Inventory................................................................................................................161
PCI bus..............................................................................................................................................161
PCI Bus Status...............................................................................................................................161
PCI Bus Inventory...........................................................................................................................161
Processors..........................................................................................................................................161
Processors Status............................................................................................................................161
Processors Inventory.......................................................................................................................162
SCSI adapter......................................................................................................................................162
SCSI Adapter Status.......................................................................................................................162
SCSI Adapter InventoryController Configuration.................................................................................162
SCSI storage enclosure........................................................................................................................162
SCSI Storage Enclosure Status..........................................................................................................163
SCSI Storage Enclosure Inventory.....................................................................................................163
SCSI drive..........................................................................................................................................163
SCSI Drive Status...........................................................................................................................163
SCSI Drive Inventory.......................................................................................................................164
Server metrics.....................................................................................................................................164
Server status..................................................................................................................................164
Server inventory.............................................................................................................................164
Smart Array controller..........................................................................................................................164
Smart Array Controller Status...........................................................................................................165
Smart Array Controller Inventory......................................................................................................165
Smart Array SCSI drive........................................................................................................................165
Smart Array SCSI Drive Status..........................................................................................................165
Smart SCSI Drive Inventory..............................................................................................................165
SATA Drives........................................................................................................................................166
SATA Drive Status...........................................................................................................................166
SATA Drive Inventory......................................................................................................................166
SAS Drives.........................................................................................................................................166
SAS Drive Status............................................................................................................................166
SAS Drive Inventory........................................................................................................................167
Storage components............................................................................................................................167
Storage Status...............................................................................................................................167
Storage Inventory...........................................................................................................................167
B HP Vulnerability and Patch Management infrastructure requirements and
additional VPM functionality.......................................................................169
Infrastructure.......................................................................................................................................169
VPM hardware requirements............................................................................................................170
VPM software requirements.............................................................................................................170
VPM Acquisition Utility requirements (optional)........................................................................................171
Target systems...............................................................................................................................171
Provided scans..............................................................................................................................171
Updating VPM credentials using the Change VPM Credentials Utility.........................................................172
Backing up and restoring the Vulnerability and Patch Management ...........................................................172
Component backup........................................................................................................................173
Component restoration...................................................................................................................173
Reinstalling Vulnerability and Patch Management to a new host...........................................................173
Vulnerability and Patch Management events...........................................................................................173
Scan events...................................................................................................................................173
Patch and fix events........................................................................................................................174
Acquisition events..........................................................................................................................175
Miscellaneous events......................................................................................................................175
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Index.......................................................................................................177
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List of Tables
1 Related documents..............................................................................................................................15
1-1 HP components licensed with HP Insight Control Environment suites.......................................................21
2-1 Licensing HP Insight Control Environment ...........................................................................................23
6-1 Icons and tasks...............................................................................................................................95
7-1 PMP overall performance summary..................................................................................................134
B-1 Hardware requirements..................................................................................................................170
B-2 Software requirements...................................................................................................................170
B-3 VPM Acquisition Utility requirements................................................................................................171
B-4 Provided scan definitions................................................................................................................172
B-5 VPM scan events...........................................................................................................................173
B-6 VPM patch and fix events...............................................................................................................174
B-7 VPM acquisition events..................................................................................................................175
B-8 Miscellaneous VPM events..............................................................................................................175
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About this document
Intended audience
This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. HP
assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in
products with hazardous energy levels.
Related documents
In addition to this guide, the following table lists the documentation resources available for each of the
components on the HP Insight Software DVDs. All HP Insight Control Environment Suites components are
located on #1.
The
HP Insight Control Environment Suites Support Matrix
lists supported target servers and operating
systems for the components in the various HP Insight Control Environment Suites suites.
For a comprehensive list of supported products in the release, see the latest support matrix at http://
www.hp.com/go/ice .
Table 1 Related documents
DocumentComponent
• HP Insight Control Environment website at http://www.hp.com/go/ice
•
HP Insight Control Environment Suites Release Notes
•
HP Insight Control Environment Suites Support Matrix
•
HP Insight Control Environment Suites User Guide
•
HP Insight Software Installation Checklist
•
HP Insight Software Installation and Configuration Guide
•
HP Insight Software Quick Setup Poster
• Use the Documentation tab from the Autorun screen on Insight Software DVD #1 for individual
documentation for each component.
HP Insight Control Environment
Suites
• HP Systems Insight Manager website at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim
•
HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX
•
HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux
•
HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows
•
HP Systems Insight Manager User Guide
•
Quick Start Guide
HP Systems Insight Manager
• HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager website at http://
h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/bsme/index.html
• HP BladeSystem c-Class Firmware & Upgrades at http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystemupdates
HP BladeSystem Integrated
Manager
• HP Insight Power Manager website at http://www.hp.com/go/ipm
•
Insight Power Manager User Guide
•
Insight Power Manager Installation and Configuration Guide
•
Insight Power Manager Support Matrix
•
Insight Power Manager ReadMe
Insight Power Manager
• HP iLO 2 Advanced Pack and iLO 2 Advanced for BladeSystem website at http://www.hp.com/
go/ilo
•
User Guide
iLO2 Advanced Pack and iLO
2 Advanced for BladeSystem
• HP Insight Rapid Deployment software website at http://www.hp.com/go/rdp
•
HP Insight Rapid Deployment Software User Guide
• HP website at http://www.hp.com/servers/rdp/kb (Regularly updated troubleshooting
information, frequently asked questions, and specific how-to procedures are available on this
site.)
HP Insight Rapid Deployment
Software
Intended audience 15
DocumentComponent
Documentation is incorporated into HP Insight Control Environment Suites documentation.HP Performance Management
Pack and HP Vulnerability and
Patch Management Pack
• HP Virtual Machine Management Pack website at http://www.hp.com/go/vmmanage
•
HP Virtual Machine Management Pack Release Notes
•
HP Virtual Machine Management Pack Support Matrix
•
HP Virtual Machine Management Pack User Guide
HP Virtual Machine
Management Pack
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1 Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of HP Insight Control Environment (ICE) suites provided on the Insight
Software DVDs, and describes the features, benefits, and functionality delivered with these integrated software
solutions.
Overview
To help you create the best-run server infrastructures, HP developed suites that build on HP hardware combined
with HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and other complementary HP Insight Control Environment (ICE)
products.
HP Insight Control Environment suites are designed to address the most difficult issues encountered by IT
infrastructures, such as cost, time, energy, and change. With flexible software that unifies the management
of hardware resources and scales to businesses of all sizes, HP Insight software helps you:
• Take control of your time by simplifying management of HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem infrastructures
• Reduce risk by identifying and resolving issues faster
• Drive business growth through flexible infrastructure deployment and optimization
• Lower cost through more efficient use of staff and facilities
HP Insight software uses an integrated installer to quickly and accurately deploy, configure, integrate, and
update HP Insight Control Environment suites and individual management products. This wizard-based
installer enables you to predefine installation and configuration preferences for HP management software,
including access credentials, performance settings, and discovery parameters. Using the integrated installer,
you can install all components as a single integrated process that requires minimal intervention.
HP Insight Control Environment Suites
You can use the Insight Software DVDs to deploy and license the following HP Insight Control Environment
software. See the "HP components licensed with HP Insight Control Environment suites" table for a list of
components licensed with each product. You can install one or more products during installation.
• HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)
• HP Insight Control Environment (ICE)
• HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem (ICE-BL)
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP SIM is the foundation for HP unified management strategy.
Key benefits include:
• Integration of remote support, service tools, contracts, and warranty management
• Hardware-level management for HP ProLiant, Integrity, and HP 9000 servers; HP BladeSystems; and
HP StorageWorks MSA, EVA, and XP storage arrays
• Control of your Windows, HP-UX, Linux, OpenVMS, and NonStop environments
HP Insight Control Environment Suites (ProLiant ML, ProLiant DL, and ProLiant
BladeSystem servers and blade workstations)
The HP Insight Control Environment suite is a licensed integrated management solution for HP ProLiant servers,
delivering foundation management capabilities that includes rapid systems deployment, health and
performance monitoring, remote control, vulnerability scanning, patch management, advanced power
management and virtual machine management.
NOTE: HP Insight Control Environment and HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem have been
combined into one suite. The HP Insight Control Environment standalone license includes HP Integrated
Lights-Out 2 Advanced Pack, Systems Insight Manager, Insight Rapid Deployment, Insight Power Manager,
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Performance Management Pack, Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack, and Virtual Machine Management
Pack. Insight Control Environment licenses purchased with a c-Class enclosure include the same licenses,
except HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 Advanced for BladeSystem is included instead of HP Integrated Lights-Out
2 Advanced Pack.
Key features include:
• Unified system monitoring and control, built on HP SIM
• Graphical blade infrastructure discovery and administration
• Rapid server and operating system deployment
• Advanced server power management, including power capping
• Industry leading remote control and administration delivered through HP Integrated Lights-Out
management
• Proactive performance management and bottleneck analysis
• Consolidated vulnerability scanning and patching for Microsoft® Windows® and Linux
• United management of physical and virtual infrastructure for VMware™ or Microsoft Virtual Server
Environment
HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem
The HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem is a licensed integrated management solution for
BladeSystem servers, delivering foundation management capabilities that includes rapid systems deployment,
health and performance monitoring, remote control, vulnerability scanning, patch management, advanced
power management and virtual machine management.
NOTE: HP Insight Control Environment and HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem have been
combined into one suite. The HP Insight Control Environment standalone license includes HP Integrated
Lights-Out 2 Advanced Pack, Systems Insight Manager, Insight Rapid Deployment, Insight Power Manager,
Performance Management Pack, Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack, and Virtual Machine Management
Pack. Insight Control Environment licenses purchased with a c-Class enclosure include the same licenses,
except HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 Advanced for BladeSystem is included instead of HP Integrated Lights-Out
2 Advanced Pack.
Key features include:
• Unified system monitoring and control, built on HP SIM
• Graphical blade infrastructure discovery and administration
• Rapid server and operating system deployment
• Advanced power management for BladeSystem servers and enclosure resources, including power
capping
• Industry-leading remote control and administration delivered through embedded BladeSystem functionality
and HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 management
• Proactive performance management and bottleneck analysis
• Consolidated vulnerability scanning and patching for Windows® and Linux servers
• United management of physical and virtual infrastructure for VMware™ or Microsoft Virtual Server
Environment
Key benefits for HP Insight Control Environment Suites
• Build on proven HP SIM and Insight Essentials software
• Simplify infrastructure lifecycle management
• Unify resource management through a single console
• Enable rapid and consistent server deployment using predefined scripts or system images
• Securely control remote or headless systems at any time, independent of the operating system state
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• Optimize server performance and configuration to exacting requirements with real-time monitoring
• Reduce power consumption costs without sacrificing performance
• Protects your systems from vulnerabilities with proactive patch management
• Manages your physical and virtual servers in the same exact way, in a single display
For complete information and licensing options for HP Insight Control Environment, see the HP Insight software
website at http://www.hp.com/go/insight.
Licensing
HP Insight Control Environment and Insight Essentials software licenses deliver license entitlement certificates
in place of license activation keys. Part numbers that delivered license activation keys by physical shipment
in the past now deliver license entitlement certificates by physical shipment. Part numbers for electronic
licenses will deliver the license entitlement certificates online.
The license entitlement certificate directs you to http://www.webware.hp.com and contains the information
to redeem your license activation keys online or by fax.
The electronic redemption process enables you to easily manage your license activation keys. You can store
or share license activation keys electronically, which not only supports the HP environment-friendly approach
but also offers you the convenience of not having to file or discard confidential paper licenses. In addition
the license activation keys can be printed.
The electronic redemption process enables HP to automatically register you for Software Technical Support
and Update Services (if included in the product purchased), eliminating an extra step.
The integrated installer must be run to install the HP Insight software licensing capabilities for these suites.
To apply license keys, see "Licensing HP Insight Control Environment Suites " in this guide.
If you manage Integrity servers running HP-UX, you might not need to purchase licenses for some system
setups, but you can still take advantage of HP Insight Control Environment ease of installation and configuration
of HP SIM. If you manage Integrity servers running Windows® or Linux, you can purchase licenses for the
HP Insight Rapid Deployment software for operating system deployment while taking advantage of HP Insight
Control Environment integrated installation.
Platform support
HP Insight Control Environment is supported on a defined set of HP hardware, HP storage, software, and
third-party operating platforms. For a full list of supported platforms and components, see the
HP Insight
Control Environment Support Matrix
.
Component summary
You can install the following components using the HP Insight Software Integrated Installer:
• HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 Advanced Pack—Integrated management processor for shared remote
consoles that delivers remote control performance and ease of use suitable for routine and emergency
server administration.
• HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 Advanced for BladeSystem—Integrated management processor for ProLiant
BL servers that delivers remote control performance and ease of use suitable for routine and emergency
server administration.
• HP Insight Software Integrated Installer—A wizard-based installer used by HP Insight Control Environment
suites to simplify the installation, configuration, and integration of HP SIM and Insight Essentials.
• HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)—Provides unified foundation management services for HP servers,
storage, and network resources from a single console. HP SIM delivers centralized fault, configuration,
inventory, performance management, warranty details, automated service call initiation and
troubleshooting information. HP SIM is built according to industry standards to manage HP and third-party
infrastructure resources.
• HP Insight Power Manager (IPM)—Extends HP SIM with power consumption and thermal output
monitoring to optimize data center power and cooling. Includes power regulation policies for groups
of HP ProLiant servers.
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• HP Insight Rapid Deployment software (RDP) —Configures and deploys multiple servers quickly and
predictably in an unattended fashion using scripts and system images. Includes predefined scripts to
configure HP server hardware and deploy operating systems for Windows®, VMWare ESX™, and
Linux platforms.
• Insight Software Advisor—Automatically verifies the target platform for compliance with installation
prerequisites. The Advisor runs a series of tests on the server and identifies issues that might affect the
HP Insight Control Environment integrated installation or operation.
NOTE: The Insight Software Advisor was formerly called the HP Insight Control Environment Advisor.
• HP Performance Management Pack (PMP)—Enables HP SIM to proactively detect, analyze, and report
performance bottlenecks on HP ProLiant and Integrity servers, Modular Storage Array storage, and
VMware™ and Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines to ensure server workloads run at peak
performance levels.
• HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack (VPM)—Integrates comprehensive vulnerability assessment
and advanced patch management into HP SIM, to identify and resolve security vulnerabilities quickly
and reliably in Microsoft® Windows® and Red Hat Linux environments.
• HP Virtual Machine Management Pack (VMM) —Provides unified virtual machine management of
physical and virtual server resources within HP SIM. Supports VMware™, HP Integrated Citrix XenServer,
and Microsoft virtual machine environments. VMM also supports XEN on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server virtualization products.
• HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant (SMP)—Provides an automated, accurate, and
affordable way to migrate existing servers (physical or virtual) and their content to the latest HP
BladeSystem or ProLiant server technologies, or to the latest virtualization platforms like VMware™,
Microsoft™, and Citrix. SMP supports physical-to-ProLiant (P2P), virtual-to-ProLiant (V2P), physical-to-virtual
(P2V), and virtual to virtual (V2V) migrations.
• HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM)—Simplifies the management of BladeSystem
environments that use HP Virtual Connect to control LAN and SAN connectivity. This application provides
a central console to manage and control infrastructure resources, a single resource pool for LAN and
SAN address administration, and grouping capabilities that enable rapid, reliable deployment and
movement of servers across the data center.
• System Management Homepage (SMH)—Used by the suite of Web Based Enterprise Management to
communicate over HTTP and HTTPS, which provides a uniform set of functionality and security to HP
Web-enabled system management software.
• HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM)—In conjunction with the HP Version Control Agent
(VCA), a tool that enables you to manage HP provided software stored in a repository.
• WMI Mapper—Makes it possible to retrieve WMI instrumented data from a Microsoft Windows
supported system via Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) requests.
• Remote Support Software Manager (RSSWM)—A standalone application that you can use to manage
software. It lists new software packages and updates for installed software that can be set to automatically
or manually download and install the software. Some software packages require RSSWM.
• HP Systems Insight Manager Integration Module for Insight Rapid Deployment (RDP-HP SIM
Connector)—Enables you to start deployments from the HP SIM console, in context of selected servers
or groups of servers. The connector also synchronizes the RDP and HP SIM device databases.
• HP Insight Orchestration (IO) software—An optional extension of HP Insight Dynamics – VSE that enables
self-service infrastructure capabilities. Using IO, you can design best practice infrastructure services,
automatically provision from pools of resources through a self-service portal, continuously operate and
optimize deployed infrastructure services, and integrate with existing management tools and processes
using the embedded workflow automation software.
• Virtual Server Environment (VSE) management software—A set of applications which are among the
components delivered by the HP Insight Dynamics – VSE for ProLiant and Virtual Server Environment
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for Integrity. These applications include HP Virtualization Manager and HP Capacity Advisor (CapAd).
• HP Insight Recovery software (HP IR)—An optional extension of the HP Insight Dynamics – VSE that
provides for automated disaster recovery of logical server environments. With a simple click, HP Insight
Recovery transfers applications running on HP BladeSystems or in VMware™ virtual machines to a
recovery site from a site impacted by a disaster situation.
The "HP components licensed with HP Insight Control Environment suites" table lists licensing options for HP
Insight Control Environment components. A checkmark signifies that the component is licensed with the suite.
HP Insight Control Environment licenses all ProLiant ML and DL 300, 500, and 700 servers, all ProLiant
BladeSystem servers, and select BladeSystem workstations. See the
HP Insight Control Environment Suites
Support Matrix
to understand the server hardware and operating system support.
The HP Insight Dynamics – VSE has separate license keys. HP Insight Control Environment is a prerequisite
for using the HP Insight Dynamics. HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is installed along with the HP
Insight Dynamics – VSE on the Central Management Server, but is licensed separately for c-Class enclosures.
HP Insight Orchestration software and HP Insight Recovery both require HP Insight Dynamics – VSE, but are
licensed separately.
Table 1-1 HP components licensed with HP Insight Control Environment suites
Licensed with
iPMP-BL
Licensed with
iPMP
Licensed with
HP Insight
Dynamics –
VSE
Licensed with
ICE-BL
Licensed with
ICE
Component
✓✓✓✓✓HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)
✓✓✓✓HP Insight Power Manager (IPM)
✓✓HP Insight Rapid Deployment software (RDP) *
✓✓✓✓✓Insight Software Advisor
✓✓HP Performance Management Pack (PMP)
✓✓HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack
(VPM)
✓✓HP Virtual Machine Management Pack (VMM)
✓HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant
HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM)*
HP Insight Orchestration (IO) software*
✓HP Virtual Server Environment Management
Software (Windows CMS)
HP Insight Recovery (HP IR)*
* - Licensed separately
NOTE: You can install all components as part
of an HP Insight Control Environment installation,
but you license some components separately.
The Insight Software DVD can be accessed from the local installation server or mapped from another system.
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2 Licensing HP Insight Control Environment Suites
This section describes the licensing procedures for HP Insight Control Environment software. You must have
HP SIM administrative rights to add or deploy software licenses.
Table 2-1 Licensing HP Insight Control Environment
Complete the items described in these sectionsTo license this suite
• Preparing for HP Insight Control Environment licensing
• Adding and applying licenses to Insight Control Environment
• Licensing HP Insight Rapid Deployment Software
• Adding iLO 2 Advanced license keys
HP Insight Control Environment
• Preparing for HP Insight Control Environment licensing
• Adding and applying licenses to HP Insight Control Environment
for BladeSystem uses three license keys:
• Licensing HP Insight Rapid Deployment Software
• Adding iLO 2 Advanced license keys
HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem
▲ Adding iLO 2 Advanced license keys
iLO Power Management Pack
▲ Adding iLO 2 Advanced license keys
iLO Power Management Pack for BladeSystem
Preparing for HP Insight Control Environment licensing
Before licensing servers for HP Insight Control Environment, deploy a supported operating system, or verify
that the servers have a supported operating system. At least one system supported by the suite must be
discovered with a corresponding suite license and then by clicking Apply. For more information about
discovering and updating the server list in HP SIM, see the appropriate version of the
HP Systems Insight
Manager Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows
. For information about supported operating
systems, see the
HP Insight software Support Matrix
at http://www.hp.com/go/insight.
IMPORTANT: Products are now licensed using License Manager. However, you must still use the Insight
software integrated installer to install the licensing functionality for ICE. You can access License Manager
by selecting Deploy→License Manager.
BladeSystem Integrated Manager c-Class enclosures ship with an 8-server, 60-day evaluation version of
Insight Control Environment. A fully licensed version for 8 or 16 servers is also available with c-Class enclosure
purchases.
Adding an Insight Control Environment license in HP SIM applies hidden sublicenses for HP Performance
Management Pack, HP Vulnerability and Patch Management, HP Insight Power Manager, and HP Virtual
Machine Management Pack. You must add HP Insight Rapid Deployment software (RDP) and iLO2Advanced
licenses separately.
IMPORTANT: HP SIM collects HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Advanced license information through an SSH
connection. If you have not already done so, you must configure the proper SSH credentials so that HP SIM
can collect this information. To perform an automatic collection of iLO licenses, select Deploy→License
Manager→Collect Remote License info. For more information, see the
HP SIM Technical Reference Guide
.
Adding and applying licenses to Insight Control Environment
The HP Insight Control Environment suite uses three license keys—Insight Control Environment key, RDP
license file, and iLO Advanced (or iLO Advanced for BladeSystem) license key. For successful system operation,
you must apply all three keys to each managed target system.
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The Insight Control Environment license key contains hidden sublicenses for the following products:
• HP Insight Power Manager
• HP Performance Management Pack
• HP Virtual Machine Management Pack
• HP Vulnerability and Patch Management
Procedure 2-1 To add an Insight Control Environment license key in HP SIM:
1. Select Deploy→License Manager.
2. Click Add Licenses.
3. Enter the key in the Specify Key String field.
4. Click Process.
5. When key details appear, click Add Licenses Now.
Procedure 2-2 To apply an Insight Control Environment license key in HP SIM:
1. Select Deploy→License Manager.
2. Select Insight Control Environment in the Product License Information list, and click Manage
Licenses. A list of license keys appears.
3. Click Apply Licenses.
4. Select the systems to license and click Apply.
5. Click Next. The Deploy Insight Control Environment screen appears.
6. Select unlicensed systems, and click Select License.
7. In the Licenses currently available for Insight Control Environment table, select the license to
apply. Click Apply License.
For instructions on adding the Insight Rapid Deployment registration code, see Licensing HP Insight Rapid
Deployment Software. For instructions on adding the iLO Advanced or iLO Advanced for BladeSystem license
key, see Adding iLO 2 Advanced license keys.
Adding and applying licenses to HP Insight Control Environment for
BladeSystem uses three license keys:
• HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem key
• RDP registration code
• iLO Advanced for BladeSystem
For successful system operation, you must apply all three keys to each managed target.
The HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem license key contains hidden sublicenses for the products
listed below:
• HP Insight Power Manager
• HP Performance Management Pack
• HP Virtual Machine Management Pack
• HP Vulnerability and Patch Management
Procedure 2-3 To add an Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem license key in HP SIM:
1. Select Deploy→License Manager.
2. Click Add Licenses.
3. Enter the key in the Specify Key String field.
4. Click Process. The key details appear.
5. Click Add Licenses Now.
Procedure 2-4 To apply an Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem license key in HP SIM:
1. Select Deploy→License Manager.
2. Select Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem in the Product License Information list.
Click Manage Licenses. A list of license keys appears.
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3. Click Apply Licenses.
4. Select the systems to license, and click Apply.
5. Click Next. The Deploy Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem screen appears.
6. Select unlicensed systems, and click the Select License.
7. In the Licenses currently available for Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem table, select
the license to apply, and click Apply License.
For instructions on adding the RDP registration code, see Licensing HP Insight Rapid Deployment Software.
For instructions on adding the iLO Advanced for BladeSystem license key, see Adding iLO 2 Advanced
license keys.
Licensing HP Insight Rapid Deployment Software
This section describes licensing for the HP Insight Rapid Deployment software (RDP) .
IMPORTANT: Keep your product registration number for future reference.
NOTE: The term
server
used in this context means a physical server or a virtual machine. One license is
required for each physical server or virtual machine.
License types
• Purchased license. To obtain this license file, follow the instructions on your license entitlement certificate.
• 10-node, 30-day evaluation license. To obtain this license file, access
http://www.hp.com/servers/rdp/eval.
• 10-node, 7-day evaluation license. This license is built into the Deployment Server.
Applying a license file during a first-time installation or upgrade
A 10-node, 7-day evaluation license is built into the deployment server. To apply this license during a first-time
installation, on the Deployment Share Information screen, select Free 7 day license.
To apply a purchased or evaluation license file, enter the path to the license file in the License File field
during the installation on the Deployment Share Information screen.
Adding 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.
Replacing licenses in an existing installation
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.
Adding iLO 2 Advanced license keys
The Licensing page enables you to view the current license status and enter a key to activate iLO 2 Advanced
licensed features. Use the same procedure to activate the iLO 2 Advanced or iLO 2 Advanced for BladeSystem.
To add an Advanced license key:
1. Log in to iLO 2 through a supported browser.
2. Click the Administration tab.
3. Click Licensing. The iLO 2 license activation screen appears.
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4. Enter the license key in the spaces provided. Press Tab or click inside a box to move between boxes.
The Activation key box advances as you enter data. Click Licensing to clear the boxes and reload
the page.
5. Click Install.
6. Click OK.
To create a script that enables licenses to be pushed from a central point and to update and activate the
license key, enter the following from the command line interface:
set / map1 license=1234500000678910000000001
You can also perform other license operations, such as Show and Delete, and use the command line interface
with SSH.
IMPORTANT: Within the iLO 2 interface, Administration→SNMP/Insight Manager Settings, make sure
the Level of Data Returned is set to Enabled. This setting enables HP SIM to discover the remote
management processor and to associate the device with the host server.
After you apply a license on the iLO 2, you must remotely collect the iLO2 licenses onto the CMS.
1. Navigate to the HP SIM License Manager. In HP SIM, select Deploy→License Manager.
2. Click Collect Remote Licenses Info.
3. Select your iLO 2.
4. Click Apply, and then click Next.
5. (Optional) If the iLO 2 credentials require an update:
a. Click Update Credentials.
b. Enter the credentials, and click OK.
c. Click Retry.
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3 Managing server blades from HP SIM
This chapter provides an overview of managing server blades from HP SIM using the HP BladeSystem
Integrated Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager.
Some tools enable their launch from HP SIM when installed to the CMS. For example, when Serviceguard
Manager is installed on a Windows-based HP SIM CMS, it creates the appropriate links to enable direct
launch.
Overview
HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager is an HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) plugin that enables you
to manage blade systems from HP SIM. HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager is comprised of blade computer
systems, integrated connectivity to data and storage networks, and shared power subsystems. The HP
BladeSystem Integrated Manager enables you to quickly navigate your HP blade environments including
server blades and desktops, enclosure infrastructures, racks, and integrated switches, through hierarchical
tree views. Users are able to conveniently configure, deploy, and manage individual or groups of blade
systems.
To access the HP BladeSystem Page, select Tools→Integrated Consoles→HP BladeSystem from the
menu bar in HP Systems Insight Manager or from the Systems and Events panel,
Systems\Shared\Systems by Type\HP BladeSystem.
What's New in HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager 3.5 with Update 1
• Support for HP ProLiant BL280c G6, BL460c G6, BL490c G6, and BL685c G6 Server Blades.
• Support for HP Virtual Connect 8Gb Fibre Channel Module (24-port).
• Support for HP 1/10Gb-F VC Module.
Racks and enclosures
Overview
A blade server is typically a very dense server system containing microprocessors, memory, and network
connections that can be easily inserted into a rack-mountable enclosure to share power supplies, fans,
switches, and other components with other server blades. Server blades tend to be more cost-efficient, faster
to deploy, and easier to adapt to growth and change than traditional rack-mounted or tower servers.
A rack represents the actual physical rack as it appears in the lab, and you can create it manually in HP
BladeSystem Integrated Manager. See Viewing enclosures for more information. An enclosure is a physical
container for a set of blades servers. It consists of a backplane that routes power and communication signals
and additional hardware for cabling and thermal issues. It also hosts the CPU or server power supplies. A
rack is a container for an enclosure although racks and enclosures are considered containers.
HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager provides the following collection types:
• p-Class p-Class enclosures together form a rack if a set of enclosures are networked in the hardware
level. A p-class enclosure hosts the ProLiant BL p-Class server and workstation types.
• c-Class c-Class collections consist of the HP BladeSystem c7000 and c3000 Enclosures, HP ProLiant
BL c-Class server blades, network interconnect components, Onboard Administrator, and management
tools that enable adaptive computing, optimized for rapid deployment.
IMPORTANT: When upgrading from HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager 2.3 or earlier to HP BladeSystem
Integrated Manager 3.0 or later, any user-defined collections relating to the All p-Class racks or All c-Class
racks are lost. After upgrading, the default All c-Class racks and All p-Class racks collections appear in the
All Racks collection provided that the devices are not re-identified.
Rack and enclosure collections
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)
discovers
and
identifies server blade
and
enclosures
.
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There are two specific search criteria for enclosures:
• Rack
• Enclosure
Running searches using these criteria returns a list of
systems
contained in the selected racks or enclosures.
Any criteria, except for the two listed previously, returns the racks and enclosures themselves, not the systems
in those racks and enclosures. For instance, a system name search for the rack Franklin 1 would return
the system Franklin 1, not any systemsinFranklin 1.
Two default collections are related to racks and enclosures and are listed under the System Type collection:
• All Racks
• All Enclosures
On the system table view page, racks display in two formats:
• Encl1 in Rack1
• Rack1
The Picture View page can be displayed by clicking rack hyperlink.
Clicking an enclosure name in the System Name column on the system table view page produces a list of
all discovered systems in the selected enclosure. The status for both racks and enclosures is always Unknown.
The Picture View page displays if the server is part of an enclosure or rack. This page contains a diagram
of the discovered systems in the enclosure and, if available, in the rack. While signed in to HP SIM and
placing your cursor over a server shown in the view, you receive information on that particular server,
including server blade name, slot number, and the enclosure in which the server is located.
NOTE: The picture view for a c-class enclosure is enhanced to display a link to access the virtual domain.
System page
The System Page is used to display information that is related to a specific
system
. This page displays:
• System Tab. Includes general system and status information.
• Tools & Links Tab. Includes links to System Management pages, HP Systems Insight Manager pages,
and other tools and information.
• Events Tab. Displays the event table view page for the system.
• Performance/Utilization Tab. Includes general information about the performance of the system.
• Port Mapping/Mezzanine Cards Tab. Displays port mappings for c-Class blades and switches.
Note: This tab appears only for c-Class collections.
• Essentials Tab. Displays a description of the available software and a link to the HP web site where
you can get further details. Only full and limited configuration rights users can view the Essentials tab.
There are two ways to access the System Page:
• Click Tools→System Information→System Page. Then select target systems.
• Click the system name in the System Name column on the system table view page.
NOTE: When you discover the HP 3G SAS BL Switch using the IP address, the System Type will be
identified as Unknown as the switch does not support SNMP.
Viewing racks
To view a created rack, click All Racks from the System and Event Collections panel. All of the created
racks are listed. Select the rack that you want to view additional details. By default, the picture view of the
rack is displayed. The picture view of the rack also distinguishes the blades that are running Virtual Machines
(VMs) on them. When you move your mouse over the image of the rack, these details are displayed. In
addition, it also displays the number of VMs that are running.
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NOTE: For c-Class devices (blades and switches in an enclosure) to appear in HP BladeSystem Integrated
Manager tree or picture view, at least one Onboard Administrator in that enclosure must be discovered
before or after the devices. The devices may be discovered in HP SIM but do not appear in HP BladeSystem
Integrated Manager tree or picture view if none of the Onboard Administrators are discovered.
NOTE: Any change in the physical configuration of the c-Class enclosure, such as moving the devices from
one slot to another or removing a device, requires re-identification of the Onboard Administrator.
Navigating the System(s) tab
The picture view page for racks and enclosures contains a picture view of the discovered systems in the rack
or enclosure if available. The rack name appears along with a picture view, table view, or iconic view of
the rack. While signed in to HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), placing your cursor over a server shown
in the view, displays information on that particular server, including server blade name, slot number, and
the enclosure in which the server is located. You can also click a component name to display detailed
information about the component. The System Page appears.
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The following items are listed on the Rack View page.
• Rack name in header. Displays the name of the rack.
• Updated: (Timestamp). Automatically refreshes and displays the last updated timestamp.
Note: This reflects the Central Management Server time and not the client time.
• Type of system in parentheses (rack). Displays the system type of in parenthesis.
• Help link. Click the help link, which is displayed as a question mark, to view the online help.
• View as dropdown list. Select from the following views:
Table.•
• Tree.
• Icons.
• Picture.
• Multi-select checkboxes. Select the device type based on the following:
All Blades•
• All Interconnect Switches
• All Onboard Administrators
• All Enclosures
• Front and rear views. Displays realistic front and rear picture views which include:
A collapsible tray for each enclosure in the rack, with the enclosure status and name in the title
bar
•
• Selection checkboxes on all selectable items
• Status icons on all items with status
• Each blade or switch hyperlinks to that system's System Page
• Enclosure details. Enclosure details to the right of the pictures include:
Enclosure Name. Click Enclosure Name to display the picture view of the enclosure.•
• Serial number. Displays the serial number of the system.
• Rack name. Displays the name of the rack.
• Unit ID (LED). Indicates whether the Unit ID is on or off.
• Health Status. Indicates the health status of the enclosure.
• Data Center ID. Indicates the identification number of the data center which the rack is part of.
• Data Center Location. Indicates the location of the data center which the rack is part of.
• Row Number. Indicates the row number of the rack.
• Position in Row. Indicates the position of the rack in the row.
The details such as Data Center ID, Data Center Location, Row Number and Position in Row are visible
only when you create a new rack or when you edit an existing rack.
The following details are shown for only c-Class enclosures:
•
Onboard Administrator
. Displays a link to the Onboard Administrator home page.
• Virtual Connect Manager. Displays the IP address to the Virtual Connect Manager (VCM). You
can click the IP address to access the VCM system.
• VCM Domain Name. Displays the VCM domain name. Click the domain name to view the Systems
page for the VC Domain.
• Firmware Revision. Displays the firmware revision number.
Note: This option is available for only p-Class collections.
30 Managing server blades from HP SIM
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