HP INSIGHT CONTROL LINUX EDITION FOR BLADESYSTEM User Manual

HP Insight Control Linux Edition

Getting Started Guide

Part number: 417731-004

Fourth edition: July 2007

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Part number: 417731-004

Fourth edition: July 2007

1 Introduction 2 Getting Started Checklist 3 Preparing your environment for HP Insight Control Linux Edition management

Verifying and updating the Control Tower Appliance firmware versions .......................................................... 6

Cabling the HP BladeSystem server blade enclosure management modules ..................................................... 7

Planning and configuring the management network...................................................................................... 7

Identifying the NIC ports to be used for the management network ............................................................. 8

Creating a port-based VLAN .............................................................................................................. 10

Connecting iLO to the management network......................................................................................... 11

Connecting an external switch ............................................................................................................ 11

Configuring the client browser ................................................................................................................. 11

Configuring your browser to use the SOCKS proxy ............................................................................... 12

4 Installing and activating HP Insight Control Linux Edition

Installing HP Insight Control Linux Edition .................................................................................................. 13

Logging in to the Control Tower Management Appliance ............................................................................13

HP Control Tower Startup Wizard............................................................................................................ 13

Upgrading HP Insight Control Linux Edition from earlier versions of HP Control Tower..................................... 15

5 Setting up the Control Tower Target Server configuration

Verifying and updating the firmware for managed components.................................................................... 16

Firmware Auto-Update during registration ................................................................................................. 17

Copying operating system and ProLiant Support Pack files to the Control Tower Management Appliance .......... 18

Discovering and registering target servers ................................................................................................. 18

6 Next Steps 7 HP support and contact information

Product website ..................................................................................................................................... 20

Related documents ................................................................................................................................. 20

Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................................................... 20

HP contact information ........................................................................................................................... 20

HP Software Technical Support and Update Service ................................................................................... 21

Index

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1 Introduction

HP Insight Control Linux Edition, an all-in-one software package, provides management and deployment for the HP BladeSystem and its HP ProLiant BL p-Class and c-Class servers. Built on Linux, Control Tower delivers an easy-to-use interface tailored to server blades and optimized for Linux users. Control Tower enables operating system deployment using both standard installation and image-based technologies.

This guide provides detailed procedures to:

• Prepare your server environment for HP Insight Control Linux Edition

• Install and activate HP Insight Control Linux Edition

• Set up the Control Tower Management Appliance

• Perform common tasks

Complete all the tasks included in this guide before attempting to use your HP Insight Control Linux Edition. These setup and configuration tasks must be completed to ensure that Insight Control Linux Edition can successfully deploy and manage your HP BladeSystem p-Class and c-Class server blades.

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2 Getting Started Checklist

The following is a checklist of the steps that must be performed in order to fully enable Control Tower. Details about each step are included in this document. Please review and follow this checklist to ensure success.

Preparing your environment for HP Insight Control Linux Edition management:

• Verifying and updating the Control Tower Management Appliance firmware versions

• Cabling the HP BladeSystem server blade enclosures

• Planning and configuring the management network

• Configuring the client browser

Installing and activating HP Insight Control Linux Edition:

• Installing HP Insight Control Linux Edition

• Logging in to the Control Tower Management Appliance

• Using HP Control Tower Startup Wizard

• Upgrading from Control Tower 1.00 or 1.10

Setting up the Control Tower Target Server configuration

• Using Firmware Auto-Update during registration

• Copying operating system and ProLiant Support Pack files to the Control Tower Management Appliance

• Discovering and registering target servers

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Verifying and updating the Control Tower Appliance firmware versions

Verify that the firmware installed on your Control Tower Appliance meets HP Control Tower requirements. The following table lists minimum firmware requirements based on the HP ProLiant server model.

Table 1 Control Tower Management Appliance firmware requirements

HP server platform

ProLiant BL20p G3

ProLiant BL20p G4

ProLiant DL360 G4 (SCSI models only)

ProLiant DL360 G4p (SCSI models only)

ProLiant DL360 G5

ProLiant DL360c G5

ProLiant BL460c 1.22 1.01 I15 06/06/06 Smart Array

ProLiant BL465c 1.22 1.01 A13 08/24/06 Smart Array

ProLiant BL480c 1.22 1.01 I14

ProLiant BL685c 1.24 1.01 A08 08/23/06 Smart Array

Enclosure and power management module firmware

2.30 1.84 4.07 I08

2.30 1.20 I13 5/16/06 Smart Array E200i

1.84 4.05A P52

1.11 BIOS 4.05A P58

1.11 4.05A P58

iLO firmware

iLO 2 firmware

Onboard Administrator (OA)

System ROM RAID Array

Smart Array 6i

11/09/2005

08/16/2005

06/13/2006

06/21/06

2.58A 10/07/2005

1.20

Smart Array 6i

2.58A 10/07/2005

Smart Array 6i

2.58A 10/07/2005

Smart Array E200i v1.20

Smart Array E200i 1.20

E200i 1.20

Smart Array P400i 1.18

E200i 1.20

Obtain updated firmware from the HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD included with the HP ProLiant Software Maintenance Pack or from http://www.hp.com/support/files

. Install updated ProLiant firmware from the ProLiant

Firmware Maintenance CD using one of the following methods:

• ROM Update Utility: CD-ROM method for performing firmware updates for selected ProLiant servers and

options. To launch this utility, restart or boot your system with this CD in the CD-ROM drive.

• ROMPaqs: Diskette-based method for performing firmware updates for selected ProLiant servers and options.

• Online ROM Flash Components: Online method for Microsoft® Windows®, Linux systems for performing

firmware updates for selected ProLiant servers and options.

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Cabling the HP BladeSystem server blade enclosure management modules

The management modules for each of the server blade enclosures and power enclosures (for p-Class only) must be connected in a daisy-chain manner to provide the management link. This connection enables Control Tower to identify rack topology for power and data management.

Each server blade and power enclosure (for p-Class only) must be linked to the enclosure above it and below it as described.

• On the server blade enclosure management modules:

• The upper management link connects to the enclosure above it.

• The lower management link connects to the enclosure below it.

• On the power enclosure management modules:

• The right management link connects to the enclosure above it.

• The left management link connects to the enclosure below it.

For complete details, including specific information about configuring a full-rack HP BladeSystem infrastructure, see the HP BladeSystem p-Class Enclosure Installation Guide at

http://www.hp.com/products/servers/proliant-bl/p-class/info http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/316682-0-0-0-121.html.

or for c-Class, see

Planning and configuring the management network

All Control Tower management tasks are performed over a private isolated management network. To create an isolated management network and enable Control Tower management, the following items must be connected:

• Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) from each server blade (connected together internally in the HP BladeSystem p-Class

enhanced server blade enclosure)

• Onboard Administrators from each c-Class enclosure

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