HP Xw460c - ProLiant - Blade Workstation, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...HP Insight Software Installation Checklist HP Part Number 41 1805 009 Published April 2009 ...

Page 2: ...formation contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Acknowledgments Microsoft Windows and ...

Page 3: ...rs 15 Component summary 15 HP Insight Software configuration parameters 17 4 Onboard Administrator installation configuration parameters 25 IP addresses and password configuration parameters 25 Rack and enclosure configuration parameters 25 Account configuration parameters 26 User configuration parameters 26 Server and interconnect EBIPA configuration parameters 27 Directory configuration paramete...

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Page 5: ...guration parameters 21 3 9 Protocol community string and discovery configuration parameters 22 3 10 HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager configuration parameters 23 3 1 1 HP Insight Orchestration software configuration parameters 23 4 1 Onboard Administrator IP addresses and password configuration parameters 25 4 2 Onboard Administrator rack and enclosure configuration parameters 25 4 3 Onboard A...

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Page 7: ...page name and 1 is the manpage section Book Title Title of a book or other document Linked Title Title that is a hyperlink to a book or other document http www hp com A Web site address that is a hyperlink to the site Command Command name or qualified command phrase user input Commands and other text that you type computer output Text displayed by the computer Enter The name of a keyboard key Note...

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Page 9: ...tion parameters Record Onboard Administrator installation and configuration parameters Installing HP Insight Software Table 1 2 Installing HP Insight software Done For more information To do HP Insight software Installation and Configuration Guide Insert the first Insight Software DVD into the DVD ROM of the intended management server and follow the onscreen instructions HP Insight Software Instal...

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Page 11: ...e added to the boot ini file to enable the Physical Address Extension feature This allows access to memory above 4 GB on 32 bit operating system editions running on hardware that supports PAE 2 For HP Insight Dynamics VSE two or more processing cores are required 3 For information about HP Insight Dynamics requirements see the HP Insight Dynamics VSE and HP VSE Management Software Version 4 1 Supp...

Page 12: ...equirement applies to HP Insight Orchestration software 4 This requirement applies to HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant 5 This requirement applies to HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant and is already installed by default 6 This requirement applies to HP Insight Rapid Deployment software If you are installing or upgrading HP Insight Rapid Deployment software you must ...

Page 13: ...EM HP IR IO ID VSE SMP VMM IPM VPM PMP RDP HP SIM HP II Operating system Supported 32 bit Windows operating system running as a guest on VMware ESX 3 0 1 Supported 32 bit Windows operating system running as a guest on VMware ESX 3 0 2 Supported 32 bit Windows operating system running as a guest on VMware ESX 3 0 3 Supported 32 bit Windows operating system running as a guest on VMware ESX 3 5 Updat...

Page 14: ... 2005 Express Edition supports up to 500 systems and 5 000 events NOTE When VPM is installed on a CMS with a remote connection to the HP SIM database VPM installs a local copy of Microsoft SQL Express and creates a database instance to store and manage vulnerability definitions and scan results Supported configurations The following configurations are supported both in a Windows domain and a workg...

Page 15: ...sed by HP Insight software 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 init...

Page 16: ...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 server...

Page 17: ...table to implement and configure HP SIM and the other Insight software products Before beginning the HP Insight software integrated installation process Record the configuration parameters in the Value column shown below or configure the settings as listed Use the Insight software Advisor located on DVD 1 to verify that all prerequisites are met This tool verifies the CMS platform for compliance w...

Page 18: ...ting Insight Rapid Deployment installation This installation must be version 3 00 or later IP address where ranges from 0 to 255 or a fully qualified host name Existing deployment server host name or IP address Reuse remote HP Insight Rapid Deployment software The administrator username for the existing Insight Rapid Deployment installation A valid existing Insight Rapid Deployment username Existi...

Page 19: ... Upgrade NOTE Passwords must be alphanumeric characters or _ period and space Do not use a as the first character or a space as the last character in the account password If you are not installing VPM 3 0 your password can also include and comma NOTE If HP SIM is already installed then the HP Insight software Integrated Installer reads the service and database credentials from the previous HP SIM ...

Page 20: ... credentials for a one time login Yes or No Enable automatic logon Install or Upgrade The password for the current user that will be used to logon after the reboot Valid password for the current installation user Logon password Install or Upgrade NOTE Passwords must be alphanumeric characters or _ period and space Do not use a as the first character or a space as the last character in the account ...

Page 21: ...de ready for installation Loading these system images ensures that deployment payload data is given to Insight Rapid Deployment target systems A list of operating systems can be selected Physical media or a directory location must be provided Operating systems to load into HP Insight Rapid Deployment software media must be supplied optional but recommended Install or Upgrade To perform VMware or L...

Page 22: ...stall This key deploys Windows Server x64 Standard For more information see your Microsoft licensing agreement A valid Windows Server 2008 key Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard key optional Install This key deploys Windows Server 2008 IA64 For more information see your Microsoft licensing agreement A valid Windows Server 2008 key Windows Server 2008 IA64 product key optional Install The SNMP string...

Page 23: ...re VSE Management Software data such as power information for each managed node capacity planning historical utilization data and capacity planning reports If large amounts of historical utilization data is desired for better capacity planning purposes a separate drive with ample disk space should be considered to enable future growth max of 4 GB for every 100 workloads with 4 years of historical ...

Page 24: ... and space Do not use a as the first character or a space as the last character in the account password If you are not installing VPM 3 0 your password can also include and comma To identify additional parameters needed for HP Insight Dynamics VSE see the Select components and root installation directory table and the Database configuration parameters table 24 HP Insight Software installation and ...

Page 25: ...e time on linked c Class enclosures in the same rack If the Onboard Administrator password has been changed and does not match the password on the product label you must recover the password For more information see the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide IP addresses and password configuration parameters Record the Onboard Administrator IP addresses and password configuration paramete...

Page 26: ...ovides choices for adding editing and deleting accounts The access control model divides users into three groups Administrators Operators and Users Record the configuration parameters in the following table Table 4 4 Onboard Administrator user configuration parameters Description Possible value Value Parameter The following usernames are reserved and cannot be used Administrator Idapuser nobody sw...

Page 27: ... bay Omit this step if your network has an external DHCP service or if you want to manually assign static IP addresses individually to the server blades and interconnect modules Record the configuration parameters in the following tables Table 4 5 Shared device settings for device bays table Description Possible value Value Parameter The subnet mask for the server bays where ranges from 0 to 255 S...

Page 28: ...A is enabled where ranges from 0 to 255 To enable EBIPA select the checkbox To disable EBIPA clear the checkbox By default the checkbox is not selected 4 The IP address assigned to the device bay if EBIPA is enabled where ranges from 0 to 255 To enable EBIPA select the checkbox To disable EBIPA clear the checkbox By default the checkbox is not selected 5 The IP address assigned to the device bay i...

Page 29: ... To enable EBIPA select the checkbox To disable EBIPA clear the checkbox By default the checkbox is not selected 12 The IP address assigned to the device bay if EBIPA is enabled where ranges from 0 to 255 To enable EBIPA select the checkbox To disable EBIPA clear the checkbox By default the checkbox is not selected 13 The IP address assigned to the device bay if EBIPA is enabled where ranges from ...

Page 30: ...y The IP address assigned to the device bay if EBIPA is enabled where ranges from 0 to 255 Select the checkbox to enable EBIPA or leave it cleared to disable EBIPA for the bay 1 The IP address assigned to the device bay if EBIPA is enabled where ranges from 0 to 255 Select the checkbox to enable EBIPA or leave it cleared to disable EBIPA for the bay 2 The IP address assigned to the device bay if E...

Page 31: ...e of the domain Directory server address The port used for LDAP communications 1 65535 Directory server SSL port Searchable paths used to locate the user when the user tries to authenticate using directory services Maximum of 128 characters Search context 1 3 Yes or No Use Microsoft Windows NT account name mapping DOMAIN username Network configuration parameters Use the Onboard Administrator netwo...

Page 32: ...ion parameters Description Possible value Value Parameter The chosen redundant operation mode for the power subsystem AC Redundant Power Supply Redundant or Not Redundant Enclosure Power mode Yes is the default value because the dynamic power mode saves power in most situations When enabled Dynamic Power Server mode runs the required power supplies at a higher rate of use Unused power supplies rem...

Page 33: ...er SUM web page at http www itrc hp com service sum home do to view your contract online and elect electronic delivery for product updates Warranty HP will replace defective delivery media for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase This warranty applies to all HP Insight software HP Systems Insight Manager products Join the discussion The HP Support Forum is a community based user supported...