Page 4 - Overview; Scalable deployment of ProLiant Blade Servers.
1 Overview HP Insight Control server deployment is a server deployment solution that provides: • Automated server hardware configuration and operating system deployment. • Consistent Windows, VMware, and Linux deployment on the latest HP servers. • Scalable deployment of ProLiant Blade Servers. This...
Page 5 - Licensing; Activation Key File Information
2 Licensing A license allows Insight Control server deployment to deploy and manage either a physical serveror a virtual machine. One license is required to manage each server. After you apply a license toa server, you cannot remove or transfer the license to another server. A license file contains ...
Page 6 - Deployment Console basics
3 Getting started To get started, double-click the Deployment Console icon on the desktop. The Deployment Console, from which you can manage computers and execute jobs, appears. Deployment Console basics • Computers pane This pane shows managed computers. The New Computers group shows computers that...
Page 9 - Changing deployment server/solution username or; Before changing the password perform the following steps:; Changing the password; Click; Changing each service log on username and password
4 Changing deployment server/solution username or password (after initial installation) Prerequisites Before changing the password perform the following steps: 1. Verify that Insight Control server deployment has been installed and configured correctly withthe local SQL server. 2. Verify that all In...
Page 12 - Design; architecture; Firmware and hardware features; Properties
5 Reference Design HP delivers content as "features," each of which is a self-contained set of files and jobs. Eachfeature is independent, and resides in its own folder with key files located in the root folder andother supporting files located in various subfolders. Because the features are...
Page 13 - Windows features; Table 2 Typical Windows scripted install job layout; Table 3 Typical Windows file layout
• All input and output files are stored in the root of the feature. • The bin subfolder contains various scripts and utilities. • For firmware, the components subfolder contains the contents of the \compaq\swpackages directory from the Firmware CD. • For firmware, overwriting the components subfolde...
Page 14 - Table 4 Windows scripted install default settings; Linux features; Table 5 Typical RHEL and SLES scripted install job layout
Table 3 Typical Windows file layout (continued) Description File/Subfolder Post-deployment scripts for configuration and software installation oem\ Drivers required for deployment drivers\ A small set of smart components required to make the target manageable components\ Table 4 Windows scripted ins...
Page 15 - Table 6 Typical RHEL and SLES file layout; Table 7 RHEL and SLES scripted install default settings; Virtualization Host features; The design of the Hyper-V features is very similar to Windows.
Table 6 Typical RHEL and SLES file layout Description File/Subfolder answer files Various support utilities bin\ Distribution files dist\ Post-deployment scripts for configuration and software installation; as needed,boot files for deployment oem\ As needed, drivers required for deployment drivers\ ...
Page 16 - Table 8 Hyper-V scripted install default settings; Table 9 ESX scripted install default setting
Table 8 Hyper-V scripted install default settings (continued) Default setting Component The computer name uses the 15 right-most characters of the console display name. Computer name Firewall settings are disabled. Firewall Added to workgroup "WORKGROUP". SNMP and WMI are enabled. Networking...
Page 17 - Support and other resources; Subscription service; Registering for software technical support and update service
6 Support and other resources Information to collect before contacting HP Be sure to have the following information available before you contact HP: • Software product name • Hardware product model number • Operating system type and version • Applicable error message • Third-party hardware or softwa...
Page 18 - How to use your software technical support and update service; HP authorized resellers
The service also provides access to software updates and reference manuals in electronic form asthey are made available from HP. With this service, Insight Management customers benefit from expedited problem resolution aswell as proactive notification and delivery of software updates. For more infor...
Page 19 - Table 10 Typographic conventions
Table 10 Typographic conventions The title of a book. On the web, this can be a hyperlink tothe book itself. Book title A command name or command phrase, for example ls -a . Command Information displayed by the computer. Computer output A key sequence that indicates you must hold down thekeyboard ke...
Page 20 - when submitting your feedback.
7 Documentation feedback HP is committed to providing documentation that meets your needs. To help us improve thedocumentation, send any errors, suggestions, or comments to Documentation Feedback( [email protected] ). Include the document title and part number, version number, or the URL when subm...
Page 21 - A Manually installing distribution files; , where yyyy indicates operating system
A Manually installing distribution files If you did not copy the Windows, ESX, or Linux distribution files during the installation, you mustmanually copy the files for the scripted installation jobs to function properly. Manually copying thedistribution files produces the same results as copying the...
Page 22 - Table 11 Operating system directory names
Table 11 Operating system directory names (continued) Directory name Operating system ws7-x64-sp1-en_us Deploy Windows 2008 R2 SP1 x64 Enterprise (EN-US)/Standard ws7-x64-en_us Deploy Windows 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise(EN-US)/Standard ws6-x64-en_us Deploy Windows 2008 x64 Enterprise (EN-US)/Standard ws6...
Page 23 - B Manually modifying configuration settings
B Manually modifying configuration settings Synchronize display names with computer names option The Deployment Server can use a console display name that is different from the actual computername. However, the console can always reflect the same name as the computer name.To manually enable synchron...
Page 24 - Table 12 User Tokens table entries
Table 12 User Tokens table entries Token name Operating system w7-x64-pro-en_us-productkey Windows 7 x64 ws7-x64-sp1-std-en_us-productkey Windows 2008 R2 SP1 x64 Standard ws7-x64-sp1-ent-en_us-productkey Windows 2008 R2 SP1 x64 Enterprise ws7-x64-std-en_us-productkey Windows 2008 R2 x64 Standard ws7...
