Considerations for choosing HP Agentless Management

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The AMS is part of the HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) which installs AMS by default and needs no additional
configuration. OS data collected by the AMS includes:
• Host OS name and version
• Host network IP addresses
• Drivers and firmware versions of installed software
• Information about disk drives directly attached to the chipset (not using a Smart Array Controller)
HP AMS for Windows and Linux
ProLiant Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) and HP Intelligent Provisioning automatically install AMS when you perform an
OS installation. The HP SIM Managed System Setup Wizard also installs AMS.
HP AMS for VMware environments
We deliver Agentless Management and Active Health for VMware with the HP Custom Image, the HP ESXi Offline Bundle,
and in the Agentless Management Service Offline Bundle. The HP ESXi Offline Bundle includes the full HP Insight
Management WBEM Providers and the Agentless Management Service Offline Bundle includes only the HP Insight
Management WBEM Providers required to enable Smart Array information in VMware vCenter and online firmware
update. You can manage your ProLiant servers with AMS by installing the HP Custom Image or the HP ESXi Offline
Bundle. If you intend to manage your ProLiant servers using only Agentless Management, and don’t need the full set of
HP Insight Management WBEM Providers, you should install the Agentless Management Service Offline Bundle.
The ”hp-ilo” driver manages agent, WBEM provider, and tool application access to iLO. We include this driver in the HP-
customized VMware images. For raw VMware images, you must install the driver manually. We include the driver with
the following packages:
• Agentless Management Service Offline Bundle for ESXi 4.1 U2 or ESXi 5.x
• Agentless Management Service for ESX 4.1 U2
• HP ESXi Offline Bundle for ESXi 4.1 or ESXi 5.x
• HP ESXi Utilities Offline Bundle for ESXi 5.x
• HP Management Agents for ESX 4.x
Comparison of OS-based agents and Agentless Management
The iLO Management screen allows you to configure the settings for SNMP, SNMP alerts, and Insight Manager
integration. You must have the “Configure iLO Settings” privilege to change these settings. Depending on your
configuration, you might need to install additional software. Table 1 shows a comparison of the information provided by
Agentless Management and by the Insight Management Agents. Each item in the table indicates an individual
agent/task.