Considerations for choosing HP Agentless Management

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Management and maintenance
When the iLO 4 default configuration for Agentless Management occurs, the iLO Management Engine alerts HP SIM 7.
This is the preferred configuration and eliminates any potential for duplicate information from the managed server.
Management with HP SIM 7
To manage a ProLiant Gen8 server using Agentless Management, your management server must use HP SIM 7.0 or later.
You also need to configure SNMP parameters so that HP SIM can exchange information with the server. iLO should be on
the same networks as the management server and we recommend that you implement consistent network naming
configurations through a shared Domain Name System (DNS).
HP SIM 7 features
HP SIM management enables you to:
• Identify iLO processors
• Create an association between iLO and its server
• Create links between iLO and its server
• View iLO and server information and status
Agentless Management and integration with HP SIM 7
We’ve designed HP SIM 7 to discover, identify, and interact with iLO. With the OS running, you can use the HP SIM 7
Management Console from a standard web browser to establish a connection to iLO, as well as receive alerts and collect
information from iLO. Integration with HP SIM 7 provides:
• SNMP trap delivery to HP SIM 7 - You can also configure HP SIM to forward events as SNMP traps to another
management application, or to a pager or email address.
• Identification for management processors - All iLO devices on the network are classified in HP SIM 7 as management
processors.
• Grouping of iLO management processors - All iLO devices can be grouped logically and associated within collections.
Collections are groups of systems and events that can be used for viewing information, or as a way to specify the
targets for a particular action.
• HP Management Agents or Agentless Management - iLO, combined with Agentless Management or the HP
Management Agents, provides remote access to system management information through the iLO network interface.
• Support for SNMP management - HP SIM 7 can access Insight Management Agent information through iLO.
For more detailed information on Agentless Management and HP SIM, see the “HP Systems Insight Manager and
Agentless Management overview” technology brief link in the “For more information” section at the end of this
document.
Maintenance with HP Intelligent Provisioning
If you decide to let the iLO 4 default configuration install Agentless Management, you don’t have to worry about
updates. Intelligent Provisioning builds on proven technology and stores all required firmware and drivers on a NAND
flash chip residing on the ProLiant Gen8 server motherboard. Intelligent Provisioning replaces SmartStart and provides
an improved user interface and all of the specific tools, drivers, and agents that you need to setup, deploy and maintain
your specific Gen8 server. With Intelligent Provisioning, there is no media. Just press F10 to get started.
Intelligent Provisioning uses a built-in version of HP SUM to ensure that iLO 4 has the latest agents, software, drivers,
and firmware from hp.com, or a local repository on your own network. You can find the full suite of ProLiant server and
blade server drivers, agents, firmware, and systems software in the SPP at: www.hp.com/go/spp/download.