HP Insight control for Linux 6.2 Installation Guide

disk which, when the server is rebooted, is mounted by the iLO as if it were a physical CD
or DVD.
The CMS securely logs into the Integrated Lights Out (iLO) MP and configures the virtual
media feature so that the server boots securely from an ISO image located on the CMS. That
ISO image contains the network information for that server so that DHCP is never required.
Using virtual media with Insight Control for Linux requires you to manually enter the
network information for each server through the Options→IC-LinuxNetw ork Configuration
Editor on the CMS.
See the HP Insight Control for Linux User Guide for information about configuring and using
virtual media.
• ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) installation Insight Control for Linux enables you to download
and copy PSPs to the Insight Control for Linux repository and deploy the PSPs to managed
systems. Systems Insight Manager uses PSPs to gather configuration data for system
management.
• Boot to a Linux rescue mode Insight Control for Linux enables you to boot a managed
system to a rescue Linux-based environment containing basic management and configuration
tools.
• Run SSH commands and Linux scripts on managed systems Insight Control for Linux enables
you to run a user-specified Linux command or script through SSH on one or more managed
systems.
The following features are available as Insight Control for Linux command line tools:
• Parallel distributed command environment The parallel distributed shell (pdsh) enables
you to run commands across systems in parallel, eliminating the need to run commands on
individual systems serially.
• Serial console access and logging The Console Management Facility (CMF) captures serial
console messages into log files and enables direct access to a managed system's console
through an interactive terminal session.
1.3 Licensing
Insight Control for Linux uses the Systems Insight Manager License Manager as its licensing
model.
When you purchase Insight Control for Linux, you receive a license entitlement package that
describes how to retrieve your Insight Control for Linux license keys. The license redemption
process generates the license keys for Insight Control for Linux and the license keys for the HP
Lights-Out 100i Advanced Pack, another product in the HP Insight Control family of core products.
The HP Lights-Out 100i Advanced Pack provides you with the use of virtual media. Using
Lights-Out 100i Advanced Pack, you can perform essential server hardware management and
system administration without physically visiting the server.
These keys enable full functionality of the product, including power management, virtual machine
management, and virtual media. Your Insight Control for Linux license key might contain one
or more licenses.
One Insight Control for Linux license is required on each server you want to manage and monitor
with Insight Control for Linux, and an iLO Advance Pack license is required to use virtual media
instead of PXE to remotely deploy a Linux OS to a managed server. For successful operation,
both keys must be applied to each managed system.
At the appropriate point in this document, you will follow a procedure to add the license keys
to Systems Insight Manager.
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