HP Insight Control for Linux 7.0 Support Matrix

Table 1 CMS requirements (continued)
RequirementComponent
IMPORTANT: Not all virtualization operating systems listed in this table are supported
on all ProLiant G6, G7, and Gen8 series servers. See the table entry for your server in
Chapter 4 (page 12) for exceptions.
HP SIM Database
• PostgreSQL
• Oracle 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.3)
• Oracle 11g Enterprise Edition
IMPORTANT: HP recommends using an Oracle database if you plan to manage 500 or
more nodes (in this instance, nodes are defined as servers, management processors,
enclosures, onboard administrators, switches, and the like) on your CMS.
1
RHEL 4 requires a different PSP. For more information, see “ProLiant Support Pack” (page 18).
2
Software RAID is not supported on RHEL 6, SLES 10, or SLES 11 operating systems.
3
Installing this operating system on any Gen8 server or on any G7 (AMD Opteron 6200) server requires a driver kit ISO
image (KISO) provided by SUSE. For information on obtaining the KISO, see the section titled “Copying SLES 10 SP4
or SLES 11 SP1 (KISO) into the repository” in the HP Insight Control for Linux User Guide.
4
Although the KVM virtualization operating system is not supported by HP Insight Control virtual machine management,
Insight Control for Linux supports the installation of KVM guests and hosts.
2.2 Upgrade path to this release
The CMS must run Insight Control for Linux version 2.11 or higher to upgrade to Insight Control
for Linux Version 7.0.
NOTES:
In general, it is a good practice to upgrade HP SIM and Insight Control for Linux together, and HP
recommends doing so. It is possible that backward compatibility issues might occur if you upgrade
HP SIM without upgrading Insight Control for Linux as well.
Before upgrading, ensure that the CMS is running a supported operating system version.
Table 2 Installation script actions when HP SIM or Insight Control for Linux software is detected
CommentsScript actionDetected versionSoftware
HP SIM Version 7.0 is the current supported
version of HP SIM. If the script detects HP
Skips the HP SIM upgrade and
continues with the Insight Control
for Linux installation.
Version 7.0HP SIM
SIM 7.0, it prompts you to reinitialize HP
SIM. Reinitialization, which clears the HP
SIM database, is only necessary if you want
to re-create the HP SIM configuration or if
the HP SIM installation process failed
previously.
Upgrades HP SIM to Version 7.0
and continues with the Insight
Control for Linux installation.
Versions 5.3.1
through 6.2,
inclusive
Use the HP SIM documentation to manually
install or upgrade the HP SIM CMS to HP
SIM Version 7.0.
Exits the upgrade processVersion 5.3 or
lower
Use the instructions in the HP Insight Control
for Linux 7.0 Installation Guide to perform
Installs HP SIM Version 7.0 and
Insight Control for Linux Version 7.0
No version of HP
SIM
a full installation of Insight Control for Linux
Version 7.0.
Follow the upgrade instructions in the HP
Insight Control for Linux Installation Guide.
Starts the upgrade to Insight Control
for Linux Version 7.0
Versions 2.11
through 6.3
Insight Control
for Linux
2.2 Upgrade path to this release 7