HP Insight Control for Linux 7.1 Update 1 Release Notes
Contents
1 Release description.....................................................................................5
1.1 Description.........................................................................................................................5
1.1.1 Release overview..........................................................................................................5
1.1.2 How to obtain the ISO image........................................................................................5
1.1.3 Software availability in native languages.........................................................................5
1.2 Update recommendation......................................................................................................5
1.3 Supersedes.........................................................................................................................6
1.4 Operating systems and servers..............................................................................................6
1.5 Enhancements....................................................................................................................6
1.5.1 Support for Service Pack for ProLiant...............................................................................6
1.5.2 Support for new servers................................................................................................6
1.5.3 Support for new operating systems.................................................................................6
1.6 Fixes..................................................................................................................................7
1.7 Prerequisites.......................................................................................................................7
1.8 Installation instructions.........................................................................................................7
1.9 Security bulletins and Customer advisories..............................................................................7
1.9.1 Security bulletin and alert policy for non-HP owned software components............................7
1.9.2 Customer advisories.....................................................................................................8
1.10 Related information............................................................................................................8
2 Issues and suggested actions.....................................................................10
2.1 Licensing notes..................................................................................................................10
2.1.1 Insight Control for Linux license assigned to management processor...................................10
2.1.2 Warning message: This system is already enabled.........................................................10
2.2 Network configuration notes...............................................................................................10
2.2.1 Internet Explorer generates error when Define Networks task is launched from the Network
Configuration Editor...........................................................................................................10
2.3 Management and monitoring notes.....................................................................................10
2.3.1 Sensor collection monitor Nagios service might time out on hub when /hptc_cluster is
exported...........................................................................................................................10
2.3.2 Nagios Interface update............................................................................................10
2.3.3 Refreshing server, switch, and enclosure icons in Nagios................................................10
2.3.4 Temperature data issues on some servers......................................................................12
2.4 Insight Control power management notes.............................................................................12
2.4.1 CSV format enabled for data centers............................................................................12
2.5 Linux OS installation notes..................................................................................................13
2.5.1 Packages might hinder SLES installation........................................................................13
2.5.2 Installing RHEL/SLES on servers with HP SmartArray B120i/B320i RAID controllers............13
2.5.3 Installing SLES 10 SP3 requires earlier version of SPP or PSP............................................15
2.5.4 SLES 32-bit OS installation might fail with download error..............................................15
2.6 Linux image capture and deployment notes..........................................................................15
2.6.1 Image capture/deployment issues with VID enabled setting on Gen8 servers.....................15
2.6.2 Capturing and deploying Linux images........................................................................16
2.6.2.1 Partitioning fails on SLES 11 SP1 image deployment................................................16
2.6.2.2 Deployment of SLES 11 image fails because RAM disk and OS interpret disk
differently.....................................................................................................................16
2.7 Insight Control virtual machine management notes................................................................16
3 Documentation notes.................................................................................17
3.1 HP Insight Control for Linux Installation Guide.......................................................................17
3.1.1 Addition to Section 3.4.2.5, Open inbound and outbound ports on the CMS.....................17
3.1.2 Update to Section 10.7.2, Websites..............................................................................17
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