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Table of Contents 1 Central management server requirements...................................................................5 1.1 CMS requirements.............................................................................................................................5 1.2 Upgrade path to this release.............................................................................................................6 2 Managed system requirements.................................................................
1 Central management server requirements The HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Central Management Server (CMS) is the server on which HP SIM and the HP Insight Control for Linux (Insight Control for Linux) software is installed. 1.1 CMS requirements The server you choose to be the CMS must fulfill the requirements listed in Table 1-1.
1 2 The amount of disk space required varies with the needs of your installation. This amount is based on two Linux operating systems, two captured Linux images, two ProLiant Support Packs, several shell scripts, and several installation configuration files. This operating system requires ProLiant Support Pack 8.51. 1.2 Upgrade path to this release The CMS must run Insight Control for Linux version 2.10 or higher to upgrade to Insight Control for Linux Version 6.1.
2 Managed system requirements Managed systems are the HP ProLiant servers monitored and managed by Insight Control for Linux. Managed systems must fulfill the requirements listed in Table 2-1. Table 2-1 Managed system requirements Component Requirement Processor architecture • x86 • AMD64 • x86-64 HP server model HP ProLiant c-Class blade servers, DL series servers, ML series, and SL series servers are supported for use as managed systems.
1 2 3 4 This OS requires ProLiant Support Pack 8.51. Network installation of the ESX virtualization operating system is not supported by Insight Control for Linux if the server requires a "driver CD". This includes servers with a ServerEngines NIC, like the BL685 G7 and BL465c G7. Installation of an ESXi virtualization OS using PXE boot is unsupported. Insight Control for Linux 6.
3 Supported servers and enclosures This chapter lists the HP ProLiant servers and HP BladeSystem enclosures that are supported for use with Insight Control for Linux. For a list of HP ProLiant servers that support RHEL and SLES operating systems, see the Linux certification and support matrix - HP ProLiant servers web site: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hplinuxcert.
Table 3-2 Supported c-Class server blades Supported as a Supported as a CMS? managed system? Supported by HP Insight Control power management? BL2x220c G5 Yes Yes Yes BL2x220c G6 Yes Yes Yes BL260c G5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes BL465c Yes Yes Yes BL465c G5 Yes Yes Yes BL465c G6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Model number See the Note at the end of this table BL280c G6 1 BL460c BL460c G5 BL460c G6 BL465c G7 2 3,4 BL480c
3.3 c-Class enclosures Table 3-3 lists the supported HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures and the minimum firmware version for the Onboard Administrator (OA) that has been tested with Insight Control for Linux. Table 3-3 Supported c-Class BladeSystem enclosures c-Class enclosure model OA firmware version c3000 2.60 c7000 2.60 3.4 DL series servers The DL100 series servers feature LO100i management processors.
Table 3-4 Supported DL series servers (continued) Model number See the Note at Supported as a Supported by HP the end of this Supported as managed Insight Control power table a CMS? system? management? DL360 G7 Yes Yes Yes DL365 Yes Yes Yes DL365 G5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DL380 G5 Yes Yes Yes DL380 G6 Yes Yes Yes DL380 G7 Yes Yes Yes DL385 G2 Yes Yes Yes DL385 G5 Yes Yes Yes DL385 G5p Yes Yes Yes DL385 G6 Yes Yes No DL385 G7 Yes Yes No DL580 G4 Yes Yes N
Table 3-5 Supported ML series servers Model number Supported as a CMS? Supported as a managed system? Supported by HP Insight Control power management? ML310 G5 No Yes No ML310 G5p No Yes No ML330 G6 No Yes No ML350 G5 No Yes Yes ML350 G6 No Yes Yes ML370 G5 No Yes Yes ML370 G6 No Yes Yes 3.6 SL series servers The SL series servers feature LO100i management processors.
4 Supported versions of HP partner products This chapter lists the HP software products and product versions that are either included with or supported for use in combination with Insight Control for Linux Version 6.1. 4.1 HP Systems Insight Manager Supported version: 6.1 Insight Control for Linux Version 6.1 is based on HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM). You do not have to preinstall HP SIM on the Central Management Server (CMS) before you install Insight Control for Linux. HP SIM Version 6.
IMPORTANT: PSPs are not available for ProLiant DL100 series servers such as the DL160, DL165, DL180, and DL185. PSP version 8.51 is required if you plan to install the entire PSP on your SLES 11 SP1 managed system running SLES 11 SP1; the version 6.1 release of Insight Control for Linux precedes the release of PSP version 8.51. However, you can use PSP 8.50 to install the SLES11 SP1 operating system because Insight Control for Linux only installs a subset of the PSP components.
5 Web browser and client requirements 5.1 Web browser requirements HP supports the use of Insight Control for Linux with the following browsers: Browser Platform that the browser runs on Mozilla Firefox 3 (and higher) Linux, Windows, HP-UX Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Windows Internet Explorer 8 Windows 5.2 Client requirements You can use a client-hosted web browser interface to establish a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) session with Insight Control for Linux.
6 Support and other resources 6.1 Contacting HP 6.1.1 Information to collect before contacting HP Be sure to have the following information available before you call contact HP: • • • • • • Software product name Hardware product model number Operating system type and version Applicable error message Third-party hardware or software Technical support registration number (if applicable) 6.1.
HP worldwide customer service contact numbers HP worldwide customer service contact numbers are available at the following website: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact_us.html 6.1.4 HP authorized resellers For the name of the nearest HP authorized reseller, see the following sources: • In the United States, see the HP U.S. service locator website at: http://www.hp.com/service_locator • In other locations, see the Contact HP worldwide website at: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact.
— — — • The RHEL 5.3 OS is no longer supported on the CMS. The SLES 9 operating systems are no longer supported on managed systems. The ESX 3.0.3, 3.5, 3.5 U4, and 4.0 virtualization operating systems are no longer supported on managed systems. The ESXi 3.5, 3.5 U4, and 4.0 virtualization operating systems are no longer supported on managed systems. 6.3 Related information 6.3.
2. 3. • On the right side of the page, select Product Documentation. Find the title you want, and click on it to view the PDF file online or download the PDF file to your computer. HP Systems Insight Manager The HP SIM information library is available at the HP SIM product website: http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim • HP Insight Control virtual machine management Documentation for HP Insight Control virtual machine management is available from the product website: http://www.hp.
8. To download the PSP, click the Download>> button associated with the *.tar.gz (gzipped) file. To view or download the associated HP ProLiant Support Pack User Guide, click the Release Notes tab. Linux vendors The following are links to Linux® vendor websites. Linux vendors are not limited to the vendors shown in this list. The address of each website or link to a particular topic is subject to change without notice by the website provider. • http://www.redhat.
• http://www.balabit.com/products/syslog_ng Home page for syslog-ng®, a tool that is used for consolidated logging. 6.3.3 Troubleshooting resources The HP Insight Control for Linux Installation Guide and HP Insight Control for Linux User Guide each contain a chapter that describes troubleshooting hints and techniques. 6.4 Typographic conventions This document uses the following typographical conventions: 24 Book title The title of a book. On the web, this can be a hyperlink to the book itself.
A Functionality based on MP license The following table correlates functionality with the presence or absence of the LO100i management processor license; the management processor is required for all capabilities of Insight Control for Linux In general, LO100i-based servers are the DL1001 and SL100 series servers. See the Quickspecs for details for a specific server.
Table A-2 Insight Control for Linux functionality for supported iLO-based servers Insight Control for Linux Functionality iLO Advanced License Note Power On/Off/Reset Server Supported without license 2.10 and higher Bare metal discovery (PXE) Supported without license 2.10 and higher Bare metal discovery (Virtual media) License required for support 6.0 and higher Install (PXE) Supported without license 2.10 and higher Install (Virtual media) License required for support 6.
Index B blade enclosure supported, 11 blade server supported, 9 browser information (see web browser requirement) C client requirements, 17 CMS requirements, 5 customer service contact numbers, 20 D HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure, 11 HP Insight Control power management documentation, 22 supported version, 15 HP SIM supported version, 15 upgrade path, 15 HP SUM, 16 HP technical support, 19 HP Virtual machine management documentation, 22 HP virtual machine management supported version, 15 DL1000 multi nod
documentation, 22 ProLiant SL series servers, 13 ProLiant Support Pack (see PSP) PSP documentation, 22 downloading, 22 supported version, 15 R register for technical support and update service, 19 reporting documentation errors email address, 20 RRDtool documentation, 23 S SAID agreement, 19 server blade supported, 9 servers supported, 9 SIM documentation, 22 smart update firmware DVD, 10, 16 Supermon documentation, 23 support service, 19 supported enclosures, 9 supported servers, 9 supported software ver
