HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.2 Installation Guide

NOTE: To set up your Media Server, you must first download or have media for the actual OS
installations. This includes the distribution files from the respective OS supplier, VMware ESXi from
HP, and the latest SPP from HP.
NOTE: It is possible to configure a Media Server on a Linux machine, but you cannot use the
Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility to do it. Instructions for setting up a
Media Server manually are available in an Insight Control server provisioning white paper, found
at http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
NOTE: Because the Media Server is separate from the HP Insight Control server provisioning
appliance, its contents are not included when you run an appliance backup. It is the customer’s
responsibility to ensure the Media Server’s contents are backed up.
2.6.2 Introduction to the Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility
The Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility is provided by HP to help you
configure an existing Windows system as a host for your Media Server. The setup tool configures
a Windows file share, copies OS distribution files to the correct location on the Media Server, and
sets up HTTP file serving. Use it to set up your Media Server for the first time, or to update an
existing Windows Media Server with newly available software.
The Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility creates a folder layout on the
Windows system to match the expectations of the HP-supplied OS Build Plans. By using the setup
utility, all OS Build Plans supplied by HP will run out of the box with no modifications required.
Every time support for a new OS or HP SPP is added to the Insight Control server provisioning
appliance, the Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility within the appliance
is also updated to support the new media.
Download the Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility from the Settings/Media
Server page on the Insight Control server provisioning appliance.
2.6.3 Requirements for setting up your Media Server
• An HP ProLiant server with at least a 2.0 GHz processor and 2 GB of memory, or an equivalent
virtual machine.
• The server must be running Windows Server 2008 or later x64 Standard or Enterprise Editions.
The server may not be a domain controller.
• You will need about 4 GB of disk storage for each OS distribution and HP SPP bundle, plus
additional space for captured images.
NOTE: The Media Server supports only the Complete ISO Image SPP, not the subsets.
• The server must have a network adapter configured with a static IP address.
• The Media Server uses the well-known HTTP port 80 TCP. The Windows file share uses port
445 TCP/UDP. These ports must be open on any firewalls between the Media Server and the
target servers.
• A local Windows user account with a non-blank password is required to control access to the
media server file share. Domain accounts cannot be used for this purpose.
• You must have administrator privileges on the Windows server to run the Insight Control server
provisioning Media Server setup utility.
• For Linux and ESXi deployments, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7 or later
with IIS 6 Management Compatibility must be installed on the Windows server to allow the
configuration of HTTP file serving.
12 Installing your Insight Control server provisioning appliance for the first time