HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.2 Online Help
Table Of Contents
- HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.2 Online Help
- Contents
- 1 Welcome to HP Insight Control server provisioning online help
- 2 Quick start
- 3 How Do I ... ?
- 3.1 General how do I ... ?
- 3.2 Jobs how do I ... ?
- 3.3 OS Build Plan how do I ... ?
- 3.3.1 Make sure a target server is ready for an OS Build Plan to run on it
- 3.3.2 Select an OS Build Plan and then select the servers to provision
- 3.3.3 Select servers and then pick the OS Build Plan to use
- 3.3.4 Know what the default administrator/root password is
- 3.3.5 Perform a boot from SAN installation
- 3.3.6 Configure the boot device on a Fibre Channel HBA
- 3.3.7 Create a Windows scripted install OS Build Plan that installs Windows without a product key
- 3.3.8 Install a specific Windows edition
- 3.3.9 Enable Windows Multipath I/O (MPIO) feature after a Windows OS installation
- 3.3.10 Enable Windows Hyper-V role after a Windows OS installation
- 3.3.11 Create a Windows scripted installation OS Build Plan for a localized distribution
- 3.3.12 Create a Linux scripted installation OS Build Plan for a localized distribution
- 3.3.13 Upgrade the firmware on my ProLiant server
- 3.3.14 Deploy a Support Pack for ProLiant (SPP)
- 3.3.15 Upgrade, rewrite, or downgrade a specific firmware component
- 3.3.16 Create customized RAID deployments
- 3.3.17 Capture hardware settings of a server and deploy them to other servers
- 3.3.18 Change a Build Plan’s timeout
- 3.4 Scripts how do I ... ?
- 3.5 Servers how do I ... ?
- 3.6 Matrix OE integration how do I ... ?
- 3.6.1 Determine the values needed for Matrix OE integration
- 3.6.2 Integrate with Matrix OE during installation
- 3.6.3 Integrate with a previously installed Matrix OE installation
- 3.6.4 Configure OS Build Plans for use in Matrix OE
- 3.6.5 Validate the Matrix OE integration
- 3.6.6 Restore communication with Matrix OE if I changed the Deployment IP address
- 4 Servers
- 5 OS Build Plans
- 5.1 Best practices for OS Build Plans
- 5.2 Capturing and installing images
- 5.3 Copying OS Build Plans
- 5.4 Creating OS Build Plans
- 5.5 Custom attributes for OS Build Plans
- 5.6 Deleting OS Build Plans
- 5.7 Editing OS Build Plans
- 5.8 General information for OS Build Plans
- 5.9 History of OS Build Plan changes
- 5.10 Listing available OS Build Plans
- 5.11 Monitoring a running OS Build Plan
- 5.12 Overview screen for OS Build Plans
- 5.13 Requirements for OS Build Plans
- 5.14 Running an OS Build Plan
- 5.15 Steps for OS Build Plans
- 6 Scripts
- 7 Configuration files
- 8 Packages
- 9 Jobs
- 10 Settings
- 10.1 Activating Insight Control server provisioning
- 10.2 Appliance settings information
- 10.3 Create a certificate signing request
- 10.4 Create a self-signed certificate
- 10.5 Create a support dump for HP Support
- 10.6 Download audit logs
- 10.7 Edit HP Support access
- 10.8 Editing appliance networking settings
- 10.9 Editing DHCP settings and uploading WinPE
- 10.10 Editing facility custom attributes
- 10.11 Editing initial appliance networking settings
- 10.12 Editing Media Server settings
- 10.13 Editing OS deployment settings
- 10.14 Editing product key settings
- 10.15 Facility custom attributes information
- 10.16 Import a certificate
- 10.17 Overview screen for settings
- 10.18 Product key settings information
- 10.19 Update the appliance
- 11 Users
- 12 Troubleshooting index
- 12.1 Known issues and restrictions
- 12.2 Customer advisories
- 12.3 The GUI has display problems
- 12.4 Links in EULA lead to error message
- 12.5 Target servers cannot PXE boot into the appliance
- 12.6 Unable to add a server via iLO
- 12.6.1 Possible causes
- 12.6.2 iLO is unresponsive
- 12.6.3 iLO IP address is incorrect
- 12.6.4 The iLO is not accessible from the appliance
- 12.6.5 Incorrect iLO credentials
- 12.6.6 Insufficient iLO permissions
- 12.6.7 Target system is at the BIOS screen or powering on
- 12.6.8 BIOS date and time are too far off
- 12.6.9 iLO password uses illegal characters
- 12.7 Error: Cannot add user. The login/user name already exists
- 12.8 Target servers unable to reach the Media Server Windows file share
- 12.9 Unable to deploy an OS
- 12.10 Device busy error on create stub partition
- 12.11 Linux or ESXi Build Plan error: create stub partition
- 12.12 Windows Build Plan error: Diskpart failed to create system drive partition
- 12.13 OS deployment error: Could not find the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Repository
- 12.14 Windows Build Plan error: Please provide a value for custom attribute ‘ProductKey_
’ to proceed with installation - 12.15 Windows SPP Build Plan fails on Install Windows SPP step
- 12.16 RHEL6.3 OS deployment fails on server with iSCSI or FCOE
- 12.17 Deployment fails on server with B120i or B320i SmartArray
- 12.18 OS Build Plan fails on Check iLO Service step
- 12.19 Boot step error on iLO error: Problem manipulating EV
- 12.20 Build Plan fails and target server is at Intelligent Provisioning screen
- 12.21 Unable to install to a multi-disk system
- 12.22 ESXi installation repeats
- 12.23 ESXi installation fails with gateway message
- 12.24 ESXi installation has nameserver warning
- 12.25 My deployed ESXi server is in maintenance mode
- 12.26 Jobs completed steps inconsistent with log
- 12.27 Resource not found error
- 12.28 Matrix OE does not show OS Build Plans
- 12.29 Error: Mid and crypto not found
- 12.30 Message: Processing of response file failed ...
- 12.31 Error: can’t get packet
- 12.32 OS Build Plan or add iLO fails at Wait for HP SA Agent step
- 12.33 Server is in WinPE after capture image
- 12.34 When booting the appliance, UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY error
- 12.35 Unexpected message: Please wait while your appliance restarts
- 12.36 Cannot navigate away from an appliance screen
- 12.37 Error message on browser screen after clicking download link
- 12.38 GUI is sluggish after changing deployment IP address
- 12.39 GUI main menu freezes with Windows Internet Explorer
- 12.40 Appliance reboot on first time setup loses console
- 12.41 What to do if a certificate action fails
- 12.42 What to do if a support dump file creation action fails
- [Glossary]
- Index
Table 2 HBA Custom Attribute Tags
DescriptionTag Name
The controller’s Word Wide Port Name (WWPN).BootWWPN-HBA0
The LUN to boot from.BootLUN-HBA0
The HBA’s World Wide Port Name (WWPN).WWPN-HBA0
NOTE: If this tag is specified, the configuration will be applied to the HBA with
the matching WWPN regardless of the order it was discovered.
If this tag is not specified, the configuration will be applied to the HBA number
that appears at the end of the BootWWPN-HBA tag. For example,
BootWWPN-HBA0 will be applied to first HBA, BootWWPN-HBA1 will be applied
to second HBA, and so on.
Set to one of the following values:SelectBootEnable-HBA0
BIOS configures the BootWWPN-HBA0 and BootLUN-HBA0 you specified
as the boot device.
1 –
BIOS configures the first disk drive it finds as the boot device.2 –
NOTE: If this tag is not specified, the default value is 1.
Set to one of the following values:HostAdapterBiosEnable-HBA0
Enables the ROM BIOS on the adapter. If you are booting from an FC
disk drive attached to the adapter, you must enable this setting.
1 –
Disables the ROM BIOS on the adapter, which frees space in upper
memory.
2 –
NOTE: If this tag is not specified, the default value is 1.
Below is sample job output for a server with a QLogic HBA.
QLogic HBAs:
Link Enable Selectable Primary Boot
HBA# Port HBA WWPN Status BIOS Boot Port Name LUN
---- ---- ----------------------- ------------ ------- ---------- ----------------------- ---
0 1 50:01:43:80:12:0B:FE:98 Online 1 0 50:01:43:80:11:36:E6:6A 1
1 2 50:01:43:80:12:0B:FE:9A Online 0 0 50:01:43:80:11:36:E6:6C 1
QLogic HBAs After Applying Configuration:
Link Enable Selectable Primary Boot
HBA# Port HBA WWPN Status BIOS Boot Port Name LUN
---- ---- ----------------------- ------------ ------- ---------- ----------------------- ---
0 1 50:01:43:80:12:0B:FE:98 Online 1 1 50:01:43:80:11:36:E6:6A 1
1 2 50:01:43:80:12:0B:FE:9A Online 1 1 50:01:43:80:11:36:E6:6C 1
3.3.7 Create a Windows scripted install OS Build Plan that installs Windows without
a product key
Windows can be installed without entering a product key during installation. After a 30-day grace
period, Windows activation will be required. The HP-provided Windows OS Build Plans require
a product key for installation.
Procedure 3 To create a Windows Build Plan to install Windows without a product key
1. Save a copy of the HP-provided configuration file that is referenced by the Build Plan you wish
to run. The file name is similar to Windows xxxx Standard Default Unattend.xml,
where xxxx is the Windows version.
2. Edit the copy and either remove or comment out the <ProductKey> line.
3. Save a copy of the HP-provided Build Plan and edit that copy.
4. Edit the step that references the unattend file and replace that step with the step edited earlier.
Be sure to preserve any parameters specified with the original configuration file.
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