HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.2 Online Help

Contents
1 Welcome to HP Insight Control server provisioning online help.......................10
2 Quick start..............................................................................................11
3 How Do I ... ?..........................................................................................14
3.1 General how do I ... ?.......................................................................................................15
3.1.1 Learn HP Insight Control server provisioning concepts......................................................15
3.1.2 Navigate the user interface.........................................................................................16
3.1.2.1 Screen areas and menus......................................................................................16
3.1.2.2 Icons.................................................................................................................17
3.1.3 Use Search................................................................................................................17
3.1.3.1 Examples...........................................................................................................18
3.1.3.2 Fields searched by a query..................................................................................19
3.1.4 Change the IP address of the appliance........................................................................19
3.1.5 Know which OS versions and servers are supported.......................................................19
3.1.6 Activate Insight Control server provisioning....................................................................19
3.2 Jobs how do I ... ?............................................................................................................19
3.2.1 List all jobs, running and complete, with status summary information.................................20
3.2.2 List the target servers for a specific job with status for each server....................................20
3.2.3 List all jobs that were run on a particular target server....................................................20
3.2.4 List detailed status and log output for a specific target server and job...............................20
3.3 OS Build Plan how do I ... ?...............................................................................................20
3.3.1 Make sure a target server is ready for an OS Build Plan to run on it.................................21
3.3.2 Select an OS Build Plan and then select the servers to provision.......................................21
3.3.3 Select servers and then pick the OS Build Plan to use.....................................................21
3.3.4 Know what the default administrator/root password is...................................................21
3.3.5 Perform a boot from SAN installation...........................................................................22
3.3.6 Configure the boot device on a Fibre Channel HBA.......................................................22
3.3.7 Create a Windows scripted install OS Build Plan that installs Windows without a product
key..................................................................................................................................23
3.3.8 Install a specific Windows edition................................................................................24
3.3.9 Enable Windows Multipath I/O (MPIO) feature after a Windows OS installation...............24
3.3.10 Enable Windows Hyper-V role after a Windows OS installation.....................................24
3.3.11 Create a Windows scripted installation OS Build Plan for a localized distribution..............25
3.3.12 Create a Linux scripted installation OS Build Plan for a localized distribution....................25
3.3.13 Upgrade the firmware on my ProLiant server................................................................25
3.3.14 Deploy a Support Pack for ProLiant (SPP).....................................................................28
3.3.15 Upgrade, rewrite, or downgrade a specific firmware component....................................28
3.3.16 Create customized RAID deployments.........................................................................29
3.3.17 Capture hardware settings of a server and deploy them to other servers..........................30
3.3.18 Change a Build Plan’s timeout...................................................................................30
3.4 Scripts how do I ... ?.........................................................................................................30
3.4.1 Create a new script....................................................................................................31
3.5 Servers how do I ... ?........................................................................................................31
3.5.1 Handle an ESXi server once it’s deployed.....................................................................31
3.6 Matrix OE integration how do I ... ?....................................................................................31
3.6.1 Determine the values needed for Matrix OE integration..................................................31
3.6.2 Integrate with Matrix OE during installation..................................................................32
3.6.3 Integrate with a previously installed Matrix OE installation..............................................32
3.6.4 Configure OS Build Plans for use in Matrix OE..............................................................32
3.6.5 Validate the Matrix OE integration..............................................................................33
3.6.6 Restore communication with Matrix OE if I changed the Deployment IP address.................33
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