HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.2 Update 2 Installation Guide

Contents
1 Introduction/overview.................................................................................5
2 Requirements and networking considerations.................................................7
Appliance VM and host requirements..........................................................................................7
Requirements for using the USB media or ZIP file software downloads.............................................8
Appliance networking considerations..........................................................................................8
DHCP considerations..............................................................................................................11
3 Installing your Insight Control server provisioning appliance for the first time.....12
Overview of the first time set up steps........................................................................................12
Get the software for a first time install........................................................................................12
Install Insight Control server provisioning on VMware vSphere/ESXi hypervisor...............................13
Install Insight Control server provisioning on Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor......................................15
Log in to the appliance and configure appliance networking........................................................18
Log in to the appliance for the first time to configure it for use..................................................18
Assign an administrator password........................................................................................19
Configure appliance networking..........................................................................................20
Configure Appliance IP..................................................................................................21
Configure Deployment IP on the same network..................................................................23
Configure Deployment IP on a different network................................................................24
Check for errors in first time setup....................................................................................25
Accessing your appliance from a browser for the first time...........................................................25
Next steps.............................................................................................................................25
4 Updating from version 7.2 or 7.2.1 to 7.2.2..................................................26
Best practices for a successful update........................................................................................26
Get the update software and prepare it for use...........................................................................27
Prerequisites for update...........................................................................................................28
Instructions for updating from 7.2 or 7.2.1 to 7.2.2......................................................................28
What you need to do after installing the update.........................................................................30
Changing from single NIC to multi-NIC (optional).......................................................................31
Instructions for recovering from a failed update...........................................................................32
REST API call to upload the update file......................................................................................32
5 DHCP server setup....................................................................................34
Deciding whether to use a DHCP server internal or external to the appliance..................................34
Setting up a DHCP server external to the appliance....................................................................35
6 Setting up the Media Server......................................................................37
Introduction to the Media Server...............................................................................................37
Introduction to the Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility..............................37
Requirements for setting up your Media Server...........................................................................38
Procedure for using the Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility.......................38
Changes made to your web server by Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility....42
7 Generating and uploading WinPE to the appliance......................................43
Requirements for generating WinPE images...............................................................................43
Procedure for generating WinPE images....................................................................................43
8 Recommended actions after initial setup......................................................45
9 Support and other resources......................................................................47
Contacting HP .......................................................................................................................47
Before you contact HP........................................................................................................47
Creating a support dump....................................................................................................47
When you might want to create a support dump...............................................................47
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