HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.3 Update 1 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
DHCP considerations................................................................................................................8
Media Server considerations......................................................................................................8
Considerations for generating WinPE..........................................................................................9
Recommended firmware version.................................................................................................9
Port list....................................................................................................................................9
Appliance networking considerations........................................................................................10
3 Installing your Insight Control server provisioning appliance for the first time.....14
Overview of the first time set up steps........................................................................................14
Get the software for a first time install........................................................................................14
Install Insight Control server provisioning on VMware vSphere/ESXi hypervisor...............................15
Install Insight Control server provisioning on Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor......................................17
Log in to the appliance and configure appliance networking........................................................20
Log in to the appliance for the first time to configure it for use..................................................20
Assign an administrator password........................................................................................21
Configure appliance networking..........................................................................................22
Configure Appliance IP..................................................................................................23
Configure Deployment IP on the same network..................................................................25
Configure Deployment IP on a different network................................................................26
Check for errors in first time setup....................................................................................27
Accessing your appliance from a browser for the first time...........................................................27
Next steps.............................................................................................................................27
4 Updating from version 7.2.2 to 7.3.1...........................................................28
Best practices for a successful update........................................................................................28
Get the update software and prepare it for use...........................................................................29
Prerequisites for update...........................................................................................................30
Instructions for updating from 7.2.2 to 7.3.1................................................................................31
What you need to do after installing the update.........................................................................33
Instructions for recovering from a failed update...........................................................................34
REST API call to upload the update file......................................................................................34
5 DHCP server setup....................................................................................38
Deciding whether to use a DHCP server internal or external to the appliance..................................38
Setting up a DHCP server external to the appliance....................................................................39
6 Setting up the Media Server......................................................................41
Introduction to the Media Server...............................................................................................41
Introduction to the Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility..............................41
Requirements for setting up your Media Server...........................................................................42
Procedure for using the Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility.......................43
Changes made to your web server by Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility....47
7 Generating and uploading WinPE to the appliance......................................48
About WinPE.........................................................................................................................48
How does my server boot into WinPE?.................................................................................48
Differences between WinPE 4.0 and WinPE 3.1.....................................................................48
Why do I need to build and upload WinPE?.........................................................................48
Which version of WinPE should I build and upload to my appliance?.......................................49
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