HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.3 Update 1 Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.3 Update 1 Installation Guide
- Contents
- 1 Introduction/overview
- 2 Requirements and networking considerations
- 3 Installing your Insight Control server provisioning appliance for the first time
- Overview of the first time set up steps
- Get the software for a first time install
- Install Insight Control server provisioning on VMware vSphere/ESXi hypervisor
- Install Insight Control server provisioning on Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor
- Log in to the appliance and configure appliance networking
- Accessing your appliance from a browser for the first time
- Next steps
- 4 Updating from version 7.2.2 to 7.3.1
- 5 DHCP server setup
- 6 Setting up the Media Server
- Introduction to the Media Server
- Introduction to the Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility
- Requirements for setting up your Media Server
- Procedure for using the Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility
- Changes made to your web server by Insight Control server provisioning Media Server setup utility
- 7 Generating and uploading WinPE to the appliance
- 8 Recommended actions after initial setup
- 9 Support and other resources
- 10 Documentation feedback
- A Updating from version 7.2 or 7.2.1 to 7.2.2
- Best practices for a successful update to 7.2.2
- Get the 7.2.2 update software and prepare it for use
- Prerequisites for update from 7.2/7.2.1 to 7.2.2
- Instructions for updating from 7.2 or 7.2.1 to 7.2.2
- What you need to do after installing the 7.2.2 update
- Changing from single NIC to multi-NIC (optional)
- Instructions for recovering from a failed 7.2.2 update
- REST API call to upload the 7.2.2 update file
- Glossary
- Index
See also maintenance mode, provisioned, and unreachable.
service OS A special purpose operating system that runs entirely in system memory and is used to perform
various maintenance functions on a server, including preparing a system for operating system
installation. Insight Control server provisioning has service OS's based on Linux and Windows.
See also LinuxPE and WinPE.
SLES Stands for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. A Linux-based operating system developed by SUSE.
software package See package.
software
repository
See Media Server.
SPP HP Service Pack for ProLiant. See http://www.hp.com/go/spp.
status See server status and job status.
step See OS Build Plan step.
STK See HP Scripting Toolkit (STK).
target server The intended server for an Insight Control server provisioning operation. A target server has an
SA agent running on it.
unattend file The specific term to use when referring to a Windows installation file. Use configuration file for
generic use.
unattended
installation
An automatic Windows or Linux OS installation that does not require user intervention.
unprovisioned A server with an SA agent installed, under the control of Insight Control server provisioning, and
waiting to have an operating system installed. See maintenance mode.
unreachable A server status where the server cannot be contacted by the Insight Control server provisioning
appliance.
upgrade See virtual appliance upgrade.
virtual appliance A virtual machine with a preinstalled software application that is optimized to run the application.
virtual appliance
upgrade
Downloading and installing an update release of the HP Insight Control server provisioning
appliance to incorporate software updates and new content for OS provisioning.
WAIK See Microsoft WAIK.
WIM install An installation using the Windows Imaging Format. See image installation.
WinPE The Windows Preinstallation Environment is the service OS for the Windows operating system.
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