Using HP Insight Control for Linux to Manage HP ProLiant DL785 G6 Servers running Oracle VM

• HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 4400 or HP StorageWorks MSA2000

The following sections describe these components.

HP Insight Control for Linux (HP IC-Linux) management suite

HP Insight Control for Linux (IC-Linux) is an integrated management solution for multi-system Linux

environments of industry-standard HP ProLiant servers with productivity for administrators in both

Enterprise and Cluster environments.

HP IC-Linux integrates a robust feature set of the best of open source and HP technologies for

discovery, provisioning, server deployment, integrated firmware management, health and

performance management, remote management, integrated virtualization, and power management.

Open source software, such as Nagios®, is fully integrated and auto-configured for immediate user

productivity. Lifecycle management is complemented by multi-system scaling, power management,

and direct-to-the-hardware control. HP Insight Control for Linux is backed by HP Linux expertise and

global HP support.

HP offers a download to enable HP IC-Linux to interact with Oracle VM. The download consists of the

following:

• A Kickstart file that enables IC-Linux to deploy Oracle VM Servers on the DL785 G6 server.

• DMTF WBEM providers that enable IC-Linux to gather key server data and the list of virtual guests

deployed on the server.

Oracle VM 2.2

Oracle VM is virtualization software, consisting of Oracle VM Manager and Oracle VM Server, that

provides simple installation, fast deployment, and efficient management of virtual machines hosted on

Oracle VM Server based systems.

Oracle VM Manager is an integrated graphical management console that enables you to create and

manage virtual server pools. Virtual machine creation enables you to deploy virtual machines from

Oracle VM Templates and ISO Images. Basic virtual machine control functions include power on and

off, console access, configure and reconfigure, deploy, live migration, clone, save as template, pause

and unpause, suspend, resume, delete, and reset. You can also enable high availability across

resource pools to automatically reduce or eliminate virtual server outages that can cause application

downtime.

Oracle VM Server installs directly on the HP ProLiant DL785 G6 and provides the environment for

hosting guest virtual machines. You can create, configure, and manage the virtual machines from the

Oracle VM Server command line or from the Oracle VM Manager.

HP ProLiant DL785 G6

The HP ProLiant DL785 G6 is an 8-socket x86 server, supporting up to eight (8) six-core AMD

Opteron processors, 512GB of memory, eleven (11) PCI-e I/O slots or an optional I/O backplane

with seven (7) PCI-e and two (2) HTx I/O slots.

With this highly expandable feature set, the HP ProLiant DL785 G6 is an ideal choice for growing

enterprise-class database, consolidation, and virtualization environments seeking to improve server

utilization and reduce server and virtualization sprawl, while continuing to leverage familiar and easy

to use HP ProLiant management tools and options.

Some of the benefits of this server include:

• Management features such as the HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2)