HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.0 Getting Started Guide

1 Introduction to HP Matrix Operating Environment
This document provides an overview of HP Matrix Operating Environment.
• Chapter 1 describes the product features and the available configurations.
• Chapter 2 (page 15) describes the licensing model and license management procedures.
• Chapter 3 (page 20) describes initial setup steps to get started with Matrix OE.
• Chapter 4 (page 32) describes the tools available to set up managed systems correctly and
diagnose and correct common configuration problems.
• Chapter 5 (page 36) provides a list of support resources and a comprehensive list of Matrix
OE documentation.
• The Command reference (page 41) provides command reference pages for the vseassist(1M)
and vselicense(1M) commands that are mentioned elsewhere in this document.
• The Glossary (page 52) provides definitions of key terms used in this document. Initial
occurrences of terms with glossary definitions appear in italics. If you are viewing this document
in electronic form, click the italicized term to jump to the glossary definition.
Matrix OE is an integrated command center that enables you to continuously analyze and optimize
your adaptive infrastructure. It builds on the HP infrastructure management portfolio, including HP
Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and HP Insight Management.
Matrix OE provides an integrated graphical environment for managing physical servers, logical
servers, virtual machines, server blades, nPartitions, virtual partitions, applications, and workloads.
You can dynamically re-size virtual servers and migrate resources where they are needed, based
on service-level objectives and business requirements.
For information about the changes in this release of Matrix OE, see the HP Matrix Operating
Environment Release Notes. For a complete list of Matrix OE documentation and the web sites
where these documents can be found, see “Related information” (page 36).
IMPORTANT: The information in the following sections is a summary. Specific supported hardware
and software configurations are provided in the HP Insight Management Support Matrix , available
at http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs.
Components of HP Matrix Operating Environment
The Matrix OE software is installed on a Central Management Server (CMS) running Systems
Insight Manager, which provides a browser-based user interface. A single CMS can be used to
manage different types of systems. The software is installed on the CMS once, regardless of how
many or what types of managed system licenses are purchased. The following CMS installations
are supported:
• Matrix OE can be installed on the following types of CMS running Microsoft Windows:
HP ProLiant server◦
◦ HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant server blade
◦ Virtual machine running under VMware ESX or Microsoft Hyper-V on HP ProLiant or
supported non-HP server
On a CMS running Microsoft Windows, Matrix OE is installed as part of the Insight
Management software family of products. For installation and configuration information, see
the HP Insight Management Preinstallation Worksheet, HP Insight Management Quick
Installation Guide, and HP Insight Management Installation and Configuration Guide. For an
introduction to Insight Management software, including security recommendations, summary
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