HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Installation Guide (7.1)

Figure 2 HP Insight Management Overview — Web Client view
The Server Module for vCenter:
• Provides inventory and status information. This information is collected from HP ProLiant tools
such as Onboard Administrator, iLO, Virtual Connect Manager, HP ESXi Offline Bundle for
VMware ESXi, and HP Management Agents for VMware ESX.
• Sends events to the Insight Control for vCenter News Feed and events page based on SNMP
traps, WBEM indications, and Onboard Administrator events.
• Provides links to launch ProLiant tools.
• Provides a method for software and firmware deployment
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• Provides graphical status indications collected from the HP ProLiant tools, and a graphical
view of the end-to-end network for each host
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• Supports HP VMware ESXi Smart Components
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The Storage Module for vCenter:
• Uses the established connection to the vCenter Server to resolve the storage used for each
host, datastore, and VM in the virtual environment. This information is cached in the Insight
Control for vCenter server.
• Uses the configured information for storage arrays in the environment to obtain detailed
information for devices provisioned from the storage arrays to virtual server hosts. This
information is cached in the Insight Control for vCenter server.
• Creates relationships between VMware objects and array storage devices and presents the
information to the vSphere Client.
Figure 3 (page 6) shows a typical VMware configuration with Insight Control for vCenter integrated
into the environment.
1. Firmware deployment and the end-to-end network diagram is available via the .net client only.
2. Other Smart Components are not supported.
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