HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server Release Notes (6.3.1)

Prerequisites
During the installation process, be prepared to provide the identification and login information for
each of the following:
• Insight Control for vCenter server
• vCenter Server
• HP SIM (if installing the Server Module for vCenter)
• iLO (if installing the Server Module for vCenter)
• Onboard Administrator (if installing the Server Module for vCenter)
• Virtual Connect Manager (if installing the Server Module for vCenter)
• VMware host credentials
• SNMP community string
Installation instructions
See the following document for installation instructions:
HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server Installation Guide
Part number: 661305-001
Edition date: August 2011
IMPORTANT: You must install this version of Insight Control for vCenter on the C:
drive.
Issues and suggested actions
• When deploying ESXi 5.0, the ESXi installation window displays a warning similar to the following:
warning:ftp://192.0.2.55/ds/hpfeatures/esxi50/500000
1.cfg:line 19: argument "– -gateway" to command "network"
is missing a value.
warning:ftp://192.0.2.55/ds/hpfeatures/esxi50/500000
1.cfg:line 19: bootproto was set to static but "- –gateway"
was not set. Setting gateway to 192.0.2.254.
This occurs if you do not supply a value in the Gateway or DNS Servers boxes during step 2 of
the HP Insight Control Deployment Wizard.
Suggested action: Ignore this warning message. After a minute the message vanishes and the
installation completes.
• Running the HP Insight Control Deployment Wizard on a USB flash drive fails.
Suggested action: Install ESX/ESXi on the USB flash drive manually. Insight Control for vCenter
does not support deployment on a USB flash drive.
• IP configuration details are retained for subsequent ESX/ESXi deployment.
Suggested action: When deploying a target for a second time, be sure to update the IP Address
and Netmask information.
• When deploying ESX with the HP Insight Control Deployment Wizard Use DHCP option selected,
the target ESX is not configured with the reserved IP address.
Suggested action: Log into the ESX host and do one of the following:
◦ Configure the host network settings manually.
◦ Obtain the generated MAC address from the host vSwitch, and use it to update the DHCP
configuration.
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