HP OneView for VMware vCenter Release Notes (7.4)

• When deploying ESX with the HP Management 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.
• HP OneView for vCenter supports firmware discovery only on ESXi hosts that have the HP ESXi
offline bundle for VMware installed. The ESXi user name and password are required for
communication with CIM providers.
Suggested action: Verify that the HP ESXi offline bundle is installed for all ESXi hosts.
• Multiple credentials for iLO or the Onboard Administrator in the HP OneView for vCenter password
database can cause HP OneView for vCenter to function unpredictably.
Entering credentials with a new user name and then clicking Save in the Host Properties page or
the Cluster Properties page adds a new set of credentials for that host.
Suggested action: If a configuration has multiple credentials per host, remove the duplicates:
1. From the home page, select HP Management Administration icon.
2. Select Server Password Management from the drop-down menu.
3. Delete all duplicate entries from the database.
• HP OneView for vCenter cannot communicate with a node if proxy authentication is required to
reach the node.
Suggested action: Disable the proxy setting to enable HP OneView for vCenter to communicate
with the node.
• The ASR status for servers running the HP CIM Providers is displayed with a white status icon.
The current HP CIM providers do not monitor ASR.
• Software iSCSI storage is not displayed in the Network Diagram.
The Network Diagram displays hardware configured in Virtual Connect only. iSCSI storage devices
that use software HBAs are not displayed.
• When multiple firmware update jobs are launched from the Smart Component Update tab of the
Firmware link, one or more jobs might not start for a long period of time.
Suggested action: Delete and relaunch the job.
• If the vSphere Client is left idle on the HP Management tab, clicking another link might display
the error message This program cannot display the webpage. This issue is seen
intermittently.
Suggested action: Click the link again to display the page.
• HP MSA arrays only: Refresh takes too long.
Suggested action: For optimal refresh performance in the GUI, HP recommends using a
configuration with 40 or fewer LUNs. Configurations with more than 40 LUNs are supported, but
you will experience longer refresh times when viewing LUN information.
• For HP MSA 2040 Storage arrays running version GL101 firmware, users account will indicate
the incorrect state of SMI-S authentication setting within the MSA Storage Management Utility
software. This results in the HP OneView Storage Administrator Portal being unable to authenticate
access to the HP MSA 2040 Storage array when configuring storage pools.
Suggested action: Log in to the MSA Storage Management Utility software and modify the user
setting to enable SMI-S access.
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