Integrated extensions for HP SIM White Paper 537228-002, February 2010

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Successful
completion of First Time Wizard in HP SIM
enables options in the HP SIM Optimize
menu
for launching GlancePlus on HP
-
UX 11i and Linux servers
.
Ignite
-
UX
Ignite
-
UX
is a feature designed for
HP
-
UX 11i system ad
ministrators who perform fast deployment for
one or many servers.
With
Ignite
-
UX, you can
creat
e
and
reuse
standard system configurations,
enable replication of systems, permit post
-
installation customization
. Ignite
-
UX can also
operat
e
in
both interactive
and unattended modes.
For more information, s
ee
http://www.hp.com/go/ignite
-
ux
.
On completing First Time Wizard in HP SIM
, Ignite
-
UX options
are
available under the HP SIM
Deploy menu.
To utilized Ignit
e
-
UX,
your
server must be configured and
accessible, and
then
the
installer collect
s
information for accessing the server.
Software Distributor
-
UX (SD
-
UX)
SD
-
UX is the HP
-
UX 11i administration toolset used to deliver and maintain the HP
-
UX 11i operating
system
and layered software applications. Delivered as part of HP
-
UX 11i, SD
-
UX can help manage
the HP
-
UX 11i operating system, patches, and application software on HP servers. The HP SIM
Deploy menu includes options for SD operations on HP
-
UX target nodes, and
F
irst Time Wizard in HP
SIM
includes additional Deploy menu options for SD operations executed from the
Central
Management Server. Since the Central Management Server in this case is Windows
-
based,
the
installer configures these SD tools to run from the sam
e HP
-
UX server designated as the Ignite
server.
HP
-
UX Configuration Tools
HP supplies a variety of tools for configuring, monitoring, and managing the HP
-
UX operating system.
These tools run on the HP
-
UX managed node, providing monitoring and management of
peripherals
and devices, kernel configuration, file systems and LVM, users and groups, and other aspects of the
HP
-
UX operating system. HP
-
UX servers running 11i v2 onward can use web
-
based versions of tools.
These tools are integrated aspects of the Syst
em Management Homepage, and are also available for
direct launch from HP
-
UX and from HP SIM. Older HP
-
UX servers have X
-
based versions of the
configuration management tools, integrated with SMH or the System Administration Manager (SAM).
Information on var
ious HP
-
UX tools is available at
http://www.hp.com/go/integrityessentials
.
HP
-
UX Workload Manager (WLM)
HP
-
UX Workload Manager is an intelligent policy engine, providing automatic CPU resource
alloc
ation and application performance management based on prioritized service level objectives
(SLOs). WLM improves response time for critical users, allows system consolidation, and helps
manage user expectations for performance. WLM is included with the HP
-
U
X 11i Mission Critical
Operating Environment. WLM menu options are
available under the HP SIM Optimize menu.
The following screenshots show the additional Ignite
-
UX and Software Distributor choices
added to the
HP SIM Deploy
menu
and various HP
-
UX tool cho
ices under the Configure menu after
successful
completion of First Time Wizard in HP SIM
.