HP Insight Software 6.0 Getting Started Guide

HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server provides powerful HP hardware management capabilities
for virtualization administrators. It enables comprehensive monitoring, remote control, and power optimization
directly from the vCenter console. In addition, Insight Control delivers robust deployment capabilities and is
a key integration point for the broader portfolio of infrastructure management, service automation and IT
operations solutions available from HP.
The VMware vCenter Server console enables you to:
• Receive pre-failure alerts when key hardware components and subsystems reach pre-defined thresholds.
With this insight, you can proactively address potential hardware failures before they impact virtual
machine performance
• Remotely manage and troubleshoot HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers using HP Integrated Lights
Out Advanced capabilities directly from the vCenter console
• Get the most out of your existing power envelope by comprehending and proactively managing power
for hosts and pools of virtual machines across hosts
The Insight Control extensions for HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server are not included on the
Insight software DVDs. You can download the extensions for HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server,
along with installation instructions from the following website:
www.hp.com/go/insightupdates
For more information about the product and to obtain user documentation, see the product website:
www.hp.com/go/icvcenter
HP Insight Control for Microsoft System Center
If you have chosen Microsoft System Center as your primary console rather than HP Systems Insight Manager,
you can install Insight Control for Microsoft System Center which adds several extensions to make the ProLiant
management information available through the System Center consoles and also adds monitoring, alerting,
proactive virtual machine management, and ProLiant OS deployment and update capabilities to the System
Center consoles.
Insight Control for Microsoft System Center enables you to optimize deployment, virtualization, and
configuration of your HP servers being managed by Microsoft System Center from almost anywhere. Insight
Control for Microsoft System Center delivers Operating System Deployment (OSD) capability, Performance
and Resource Optimization (PRO), enhanced inventory, the HP Server Updates Catalog, an iLO Advanced
license, licenses for Insight Control power management and performance management, and HP specific
management packs for System Center Operations Manager.
Insight Control for Microsoft System Center is ideal for enterprise data centers that depend on an HP ProLiant
and BladeSystem infrastructure managed by Microsoft System Center because it enables you to:
• Monitor and control your entire ProLiant and BladeSystem infrastructure from familiar System Center
consoles
• Implement rapid, repeatable deployment processes through flexible image and task-based deployment
mechanisms
• Automate virtual machine migrations based on health or performance status of underlying host systems
The Insight Control extensions for Insight Control for Microsoft System Center are not included on the Insight
software DVDs. You can download the software along with installation instructions from the following website:
www.hp.com/go/insightupdates
For more information about the product, see the Insight Control for Microsoft System Center product website:
www.hp.com/go/icsc
Advanced management software
HP Insight Dynamics
The components of Insight Dynamics analyze and optimize your adaptive infrastructure to accelerate complex
IT projects and simplify daily operations. Insight Dynamics software supports select HP ProLiant servers, HP
Integrity servers, and non-HP servers (x86).
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