HP Insight Software 6.0 Getting Started Guide

1 Introduction to HP Insight software
This chapter provides an overview of Insight software and summarizes the software products that are delivered
on the Insight software distribution media.
Subsequent chapters in this document provide the following information:
• Full descriptions of the Insight software products to help you decide which products offer the features
you need to efficiently run and manage your hardware environment
• How to get started with Insight software by obtaining the distribution media, redeeming licenses, and
using the Insight software installation documentation
• A documentation roadmap that lists and describes all titles in the Insight software documentation set
as well how to view or download the documentation from the world wide web
Insight software overview
To help you create the best-run server infrastructures, HP developed Insight software, a complementary set
of software products that enable you to efficiently manage and monitor your HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem
hardware infrastructure.
Insight software manages servers running supported versions of Windows, Linux, or HP-UX operating systems,
as well as those running hypervisor technologies from vendors such as HP, VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix.
Insight software products are designed to address the most difficult issues encountered by IT organizations:
cost, time, energy, and change. With flexible and integrated software that unifies the management of
hardware resources and scales to businesses of all sizes, HP Insight Software enables you to:
• Take control of your time by simplifying management of HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem infrastructures
• Reduce risk by identifying and resolving issues faster
• Drive business growth through flexible infrastructure deployment and optimization
• Lower cost through more efficient use of staff and facilities
Summary of Insight software products
Insight software products are grouped into several categories. Within each category are software products
and features that have been integrated to work together to provide comprehensive management capabilities
for your server infrastructure and continuous analysis and optimization of your server environment.
Foundation management software
The following Foundation management software products are delivered on Insight Software DVD #1 or in
ISO #1:
• HP Systems Insight Manager
• HP System Management Homepage
• WMI Mapper
• HP Version Control
• HP Insight Remote Support Advanced software
• HP Insight Remote Support Standard software
Essential management software
The following Essential management software products are delivered on Insight Software DVD #1 or in ISO
#1
• HP Insight Control
HP Insight Control licensing and reports•
• HP Insight Control performance management
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