HP Insight Control Server Deployment 6.
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Table of Contents 1 Overview..................................................................................................7 2 Getting started...........................................................................................9 Deployment Console basics......................................................................................................................9 Connecting server blades.........................................................................................................
List of Tables 1-1 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5 3-6 3-7 3-8 Knowledge Base articles....................................................................................................................7 Typical Windows scripted install job layout.........................................................................................12 Typical Windows file layout..............................................................................................................12 Windows scripted install default settings...
1 Overview HP Insight Control server deployment is a server deployment solution that provides: • Automated server hardware configuration and operating system deployment. • Consistent Windows, VMware, and Linux deployment on the latest HP servers. • Scalable deployment of ProLiant Blade Servers. This document describes the provided content and outlines how to get started. NOTE: This document does not cover how to use the Altiris Deployment Server.
2 Getting started To get started, double-click the Deployment Console icon on the desktop. The Deployment Console, from which you can manage computers and execute jobs, appears. Deployment Console basics • Computers pane This pane shows managed computers. The New Computers group shows computers that have connected to the Deployment Server for the first time. Click View→Show Physical Devices to show the Physical Devices group.
Deploying the first server blade 1. In the Jobs pane, select a Windows scripted install job. Drag the job to the server blade in the Computers pane. 2. 3. Select Run this job immediately, and then click OK. To view the progress of the job, double-click the computer in the job’s computer history. Reconfiguring the server blade By default the Windows scripted install job configures the computer name as the console display name and configures the network as DHCP. If you need to reconfigure the server: 1.
3 Reference Design HP-provided content is delivered as "features". A feature is a self-contained set of files and jobs. Each feature is independent, and resides in its own folder with key files located in the root folder and other supporting files located in various subfolders. Because the features are independent, their jobs are also independent. That means there are no monolithic jobs that configure the system, configure the smart array, install an operating system and install a support pack.
• For firmware, overwriting the components subfolder with a newer version of the Firmware CD is not supported. • For firmware, the logs subfolder contains output logs from the flashing utility. The log filenames are based upon the computer ID of the target server. Every time the job is executed against a server, that log file gets appended to. • ProLiant jobs use the LinuxPE automation environment. Integrity jobs use the WinPE automation environment.
Component Default setting Drive configuration A single partition is created automatically that expands to the full drive size. Computer name The computer name uses the 15 right-most characters of the console display name. Firewall Firewall settings are disabled. Networking Added to workgroup "WORKGROUP". SNMP and WMI are enabled. The default value of the SNMP community is public.
Component Default setting Networking All NICs are enabled. SNMP is enabled. The default value of the SNMP community is public. Virtualization Host features These features enable you to deploy Hyper-V or ESX via a scripted install. • The design of the Hyper-V features is very similar to Windows. • The design of the ESX features is very similar to Linux. • Imaging of virtualization hosts is not supported.
4 HP support and contact information Online resources • For more information and to obtain the latest updates, see the Insight Control website at http:// www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol. • For more information about specific how-to procedures, troubleshooting information, and frequently asked questions, see the Knowledge Base at http://www.hp.com/go/insightdeploy/kb.
support. Using your SAID, you can also go to the Software Update Manager (SUM) web page to view your contract online and elect electronic delivery for product updates. • Warranty HP will replace defective delivery media for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase. This warranty applies to all HP Insight Control Environment, HP Systems Insight Manager, and HP Insight software products.
