Software for Linux Owner's manual

13 Installing SPPs and PSPs on managed systems
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• “Overview of the SPP and PSP installation tool” (page 136)
• “Required SPP and PSP components” (page 136)
• “Creating a SPP or PSP dependency script” (page 137)
• “SPP or PSP installation procedure” (page 138)
13.1 Overview of the SPP and PSP installation tool
The Insight Control for Linux SPP and PSP installation tool enables you to install any or all SPP or
PSP components on one or more managed systems. PSPs contain OS-specific bundles of HP ProLiant
optimized drivers, utilities, and management agents. SPPs also contain firmware.
The Insight Control for Linux SPP and PSP installation tool is available from the HP Insight Control
user interface;:
Deploy→Deploy Drivers, Firmware, and Agents→Install SPP or PSP...
NOTE: The Deploy→Deploy Drivers, Firmware and Agents→IC-Linux→Install SPP or PSP... task
cannot be used on managed systems running VMware ESX or VMware ESXi.
Use the Configure→Configure or Repair Agents... task to deploy VMware ESX agents.
The WBEM providers (agents) are embedded in VMware ESXi purchased from HP.
The Insight Control for Linux SPP and PSP installation tool is provided as a way for you to install
SPP or PSP components in addition to the components that are installed automatically.
IMPORTANT: The SPP and PSP installation tool requires that SSH credentials are entered into HP
SIM for the target managed systems. Thus, enter the SSH credentials for the target managed systems
if you have not already done so.
Select the following menu item from the Insight Control user interface and update the SSH Settings:
Options→Security→Credentials→System Credentials...
For more information on setting SSH credentials, see Chapter 16 (page 142)
13.2 Required SPP and PSP components
When you use Insight Control for Linux to install an OS to a managed system, the required SPP
and PSP components listed in Table 19 are installed automatically. This table correlates the package
name, the RPM name (where version is the version information), and the installed agent.
Table 19 Required SPP and PSP components
AgentRPMPackage nameServer types
hp-ams
1
hp-ams-versionAgentless Monitoring Service for
HP ProLiant Gen8 Systems
HP ProLiant
Gen8 series
servers only
hp-healthhp-health-versionHP System Health Application
and Command Line Utilities
HP ProLiant
Gen8 series, HP
ProLiant G7
hp-ilohp-ilo-versionHP ProLiant Channel Interface
2
series, and
earlier,
hp-OpenIPMIhp-OpenIPMI-versionHP OpenIPMI Device Driver
supported HP
ProLiant servers
hp-snmp-agentshp-snmp-agents-versionHP SNMP Agents
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