Software for Linux Owner's manual

Table 1 Insight Control for Linux extensions to the HP Insight Control user interface; (continued)
Documented inDescriptionMenu item
used by the Network Configuration Editor tool. The network
definitions are used by the OS installation tools to implement
booting using the virtual media mechanism.
IMPORTANT: The network definitions must be created before
initiating bare-metal discovery through virtual media.
Chapter 6
(page 59)
The Network Configuration Editor allows the administrator to apply
predefined network configuration parameters to servers (with
Options→IC-Linux→Network
Configuration Editor
iLO-based management processors) that are booted using the virtual
media mechanism.
Section 7.1.2
(page 72)
This tool allows the administrator to initiate a bare-metal discovery
for servers using their already discovered management processors.
Options→IC-Linux→Initiate
Bare Metal Discovery
It is a single page that lets you select the boot method of the server
as either PXE or virtual media, then boots the server using the
selected method to initiate a bare-metal discovery.
Section 17.4
(page 149)
Removes Insight Control for Linux management agents and
associated files from selected managed systems.
Deploy→Deploy Drivers,
Firmware and
Agents→IC-Linux→Uninstall
Agents...
Section 23.9
(page 195)
Configures SNMP on LO100 based systems to provide information
so that the systems that HP SIM can properly identify. On iLO-based
Deploy→Deploy Drivers,
Firmware and
systems, the Insight Control for Linux agents provides this
information.
Agents→IC-Linux→Configure
SNMP on DL1xx Servers...
Section 23.1
(page 191)
Changes the default management processor user name and
password or modifies the management processor user name and
password on selected target managed systems.
Configure→Management
Processor→Credentials...
Monitoring
Section 20.2
(page 160)
Launches Nagios, a monitoring tool that displays and generates
alerts for all managed systems and services.
Tools→Integrated
Consoles→Nagios
Section 20.3.4
(page 168)
Displays graphs about network bandwidth and other system usage.Tools→Integrated
Consoles→Nagios→HP Graph
Section 20.8
(page 175)
Displays metric data in one-second intervals for systems monitored
and managed by Insight Control for Linux.
Tools→Integrated
Consoles→Performance
Dashboard...
System management
Section 16.4.1
(page 144)
Runs a user-specified Linux command through ssh on one or more
managed systems.
Tools→Command Line
Tools→Run SSH Command...
Section 16.4.2
(page 144)
Runs a Linux script from the Insight Control for Linux repository on
one or more managed systems.
Tools→Command Line
Tools→Run Script...
Chapter 15
(page 141)
Accesses the management processor on the selected target
managed system or systems to power on, power off, or reboot the
managed system or systems.
Tools→Server Controls→Power
Off Server...
Tools→Server Controls→Power
On Server...
Tools→Server
Controls→Reboot Server...
Repository management
Chapter 5
(page 43)
Enables you to register items in the repository and manage the
contents of the repository.
Options→IC-Linux→Manage
Repository
OS installation
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