HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 Installation Guide
Table of Contents
1 Product overview.............................................................................................................7
1.1 Product description...........................................................................................................................7
1.2 Insight Control for Linux tools and features.....................................................................................7
1.3 Licensing..........................................................................................................................................10
1.3.1 Licensing changes might require an additional step to obtain virtualization and power
management functionality...............................................................................................................11
2 Installation and configuration checklist......................................................................13
3 Preparing for the Insight Control for Linux installation.............................................15
3.1 Reviewing the release notes before you begin................................................................................15
3.2 Special considerations for running the CMS in a Xen virtual machine guest................................15
3.3 Verifying installation requirements................................................................................................16
3.4 Preparing a server or Xen virtual guest to become the CMS..........................................................17
3.4.1 CMS installation requirements................................................................................................17
3.4.1.1 Verify that the Linux OS version is supported................................................................17
3.4.1.2 Verify that required OS RPMs are installed....................................................................18
3.4.1.3 Disable secure Linux on RHEL OS..................................................................................22
3.4.1.4 Verify Systems Insight Manager version........................................................................22
3.4.1.5 Install the supported version of the PSP.........................................................................22
3.4.1.6 Unset proxy environment variables ...............................................................................23
3.4.2 CMS configuration requirements............................................................................................23
3.4.2.1 Configure a network interface........................................................................................23
3.4.2.2 Configure SNMP.............................................................................................................24
3.4.2.3 Modify the CMS entry in the /etc/hosts file..............................................................24
3.4.2.4 Configure a static IP address...........................................................................................24
3.4.2.5 Open inbound ports on the CMS....................................................................................24
3.4.2.6 Open ports for NFS on the CMS (optional)....................................................................25
3.4.2.7 Ensure sufficient disk space in the repository................................................................27
3.4.2.8 Ensure at least 12 GB of disk space is available for the /hptc_cluster file system....28
3.4.2.9 Configure serial console logging (optional)....................................................................28
3.4.2.10 Decide on the type of database: the Systems Insight Manager database or an existing
Oracle database..........................................................................................................................28
3.5 Next steps........................................................................................................................................28
4 Configuring the network..............................................................................................29
4.1 Networking overview.....................................................................................................................29
4.1.1 Methods for booting a managed system.................................................................................29
4.1.2 Networking requirements.......................................................................................................29
4.1.3 Networking best practices.......................................................................................................30
4.2 Supported network configurations.................................................................................................30
4.2.1 Two-tier network topology......................................................................................................31
4.2.2 Flat single network topology...................................................................................................31
4.3 Configuring a DHCP server............................................................................................................32
4.3.1 DHCP minimum requirements...............................................................................................32
4.3.2 DHCP best practices................................................................................................................33
4.3.2.1 Network modifications required by SLES OSs...............................................................35
4.3.2.2 Translating IP Addresses to host names.........................................................................35
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