HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 Release Notes

See the HP Insight Control for Linux Support Matrix for the full list of supported hardware platforms.
1.3.3 Support for new operating systems
• Support for the following operating systems:
— Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 8
— Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 4
— SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP3
• Support for the following virtualization operating systems:
— VMware ESX (3.03, 3.5, 3.5 U4, 3.5 U5, 4.0, and 4.0 U1)
— VMware ESXi (3.5, 3.5 U4, 3.5 U5, 4.0, and 4.0 U1)
See the HP Insight Control for Linux Support Matrix for the full list of supported Linux operating
systems.
1.3.4 Scalability enhancements
Scalability enhancements were focused on the configuration of management services.
Performance on systems without additional management hubs were tested to be up to 75–80%
faster.
Performance on systems with additional management hubs were tested to be up to 66% faster.
Another enhancement was shorter output logs in Tasks Results.
1.3.5 Virtual media
Virtual media is a mechanism that allows a system with an iLO-based system (that is, a system
having an iLO or iLO2 management processor) to boot a Virtual CD (a bootable ISO image) over
the network in much the same way that it would be loaded from a CD. Virtual media is not
supported on LO100-based systems.
Virtual media does not use DHCP. The system boots a custom RAM disk that includes the
predefined network configuration information (for example. the IP address, Net Mask, Gateway,
and so on). Insight Control for Linux provides tools that let you define the network information
parameters, edit those network parameters, and initiate bare-metal discovery.
Virtual media is a secure alternative to PXE boot. The ISO image is transferred over HTTPS;
certificates can be required for authentication, and SSH key and CMS/server certificates are
passed in the image.
1.3.6 RAM disk security enhancements
All communication between the CMS and the RAM Disk now takes place over SSL. Certificates
are used to verify CMS identity and to validate server identity.
1.3.7 GUI Enhancements
1.3.7.1 Consolidated Insight Control for Linux tools
For ease of use, the following Insight Control for Linux tools are consolidated under one menu,
Options→IC-Linux:
• Initiate Bare-Metal Discovery
• Manage Repository
• Configure Boot Method
• Configure Management Services
• Define Networks
• Network Configuration Editor
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