Insight Control for Linux 6.2 Support Matrix Abstract This document describes the minimum requirements for software, firmware, and hardware components supported for use with HP Insight Control for Linux (Insight Control for Linux). This document is intended for use by system engineers, system administrators, sales personnel, support personnel, and others interested in hardware and software requirements for Insight Control for Linux.
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Contents 1 HP Insight Control for Linux..........................................................................4 2 Central management server requirements.......................................................6 2.1 CMS requirements...............................................................................................................6 2.2 Upgrade path to this release................................................................................................7 3 Managed system requirements.......
1 HP Insight Control for Linux HP Insight Control for Linux is an essential server management tool that unlocks the management capabilities built into your HP ProLiant servers. Insight Control for Linux delivers integrated toolsets for system administrators to manage business-critical Linux environments in both enterprise and scale-out environments.
Your Linux operating systems can be selected from HP-supported Red Hat (RHEL) or SuSE Linux (SLES) distributions, or you can select community-supported distributions from the wider community. Insight Control for Linux does not include a Linux distribution. Insight Control for Linux runs on a Central Management Server (CMS) in the SIM environment.
2 Central management server requirements The HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Central Management Server (CMS) is the server on which HP SIM and the HP Insight Control for Linux (Insight Control for Linux) software is installed. 2.1 CMS requirements Table 1 CMS requirements Component Requirement Processor architecture • x86 • AMD64 • x86-64 HP server model HP ProLiant c-Class blade servers, DL series servers, and SL series servers. See Chapter 4 (page 12) for specific hardware model numbers.
Table 1 CMS requirements (continued) Component Requirement Linux OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL): • RHEL 4 Update 7 (AS/ES) • RHEL 4 Update 8 (AS/ES) • RHEL 5 Update 4 (Server) • RHEL 5 Update 5 (Server) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES): • SLES 10 SP2 • SLES 10 SP3 • SLES 11 • SLES 11 SP 1 IMPORTANT: Not all operating systems listed in this table are supported on all ProLiant G6 and G7 servers. See Chapter 4 (page 12) for exceptions to OS support on G6 and G7 servers.
Table 2 Installation script actions when HP SIM or Insight Control for Linux software is detected (continued) Detected software version Script action Insight Control for Linux Versions 2.10.01 or 2.11 Starts an unsupported upgrade to Insight Control for Linux Version 6.2 Comments IMPORTANT: Using this upgrade path introduces known issues with the HP Insight Control power management functionality.
3 Managed system requirements Managed systems are HP ProLiant servers monitored and managed by Insight Control for Linux. Table 3 Managed system requirements Component Requirement Processor architecture • x86 • AMD64 • x86-64 HP server model HP ProLiant c-Class blade servers, DL series servers, ML series, and SL series servers are supported for use as managed systems. See Chapter 4 (page 12) for specific hardware model numbers and minimum firmware versions.
Table 3 Managed system requirements (continued) Component Requirement Linux OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL): • RHEL 4 Update 6 (AS/ES) • RHEL 4 Update 7 (AS/ES) • RHEL 4 Update 8 (AS/ES) • RHEL 5 Update 3 (Server) • RHEL 5 Update 4 (Server) • RHEL 5 Update 5 (Server) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES): • SLES 10 SP 2 • SLES 10 SP 3 • SLES 11 • SLES 11 SP 1 IMPORTANT: Not all operating systems listed in this table are supported on all ProLiant G6 and G7 series servers.
NOTES: • Managed systems can run other, non-supported variants of Linux, such as CentOS and Debian GNU/Linux. For more information, see the following white papers: ◦ Using CentOS 5.4 with HP Insight Control for Linux ◦ Deploying Debian GNU/Linux with Insight Control for Linux ◦ Setting up Managed Systems in Insight Control for Linux without the ProLiant Support Pack To view or download these Insight Control for Linux white papers, see the instructions in Section 7.3 (page 21).
4 Supported servers and enclosures This chapter lists supported HP ProLiant servers and enclosures. For a list of HP ProLiant servers that support RHEL and SLES operating systems, see the Linux certification and support matrix - HP ProLiant servers web site: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hplinuxcert.html To find the minimum supported Red Hat updates or Novell service packs for a particular server, go to this web site, locate the server, and select it.
4.3 c-Class server blades The c-Class server blades feature iLO2 and iLO3 management processors.
1 Installing RHEL 4.7 or SLES 10 SP 2 over the network requires an updated initrd file. For the web addresses of the initrd files, see the update to Table 9–3, Download web address for initrd files, in the HP Insight Control for Linux 2 3 Release Notes. The 32-bit version of RHEL 5.5 is not supported on this server. Installing SLES 10 SP3 or SLES 11 on this server over the network requires an updated initrd file.
Table 7 Supported DL series servers (continued) Supported as CMS? Supported as managed system? HP Insight Control power management support? DL320 G6 Yes Yes Yes DL360 G4p Yes Yes No DL360 G5 Yes Yes Yes DL360 G6 Yes Yes Yes DL360 G7 Yes Yes Yes DL365 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DL380 G5 Yes Yes Yes DL380 G6 Yes Yes Yes DL380 G7 Yes Yes Yes DL385 G2 Yes Yes Yes DL385 G5 Yes Yes Yes DL385 G5p Yes Yes Yes DL385 G6 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Y
1 6 This column applies only to DL100 series servers; the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD contains the correct System ROM (BIOS) firmware versions for DL300, DL500, and DL700 series servers. This server requires System ROM (BIOS) version 10/23/2008 or greater. The LO100i firmware version for this server is 4.20, not 3.11 The 32-bit version of RHEL 5.5 is not supported on this server. By default, the DL180 G5 server ships without an LO100 Management Card.
5 Supported versions of HP partner products 5.1 HP Systems Insight Manager Supported version: 6.2 Insight Control for Linux Version 6.2 is based on HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM). You do not need to preinstall HP SIM on the Central Management Server (CMS) before you install Insight Control for Linux. HP SIM Version 6.2 is bundled with the Insight Control for Linux distribution medium and is installed (or upgraded) as part of the Insight Control for Linux installation process if necessary. 5.
NOTE: In some cases, it is possible to configure a managed system without PSP software. For more information, see the white paper titled Setting up Managed Systems in Insight Control for Linux without the ProLiant Support Pack. To obtain this white paper, see Section 7.3 (page 21). 5.5 HP Smart Update Firmware DVD NOTE: The HP Smart Update Firmware DVD was previously known as the HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance DVD (and, in earlier releases, CD). Supported version: 9.
6 Web browser and client requirements 6.1 Web browser requirements Browser Browser platform Mozilla Firefox 3 (and higher) Linux, Windows, HP-UX Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 SP1 Windows Internet Explorer 8.0 Windows 6.2 Client requirements You can use a client-hosted web browser interface to establish a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) session with Insight Control for Linux. For client interface requirements, see the HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Technical Reference Guide. 6.
7 Support and other resources 7.1 Contacting HP 7.1.1 Information to collect before contacting HP Have the following information available before you call contact HP: • Software product name • Hardware product model number • Operating system type and version • Applicable error message • Third-party hardware or software • Technical support registration number (if applicable) 7.1.
HP worldwide customer service contact numbers HP worldwide customer service contact numbers are available at the following website: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact_us.html 7.1.4 HP authorized resellers For the name of the nearest HP authorized reseller, see the following sources: • In the United States, see the HP U.S. service locator website at: http://www.hp.com/service_locator • In other locations, see the Contact HP worldwide website at: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact.
You can view or download he latest Insight Control for Linux documentation whenever you need it. For your convenience, the documentation set for this release of Insight Control for Linux is available from the HP Insight Software — Information Library website. To view or download the documentation from this website, follow these steps: 1. Open a web browser to the following web address: http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs 2. 3. Locate the Product Documentation section.
1. Open a browser to the following web address: http://www.hp.com 2. 3. 4. Select the Support & Drivers tab. Select the Download drivers and software (and firmware) option. Enter your server model (for example, BL460c G7) in the For product text box, and select Go>> to search for that server. NOTE: If more than one server model matches the value you entered in the For product text box, select the appropriate server model from the search results. 5. 6. 7. 8.
• http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool Home page of RRDtool, a round-robin database tool and graphing system. Insight Control for Linux uses RRDtool with Nagios to provide a graphical view of system status. • http://supermon.sourceforge.net Home page for Supermon, a high-speed cluster monitoring system that emphasizes low perturbation, high sampling rates, and an extensible data protocol and programming interface. Supermon works in conjunction with Nagios to provide system monitoring data.
A Functionality based on MP license The following table correlates functionality with the presence or absence of the LO100i management processor license; the management processor is required for all capabilities of Insight Control for Linux In general, LO100i-based servers are DL1001 and SL100 series servers. See the Quickspecs for details for a specific server.
Table 11 Insight Control for Linux functionality for supported iLO-based servers (continued) 26 Insight Control for Linux Functionality iLO Advanced License Note Remote Management Console (text-based) Available without license Used by the Insight Control for Linux console monitoring facility (cmfd). Remote Management Console (web-based, GUI) Available without license Insight Control for Linux does not use or provide this capability.
Index B blade enclosure supported, 12 blade server supported, 13 browser information see web browser requirement C client requirements, 19 CMS requirements, 6 customer service contact numbers, 21 D DL1000 multi node servers, 14 documentation ESX, 24 ESXi, 24 HP Insight Control, 22 Insight Control for Linux, 21 KVM, 24 Linux, 23 Nagios, 23 pdsh, 24 ProLiant servers, 22 providing feedback, 21 PSP User Guide, 22 reporting errors in, 21 RRDtool, 24 SIM, 22 Supermon, 24 syslog-ng, 24 System ROM (BIOS) firmwar
c-Class BladeSystem enclosures, 12 P pdsh documentation, 24 power management support requirements and capabilities, 12 ProLiant c-Class server blades, 13 ProLiant DL series servers, 14 ProLiant DL1000 multi node servers, 14 ProLiant ML series servers, 16 ProLiant servers documentation, 22 ProLiant SL series servers, 16 ProLiant Support Pack see PSP PSP documentation, 22 downloading, 22 supported version, 17 R register for technical support and update service, 20 reporting documentation errors email addres