HP Insight Control for Linux 7.1 Update 1 Support Matrix

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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.
The robust toolset integrates the best of open source and HP technologies on HP Systems Insight
Manager (SIM), running on Linux, for:
• discovery
• imaging and provisioning
• rapid deployment
• health and performance management
• remote management
• virtualization
• power management.
Lifecycle management is complemented by multisystem scaling, thermal and power management,
and direct-to-the-hardware control. Furthermore, Insight Control for Linux is backed by the Linux
expertise of HP and global HP Support.
Insight Control for Linux provides an integrated solution with the following capabilities:
• HP SIM (on Linux) organizes and displays server, storage and networking information for easy
use.
• Bare-metal discovery.
• Server deployment lets you schedule and customize:
script execution◦
◦ firmware updates
◦ OS image capture and deployment
◦ OS installations
◦ agent installation
including the capability to install Microsoft Windows interactively on iLO-based servers.
• Health and performance management that provides for scale-optimized control of large
environments using performance dashboards, open source-based monitoring tools, and an
extensible Nagios interface for connecting to industry-common plug-ins.
• Virtual machine management to enable host and guest environment management using XEN
or VMware ESX.
• Remote management, which includes a license for HP Integrated Lights Out (iLO) Advanced,
provides secure lights-out remote access and server control with virtual media support and
out-of-band hardware monitoring.
• Power management to provide Dynamic Power Capping, Datacenter Power Control, and
Intelligent Power Discovery for precise power and thermal management with facilities
integration.
• An installer that assists with integrated component capabilities.
• HP Software Technical Support and Update Service (24 x 7) is included for one year.
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