HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 User Guide

1 Using HP Insight Control for Linux
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• “Integration with HP Systems Insight Manager” (page 11)
• “HP Insight Control for Linux licenses” (page 11)
• “HP Insight Control for Linux extensions to HP SIM” (page 12)
• “HP Insight Control for Linux toolboxes” (page 15)
• “HP Insight Control for Linux command environment” (page 15)
• “Using the HP SIM quick launch feature” (page 16)
• “Internal task queuing and management” (page 16)
• “Synchronized system clocks” (page 17)
• “Validating RPM signatures” (page 17)
• “HP Insight Control for Linux RAM disk environment” (page 17)
• “Network configuration and DHCP requirements” (page 18)
• “Virtual media” (page 18)
• “Managed system names” (page 19)
• “Security” (page 21)
• “Connecting to HP SIM” (page 23)
• “Backing up HP Insight Control for Linux files” (page 24)
1.1 Integration with HP Systems Insight Manager
HP Insight Control for Linux (Insight Control for Linux) is a suite of software and tools that
combine to provide a powerful mechanism for discovering, installing, monitoring, and managing
HP ProLiant servers. HP Insight Control for Linux enhances the free system monitoring and
system management features of HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM).
The underlying foundation of Insight Control for Linux is HP SIM, with a number of plug-in
tools to perform the software installation, monitoring, and management tasks. Insight Control
for Linux enables you to manage and monitor a range of objects including Linux servers, switches,
and enclosures. For the version of HP SIM required, see the HP Insight Control for Linux Support
Matrix.
To access and use Insight Control for Linux features through HP SIM, you must apply an Insight
Control for Linux license to each server you want Insight Control for Linux to manage and
monitor.
All HP SIM and Insight Control for Linux tasks are launched from the server you configured to
be the CMS.
1.2 HP Insight Control for Linux licenses
In previous releases of Insight Control for Linux, as many as four licenses were required. In this
release, the licenses for the HP Insight Control power management and HP Insight Control
virtual machine management are bundled with the Insight Control for Linux license. The iLO
Advance remains as a separate license.
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