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NOTE: You can also use this tool to initiate a bare-metal discovery of a server that will be
PXE-booted. Select the PXE radio button in step 4.
The target system must be the management processor for the server.
3.1.3 Discovering running systems
NOTES:
• This section applies only to systems with iLO or iLO 2 management processors.
For servers with LO100 management processors, after you discover the server with HP SIM,
run the Configure SNMP on DL1xx Ser vers task described in Section 21.9 (page 209).
• Steps 1 and 2 of the following procedure do not apply to systems running VMware ESXi.
To discover servers that are already installed with and running a supported Linux OS that you
do not want to shut down or reinstall, follow these steps:
1. Install the appropriate PSP Version on the system to be discovered. To determine the
appropriate PSP Version, see the HP Insight Control for Linux Support Matrix. You can install
all or some components of the PSP, but at a minimum, you must install the components,
listed in Table 9-1 (page 105), which are required by HP SIM.
To download a PSP or obtain the associated HP ProLiant Support Pack User Guide, follow the
instructions in Section 24.3.2 (page 262).
2. On the system to be discovered, use the following command to configure SNMP:
# /sbin/hpsnmpconfig
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for every installed system to be discovered. When you are finished,
proceed to step 4 in this procedure.
4. Select the following menu item to discover the server and its management processor. You
can discover the server and management processor by name or by IP address range.
Options→Discovery...
5. If the management processor credentials do not match the default credentials you specified
during the Insight Control for Linux installation process, use the following menu item to
register the management processor credentials with HP SIM:
Configure→Management Processor→Credentials
For more information on management processor credentials, see “Management Processor
Credentials” (page 211).
NOTE: An ESXi system will fail discovery if the iLO credentials do not match the root
credentials.
3.2 Assigning HP Insight Control for Linux licenses to discovered systems
You can apply a license to a server now or when running any of the deployment tasks, which
are discussed in Chapter 7 (page 81) and in Chapter 10 (page 109).
You must apply an HP Insight Control for Linux license to the discovered systems you want to
monitor with HP Insight Control for Linux:
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