HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 User Guide

4 Installing and setting up managed systems
This chapter describes how to install operating systems on managed systems and set them up for
HP Insight Control for Linux monitoring. This chapter addresses the following tasks, which you
must complete in this order:
1. “Populating the Insight Control for Linux repository” (page 45)
2. “Setting up management hubs” (page 45)
3. “Installing a Linux OS on managed systems” (page 48)
4. “Setting up managed systems for monitoring” (page 48)
4.1 Populating the Insight Control for Linux repository
If you plan to use Insight Control for Linux to install operating systems on managed systems,
you must populate the Insight Control for Linux repository with Linux OS installation files and
ProLiant Support Packs (PSPs).
IMPORTANT: The repository has its own web server that allows anonymous access to the
repository directory structure. This is a requirement for automated installation procedures. HP
recommends that no confidential data be stored in the repository (including captured images)
unless all systems on the network can be trusted with access to the repository.
NOTE: Skip this task if you are not using HP Insight Control for Linux to install operating
systems or PSPs on managed systems.
Use the instructions in Chapter 6 (page 61) to complete the following tasks:
1. Register one or more Linux operating systems with the Insight Control for Linux repository.
2. Copy vendor-supplied Linux OS installation files to the repository.
3. Register PSPs with the repository.
4. Copy PSPs into the repository.
5. Copy installation configuration files into the repository.
4.2 Setting up management hubs
A management hub is an aggregation point for management activities. HP Insight Control for
Linux uses management hubs to distribute the management load across multiple servers. HP
recommends creating multiple management hubs if you plan to monitor over 256 managed
systems.
You have the option of choosing any physical server to act as a management hub; you can elect
to use the CMS as a management hub or not. If you do not specify a management hub, the CMS
becomes the sole management hub by default.
NOTE: Only servers running a supported version of RHEL or SLES can act as management
hubs.
HP recommends the use of physical servers for use as management hubs.
Each managed system is assigned to a management hub automatically when you run
Options→IC-Linux→Configure Management Services. Figure 4-1 illustrates this structure.
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