Moving from ICLE to ICE-Linux

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Introduction
Insight Control Environment for Linux (ICE-Linux) is the next generation of Linux® based data center
management products from Hewlett-Packard, replacing the older Insight Control Linux Edition (ICLE).
The two products share many concepts, tools, and philosophies, but are significantly different in their
underlying technologies and implementations. Both enable Linux provisioning of one or many
managed systems, and provide on-going monitoring and management capabilities. However, ICLE is
based on an appliance model, installing and consuming all resources of the Central Management
Server (CMS) system. ICE-Linux, on the other hand, is based on the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP
SIM) foundation, using a Linux operating system that you chose and installed.
Even as ICE-Linux is the successor to ICLE, the re-engineering involved with integrating the HP SIM
foundation and opening the choice of base operating systems resulted in a product with fundamental
differences to the extent that there is no direct upgrade path between the two.
This white paper documents the areas of similarity and contrast between the two products, and offers
a few ideas and tools that might aid in the migration from ICLE to ICE-Linux.
ICLE vs. ICE-Linux
The following table compares ICLE and ICE-Linux:
ICLE ICE-Linux
Appliance Model HP SIM Foundation
Required vendor-selected and modified
custom Linux installation
You choose which supported Linux version to
install (see the HP Insight Control Environment for
Linux Support Matrix)
Dedicated management network Flexible networking choices
Integrated DHCP server Flexible DHCP choices to integrate ICE-Linux
within your environment
Limited CMS hardware support A wide range of ProLiant servers can be used for
the CMS (see the HP Insight Control Environment
for Linux Support Matrix)
Linux & Windows® provisioning Linux-only provisioning
Fixed file repository Flexible file repository
No custom support for Kickstart and
AutoYaST
Default and user-provided Kickstart and
AutoYaST support
No LVM support for captured or
deployed images
LVM support for captured and deployed images
PAX-based image capture format Tar-based image capture format
Rudimentary partitioning Improved graphical partitioning wizard
No extensibility Extensibility through other HP SIM plug-ins, and
user-provided HP SIM Tools
Infrastructure monitoring and event
aggregation
In-depth monitoring capabilities using industry-
proven Linux Open Source monitoring tools