HP Insight Control for Linux 6.2 User Guide

1.2 Integration with HP Systems Insight Manager
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 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.
HP SIM and Insight Control for Linux tasks are launched from the server you configured as the
CMS.
1.3 Insight Control for Linux extensions to HP SIM
Table 1-1 lists the Insight Control for Linux features, by category, that are integrated with HP
SIM.
NOTE: The majority of Insight Control for Linux features only run on systems whose type is
Server.
The OS installation and Linux image deployment tools appear in the HP Insight Control user
interface only if servers were discovered in HP SIM. After an object of type Server is discovered,
the Insight Control for Linux menu items appear in the HP Insight Control user interface.
Table 1-1 Insight Control for Linux extensions to the HP Insight Control user interface
Documented inDescriptionMenu item
Insight Control for Linux configuration
Section 19.3 (page 165)Configures or reconfigures monitoring services
(syslog-ng, pdsh, CMF, Nagios, Supermon).
Use this menu item during the initial configuration of
Insight Control for Linux, then any time you add or
remove a managed system from the Insight Control for
Linux collection.
Also installs the Insight Control for Linux management
agents on the selected managed systems.
Options→IC-Linux→Configure
Management Services
Section 19.4 (page 167)Deploys Insight Control for Linux management agents
to selected managed systems.
This functionality is incorporated in the
Options→IC-Linux→Configure Management Services
menu item.
Deploy→Deploy Drivers,
Firmware and
Agents→IC-Linux→Install
Agents...
“Changing the boot
method” (page 80)
This standalone tool allows you to configure the boot
method that other Insight Control for Linux tools will
use. The available boot methods are PXE or virtual media.
This tool performs this configuration only and no other
actions.
When using this tool, be sure to specify the server as the
target.
Options→IC-Linux→Configure
Boot Method
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