HP Insight Control Server Deployment 7.2 Update 1 Installation Guide Abstract This guide provides information about the HP Insight Control server deployment software installation and uninstallation procedures. This guide is intended for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems.
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Contents 1 Overview..................................................................................................4 2 Prerequisites..............................................................................................5 3 Installing Insight Control server deployment....................................................6 Installation procedure................................................................................................................
1 Overview HP Insight Control server deployment is a server deployment solution that provides: • Automated server hardware configuration and operating system deployment • Consistent Windows, VMware, and Linux deployment on the latest HP servers • Scalable deployment of ProLiant Server Blades • Solution for deploying standard server configurations • Deployment functionality for ProLiant DL and ML series servers For more information, see the HP Insight Management Support Matrix at http://www.hp.
2 Prerequisites Following are the prerequisites to install Insight Control server deployment 7.2.1 patch: • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 • Microsoft WAIK 3.1 • HP Insight Control server deployment 7.2.0 base version (preinstalled) Following is the prerequisite to install Insight Control Server Provisioning Migration Utility 7.2.1: • JRE 1.6 or later NOTE: For more information about the hardware, software, and operating system requirements, see the HP Insight Management Support Matrix.
3 Installing Insight Control server deployment Installation procedure To install the Insight Control server deployment first, use one of the following methods to access the Rapid Deployment Pack autorun utility: • Insert the DVD into the DVD drive. • Extract the ISO image. • Mount the ISO image. Perform the following steps to install Insight Control server deployment: 1. Double click ICdepl-7.2.1.x.exe. The HP Install Package screen appears. Figure 1 HP Install Package screen 2. Click Install.
3. Click Agree to accept the terms. The Prerequisites screen appears.
4. Ensure the system requirements are fulfilled and click Continue. The Features screen appears. Figure 4 Features screen 5. Click Install to upgrade the system configuration. The Deployment Server Prerequisites screen appears. NOTE: 8 On the Features screen, select any additional feature, if required.
Figure 5 Deployment Server Prerequisites screen Installation procedure 9
6. Click Verify to check the prerequisites and click Next. The Deployment Share Information screen appears. Figure 6 Deployment Share Information screen 7. Select the appropriate licensing option and click Next. The Deployment Server Information screen appears. NOTE: If you are installing Insight Control server deployment for the first time, select Free 7 day license or License file. In case you want to upgrade, select Upgrade using existing license to avoid losing existing licenses.
Figure 7 Deployment Server Information screen 8. Enter the Service password and click Next. The Deployment Database screen appears.
Figure 8 Deployment Database screen 9. Select the name of the server instance where you want to install the database and click Next. The Gathering Information screen appears. NOTE: If the database is located on a remote server, you might have to enter a username and password with Administrator rights.
Figure 9 Gathering information screen 10. Select Use Windows NT authentication and click Next. The Pre-boot Operating Systems screen appears. If you want to use the existing database, click Yes on the prompt as shown in the Figure 10 (page 14).
Figure 10 Gathering Information NOTE: You must select Windows NT authentication as HP Insight Control server deployment does not support SQL server authentication.
Figure 11 Pre-boot Operating Systems screen 11. Click Next. The PXE Server information screen appears.
Figure 12 PXE Server information screen 12. Use Browse to specify the location of the Remote computer name to install PXE Server and click Next. The Deployment Agent Connection to Deployment Server screen appears. NOTE: If the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is installed on a separate server, click OK when you receive the prompt that DHCP services are required. If you do not want to use PXE, see the Knowledge Base article Creating and Using Automated Boot Media (Article 196).
Figure 13 Deployment Agent Connection to Deployment Server screen 13. Specify how clients must connect to the Deployment Server and click Next. The Deployment Console Information screen appears.
Figure 14 Deployment Console Information screen 14. Specify the location where you want to install the deployment server and click Next. The Deployment Web Console Information screen appears. NOTE: Do not install the initial Deployment Console component on a remote server, because the Deployment Console component installation will fail.
Figure 15 Deployment Web Console Information screen 15. Specify where you want to install the Deployment Web Console and click Next. The Installation Information screen appears.
Figure 16 Installation Information screen 16. Click Install. In case of upgrade, click Yes when you receive the prompt to replace the eXpress share as shown in the following figure.
Figure 17 Installation Information 17. After the installation is complete, click Finish.
4 Uninstalling Insight Control server deployment Uninstallation procedure To uninstall Insight Control server deployment: 1. Extract the ICdepl-7.2.1.x.exe file. 2. After extracting, double click uninstall.exe. The Uninstall screen appears. Figure 18 Uninstall screen 3. 4. 22 Click Uninstall. This completes the unistallation of Insight Control server deployment. After the uninstallation is complete, remove all the references to the Insight Control server deployment from the Registry Editor.
5 Support and other resources Information to collect before contacting HP Be sure to have the following information available before you contact HP: • Software product name • Hardware product model number • Operating system type and version • Applicable error message • Third-party hardware or software • Technical support registration number (if applicable) How to contact HP Use the following methods to contact HP technical support: • In the United States, see the Customer Service / Contact HP U
The service also provides access to software updates and reference manuals in electronic form as they are made available from HP. With this service, Insight Management customers benefit from expedited problem resolution as well as proactive notification and delivery of software updates. For more information about this service, see the following website: http://www.hp.com/services/insight. Registration for this service takes place following online redemption of the license certificate.
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Index I Install installing HP IC server deployment, 6 Installation procedure , 6 O Overview, 4 P Prerequisites, 5 S support how to contact HP, 23 warranty information, 23 T typographic conventions, 23, 24 U Uninstall procedure, 22 Uninstalling HP IC server deployment, 22 27
