HP Insight Control 7.3 Update 1 Getting Started Guide

Launching server deployment
The Deployment Console icon on your Windows desktop provides a drag-and-drop method to
automatically construct standard server configurations and software builds from a remote console.
Table 4 Launching server deployment
From the CMS management console GUIFrom Windows
Not availableClick the Deployment Console icon on your desktop
When you click on the desktop icon, the Deployment Server Console is displayed.
The Deployment Server Console
The Deployment Server Console provides complete deployment and management features and is
divided into several operational panes:
• The Computers pane displays all computer resources managed by a Deployment Server system.
It includes features to right-click and remotely execute operations on managed computers.
From this pane, you can drag the computer icons to job icons to schedule deployment and
management tasks.
• The Jobs pane executes and schedules deployment tasks for selected computers. Using one
or more sequenced jobs, you can image, configure computer settings, distribute packages,
and run scripts by dragging Job icons to individual computers or computer groups and
scheduling a convenient time to run. It lets you schedule deployment jobs by dragging computer
icons to job icons, or vice versa.
• The Details pane provides information and features to filter computers by type and build
deployment tasks. It extends the user interface features when working in the Computers and
Jobs panes.
• The Shortcut and Resources pane organizes and provides easy access to .MSI files, .RIPs,
image files (.img), Personality Packages (.exe), and other file types. It functions as a library
for packages used when building jobs in the console.
Obtaining server deployment documentation
See the following sources for server deployment documentation:
• The server deployment Knowledge Base web site provides information about how to use Insight
Control server deployment features and provides many how-to topics:
http://www.hp.com/go/rdp/kb
• The HP Insight Rapid Deployment software (RDP) User Guide describes how to use the
Deployment Console:
Enterprise Information Library
18 Provisioning operating systems and virtualization software to managed systems