HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.3 Update 1 Administrator Guide

1 Insight Control server provisioning overview
What is Insight Control server provisioning?
Insight Control server provisioning is a virtual appliance used to install and configure HP ProLiant
servers. Insight Control server provisioning uses resources such as OS Build Plans and scripts to
run deployment jobs.
IC server provisioning allows you to:
• Install Windows, Linux, and ESXi on ProLiant servers
• Deploy operating systems to Virtual Machines (VMs)
• Update drivers, utilities, and firmware on ProLiant servers using the HP Service Packs for
ProLiant (SPPs)
• Configure ProLiant system hardware, iLOs, BIOS, HP Smart Array and Fibre Channel HBA
• Deploy to target servers without using PXE (for HP ProLiant Gen8 servers or later). You can
do PXE-less deployment on these servers without any special configuration because they come
with built-in service OSs as part of the embedded intelligent provisioning feature
• Run deployment jobs on multiple servers simultaneously
• Customize your ProLiant deployments via an easy to use browser-based interface
• Create and run customized Build Plans to perform additional configuration tasks either before
or after OS deployment
• Migrate from HP Insight Control server deployment (RDP) to Insight Control server provisioning.
Table 1 Where can I find information?
Where to find the informationTopic
See the Insight Control server provisioning section of the HP Insight Control Release Notes
available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
Release notes
See the Insight Control server provisioning section of the HP Insight Management Support
Matrix available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
Support Matrix
See the HP Insight Control Server Provisioning Installation Guide available at http://
www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
How to download and set
up the appliance for the
first time
Refer to the online help content on the appliance (the online help is also available
standalone at http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs).
Online help
See the HP Insight Control Server Provisioning Administrator Guide available at http://
www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs for overviews of general usage, optional manual
Administrator tasks
configuration instructions and instructions for administrative work such as security, backup
and restore. Several key APIs are also documented in this manual.
See the HP Insight Control Server Provisioning Build Plans Reference Guide available at
http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs for detailed descriptions of the HP-provided
OS Build Plans details
Build Plans, scripts, configuration files, packages and key custom attributes. This reference
guide also includes information on what has changed in the Build Plans.
The Quick Start section in the online help will walk you through using Insight Control server
provisioning to accomplish real tasks.
Getting started
See the How Do I...? section in the online help for a list of tasks and links to detailed
instructions for how to perform a wide range of tasks.
How do I... topics
See the Insight Control server provisioning glossary: “Glossary ” (page 119).Terms
The Troubleshooting index in the online help is a repository for all
problem/recommendation information provided by IC server provisioning developers.
Troubleshooting plus known
issues and restrictions
8 Insight Control server provisioning overview