HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 Update 1 Release Notes

◦ Support for ESXi deployment through IC server provisioning (in addition, the
current method of automated ESXi provisioning through VMware Auto Deploy)
◦ For more information about custom attributes, see Using custom attributes in
HP Insight Control Server Provisioning Administrator Guide.
When using IC server provisioning, Matrix is able to allow customization of network
information before the OS is installed and to use scripts to enable capabilities for
certain OS environments (Windows, Linux, and ESXi). See the Matrix Infrastructure
Orchestration User Guide at Enterprise Information Library for more details.
For more information about ESXi host provisioning, see the HP Matrix infrastructure
orchestration: ESXi OS Deployment at Enterprise Information Library.
• Support for HP Cloud network selection
HP Cloud now allows users to configure a project’s network(s). This involves defining
a network, defining a subnet, and attaching a gateway. Users must use HP Cloud
interfaces to define a network before a Matrix infrastructure orchestration cloud
capacity pool can be used to provision servers to that project. When multiple
networks are defined for a project, referencing cloud capacity pools must define
the following property, where <id> is the network ID displayed by HP Cloud:
provider.network.id=<id>
Failure to do so results in a server provisioning error.
• Support for bursting to HP Cloud v13.5 (and later) compute endpoints
By default Matrix infrastructure orchestration uses version 1.1 of the OpenStack
Nova protocol to interface with OpenStack-based cloud providers and CloudAgile
certified service providers. For providers, such as HP Cloud, which support version
2 of the Nova protocol, the following property must be specified in the cloud
capacity pool:
provider.compute.version=2
If this property is not defined, the version defaults to 1.1.
• Support for bursting to next-generation CloudSystem resource pools
Matrix infrastructure orchestration can provision and manage next-generation HP
CloudSystem resource pools (through either HP CloudSystem Foundation or
next-generation HP CloudSystem Enterprise) in the same manner as it supports
other cloud providers. Configuration is identical to that of the other cloud providers.
If the project associated with the resource pool defines multiple networks, the
following additional property must be defined:
provider.network.id=<id>
See the Cloud bursting with HP CloudSystem Matrix white paper at Enterprise
Information Library for more details.
• You can configure multiple data stores for a logical server or Matrix infrastructure
orchestration service that is planned for disaster recovery with Matrix recovery
management.
Matrix OE support in VMware VXLAN environments
Matrix OE supports VMware VXLAN environments (since the Matrix OE 7.2 Update 2
release) with specific prerequisites and considerations as outlined below. Correctly
configured and used, Matrix OE can provision and import VMs in an environment using
VMware VXLAN. Specifically, Matrix OE is able to provision infrastructure using virtual
networks from vShield Manager, configured under dvSwitches. Customers can use IO
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