HP Insight Management 7.3 Update 1 Support Matrix

each target server and the media server. Connectivity to the target server iLOs can be through

either the deployment or management NIC.

Insight Control server provisioning and Insight Control server deployment cannot be active on the

same network at the same time because they both make use of PXE. They should be configured

on separate networks or only one can be actively configured for booting at a time. Table 8

(page 14) lists the hardware requirements for Insight Control server provisioning based on the size

of the configuration (demo, small or large). At a minimum, the Insight Control server provisioning

appliance must have at least 4 CPUs, 16 GB memory, and 200 GB of disk space.

Table 8 Insight Control server provisioning VM resource requirements for vSphere (ESXi) or Hyper-V

LargeSmallPOC/DemoHardware component

Any ProLiant G6, G7, or Gen8 server with an iLO processorServer

844Processor

30 GB16 GB16 GBMemory

200 GB (Thick)200 GB (Thick)200 GB (Thin provisioned)Boot disk

Same as bootSame as bootSame as bootData disk

A new appliance is configured with two network interfaces but can be configured to use one or

both of them. Appliances upgraded from a previous version will have a single interface, but can

have a second one added if desired.

Network adapter

CAUTION: HP strongly recommends using thick (VMware) or fixed size (Hyper-V) disk provisioning. If you use thin provisioning

and your VM host disk runs out of space, the appliance will crash and may not recover. You will need to install a new appliance

or restore from backup.

Insight Control server provisioning solution limits and scalability

Insight Control server provisioning can support up to 5000 servers under management.

When running a build plan against multiple servers, a best practice is to select no more than 1000

servers at a time.

Across all running build plans, only 50 servers at a time will simultaneously be active. As processing

completes on the active servers, other servers in the queue will start up such that the number of

active jobs remains at no more than 50.

Insight Control server provisioning requires a media server to store the OS distribution, Windows

captured images for image deployment, and the full SPP version(s). The media server is a system

separate from the Insight Control server provisioning appliance and can be based on either

Windows or Linux, but must be configured as described in the Insight Control server provisioning

documentation found on the HP website http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs. A special

Media Server Setup Utility is provided which will automate the configuration of a Windows system

as a media server.

If you will be performing any of the following functions, Insight Control server provisioning requires

that a WinPE service OS be built and then uploaded to the appliance.

Insight Control server provisioning supports uploading either WinPE 3.1 or WinPE 4.0. See the

IC server provisioning Installation Guide for details on which version of WinPE is best for your

environment.

• PXE booting the WinPE service OS

• Windows installations using the PXE service OS

• Any Windows image capture or deployment operations

• Installing Windows to UEFI capable servers in Legacy BIOS boot mode

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