HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 Update 1 Getting Started Guide

1 Introduction to the HP Matrix Operating Environment
This document provides an overview of HP Matrix Operating Environment (Matrix OE).
• Chapter 1 describes the product features and the available configurations.
• Chapter 2 (page 19) describes the licensing model and license management procedures.
• Chapter 3 (page 27) describes initial setup steps to get started with Matrix OE.
• Chapter 4 (page 39) describes the tools available to set up managed systems correctly and
diagnose and correct common configuration problems.
• Chapter 5 (page 43) provides a list of support resources and a comprehensive list of Matrix
OE documentation.
• The Command reference (page 51) provides command reference pages for the vseassist(1M)
and vselicense(1M) commands that are mentioned elsewhere in this document.
• The Glossary (page 63) provides definitions of key terms used in this document. If you are
viewing this document in electronic form, click the term to jump to the glossary definition.
Matrix OE is an integrated command center that enables you to continuously analyze and optimize
your cloud and converged infrastructure. It builds on the HP infrastructure management portfolio,
including HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and HP Insight Management.
Matrix OE provides an integrated graphical environment for managing physical servers, logical
servers, virtual machines, server blades, nPartitions, virtual partitions, applications, and workloads.
You can dynamically resize virtual servers and migrate resources where they are needed, based
on service-level objectives and business requirements.
For information about the changes in this release of Matrix OE, see the HP Matrix Operating
Environment Release Notes. For a complete list of Matrix OE documentation and the websites
where these documents can be found, see “Related information” (page 44).
IMPORTANT: The information in the following sections is a summary. Specific supported hardware
and software configurations are provided in the HP Insight Management Support Matrix, available
at http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs.
Components of Matrix OE
The Matrix OE software is installed on a Central Management Server (CMS) running HP SIM,
which provides a browser-based user interface. A single CMS can be used to manage different
types of systems or instances. The Matrix OE components include Capacity Advisor, Matrix OE
visualization, Matrix infrastructure orchestration, Matrix recovery management, Global Workload
Manager, Matrix KVM Private Cloud and all HP Insight Control components. The software is
installed on the CMS once, regardless of how many or what types of managed system or managed
instance licenses are purchased. The following CMS installations are supported:
• Matrix OE can be installed on the following types of CMS running Microsoft Windows:
HP ProLiant server◦
◦ HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant server blade
◦ Virtual machine running under VMware ESX or Microsoft Hyper-V on HP ProLiant or
supported non-HP server
On a CMS running Microsoft Windows, Matrix OE is installed as part of the Insight
Management software family of products. For installation and configuration information, see
the HP Insight Management Preinstallation Worksheet, HP Insight Management Quick
Installation Guide, and HP Insight Management Installation and Configuration Guide. For an
introduction to Insight Management software, including security recommendations, a summary
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