HP Insight Software 6.1 Support Matrix

HP BladeSystem firmware release set
The HP BladeSystem firmware release set 2010.07 consists of a collection of individual firmware components
that have been tested and verified together in an integrated BladeSystem solution environment. The firmware
release set 2010.07 does not contain Integrity server firmware.
To download the HP BladeSystem firmware release set 2010.07, go to the following website:
http://www.hp.com/go/matrixcompatibility
Software requirements
HP Software integration requirements
Table 3-5 lists HP software integration requirements with Insight software version 6.1.
Table 3-5 HP Software integration requirements
Insight DynamicsInsight ControlSystems Insight ManagerHP Software versions
✓NoNoHP Server Automation software 7.83
1
✓NoNoHP Software Operations Orchestration 7.51
1 OS support for HP Server Automation software and Insight Dynamics is limited to: RHEL 4.7 x86 and x64 or higher, RHEL 5.3 x86
and x64 or higher, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 x86 and x64, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x86 and x64, and
SLES 10 x86 and x64.
Supported operating systems
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager supports all operating systems supported by Virtual Connect. To verify
that a particular server blade you place into a BladeSystem enclosure supports a specific OS, review the
QuickSpecs for that server blade, which you can obtain by starting at this website:
http://www.hp.com/go/blades
HP Insight Control performance management requires the installation of HP Insight Management Agents on
managed systems.
This section provides tables of the OSs and OS versions that are supported on managed systems.
• Table 3-6 “Microsoft Windows Server 2008 OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-7 “Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-8 “Microsoft Windows Server 2003 OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-9 “Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-10 “Microsoft Windows Vista OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-11 “Microsoft Windows XP OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-12 “Microsoft Windows 7 OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-13 “Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-14 “SUSE Enterprise Linux Server OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-15 “Debian OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-16 “Hypervisor hosts and VM guests supported on managed systems”
• Table 3-17 “Hypervisors and supported OS guests”
• Table 3-18 “VMware vCenter Server virtualization management software supported on managed
systems”
• Table 3-19 “HP OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-20 “IBM AIX OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-21 “Oracle Solaris OS support on managed systems”
• Table 3-22 “Novell NetWare OS support on managed systems”
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