Server workflows for HP Matrix Operating Environment

Introduction

This document is intended to provide information regarding usage and customization of the HP Matrix

Operating Environment (Matrix OE) server workflows. The HP Matrix infrastructure orchestration User Guide

contains basic information on using the server HP Operations Orchestration (OO) workflows delivered with

Matrix OE. This document provides information needed to utilize the reference OO workflows included with

Matrix OE and/or to customize the supplied reference OO workflows for particular customer environments.

Using the bundled OO workflows is a matter of suitable configuration and editing various files. Extending the

workflows to other environments requires additional work, as described in this paper. Those sections of this

paper have been written for users with considerable experience designing, developing and testing HP

Operations Orchestration workflows.

The standard Matrix OE solution provides out-of-the-box support for HP BladeSystem c-Class servers using

Virtual Connect, as well as various virtual machine hosts. OO workflows are the means to extend that support

for other HP servers.

The server workflows included with Matrix OE include support for ProLiant iLO2 or later servers not using Virtual

Connect. The HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 release added support for Integrity iLO2 or later servers not using Virtual

Connect. For HP servers not using Virtual Connect, file customizations are necessary to ensure server information can

be gathered and power operations performed. Additional customizations can enable integration with a configuration

management database or more sophisticated handling of iLO passwords. The workflows may be extended to support

other HP server types.

The remainder of this document describes the supplied server workflows, their configuration, and provides

information on how they can be customized to meet the needs of a specific customer environment.

Overview

The standard Matrix OE solution provides out-of-the-box support for HP BladeSystem c-Class servers using Virtual

Connect. Matrix OE is able to gather information regarding servers and perform power operations through Virtual

Connect.

In addition to this out-of-the-box support, Matrix OE supported servers can be extended via HP Operations

Orchestration (OO) workflows. The Matrix OE solution for infrastructure orchestration includes reference

implementations of OO workflows for servers.

The following sections describe the Extensible Server Adapter (ESA) component of the Matrix OE solution,

configuration steps, and how the server workflows can be customized.

Note: Storage workflows may be seen after Matrix installation in OO but they are deprecated and are not

invoked by Matrix or the HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM). The means of extending automated storage

support through Matrix/SPM with the 7.0 release is by authoring an SPM adapter. See the SPM User Guide at

http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs for details.

Extensible Server Adapter

The Matrix OE solution includes logical server management and infrastructure automation capabilities and an

Extensible Server Adapter layer which enables support for a wide range of servers. Figure 1 represents the high-level

interaction between various Matrix OE components.