HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Release Notes (7.2.3)

This occurs if you do not supply a value in the Gateway or DNS Servers boxes during step 2 of
the HP Insight Control Deployment Wizard.
Suggested action: Ignore this warning message. After a minute the message vanishes and the
installation completes.
• Running the HP Insight Control Deployment Wizard on a USB flash drive fails.
Suggested action: Install ESX/ESXi on the USB flash drive manually. Insight Control for vCenter
does not support deployment on a USB flash drive.
• IP configuration details are retained for subsequent ESX/ESXi deployment.
Suggested action: When deploying a target for a second time, be sure to update the IP Address
and Netmask information.
• When deploying ESX with the HP Insight Control Deployment Wizard Use DHCP option selected,
the target ESX is not configured with the reserved IP address.
Suggested action: Log into the ESX host and do one of the following:
◦ Configure the host network settings manually.
◦ Obtain the generated MAC address from the host vSwitch, and use it to update the DHCP
configuration.
• Insight Control for vCenter supports firmware discovery only on ESXi hosts that have the HP ESXi
offline bundle for VMware installed. The ESXi user name and password are required for
communication with CIM providers.
Suggested action: Verify that the HP ESXi offline bundle is installed for all ESXi hosts.
• Multiple credentials for iLO or the Onboard Administrator in the Insight Control for vCenter
password database can cause Insight Control for vCenter to function unpredictably.
Entering credentials with a new user name and then clicking Save in the Host Properties page or
the Cluster Properties page adds a new set of credentials for that host.
Suggested action: If a configuration has multiple credentials per host, remove the duplicates:
1. From the home page, select HP Insight Management Administration icon.
2. Select Server Password Management from the drop-down menu.
3. Delete all duplicate entries from the database.
• Insight Control for vCenter cannot communicate with a node if proxy authentication is required
to reach the node.
Suggested action: Disable the proxy setting to enable Insight Control for vCenter to communicate
with the node.
• The ASR status for servers running the HP CIM Providers is displayed with a white status icon.
The current HP CIM providers do not monitor ASR.
• Software iSCSI storage is not displayed in the Network Diagram.
The Network Diagram displays hardware configured in Virtual Connect only. iSCSI storage devices
that use software HBAs are not displayed.
• When multiple firmware update jobs are launched from the Smart Component Update tab of the
Firmware link, one or more jobs might not start for a long period of time.
Suggested action: Delete and relaunch the job.
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