HP OneView 1.0 User Guide

Configure appliance resources and bring your environment under management
of the appliance
Related informationRequired action or inputConfiguration step
The online help for the Users and
Groups screen
Local authentication
• Login name
• Full name (optional)
• Initial password
• Choose a role or create a
specialized role
• Contact information (optional)
Directory-based authentication
• At least one authentication
directory configured in the
appliance
• Default directory (when multiple
directories are configured)
Add users to the appliance
1. Add users and define access
permissions and authentication
method.
Do one or both of the following:
• Add a user with local
authentication and assign a
predefined role or create a
specialized role.
• Add a user with directory-based
authentication and assign full
access or role-based access.
The online help for the Firmware
Bundles screen
• At least one HP Service Pack for
ProLiant (SPP) firmware bundle
TIP: HP recommends starting the
firmware upload in one browser
window and completing the following
steps in another window. This prevents
the window from being closed during
the upload.
You can proceed with the initial
configuration procedure while the
upload completes (the upload can take
several minutes).
Populate the appliance firmware
repository
2. Download firmware bundles from
HP to the appliance.
NOTE: The appliance includes a
default firmware bundle that provides
the minimum supported firmware for
all supported server hardware, iLO,
OA, and interconnects.
Upload firmware bundles and apply
them to your hardware to ensure that
you have the latest firmware and can
take advantage of all available
management features.
The online help for the Networks screen
Ethernet
• Network name
• VLAN ID
• Purpose
• Bandwidth settings
• Smart link, Private network, or both
(optional)
Fibre Channel
• Choose Fabric attach or Direct
attach
• Bandwidth settings
• Uplink speed
TIP: Use network naming
conventions to enable quick and
intuitive filtering using the search
feature.
Create networks
3. Create Ethernet networks for data
and Fibre Channel networks for
storage.
The online help for the Network Sets
screen
Create network sets
4. Create network sets to group
Ethernet networks together for
faster configuration.
92 Quick Start: Initial Configuration