HP OneView 1.0 Installation Guide

Contents
1 Preparing for installation.............................................................................4
1.1 Appliance VM and host requirements.....................................................................................4
1.2 Planning for high availability................................................................................................4
2 Installing the appliance on a VM host...........................................................5
2.1 Obtaining the OVA file........................................................................................................5
2.1.1 Downloading the OVA file.............................................................................................5
2.1.2 Accessing the OVA file on the HP OneView DVD..............................................................5
2.2 Deploying the OVA file........................................................................................................5
2.3 Connecting to the appliance in DHCP and non-DHCP environments..........................................6
2.3.1 Access to the appliance console....................................................................................7
2.3.1.1 Restricting console access.......................................................................................7
2.4 Completing the installation...................................................................................................7
2.4.1 Enabling or disabling authorized services access.............................................................9
2.5 Logging in to the appliance for the first time...........................................................................9
2.6 Configuring the appliance network.....................................................................................10
2.6.1 Using the UI to configure the appliance network............................................................10
2.6.2 Using REST APIs to configure appliance networking.......................................................12
3 Next steps...............................................................................................13
3.1 Bring your data center under appliance management............................................................13
3.2 Where to find HP OneView documentation..........................................................................13
4 Troubleshooting installation issues...............................................................15
4.1 You cannot deploy the OVA file..........................................................................................15
4.2 You cannot log in.............................................................................................................15
4.3 Appliance cannot access the network..................................................................................15
4.4 Reduced performance on the VM host.................................................................................15
4.5 VM does not restart when VM host time is manually set.........................................................16
5 Support and other resources......................................................................17
5.1 Gather information before contacting an authorized support representative...............................17
5.2 How to contact HP............................................................................................................17
5.3 Get connected to the HP OneView online user forum.............................................................17
5.4 Software technical support and software updates..................................................................17
5.4.1 Registering for software technical support.....................................................................17
5.4.2 Using your software technical support and update service..............................................18
5.4.3 Obtaining HP OneView software and firmware updates.................................................18
5.4.4 Obtaining software and drivers for HP ProLiant products................................................18
5.4.5 Warranty.................................................................................................................18
5.5 Related information...........................................................................................................18
5.6 Submit documentation feedback.........................................................................................19
A Using the virtual appliance console............................................................20
A.1 Using the virtual appliance console.....................................................................................20
B Best practices for managing a VM appliance...............................................21
B.1 Best practices for managing a VM appliance........................................................................21
C Enabling off-appliance browsing of UI and REST API HTML help files..............22
C.1 Enabling off-appliance browsing of UI and REST API HTML help files.......................................22
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