HP OneView Deployment and Management Guide 1.0

Technical white paper | HP OneView Deployment and Management Guide
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Introduction
Welcome to the Quick Start, Deployment and Management Guide for HP
OneView. HP OneView provides a simple, consumer-inspired user experience
that dramatically accelerates everyday tasks. By changing the focus from ‘how
devices are managed’ to ‘how people work,’ HP OneView delivers a software-
defined management platform that is extensible and easy to use.
This document will guide administrators through the setup process, and how to
manage the next generation of Converged Infrastructure with HP OneView. The
flow chart below outlines these steps.
Features in HP OneView 1.0
The following list outlines what is supported in this release:
Table 1. HP OneView 1.0 Features
Virtual Appliance
Rapidly deploy appliance OVF with single setup screen
Firmware Updates
On appliance repository, search, and management network only. No need to inventory host OS.
Enclosure Groups
Configure a new enclosure just like the last one in seconds
Logical Interconnect Groups
VC module configuration with uplinks
Server Hardware Types
Inventory of your standardized hardware configurations
Enhanced Server Profiles
VC classic connectivity plus FW, BIOS, and boot config
Network Sets
Centralized VLAN configuration for Server Profile Network Connections
Enabling 3Par Flat SAN
Dramatically reduce traditional FC SAN infrastructure with VC FlexFabric modules
Onboard Administrator and iLO
Single Sign-On and Alert
Management
Reduce the number of steps to manage the Management Processors.
First Time
Setup
• Change
Administrator
password
• Accept EULA
• Remote Support
Opt-in
• Configure
Appliance IP
Settings
Configure
Networking
• Create Ethernet
Networks
• Create Single-hop
FCoE Fabrics
• (Optional) HP
3PAR StorServe
Direct Attach
• Network Sets
• Logical
Interconnect
Groups
• Enclosure Groups
Discover
Hardware
• Import C7000
Enclosure
• Import ProLiant
DL Gen8
Upgrade
Firmware
• Examine Installed
Firmware
• Manage Virtual
Connect Firmware
Server
Profiles
• Server Profile
Templates
• Managing Server
Profiles
Environment
Management
Appliance
Security
• Configure Active
Directory or
OpenLDAP
• Configure
Directory Groups