HP OneView 1.05 Release Notes

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This section contains best practices for using HP OneView, intended for new customers. For
additional best practices, see the HP OneView documentation, which is available at http://
www.hp.com/go/oneview/docs.
1. When updating HP OneView review all outstanding warnings and health status of systems
under management. Pay special attention to firmware related warnings and health status.
2. Enclosures added to HP OneView cannot be part of an existing VC (HP Virtual Connect)
domain. If an enclosure is managed by VC Manager, remove it from the VC domain before
adding it to HP OneView.
Transitioning an existing infrastructure currently being managed by VC Manager to being
managed by HP OneView requires inventory and detailed evaluation of the current environment
before you initiate the transition.
3. External monitoring tools that require access to SNMP host-based agents should use a
host-based NIC IP address. Do not manually disable Agentless Management mode on the
server’s iLO, as this is a required feature.
4. Before assigning server profiles to server blades in an enclosure, ensure that running tasks on
the enclosures or server hardware, such as add, refresh, and firmware updates, have completed
successfully.
5. Place server profile PXE boot connections on FlexibleLOM 1-1:a (primary PXE boot connection)
and FlexibleLOM 1-2:a (secondary PXE boot connection), which is the default performed by
the auto option.
6. When specifying boot from SAN boot configuration via a server profile, always specify:
a. Primary boot SAN target on the adapter port that is connected to on the left-side FlexFabric
interconnect module in the odd numbered IO Bay (for example, interconnect bay 1, 3,
5, or 7)
b. Secondary boot SAN target on the adapter port that is connected to on the adjacent
right-side FlexFabric interconnect module in the even numbered IO Bay (for example,
interconnect bay 2, 4, 6 or 8)
7. Wait for POST (power on self-test) to complete before forcibly powering off a server using
Press and hold.
8. If a local account user password is compromised, delete the user account and re-add the user
with a new password. This ensures all associated user sessions are logged out and it does
not require an appliance reboot.
9. Server profiles should specify a firmware baseline to ensure the minimum system ROM is
present to ensure all available BIOS settings are supported.
10. For a server to communicate on the data center networks, you must configure uplink sets that
include those networks in a logical interconnect group before server profiles associated with
that enclosure group will be able to communicate over those networks.
11. If a previous management operation leaves an interconnect in the Maintenance state, use
Reapply Configuration either on the Interconnects screen or the Logical Interconnects screen
to return the interconnect to a Configured state.
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