HP Insight Control Server Deployment 6.
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Table of Contents 1 Overview.........................................................................................................................5 2 Getting started................................................................................................................7 Deployment Console basics....................................................................................................................7 Connecting server blades...............................................................
List of Tables 1-1 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5 3-6 3-7 3-8 4 Knowledge Base articles..................................................................................................................5 Typical Windows scripted install job layout.................................................................................10 Typical Windows file layout..........................................................................................................10 Windows scripted install default settings..............
1 Overview HP Insight Control server deployment is a server deployment solution that provides: • Automated server hardware configuration and operating system deployment. • Consistent Windows, VMware, and Linux deployment on the latest HP servers. • Scalable deployment of ProLiant Blade Servers. This document describes the provided content and outlines how to get started. NOTE: This document does not cover how to use the Altiris Deployment Server.
2 Getting started To get started, double-click the Deployment Console icon on the desktop. The Deployment Console, from which you can manage computers and execute jobs, appears. Deployment Console basics • Computers pane This pane shows managed computers. The New Computers group shows computers that have connected to the Deployment Server for the first time. Click View→Show Physical Devices to show the Physical Devices group.
4. From the Computer pane, right-click on a server blade and select Power Control→iLO – Interface. The iLO homepage appears. Deploying the first server blade 1. In the Jobs pane, select a Windows scripted install job. Drag the job to the server blade in the Computers pane. 2. 3. Select Run this job immediately, and then click OK. To view the progress of the job, double-click the computer in the job’s computer history.
3 Reference Design HP-provided content is delivered as "features". A feature is a self-contained set of files and jobs. Each feature is independent, and resides in its own folder with key files located in the root folder and other supporting files located in various subfolders. Because the features are independent, their jobs are also independent. That means there are no monolithic jobs that configure the system, configure the smart array, install an operating system and install a support pack.
• • • • When executing a read job, the output file will be overwritten. All input and output files are stored in the root of the feature. The bin subfolder contains various scripts and utilities. For firmware, the components subfolder contains the contents of the \compaq\swpackages directory from the Firmware CD. For firmware, overwriting the components subfolder with a newer version of the Firmware CD is not supported. For firmware, the logs subfolder contains output logs from the flashing utility.
Table 3-2 Typical Windows file layout (continued) File/Subfolder Description Drivers required for deployment drivers\ A small set of smart components required to make the target manageable components\ Table 3-3 Windows scripted install default settings Component Default setting Administrator password The administrator password is password. For Windows 2003, this password is stored as clear text in the unattend answer file. HP recommends changing the default administrator password.
Table 3-5 Typical RHEL and SLES file layout (continued) File/Subfolder Description Distribution files dist\ Post-deployment scripts for configuration and software installation; as needed, boot files for deployment oem\ As needed, drivers required for deployment drivers\ A small set of smart components required to make the target manageable components\ Contains operating system specific updates, installed after operating system installation.
Table 3-8 ESX scripted install default setting Component Default setting Root password The root password is password. This password is stored in encrypted form in the kickstart file. HP recommends changing the default root password. Drive configuration When configuring the disk partition for a scripted operating system installation, various VMware ESX Server specific partitions are created. These settings are default. Do not change them. Host name The host name uses the console display name.
4 HP support and contact information Online resources • • • • For more information and to obtain the latest updates, see the Insight Control website at http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol. For more information about specific how-to procedures, troubleshooting information, and frequently asked questions, see the Knowledge Base at http://www.hp.com/go/insightdeploy/ kb.
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2. 3. 4. 5. Click the Support & Drivers tab. Under Additional Resources in the right navigation pane, click Sign up: driver, support, & security alerts. Click Business & IT Professionals to open the Subscriber's Choice web page. Do one of the following: • Sign in if you are a registered customer. • Enter your email address to sign up now. Then, select the box next to Driver and Support alerts, and click Continue.
