Compaq ProLiant BL e-Class System Overview and Planning

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• Remote serial console
• General health status
• User management
• Add/delete/modify administrators/groups/users
• Server blades are assigned to groups
• Two levels of user access to groups
For more information about the ProLiant BL e-Class Integrated Administrator, please visit
the Compaq website:
http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/proliant-bl/e-class/integrated-admin.html
Compaq ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack
Compaq ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack provides a remote console-based method
for scalable, automated server deployment without network degradation. Using Rapid
Deployment Pack, IT administrators can deploy from one to hundreds of server blades in a
fraction of the time it typically takes.
The deployment console’s graphical interface provides intuitive drag-and-drop events, such as
scripts and images, to deploy the operating systems and applications on any combination of
server blades and then simultaneously deploy multiple server blades. Rapid Deployment Pack
also has advanced features that can detect and display server blades based on their physical rack,
enclosure, and bay locations. You can set the deployment console to automatically install
pre-defined configurations on newly installed server blades.
Rapid Deployment Pack also improves uptime by facilitating a rip-and-replace service model. An
administrator can use Rapid Deployment Pack to pre-assign a particular configuration to each
server blade bay in an enclosure. When a server blade is installed into a pre-configured bay, the
deployment server immediately installs the configuration onto the newly-installed server blade
without local intervention. This feature significantly reduces the time and effort needed to keep
servers in production.
Use of Rapid Deployment Pack maximizes customers’ IT resources by providing a full server
build from a remote console for initial power on, automated server configuration on the fly, and
installation of standard software sets across systems. The intuitive interface reduces the level of
IT skill sets needed to deploy and re-deploy ProLiant BL server blades in the data center and
throughout the network.
Refer to the next section “Planning the System Environment” for information about setting up a
deployment infrastructure using Rapid Deployment Pack. For information on Rapid Deployment
Pack, refer to the ProLiant Integration Module for Altiris eXpress User Guide on either the Rapid
Deployment Pack CD or the Compaq website:
http://www.compaq.com/manage/rapiddeploy
Compaq Insight Manager 7
Compaq Insight Manager 7 is the next-generation Web-based enterprise management console
targeted for availability in late 2001 from Compaq. Like Compaq Insight Manager XE, Insight
Manager 7 brings together in one location all fault, performance, and management information