HP Intelligent Management Center v5.2 Branch Intelligent Management System Administrator Guide

Figure 2 BIMS workflow
Workflow description:
1. Importing CPEs into BIMS:
a. Plan your CPE authentication and deployment strategies and set BIMS system parameters
according to these strategies.
When a CPE sends a connection request to BIMS, BIMS checks whether the connection
username and password in the request matches the related information configured in the
authentication user or BIMS common password. Therefore, you must add authentication
users or configure common password in advance.
b. Add or import virtual CPEs to BIMS.
If the Adding CPE automatically function is enabled, you do not need to add virtual CPEs
manually. For more information, see “Managing system settings.”
2. Deploying configurations or software to CPEs:
a. Prepare the resources for CPE deployment, which includes customizing configuration
templates and importing CPE software.
b. Using Deployment Guide, create deployment tasks for deploying configuration file
(segments) or software to the specified CPEs.
c. Using Deployment Task, view the status and execution results of deployment tasks.
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