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

Task analysis
To execute this scenario, you would:
1. Add virtual CPEs to BIMS.
To add a CPE to BIMS, you must first add a CPE record to the CPE List, which contains the
serial ID and OUI of the CPE. Any CPE listed in the CPE List which never practically accesses
BIMS is called a virtual CPE.
In this example, since the target CPEs belong to the same vendor—HP, you can use the quick
adding function, which enables you to scan the CPE serial IDs with a barcode scanner.
2. Customize a startup configuration file for the target CPEs.
3. Create an automatic deployment task for deploying the configuration file on the target CPE
automatically.
The zero-configuration CPE deployment solution process is shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4 Zero-configuration CPE solution process
NOTE: To use the zero-configuration CPE deployment solution, HP recommends that you configure
DHCP server in the data center server, which informs the CPEs of the BIMS connection information.
Process description
The following steps describe the process shown in Figure 4.
1. Configure BIMS connection information, such as the BIMS URL, connection username and
password, on the DHCP Server.
Example 1: Deploying CPE configurations in a data center through a BIMS zero-configuration deployment solution 15