HP Insight Control for Linux 6.2 User Guide

1 Using Insight Control for Linux
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• “Overview” (page 13)
• “Integration with HP Systems Insight Manager” (page 14)
• “Insight Control for Linux extensions to HP SIM” (page 14)
• “Insight Control for Linux toolboxes” (page 17)
• “Insight Control for Linux command environment” (page 18)
• “Internal task queuing and management” (page 18)
• “Synchronized system clocks” (page 18)
• “Insight Control for Linux RAM disk environment” (page 19)
• “Network configuration and DHCP requirements” (page 19)
• “Virtual media” (page 19)
• “Managed system names” (page 20)
• “Connecting to HP SIM” (page 22)
• “Backing up Insight Control for Linux files” (page 22)
1.1 Overview
HP Insight Control for Linux is a suite of software tools that enable you to:
• Discover servers, switches, and enclosures
• Configure servers' boot method, PXE or virtual media
• Create network parameter definitions and apply them to servers
• Manage system configuration
• Deploy operating systems on servers
• Deploy ProLiant Support Packs (PSP) to managed systems
• Deploy virtual operating systems on managed systems
• Capture a Linux OS image from a server and deploy it to another
• Manage systems (power on, power off, and reboot)
• Monitor managed systems
• Update ProLiant firmware
• Run a command through SSH or run a script to multiple managed systems.
On many of these operations, you can specify multiple target servers and Insight Control for
Linux performs the operation on those servers simultaneously.
The operating systems and other files that Insight Control for Linux deploys or runs are stored
in a repository that is:
• A local directory on the CMS
• A remote directory mounted on the CMS.
Insight Control for Linux uses the contents of the repository to transform a bare-metal server to
a managed system. Generally, the operations for this transformation involve the following:
• Discovering the server and its management processor
• Configuring network parameters
• Installing an operating system, PSP, and agents
• Configuring monitoring services
After a server becomes a managed system, you can monitor it and manage it.
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