Best Practices When Deploying Linux on the HP ProLiant DL980 (updated December 2012)

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Figure 5 shows an example of the HP SMH interface.
Figure 5: System Management Homepage (SMH)
HP SMH features
HP SMH provides streamlined operations for HP servers running Linux operating systems with the following security
enhancements and features:
 Browser access using secure OS-based, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) authentication
 Common HTTP and HTTPS service for HP Insight Management Agents and utilities, for reduced complexity and system
resource requirements.
 Simplified architecture for implementing HTTP security and HP management updates
 Access control through Network Interface Card (NIC) binding and advanced configuration features for individuals and
user groups
 Broad OS and browser support
 A command line interface (smhconfig) that provides those with administrator rights the ability to set values using
the command line
Note
For more information, see the HP System Management Homepage Installation
Guide:
bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02740542/c02
740542.pdf
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (or later) and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 10 SP3/SP4 best practices
This section describes several recommended best practices for running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (or later), and SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 or SP4, on the HP ProLiant DL980 Server:
 Test Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (or later) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3/SP4 workloads with Hyper-
Threading (HT) (page 16)