HP Integrity rx2600 Installation Manual
HP Integrity rx2600 Installation Manual

HP Integrity rx2600 Installation Manual

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Installation Checklist

HP Part Number: 41 1805-009
Published: April 2009

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  • Page 1: Installation Checklist

    HP Insight Software Installation Checklist HP Part Number: 41 1805-009 Published: April 2009...
  • Page 2 © Copyright 2006-2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Legal Notices Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.21 1 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents About this checklist..................7 Typographic Conventions.........................7 1 HP Insight Software checklist................9 Preparing to install..........................9 Installing HP Insight Software........................9 2 HP Insight Software Central Management Server requirements.......11 Hardware requirements..........................11 Software requirements...........................11 Supported configurations........................14 3 HP Insight Software installation and configuration parameters......15 Component summary..........................15 HP Insight Software configuration parameters...................17 4 Onboard Administrator installation configuration parameters......25...
  • Page 5 List of Tables 1- 1 Before you begin..........................9 Installing HP Insight software......................9 2- 1 Hardware requirements........................11 Operating system naming convention....................11 Component Abbreviations........................11 HP Insight software CMS requirements....................12 Supported browsers in Insight software components ................12 Supported Windows CMS operating systems in Insight software components .........13 Supported Virtual Servers for Insight software components ..............13 HP Insight software supported CMS databases...................14 3- 1...
  • Page 7: About This Checklist

    About this checklist This installation checklist provides the preliminary information required to speed and simplify installation of the following items: HP Insight software suites and HP Insight software components Onboard Administrator configuration parameters for HP BladeSystem c-Class server blades This installation checklist describes the preliminary information required to configure the parameters for installation of HP Insight software and HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator for HP BladeSystem c-Class server blades.
  • Page 9: Hp Insight Software Checklist

    1 HP Insight Software checklist Preparing to install Table 1-1 Before you begin To do For more information Done Verify requirements are met. Chapter 2 “HP Insight Software Central Management Server requirements” Record installation and configuration parameters. Chapter 3 “HP Insight Software installation and configuration parameters”...
  • Page 11: Hp Insight Software Central Management Server Requirements

    2 HP Insight Software Central Management Server requirements Hardware requirements The following table lists the Insight software CMS hardware installation requirements. Table 2-1 Hardware requirements Component Specification Server HP ProLiant BladeSystem c-Class or p-Class server blades, or HP ProLiant ML or DL 300, 500, and 700 G3 or higher recommended Memory At least 2 GB RAM (3 GB RAM recommended).
  • Page 12: Supported Browsers In Insight Software Components

    Abbreviation Component HP Performance Management Pack HP Insight Rapid Deployment software HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant HP Virtual Machine Management Pack HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Virtual Server Environment See the HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant Support Matrix information about differences between migrations. See the HP Insight Dynamics - VSE and HP VSE Management Software Version 4.1 Support Matrix .
  • Page 13: Supported Windows Cms Operating Systems In Insight Software Components

    Browser HP SIM ID-VSE HP IR VCEM Mozilla Firefox 3.0 IO requires Internet Explorer 6.0 SP3. Table 2-6 Supported Windows CMS operating systems in Insight software components Operating system HP II HP SIM ID-VSE HP IR VCEM Windows Server 2008, Standard and Enterprise Edition SP1 32-bit Windows Server 2008,...
  • Page 14: Supported Configurations

    Operating system HP II HP SIM ID-VSE HP IR VCEM Supported 32-bit Windows operating system running as a guest on VMware ESXi 3.5 Update 3 Supported 32-bit Windows operating system running as a guest on VMware ESXi 3.5 Update 4 Integrity VM HP-UX running as guest on an HP-UX 1 1i v2 operating system...
  • Page 15: Hp Insight Software Installation And Configuration Parameters

    3 HP Insight Software installation and configuration parameters The Insight Software DVD supports installation and upgrade of individual products as well as the following suites: HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) HP Insight Control Environment (ICE) HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem (ICE-BL) HP Insight Dynamics –...
  • Page 16 HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack (VPM)—Integrates comprehensive vulnerability assessment and advanced patch management into HP SIM, to identify and resolve security vulnerabilities quickly and reliably in Microsoft® Windows® and Red Hat Linux environments. HP Virtual Machine Management Pack (VMM) —Provides unified virtual machine management of physical and virtual server resources within HP SIM.
  • Page 17: Hp Insight Software Configuration Parameters

    Table 3-1 HP components licensed with HP Insight Software suites Component Licensed with Licensed with Licensed with Licensed with Licensed with ICE-BL HP Insight iPMP iPMP-BL Dynamics – HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) HP Insight Power Manager (IPM) HP Insight Rapid Deployment software (RDP) * Insight Software Advisor HP Performance Management Pack (PMP) HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack...
  • Page 18: Select Components And Root Installation Directory

    Table 3-2 Select components and root installation directory Install, Reuse, Upgrade Parameter Value Possible value Description Install/Upgrade List of suites and Any listed suites and You can install by suite components to install components or individual product. You can select more than one suite or component.
  • Page 19: Hp Sim Configuration Parameters

    Table 3-4 HP SIM configuration parameters Install, Reuse, Upgrade Parameter Value Possible value Description Install Installing username A valid, existing The username for the username with administrator performing administrative privileges. the installation. This When HP SIM is being administrator has full reused or upgraded, the control of the HP SIM username field is...
  • Page 20: Automatic Login After Reboot

    Install, Reuse, Upgrade Parameter Value Possible value Description Install Database hostname Valid hostname The host name or IP address of the database server Install Database instance name Valid database instance. The existing database Leave blank to use the instance name (optional) default instance Install Database port...
  • Page 21: Installing Or Upgrading Insight Rapid Deployment Configuration Parameters

    Install, Reuse, Upgrade Parameter Value Possible value Description Install My proxy requires Yes or No If the proxy requires authentication authentication, select the checkbox. Only basic (not encrypted) authentication is supported. Install Proxy username Valid proxy username The username for proxy authentication Install Proxy password...
  • Page 22: Protocol, Community String, And Discovery Configuration Parameters

    Install, Reuse, Upgrade Parameter Value Possible value Description Install Windows Server 2008 A valid Windows Server This key deploys x86 Datacenter key 2008 key Windows Server 2008 (optional) x86 Datacenter. For more information, see your Microsoft licensing agreement. Install Windows Server 2008 A valid Windows Server This key deploys x86 Enterprise key...
  • Page 23: Hp Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Configuration Parameters

    Install, Reuse, Upgrade Parameter Value Possible value Description Install HP SIM SNMP community string Up to 32 characters and The SNMP community (recommended) including the following: string enables uppercase and authentication of SNMP lowercase alphanumeric, messages. If you have hyphen, or underscore. SNMP systems and you Do not include spaces.
  • Page 24 Install, Reuse, Upgrade Parameter Value Possible value Description Reuse SMTP password Valid password If required, a valid password for the SMTP server can be entered NOTE: Passwords must be alphanumeric characters or - _ $ & ^ % # = ` ~ | < > period and space. Do not use a $ as the first character or a space as the last character in the account password.
  • Page 25: Onboard Administrator Installation Configuration Parameters

    4 Onboard Administrator installation configuration parameters The Onboard Administrator installation configuration parameters are for c-Class server blades only. Identify the HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure Onboard Administrator IP address by using the Insight Display on the front of the enclosure. The Enclosure Settings screen displays the Onboard Administrator IP address, enclosure, and rack name. The Enclosure Info screen displays which Onboard Administrator is active.
  • Page 26: Account Configuration Parameters

    Account configuration parameters Record account configuration parameters that apply to the built-in administrator account for each enclosure in the following table. Table 4-3 Onboard Administrator account configuration parameters Parameter Value Possible value Description Full name 0 to 20 characters, including The full name of the user alphanumeric characters, dash, underscore, and space...
  • Page 27: Server And Interconnect Ebipa Configuration Parameters

    Parameter Value Possible value Description Privilege level Administrator, Operator, or User Only the Administrator can set the privilege level. Administrator—Can perform all actions on the enclosure Operator—Can perform all actions on the enclosure except administering users and certificates User (read-only) Can view all information Can launch web interfaces to other...
  • Page 28: Device Bay Ebipa Table (Hp Bladesystem C3000 Device Bay Range Is 1 To 8)

    Table 4-6 Device Bay EBIPA table (HP BladeSystem c3000 device bay range is 1 to 8) EBIPA enabled (Y/N) Possible value EBIPA address Possible value Description parameter To enable EBIPA, ###.###.###.###, The IP address select the checkbox. where ### ranges assigned to the from 0 to 255 device bay if EBIPA...
  • Page 29 EBIPA enabled (Y/N) Possible value EBIPA address Possible value Description parameter To enable EBIPA, ###.###.###.###, The IP address select the checkbox. where ### ranges assigned to the from 0 to 255 device bay if EBIPA To disable EBIPA, is enabled clear the checkbox.
  • Page 30: Shared Interconnect Settings For Interconnect Bays Table

    Table 4-7 Shared interconnect settings for interconnect bays table Parameter Value Possible value Description Subnet mask ###.###.###.###, where ### The subnet mask for the ranges from 0 to 255 interconnect bays Gateway ###.###.###.###, where ### The gateway address for the ranges from 0 to 255 interconnect bays Domain...
  • Page 31: Directory Configuration Parameters

    EBIPA enabled (Y/N) Possible value EBIPA address Possible value Description parameter Select the checkbox ###.###.###.###, The IP address to enable EBIPA or where ### ranges assigned to the leave it cleared to from 0 to 255 device bay if EBIPA disable EBIPA for the is enabled bay.
  • Page 32: Snmp Configuration Parameters

    SNMP configuration parameters If you are using SNMP, record the configuration parameters in the following table. Table 4-1 1 Onboard Administrator SNMP configuration parameters Parameter Value Possible value Description System location 0 to 20 characters, including The SNMP location of the alphanumeric, dash, enclosure underscore, and space...
  • Page 33: Technical Support

    5 Technical Support HP offers a number of software support services, many of which are provided to our customers at no additional charge. Software Technical Support and Update Service—Insight software suites and select HP Insight software software products include one year of 24 x 7 HP Software Technical Support and Update Service. This service provides access to HP technical resources for assistance in resolving software implementation or operations problems.

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