Managing New Server Blades; Hewlett-Packard Server Blades - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Deployment Solution
Using Deployment Solution, you can employ "rip and replace" technology that allows
you to insert a new server blade and automatically configure and deploy it exactly like
the previously installed server blade, allowing you to replace any downed server and get
it back on line quickly. Altiris provides fail-safe features to ensure that no server is
mistakenly overwritten and ensures that all disk images, software, data, and patches
are applied to the new server from the history of jobs assigned to the previous server
blade.

Managing New Server Blades

Deployment Solution allows you to automatically deploy, configure and provision new
server blades using a variety of features, including
Server deployment rules.
New Server Blades in Newly Identified Bays
When new blades are identified in a Bay that has not been used previously (if it has
been used previously, the Bay object will be identified in the physical view), both the
Sample jobs and Virtual Bays
tasks and deployment jobs.
To Create Virtual Bays: Set up Virtual Rack/Enclosure/Bays for Hewlett-Packard Rapid
Deployment Pack installations of Deployment Solution.
Initial Deployment set up: Clear the Servers check box in the Advanced dialog.
If both new computer features are set up and a new server blade is installed in a Bay not
previously identified by the Deployment Server, the Create Virtual Bay feature will
execute and Initial Deployment will not execute.
New Server Blades in Identified Bays
If a new HP server blade is installed in an identified Bay (one that has already had a
server blade installed and is visible from the Deployment Console), both
and Server deployment rules
Deployment Rules execute and Initial Deployment does not execute.

Hewlett-Packard Server Blades

Hewlett-Packard high-density blade servers can be deployed and managed from the
Deployment console. The following HP server blades are supported:
HP Proliant™ BL e-Class
Proliant™ BL 10e
Proliant™ BL 10e G2
HP blade servers allow you to employ all features provided in the Deployment Console
when you install the HP Proliant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack (see
servers/rdp), including the Virtual Blade Server feature. The name of each Rack for an
HP Server is displayed along with the assigned name for the Enclosure and Bay. These
names are collected from the SMBIOS of the server blade and displayed in both the
physical and server views within the Computers pane of the Deployment console.
Sample
features can be set up to automatically run configuration
can be set up. However, when both are set up, the Server
HP Proliant™ BL p-class
Proliant™ BL 20p
Proliant™ BL 20p G2
Proliant™ BL 40p
Deploying and Managing Servers
jobs, Virtual Bays, and
Sample jobs
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