Intelligent Provisioning - HP ProLiant BL420c User Manual

The data that is collected is managed according to the HP Data Privacy policy. For more information see the
HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/privacy).
The Active Health System log, in conjunction with the system monitoring provided by Agentless Management
or SNMP Pass-thru, provides continuous monitoring of hardware and configuration changes, system status,
and service alerts for various server components.
The Agentless Management Service is available in the SPP, which is a disk image (.iso) that you can
download from the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download). The Active Health System log can
be downloaded manually from iLO or HP Intelligent Provisioning and sent to HP. For more information, see
the HP iLO User Guide or HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide on the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/docs).
Integrated Management Log
The IML records hundreds of events and stores them in an easy-to-view form. The IML timestamps each event
with 1-minute granularity.
You can view recorded events in the IML in several ways, including the following:
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From within HP SIM
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From within operating system-specific IML viewers
For Windows: IML Viewer
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For Linux: IML Viewer Application
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From within the iLO user interface
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From within HP Insight Diagnostics (on page 54)

Intelligent Provisioning

Several packaging changes have taken place with HP ProLiant Gen8 servers: SmartStart CDs and the Smart
Update Firmware DVD will no longer ship with these new server blades. Instead, the deployment capability
is embedded in the server blade as part of HP iLO Management Engine's Intelligent Provisioning.
Intelligent Provisioning is an essential single-server deployment tool embedded in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
that simplifies HP ProLiant server setup, providing a reliable and consistent way to deploy HP ProLiant server
configurations.
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Intelligent Provisioning assists with the OS installation process by preparing the system for installing
"off-the-shelf" versions of leading operating system software and automatically integrating optimized
HP ProLiant server support software from SPP. SPP is the installation package for operating
system-specific bundles of HP ProLiant optimized drivers, utilities, management agents, and system
firmware.
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Intelligent Provisioning provides maintenance-related tasks through Perform Maintenance features.
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Intelligent Provisioning provides installation help for Microsoft Windows, Red Hat and SUSE Linux, and
VMware. For specific OS support, see the HP Intelligent Provisioning Release Notes.
For more information on Intelligent Provisioning software, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/ilo).
For more information about Intelligent Provisioning drivers, firmware, and SPP, see the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download).
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