Hp Insight Remote Support Software; Scripting Toolkit; Hp Service Pack For Proliant - HP ProLiant BL420c User Manual

HP Insight Remote Support software

HP strongly recommends that you install HP Insight Remote Support software to complete the installation or
upgrade of your product and to enable enhanced delivery of your HP Warranty, HP Care Pack Service, or
HP contractual support agreement. HP Insight Remote Support supplements your monitoring continuously to
ensure maximum system availability by providing intelligent event diagnosis, and automatic, secure
submission of hardware event notifications to HP, which will initiate a fast and accurate resolution, based on
your product's service level. Notifications may be sent to your authorized HP Channel Partner for on-site
service, if configured and available in your country. The new HP Insight Remote Support 7.0.x software
extends the HP enterprise remote support portfolio to customers with small and medium size IT environments.
The software is available in two variants:
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HP Insight Remote Support 7.0.x has been optimized to support up to 500 managed systems and can
be installed on a Windows ProLiant hosting device or a Windows Virtual Guest. Additionally, it can
easily be integrated to work in cooperation with a supported version of HP Systems Insight Manager.
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For customers with mid-size to large environments with over 500 devices who require HP Proactive
Services, or customers currently using HP Operations Manager or SAP Solution Manager to manage
their environment, HP recommends installing the latest HP Insight Remote Support Advanced software.
This software is optimized for your environment and contains additional features. For more information
on the Insight Remote Support Advanced software, see the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/insightremotesupport).
The HP Insight Remote Support software release notes detail the specific prerequisites, supported hardware
and associated operating systems. The release notes are available on the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/insightremotesupport/docs).

Scripting Toolkit

The Scripting Toolkit is a server deployment product that enables you to build an unattended automated
installation for high-volume server deployments. The Scripting Toolkit is designed to support ProLiant BL, ML,
DL, and SL servers. The toolkit includes a modular set of utilities and important documentation that describes
how to apply these tools to build an automated server deployment process.
The Scripting Toolkit provides a flexible way to create standard server configuration scripts. These scripts are
used to automate many of the manual steps in the server configuration process. This automated server
configuration process cuts time from each deployment, making it possible to scale rapid, high-volume server
deployments.
For more information, and to download the Scripting Toolkit, see the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/ProLiantSTK).

HP Service Pack for ProLiant

SPP is a release set that contains a comprehensive collection of firmware and system software components,
all tested together as a single solution stack for HP ProLiant servers, their options, BladeSystem enclosures,
and limited HP external storage.
SPP has several key features for updating HP ProLiant servers. Using HP SUM as the deployment tool, SPP can
be used in an online mode on a Windows or Linux hosted operating system, or in an offline mode where the
server is booted to the ISO so that the server can be updated automatically with no user interaction or
updated in interactive mode.
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