Using The Rapid Deployment Pack; Deployment Console Basics; Connecting Server Blades - HP BL860c User Manual

4 Using the Rapid Deployment Pack

To get started with the Rapid Deployment Pack, double-click the Deployment Console icon on the desktop.
This will bring up the console from which you can manage computers and execute jobs.

Deployment Console basics

Computers Pane—This pane shows managed computers. The New Computers group shows computers that
have connected to the Deployment Server for the first time. Click View Show Physical Devices to add
the Physical Devices group.
Jobs Pane—This pane shows the provided jobs.
Details Pane—The right-hand side of the console displays information about the selected computer or job.
For a computer, basic properties and job history appear. For a job, tasks and computer history appear. The
Job Schedule Information dialog box displays the status of each task in the schedule. To view this dialog
box, double-click an item in the job history or computer history. The Schedule Status Detail dialog box
displays return codes and status messages. To view this dialog box, click Status Details.
To execute a job, drag and drop one or more computers onto a job, or vice-versa.

Connecting server blades

1. Connect the enclosure to the network that contains your Deployment Server, and power up the enclosure.
2. Insert the server blades into the enclosure, but do not power up the server blades.
3. Change the default rack and enclosure names.
4. Power up the server blades.
5. From the Computer pane, right-click on a server blade and select Power Control iLO
This action accesses the iLO homepage.
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