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- HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 1
Systems Insight Manager...5 HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager 5 HP Performance Management Pack 5 System Management Homepage...6 Control ...6 HP Integrated Lights-Out Remote Management 6 Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6 Protect ...6 Service Essentials Remote Support Pack 6 Vulnerability and - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 2
Software compliance ...14 Example 2: Solving a cooling problem 15 BladeSystem visualization...15 Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 16 Server Automation Compliance Check 17 Example 3: Server consolidation...18 Planning and analysis ...19 HP Systems Insight Manager...19 Performance Management Pack - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 3
start to finish. Thousands of applications on Windows®, Linux, HP-UX, and more are available to be hosted within the enclosure. BladeSystem infrastructure can support a combination of virtual machines, HP storage and server blades-ProLiant, Integrity, and StorageWorks-and can connect to a variety of - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 4
of HP BladeSystem server blades, covering the entire server lifecycle from deployment to integration. HP Insight Control is a family of products that delivers improved control, flexibility and cost savings for your ProLiant and BladeSystem infrastructure. Based on HP SIM, HP Insight Control - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 5
blades available with a single mouse click. HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager is built into HP SIM. HP Performance Management Pack HP Performance Management Pack (PMP) is an integrated performance management solution that detects and analyzes hardware bottlenecks on HP ProLiant servers, select HP - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 6
access the HP Integrated Lights-Out Management (iLO) processor on ProLiant and Integrity servers as well as the HP Onboard Administrator (OA) of the BladeSystem enclosure. HP Systems Insight Manager ships at no additional charge with ProLiant and ProLiant blade servers. Control HP Integrated Lights - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 7
system. The Service Essentials Remote Support Pack ships at no additional charge with ProLiant and Proliant server blades and is part of the Insight Control Environment and Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem. Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack ( - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 8
BladeSystem environment are automatic baselining of the hardware and software configurations, policy-based provisioning, and application-level auditing and remediation. Figure 2: HP Server Automation End-to-end • Cross-tier compliance views • Subscription service for up-to-date compliance audits • - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 9
). Because these policies are configured as HP Server Automation policies, you can add them easily to systems for quick auditing and remediation. Upgrade and provision Server Automation provisions operating systems quickly, consistently, and with minimal manual intervention. You can enforce, easily - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 10
with Server Automation, you can reduce the time and effort spent managing HP BladeSystem servers and associated workloads. Server Automation security guidelines. With Server Automation and Insight Control, your IT staff can better manage end-to-end business service with complete infrastructure - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 11
how features specific to server blades make it easy for you to respond to a cooling issue. In the third example, a company has decided to reduce IT expenses by consolidating its existing server infrastructure onto new BladeSystem servers. Insight Control for BladeSystem and Server Automation save - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 12
HP SIM central management server has received for that system. The SW column reflects recommended updates to ProLiant drivers, firmware, and management agents. Other status columns reflect additional information in areas such as management processor status and performance. The Events tab gives quick - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 13
time. PMP integrates with HP SIM to give a complete picture of server operation. In this case, the system administrator notes that the CPU utilization problem is not just a spike, but an ongoing issue (Figure 5). To continue gathering information to troubleshoot this problem, the administrator looks - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 14
-Online analysis Software compliance Server Automation has a powerful automation engine that supports the creation of policies and application configuration policies, in addition to software package specification. In addition to the policy compliance icons, the Compliance troubleshoot another 14 - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 15
server blade in another enclosure. Before putting the server into production, the administrator uses the Server Automation Compliance Dashboard to quickly problem. BladeSystem visualization When HP SIM sends a pager alert, the administrator uses HP SIM to investigate an alert on several server blades - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 16
Figure 7: HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager Enclosure View One server blade in the enclosure is part of a performance sensitive, mission-critical Oracle RAC database. Not finding an obvious cause for the excessive temperature, the administrator decides to use an available server blade in another - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 17
Server connection profiles specify the specific network and storage connections, including boot settings that a server blade will use. Unlike traditional network connections, Virtual Connect server application, so the additional server blade can be added to the cluster quickly. Because this instance - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 18
of its existing rackbased servers to HP BladeSystem server blades. Some server blades are running commercial applications server connection profile for each bay, but the administrator can quickly create a profile by copying an existing profile and giving the profile a new name. As each server blade - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 19
performance characteristics of the current systems. The inventory reports in HP SIM show detailed information about the hardware in use; PMP indicates the historical performance of CPU, memory; and input and output and HP Server Automation shows what software is installed on the systems. Based on - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 20
, combined with the hardware and performance information gathered by HP SIM and PMP, enables the system administrator to determine the appropriate set of server blades to replace the current server blades. After the BladeSystem server blades have been ordered and delivered, the hardware setup phase - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 21
images to the new server blades. Migration-Consolidation Rapid Deployment Pack Rapid Deployment Pack quickly and easily deploys operating systems to server blades and clients using either image or script-based methods. The system administrator creates jobs, such as Deploy ProLiant ML/DL/BL + Windows - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 22
for each application in an IT environment. Before applying the software policies, Server Automation discovers the newly created server blades, and the HP Server Automation agent is deployed to each one. After the server blades appear as managed systems, attach one or more software policies, as shown - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 23
levels, from applications and services to infrastructure components such as clients, networks, servers, and storage. Server Automation and Insight Control are complementary tools for managing your BladeSystem server blade infrastructure. Insight Control focuses on server hardware management with its - HP BL260c | HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 24
white papers and downloads, see the following websites: HP BladeSystem: http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem HP Insight Control: http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol or http://www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics HP Server Automation: http://www.hp.com/go/hpsa © 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company
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HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to
manage HP BladeSystem servers
Introduction
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HP BladeSystem
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Virtual Connect
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HP Insight Control
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Deploy
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HP Server Migration Pack – Universal Edition
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HP Rapid Deployment Pack
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Monitor
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HP Systems Insight Manager
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HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager
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HP Performance Management Pack
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System Management Homepage
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Control
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HP Integrated Lights-Out Remote Management
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Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
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Protect
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Service Essentials Remote Support Pack
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Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack
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Optimize
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HP Insight Power Manager
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HP Virtual Machine Mangement Pack
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Integrate
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Enterprise Management Integration Solutions
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HP Server Automation
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Baseline
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Change and configuration management
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Compliance management
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Upgrade and provision
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Process automation
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Using Insight Control and Server Automation together
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Managing with Insight Control and Server Automation: Examples
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Example 1: Solving a CPU performance problem
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