HP BL260c HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP Bla - Page 21

Figure 12: Sample software policy in Server Automation Hardware setup Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager The movement of large numbers of servers would normally be done in phases. With Virtual Connect technology, you can prewire all enclosures to designated LAN and SAN addresses at the same time with minimal physical cabling, resulting in lower costs and more efficient use of the network and storage administrators' time. Later, during each migration phase, the server administrator will install each new blade quickly using VCEM to centrally assign server connection profiles to all enclosures. At this point, RDP will be used to deploy operating system 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 2003 Enterprise, containing a series of tasks that configure the hardware in the preboot environment, install the operating system, and perform any customization steps. Sample jobs are included in Rapid Deployment Pack to simplify this creation. You can either launch jobs manually or configure the jobs to run automatically when a system is first added to the RDP database (Figure 13). Simply inserting a server blade into an enclosure and turning the blade on triggers the correct job to run. In this example, the system administrator has configured Rapid Deployment Pack to automatically deploy an operating system based on the location of the server blade within a rack, enclosure, and bay. 21