HP BL680c ProLiant BL680c Generation 5 Server Blade User Guide - Page 56

HP Insight Control Environment Suites, Redundant ROM support, Safety and security benefits

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HP Insight Control Environment Suites HP Insight Control Environment and Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem are integrated suites of software that simplify the management of HP infrastructures. The HP Insight Control Environment suites are licensing options for HP infrastructure management software delivered on the Insight Control Management DVD. HP Insight Control Environment provides comprehensive management for ProLiant ML/DL customers, while HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem provides additional functionality for HP BladeSystem environments. Using an integrated, wizard-based installer, Insight Control Environment suites install and configure HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and HP ProLiant Essentials management software rapidly and consistently. Once installed, Insight Control Environment suites deliver enhanced infrastructure stability by improving control over IT assets, increasing responsiveness to business needs through flexible deployment and optimization of compute resources, and providing tangible savings through improved IT staff efficiency. The software installed by Insight Control Environment suites delivers core management functionality for HP ProLiant server and HP BladeSystem lifecycles, including: • Rapid server deployment • Health and performance monitoring • Comprehensive remote control • Vulnerability scanning and patch management • Power and thermal measurement, reporting, capping, and regulation • Integrated management of virtual and physical infrastructure • Third-party device management For more information about Insight Control Environment suites, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/ice). Redundant ROM support The server enables you to upgrade or configure the ROM safely with redundant ROM support. The server has a 4-MB ROM that acts as two, separate 2-MB ROMs. In the standard implementation, one side of the ROM contains the current ROM program version, while the other side of the ROM contains a backup version. NOTE: The server ships with the same version programmed on each side of the ROM. Safety and security benefits When you flash the system ROM, ROMPaq writes over the backup ROM and saves the current ROM as a backup, enabling you to switch easily to the alternate ROM version if the new ROM becomes corrupted for any reason. This feature protects the existing ROM version, even if you experience a power failure while flashing the ROM. Software and configuration utilities 56

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Software and configuration utilities
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HP Insight Control Environment Suites
HP Insight Control Environment and Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem are integrated suites of
software that simplify the management of HP infrastructures.
The HP Insight Control Environment suites are licensing options for HP infrastructure management software
delivered on the Insight Control Management DVD. HP Insight Control Environment provides
comprehensive management for ProLiant ML/DL customers, while HP Insight Control Environment for
BladeSystem provides additional functionality for HP BladeSystem environments.
Using an integrated, wizard-based installer, Insight Control Environment suites install and configure HP
Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and HP ProLiant Essentials management software rapidly and
consistently. Once installed, Insight Control Environment suites deliver enhanced infrastructure stability by
improving control over IT assets, increasing responsiveness to business needs through flexible deployment
and optimization of compute resources, and providing tangible savings through improved IT staff
efficiency.
The software installed by Insight Control Environment suites delivers core management functionality for HP
ProLiant server and HP BladeSystem lifecycles, including:
Rapid server deployment
Health and performance monitoring
Comprehensive remote control
Vulnerability scanning and patch management
Power and thermal measurement, reporting, capping, and regulation
Integrated management of virtual and physical infrastructure
Third-party device management
For more information about Insight Control Environment suites, see the HP website
(
).
Redundant ROM support
The server enables you to upgrade or configure the ROM safely with redundant ROM support. The server
has a 4-MB ROM that acts as two, separate 2-MB ROMs. In the standard implementation, one side of the
ROM contains the current ROM program version, while the other side of the ROM contains a backup
version.
NOTE:
The server ships with the same version programmed on each side of the ROM.
Safety and security benefits
When you flash the system ROM, ROMPaq writes over the backup ROM and saves the current ROM as a
backup, enabling you to switch easily to the alternate ROM version if the new ROM becomes corrupted
for any reason. This feature protects the existing ROM version, even if you experience a power failure
while flashing the ROM.