HP BL460c Managing the HP BladeSystem c-Class systems, 2nd edition - Page 20

reduces manual procedures and time to production. Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem provides comprehensive system health, remote control, vulnerability scanning, and patch management, as well as flexible deployment, virtual machine management, and power management. Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem is delivered on DVD media with HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures. It includes the components listed in Table 1. Table 1. Components of HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem Component Description HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and its built-in blade management interface HP SIM delivers unified infrastructure management and control for HP and nonHP server and storage resources. The integrated blade management interface provides enhanced functionality and control for HP BladeSystem c-Class, including automatically generated rack and enclosure visualization of blade resources and access to Onboard Administrator and iLO 2 consoles. HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO 2) Select Pack iLO Select Pack complements standard iLO 2. iLO Select Pack activates additional features needed to enable full remote control of ProLiant servers in routine and emergency situations. iLO Select includes remote console collaboration and replay of Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) and Power On Self Test (POST) screens, enterprise security, virtual media, virtual folders, and power management functionality. HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP) RDP configures and deploys multiple servers in an unattended fashion using scripts and system images. RDP includes predefined scripts to configure HP server hardware and to deploy operating systems for Microsoft® Windows® and Linux® platforms. RDP provides blade-specific features such as rip-andreplace server recovery and pre-provisioning of device bays. HP ProLiant Essentials Insight Power Manager Insight Power Manager provides centralized control of server power consumption and thermal output at the datacenter level. It extends the capacity of datacenters by allowing a reduction in the amount of power and cooling required for ProLiant servers. HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack (VMM) VMM extends HP Systems Insight Manager capabilities to manage virtual machines and provides central management and control of VMware® and Microsoft virtual machines with physical host-to-virtual machine association. VMM integrates with such virtualization management tools as VMware VirtualCenter. VMM is the only solution available that, out of the box, can initiate VMware DRS to relocate virtual machines based on hardware predictive failure alerts. HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack (PMP) PMP monitors system performance thresholds and detects and analyzes hardware bottlenecks on HP ProLiant servers, HP Integrity servers, and HP Modular Smart Array (MSA) shared storage systems. HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack (VPM) VPM provides comprehensive vulnerability assessment and advanced patch management to accelerate vulnerability remediation and reduce the risk of threats. 20