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Remote support and analysis tools HP Insight Remote Support software HP Insight Remote Support software delivers secure remote support for your HP Servers and Storage, 24 X 7, so you can spend less time solving problems and more time focused on your business. You can have your systems remotely monitored for hardware failure using secure technology that has been proven at thousands of companies around the world. In many cases, you can avoid problems before they occur. There are two HP Insight Remote Support solutions: • For small and midsize environments: HP Insight Remote Support Standard provides basic remote monitoring, notification/advisories and service dispatch. It is optimized for environments with 1 to 50 servers and can be installed on a shared HP ProLiant Windows application server. The software supports HP EVA storage devices, HP ProLiant, BladeSystems, HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers running Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Novell SUSE and Novell Netware. Download from the HP website (http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=RSSWMBA SE). • For midsize and large environments: HP Insight Remote Support Pack (formerly Service Essentials Remote Support Pack) is targeted for larger environments and is integrated with HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM). It provides comprehensive remote monitoring, notification/advisories, dispatch and proactive service support for nearly all HP servers, storage, network and SAN environments, plus selected Dell and IBM Windows servers that have a support obligation with HP. It also enables HP to deliver higher levels of proactive support in line with HP Mission Critical Services support agreements. Download from the HP website (http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=ISDVD). Both HP Insight Remote Support solutions are available at no additional cost to customers with a valid warranty on HP technology, an HP Care Pack Service or HP contractual support agreement. For more information, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/insightremotesupport). Keeping the system current Drivers IMPORTANT: Always perform a backup before installing or updating device drivers. The server includes new hardware that may not have driver support on all OS installation media. If you are installing a SmartStart-supported OS, use the SmartStart software (on page 67) and its Assisted Path feature to install the OS and latest driver support. If you are installing drivers from the SmartStart CD, be sure that you are using the latest SmartStart version that your server supports. To verify that your server is using the latest supported version, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/support). For more information, see the documentation provided with the SmartStart CD. Software tools and solutions 77

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Software tools and solutions
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Remote support and analysis tools
HP Insight Remote Support software
HP Insight Remote Support software delivers secure remote support for your HP Servers and Storage, 24 X
7, so you can spend less time solving problems and more time focused on your business. You can have
your systems remotely monitored for hardware failure using secure technology that has been proven at
thousands of companies around the world. In many cases, you can avoid problems before they occur.
There are two HP Insight Remote Support solutions:
For small and midsize environments: HP Insight Remote Support Standard provides basic remote
monitoring, notification/advisories and service dispatch. It is optimized for environments with 1 to
50 servers and can be installed on a shared HP ProLiant Windows application server. The software
supports HP EVA storage devices, HP ProLiant, BladeSystems, HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers
running Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Novell SUSE and Novell Netware. Download
from the HP website
(
SE
).
For midsize and large environments: HP Insight Remote Support Pack (formerly Service Essentials
Remote Support Pack) is targeted for larger environments and is integrated with HP Systems Insight
Manager (SIM). It provides comprehensive remote monitoring, notification/advisories, dispatch and
proactive service support for nearly all HP servers, storage, network and SAN environments, plus
selected Dell and IBM Windows servers that have a support obligation with HP. It also enables HP to
deliver higher levels of proactive support in line with HP Mission Critical Services support
agreements. Download from the HP website
(
).
Both HP Insight Remote Support solutions are available at no additional cost to customers with a valid
warranty on HP technology, an HP Care Pack Service or HP contractual support agreement.
For more information, see the HP website (
).
Keeping the system current
Drivers
IMPORTANT:
Always perform a backup before installing or updating device drivers.
The server includes new hardware that may not have driver support on all OS installation media.
If you are installing a SmartStart-supported OS, use the SmartStart software (on page
67
) and its Assisted
Path feature to install the OS and latest driver support.
If you are installing drivers from the SmartStart CD, be sure that you are using the latest SmartStart version
that your server supports. To verify that your server is using the latest supported version, see the HP
website (
). For more information, see the documentation provided with the
SmartStart CD.