HP HP Insight Control Data Center Edition 12.211 User's Manual

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Part number: 411806-002
Second edition (October 2006)

Overview
HP Insight Control Data Center Edition is an integrated suite of software that

simplifies the management of HP BladeSystem infrastructures.
Delivered on DVD media, this integrated suite uses a single installer to deploy,

configure, and license core infrastructure management software rapidly and

consistently, helping IT organizations reduce manual procedures and time to

production. Insight Control Data Center Edition builds on HP Systems Insight

Manager (HP SIM) and ProLiant Essentials software to manage HP BladeSystem

lifecycles, including hardware deployment, health monitoring, performance

monitoring, virtual machine management, vulnerability scanning, and patch

management.
Insight Control Data Center Edition is delivered with HP BladeSystem c-Class

enclosures as evaluation or fully licensed software. Software only license options

are also available for HP BladeSystem c-Class and p-Class environments.

Insight Control Data Center Edition

components
The following components are installed standard in a typical Insight Control Data

Center Edition installation:
• HP SIM, including the following components:

• HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager

• OpenSSH

• HP System Management Homepage

• HP Version Control Repository Manager

• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Mapper

• HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition

• HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack

• HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack

The HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Management Software is installed as an

option in an Insight Control Data Center Edition installation. The Virtualization

Management Software includes the following components:
• HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack

• HP ProLiant Essentials Server Migration Pack

For more information about installing and configuring the Virtual Machine

Management Pack and Server Migration Pack, see the HP ProLiant Essentials

Virtualization Management Software User Guide.

HP Insight Control Data

Center Edition
Quick Setup Poster

Upgrading Insight Control Data

Center Edition
The following table lists the Insight Control Data Center Edition component version

numbers and their upgrades with this release.
Table 1  Insight Control Data Center Edition component upgrades

Component

From this version

To this version

HP SIM

5.0

5.0.2

HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager

2.0, 2.1

2.2

Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows

3.00

3.10

Edition (if installed on local server)
Performance Management Pack

4.0, 4.1, or 4.1.1

4.2

Vulnerability and Patch

2.0, 2.0.1

2.0.2

Management Pack
Virtualization Management Software

1.11, 2.0, and 2.0.1

2.0.2

Insight Control Data Center Edition

platform support
Insight Control Data Center Edition is supported on a defined set of HP BladeSystem

hardware, HP storage, software, and third-party operating platforms.
For a full list of supported platforms and components, see the HP Insight Control

Data Center Edition Support Matrix.

Insight Control Data Center Edition

installation requirements
Before beginning the Insight Control Data Center Edition installation process, verify

that your hardware and software meet the requirements listed in the following tables.

Hardware installation requirements
Table 2  Insight Control Data Center Edition hardware installation requirements

Component

Specification

Server

HP  BladeSystem c-Class or p-Class server blade or
HP ProLiant ML or DL servers

Memory

At least 2 GB RAM (4 GB RAM recommended)

Processor

At least 1.6 GHz (2 GHz or higher recommended)

Disk space

5 GB for Insight Control Data Center Edition software; more
disk space required for operating systems, logs,
and patch databases

File structure

New Technology File System (NTFS)

DVD drive

Local or mapped DVD drive required

Software installation requirements
Table 3  Insight Control Data Center Edition software installation requirements

Component

Specification

Operating system

Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition SP1
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP1
Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition

Services

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 or later,
installed and running with FTP service
ASP.NET 1.1, with .NET 1.1 Framework
SNMP
TCP/IP with DNS properly installed so that system names
can be resolved to IP addresses

Database

Microsoft SQL Server 2000, SP3 or higher (optional)*
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (optional)

Applications

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with the latest service packs
Adobe Acrobat Reader

* Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 2000 SP3a is installed automatically as part of
the installation if SQL Server is not present.

Before beginning the Insight Control Data Center Edition installation process,

identify the information or configure the settings as listed in the HP BladeSystem

Installation Checklist in the kit. Having this information available reduces the time

required for installation.

Performing an Insight Control Data

Center Edition installation
Before installing Insight Control Data Center Edition, change the configuration of

the Windows automatic updates to prompt for confirmation before installing the

updates. Changing this configuration prevents undesired reboots when Insight

Control Data Center Edition installation is left to run overnight. You can restore

this configuration after the installation of Insight Control Data Center Edition is

complete.

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