HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 Server - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................5
2 Using Intelligent Provisioning........................................................................6
Overview................................................................................................................................6
Navigating Intelligent Provisioning.........................................................................................7
Completing initial configuration and registration tasks...................................................................8
Step 1: Setting Intelligent Provisioning preferences....................................................................8
Step 2: Activating Intelligent Provisioning..............................................................................10
Step 3: Registering for Insight Remote Support.......................................................................10
Insight Remote Support Overview....................................................................................11
Data collected by Insight Remote Support.........................................................................12
Prerequisites.................................................................................................................13
Registering for Insight Remote Support by using Direct Connect...........................................13
Registering for Insight Remote Support by using Central Connect.........................................16
Registering for Insight Remote Support after the initial configuration and registration tasks......17
Using HP iLO Federation Management with Intelligent Provisioning...............................................17
Configuring the server and installing an OS...............................................................................18
Available install methods, source media types, and formats supported for each OS family...........19
Step 1: Hardware Settings...................................................................................................21
Step 2: OS Selection..........................................................................................................22
Step 3: OS Information.......................................................................................................27
OS information required for recommended installations......................................................27
OS information required for customized installations..........................................................28
Step 4: Review..................................................................................................................32
Checking installation parameters.........................................................................................33
Performing maintenance..........................................................................................................34
Active Health System download...........................................................................................35
Firmware Update...............................................................................................................36
Determining the installed Intelligent Provisioning version.....................................................36
Updating Intelligent Provisioning and component firmware..................................................36
Intelligent Provisioning Preferences.......................................................................................37
Deployment Settings...........................................................................................................38
Creating a Deployment Settings package (overview)..........................................................39
Using a Deployment Settings package to configure a single server (overview).......................39
Performing Deployment Settings package-level actions.......................................................40
Entering or changing individual settings for a Deployment Settings package.........................41
Entering version information.......................................................................................42
Entering firmware update settings...............................................................................42
Entering array configuration settings............................................................................42
Entering operating system information.........................................................................43
Entering Remote Support information...........................................................................43
Entering ROM settings...............................................................................................44
Entering system options.............................................................................................44
HP Smart Storage Administrator (HP SSA).............................................................................45
Configuration...............................................................................................................45
Diagnostics/SmartSSD...................................................................................................46
Insight Diagnostics.............................................................................................................47
Quick Configs...................................................................................................................48
Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs settings and corresponding RBSU settings....................49
iLO configuration...............................................................................................................51
Viewing iLO summary information...................................................................................51
Editing iLO Access Settings.............................................................................................52
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