HP Insight Control - Manual (Page 3)

Table of Contents
1 Introduction to using HP Insight Control.......................................................................5
How to use this guide.............................................................................................................................5
Insight Control integration with Systems Insight Manager...................................................................5
Alternative consoles..........................................................................................................................5
Insight Control features and capabilities................................................................................................6
Integrated security features....................................................................................................................7
Open source products included with Insight Control...........................................................................8
Accessing and launching Insight Control features.................................................................................8
Opening Systems Insight Manager from a web browser..................................................................8
Using the Systems Insight Manager quick launch feature..........................................................8
Running and viewing task results from the Systems Insight Manager management console..............9
Obtaining Systems Insight Manager documentation.......................................................................9
2 Adding and applying licenses....................................................................................11
Licensing prerequisites.........................................................................................................................11
Licenses required for Insight Control...................................................................................................11
Adding an Insight Control license........................................................................................................11
Applying an Insight Control license to the servers you want to manage............................................12
Adding an iLO Advanced license key..................................................................................................12
Adding and applying licenses for Insight Control server deployment................................................12
Licensing information on the world wide web....................................................................................13
3 Verifying your software and hardware environment with the Insight Software
Advisor..............................................................................................................................15
Using Insight Software Advisor to obtain diagnostic information......................................................15
Using the Insight Software Advisor filtering capability.......................................................................15
Using test results to take corrective action...........................................................................................16
4 Using the HP Insight managed system setup wizard................................................17
Prerequisites to running the Insight managed system setup wizard...................................................17
Obtaining Insight managed system setup wizard documentation......................................................17
5 Deploying operating systems and virtualization software to managed systems...19
Server deployment overview................................................................................................................19
Launching server deployment..............................................................................................................19
The Deployment Server Console..........................................................................................................19
Obtaining server deployment documentation.....................................................................................20
6 Managing a virtual machine environment................................................................21
Launching virtual machine management features...............................................................................21
Obtaining virtual machine management documentation....................................................................21
7 Optimizing server power consumption and cooling................................................23
Launching power management features..............................................................................................23
Obtaining power management documentation...................................................................................24
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