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IMPORTANT:
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Ensure that HP SIM has discovered the MP. Use the HP SIM Options
→Discovery... menu item
Credentials for the MP will be from default MP credentials unless otherwise specified.
Passwords for management processors either must be known to Insight Control for Linux or
already set to global values.
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You can also use the Initiate Bare-Metal Discovery tool to discover bare-metal systems through
PXE or virtual media.
If you are using virtual media, you can only use this tool for bare-metal discovery of an
iLO-based management processor. Furthermore, before using this tool, you must first discover
the server's iLO and define the network configuration definitions using the Network
Configuration Editor. For more information on defining the network configuration and
discovering the iLO, see
. For information on the Network Configuration
Editor, see
“Using the Network Configuration Editor” (page 66)
Follow these steps to perform a bare-metal discovery:
1.
Run the Initiate Bare-Metal Discovery tool by selecting Options
→IC-Linux→Initiate Bare Metal
Discovery.
2.
Select the management processor for the server you want to discover as the target and select
Next>.
You can select multiple management processors to discover multiple servers.
3.
Verify the target and select Next>.
4.
Select the Virtual Media radio button.
5.
Select Run Now.
6.
When HP SIM correctly identifies the server, a new task named Bare Metal Discovery
Post Processing
appears in the Task Results list, which you can view with the Tasks &
Logs
→View Task Results… menu item.
Allow the task to run to completion.
7.
The server appears in the HP SIM All Servers collection and the associated management
processor appears in the HP SIM All Management Processors collection.
NOTE:
You can also use this tool to initiate a bare-metal discovery of a server that are PXE-booted.
Select the PXE radio button in step 4.
The target system must be the management processor for the server.
7.1.3 Discovering running systems
NOTES:
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This section applies only to systems with iLO-based management processors.
For servers with LO100 management processors, after you discover the server with HP SIM,
run the Configure SNMP on DL1xx Servers task described in
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Steps 1 and 2 of the following procedure do not apply to systems running VMware ESXi.
To discover servers that are already installed with and running a supported Linux OS that you do
not want to shut down or reinstall, follow these steps:
1.
Install the
or
version on the system to be discovered. To determine the appropriate
version, see the HP Insight Control for Linux Support Matrix. You can install all or some
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