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Table 1 Insight Control for Linux extensions to the HP Insight Control user interface; (continued)
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Description
Menu item
Makes a remote call to the management processor to set power
status to off abruptly.
Tools
→Server Controls→Power
Off Server...
Makes a remote call to the management processor to set power
status to on.
Tools
→Server Controls→Power
On Server...
Makes a remote call to the management processor to set power
status to off abruptly, then back to on after a set time.
Tools
→Server
Controls
→Reboot Server...
Maintenance, troubleshooting and diagnostics
Boots a managed system to a Linux-based
environment
for troubleshooting.
Diagnose
→Boot to Linux
Rescue Mode
Boots a managed system to a Linux-based
environment
for troubleshooting.
Configure
→Boot to IC-Linux
RAM disk
Initiates a firmware update on any ProLiant server licensed for
Insight Control for Linux on your
.
Deploy
→Deploy Drivers,
Firmware and
IMPORTANT:
Servers selected for a firmware update are shut
down and servers successfully updated are left powered down.
Agents
→IC-Linux→Update
ProLiant Firmware...
1.4 Insight Control for Linux toolboxes
Insight Control for Linux is preconfigured with a pair of role-based toolboxes. A toolbox is a set of
tools available in HP SIM or Insight Control for Linux. With toolboxes, you can easily grant the
authorization of several tools to a user with a single command.
The toolboxes and the tools they contain are:
Insight Control for Linux Manage toolbox
Insight Control for Linux Deploy toolbox
•
Boot to Linux Rescue Mode
•
Red Hat Interactive
•
Red Hat (Kickstart)
•
Boot to IC-Linux RAM disk
•
Configure Management Services
•
SLES Interactive
•
SLES (AutoYaST)
•
Configure SNMP on DL1xx Servers
•
Install Agents
•
VMware ESX Interactive
•
VMware ESX (Kickstart)
•
Uninstall Insight Control for Linux Agents
•
Nagios
•
VMware ESXi Interactive
•
Custom or Other Interactive
•
Performance Dashboard
•
Modify Management Processor Credentials
•
Custom or Other (Unattended)
•
Device Discovery
•
Power Off Server
•
Power On Server
•
Capture Linux Image
•
•
Reboot Server
Deploy Linux Image
•
Run SSH Command
•
Run Script
•
Update ProLiant Firmware
The Insight Control for Linux Deploy toolbox contains the tools you need to install, capture, and
deploy images remotely.
The Insight Control for Linux Manage toolbox is for those who only monitor and manage the health
of the managed systems. If you want to create a user who can access related set of tools using
these toolboxes, use the following commands after creating the new Linux user account for them:
$ mxuser –a username –d "Manager Account" –p none
$ mxauth –a –u username –R "Insight Control for Linux Manage" –n "*"
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