HP OneView - Manual (Page 112)

HP ProLiant DL
Gen8
2
HP ProLiant BL
Gen8 HP ProLiant BL
G7
1
Feature
✓ ✓ ✓ SSO (single sign-on): The appliance enables SSO to iLO
and OA without storing user-created iLO or OA credentials.
✓ ✓ ✓ Automatic firmware upgrade (iLO) to minimum supported
version when added to the appliance
✓ ✓ ✓ Automatic rack visualization and editing
✓ Manual rack visualization and editing
✓ ✓ ✓ Automatic discovery of server hardware type
Server profile features
✓ Edit BIOS Settings
✓ Firmware management
✓ ✓ Connections to networks
1 The appliance might report an unsupported status for some double-wide, double-dense ProLiant G7 blade servers models,
which means that the appliance cannot manage them.
2
Not every model of HP ProLiant DL rack server supports every feature listed in this table.
14.2 Prerequisites for bringing server hardware under management
Server hardware must meet the following prerequisites in order for the appliance to manage it:
Prerequisites
Requirement Item
The server hardware must be a supported model listed in the HP OneView Support Matrix.
The server hardware is connected to a live power source.
Server hardware
model
The iLO3 and iLO4 (Integrated Lights-Out) firmware version must meet the minimum requirement
listed in the HP OneView Support Matrix.
NOTE: Rack mount ProLiant DL G7 iLO3 server hardware is not supported.
iLO firmware
IPv4 configuration is required.
iLOs on rack mount server hardware must have an IP address.
IP addresses
iLOs must be configured to allow for local user accounts. As part of bringing an iLO under
management, a local user account is added to the iLO, so it must be configured to work with
local accounts. Local user accounts
14.3 Roles
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Minimum required privileges: Infrastructure administrator or Server administrator
14.4 Tasks for server profiles
The appliance online help provides information about using the UI or the REST APIs to:
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Get information about (read) a server profile.
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Create and apply a server profile.
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Specify identifiers and addresses when creating a server profile and adding connections.
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Connect the server to data center networks by adding a connection to a server profile.
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Edit the BIOS settings of a server profile.
112 Managing servers and server profiles