HP OneView - Manual (Page 231)

A Step by step: Configuring an example data center using
HP OneView
This appendix contains an illustrated example of using the HP OneView appliance UI to configure
and manage an example (fictional) data center. It demonstrates using the UI to:
1. Provision eight VMware vSphere ESXi host servers using the HP OneView appliance and
vSphere Auto Deploy feature. This demonstration includes adding a firmware bundle to the
appliance, establishing a firmware baseline for an enclosure, and creating networks and
network sets that are used in the demonstrations that follow.
2. Configure a server blade to boot from SAN from an HP 3PAR Storage System that is directly
attached to the enclosure that contains the server blade.
3. Bring an HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 rack mount server under management. This scenario
includes adding a license to the appliance and using the appliance Map view to display
relationships between resources.
IMPORTANT:
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The information in this appendix, including all IP addresses, names, user names, passwords,
and hardware and software configurations, is intended as an example for demonstration
purposes only.
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The example in this appendix was created using HP OneView Version 1.0 and might not be
valid for other versions of the software.
Video demonstrations of HP OneView are also available. See “Support and other resources”
(page 227) .
A.1 Tasks you can perform without data center hardware
You can perform the following tasks before you add any hardware to the appliance:
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Plan the data center configuration.
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Install the appliance.
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Add, edit, and delete networks, network sets, logical interconnect groups, and enclosure
groups.
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Add, edit, and delete server profiles that are not assigned to hardware. Not all aspects of a
server profile can be configured before the appropriate server hardware is added to the
appliance.
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Upload firmware bundles to the appliance repository.
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Remove firmware bundles from the appliance repository.
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Add and delete users.
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Change settings.
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Create support dump files.
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Create backup files.
A.2 Information about the sample data center
A.2.1 Sample data center hardware
The sample data center hardware includes:
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One HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 rack mount server
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One rack that contains the enclosures and rack mount servers
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