HP OneView - Manual (Page 5)

5 Using the REST APIs and other programmatic interfaces.............................71
5.1 Resource operations......................................................................................................71
5.2 Return codes...............................................................................................................72
5.3 URI format...................................................................................................................72
5.4 Resource model format.................................................................................................72
5.5 Log in to the appliance using REST APIs..........................................................................72
5.6 REST API version..........................................................................................................72
5.7 Asynchronous versus synchronous operations...................................................................73
5.8 Task resource...............................................................................................................73
5.9 Error handling.............................................................................................................73
5.10 Concurrency control using etags...................................................................................73
5.11 Querying resources using common REST API parameters..................................................74
5.12 State Change Message Bus..........................................................................................74
5.13 Developer tools in a web browser.................................................................................74
5.14 Using Python and Windows PowerShell commands (technical preview)..............................74
6 Accessing documentation and help.........................................................75
6.1 Online help—conceptual and task information as you need it............................................75
6.2 This user guide supplements the online help.....................................................................75
6.3 Where to find HP OneView documentation......................................................................76
6.4 Enabling off-appliance browsing of UI and REST API HTML help files..................................76
II Planning tasks..........................................................................................77
7 Planning your data center resources........................................................79
7.1 How many data centers?...............................................................................................79
7.2 Security planning.........................................................................................................79
7.2.1 Choosing an Administrator password.......................................................................79
7.2.2 Choosing the LAN for the appliance.......................................................................79
7.2.3 Choosing whether or not to enable support access....................................................79
7.2.4 Choosing an SNMP read community string..............................................................79
7.2.5 Choosing a security certificate policy.......................................................................80
7.2.6 Determining roles and restrictions for authorized users................................................80
7.2.7 Determining your backup policy..............................................................................80
7.2.8 Choosing a policy for the audit log.........................................................................80
7.2.9 Determining your vSphere client policy....................................................................80
7.2.10 Reviewing your firewall access...............................................................................81
7.3 Preparing your data center network switches....................................................................81
7.4 Planning your resource names........................................................................................81
7.5 Planning the appliance configuration..............................................................................82
7.5.1 Appliance VM and host requirements.......................................................................82
7.5.2 Planning for high availability..................................................................................83
7.5.3 Location of the appliance.......................................................................................83
7.5.4 Separate networks for data and management...........................................................83
7.5.5 Time clocks and NTP.............................................................................................83
7.5.6 IP addresses.........................................................................................................83
8 Planning for configuration changes.........................................................85
8.1 Configuration changes that require or result in resource outages.........................................85
8.2 Configuration changes that might require changes to multiple resources..............................86
8.2.1 Adding a network.................................................................................................86
8.2.2 Adding an enclosure............................................................................................87
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