HP OneView - Manual (Page 125)

16.1.6 Tasks for server hardware types
The appliance online help provides information about using the UI or the REST APIs to:
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Edit the name or description of the server hardware type.
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Delete a server hardware type.
16.1.7 About server hardware types
A server hardware type defines the physical configuration for server hardware and defines the
settings that are available to server profiles to be assigned to that type of server hardware. For
example, the server hardware type for the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 Server Blade includes a
complete list of BIOS settings and the defaults for that model.
The appliance creates server hardware types according to the server hardware it detects. The
server hardware type is used when you create a server profile to show which settings are available.
If a suitable server hardware type already exists, it is reused when you create a server profile for
a server blade or rack server, otherwise a new server hardware type is created automatically.
16.1.8 Effects of managing server hardware iLOs
When server hardware is being managed by the appliance, the effect to the server hardware iLO
is:
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A management account is created.
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SNMP is enabled and the appliance is added as an SNMP trap destination.
NOTE: Health monitoring is not enabled on ProLiant G7 iLO3 server hardware until the HP
management agents are installed on the OS and the SNMP service is configured with the
same SNMP read community string shown on the Settings screen.
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NTP is enabled and the appliance becomes the server hardware’s NTP time source.
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An appliance certificate is installed to enable single sign-on operations.
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iLO firmware is updated to the minimum versions listed in the HP OneView Support Matrix.
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The iLO time zone is set to Atlantic/Reykjavik as recommended by the iLO
documentation.
The time zone setting determines how the iLO adjusts UTC time to obtain the local time and
how it adjusts for daylight savings time (summer time). For the entries in the iLO event log and
IML to display the correct local time, you must specify the time zone in which the server is
located.
If you want iLO to use the time provided by the SNTP server, without adjustment, configure
the iLO to use a time zone that does not apply an adjustment to UTC time. In addition, that
time zone must not apply a daylight saving time (summer time) adjustment.
There are several time zones that fit this requirement. One example is the
Atlantic/Reykjavik
time zone. This time zone is neither east nor west of the prime
meridian and time does not change in the Spring or Fall.
16.2 Managing server profiles
Servers are represented and managed through their server profiles. A server profile captures key
aspects of a server configuration in one place, including firmware levels, BIOS settings, network
connectivity, boot order configuration, iLO settings, and unique IDs.
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