HP OneView - Manual (Page 126)

You can manually refresh the connection between the appliance and server hardware from the
Server Hardware screen. See the online help for the Server Hardware screen to learn more.
NOTE: HP recommends that you do not use the iLO or the OA to make changes to a device if
the device is managed by the appliance. Making changes to a device from its iLO or OA could
cause it to lose synchronization with the appliance.
16.1.5.1 How the appliance handles unsupported hardware
Unsupported hardware is any device that the appliance cannot manage. Unsupported devices are
similar to unmanaged devices in that all unsupported devices are not managed by the appliance.
The difference is that you can bring unmanaged devices under management of the appliance if
you take the appropriate actions or properly configure them. Unsupported hardware can never
be managed by the appliance.
The appliance detects the unsupported hardware and displays the model name and other basic
information that it obtains from the device for inventory purposes. The appliance also accounts for
the physical space unsupported devices occupy in enclosures and racks.
To account for the space a device occupies, the appliance represents unsupported hardware the
same way it represents unmanaged devices.
The action available for unsupported hardware is Remove.
16.1.5.2 About unsupported server hardware
The appliance cannot manage unsupported server hardware. However, you can place unsupported
server hardware in enclosures or racks. Adding unsupported server hardware to the appliance
enables you to account for the physical space it occupies in an enclosure or rack for planning and
inventory purposes.
The appliance displays basic information about unsupported server hardware that it obtains from
the iLO or the OA.
When the appliance detects unsupported server hardware, it places the hardware in the
Unsupported
state and provides a link to launch the iLO Remote Console. You can perform a
remove action on unsupported server hardware to remove it from the appliance.
16.1.5.3 About unmanaged devices
An unmanaged device is a device, such as a server, enclosure, KVM (keyboard, video and mouse)
switch, in-rack monitor/keyboard, or router, that occupies space in a rack and/or consumes power
but is not managed by the appliance.
Unmanaged devices are created automatically to represent devices that are attached to an HP
Intelligent Power Distribution Unit (iPDU) using HP Power Discovery Services connections.
BladeSystem enclosures and HP ProLiant DL series servers are shown in the unmanaged or
unsupported
state in the Enclosures and Server Hardware in the master pane, respectively. These
will be represented as unmanaged enclosures and servers; as such, they are not included in the
Unmanaged Devices resource list.
When creating an unmanaged device, you provide its name, model description, height in U-slots
and maximum power requirements. These values are used in power and cooling capacity analysis
and enable alerts to be generated identify potential power and cooling issues.
Because there is no communication to the unmanaged device, the status is disabled unless
appliance-generated alerts identify issues to be addressed.
For purposes of power configuration, unmanaged devices are assumed to have two power supply
connections to support redundant power. These are identified as power supplies 1 and 2. If an
unmanaged device does not support redundant power, connect only power supply 1, then clear
the alert about lack of redundant power to the device.
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