Managing HP BladeSystem c-Class systems
technology brief, 2
nd
edition
Abstract.............................................................................................................................................. 2
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 2
HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure ......................................................................................................... 2
HP Onboard Administrator ................................................................................................................... 3
Insight Display ................................................................................................................................. 4
Configuring the enclosure.............................................................................................................. 4
Communicating with local technicians............................................................................................. 6
Configuration logic .......................................................................................................................... 7
Role-based user accounts .................................................................................................................. 8
Thermal Logic management............................................................................................................... 8
Power logic management.................................................................................................................. 9
Enclosure bay IP addressing............................................................................................................ 11
Onboard Administrator graphical user interface ................................................................................ 12
Onboard Administrator command line interface................................................................................. 12
c3000 KVM Module ...................................................................................................................... 13
HP Virtual Connect architecture ........................................................................................................... 14
Virtual Connect Manager................................................................................................................ 16
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager ................................................................................................. 17
HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem .................................................................................... 19
BladeSystem management interface ................................................................................................. 21
Performance management and bottleneck analysis............................................................................. 21
Consolidated vulnerability and patch management ............................................................................ 21
Rapid Deployment Pack .................................................................................................................. 21
Virtual Machine Management Pack.................................................................................................. 22
HP Insight Control Environment for Linux............................................................................................... 22
HP Insight Dynamics–VSE ................................................................................................................... 23
The logical server........................................................................................................................... 24
Real-time capacity planning............................................................................................................. 25
Unified control............................................................................................................................... 25
HP Server Migration Pack–Universal Edition ...................................................................................... 26
HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 .................................................................................................................. 26
iLO 2 Standard Blade Edition .......................................................................................................... 27
iLO Select Pack.............................................................................................................................. 27
For more information.......................................................................................................................... 28
Call to action .................................................................................................................................... 28