HP Insight Control Data Center Edition

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Part number: 411806-002 Second edition (October 2006)

Overview

HP Insight Control Data Center Edition is an integrated suite of software that simplifies the management of HP BladeSystem infrastructures.

Delivered on DVD media, this integrated suite uses a single installer to deploy, configure, and license core infrastructure management software rapidly and consistently, helping IT organizations reduce manual procedures and time to production. Insight Control Data Center Edition builds on HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and ProLiant Essentials software to manage HP BladeSystem lifecycles, including hardware deployment, health monitoring, performance monitoring, virtual machine management, vulnerability scanning, and patch management.

Insight Control Data Center Edition is delivered with HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures as evaluation or fully licensed software. Software only license options are also available for HP BladeSystem c-Class and p-Class environments.

Insight Control Data Center Edition components

The following components are installed standard in a typical Insight Control Data Center Edition installation:

•HP SIM, including the following components:
•HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager
•OpenSSH
•HP System Management Homepage
•HP Version Control Repository Manager
•Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Mapper
•HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack—Windows Edition
•HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack
•HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack

The HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Management Software is installed as an option in an Insight Control Data Center Edition installation. The Virtualization Management Software includes the following components:

•HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack
•HP ProLiant Essentials Server Migration Pack

For more information about installing and configuring the Virtual Machine Management Pack and Server Migration Pack, see the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Management Software User Guide.