HP ProLiant BL

HP ProLiant BL

HP ProLiant DL

Feature

G71

Gen8

Gen82

SSO (single sign-on): The appliance enables SSO to iLO

and OA without storing user-created iLO or OA credentials.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatic firmware upgrade (iLO) to minimum supported

version when added to the appliance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatic rack visualization and editing

 

 

 

 

Manual rack visualization and editing

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatic discovery of server hardware type

 

 

 

 

Server profile features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit BIOS Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Firmware management

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connections to networks

 

 

 

 

 

1The appliance might report an unsupported status for some double-wide, double-dense ProLiant G7 blade servers models, which means that the appliance cannot manage them.

2Not every model of HP ProLiant DL rack server supports every feature listed in this table.

14.2Prerequisites for bringing server hardware under management

Server hardware must meet the following prerequisites in order for the appliance to manage it:

Prerequisites

Item

Requirement

 

 

Server hardware

The server hardware must be a supported model listed in the HP OneView Support Matrix.

model

The server hardware is connected to a live power source.

 

 

 

iLO firmware

The iLO3 and iLO4 (Integrated Lights-Out) firmware version must meet the minimum requirement

 

listed in the HP OneView Support Matrix.

 

NOTE: Rack mount ProLiant DL G7 iLO3 server hardware is not supported.

 

 

IP addresses

IPv4 configuration is required.

 

iLOs on rack mount server hardware must have an IP address.

 

 

Local user accounts

iLOs must be configured to allow for local user accounts. As part of bringing an iLO under

 

management, a local user account is added to the iLO, so it must be configured to work with

 

local accounts.

 

 

14.3Roles

Minimum required privileges: Infrastructure administrator or Server administrator

14.4Tasks for server profiles

The appliance online help provides information about using the UI or the REST APIs to:

Get information about (read) a server profile.Create and apply a server profile.

Specify identifiers and addresses when creating a server profile and adding connections.

Connect the server to data center networks by adding a connection to a server profile.

Edit the BIOS settings of a server profile.

112 Managing servers and server profiles