17 Managing enclosures and enclosure groups

An enclosure is a physical structure that can contain server blades, infrastructure hardware, and interconnects.

An enclosure group specifies a standard configuration for all of its member enclosures. Enclosure groups enable administrators to provision multiple enclosures in a consistent, predictable manner in seconds.

UI screens and REST API resources

UI screen

REST API resource

 

 

Enclosures

enclosures

 

 

Enclosure Groups

enclosure-groups

 

 

17.1 Prerequisites for bringing an enclosure under management

An enclosure must meet the following prerequisites in order for the appliance to manage it:

Prerequisites

Item

Requirement

 

 

Enclosure model

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

 

The enclosure power is turned on.

 

NOTE: To enable the appliance to manage the server hardware seated in an enclosure, the

 

server hardware must meet the prerequisites listed in “Prerequisites for bringing server hardware

 

under management” (page 112).

 

 

Firmware

The enclosure firmware must be at the minimum supported firmware version listed in the HP

 

OneView Support Matrix.

 

The appliance firmware repository must be populated with at least one firmware bundle.

 

 

Onboard

If the enclosure has two Onboard Administrators, both OAs must be at the same firmware

Administrator

version.

 

The primary or standby OA must be configured with a host name or IP address and must be

 

reachable by the appliance.

 

As part of bringing an OA under management, a local user account is added, so the OA must

 

be configured to allow for local user accounts.

 

 

IP addresses

IPv4 configuration is required.

 

 

iLO IP address

Server hardware iLOs must be configured with IP addresses, automatically with DHCP addresses

 

or manually with Enclosure Bay IP Addressing (EBIPA)-specified addresses.

 

 

Interconnects

Interconnects must be configured with IP addresses, automatically with DHCP addresses or

 

manually with EBIPA-specified addresses.

 

 

Open ports

The following ports must be opened between the appliance and the enclosure:

 

TCP 80, 443

 

UDP 123, 161, 162

 

 

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