Flexibility in design and deployment

HP OneView provides flexibility in the creation of groups, templates, and sets. For example, you can create a logical interconnect group in these ways:

•Before you add an enclosure to the appliance, you can create a logical interconnect group that specifies how you want the interconnects to be configured, and an enclosure group that specifies how you want the enclosure to be configured.

•You can add an enclosure to the appliance and, after the appliance discovers and adds the interconnect hardware in the enclosure, you can use or modify the default logical interconnect group that the appliance creates.

Groups, templates, and sets also simplify the distribution of configuration changes across your data center. For more information about configuration changes, see “Simplified configuration change management” (page 20).

For more information about resources, including groups, templates, and sets, see “Understanding the resource model” (page 29).

1.2.3 Streamlined process for bringing hardware under management

HP OneView simplifies the process of bringing the enclosures, interconnects, and server hardware under management.

For example:

•When you add an enclosure, the appliance automatically detects all of the hardware seated in the enclosure and prepares it for you to bring under management. For example, the appliance:

◦Updates the enclosure Onboard Administrator, Virtual Connect interconnect module, and server iLO firmware to the minimum version required

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Configures each Virtual Connect interconnect module

Configures the Onboard Administrator, which includes configuring NTP (Network Time Protocol) and configuring an SSO (single sign-on) certificate for UI access

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Configures each server iLO, which includes configuring an SSO certificate for UI access

Configures the hardware for monitoring, which includes configuring the automatic registration of SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) traps

•When you add an HP Intelligent Power Distribution Unit (iPDU) power device, the appliance automatically detects and presents the connected devices so that you can bring the devices under management.

1.2.4Operating system deployment

Server profiles and enclosure groups make it easier to prepare a bare-metal server for operating system deployment.

For example, you can use server profiles in conjunction with deployment tools such as:

•HP Insight Control server provisioning to install an operating system on the server

•VMware vSphere Autodeploy to deploy hypervisors from bare metal and add them to existing clusters automatically

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