Index

A

Actions menu, 59 activity, 173

see also alert see also task states, 175 statuses, 175 types, 174

administrator password resetting, 148

agentless management, 21

aggregation switch see data center switch alert, 173, 174

auto-cleanup, 174 appliance

backup and restore features, 23 backup file best practices, 149 backup script, 271

crash recovery, automated features, 154 crash recovery, data protection, 153 crash recovery, manual, 154 creating support dump file, 201 describing icons, 62

downloads from, 55 host location, 83

host, security access, 80 initial configuration, 91

IP address requirements, 83 logging out, 66 management LAN, 83 NTP configuration, 83 online help, 75

restart behavior, 154 restore script, 282

restoring from backup file, 223 searching, 67

unexpected shutdown, automated recovery features, 154

unexpected shutdown, data protection, 153 unexpected shutdown, manual recovery, 154 VM management best practices, 153

audit log, 48 policy for, 80

authentication, 47 authorization, 48 availability

virtual appliance, 24

B

backup file

best practices, 149 creating, 150 downloading, 150 restoring appliance from , 223 troubleshooting, 205

backup policy, 80 backup script, 80, 271 best practices

appliance backups, 149 browser, 52 firmware, 137

health monitoring, 170, 171

VM appliance management, 153 BladeSystem enclosure, 228 browser

best practices, 52

required plugins and settings, 57 supported features and settings, 57 supported types and version, 57

C

certificate, 50 policy, choosing, 80 troubleshooting, 204

compliance checking, 128 configuration change

planning for, 85 console access, 53

restrict, 54 contact HP, 227 copyright, 1 crashes

appliance, automated recovery features, 154 appliance, data protection, 153 appliance, manual recovery, 154

credentials, 48

D

Dashboard, 176 data center

configuring rack placement, 141 monitoring temperature, 179 planning considerations, 79 resource names, 79 visualizing temperature, 179

data center switch

matching VLAN IDs to uplink set VLAN IDs, 115 port configuration for uplink sets, 115 spanning tree edge, 115

trunk ports, 115 details pane, 59 directory server

troubleshooting, 220 directory service

configuring, 143 troubleshooting, 219

discovery, hardware, 19 documentation

download and serve HTML UI help files, 76 download and serve REST API documentation, 76 enabling off-appliance browsing, 76

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