3 HP Insight Software installation and configuration
parameters
The Insight Software DVD supports installation and upgrade of individual products as well as the following
suites:
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)
HP Insight Control Environment (ICE)
HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem (ICE-BL)
HP Insight Dynamics – VSE
iLO Power Management Pack (iPMP)
iLO Power Management Pack for BladeSystem (iPMP-BL)
HP Insight software uses an integrated installer to quickly and accurately deploy, configure, integrate, and
update HP Insight software suites and individual management products. This wizard-based installer enables
you to predefine installation and configuration preferences for HP management software, including access
credentials, performance settings, and discovery parameters. Using the integrated installer, you can install
all components as a single integrated process that requires minimal intervention.
Component summary
You can install the following components using the HP Insight Software Integrated Installer:
HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 Advanced Pack—Integrated management processor for shared remote
consoles that delivers remote control performance and ease of use suitable for routine and emergency
server administration.
HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 Advanced for BladeSystem—Integrated management processor for ProLiant
BL servers that delivers remote control performance and ease of use suitable for routine and emergency
server administration.
HP Insight Software Integrated Installer—A wizard-based installer used by HP Insight software suites to
simplify the installation, configuration, and integration of HP SIM and Insight Essentials.
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)—Provides unified foundation management services for HP servers,
storage, and network resources from a single console. HP SIM delivers centralized fault, configuration,
inventory, performance management, warranty details, automated service call initiation and
troubleshooting information. HP SIM is built according to industry standards to manage HP and third-party
infrastructure resources.
HP Insight Power Manager (IPM)—Extends HP SIM with power consumption and thermal output
monitoring to optimize data center power and cooling. Includes power regulation policies for groups
of HP ProLiant servers.
HP Insight Rapid Deployment software (RDP) —Configures and deploys multiple servers quickly and
predictably in an unattended fashion using scripts and system images. Includes predefined scripts to
configure HP server hardware and deploy operating systems for Windows®, VMWare ESX™, and
Linux platforms.
Insight Software Advisor—Automatically verifies the target platform for compliance with installation
prerequisites. The Advisor runs a series of tests on the server and identifies issues that might affect the
HP Insight software integrated installation or operation.
NOTE:
HP Performance Management Pack (PMP)—Enables HP SIM to proactively detect, analyze, and report
performance bottlenecks on HP ProLiant and Integrity servers, Modular Storage Array storage, and
VMware™ and Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines to ensure server workloads run at peak
performance levels.
The Insight Software Advisor was formerly called the HP Insight Control Environment Advisor.
Component summary
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