HP Server Migration Pack–Universal Edition
HP Server Migration Pack–Universal Edition enables administrators to physically and virtually migrate
HP BladeSystem c-Class servers from a single console. Its point-click-and-migrate functionality
automates the process of migrating to a new server. Essentially, it migrates all the drivers that the
administrator would normally move manually and then moves all the existing data, applications, and
operating system as well. HP Insight Dynamics–VSE also leverages SMP. The following are key
capabilities of HP Server Migration Pack:
• Migration to the latest HP BladeSystem c-Class servers or virtual machines from VMware and
Microsoft via a single interface
• An option to run HP Server Migration Pack–Universal Edition in a standalone mode or integrated
with HP Systems Insight Manager. The latter allows access to additional features such as discovery
and agent distribution.
• Queued migrations automatically processing in the order in which they were scheduled
• Concurrent migrations to virtual machines when migrating to different destination host servers
Additional information about the HP Server Migration Pack–Universal Edition is available on the HP
web site at http://www.hp.com/go/migrate.
HP Integrated Lights-Out 2
Located throughout each c-Class enclosure are many embedded management interfaces. These
interfaces reside in the base enclosure itself, the fan and power supply subsystems, the server blades,
the storage blades, the interconnect modules, and the NIC and mezzanine cards. The Onboard
Administrator uses these embedded management interfaces to identify and manage all the
components. To identify a component that has been inserted into a BladeSystem c-Class enclosure, the
Onboard Administrator reads a Field-Replaceable Unit (FRU) Electrically Erasable Programmable
Read Only Memory (EEPROM) that contains factory information (product name, part number, and
serial number) for that component. All the FRU EEPROMs in c-Class enclosures are always powered,
even if the component is off, so that the Onboard Administrator can identify the component before
granting power requests. The FRU EEPROMs for simple devices such as the fans, power supplies, and
the Insight Display are read directly by the Onboard Administrator.
The Onboard Administrator accesses the server blade information through its iLO 2 management
processor. Each server blade contains several FRU EEPROMs: one on the server board that contains
server and embedded NIC information, and one on each of the installed mezzanine option boards.
The NIC and mezzanine option EEPROM information informs the Onboard Administrator of the type
of interconnects each server requires. Then, before granting power to a server blade, the Onboard
Administrator compares this information with information from the EEPROMs on installed interconnect
modules to check for electronic keying errors.
For the components in front-loaded device bays, the Onboard Administrator communicates with each
iLO 2 to control server blades and with a microcontroller to control options such as storage blades. A
microcontroller is also used to regulate power to interconnect modules. Server blade control includes
auto login to the iLO 2 web interface and remote server consoles, virtual power control, boot order
control, and extensive server hardware information including BIOS and iLO 2 firmware versions,
server name, and NIC and mezzanine option card port IDs and port mapping.
HP ProLiant Power Regulator provides iLO 2-controlled speed stepping for x86 processors. The Power
Regulator feature improves server energy efficiency by giving CPUs full power for applications when
they need it and reduced power when they do not. This power management feature enables ProLiant
servers with policy-based power management to control CPU power state. Power Regulator can be
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