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Overview
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HP Insight Control for Linux - Release 2.11 |
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Lower the cost of running your HP ProLiant servers with best-in-class management tools. HP Insight Control is essential server management that unlocks the potential of your ProLiant servers. Reduce the cost of running your ProLiant servers by $48,380 per 100 users, with a 500%+ ROI and 6.1 month payback period. Increase ProLiant server deployment speed twelve-fold: 20 minutes vs. 4 hours. Reduce unplanned downtime by 77%. Triple your data center capacity and safely fit more ProLiant servers within your existing power allotment. Reduce system admin expenses and travel costs with complete remote control anytime, from anywhere. HP Insight Control for Linux is an affordable solution to manage multi-system Linux environments of industry-standard HP ProLiant servers in both Enterprise and Cluster environments. HP Insight Control for Linux features the best of open source and HP technologies and is integrated with HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) software to provide discovery, imaging & provisioning, rapid deployment, health & performance management, remote management, virtualization, and power management. Open source software, such as Nagios® and XEN®, are fully integrated and auto-configured for immediate user productivity. Full lifecycle management is complemented by multi-system scaling, thermal & power management, and direct-to-the-hardware control. And HP Insight Control for Linux is backed by HP's Linux expertise and global HP Support. With Insight Control for Linux you can expect to realize the following
management benefits:
For Linux customers in business-important environments, HP Insight Control
for Linux (IC-Linux) manages multi-system Linux environments of industry-standard
x86 servers -- including HP ProLiant blade-, rack-, tower-, and scalable
servers (i.e. BL-, DL-, ML, and SL-series servers). HP Insight Control
for Linux (IC-Linux) brings the full expertise of HP's management investments
from UNIX and Windows to the Linux environment, while providing flexibility
and productivity to meet a variety of unique infrastructure needs. |
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| What's New |
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HP Insight Control for Linux (IC-Linux) release 2.11 is an update to release 2.10, with combined new capabilities:
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| At A Glance |
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HP Insight Control for Linux (IC-Linux) is an integrated management solution
for industry-standard x86 servers running Linux. This suite has extensible
toolsets for administrator productivity in both Enterprise and Cluster
environments with the following functionality:
HP Insight Control for Linux does not include a Linux operating system. Customers can choose from HP-supported RHEL or SLES distributions, or select community-supported Linux operating systems from the wider community. ("Linux-managed Reference Platforms" provide combined Linux OS & management solutions with HP support.)
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HP Insight Control for Linux |
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| Licensing Options |
HP Insight Control for Linux, Media pack (DVD) - No licenses included |
464422-B22 |
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HP Insight Control for Linux, No Media, 1-Server license, including one
year of 24x7 Technical Support and Updates |
464423-B22 |
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HP Insight Control for Linux, No Media, Flexible-Quantity-Server license,
including one year of 24x7 Technical Support and Updates |
464425-B22 |
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HP Insight Control for Linux, 8-Server license, including one year of
24x7 Technical Support and Updates, FIO |
464429-B22 |
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HP Insight Control for Linux, 16-Server license, including one year of
24x7 Technical Support and Updates, FIO |
464432-B22 |
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| HP Insight Control for Linux,
No Media, Tracking License including 1 year of 24x7 Technical Support and
Updates NOTE: For use with signed and implemented Activation Key Agreements (AKA) only. Purchase of this part number entitles the customer to deploy additional licenses of the product under the terms of the existing Activation Key Agreement. Includes one year of 24 x 7 HP Software Technical Support and Update Service. No physical components or license keys are delivered in conjunction with the purchase of this part number. For more information on Activation Key Agreements please visit: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantessentials/license/akalic.html |
535528-B21 |
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| HP Insight Control for Linux,
1-server license, including one year of 24x7 Technical Support and Updates,
Electronic NOTE: This part number can be purchased as a single license or as multiple licenses with a single activation key. Customer will receive a license entitlement certificate via e-mail. The license entitlement certificate must be redeemed online or via fax in order to obtain the license activation key(s). Includes one year of 24 x 7 HP Software Technical Support and Update Service. NOTE: Electronic LTUs are only available through limited points of sales; if not available, order a printed license entitlement certificate (xxxxxx-B22) instead. |
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| HP Linux-managed Reference
Platforms (RHEL Advanced Platform & HP Insight Control for Linux
with HP Support) |
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| RHEL Advanced Platform and HP
Insight Control for Linux,1-server Entitlement, No Media, 24x7 Support 1-year |
TC206A | |
| RHEL Advanced Platform and HP
Insight Control for Linux, 1-server Entitlement, No Media, 24x7 Support
3-year |
TC207A | |
| RHEL Advanced Platform and HP
Insight Control for Linux, 1-server Entitlement, No Media, 9x5 Support 1-year |
TC279A | |
| RHEL Advanced Platform and HP Insight Control for Linux, 1-server Entitlement, No Media, 9x5 Support 3-year | TC280A | |
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Standard Features
| Simplified Licensing |
Delivered on a single DVD for simplified installation and licensing, HP Insight Control for Linux (IC-Linux) contains HP SIM and key Insight software that provide total control, maximum flexibility and tangible savings from your investment in HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem infrastructure. HP Insight Control for Linux provides all necessary activation keys for licensing Deployment, Monitoring, Lifecycle management, HP Insight Virtual Machine Manager, HP Insight Power Manager, and HP iLO2 Advanced software. |
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| Easy-to-Use Installer | HP Insight Control for Linux provides a simple, easy-to-use installer which installs HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) software and all necessary plug-ins to support operating system deployment and advanced management and monitoring. The installer will gather configuration data and subsequently install all of the necessary components in one easy step. |
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| Integrated Infrastructure management |
HP Insight Control suite for Linux (HP IC-Linux), integrated
with the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) software platform running
on a Linux distribution, provides a unified, secure and extensible platform
to centrally manage servers, storage and other infrastructure devices
in a Linux multi-server environment.
HP SIM provides core management services that include device discovery and identification, event views, health monitoring, inventory data collection, alerts, and reporting. HP SIM is built on industry standards and is extensible with value-added Insight software and essential management software as well as with custom applications and scripts to meet individual management needs. HP IC-Linux provides flexibility to monitor, manage, and deploy software
to various types of managed systems:
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| Insight Control remote management | HP Insight Control for Linux (IC-Linux) uses HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO2) Advanced software to provide remote access and server control from a distance. Comprehensive, cost-effective Lights-Out management upgrades are provided for ProLiant servers that are managed using the iLO2 Standard remote consoles. HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 Advanced complements standard iLO2 capabilities with additional features that enable full remote control and remote access of your ProLiant servers in routine and emergency situations. HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 Advanced also includes remote console collaboration and replay of BIOS and POST (pre-OS) screens, enterprise security, virtual media and virtual folders, and power management functionality. |
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| Insight Control power management |
HP Insight Control for Linux (HP IC-Linux) delivers precise power and
thermal measurement and reporting for HP ProLiant ML/DL 300 and 500
series and HP ProLiant BladeSystem Infrastructure. Power capping functionality
complements existing power regulation technology by allowing customers
to limit power usage at a particular wattage or at a percentage of a
server's maximum power rating. New Dynamic Power Capping capabilities
increase the number of servers that can be deployed per circuit by as
much as 36%. Dynamic Power Capping for single servers allows you to
safely reclaim unused power and cooling capacity by limiting power usage
without risk of performance degradation or circuit over-subscription.
In BladeSystem enclosures the power budget can be dynamically shared
across multiple ProLiant BL servers for additional savings. Power management
alerts help you optimize Dynamic Power Capping settings by informing
you when power caps have been reached at the server or enclosure level.
These capabilities ensure that data center staff and IT managers have
the information they need to optimize server density within existing
power and cooling constraints and to ensure efficient use of power resources. |
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| Insight Control health & performance management |
HP Insight Control for Linux integrates an advanced set of health and performance management tools for controlling issues in your business-important x86 infrastructure. Extensive capabilities --which provide status, events, histories, thresholds, graphs, notifications, alerts, and reporting-- are designed to scale for large environments. Effectiveness of virtualized environments can be evaluated together with physical systems for an integrated perspective. Performance dashboards provide 'at-a-glance' performance assessments across all systems (physical & virtual) in large environments from a wide variety of metrics. And these management capabilities are flexible to allow user customization and extended capabilities for ultimate control over your environment. Key health and performance management features include:
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| Insight Control server deployment |
HP Insight Control for Linux delivers an integrated deployment
solution for HP ProLiant servers to improve productivity of system administrators
in multi-system Linux environments. Insight Control server deployment
enables scalable management to meet a wide variety of needs:
A user-controlled software repository provides
flexible control over content, with scheduling and customizations determined
by the user.
Productivity can be enhanced by using a one-to-many deployment mode or an 'avalanche' deployment mode for parallelized implementation in large environments. The user can also apply management actions to classes of servers for better utilization. (For example, firmware updates can be deployed using either of these modes to establish a group of servers at a specific revision level.) These capabilities scale the deployment and provisioning options for large environments. HP Insight Control for Linux supports deployments across the variety of HP BladeSystems and HP ProLiant servers, including IPMI-based DL160 & DL180 (rack) servers, DL10000 Multi-node servers, and Scalable (SL series) servers. The integration of these deployment capabilities with HP Systems Insight Manager software provides for efficient registration and management for Linux multi-system environments. |
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| Integrated Firmware Updates | Users of HP Insight Control for Linux can accelerate their version control processes using integrated system firmware update capabilities. HP Insight Control for Linux integrates HP system Update Manager (HPSUM) technology to enhance administrator productivity when dealing with firmware issues. Firmware updates can be deployed using the integrated server deployment tools, such as the parallelized deployment ('avalanche') processes which scale for use in large environments. When combined with update services for Linux operating systems, these capabilities form a solid foundation for effective version control in Linux environments. |
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| Insight Control virtual machine management | HP Insight Control for Linux (IC-Linux) includes HP Insight Control virtual machine management software for unified management and control of virtual environments. This affordable virtualization is based on XEN®, the open source hypervisor which is already provided with many Linux distributions. Capabilities include association of virtual machines with their physical hosts in HP SIM; monitoring performance of virtual machines and host servers; virtual machine control functions (e.g. start , stop, pause, suspend), and virtual machine recovery functions (e.g. copy, move). With unified management of physical and virtual resources, systems administrators now have the ability extend existing processes to the management of their virtualized infrastructure while leveraging best-in-class technology for deployment, monitoring, and control. |
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| Warranty |
HP will replace defective delivery media for a period of 90 days following the date of purchase. |
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| Software Support | HP offers a number of software support services, many of which are provided to our customers at no additional charge. Software Technical Support and Update Service - Insight Control for Linux and select Insight software products include one year of 24 x 7 HP Software Technical Support and Update Service. This service provides access to HP technical resources for assistance in resolving software implementation or operations problems. The service also provides access to software updates and reference manuals either in electronic form or on physical media as they are made available from HP. With this service, Insight Control and Insight software customers will benefit from expedited problem resolution as well as proactive notification and delivery of software updates. For more information about this service, see: http://www.hp.com/services/insight. Registration
for Software Technical Support and Update Service: Join the Discussion Software and Drivers Download Pages Management Security
(http://www.hp.com/servers/manage/security) |
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| Customer Usage Scenarios | |
| Usage Scenario 1 |
Linux-centric organizations managing complex growing
environments with a variety of open source tools and utilities.
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| Usage Scenario 2 |
Teams, workgroups, and departments
that flexibly manage clusters to enhance their output.
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| Usage Scenario 3 |
Large organizations needing productivity to manage business-critical
applications on Linux.
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Hardware Support
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HP Server Hardware Platforms
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HP Insight Control for Linux (HP IC-Linux) supports management of HP ProLiant c-Class server blades (c3000 and c7000), HP ProLiant DL Series servers (including IPMI-servers like DL160s and DL180s, DL1000 multi-node), HP ProLiant ML300 Series servers, and HP ProLiant Scalable SL series servers. [HP ProLiant p-Class BladeSystems servers are also supported for customers upgrading from the previous software product (HP ICLE).] Customers are encouraged to consult the HP Insight Control for Linux Support Matrix or individual QuickSpecs for the products listed in the "Included Products" section for specifics on platform support. The HP SIM Central Management Server (CMS) is the server on which HP SIM and the IC-Linux software is installed. The server hardware hosting HP IC-Linux must meet the following minimum requirements |
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HP ProLiant c-Class blade server, p-Class blade server,
DL series server, or SL series server.
All of these servers have processor architectures of x86, AMD64, or EM64T. For specific model numbers and firmware requirements, see the HP ICE-Linux v2.11 Support Matrix. |
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At least 4 GB RAM |
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At least 2.0 GHz (single processor) or higher |
| Disk Space |
At least 15 GB |
| DVD drive | Local or mapped DVD drive required |
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Software Support
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Customers are encouraged to consult the Support Matrix for HP Insight
Control for Linux for specifics on operating system support for managed
systems. The HP SIM Central Management Server (CMS) is the server on which HP SIM and the IC-Linux software is installed. HP SIM v5.3 is bundled with the HP IC-Linux media and does not have to be pre-installed on the CMS. The server software hosting HP ICE-Linux must meet the following minimum requirements |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 3 (Server Edition) |
| File System | ext2, ext3 ReiserFS Logical Volume Manager (LVM) |
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SNMP |
| Other Software |
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 or 2.0.0.16 -or- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
SP2 or 7 |
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Other product information
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Additional product materials are available from the HP Insight Control for Linux web pages at: http://www.hp.com/go/ice-linux |
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Related Options
| Service and Support Offerings (HP Care Pack Services) |
HP Installation and Startup Service for HP Insight Control for Linux |
UF372E
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HP Insight Control for Linux. 3 year 24x7 Unlimited Software Support
for 1 server, including technical support and Software updates |
UK128E
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HP Insight Control for Linux. 4 year 24x7 Unlimited Software Support
for 1 server, including technical support and Software updates |
UK129E
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HP Insight Control for Linux. 5 year 24x7 Unlimited Software Support
for 1 server, including technical support and Software updates |
UK130E
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HP Insight Control for Linux, 3 year, 24x7 Unlimited Software Support
for 8 servers, including technical support and Software updates |
UK131E
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HP Insight Control for Linux, 4 year, 24x7 Unlimited Software Support
for 8 servers, including technical support and Software updates |
UK132E
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HP Insight Control for Linux, 5 year, 24x7 Unlimited Software Support
for 8-servers, including technical support and Software updates |
UK133E
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HP Insight Control for Linux, 3 year, 24x7 Unlimited Software Support
for 16 servers, including technical support and Software updates |
UK134E
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HP Insight Control for Linux, 4 year, 24x7 Unlimited Software Support
for 16 servers, including technical support and Software updates |
UK135E
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HP Insight Control for Linux, 5 year, 24x7 Unlimited Software Support
for 16 servers, including technical support and Software updates |
UK136E
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| NOTE: For more information, customer/resellers can contact: http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack/services/ | ||
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| Environment-friendly Products and Approach | End-of-life Management and Recycling |
Hewlett-Packard offers end-of-life HP product return, trade-in, and recycling programs in many geographic areas. For trade-in information, please go to http://www.hp.com/go/green. To recycle your product, please go to: http://www.hp.com/go/green or contact your nearest HP sales office. Products returned to HP will be recycled, recovered or disposed of in a responsible manner. The EU WEEE directive (2002/95/EC) requires manufacturers
to provide treatment information for each product type for use by treatment
facilities. This information (product disassembly instructions) is posted
on the Hewlett Packard web site at: http://www.hp.com/go/green.
These instructions may be used by recyclers and other WEEE treatment
facilities as well as HP OEM customers who integrate and re-sell HP
equipment.
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