Document Outline

• HP OneView 1.10 User Guide
• Part I Learning about HP OneView
  • 1 Learning about HP OneView
    • 1.1 HP OneView for converged infrastructure management
    • 1.2 Provisioning features
      • 1.2.1 Server profiles
      • 1.2.2 Groups, templates, and sets
      • 1.2.3 Streamlined process for bringing hardware under management
      • 1.2.4 Operating system deployment
      • 1.2.5 Storage provisioning and management
    • 1.3 Firmware and configuration change management features
      • 1.3.1 Simplified firmware management
      • 1.3.2 Simplified configuration change management
    • 1.4 Monitoring and response features
      • 1.4.1 Data center environmental management
      • 1.4.2 Resource utilization monitoring
      • 1.4.3 Activity and health management
      • 1.4.4 Hardware and firmware inventory information
    • 1.5 Backup and restore features
    • 1.6 Security features
    • 1.7 Availability features
    • 1.8 Graphical and programmatic interfaces
    • 1.9 Integration with other management software
    • 1.10 Open integration
    • 1.11 Convenient licensing model
    • 1.12 Networking features
  • 2 Understanding the resource model
    • 2.1 Resource model summary diagram
    • 2.2 Server profiles
    • 2.3 Connection templates
    • 2.4 Connections
    • 2.5 Server hardware types
    • 2.6 Server hardware
    • 2.7 Enclosure groups
    • 2.8 Enclosure types
    • 2.9 Enclosures
    • 2.10 Interconnect types
    • 2.11 Interconnects
    • 2.12 Logical interconnect groups
    • 2.13 Logical interconnects
    • 2.14 Uplink sets
    • 2.15 Networks
    • 2.16 Network sets
    • 2.17 Switches
    • 2.18 Storage Systems
    • 2.19 Storage Pools
    • 2.20 Volumes
    • 2.21 Volume Templates
    • 2.22 SAN Managers
    • 2.23 Domains
    • 2.24 Appliance
    • 2.25 Resources related to data center facilities
      • 2.25.1 Data centers
      • 2.25.2 Racks
      • 2.25.3 Power delivery devices
      • 2.25.4 Unmanaged devices
  • 3 Understanding the security features of the appliance
    • 3.1 Securing the appliance
    • 3.2 Best practices for maintaining a secure appliance
    • 3.3 Creating a login session
    • 3.4 Authentication for appliance access
    • 3.5 Controlling access for authorized users
      • 3.5.1 Specifying user accounts and roles
    • 3.6 Protecting credentials
    • 3.7 Understanding the audit log
    • 3.8 Choosing a policy for the audit log
    • 3.9 Appliance access over SSL
    • 3.10 Managing certificates from a browser
      • 3.10.1 Self-signed certificate
        • 3.10.1.1 Verifying a certificate
        • 3.10.1.2 Downloading and importing a self-signed certificate
      • 3.10.2 Using a certificate authority
    • 3.11 Browser best practices for a secure environment
    • 3.12 Nonbrowser clients
      • 3.12.1 Passwords
      • 3.12.2 SSL connection
    • 3.13 Ports required for HP OneView
    • 3.14 Controlling access to the appliance console
      • 3.14.1 Enabling or disabling authorized services access
      • 3.14.2 Restricting console access
    • 3.15 Algorithms for securing the appliance
    • 3.16 Files you can download from the appliance
  • 4 Navigating the graphical user interface
    • 4.1 Browsers
      • 4.1.1 Supported browsers
      • 4.1.2 Commonly used browser features and settings
      • 4.1.3 Set the browser for US or metric units of measurement
    • 4.2 About the graphical user interface
    • 4.3 Activity sidebar
      • 4.3.1 About the Activity sidebar
      • 4.3.2 Activity sidebar details
      • 4.3.3 Expand or collapse the Activity sidebar
    • 4.4 Banner and main menu
    • 4.5 Button functions
    • 4.6 Filters sidebar
    • 4.7 Help sidebar
    • 4.8 Icon descriptions
      • 4.8.1 Status and severity icons
      • 4.8.2 User control icons
      • 4.8.3 Informational icons
    • 4.9 Labels screen details
    • 4.10 Map view screen details
    • 4.11 Notifications area
    • 4.12 Log out of the appliance
    • 4.13 Perform an action on multiple resources
    • 4.14 Search help topics
      • 4.14.1 About help system search results
    • 4.15 Search resources
    • 4.16 View resources according to their health status
      • 4.16.1 Reset the health status view
    • 4.17 View resources by label
  • 5 Using the REST APIs and other programmatic interfaces
    • 5.1 Resource operations
    • 5.2 Return codes
    • 5.3 URI format
    • 5.4 Resource model format
    • 5.5 Log in to the appliance using REST APIs
    • 5.6 REST API version and backward compatibility
    • 5.7 Asynchronous versus synchronous operations
    • 5.8 Task resource
    • 5.9 Error handling
    • 5.10 Concurrency control using etags
    • 5.11 Querying resources and pagination using common REST API parameters
    • 5.12 State-Change Message Bus
    • 5.13 Developer tools in a web browser
    • 5.14 PowerShell and Python code sample libraries
  • 6 Accessing documentation and help
    • 6.1 Online help—conceptual and task information as you need it
    • 6.2 This user guide supplements the online help
    • 6.3 Where to find HP OneView documentation
    • 6.4 Enabling off-appliance browsing of UI HTML help and REST API HTML help
• Part II Planning tasks
  • 7 Planning your data center resources
    • 7.1 How many data centers?
    • 7.2 Security planning
    • 7.3 Preparing your data center network switches
    • 7.4 Planning for a dual-stack implementation
    • 7.5 Planning your resource names
    • 7.6 Planning the appliance configuration
      • 7.6.1 Appliance VM and host requirements
      • 7.6.2 Planning for high availability
      • 7.6.3 Where to create the virtual machine
      • 7.6.4 Separate networks for data and management
      • 7.6.5 Time clocks and NTP
      • 7.6.6 IP addresses
  • 8 Planning for configuration changes
    • 8.1 Configuration changes that require or result in resource outages
    • 8.2 Configuration changes that might require changes to multiple resources
      • 8.2.1 Adding a network
      • 8.2.2 Adding an enclosure
• Part III Configuration quick starts
  • 9 Quick Start: Initial Configuration
    • 9.1 Process overview
    • 9.2 First time setup: configuration tasks
  • 10 Quick Start: Adding a network to an existing appliance environment
    • 10.1 Process
  • 11 Quick Start: Adding an enclosure and connecting its server blades to networks
    • 11.1 Checklist: connecting a server blade to a data center network
    • 11.2 Scenario 1: Adding the enclosure to an existing enclosure group
    • 11.3 Scenario 2: Defining network connectivity before the enclosure is added
    • 11.4 Scenario 3: Defining network connectivity as you add the enclosure
  • 12 Quick Start: Configuring an enclosure and server blade for Direct attach to an HP 3PAR Storage System
    • 12.1 Process
  • 13 Quick Start: Adding an HP ProLiant DL rack mount server
    • 13.1 Process
  • 14 Quick Start: Adding an active/active network configuration
    • 14.1 Process
  • 15 Quick Start: Migrating from an active/standby to an active/active network configuration
    • 15.1 Process
• Part IV Configuration and management
  • 16 Managing server hardware and server profiles
    • 16.1 Managing server hardware
      • 16.1.1 Roles
      • 16.1.2 Tasks for server hardware
      • 16.1.3 Server hardware management features
      • 16.1.4 Prerequisites for bringing server hardware under management
      • 16.1.5 About server hardware
        • 16.1.5.1 How the appliance handles unsupported hardware
        • 16.1.5.2 About unsupported server hardware
        • 16.1.5.3 About unmanaged devices
      • 16.1.6 Tasks for server hardware types
      • 16.1.7 About server hardware types
      • 16.1.8 Effects of managing server hardware iLOs
    • 16.2 Managing server profiles
      • 16.2.1 Roles
      • 16.2.2 Tasks for server profiles
      • 16.2.3 About server profiles
    • 16.3 Learning more
  • 17 Managing licenses
    • 17.1 UI screens and REST API resources
    • 17.2 Roles
    • 17.3 Tasks for licenses
    • 17.4 About licensing
      • 17.4.1 License types
      • 17.4.2 License delivery
      • 17.4.3 License reporting
      • 17.4.4 View license status
    • 17.5 Server hardware licensing
      • 17.5.1 Server blade licensing at the enclosure level
      • 17.5.2 Rack mount server licensing
      • 17.5.3 Licensing and utilization statistics
      • 17.5.4 Licensing scenarios
    • 17.6 Learning more
  • 18 Managing networks and network resources
    • 18.1 Roles
    • 18.2 Tasks for networks
      • 18.2.1 Tasks for Fibre Channel networks
      • 18.2.2 Tasks for Ethernet networks
    • 18.3 About network connectivity
    • 18.4 About network sets
    • 18.5 About Fibre Channel networks
      • 18.5.1 Fibre Channel network types
      • 18.5.2 Fabric attach Fibre Channel networks
      • 18.5.3 Direct attach Fibre Channel networks
      • 18.5.4 Fibre Channel networks and FCoE
    • 18.6 About Ethernet networks
      • 18.6.1 About tagged Ethernet networks
      • 18.6.2 About untagged Ethernet networks
      • 18.6.3 About tunnel Ethernet networks
      • 18.6.4 Managing Ethernet networks
    • 18.7 Data center switch port requirements
    • 18.8 Learning more
  • 19 Managing interconnects, logical interconnects, and logical interconnect groups
    • 19.1 Managing enclosure interconnect hardware
      • 19.1.1 Roles
      • 19.1.2 Tasks for interconnects
      • 19.1.3 About interconnects
      • 19.1.4 Learning more
    • 19.2 Managing logical interconnects and logical interconnect groups
      • 19.2.1 Roles
      • 19.2.2 Tasks for logical interconnects
      • 19.2.3 About logical interconnects
        • 19.2.3.1 Uplink Sets
        • 19.2.3.2 Stacking modes and stacking links
        • 19.2.3.3 Adding or deleting a logical interconnect
        • 19.2.3.4 About the HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric–20/40 F8 interconnect module
      • 19.2.4 About logical interconnect groups
      • 19.2.5 About active/active and active/standby configurations
        • 19.2.5.1 About active/standby configurations
        • 19.2.5.2 About active/active configurations
          • 19.2.5.2.1 Requirements and best practices for an active/active configuration
          • 19.2.5.2.2 Sample active/active configuration
      • 19.2.6 About loop and pause flood protection
      • 19.2.7 About SNMP settings
      • 19.2.8 Update the logical interconnect configuration from the logical interconnect group
      • 19.2.9 Configure a port to monitor network traffic
      • 19.2.10 Learning more
  • 20 Managing enclosures and enclosure groups
    • 20.1 Prerequisites for bringing an enclosure under management
    • 20.2 Roles
    • 20.3 Tasks for enclosures
    • 20.4 About enclosures
      • 20.4.1 About unmanaged and unsupported enclosures
    • 20.5 About enclosure groups
    • 20.6 Configuring an enclosure with an OA configuration script
      • 20.6.1 About OA configuration scripts
      • 20.6.2 View or download OA command documentation
      • 20.6.3 Disallowed OA commands
    • 20.7 Effects of managing an enclosure
    • 20.8 Learning more
  • 21 Managing firmware for managed devices
    • 21.1 Tasks for firmware
    • 21.2 About the appliance firmware repository
    • 21.3 About unsupported firmware
    • 21.4 The firmware update process
    • 21.5 Best practices for firmware
    • 21.6 Learning more
  • 22 Managing power, temperature, and the data center
    • 22.1 Managing power
      • 22.1.1 Roles
      • 22.1.2 Tasks for managing power
      • 22.1.3 About power delivery devices
    • 22.2 Managing your data center
      • 22.2.1 Roles
      • 22.2.2 Tasks for data centers
      • 22.2.3 About data centers
    • 22.3 Managing racks
      • 22.3.1 Roles
      • 22.3.2 Tasks for racks
      • 22.3.3 About racks
    • 22.4 Learning more
  • 23 Managing storage
    • 23.1 Storage systems
      • 23.1.1 Roles
      • 23.1.2 Tasks
      • 23.1.3 About storage systems
    • 23.2 Storage pools
      • 23.2.1 Roles
      • 23.2.2 Tasks
      • 23.2.3 About storage pools
    • 23.3 Volumes
      • 23.3.1 Roles
      • 23.3.2 Tasks
      • 23.3.3 About volumes
    • 23.4 Volume templates
      • 23.4.1 Roles
      • 23.4.2 Tasks
      • 23.4.3 About volume templates
    • 23.5 SAN Managers
      • 23.5.1 Roles
      • 23.5.2 Tasks
      • 23.5.3 About SAN managers
    • 23.6 Learning more
  • 24 Managing switches
    • 24.1 Roles
    • 24.2 Tasks for switches
    • 24.3 About switches
    • 24.4 Learning more
  • 25 Managing users and authentication
    • 25.1 Roles
    • 25.2 Tasks for managing users and groups
    • 25.3 About user accounts
    • 25.4 About user roles
    • 25.5 Action privileges for user roles
    • 25.6 About authentication settings
    • 25.7 About directory service authentication
    • 25.8 Managing user passwords
    • 25.9 Reset the administrator password
    • 25.10 Learning more
  • 26 Backing up an appliance
    • 26.1 Roles
    • 26.2 About backing up the appliance
    • 26.3 Best practices for backing up an appliance
    • 26.4 Determining your backup policy
    • 26.5 Back up an appliance
    • 26.6 Using REST APIs to create and download an appliance backup file
    • 26.7 Creating a custom script to create and download an appliance backup file
    • 26.8 Learning more
  • 27 Managing the appliance
    • 27.1 Updating the appliance
      • 27.1.1 Roles
      • 27.1.2 Tasks
      • 27.1.3 About appliance updates
      • 27.1.4 Learning more
    • 27.2 Managing appliance availability
      • 27.2.1 Roles
      • 27.2.2 Tasks
      • 27.2.3 Best practices for managing a VM appliance
      • 27.2.4 Shut down the appliance
      • 27.2.5 Restart the appliance
      • 27.2.6 How the appliance handles an unexpected shutdown
    • 27.3 Managing the appliance settings
      • 27.3.1 Roles
      • 27.3.2 Tasks for appliance settings
      • 27.3.3 About appliance SNMP settings
      • 27.3.4 Learning more
    • 27.4 Managing addresses and ID pools
      • 27.4.1 Roles
      • 27.4.2 Tasks for addresses and identifiers
    • 27.5 Managing the security features of the appliance
    • 27.6 Enabling or disabling HP support access to the appliance
      • 27.6.1 Roles
      • 27.6.2 Tasks
    • 27.7 Managing SSL certificates
      • 27.7.1 Roles
      • 27.7.2 Tasks
      • 27.7.3 Learning more
    • 27.8 Managing the HP public key
      • 27.8.1 Roles
      • 27.8.2 Tasks
    • 27.9 Downloading audit logs
      • 27.9.1 Roles
      • 27.9.2 Tasks
      • 27.9.3 Learning more
• Part V Monitoring
  • 28 Monitoring data center status, health, and performance
    • 28.1 Daily monitoring
      • 28.1.1 Initial check: the Dashboard
      • 28.1.2 Activities
      • 28.1.3 Utilization graphs
      • 28.1.4 Monitor data center temperature
    • 28.2 Best practices for monitoring data centers
      • 28.2.1 Best practices for monitoring health with the appliance UI
      • 28.2.2 Best practices for monitoring health using REST APIs
    • 28.3 Managing activities
      • 28.3.1 About Activity
      • 28.3.2 Activity types: alerts and tasks
        • 28.3.2.1 About alerts
        • 28.3.2.2 About tasks
      • 28.3.3 Activity states
      • 28.3.4 Activity statuses
    • 28.4 Using the Dashboard screen
      • 28.4.1 About the Dashboard
      • 28.4.2 Dashboard screen details
      • 28.4.3 How to interpret the Dashboard graphs
  • 29 Monitoring power and temperature
    • 29.1 Monitoring power and temperature with the UI
      • 29.1.1 Monitoring data center temperature
        • 29.1.1.1 Manipulating the view of the data center visualization
      • 29.1.2 Monitoring power and temperature utilization
        • 29.1.2.1 About the Utilization panel
        • 29.1.2.2 About utilization graphs and meters
          • 29.1.2.2.1 Power utilization metrics
          • 29.1.2.2.2 Temperature utilization metrics
    • 29.2 REST API power and temperature monitoring
      • 29.2.1 Update enclosure power capacity settings
      • 29.2.2 Update server hardware power capacity settings
  • 30 Using the State-Change Message Bus (SCMB)
    • 30.1 Connect to the SCMB
    • 30.2 Set up a queue to connect to the HP OneView SCMB exchange
    • 30.3 JSON structure of message received from the SCMB
    • 30.4 .NET C# code example
    • 30.5 Java code example
    • 30.6 Python code examples
      • 30.6.1 Prerequisites
      • 30.6.2 Pika
      • 30.6.3 AMQP
    • 30.7 Re-create the AMQP client certificate
• Part VI Troubleshooting
  • 31 Troubleshooting
    • 31.1 Basic troubleshooting techniques
    • 31.2 Create a support dump file
    • 31.3 Create a support dump for authorized technical support using REST API scripting
    • 31.4 Troubleshooting locale issues
    • 31.5 Troubleshooting activity
      • 31.5.1 Alerts do not behave as expected
    • 31.6 Troubleshooting the appliance
      • 31.6.1 Appliance performance
      • 31.6.2 Unexpected appliance shutdown
      • 31.6.3 Appliance update is unsuccessful
      • 31.6.4 Cannot create a support dump file
      • 31.6.5 Cannot create or import a certificate
      • 31.6.6 Cannot create or download a backup file
      • 31.6.7 Restore action was unsuccessful
      • 31.6.8 Cannot restart or shut down appliance
      • 31.6.9 VM does not restart when the vSphere VM host time is manually set
      • 31.6.10 Reinstall the remote console
    • 31.7 Troubleshooting the appliance network setup
      • 31.7.1 First-time setup
      • 31.7.2 Appliance cannot access the network
    • 31.8 Troubleshooting enclosures and enclosures groups
      • 31.8.1 Add or remove enclosure is unsuccessful
      • 31.8.2 Add server blade is unsuccessful
      • 31.8.3 Invalid OA certificate
      • 31.8.4 Replace an OA or add a redundant OA
    • 31.9 Troubleshooting firmware bundles
      • 31.9.1 Incorrect credentials
      • 31.9.2 Lost iLO connectivity
      • 31.9.3 HP SUM errors
    • 31.10 Troubleshooting interconnects
      • 31.10.1 Interconnect edit is unsuccessful
      • 31.10.2 Interconnect modules are in Maintenance state
      • 31.10.3 Interconnect modules are in Unmanaged state
      • 31.10.4 Replace an HP Virtual Connect interconnect in a managed enclosure
    • 31.11 Troubleshooting licensing
      • 31.11.1 Restore a license key that has been erased from an enclosure OA
      • 31.11.2 The license assigned does not match the type specified
    • 31.12 Troubleshooting logical interconnects
      • 31.12.1 I/O bay occupancy errors
      • 31.12.2 Uplink set warnings or errors
      • 31.12.3 Physical interconnect warnings or errors
    • 31.13 Troubleshooting networks
      • 31.13.1 Network create operation is unsuccessful
    • 31.14 Troubleshooting server hardware
      • 31.14.1 Server add or remove is unsuccessful
      • 31.14.2 Cannot control power on server blade
      • 31.14.3 Lost connectivity to server hardware after appliance restarts
      • 31.14.4 Replace a server blade with an assigned server profile
      • 31.14.5 Replace a server adapter on server hardware with an assigned server profile
    • 31.15 Troubleshooting server profiles
      • 31.15.1 Server profile is not created or updated correctly
      • 31.15.2 What to do when you cannot apply the server profile
      • 31.15.3 Profile operations are not successful
    • 31.16 Troubleshooting storage
      • 31.16.1 Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) SAN manager fails to add
      • 31.16.2 Unable to establish connection with Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) SAN manager
      • 31.16.3 Volume not available to server hardware
      • 31.16.4 Volume has been moved to a storage pool that is not managed by the appliance
      • 31.16.5 Target port failure
    • 31.17 Troubleshooting switches
      • 31.17.1 Switch communications
    • 31.18 Troubleshooting user accounts
      • 31.18.1 Incorrect privileges
      • 31.18.2 Unauthenticated user or group
      • 31.18.3 User public key is not accepted
      • 31.18.4 Directory service not available
      • 31.18.5 Cannot add directory service
      • 31.18.6 Cannot add server for a directory service
      • 31.18.7 Cannot add directory group
  • 32 Restoring an appliance from a backup file
    • 32.1 Roles
    • 32.2 About restoring the appliance
    • 32.3 Best practices for restoring an appliance
    • 32.4 Restore an appliance from a backup file
    • 32.5 Using REST APIs to restore an appliance from a backup file
    • 32.6 Creating a custom script to restore an appliance
    • 32.7 Post-restoration tasks
• 33 Support and other resources
  • 33.1 Gather information before contacting an authorized support representative
  • 33.2 How to contact HP
  • 33.3 Get connected to the HP OneView online user forum
  • 33.4 Software technical support and software updates
    • 33.4.1 Registering for software technical support
    • 33.4.2 Using your software technical support and update service
    • 33.4.3 Obtaining HP OneView software and firmware updates
    • 33.4.4 Obtaining software and drivers for HP ProLiant products
    • 33.4.5 Warranty
  • 33.5 Related information
    • 33.5.1 Product bulletins and Quick Specs for all HP products
    • 33.5.2 HP OneView documentation and websites
    • 33.5.3 Enclosure, iLO, and server hardware documentation and websites
    • 33.5.4 HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage documentation and websites
    • 33.5.5 HP Virtual Connect documentation and websites
    • 33.5.6 Finding documents on the HP Support Center website
  • 33.6 Submit documentation feedback
• A Step by step: Configuring an example data center using HP OneView
  • A.1 Tasks you can perform without data center hardware
  • A.2 Information about the sample data center
    • A.2.1 Sample data center hardware
    • A.2.2 Data center networks
      • A.2.2.1 Fibre Channel networks
      • A.2.2.2 Ethernet Networks
  • A.3 Planning the configuration
    • A.3.1 Planning for installation of the appliance
    • A.3.2 Planning for network sets
    • A.3.3 Planning for users and roles
    • A.3.4 Planning resource names
  • A.4 Installing the appliance
  • A.5 Provisioning eight host servers for VMware vSphere Auto Deploy
    • A.5.1 Workflow
    • A.5.2 Downloading the latest firmware bundle and adding it to the appliance
    • A.5.3 Configuring the networks and network sets
      • A.5.3.1 Configuring the Fibre Channel SAN networks
      • A.5.3.2 Configuring the Ethernet networks
      • A.5.3.3 Configuring the network sets
    • A.5.4 Creating a logical interconnect group and its uplink sets
      • A.5.4.1 Creating a logical interconnect group for enclosure 1
      • A.5.4.2 Creating a logical interconnect group for enclosure 2
    • A.5.5 Creating an enclosure group for enclosure 1
    • A.5.6 Adding enclosure 1
    • A.5.7 Viewing the server hardware types
    • A.5.8 Creating a server profile to use as a template
    • A.5.9 Copying the template server profile to four servers
    • A.5.10 Creating an enclosure group for enclosure 2
    • A.5.11 Adding enclosure 2
    • A.5.12 Creating a server profile for enclosure 2
    • A.5.13 Copying the second template server profile to four servers
  • A.6 Bringing an HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 rack mount server under management
    • A.6.1 Workflow
    • A.6.2 Adding the server hardware
    • A.6.3 Powering on the server
    • A.6.4 Viewing information about the server
    • A.6.5 Adding a license for the server
  • A.7 Adding a storage system to the data center
    • A.7.1 Adding an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system
      • A.7.1.1 Adding an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system to the appliance
      • A.7.1.2 Creating volumes and adding external volumes
      • A.7.1.3 Creating Direct attach networks and adding them to the uplink sets
      • A.7.1.4 Adding a SAN manager and associating its managed SANs with Fibre channel networks
      • A.7.1.5 Attaching volumes to a sever profile to make them available to server hardware
• B Using the virtual appliance console
  • B.1 Using the virtual appliance console
• C Backup and restore script examples
  • C.1 Sample backup script
  • C.2 Sample restore script
• Index