Integrated management log, Intelligent provisioning, Hp insight diagnostics – HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 Server Blade User Manual

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The Agentless Management Service is available in the SPP, which is a disk image (.iso) that you can

download from the HP website (

http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download

). The Active Health System log can

be downloaded manually from HP iLO or HP Intelligent Provisioning and sent to HP. For more information,

see the HP iLO User Guide or HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide on the HP website

(

http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/docs

).

Integrated Management Log

The IML records hundreds of events and stores them in an easy-to-view form. The IML timestamps each event

with 1-minute granularity.
You can view recorded events in the IML in several ways, including the following:

From within HP SIM

From within operating system-specific IML viewers

o

For Windows: IML Viewer

o

For Linux: IML Viewer Application

From within the HP iLO user interface

From within HP Insight Diagnostics (on page

48

)

Intelligent Provisioning

Several packaging changes have taken place with HP ProLiant Gen8 servers: SmartStart CDs and the Smart
Update Firmware DVD will no longer ship with these new server blades. Instead, the deployment capability

is embedded in the server blade as part of HP iLO Management Engine’s Intelligent Provisioning.
Intelligent Provisioning is an essential single-server deployment tool embedded in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers

that simplifies HP ProLiant server setup, providing a reliable and consistent way to deploy HP ProLiant server

configurations.

Intelligent Provisioning assists with the OS installation process by preparing the system for installing

"off-the-shelf" versions of leading operating system software and automatically integrating optimized
HP ProLiant server support software from SPP. SPP is the installation package for operating

system-specific bundles of HP ProLiant optimized drivers, utilities, management agents, and system

firmware.

Intelligent Provisioning provides maintenance-related tasks through Perform Maintenance features.

Intelligent Provisioning provides installation help for Microsoft Windows, Red Hat and SUSE Linux, and
VMware. For specific OS support, see the HP Intelligent Provisioning Release Notes.

For more information on Intelligent Provisioning software, see the HP website (

http://www.hp.com/go/ilo

).

For more information about Intelligent Provisioning drivers, firmware, and SPP, see the HP website
(

http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download

).

HP Insight Diagnostics

HP Insight Diagnostics is a proactive server blade management tool, available in both offline and online

versions, that provides diagnostics and troubleshooting capabilities to assist IT administrators who verify

server blade installations, troubleshoot problems, and perform repair validation.
HP Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition performs various in-depth system and component testing while the OS
is not running. To run this utility, boot the server blade using Intelligent Provisioning (on page

48

).

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