HP ProLiant Support Pack (User Guide) User Manual

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Description/Benefit

Component

Storage—Linux

hpahcisr

—A closed-source driver for the Smart Array B110i controller,

which does not ship in Red Hat or SUSE.

hpsa

and cciss—Includes the latest support for Smart Array controllers

and bug fixes. For this release includes improved support for kdump.

mptlinux

—Includes csmi code to support HP Storage Agents.

hpvsa

—Driver for the Dynamic Smart Array.

Includes the latest support and bug fixes for Fibre Channel and FCoE options.

Fibre Channel and FCoE—Windows

Fibre Channel and FCoE—Linux

The iLO firmware performs server monitoring tasks. Therefore, no operating
system resources are used to run management agents.

HP Agentless Management service

The HP ACU is a web-based application that helps you configure HP ProLiant
SMART-2 Array Controllers, HP ProLiant Smart Array Controllers, HP ProLiant

Windows—ACU

Linux—ACU

Integrated Smart Array Controllers, and HP ProLiant StorageWorks RAID Array
Controllers.

You can use the ACU for several tasks such as initially configuring the array
controller, adding disk drives to an existing configuration, or reconfiguring
your array controller.

VCA enables management of the HP ProLiant software and firmware on the
system, in conjunction with HP VCRM.

Windows—VCA

Linux—VCA

HP Insight Management Agents help IT administrators rapidly respond to
potential and actual system failures, increase system stability, reduce

Windows—Health/Agents/Platform
SW

troubleshooting complexity, and minimize downtime by providing predictive
fault management.

Linux—Health/Agents/Platform SW

Health provides system management support, including monitoring of server
components, event logging, and support for the HP Insight Management Agents.

The HP Insight Diagnostics utility allows you to view critical computer hardware
and software configuration information from various sources, saving it as a
history of multiple sessions.

Windows—Diagnostics

Linux—Diagnostics

Running the utility enables you to resolve server issues without taking the server
offline, maximizing server availability. Insight Diagnostics includes a web
browser interface in addition to the command-line interface in an online mode.
This feature enables remote control of the utility and facilitates easy transfer of
configuration information from remote machines to a service provider.

HP Insight Providers include server, storage, and network providers as well as
WMI-based SMH.

Windows—WBEM

These providers are all packaged in a single Smart Component, which is
included with the Windows PSP. This feature enables you to install, uninstall,
and update the Insight Providers as a single entity.

The HP Insight Management WBEM Providers supply system management data
through the WMI framework for HP ProLiant server platforms and options.

SMH is a web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single system
management for HP servers running the HP-UX, Linux, and Windows operating

SMH

systems. HP SMH aggregates and displays data from Web Agents and other
HP Web-enabled System Management Software that includes:

HP Insight Diagnostics

Array Configuration Utility

HP Software Version Control Agents

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Introduction

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