Installation, Installation overview, Preinstallation checklist – HP ProLiant BL465c Server Blade User Manual

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Installation 9

Installation

Installation overview

To install the HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007:

1.

Download the appropriate management pack from the HP website

(

http://www.hp.com/servers/integration

), and unzip the file.

2.

Unzip the self-extractable executable kit and select the appropriate management pack to install.
The following table shows the kits available for selection.

Kit name

File name

Description

HP BladeSystem Enclosure

Management Pack 1.0 for

System Center Essentials
2007 (x86)

HPBladeSystemMPforSCE1_0x

86.msi

Used to install HP BladeSystem Enclosure

management capability where System Center

Essentials is operating in an x86 environment.

HP BladeSystem Enclosure
Management Pack 1.0 for

System Center Essentials

2007 (x64)

HPBladeSystemMPforSCE1_0x
64.msi

Used to install HP BladeSystem Enclosure
management capability where System Center

Essentials is operating in an x64 environment.

3.

Install the HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007 into the

System Center Essentials environment.

4.

The installer automatically imports the management packs to the System Center Essentials 2007.

5.

Register the HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures in the HP BladeSystem Enclosure Monitor Manager

tool launched during the last steps of the installation.

6.

Complete the post-installation procedures to discover and display HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures
in the System Center Essentials 2007 console.

Preinstallation checklist

Before installing the HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007,

the following requirements must be met:

Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007 is properly installed on the system. The HP BladeSystem

Management Pack is not for use on systems running Microsoft® System Center Operations Manager
2007.

The HP ProLiant Server Management Pack 1.0 for System Center Essentials 2007 is properly
installed.

The appropriate versions of firmware are installed on HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure. The latest
support information is listed in the Microsoft® System Center Integrations Support Matrix.

A network connection has been established from the System Center Essentials 2007 server to the
managed HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures and the HP Onboard Administrator Web console. This

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