Document Outline

• HP OneView 1.0 User Guide
• Contents
• Part I Learning about HP OneView
  • 1 Learning about HP OneView
    • 1.1 HP OneView for converged infrastructure management
    • 1.2 Hardware and software 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
    • 1.3 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 Alert 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 HP 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 Domains
    • 2.18 Appliance
    • 2.19 Resources related data center facilities
      • 2.19.1 Data centers
      • 2.19.2 Racks
      • 2.19.3 Power delivery devices
      • 2.19.4 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 Appliance access over SSL
    • 3.9 Managing certificates from a browser
      • 3.9.1 Overview
      • 3.9.2 Self-signed certificate
        • 3.9.2.1 Verifying a certificate
        • 3.9.2.2 Downloading and importing a self-signed certificate
      • 3.9.3 Using a certificate authority
    • 3.10 Browser best practices for a secure environment
    • 3.11 Nonbrowser clients
      • 3.11.1 Passwords
      • 3.11.2 SSL connection
    • 3.12 Ports needed for HP OneView
    • 3.13 Access to the appliance console
      • 3.13.1 Enabling or disabling authorized services access
      • 3.13.2 Restricting console access
    • 3.14 Algorithms for securing the appliance
    • 3.15 Downloads from the appliance
  • 4 Navigating the graphical user interface
    • 4.1 Browsers
      • 4.1.1 Supported browsers
      • 4.1.2 Required plug-ins and settings
      • 4.1.3 Commonly used browser features and settings
      • 4.1.4 Set the browser for US or metric units of measurement
    • 4.2 About the graphical user interface
    • 4.3 About 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 Map view screen details
    • 4.10 Notifications area
    • 4.11 Log out of the appliance
    • 4.12 Search help topics
      • 4.12.1 About help system search results
    • 4.13 Search resources
    • 4.14 View resources according to their health status
      • 4.14.1 Reset the health status view
  • 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
    • 5.7 Asynchronous versus synchronous operations
    • 5.8 Task resource
    • 5.9 Error handling
    • 5.10 Concurrency control using etags
    • 5.11 Querying resources using common REST API parameters
    • 5.12 State Change Message Bus
    • 5.13 Developer tools in a web browser
    • 5.14 Using Python and Windows PowerShell commands (technical preview)
  • 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 and REST API HTML help files
• Part II Planning tasks
  • 7 Planning your data center resources
    • 7.1 How many data centers?
    • 7.2 Security planning
      • 7.2.1 Choosing an Administrator password
      • 7.2.2 Choosing the LAN for the appliance
      • 7.2.3 Choosing whether or not to enable support access
      • 7.2.4 Choosing an SNMP read community string
      • 7.2.5 Choosing a security certificate policy
      • 7.2.6 Determining roles and restrictions for authorized users
      • 7.2.7 Determining your backup policy
      • 7.2.8 Choosing a policy for the audit log
      • 7.2.9 Determining your vSphere client policy
      • 7.2.10 Reviewing your firewall access
    • 7.3 Preparing your data center network switches
    • 7.4 Planning your resource names
    • 7.5 Planning the appliance configuration
      • 7.5.1 Appliance VM and host requirements
      • 7.5.2 Planning for high availability
      • 7.5.3 Location of the appliance
      • 7.5.4 Separate networks for data and management
      • 7.5.5 Time clocks and NTP
      • 7.5.6 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 Configure the environment for the first time
  • 10 Quick Start: Adding a network to an existing appliance environment
  • 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
  • 13 Quick Start: Adding an HP ProLiant DL rack mount server
• Part IV Configuration and management
  • 14 Managing servers and server profiles
    • 14.1 Server hardware features supported by the appliance
    • 14.2 Prerequisites for bringing server hardware under management
    • 14.3 Roles
    • 14.4 Tasks for server profiles
    • 14.5 Tasks for server hardware
    • 14.6 Tasks for server hardware types
    • 14.7 Effects of managing server hardware iLOs
    • 14.8 Learning more
  • 15 Managing networks and network resources
    • 15.1 Data center switch port requirements
    • 15.2 Managing Fibre Channel networks (SANs)
      • 15.2.1 Roles
      • 15.2.2 Tasks
    • 15.3 Managing Ethernet networks
      • 15.3.1 Roles
      • 15.3.2 Tasks
    • 15.4 About network connectivity
      • 15.4.1 About Fibre Channel networks
        • 15.4.1.1 Fibre Channel network types
        • 15.4.1.2 Fabric attach Fibre Channel networks
        • 15.4.1.3 Direct attach Fibre Channel networks
        • 15.4.1.4 Fibre Channel networks and FCoE
      • 15.4.2 About Ethernet networks
        • 15.4.2.1 Ethernet networks and VLAN IDs
      • 15.4.3 About network sets
    • 15.5 Learning more
  • 16 Managing interconnects, logical interconnects, and logical interconnect groups
    • 16.1 Managing enclosure interconnect hardware
      • 16.1.1 Roles
      • 16.1.2 Tasks
      • 16.1.3 About interconnects
      • 16.1.4 Learning more
    • 16.2 Managing logical interconnects and logical interconnect groups
      • 16.2.1 Roles
      • 16.2.2 Tasks
      • 16.2.3 About logical interconnects
      • 16.2.4 About logical interconnect groups
      • 16.2.5 About SNMP settings
      • 16.2.6 Update the logical interconnect configuration from the logical interconnect group
      • 16.2.7 Configure a port to monitor network traffic
      • 16.2.8 Learning more
  • 17 Managing enclosures and enclosure groups
    • 17.1 Prerequisites for bringing an enclosure under management
    • 17.2 Roles
    • 17.3 Tasks
    • 17.4 About enclosures
    • 17.5 About enclosure groups
    • 17.6 Effects of managing an enclosure
    • 17.7 Learning more
  • 18 Managing firmware for managed devices
    • 18.1 About the appliance firmware repository
    • 18.2 About unsupported firmware
    • 18.3 Roles and Tasks
    • 18.4 The firmware update process
    • 18.5 Best practices for firmware
    • 18.6 Learning more
  • 19 Managing power and temperature
    • 19.1 Managing power
      • 19.1.1 Roles
      • 19.1.2 Tasks
      • 19.1.3 About power delivery devices
      • 19.1.4 About racks
    • 19.2 Managing temperature
      • 19.2.1 Roles
      • 19.2.2 Tasks
      • 19.2.3 About data centers
      • 19.2.4 Learning more
  • 20 Managing users and authentication
    • 20.1 Roles
    • 20.2 Tasks
    • 20.3 About user accounts
    • 20.4 About user roles
    • 20.5 Action privileges for user roles
    • 20.6 About authentication settings
    • 20.7 About directory service authentication
    • 20.8 Managing user passwords
    • 20.9 Reset the administrator password
    • 20.10 Learning more
  • 21 Backing up an appliance
    • 21.1 Overview of the backup process
    • 21.2 Roles
    • 21.3 Backup file name
    • 21.4 Guidelines for creating a backup file
    • 21.5 Create and download a backup file
    • 21.6 Using REST APIs to create and download an appliance backup file
    • 21.7 Creating a custom script to create and download an appliance backup file
  • 22 Managing the appliance
    • 22.1 Managing appliance availability
      • 22.1.1 Best practices for managing a VM appliance
      • 22.1.2 How the appliance handles an unexpected shutdown
        • 22.1.2.1 What to do when an appliance restarts
      • 22.1.3 Shut down the appliance
      • 22.1.4 Restart the appliance
    • 22.2 Managing the appliance settings
      • 22.2.1 Roles
      • 22.2.2 Tasks
      • 22.2.3 About appliance SNMP settings
      • 22.2.4 Learning more
    • 22.3 Managing addresses and ID pools
      • 22.3.1 Roles
      • 22.3.2 Tasks
    • 22.4 Managing the security features of the appliance
      • 22.4.1 Enabling or disabling HP support access to the appliance
        • 22.4.1.1 Roles
        • 22.4.1.2 Tasks
      • 22.4.2 Managing SSL certificates
        • 22.4.2.1 Roles
        • 22.4.2.2 Tasks
        • 22.4.2.3 Learning more
      • 22.4.3 Managing the HP public key
        • 22.4.3.1 Roles
        • 22.4.3.2 Tasks
      • 22.4.4 Downloading audit logs
        • 22.4.4.1 Roles
        • 22.4.4.2 Tasks
        • 22.4.4.3 Learning more
    • 22.5 Managing licenses
      • 22.5.1 Roles
      • 22.5.2 Tasks
      • 22.5.3 About licensing
        • 22.5.3.1 License types
        • 22.5.3.2 License delivery
        • 22.5.3.3 License reporting
        • 22.5.3.4 View license status
      • 22.5.4 Server hardware licensing
        • 22.5.4.1 Server blade licensing at the enclosure level
        • 22.5.4.2 Rack mount server licensing
        • 22.5.4.3 Licensing and utilization statistics
        • 22.5.4.4 Licensing scenarios
    • 22.6 Updating the appliance
      • 22.6.1 Roles
      • 22.6.2 Tasks
      • 22.6.3 Learning more
  • 23 About unsupported and unmanaged hardware
    • 23.1 How the appliance handles unsupported hardware
    • 23.2 About unmanaged devices
• Part V Monitoring
  • 24 Monitoring data center status, health, and performance
    • 24.1 Daily monitoring
      • 24.1.1 Initial check: the Dashboard
      • 24.1.2 Activities
      • 24.1.3 Utilization graphs
      • 24.1.4 Monitor data center temperature
    • 24.2 Best practices for monitoring data centers
      • 24.2.1 Best practices for monitoring health with the appliance UI
      • 24.2.2 Best practices for monitoring health using REST APIs
    • 24.3 Managing activities
      • 24.3.1 About activities
        • 24.3.1.1 Activity types: alerts and tasks
          • 24.3.1.1.1 About alerts
          • 24.3.1.1.2 About tasks
        • 24.3.1.2 Activity states
        • 24.3.1.3 Activity statuses
    • 24.4 Using the Dashboard screen
      • 24.4.1 About the Dashboard
      • 24.4.2 Dashboard screen details
      • 24.4.3 How to interpret the Dashboard graphs
  • 25 Monitoring power and temperature
    • 25.1 UI power and temperature monitoring
      • 25.1.1 Monitoring data center temperature
        • 25.1.1.1 Manipulating the view of the data center visualization
      • 25.1.2 Monitoring power and temperature utilization
        • 25.1.2.1 About the Utilization panel
        • 25.1.2.2 About utilization graphs
          • 25.1.2.2.1 Power utilization metrics
          • 25.1.2.2.2 Temperature utilization metrics
    • 25.2 REST API power and temperature monitoring
      • 25.2.1 Update enclosure power capacity settings
      • 25.2.2 Update server hardware power capacity settings
  • 26 Using the State-Change Message Bus (SCMB)
    • 26.1 Connect to the SCMB
    • 26.2 Set up a queue to connect to the HP OneView SCMB exchange
    • 26.3 JSON structure of message received from the SCMB
    • 26.4 .NET C# code example
    • 26.5 Java code example
    • 26.6 Python code example
    • 26.7 Re-create the AMQP client certificate
• Part VI Troubleshooting
  • 27 Troubleshooting
    • 27.1 Basic troubleshooting techniques
    • 27.2 Create a support dump file
    • 27.3 Create a support dump for authorized technical support using REST API scripting
    • 27.4 Troubleshooting the appliance
      • 27.4.1 First time setup
      • 27.4.2 Appliance cannot access the network
      • 27.4.3 Unexpected appliance shutdown
      • 27.4.4 Appliance update is unsuccessful
      • 27.4.5 Support dump file creation action fails
      • 27.4.6 Certificate action fails
      • 27.4.7 Backup file creation, download, or restore action fails
      • 27.4.8 Restart or shutdown failure
      • 27.4.9 VM does not restart when VM host time is manually set
      • 27.4.10 Reinstall the remote console
    • 27.5 Troubleshooting enclosures and enclosures groups
      • 27.5.1 Add or remove enclosure is unsuccessful
      • 27.5.2 Add server blade is unsuccessful
      • 27.5.3 Certificate Error
    • 27.6 Troubleshooting firmware bundles
      • 27.6.1 Incorrect credentials
      • 27.6.2 Lost iLO connectivity
      • 27.6.3 HP SUM errors
    • 27.7 Troubleshooting interconnects
      • 27.7.1 Interconnect edit is unsuccessful
      • 27.7.2 Interconnect modules are in Maintenance state
    • 27.8 Troubleshooting licensing
      • 27.8.1 Restore a license key that has been erased from an enclosure OA
      • 27.8.2 The license assigned does not match the type specified
    • 27.9 Troubleshooting logical interconnects
      • 27.9.1 I/O bay occupancy errors
      • 27.9.2 Uplink set warnings or errors
      • 27.9.3 Physical interconnect warnings and errors
    • 27.10 Troubleshooting networks
      • 27.10.1 Network create operation is unsuccessful
    • 27.11 Troubleshooting server hardware
      • 27.11.1 Server add or remove is unsuccessful
      • 27.11.2 Cannot control power on server blade
      • 27.11.3 Lost connectivity to server hardware after appliance restarts
    • 27.12 Troubleshooting server profiles
      • 27.12.1 Server profile is not created or updated correctly
      • 27.12.2 What to do when you cannot apply the server profile
      • 27.12.3 Profile operations fail
    • 27.13 Troubleshooting user accounts
      • 27.13.1 Incorrect privileges
      • 27.13.2 Unauthenticated user or group
      • 27.13.3 User public key is not accepted
      • 27.13.4 Directory service not available
      • 27.13.5 Cannot add directory service
      • 27.13.6 Cannot add server for a directory service
      • 27.13.7 Cannot add directory user or group
  • 28 Restoring an appliance from a backup file
    • 28.1 Roles
    • 28.2 Restore operation overview
    • 28.3 Preparing to restore an appliance
    • 28.4 Restore an appliance from a backup file
    • 28.5 Using REST APIs to restore an appliance from a backup file
    • 28.6 Creating a custom script to restore an appliance
    • 28.7 Post-restoration tasks
• 29 Support and other resources
  • 29.1 Gather information before contacting an authorized support representative
  • 29.2 How to contact HP
  • 29.3 Get connected to the HP OneView online user forum
  • 29.4 Software technical support and software updates
    • 29.4.1 Registering for software technical support
    • 29.4.2 Using your software technical support and update service
    • 29.4.3 Obtaining HP OneView software and firmware updates
    • 29.4.4 Obtaining software and drivers for HP ProLiant products
    • 29.4.5 Warranty
  • 29.5 Related information
  • 29.6 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.5.5 Creating an enclosure group for vSphere (ESXi) hosts
    • A.5.6 Adding the enclosure
    • 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 eight servers
  • A.6 Configuring a server blade to boot from the attached HP 3PAR Storage System
    • A.6.1 Workflow
    • A.6.2 Creating the Flat SAN networks
    • A.6.3 Adding the enclosure that is connected to the HP 3PAR Storage System
    • A.6.4 Creating the server profile
    • A.6.5 Collecting the WWPNs to use when configuring the HP 3PAR Storage System
  • A.7 Bringing an HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 rack mount server under management
    • A.7.1 Workflow
    • A.7.2 Adding the server hardware
    • A.7.3 Powering on the server
    • A.7.4 Viewing information about the server
    • A.7.5 Adding a license for the server
• 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