HP OneView - Manual (Page 96)

To use REST APIs to configure the appliance and bring your environment under management for
the first time, see the REST API help, which is available from the
Help Sidebar .
Table 5 First time setup: initial configuration tasks
Configuration task
Add users to the appliance
1. Create user accounts assigned with predefined or specialized privileges with local or directory-based authentication.
See the Users and Groups online help for more information.
Add firmware bundles to the appliance firmware repository
2. Add the latest firmware bundles to the appliance.
See the Firmware Bundles online help for more information.
Create networks
3. Create Ethernet networks for data and Fibre Channel networks for storage.
See the Networks online help for more information.
Create network sets
4. Create network sets to group Ethernet networks together to simplify management.
See the Network Sets online help for more information.
Create a logical interconnect group
5. Create a logical interconnect group to define the connections between your networks and interconnect uplink ports.
See the Logical Interconnect Groups online help for more information.
Create an enclosure group
6. Create an enclosure group to define and maintain consistent configurations and to be able to detect and manage
devices such as interconnects and server hardware in your enclosures.
See the Enclosure Groups online help for more information.
Add enclosures to the appliance
7. Add enclosures to the appliance to manage their contents and apply firmware updates.
See the Enclosures online help for more information.
If your enclosures or server hardware do not have embedded licenses, you must add licenses to the appliance first.
If you have an SNMP read community string you prefer to use, set the SNMP read community string before you add
an enclosure to the appliance.
Create server profiles and apply them to server hardware
8. Create and apply server profiles to define common configurations for your server hardware.
See the Server Profiles online help for more information.
Save the appliance configuration to a backup file
9. Save the initial appliance configuration settings and database to a backup file in the unlikely event you need to
restore the appliance to its original settings in the future.
See the Settings online help for more information about creating and saving appliance backup files.
Configure physical topology and power systems in your environment (optional)
By defining the physical dimensions of the space your networking hardware inhabits and positioning
enclosures, power delivery devices, server hardware, and other devices in racks provides the
appliance with an accurate diagram of the devices in your data center and their physical
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