HP (Hewlett-Packard) 642106-001 Server User Manual


 
Software and configuration utilities 102
HP Insight Remote Support software
HP strongly recommends that you install HP Insight Remote Support software to complete the installation or
upgrade of your product and to enable enhanced delivery of your HP Warranty, HP Care Pack Service, or
HP contractual support agreement. HP Insight Remote Support supplements your monitoring continuously to
ensure maximum system availability by providing intelligent event diagnosis, and automatic, secure
submission of hardware event notifications to HP, which will initiate a fast and accurate resolution, based on
your product’s service level. Notifications may be sent to your authorized HP Channel Partner for onsite
service, if configured and available in your country.
For more information, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/insightremotesupport). The HP Insight
Remote Support Release Notes detail the prerequisites, supported hardware, and associated operating
systems. The release notes are available on the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/insightremotesupport/docs). HP Insight Remote Support is included as part of HP
Warranty, HP Care Pack Service, or HP contractual support agreement.
Scripting Toolkit
The Scripting Toolkit is a server deployment product that enables you to build an unattended automated
installation for high-volume server deployments. The Scripting Toolkit is designed to support ProLiant BL, ML,
DL, and SL servers. The toolkit includes a modular set of utilities and important documentation that describes
how to apply these tools to build an automated server deployment process.
The Scripting Toolkit provides a flexible way to create standard server configuration scripts. These scripts are
used to automate many of the manual steps in the server configuration process. This automated server
configuration process cuts time from each deployment, making it possible to scale rapid, high-volume server
deployments.
For more information, and to download the Scripting Toolkit, see the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/ProLiantSTK).
HP Service Pack for ProLiant
SPP is a release set that contains a comprehensive collection of firmware and system software components,
all tested together as a single solution stack for HP ProLiant servers, their options, BladeSystem enclosures,
and limited HP external storage.
SPP has several key features for updating HP ProLiant servers. Using HP SUM as the deployment tool, SPP can
be used in an online mode on a Windows or Linux hosted operating system, or in an offline mode where the
server is booted to the ISO so that the server can be updated automatically with no user interaction or
updated in interactive mode.
For more information or to download SPP, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/spp).
HP Smart Update Manager
HP SUM is included in many HP products for installing and updating firmware and software on HP ProLiant
servers. HP SUM provides a GUI and a command-line scriptable interface for deployment of firmware and
software for single or one-to-many HP ProLiant servers and network-based targets, such as iLOs, OAs, and
VC Ethernet and Fibre Channel modules.
Key features of HP SUM include: