HP (Hewlett-Packard) BL685C Server User Manual


 
Manager (SIM) and virtualization for broad decision-making support. A variety metrics are available for
monitoring, assessment, thresholds, alerts, and action - and allow user-customization. Open source
technologies like Nagios® are integrated with HP technologies to be accessible via browser (GUI) or
command line (CLI) interfaces and have auto-generated user configurations to allow users immediate
productivity in their environment. User configuration scripts can be customized and monitoring
capabilities can be extended using Nagios® plug-ins. Performance is monitored using a wide variety of
metrics for 'at-a-glance' views to allow control that scales for large environments.
Additional software solutions are available to enhance user capabilities, although these are licensed
separately from the HP Insight Control suite for Linux:
HP Insight Server Migration software (for physical server migrations)
HP Serviceguard for Linux software (for failover and recovery)
Platform HPC for ICE-Linux software (for cluster management & turnkey HPC application stack)
NOTE:
NOTE:NOTE:
NOTE:
For additional product and licensing information about HP Insight Control suite for Linux (ICE-
LX), visit:
http://www.hp.com/go/ice-linux
.
HP Insight Control management suites and most HP ProLiant Essentials include a one year of 24 x 7 HP
Software Technical Support and Update Service ensuring rapid access to HP support staff and proactive
delivery of software updates. For more information about this service, please visit:
http://www.hp.com/services/insight
.
HP ProLiant Onboard
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HP ProLiant Onboard
Administrator
AdministratorAdministrator
Administrator
HP ProLiant Onboard Administrator, powered by the Integrated Lights-Out 2 management processor,
simplifies server setup, health monitoring, power and thermal control, and lights-out remote
administration of ProLiant ML, DL, and BL servers. HP ProLiant Onboard Administrator functions without
additional software, and can be accessed from any location via a web browser. It works hand-in-hand
with the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator, HP Systems Insight Manager, Insight Control suite, and
Insight Dynamics - VSE suite for ProLiant helping customers unlock the value of the ProLiant platform and
deliver the highest possible quality of IT service to the business.
Capabilities of the HP ProLiant Onboard Administrator embedded in ProLiant BL servers include, but are
not limited to the following:
ROM-based Setup Utility (RBSU) and Option Rom Configuration for Arrays (ORCA)
IML and iLO event logging
Automatic Server Recover (ASR)
OS independent hardware health status
Present server power consumption
Virtual Unit ID control
Virtual KVM based remote console
Virtual media (single server, browser based access only)
Remote serial console
Virtual power button control
Dynamic Sector Repairing (with Smart Array controller)
Drive Parameter Tracking (with Smart Array controller)
Integrated remote console (ActiveX Control client)
Single Sign-on from BladeSystem Onboard Administrator
Unlock the full capabilities of HP ProLiant Onboard Administrator with iLO Advanced for BladeSystem.
QuickSpecs
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Standard Features
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