System Management Release Notes
4.4 Provisioning OpenVMS Using HP SIM
4.4.2 System Firmware
V8.4
The system firmware version of BL860c and BL870c servers must be at 4.21. The
system firmware version of rx3600 and rx6600 servers must be at 4.11.
4.4.3 Provisioning Multiple Servers
V8.4
• HP SIM provisioning using InfoServer can provision up to eight servers
simultaneously.
• HP SIM provisioning using vMedia can provision only one server at a time.
4.4.4 Provisioning From HP SIM Central Management Server
V8.4
OpenVMS can be provisioned from an HP SIM Central Management Station, an
HP ProLiant server running Microsoft Windows.
4.4.5 InfoServer Name Length
V8.3-1H1
The InfoServer name must be less than 12 characters long for provisioning to
work. This is a temporary restriction.
4.4.6 OpenVMS InfoServer and the Integrity servers on the Same LAN
V8.3-1H1
The OpenVMS InfoServer and the Integrity servers must be on the same Local
Area Network (LAN) to provision the server blade.
4.4.7 EFI Firmware
V8.3-1H1
The EFI firmware for the BladeSystem must be at version 5.0 or later.
4.4.8 Management Processor
V8.4
The Management Processor must be running the Advanced iLO2 firmware.
4.4.9 OpenVMS TCP/IP Provisioning Limitation
V8.4
The TCP/IP server components BIND, LPD, LBROKER, and SMTP, if selected
to be enabled on the target server, do not start up when OpenVMS TCP/IP is
configured through Provisioning.
The workaround for this problem is to configure and restart these services
manually after configuring TCP/IP with Provisioning.
System Management Release Notes 4–5
