Lower the cost of running your HP ProLiant servers with essential server management that unlocks the potential of ProLiant servers. Increase server deployment speed 12x (20 minutes vs 4 hours), reduce unplanned downtime by 83%, optimize data center capacity by up to 3x, and reduce system admin expenses and travel costs with complete remote control. HP Insight Control improves operational costs savings by $73,482 per 100 users over three years that offers a 642% Return on Investment and a payback of 4.2 months.

With Insight Control you can expect to realize the following management benefits:

• Deploy and migrate ProLiant servers quickly and consistently
  
• Manage ProLiant server health and performance proactively
  
• Control your ProLiant servers from anywhere (iLO Advanced included)
  
• Optimize power confidently
  
• Integrate and extend your HP Software, Microsoft® System Center, and VMware vCenter™ Server environment
  

HP Insight Control delivers complete lifecycle management for HP ProLiant and BladeSystem infrastructure. Delivered on DVD media, Insight Control software uses an integrated installer to deploy and configure HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and essential infrastructure management software rapidly and consistently -- reducing manual installation procedures and speeding time-to-production. A single, consistent management environment is provided for rapid deployment of the operating system and hardware configuration. HP Insight Control also includes full capabilities to migrate complete servers (both physical and virtual) to new servers (both virtual and physical), with support for converting from physical-to-virtual (and vice-versa) and converting between virtualization platforms from various vendors. In addition, Insight Control provides proactive health and performance monitoring, power management, performance analysis, lights-out remote management, and virtual machine management for HP ProLiant servers and HP BladeSystem infrastructure. Insight Control also provides seamless single-console integration with Microsoft® System Center and VMware vCenter Server™ for users who have standardized on those management consoles.

HP Insight Control is based on HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) as the primary management console and includes an iLO Advanced license. HP Insight Control runs on a Windows-based central management server (CMS) and can manage server nodes running both Windows and Linux operating systems.

HP Insight Control for Microsoft System Center is offered for customers that have chosen Microsoft System Center as their primary console. Based on HP Insight Control, it adds several extensions to make the ProLiant management information available through the System Center consoles, and also adds monitoring, alerting, proactive virtual machine management, and ProLiant OS deployment and update capabilities to the System Center consoles.

HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server is offered for customers that have chosen VMware vCenter Server as their primary console. Based on HP Insight Control, it adds several extensions to make the ProLiant management information available through the VMware vCenter Server console, enabling comprehensive monitoring, remote control, and power optimization directly from the vCenter console.

HP Insight Control for Linux is offered for customers that prefer a Linux-based central management server (CMS) and is based on HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) - running on Linux. For more information see the specific Insight Control for Linux QuickSpecs at: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13019_na/13019_na.html.

HP Insight Control includes 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.

Electronic software license delivery is now available in most countries. HP recommends purchasing electronic products over physical products (when available) for faster delivery and for the convenience of not tracking and managing confidential paper licenses. For more information, please contact your reseller or an HP representative.

A license entitlement certificate is delivered via physical shipment or via e-mail. The license entitlement certificate contains information needed to redeem license activation key(s) online or via fax. The electronic redemption process allows for easier license management and better service and support tracking. For more information, please visit: http://www.hp.com/go/insightlicense.

What's New

• ProLiant next-generation (Gen8) Servers supported
  
• HP Insight Control enhancements:
  
  • Manage the health of new ProLiant Gen8 servers without the need for loading SNMP agents or WBEM providers
    Intelligent Power Discovery for HP BladeSystems
    
  • Enhanced power and thermal reporting with under-utilized server reports
    
  • Easy power configuration modifications (using ipmimport)
    
  • Data Center Power Control (DCPC) support for goal-oriented responses to power & cooling events
    
  • Updated performance recommendations on memory configurations
    
  • Performance management using network adapter (NIC) teaming and configurable monitoring administration
    
  • Full VMware ESXi 5 support (lockdown/non-locakdown modes, autoboot, stateless/stateful modes)
    
  • Server migrations across iSCSI and FibreChannel over Ethernet (FCoE), and across Linux SAN environments
    
• Systems Insight Manager (SIM) enhancements also support:
  
  • KVM hypervisor support on RHEL 6.1 and SLES 11
    
  • Updated licensing reports
    
  • HP SUM integration support for agentless firmware update distribution software/firmware baselines
    
  • HP SUM integration support for off-line firmware upgrades (tech preview only)
    
  • Discovery & identification of HP Networking A-series products (3COM)
    
• Insight Control for Microsoft System Center 7.0.1 enhancements:
  
  • Support for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012 for Windows, Linux, VMware, Agentless and BladeSystem management packs
    
  • OS deployment and software and driver update capabilities for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
    
• Insight Control for VMware vCenter server 7.0 enhancements
  
  • Support of new HP ProLiant Gen8 servers Agentless Management that delivers health monitoring and configuration data without the need for loading Insight Control agents or CIM providers on the VMware hosts
    
  • Enhanced bare-metal deployment: Deploy ESX/ESXi on HP ProLiant Gen8 servers from VMware vCenter using the HP Insight Control Deployment Wizard
    
  • Complete refresh of the user interface delivering a new look and feel in the following areas:
    
    • Optimized view of the converged infrastructure health and configuration dashboardsGrouping of all the plug-in actions and control capabilities under one button
      
    • Integration of a News Feed in the main area to deliver updates on health, configuration changes and actions results
      
    • Dark and white theme selection
      
  • Easier to use integrated installer for both the server and storage modules
    
  • Active Directory support for role based security

At A Glance

Insight Control includes several important functionalities, including:

• HP Systems Insight Manager
• Performance management
• Power management
• Remote management (iLO Advanced)
• Server deployment
• Server migration
• Virtual machine management
• Integration extensions for Microsoft® System Center
  
• Integration extensions for VMware vCenter Server ™
  
• Installer

HP Insight Control runs on a Windows-based central management server (CMS) and can manage server nodes running both Windows and Linux operating systems. (The server operating systems are not included and must be purchased separately.)

The purchase of Insight Control (or upgrades from Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Advanced or Insight Control server deployment to Insight Control) includes 1 year of 24x7 Technical Support and Updates (TS&U).

When ordering Insight Control, customers will receive a license entitlement certificate via physical shipment or via email. The license entitlement certificate must be redeemed online or via fax in order to obtain the license activation key(s).

HP Insight Control including 1yr 24x7 Technical Support and Updates Single Server License

Delivered on Insight Management DVD #1 for simplified installation and licensing. HP Insight Control contains HP SIM and key essential management software that help you get more of every hour, watt and dollar invested in your HP ProLiant infrastructure.

The Insight Management DVD integrated installer provides a streamlined, automated process to deploy and configure HP SIM and essential management software more consistently and rapidly, with less manual intervention.

The integrated installer includes a wizard-based interface that presents a series of configuration questions. The HP Insight Management Advisor also checks to ensure that the host central management server meets all installation pre-requisites prior to initiating the installation process. Once the installation has completed, use the Insight Management Update Utility to check for available software updates.

HP Insight Control, based on HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), provides a unified, secure and extensible platform to centrally manage servers, storage, and other infrastructure devices across heterogeneous operating system environments. (For example, HP Insight Control can manage server nodes running both Windows and Linux operating systems.)

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is the clear choice for managing HP servers and storage by being the easiest, simplest, and least expensive way for HP system administrators to maximize system uptime and health.

• HP SIM provides hardware-level management for HP ProLiant servers, HP Integrity servers, HP BladeSystems; HP MSA, HP EVA, and HP XP storage arrays; and HP Networking A-series devices
  
• It includes device discovery, identification, and asset management. All asset information is stored in a database for systematic inventory management.
  
• Users can generate various reports based on formats using the latest industry standards
  
• Integrated with HP Insight Remote Support Advanced, HP SIM also provides contracts and warranty management, and automates remote support
  
• ProLiant and Integrity servers running Windows and Linux can automatically download the latest BIOS, driver, and agent updates. HP SIM will also identify systems running out-of-date systems software and enable system software updates across groups of servers
  

For more information, see www.hp.com/go/hpsim

HP Insight Control remote management provides a license for iLO Advanced, HP's premier solution for comprehensive lights-out remote management capabilities for ProLiant servers. This environment-management solution includes remote access to server power control and event logs, virtual media for simple deployment and update of remote servers, high-performance virtual keyboard-virtual-mouse (KVM) for routine and emergency remote administration, and single-server power measurement and regulation.

HP Insight Control helps distributed IT teams effectively collaborate to solve complex IT problems. The shared console capability allows up to four team members to view and share control of a single virtual KVM session. In addition "console replay" captures and saves screen video to enable review of failure sequences and easily document complex configuration administrative tasks.

Key remote management features include:

• Embedded hardware Graphical Remote Console capabilities that can turn a supported browser into a virtual desktop, giving the user full control over the display, keyboard, and mouse of the host server. The operating-system-independent console supports graphic modes that display remote host server activities (i.e. shutdown and startup operations) and works with a standard browser (without additional software) on the remote server or client system.
  
• USB-based Virtual Media feature allows an IT administrator to boot the remote server using a standard 1.44-MB diskette on the client machine, a DVD/CD drive or USB flash drive on the client machine, or the image of a floppy diskette or DVD/CD from anywhere on the client's network. After the remote server has booted a USB-capable operating system, the virtual device or ISO 9660 image is available as if it were a local USB device. Administrators can execute functions remotely from an applet user interface, command line, or script.
  
• Integration with enterprise-class directory services to provide secure, scalable, and cost effective user management. Directory services, such as Microsoft Active Directory and Novell eDirectory, can be used to authorize directory users with assigned user roles to Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) processors. With Active Directory, customers have the flexibility to integrate with or without a schema extension. An easy and reliable installation program is available to install a management console snap-in and extend customer's existing directory schema to enable directory support for the HP lights-out management products. A directory migration tool is available to automate setup for both methods of integration. Also supports the Active Directory nested groups feature.
  
• Advanced user authentication with two-factor authentication using digital certificates embedded on smartcards or USB flash drives. Using this form of strong authentication, iLO access can be restricted only to IT individuals possessing a certificate bearing smartcard or flash drive and a PIN.
  
• Integration with Microsoft Terminal Services to provide a high-performance graphical remote console by automatically or manually switching to Microsoft Terminal Services when the operating system is fully loaded and available on the host system. When the operating system is not operational, continues to provide its secure, hardware-based Lights-Out console for end-to-end remote access to the host server. In addition, the Microsoft Terminal Services session is routed through the management network interface to improve production network security.
  
• Embedded wizard to guide users through initial HP BladeSystem configuration and setup using the familiar Lights-Out interface. Configuration and installation of Lights-Out, blade server, and operating system also includes integrated activation of Virtual Media using the appropriate media. An HP BladeSystem rack image is automatically rendered for easy point-and-click navigation between blades and enclosures within a single rack.
  

Insight Control remote management, which provides an iLO Advanced license, also supports the iLO Management Engine for the individual HP ProLiant server platforms. HP iLO Management Engine is a complete set of embedded management features supporting the complete lifecycle of the individual server, from initial deployment through ongoing management to service alerting and remote support. HP iLO Management Engine comes standard on all HP ProLiant Gen8 servers.

HP iLO Management Engine portfolio includes:

• HP iLO: The HP iLO management processor is the core foundation for HP iLO Management Engine. HP iLO for HP ProLiant servers simplify server setup, engage health monitoring, enable power and thermal control, and promote remote administration for HP ProLiant ML, DL, BL, and SL servers. HP iLO also provides the ability to access, deploy, and manage your server --anytime from anywhere -- with your Smartphone device.
  
• HP Agentless Management: In every HP ProLiant Gen8 server, the base hardware monitoring and alerting capability is built into the system (via the HP iLO chipset) and starts working the moment that a power cord and an Ethernet cable is connected to the server.
  
• HP Active Health System: HP Active Health System provides Diagnostics tools/scanners wrapped into one; Always on, continuous monitoring for increased stability and shorter downtimes; Rich configuration history; Health and service alerts; and Easy export/upload to Service and Support.
  
• HP Intelligent Provisioning (previously known as SmartStart): HP Intelligent Provisioning offers out-of-the box single-server deployment and configuration without the need for media.
  
• HP Embedded Remote Support: The new embedded Remote Support functions builds on the current capabilities and can run either on a stand-alone central system, or as a plug-in to HP Systems Insight Manager. Key capabilities are now part of the HP iLO Management Engine and are ready to start working after a few keystrokes on a single activation screen.
  

For more information, and a complete listing of ProLiant servers supporting iLO, please visit: http://www.hp.com/go/iLO

HP Insight Control power management is an integrated power monitoring and energy management application that provides centralized monitoring and control of datacenter power consumption and thermal output. Energy instrumentation connected into HP Systems Insight Manager enables greater Unified Infrastructure Management, and is compatible with any operating system residing on the managed server. Insight Control power management provides tools to increase the capacity of your datacenter by reducing power and cooling requirements of ProLiant servers to a level which accurately reflects the workloads of your servers. Built upon ProLiant Power Regulator technology it provides performance when you need it, and cost savings when you don't.

Key power management features:

• Provides a central location where power and thermal data for tens, hundreds, or thousands of servers may be viewed and managed. Physical and power topology configurations can be easily modified using import tools.
  
• Limiting the server(s) power consumption to an average level, power capping can be set to minimize overall power consumption and heat output.
  
• Data Center Power Control allows customers to reduce their energy costs and take control of their power and cooling during catastrophic events. Customers set pre-defined rules to handle power and cooling rules. These rules act selectively on systems based on attributes and relationships to gracefully shutdown the OS or change iLO power regulator state. In addition customers can take control over their energy usage and power down non-essential servers during peak hours. Power consumption goals can be defined and rule execution conditionally stopped if the goals are achieved.
  
• Integration with facilities management software allows customers to do their planning on actual power data instead of estimates. Information from facilities management software will be imported into Insight Control power management allowing us to provide an electrical inventory along with load data.
  
• Discovery of metered PDU's allowing Insight Control power management the ability to measure power consumption for a heterogeneous environment. Includes the capability to monitor leading non-HP power distribution units (PDUs).
  
• Dynamic Power Capping safely limits power usage with no performance degradation and without risk to electrical infrastructure. For single rack servers, power caps are applied via the iLO management processor and will limit power usage to a specific Watt or BTU/hr level. For enclosures of blades, users can set an enclosure level power cap, and the Onboard Administrator will dynamically adjust individual server power caps based on their specific power requirements. Capping power usage at historical peak power usage -- instead of significantly higher face-plate, ROM burn, or power calculator default values -- allows IT organizations to fit up to 36% more servers in their existing rack infrastructure
  
• Intelligent Power Discovery enables visualization of datacenter thermals for racks and blade enclosures with the management of mixed environments, with automatic detection of wiring errors, and with automatic updates for electrical inventory. Discovery capabilities have been enhanced with 'outlet control', which enables the intelligent power distribution units (PDUs) to manage each outlet where a device is plugged in -- for enhanced power monitoring with remote control from Insight Control.
  
• Each graph has an Analysis dashboard that summarizes key information for the selected server(s). The data displayed includes total power consumed in kWh, the estimated costs of powering and cooling the selected server(s), and the estimated costs saved through the use of policy-management based on HP's Power Regulator technology.
  
• Insight Control power management takes action to change the HP Power Regulator settings on a single server or on multiple servers all at once. These actions may be executed immediately or scheduled to occur at a future time or on a recurring basis. Action scheduling can be used to set time-based power policies on single servers as well as collections of servers.
  
• Reports communicate power and thermal information -- from individual server utilization to data-center-level summaries and analysis. Reports on under-utilized servers identify those that are power hogs, are idle but still running, or are decommissioned but not powered off.
  

For a listing of servers that support Insight Control power management please see the Insight Management Support Matrix at: http://www.hp.com/go/insightsoftware/docs.

HP Insight Control detects, analyzes, and explains hardware bottlenecks on HP ProLiant servers. HP Insight Control provides the tools you need to receive proactive notification of building bottleneck conditions, and debug existing performance issues. The performance information is analyzed to determine if there is a building or existing performance bottleneck issue. You can interactively display this information, log the information to a database for later analysis and reporting, and set up proactive notification using the HP Systems Insight Manager notification mechanism.

Key performance management features:

• Monitors the hardware performance continuously, compares it with known performances capabilities of each component and determines, in real time, what components are experiencing performance issues.
• Creates events when the performance state of a server changes. Insight Control detects these changes early, displaying a warning before an actual bottleneck happens.
• Provides an interactive, online debugging tool that can be used in real time to understand and correct performance issues. The tool provides precise indications of what the issue is, why it is of concern, and what can be done about it. Features such as real-time performance graphing allow system administrators to decide whether an issue needs to be addressed immediately or corrective actions can wait.
• Can be configured to log server performance data. This data can later be extracted and replayed in offline analysis just as if the user was sitting in front of the server when the performance issue happened. When used in conjunction with the dynamic performance graphing and altering features, administrators can determine if an off-hours performance issue needs to be addressed immediately or corrective steps can be put off until normal business hours.
• Analyzes the configuration of server components and determines if the server configuration contains potentially problematic configurations. Potential issues such as PCI bus imbalance, SCSI drives operating at reduced speed, and inactive network ports are detected and reported.
• Supplies a summary report that shows the percentage of time the server was in a bottleneck state or near-bottleneck state and overall performance utilization for a system broken down by its subsystems combined with a complete inventory report of that server.
• Supports performance monitoring and analyses of select MSA shared storage devices. This functionality provides full drill-down capabilities from a server to attached shared storage devices, and from there "drill-up" to the attached servers.

HP Insight Control offers a complete deployment solution for HP servers. Insight Control automates the process of deploying and provisioning server software, enabling companies to quickly and easily adapt to changing business demands. Insight Control server deployment includes the ProLiant Integration Module (PIM) and Integrity Integration Module (IIM) which consist of software optimizations for HP servers, including the HP scripting toolkits, configuration jobs for industry-standard leading operating systems, sample unattended files, and HP server support packs that include software drivers, management agents, and important documentation. Deploying servers can be accomplished either through imaging or through scripting. Insight Control supports deploying Windows, Linux, VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V systems.

Key server deployment features:

• Provides a fast, easy, drag-and-drop solution for deploying standard server configurations and software builds in an automated fashion from a remote console
• Simplifies automated server deployment allowing companies to rapidly respond to changing workloads
• Improves overall consistency of configurations across multiple servers
• Establishes virtual presence and control for server deployments and redeployments within the data center or at remote locations, eliminating the need for IT personnel to be physically present
• Reduces IT resource requirements during large-scale deployments
• Provides scripts developed, tested, and supported by HP to enable rapid deployment of HP servers
• The ProLiant Integration Module provides latest versions of the SmartStart Scripting Toolkit, HP optimized drivers and management agents pre-loaded in the deployment console
• HP-supplied deployment events and scripts, using SmartStart technology, maximize productivity -by automating the process of server configuration and software deployment - driving world-class levels of IT efficiency and decreasing the Total Cost of Ownership
• Operating system integration is a snap with HP supplied configuration events for both Microsoft Windows and Linux further simplifying the initial OS deployment and driver integration steps all in an automated fashion
• Supports SAN Boot or SAN Attach deployment on ProLiant BL servers and select ProLiant DL servers.

HP BladeSystem deployment optimizations:

• Enables rapid serviceability with Rip-and-Replace features. Pre-failure alerts enable proactive replacement of blade servers for service. New blades automatically assume personality of previous server based on location in enclosure and rack.
• Blade servers are easy to identify by physical location in racks - blades are displayed with easy to understand icons of rack, enclosure, bay
• With Virtual Rack, Enclosure, Bay features, users can assign an event to be executed the first time a blade is inserted into the bay. The user has the ability to create a virtual enclosure and its associated virtual bays via a console interface and the ability to associate a single event with the bays of the enclosure when they are created.

HP Insight Control makes it easy to upgrade or replace your existing server, or to implement virtualization. HP Insight Control enables you to replicate your well-functioning, but under-performing or over-provisioned server to a new physical or virtual server in an automated, accurate and affordable way.

Key server migration features:

• Perform Physical-to-ProLiant (P2P), Virtual-to-ProLiant (V2P), Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), or Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migrations from a single integrated user interface
• An unlimited number of server migrations is allowed.
  
• Supports Migrations from any x86/x64 server regardless of vendor to the latest HP ProLiant or BladeSystem server technologies
  
• Source can be any x86/x64 server with a supported OS or a supported VM-type
  
• Destination can be a supported HP ProLiant or BladeSystem server or a supported virtual machine
  
• Heterogeneous virtualization platform support enables Ability to migrate between virtualization platform, such as VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V.
  
• Supports server migrations across FibreChannel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI environments, and across Linux SAN environments.
  
• Automates the migration of the OS, application, and data from an existing physical server or virtual machine to a new ProLiant server or virtual machine. Manual steps required to do the migration are eliminated. Automatically install the latest PSP when migrating to a ProLiant server (P2ProLiant or V2ProLiant).
  
• The extremely intuitive user interface enables consistent migrations without prior training.
  
• The source server is always available just the way it was running before the migration since no additional drivers are installed on the source server. No modification to the source server ensures a consistent image between source and destination.
• Having no source device driver dependency enables the migration of any x86/x64 source server running a supported operating system.
• Match availability of drive space on the destination server by excluding drives and partitions and/or resizing NTFS partitions during the migration. The size of the NTFS partitions may be increased or decreased.
• Tried and tested with the correct destination device drivers for all supported destination servers.
  NOTE: Before migrating, check and make sure all licenses may be legally transferred to the destination server.
• Support for migrations in a SAN environment when migrating to HP BladeSystem c-Class, including migrating servers from direct attach storage to boot from SAN.

The HP Insight Control significantly extends HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) capabilities to manage virtual machines. HP Insight Control seamlessly merges hardware and heterogeneous virtualization management of VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Xen (on RHEL & SLES environments) virtual machines.

Insight Control enables you to get the most out of a unified physical and virtual server infrastructure. Insight Control offers an out-of-the-box solution that can receive a predictive failure alert and automatically evacuate all VMs from a VMware ESX host server by initiating VMware DRS. VMware ESXi 5 environments also support lockdown/non-lockdown modes, autoboot, and stateless/stateful modes. Lockdown mode provides for increased security of ESXi hosts.

Key virtual machine management features:

• Provides associations between virtual machines and physical host and integration into a single console and enables all tasks to be run from the Insight Control console, leveraging existing discovery, identification and notification processes.
• Provides control functions for virtual machines in VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Xen on RHEL & SLES from a central console that allows users to manage virtual machines in a consistent manner irrespective of virtualization layer.
• Provides start, stop, pause, reset, move, copy, backup, create template and restore functions for VMs remotely from the Insight Control console.
• Flexible move capabilities allow multiple usage scenarios. In high-availability situations that do not allow service interruptions, Live Move (initiate VMware vMotion technology from Insight Control - requires VMware vCenter) can be used (for VMware ESX hosts only). Where flexibility is required to execute fast moves between dissimilar host hardware, SAN-based fast move can be enabled (VMware ESX hosts only).
  In high-availability situations, quick move capabilities can be used for Microsoft Hyper-V (MSCS clusters only).
  Where the VM Host is not connected to a SAN, a file-copy move can be used.
• Enable Failed Host Recovery situations by assigning alternate hosts to VMs. If host fails, quickly restart VM on new host.
• Make informed decisions on workload optimization with "at a glance" single view of virtual machine and associated host server performance. Set usage thresholds for CPU, memory, and disk usage and proactively receive alerts in SIM when thresholds are exceeded and take corrective action.
• Automatically respond to predictive hardware failures on VMware ESX host servers by relocating VMs before a server fails, reducing downtime.
• Launch VMware vCenter or Microsoft System Centre Virtual Machine Manager from Insight Control to perform tasks as needed. View VMware ESX host cluster and resource pool properties from VMware vCenter in the Insight Control console.
• Collect events from VMware ESX and VMware vCenter to use HP Insight Control as your central event consolidation and alerting tool.
• Enables the safe and orderly shutdown of VMware ESX hosts when the VMware's DPM has freed up a VMware ESX host to shut down for power saving purposes. Insight Control communicates with VMware vCenter (and DPM) and will prevent HP SIM from setting the host status to "critical".

Insight Control for Microsoft System Center delivers comprehensive system health, configuration management and remote control, as well as flexible deployment in one easy to install package. Insight Control for Microsoft System Center provides seamless integration of the unique ProLiant and BladeSystem manageability features into the System Center consoles.

Key Insight Control for Microsoft System Center features:

• Support for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012 for Windows, Linux, VMware, Agentless and BladeSystem management packs.
  
• OS deployment and software and driver update capabilities for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012.
  
• The HP ProLiant Agentless Management Pack can manage the health of ProLiant Gen8 servers without the need for loading SNMP agents or WBEM providers. It can also be used to monitor the health of servers that do not have an OS yet loaded, as well as ProLiant Gen8 servers running any operating system that has a supported Agentless Monitoring Service (such as VMware ESXi).
  
• The HP ProLiant and BladeSystem Management Packs integrate with System Center Operations Manager to expose the native capabilities of ProLiant and Blade System servers and enclosures. This provides greater visibility of ProLiant and BladeSystems using Operations Manager Diagram, System, State, and Alert Views, enabling quick root cause analysis with graphical characterization.
  
• The HP ProLiant Linux and VMware Management Packs provide the ability to monitor hardware health and configuration, as well as to receive HP hardware alerts, on ProLiant servers running Linux and VMware ESX. Customers can now use System Center Operations Manager to manage the health of ProLiant servers running supported versions of Windows, Linux, and VMware ESX, all from the same console.
  
• The HP ProLiant Server Operating System Deployment (OSD) module tightly integrates with System Center Configuration Manager to automatically deploy bare metal servers. This includes support for pre-deployment hardware and BIOS configuration, and post-OS driver and agent installation.
  
• The HP ProLiant Hardware Inventory Tool works with System Center Configuration Manager to provide detailed component level inventory of every managed server.
  
• The HP ProLiant Updates Catalog uses System Center Configuration Manager to install and update ProLiant drivers and firmware using a rules based model. This new version of the Catalog takes advantage of the HP Service Pack for ProLiant.
• The HP Performance Resource Optimization (PRO) Management Pack works with System Center Operations Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager to proactively guide and automate movement of virtual machines based upon pre-failure hardware alerts.
  

Insight Control for Microsoft System Center is a free download once you have purchased an HP Insight Control license. This integration enables you to manage your infrastructure -- both virtual and physical together - from your preferred management console.

NOTE: Microsoft System Center is not included with Insight Control for Microsoft System Center and must be purchased separately.

HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server delivers powerful HP hardware management capabilities directly from the vCenter console to virtualization administrators, enabling comprehensive monitoring, remote control and power optimization. In addition, Insight Control delivers robust deployment capabilities and is a key integration point for the broader portfolio of infrastructure management, service automation and IT operations solutions available from HP.

From the VMware vCenter console, HP Insight Control enables you to:

• Combined physical and virtual view: From a single pane of glass, monitor status and performance of virtual machines and the underlying host systems that support them.
  
• Integrated troubleshooting: Receive pre-failure and failure alerts on HP server components and invoke HP management tools, such as Systems Insight Manager, iLO, Virtual Connect Manager and Onboard Administrator, in-context, directly from the vCenter console.
  
• Visually trace and monitor your network end-to-end, from the host, all the way to the individual network modules connected within your domain, delivering comprehensive management of the network making it easy for you to review and change any HP-specific information.
  
• Powerful Remote Control: Remotely manage and troubleshoot HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers using HP Integrated Lights Out Advanced capabilities directly from the vCenter console.
  
• Proactive power management: Get the most out of your existing power envelope by comprehending and proactively managing power for hosts and pools of virtual machines across hosts.
  
• Role-based security: Assign permission to Insight Control for VCenter Single-sign on using the three role levels part of VMware vCenter server to segment the level of access and control.
  
• Maintain stability by monitoring and deploying firmware on HP ProLiant ESXi hosts
  
• Deploy ESX/ESXi hosts on bare-metal ProLiant servers directly from VMware vCenter using the HP Insight Control Deployment Wizard available in the Home section of the vSphere client.
  

Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server is a free download once you have purchased an HP Insight Control license. This integration enables you to provision, modify and recover complex infrastructure -- both virtual and physical together -- from your preferred management console.

NOTE: VMware vCenter Server is not included with Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server and must be purchased separately.

HP Insight Control supports management of most HP ProLiant servers and BladeSystem infrastructure. There may be minor discrepancies in hardware support between different software functions, so customers are encouraged to consult the detailed Insight Management Support Matrix for specifics on platform support at: http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/docs.

To enable the power management capabilities of HP Insight Control, target servers must have an embedded power meter. For a list of systems that support power management, please consult the Insight Management Support Matrix at: http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/docs.

Central Management Server support and requirements
NOTE: See the Insight Management Support Matrix for the most current CMS requirements at: http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/docs.

HP offers a number of additional software support services, many of which are provided to our customersat no additional charge.

Software Technical Support and Update Service
Insight Control and select Insight Management software products include one year of 24 x 7 HP Software Technical Support and Update Service. This service provides access to HP technical resources for assistance in resolving software implementation or operations problems. The service also provides access to software updates and reference manuals either in electronic form or on physical media as they are made available from HP. With this service, Insight Control and Insight Management customers will benefit from expedited problem resolution as well as proactive notification and delivery of software updates. For more information about this service, see http://www.hp.com/services/insight

Registration for Software and Technical Support and Update Services -
If you received a license entitlement certificate, registration for this service will take place following online redemption of the license certificate/key.

How to Use Your Software Technical Support and Update Service
Once registered, you will receive a service contract in the mail containing the Customer Service phone number and your Service Agreement Identifier (SAID). You will need your SAID when calling for technical support. Using your SAID, you can also go to the HP Support Center web page to view your contract online.

Join the Conversation (http://www.hp.com/go/hps)
The HP Support Center is a community-based, user-supported tool for HP customers to participate in discussions amongst the customer community about HP products. For discussions related to Insight Control and Insight Management software, see the "Management Software and System Tools" area.

Software and Drivers download pages (http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.htm) provide the latest software and drivers for your ProLiant products.

Management Security (http://www.hp.com/servers/manage/security)
HP is proactive in its approach to the quality and security of all its management software. Be sure to check this website often for the latest down loadable security updates.

HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) (www.hp.com/go/spp)
HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) is a re-packaging of HP ProLiant systems software and firmware for ProLiant servers, their options, BladeSystem enclosures, and limited HP external storage. It contains a comprehensive collection of firmware and system software components including drivers, agents, non-agents, utilities, and firmware which are tested, managed, and deployed together as a single solution stack.

• HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) and HP Smart Update Manager (HP SUM) version 5 provide a new, comprehensive approach to firmware and system software maintenance. The SPP, including HP SUM, can be downloaded from www.hp.com/go/spp/download. For more information see: www.hp.com/go/spp and http://www.hp.com/go/hpsum
  
• HP Insight Foundation Suite for ProLiant is being baselined at version v8.70. HP ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) and Firmware DVD downloads will be updated through the second release of the ProLiant Gen8 servers at: http://www.hp.com/go/foundation
  
• Customers are urged to use the replacement product, HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP), instead of the Insight Foundation Suite.
  
• Proactive delivery of Product Change Notifications (PCNs), Customer Advisories (CAs), and software driver alerts are delivered through Subscriber's Choice. Take advantage of the feature-rich notifications delivered from HP Subscriber's Choice at: http://www.hp.com/go/myadvisory.
  
• Additional email choices (other than just drivers and advisories) can be signed up -- for example, to get Smart Update Firmware DVD advisories for notification of BladeSystem Release Sets availability. Please see http://www.hp.com/united-states/subscribe/gateway/
  
• Contact Support
  HP Worldwide Customer Service contact numbers are available at http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact.html. For U.S. customers, say "Insight Manager" when prompted for the product name.
  

• ProLiant hardware and HP BladeSystem management infrastructure solutions, including HP CloudSystem Matrix solutions
  
• BladeSystem management solutions such as HP Insight Management (including Matrix OE) and Virtual Connect
  
• Hypervisor and operating system training in VMware, Microsoft, and Linux technologies
  

Hewlett-Packard offers end-of-life HP product return, trade-in, and recycling programs in many geographic areas. For trade-in information, please go to http://www.hp.com/go/green. To recycle your product, please go to: http://www.hp.com/go/green or contact your nearest HP sales office. Products returned to HP will be recycled, recovered or disposed of in a responsible manner.

The EU WEEE directive (2002/95/EC) requires manufacturers to provide treatment information for each product type for use by treatment facilities. This information (product disassembly instructions) is posted on the Hewlett Packard web site at: http://www.hp.com/go/green. These instructions may be used by recyclers and other WEEE treatment facilities as well as HP OEM customers who integrate and re-sell HP equipment.

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