How Do I ... ?

Quick Start how do I ... ?

• View the Quick start — Quick start

• HP Insight Control server provisioning concepts

User Interface how do I ... ?

• Navigate the user interface

• Use Search

• View activity information

Managing the appliance how do I ... ?

• Activate Insight Control server provisioning

• Know which OS versions and servers are supported

• Backup, restore, shutdown or restart the appliance

• Use an external directory service for authentication

Servers how do I ... ?

• Provision servers

• Add a server

• Edit server information

• Configure networks for servers

• Add servers to a device group

• Delete servers

• Erase servers

• Handle an ESXi server once it’s deployed

• Adding servers that are already running an operating system

• Deploy servers without PXE

OS Build Plans how do I ... ?

• Make sure a target server is ready for an OS Build Plan

• Select an OS Build Plan and then select the servers to provision

• Select servers and then choose the OS Build Plan to use

• Run a set of Build Plans together

• List available Build Plans

• Copy (Save as) HP-provided Build Plans to allow modifications

• Customize a Build Plan to meet your needs

• Custom attributes

• Import or export OS Build Plans

• Edit OS Build Plans

• Run an OS Build Plan

• Configure static networking information and change host name

• Monitor a running Build Plan

• Delete Build Plans

More OS Build Plan usage how do I... ?

• Set (encrypt) the administrator/root password

• Combine multiple Build Plans to perform many tasks at once

• Change the version of drivers used in a Build Plan

• Capture and install operating system images

• Perform a boot from SAN installation

• Configure the boot device on a Fibre Channel HBA

• Upgrade the firmware on my ProLiant server

• Create an OS Build Plan for VM guest deployment

• Deploy a Support Pack for ProLiant (SPP)

• Install and use the SPP Maintenance release

• Upgrade, rewrite, or downgrade a specific firmware component

• Update Intelligent Provisioning firmware

• Install an operating system on a UEFI capable ProLiant server

• Add a Windows server to a domain

• Create a Windows scripted install OS Build Plan that installs Windows without a product key

• Install a specific Windows edition

• Create additional Windows partitions on a Windows scripted install OS Build Plan

• Enable Windows Multipath I/O (MPIO) feature after a Windows OS installation

• Enable Windows Hyper-V role after a Windows OS installation

• Automatically configure NIC Teaming in Windows Server 2012

• Create a Build Plan to enable virtualization

• Create a Windows scripted installation OS Build Plan for a localized distribution

• Create a Linux scripted installation OS Build Plan for a localized distribution

• Create a Build Plan for SD card deployment

• Create customized RAID deployments

• Capture hardware settings of a server and deploy them to other servers

• Change a Build Plan’s timeout

Scripts how do I ... ?

• Run scripts

• Copy scripts

• Create scripts

• Edit scripts

• Delete scripts

Configuration Files how do I ... ?

• Copy configuration files

• Create configuration files

• Edit configuration files

• Delete configuration files

Packages how do I ... ?

• Preinstallation script for a package

• Postinstallation script for a package

Device Groups how do I ... ?

• Create device groups

• Edit device groups

• Delete device groups

• Run an OS Build Plan on a device group

Jobs how do I ... ?

• Run jobs

• Find log output for a job

• Cancel a job

• Stop a running job

• List all jobs, scheduled, running and complete, with status summary information

• List the target servers for a specific job with status for each server

• List all jobs that were run on a particular target server

• List detailed status and log output for a specific target server and job

• Job history retention

Users and Groups how do I ... ?

• Add a user

• Add a group with directory-based authentication

• Edit a user account

• Edit your own user profile

• Remove a user account

Settings how do I ... ?

• Edit appliance networking settings

• Edit initial appliance networking settings

• Change from single NIC to multi-NIC network configuration

• Edit DHCP settings and uploading WinPE

• Edit Media Server settings

• Edit OS deployment settings

• Edit product key settings screen details

• Edit facility custom attributes screen details

• Edit Security screen details

• Update appliance

• Create a certificate signing request

• Create a self-signed certificate

• Create a support dump for your authorized support representative

• Download audit logs

• Edit support access

• Import a certificate

• View the End-User License agreement

• Back up an appliance

• Restore an appliance from a backup file

• Restart the appliance

• Shut down the appliance

• Disable local logins

• Allow local logins

• Set an authentication directory service as the default directory

• Add an authentication directory service

• Add Directory screen details

• Add Directory server screen details

• Change the authentication directory service settings

• Remove an authentication directory service

HP Matrix OE Integration How do I... ?

• Determine the values needed for Matrix OE integration

• Integrate with Matrix OE during installation

• Integrate with a previously installed Matrix OE installation

• Configure OS Build Plans for use in Matrix OE

• Validate the Matrix OE integration

HP OneView Appliance How do I... ?

• Add an HP OneView appliance

• Edit an HP OneView appliance

• Delete an HP OneView appliance