Quick start

From the Main Menu, select Servers as shown in Figure 1 to display the Servers screen.

	NOTE: For some background information on adding servers, see “Managing and Provisioning Servers” in the HP Insight Control Server Provisioning Administrator Guide.

Main Menu

Select the +Add server link in the master pane. This link is available in the master pane whether or not there are servers already discovered. Alternatively, the Add server link is available by selecting Actions→Add server, as shown in Figure 2

Select Add server

Enter the iLO IP address and credentials, click OK and wait for the server to be added.

See Add a server for complete details.

Select the server and select Configure network from the Actions menu to do server and NIC configuration. Make sure your server is ready to be provisioned as described in Make sure a target server is ready for an OS Build Plan.

Select OS Build Plans from the Main Menu to display the OS Build Plan dialog box as shown in the following Figure 3.

OS Build Plans screen

HP provides Build Plans for use in provisioning and configuring servers. A Build Plan is made up of steps. Each step is an action performed in sequence. There are different types of actions; the vast majority of steps consist of running scripts, configuration files and installing zip packages.

Be sure you have the OS distribution loaded on the Media Server and ready for use by OS Build Plans. Select an OS Build Plan that meets your requirements from the master pane list of OS Build Plans.

From theOS Build Plans screen and with your Build Plan selected, select Actions→Run OS Build Plans as shown in Figure 4 to display the Run OS Build Plans dialog box.

Run OS Build Plans menu selection

From the Run OS Build Plans dialog box, select the Add button in the Servers section, as shown in Figure 5.

Add button in the Servers section

Select your target server from the Select Servers for the Job dialog as shown in Figure 6. To help find your server in the list, enter any part of the server name, model, management IP address, or serial number in the search box. When you have your target server selected, click Add.

Select Servers for the Job dialog

The Run OS Build Plan dialog box will display with your Build Plan and target server listed as shown in Figure 7.

If you like, you may configure the networking of your target server at this time. Select the Configure network check box and set up server networking as described in Configure static networking information and change host name. You also have the option to either run the job immediately or schedule the job for a future date and time.

Click OK and Yes, run to run the OS Build Plan to provision the selected server.

Run OS Build Plan dialog box

After you select Yes, run from the Run OS Build Plan dialog box, the Jobs screen will automatically be displayed so you can monitor the progress of your job. However, at any time you may go to the Jobs screen by selecting Jobs from the main menu and then selecting a job of interest from the master pane list of jobs as shown in Figure 8. See Jobs screen details for information about monitoring a job from the Jobs screen.

Jobs main menu selection

If you wish, check the log output for your job by selecting the Logs link in the Jobs screen. See Find log output for a job for details.

	NOTE: Log output for a job is not available until the job is complete.