Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: Tour the Product
- Describe HP Insight Control and HP Systems Insight Manager
- Identify how to find the new features included with HP Insight Control and HP Systems Insight Manager
- Describe the features of the products and how each feature can be used to manage remote systems
- List the components and applications that are required to manage a system.
- Identify availability of software
- Identify product resources
- Describe warranty support for Windows, Linux and HP-UX
Module 2: Systems Management Review
- Define system management
- Identify key systems management essential elements
- List Integrated Lights-Out management capabilities and related components
- State SmartStart components implemented for ProLiant management
- Describe Smart Update Manager functionality for firmware and driver updates
- Compare and contrast ProLiant Support Pack components and management tools
- List Insight Management Agents
- Troubleshoot agent issues
- Operate System Management Homepage as a server based management information aggregator
- Identify WBEM capabilities and components
- Describe role of WMI and interaction with WBEM
- Define Version Control components and capabilities
- Operate Version Control Agent and Repository
Module 3: Version Control and Software Deployment
- Describe the version control architecture
- List the requirements for installing the software repository
- Configure the software repository
- Describe the tasks used to update a managed system
- List the steps in migrating version control to the System Management Homepage (SMH)
Module 4: Typical Installation
- List the installation activities
- Locate the steps for installing HP Insight Control on a Central
- Management Server (CMS)
- Describe when the WMI mapper is needed and how to configure it
- Describe how to upgrade a previous installation of HP Systems Insight Manager
- List the steps to remove an HP Systems Insight Manager installation
Module 5: Setup and Configuration
- Describe and configure the home page
- Describe how to create and assign user rights
- Describe how to setup up discovery
- Navigate the system pages for managed systems
- Describe how to customize status polling
- Describe how to configure event notification
Module 6: HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager
- Describe the features and benefits of HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager
- Describe changes and what is new in HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager
- Explain how to use BladeSystem Integrated Manager
Module 7: Using Tasks, Collections, Tools and Events
- Explain how tasks can be used to manage a remote system
- Understand how collections can be used to filter and organize systems
- Describe how tools are created and launched
- Identify how events are generated and managed
Module 8: Reports
- Describe the process for accessing reports
- Describe processes for managing reports
- Identify Enhanced reporting capabilities
Module 9: Audit Log
- Describe the audit logging feature
- Access the audit log
- Manage the audit log
- List support resources
Module 10: Use and Maintain Storage Components
- Identify the storage management components of HP Systems Insight
- Manager
- Describe the information that is available using System Pages
- Identify the collections that are available for organizing storage
- Understand the reporting functionality of storage components
- Identify the steps necessary for device discovery
Module 11: Database and MIBs
- List the HP Systems Insight Manager database management tasks
- Define the capabilities of the System Type Manager
- Describe the components and of use the Management Information Bases (MIB) importing and compiling tools in HP Systems Insight Manager
Module 12: HP Analysis Tools
- Describe the purpose of the WBEM health polling plug-in
- Describe the function of each of the HP analysis tools
- Describe the integration of the HP analysis tools with HP Insight Control
Module 13: Troubleshooting
- Describe the basics of troubleshooting
- Identify solutions for many common HP Systems Insight Manager problems
Appendix A (Lecture): Introducing ProLiant Generation 8