HP Insight Foundation Suite for ProLiant

The HP Insight Foundation Suite for ProLiant was formerly known as the HP ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack and ships standard with HP ProLiant ML and DL 300, 500, 700 and BladeSystem BTO servers. It provides a basic server maintenance solution by combining the Firmware Maintenance CD with two SmartStart CDs (one supporting 32 bit and one supporting 64 bit operating systems) and the Management DVD featuring Systems Insight Manager (SIM).

It provides management solutions that are designed to simplify a server's installation, configuration, and maintenance throughout its life-cycle and provides customers with higher levels of operational efficiency and highly reliable solutions.

To support HP's commitment to reducing our overall environmental impact, the HP Insight Foundation Suite for ProLiant is now available as an option for the HP ProLiant 300/500/700 Generation (G6) series and BladeSystems servers through CTO.

Significant new features are available

• SmartStart 8.30 and the Firmware CD version 8.70 have been updated to include the HP USB Key Utility version 1.30 which is a Windows application that allows users to copy the SmartStart CD and the Firmware Maintenance CD contents from their CDs to a portable USB flash drive. Users may then boot and run the CD applications from a USB flash drive rather than from the CD. Especially beneficial in headless-server operations.
• All the important updates included with SmartStart, SIM, and Firmware Maintenance CD CD that provide support for all recent servers and Operating Systems are available with this release
• SmartStart is significantly updated with an easy to navigate, fresh GUI suitable for both new users and SMB

Features a wide selection of essential software tools, including ProLiant Support Packs, Management DVD featuring Systems Insight Management Manager (SIM), and the Firmware Maintenance CD in a kit. Additionally, HP BladeSystems Deployment Tool and HP BladeSystem Online Firmware Bundle are available on the web for download.

HP Insight Foundation Suite for ProLiant contains the essential software every customer needs to install, configure, and manage ProLiant servers as part of an adaptive infrastructure.

• Benefit Supporting Point 1: SmartStart (one for x86 32-bit and one for 64-bit operating systems)
• ProLiant Support Pack for Windows (included in the SmartStart CD)
• ProLiant Support Pack for Linux (included in the SmartStart CD
• Firmware Maintenance CD and HP BladeSystem Firmware Deployevelopment Tool - firmware for your servers and server options are available through these tools. The HP BladeSystems Deployment Tool and HP BladeSystem Online Firmware Bundle are available on the web for download. Also Aaccess the latest and a more complete set of firmware from the Software and Drivers download pages
• Ships standard with every ProLiant server – a single, comprehensive source for all ProLiant server support software
• Regular enhancements and upgrades are included as standard
• Subscription service available to keep customers always up-to-date
• Additional HP ProLiant Core Management Software includes SmartStart Scripting Toolkit, ActiveUpdate

HP USB Key Utility: Forget the CD - carry your data on a bootable USB key! System administrators can now make storage, transportation, and usage of the SmartStart and Firmware Maintenance CD easy.

Use the simple HP USB Key Utility to copy your SmartStart and Firmware Maintenance CD on your portable USB key storage device. Newest release allows users to copy the SmartStart CD and the Firmware Maintenance CD contents from their CDs to a portable USB flash drive. Users may then boot and run the CD applications from a USB flash drive rather than from the CD.

• All your CDs can be put on a single USB key for portability.
• Eliminate CD swap!:
• Plus you get exactly the components you want.
• To download the HP USB Key Utility go to the below web site: www.hp.com/go/foundation.

Management DVD as part of the full suite of software tools

To help manage your HP adaptive infrastructure:

• HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) - The focal point for proactive system management across the HP product line and extending to non-HP systems. HP SIM helps maximize system uptime and performance and reduces infrastructure maintenance costs by providing proactive notification of problems before those problems result in costly downtime and reduced productivity
• Software Version Control - through the Version Control Agents and Version Control Repository within HP SIM, system software version control capabilities make it even easier to maintain consistent software baselines across all your ProLiant servers
• System Management Homepage - provides a web-based interface to consolidate and simplify single system management information. The System Management Homepage enables direct access to system health and in-depth configuration information through the Insight Management Agents, in addition tools that proactively monitor and administer system performance data, drive array configuration, and software version control

Ideal for...

• A dependable, convenient method to take servers to a fully deployed, operational, and managed status within the IT infrastructure quickly, consistently, reliably, using minimal precious resources
• One to any number of ProLiant servers
• New deployments and re-deployments of existing servers
• Implement total server management from anywhere at anytime

• New infrastructure build-outs or expansions of existing ones
• Any customer experience level: first time server owners to full-time IT administrators

• Includes SmartStart CDs, ProLiant Support Packs, Firmware Maintenance CD, HP BladeSystem Firmware Deployment Tool.
• Driven by HP Smart Update Manager (HP SUM), a technology that assists with reducing the complexity for system administrators to provision and update HP ProLiant Servers, Options and Blades within the datacenter. HP Smart Update Manager provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and a command-line, scriptable interface for deployment of firmware for single or one-to-many servers. Key Features:
  • Agent-less
  • Dependency checking - ensure appropriate install order and dependency between components
  • Intelligent deployment - only deploy the update necessary components
  • Firmware & Software can be combined and deployed together
  • Improved deployment performance
  • Local or remote (1-to-many) online deployment
  • Local offline deployments
  • Remote offline deployment when used with the SmartStart Scripting Toolkit or iLO Virtual Media
  • GUI or CLI/Scriptable with extensive logging
  • Remote command-line deployment
• SmartStart Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK) provides a flexible way to create standard server configuration scripts. These scripts are used to automate many of the manual steps in the server configuration process

• HP USB Key Utility: Copy your SmartStart and Firmware Maintenance CD on your portable USB key storage device This utility has been updated significantly for release 1.30 in SmartStart 8.30 and Firmware CD 8.70.
• Online ROM Flash Components: Online method for Windows and Linux systems for performing firmware updates for selected ProLiant servers and options.