HP OneView - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
I Learning about HP OneView.......................................................................15
1 Learning about HP OneView..................................................................17
1.1 HP OneView for converged infrastructure management......................................................17
1.2 Provisioning features.....................................................................................................18
1.2.1 Server profiles.......................................................................................................19
1.2.2 Groups, templates, and sets...................................................................................19
1.2.3 Streamlined process for bringing hardware under management..................................21
1.2.4 Operating system deployment.................................................................................21
1.2.5 Storage provisioning and management....................................................................21
1.3 Firmware and configuration change management features.................................................22
1.3.1 Simplified firmware management.............................................................................22
1.3.2 Simplified configuration change management...........................................................23
1.4 Monitoring and response features...................................................................................23
1.4.1 Data center environmental management...................................................................24
1.4.2 Resource utilization monitoring...............................................................................24
1.4.3 Activity and health management ............................................................................25
1.4.4 Hardware and firmware inventory information..........................................................25
1.5 Backup and restore features...........................................................................................25
1.6 Security features...........................................................................................................26
1.7 Availability features......................................................................................................27
1.8 Graphical and programmatic interfaces..........................................................................27
1.9 Integration with other management software....................................................................28
1.10 Open integration.........................................................................................................28
1.11 Convenient licensing model...........................................................................................29
1.12 Networking features....................................................................................................29
2 Understanding the resource model..........................................................31
2.1 Resource model summary diagram..................................................................................31
2.2 Server profiles.............................................................................................................32
2.3 Connection templates...................................................................................................33
2.4 Connections................................................................................................................33
2.5 Server hardware types..................................................................................................34
2.6 Server hardware..........................................................................................................34
2.7 Enclosure groups..........................................................................................................35
2.8 Enclosure types............................................................................................................36
2.9 Enclosures...................................................................................................................36
2.10 Interconnect types.......................................................................................................37
2.11 Interconnects...............................................................................................................37
2.12 Logical interconnect groups..........................................................................................38
2.13 Logical interconnects....................................................................................................39
2.14 Uplink sets.................................................................................................................41
2.15 Networks...................................................................................................................41
2.16 Network sets..............................................................................................................41
2.17 Switches....................................................................................................................42
2.18 Storage Systems..........................................................................................................43
2.19 Storage Pools.............................................................................................................43
2.20 Volumes....................................................................................................................44
2.21 Volume Templates.......................................................................................................44
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