HPE Software and Configuration utilities
The software and configuration utilities presented in this section operate in online mode, offline mode, or in
both modes.
Active Health System
The Active Health System monitors and records changes in the server hardware and system configuration.
The Active Health System provides:
• Continuous health monitoring of over 1600 system parameters.
• Logging of all configuration changes
• Consolidated health and service alerts with precise time stamps
• Agentless monitoring that does not affect application performance
For more information about the Active Health System, see
iLO user guide
on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise
website.
HPE iLO 5
iLO 5 is a remote server management processor embedded on the system boards of HPE ProLiant servers
and Synergy compute modules. iLO enables the monitoring and controlling of servers from remote locations.
iLO management is a powerful tool that provides multiple ways to configure, update, monitor, and repair
servers remotely. iLO (Standard) comes preconfigured on Hewlett Packard Enterprise servers without an
additional cost or license.
Features that enhance server administrator productivity and additional new security features are licensed. For
more information, see
iLO licensing guide
at the website
http://www.hpe.com/support/ilodocs
.
For more information about iLO, see
iLO user guide
on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website.
HPE Smart Storage Administrator
HPE SSA is the main tool for configuring arrays on HPE Smart Array SR controllers. It exists in three interface
formats: the HPE SSA GUI, the HPE SSA CLI, and HPE SSA Scripting. All formats provide support for
configuration tasks. Some of the advanced tasks are available in only one format.
The diagnostic features in HPE SSA are also available in the standalone software HPE Smart Storage
Administrator Diagnostics Utility CLI.
During the initial provisioning of the server or compute module, an array is required to be configured before
the operating system can be installed. You can configure the array using SSA.
HPE SSA is accessible both offline (either through HPE Intelligent Provisioning or as a standalone bootable
ISO image) and online:
Accessing HPE SSA in the offline environment
IMPORTANT:
If you are updating an existing server in an offline environment, obtain the latest version of HPE SSA
through Service Pack for ProLiant before performing configuration procedures.
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