HP Insight Control server deployment Knowledge base Deployment Server Prerequisites Feature List Added Functionality Known Issues Supported Operating Systems Supported ProLiant Targets Supported Integrity Targets Supported Other Targets Deployment Server Prerequisites Hardware: ProLiant server with at least 2.0 GHz processor and 2 GB of memory, or an equivalent virtual machine. Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x86 or x64 (SP1, SP2, and R2) Standard or Enterprise Editions; Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x86 or x64 Standard or Enterprise Editions; or Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Standard or Enterprise Editions. The server must not be a domain controller. Storage: 8 GB of free space on the system drive, 4 GB for the base installation, about 4 GB for each distribution, and additional space for each captured disk image. Networking: a network adapter configured with a static IP address and all firewalls properly configured. For Windows 2008 with a local DHCP service, refer to Altiris Knowledgebase (Article 45903). Microsoft.NET Frameworks 1.1 and 2.0 (available at http://www.microsoft.com/net/download.aspx). Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 Express, Standard, or Enterprise Editions; or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express, Standard, or Enterprise Editions (installed either locally or remotely; available at http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/default.aspx). Configured as follows: SQL Server Protocols TCP/IP and Named Pipes must be enabled. SQL Server must be configured with a TCP static port; TCP dynamic ports are not supported. The user performing the installation must be a member of the SYSADMIN SQL Server Security Role. For remote SQL Server installations on the remote Windows Server, (a) the user performing the installation must have Administrator permissions, (b) the firewall must be properly configured, and (c) the SQL Browser service must be running. Microsoft Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 1.1 (available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=94bb6e34-d890-4932-81a5-5b50c657de08&displaylang=en&tm). Disable antivirus software. To use the Deployment Web Console, Microsoft IIS with ASP.NET. To deploy VMware ESX or Linux, Microsoft IIS FTP. For IIS 7.5, IIS 6 compatibility mode must be enabled and FTP Publishing must be added to the default web site with anonymous read access. When upgrading, console security must be disabled. Feature List Feature Version
Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP4 Deployment Server 6.9.4 Hotfix 2.0 Deployment Server Tools and Documentation 6.1.0 Deployment Server Automation Drivers 8.50.0 ProLiant Firmware 9.00.0 ProLiant Hardware 8.50.0 Integrity Hardware 3.5.1 Windows 2008 x64 Enterprise/Standard (EN-US) 8.50.0 Windows 2008 x86 Enterprise/Standard (EN-US) 8.50.0 Windows 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise/Standard (EN-US) 8.50.0 Windows 2008 IA64 (EN-US) 6.50.1 Windows 2008 R2 IA64 (EN-US) 6.50.1 Windows 2003 x64 Enterprise (EN-US) 8.50.0 Windows 2003 x64 Standard (EN-US) 8.50.0 Windows 2003 x86 Enterprise (EN-US) 8.50.0 Windows 2003 x86 Standard (EN-US) 8.50.0 Windows XP x86 Professional (EN-US) 8.40.0 Windows Vista x64 Business (EN-US) 8.40.0 Hyper-V Server 2008 x64 8.50.0 Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 x64 8.50.0 ESX 4.0 U2 8.51.0 ESX 4.1 8.51.0 RHEL 4.8 x64 AS 8.50.0 RHEL 5.5 x64 8.50.0 SLES 10 SP3 x64 8.50.0 SLES 11 x64 8.50.0 HP Management Agents for Windows x86/x64 8.50.0 HP Management Agents for Windows IA64 6.50.1 HP Management Agents for RHEL 4 8.50.0 HP Management Agents for RHEL 5 8.50.0 HP Management Agents for SLES 10 8.50.0 HP Management Agents for SLES 11 8.50.0 HP MPIO EVA DSM 4.00.1 HP MPIO XP DSM 4.00.1 Added Functionality Deploy Smart Array RAID 5 configuration job. Installed as part of the ProLiant Hardware feature. The hpacuscripting utility has changed functionality and using Custom versus Auto is now required to setup RAID 5 in the initialization file. Known Issues
WinPE 3.0 from the Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is not supported and should not be installed on the intended Deployment Server The Deployment Server installation will fail if this WAIK is installed. Only WAIK 1.1/WinPE 2.1 (for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008) is supported. An RDP installation on Windows localized in Italian or Spanish requires the English Windows AIK Localized Italian or Spanish Windows AIK does not have support for WinPE IA64 which is required for RDP installation. Jobs exported from Deployment Server versions prior to 6.9 will not import Either an error message will be received or the import will complete, but the job will not appear in the Deployment Console. For information on how to resolve this issue and how to obtain a conversion utility, refer to Altiris Knowledgebase (Article 48574). ilo - Power Off and ilo - Reset Server do not work for target servers containing Insight Lights-Out 3 Using the Power Control functions, ilo - Power Off and ilo - Reset Server, do not work for target servers with ilo3. The Power Control functions can be accessed using the Deployment Server console and right-mouse selecting the target server in the Computers pane. Supported Operating Systems Windows Server 2003 x86 and x64 Enterprise/Standard/Web Windows Server 2008 x86 and x64 Enterprise/Standard/Datacenter Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise/Standard/Datacenter Windows Server 2008 IA64 Windows Server 2008 R2 IA4 Hyper-V Server 2008 x64 Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 x64 VMware ESX 4.0 U2 NEW! VMware ESX 4.1 NEW! Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 x86 and x64 AS/ES Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 x86 and x64 NEW! SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 SP3 x86 and x64 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 x86 and x64 Windows XP x86 Professional Windows Vista x64 Business There are a few operating systems that are listed as supported, but jobs are not provided. Refer to the Insight Control server deployment Knowledge Base. The following restrictions apply: Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 IA64 require minimum SP2. Windows Server 2003 x64 deployments to virtual machines hosted by Hyper-V Server 2008 or Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 are not supported. Windows Vista requires minimum SP1 and Windows XP requires minimum SP2 Windows client operating systems are only supported on blade PCs and Blade Workstations. Image deployment for Linux updates or service packs that were supported by a previous RDP version are still supported. For additional deployment information, refer to Knowledge Base article How To Capture And Deploy A Linux Image (Article 20000045). Linux IA64 deployments are supported if RDP was upgraded from releases 3.80 through 3.83.
Supported ProLiant Targets Not every target platform configuration is supported by the Operating System support list. Refer to certification matrices: Windows support for HP ProLiant Servers Linux certification and support matrix - HP ProLiant servers ProLiant server VMware support matrix Additionally, to deploy VMware ESX, a driver CD may be required for certain ProLiant models. Including the driver CD is not supported. Refer to the VMware Compatibility Guide for additional information. Refer to support documents for additional information on how to deploy an operating system: Knowledge Base article Servers With Multiple Disks Deployment Support (Article 20000038) Knowledge Base article How To Perform a Boot From SAN Installation (Article 20000039) Knowledge Base article Multipath SAN Deployment Support (Article 20000041) For virtual machine deployment, Windows Server 2003 x86 or x64, Windows Server 2008 x86 or x64, and Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 may be deployed to a virtual machine created within one of the supported virtualization hosts, as well as, VMware ESX 3i, VMware ESX 4i, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V x86/x64, or Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. For additional deployment information, refer to Knowledge Base article Virtual Machine Deployment Support (Article 20000044). Boot from SAN and SAN attached hardware configuration using Emulex and QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs are supported on all ProLiant server blades. ProLiant DL100 series servers and virtual machines created within the supported virtualization hosts require PXE or Network boot first in the boot order. Configuration of and operating system deployment to servers with RAID enabled through the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) is not supported. Windows deployments are supported when the target server contains the HP SmartArray B110i controller. This is the Intel SATA controller which becomes HP SmartArray B110i when set to RAID mode. BL25p G2 BL35p BL260c G5 BL280c G6 BL2x220c G5 BL2x220c G6 BL460c BL460c G5 BL460c G6 BL465c BL465c G5 BL465c G6 BL465c G7 [2][3] NEW! BL480c BL490c G6 BL495c G5 BL495c G6 BL680c G5 BL685c BL685c G5 BL685c G6 BL685c G7 [2][3] NEW! DL120 G5 DL120 G6 DL140 G3 DL145 G3 DL160 G5 DL160 G5p DL160 G6 DL165 G5 DL165 G5p DL165 G6 DL165 G7 [2] DL170h G6 DL180 DL180 G5 DL180 G6 DL185 G5 DL320 G5 DL320 G5p DL320 G6 DL320s DL360 G5 DL360 G6 DL360 G7 DL365 DL365 G5 DL370 G6 DL380 G5 [1] DL380 G6 DL380 G7 DL385 G2 DL385 G5 [1] DL385 G5p DL385 G6 DL385 G7 [2] DL580 G4 DL580 G5 [1] DL580 G7 NEW! DL585 G2 DL585 G5 DL585 G6 DL585 G7 [2] NEW! DL785 G5 DL785 G6 DL980 G7 NEW! ML310 G4 ML310 G5 ML310 G5p ML330 G6 ML350 G5 ML350 G6 ML370 G5 ML370 G6 ML570 G4 SL160z G6 SL165z G6 SL165z G7 [2] SL170z G6 [1] For SAN, only Boot from SAN storage is supported. Brocade FC HBA is only supported for Windows. [2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 x86 is not supported on AMD-based ProLiant G7 servers. [3] VMware ESX 4.0 Update 2 and ESX 4.1 are not supported on ProLiant BL465c G7 and BL685c G7 servers since require a driver CD.
Supported Integrity Targets Refer to support documents for additional information on how to deploy an operating system: Knowledge Base article Integrity Server Deployment Support (Article 20000025) Knowledge Base article Servers With Multiple Disks Deployment Support (Article 20000038) Knowledge Base article How To Perform a Boot From SAN Installation (Article 20000039) Knowledge Base article Multipath SAN Deployment Support (Article 20000041) Boot from SAN and SAN attached hardware configuration using Emulex and QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs are supported on all Integrity server blades. Deployments to Integrity mid-range and Superdome servers are not supported with Japanese localized operating systems. BL860c [4] BL870c [4] rx2660 rx3600 rx6600 rx7620 rx7640 rx8620 rx8640 Superdome sx1000 Superdome sx2000 [4] For direct attached storage (DAS), RAID 1 configuration is only supported. Supported Other Targets bc1500 blade PC [5] bc2000 blade PC [5] bc2200 blade PC bc2500 blade PC [5] bc2800 blade PC WS460c G6 Workstation Blade [5] Only Windows XP x86 is supported.