Intoday’sdatacenters,lifeisharderthanitshouldbe.Servermanagementtaskskeepadministratorsrunningfromproblemtoproblemandaworkdayisastreamoferroralerts,systemevents,installationandupdatetasks,andcallstosupportdesks.ITadministratorsspendahugeamountoftimeadministratingphysicalservers.HPProLiantGen8serversaretheresultofacomprehensiveeffortbyHPtotaketheITadministrationexperiencetoanall-new,simplifiedlevel.Toachievethis,thegoalwastomakeserverssmartenoughtomanagethemselves.ThenewHPIntegratedLights-Out(iLO)ManagementEngine—embeddedinsideeachHPProLiantGen8server—offersarichsetofcapabilitiesthatautomateandsimplifysystemprovisioning,troubleshooting,andfirmwareandsoftwareupdates.TakingadvantageofallthenewfeaturesundertheHPiLOManagementEngineumbrella,HPProLiantserversuseintelligencetoautomateyourmostcommontasksduringeachstepoftheITlifecycle.HPiLOManagementEngineisacompletesetofembeddedmanagementfeaturessupportingthecompletelifecycleoftheserver,frominitialdeploymentthroughongoingmanagementtoservicealerting.Bydeliveringcomprehensiveembeddedmanagementthatcoverseverystepoftheserverlifecycleforeveryserverintheirenvironment,HPhelpscustomersspeedtimetodeployment,maximizeserverandapplicationavailabilitythroughproactivenotification,anddramaticallyacceleratetimetoresolutionwhenissuesdoarise.HPiLOManagementEngineCorelifecyclemanagementfunctionsbuiltinforinstantavailabilityDatasheetHPActiveHealthSystemHP(embedded)RemoteSupport(comingsoon)HPIntelligentProvisioningHPiLOThepreferredITadministratorineveryHPProLiantGen8serverServersonline3xfasterwithafullyintegratedsystem&OSconfigurationtoolRobustbasehardwaremonitoringandalertingcapabilityisnowbuiltintothesystem24/7MissionControlforyourserverHPAgentlessManagementHPiLOManagementEngineCorelifecyclemanagementfunctionsbuiltinforinstantavailability2KeyfeaturesandbenefitsTheHPiLOManagementEngineportfolioincludes:1Source:HPproprietaryinternaltest.HPiLOTheHPiLO(integratedLights-Out)managementprocessoristhecorefoundationfortheHPiLOManagementEngine.HPiLOmanagementprocessorsforHPProLiantserverssimplifyserversetup,engageinhealthmonitoringofpowerandthermalcontrol,andpromoteremoteadministrationforHPProLiantML,DL,BL,andSLservers.HPiLOistheintelligencethatdrivesandmanagesalltheservercomponentsandhowtheyinteracttogether.Itprovidesanoutstandingremoteconsoleandvirtualmedia.WiththenewHPiLO4,customerscannowhavethesamehomogeneousservermanagementexperienceacrossallHPProLiantGen8servers.Furthermore,withthenew“HPiLOMobileApp”youhavetheabilitytoaccess,deploy,andmanageyourserveranytimefromanywherefromselectsmartphonesandmobiledevices.Checkitoutat:www.hp.com/go/ilo/mobileappHPIntelligentProvisioningServerprovisioningandmaintenancecapabilityisnowembeddedandstandardacrossallHPProLiantGen8servers.Itsfeaturesfarexceedthatofitspredecessor,SmartStart.WithHPIntelligentProvisioning,youcanquicklyandeasilytakeyourserverfromanout-of-boxstatetoanin-productionstatewiththekeybenefitofnothavingtoinsertanddealwithanyphysicalmedia.HPIntelligentProvisioningaddressesthecomplexityofservermaintenanceanddeployment,whichhasbecomeadauntingandcomplicatedtaskforseasonedsystemsadministrators.Whenindustry-standardserverswerefirstintroducedtherewereonlyafewoptionstobeconfigured,andatthemostoneortwoviableoperatingsystemsanddriversetstoload.Today,anewHPProLiantserverhasnumerouscores,co-processors,andintel...
