Quick Start: Initial configuration using REST APIs

After installation, you must configure the appliance and bring your environment under management or monitoring. The individual procedures for configuring the appliance and bringing your environment under management for the first time are no different than when they are performed subsequently or when adding individual components or performing maintenance. However, during the initial configuration, you will likely be bringing your entire environment under management and configuring it in the appliance all at once.

While the appliance is designed to allow flexibility in the order that you create, add, and update resources and devices, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends following the workflow below for your initial set up or when making significant additions or changes to your environment.

Configure the appliance and bring your environment under management of the appliance

Configuration step

Prerequisites

Description

Accept the End User License Agreement (EULA).


	NOTE: You can enable or disable support access (optional) while accepting the EULA. Support access is enabled by default.

None

You must accept the EULA to proceed with the appliance configuration. If you do not accept the EULA, an error occurs when you attempt to change the administrator password.

If you want to allow authorized personnel to access your system to assess problems that you report, you can enable authorized support access.

Configure the appliance.

Fully qualified host name of the appliance
IPv4 address of the appliance (through DHCP or static address; DHCP is not recommended)
Default gateway IP address
One or more DNS server IP addresses
IPv6 address of the appliance (optional)

This step prepares the appliance for your environment. After you complete this step, you can begin building your environment infrastructure.

Create users:
- Create a user with local authentication.
- Assign roles to an enterprise group.

Local authentication

Login name
Full name (optional)
Initial password
Choose a role or create a specialized role
Contact information (optional)

Directory-based authentication

An enterprise directory server to authenticate and authorize users
Default directory (when multiple directories are configured)

After you create local and directory-based users, they can access the appliance and complete tasks based on their assigned role in your data center environment.

Upload a firmware bundle. (Recommended)

NOTE: If you do not upload an SPP, you will not be able to add hardware that does not meet minimum firmware requirements.

At least one HPE Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) firmware bundle

The SPP enables you to update firmware on servers, blades, enclosures, and interconnects. You can apply SPPs as baselines to enclosures, interconnects, and server profiles.


	NOTE: This process might take several minutes. You can proceed to the next configuration step.

Create networks:
- Create an Ethernet network.
- Create a Fibre Channel network.

Network name
VLAN ID
Bandwidth settings
Smart link, private network, or both (optional)

Create a network set.

Network set name
Networks to add to the network set
Untagged VLAN

A network set provides uniformity across server profiles that reference this network set and group Ethernet networks for faster configuration.

Update a connection template.

Connection template URI
Minimum bandwidth
Maximum bandwidth

When you create an Ethernet or Fibre Channel network, a connection template is created. A connection template defines the maximum and typical bandwidth. You must have Network administrator privileges to update a connection template.

Create a logical interconnect group.

Define the logical interconnects in the added enclosures.
Create uplink sets to connect networks or network sets to uplink ports.

A logical interconnect group defines a template for the interconnects in an enclosure.

Create an enclosure group.

Assign a logical interconnect group to the enclosure group.

An enclosure group provides uniform configuration across a group of enclosures that reference it. The enclosure group contains a reference to a logical interconnect group that defines how the physical interconnects are configured in the enclosure.

Add an enclosure to manage its content.


	NOTE: If your enclosure does not have embedded licenses, you will have to add licenses to the appliance. If you have an SNMP read community string you prefer to use, add it before you begin adding enclosures.

Add a c7000 enclosure to monitor the hardware

IP address or fully qualified domain name of the enclosure
OA credentials
For managed enclosures, assign an enclosure group
For managed enclosures, assign a firmware baseline

When you add an enclosure to be managed, you can apply configurations, deploy server profiles, monitor operation status, collect statistics, and alert users to specific conditions.

When you add an enclosure to monitor, you can monitor operation status, collect statistics, and alert users to specific conditions.

Create a server profile.

Server profile name and description
Enclosure name and bay ID
Server hardware
Network connectivity
FlexNIC to assign to the network connection
BIOS settings
Boot order

Server profiles capture all aspects of server configuration in one place, enabling you to consistently replicate new server profiles and to rapidly adjust them for changes in your data center environment.

Optional: Define the physical topology and power systems of your environment in the appliance

Configuration step Prerequisites

Add power devices to the appliance

Define your power devices using the Power Delivery Devices resource

Device type
Device name
Rated capacity of the device
Line voltage and phase
Power feed side (A or B)
Power connections to the device

Add and configure racks

Add racks and configure the layout of enclosures, power delivery devices, and other rack devices using the racks resource.

Rack name
Dimensions of the rack and number of slots
Add enclosures and power delivery devices to the rack
Edit the layout of devices within the rack
The thermal limit of the rack (optional)


	NOTE: The appliance automatically creates racks and when you import enclosures. It places enclosures that are linked by management cables in the same rack.

Create data centers and position racks in them

Define the physical topology of your data center using the Data Centers resource to enable temperature monitoring and 3D visualization using the UI.

Data center name
Dimensions of the data center
Position racks in the data center
Power information such as electrical derating, voltage, and power costs
Cooling information such as cooling capacity and cooling to power cost multiplier

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