Combo: Insight Control Server Deployment (RDP) & Advanced HP Insight Control Server Deployment Topics

Part I - HP Insight Control Server Deployment Foundations

Σκοπός Εκπαιδευτικού Προγράμματος
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to effectively deploy Windows and Linux operating systems to HP ProLiant servers using the HP Insight Control Server Deployment software. By taking this course, the student will learn the basics of the HP Insight Control Server Deployment software and will gain practical skills from several hands-on labs.

Πού Απευθύνεται
The primary audience for this course is administrators, engineers, and consultants who will:

• Plan, implement, and manage a deployment environment based on HP Insight Control Server Deployment
• Perform basic HP Insight Control Server Deployment tasks such as installation, configuration, and scripted and imaged deployment of Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Linux, and SuSE Linux

Θεματικές Ενότητες

Module 0: Course Overview

• Explain what HP Insight Control Server Deployment is
• Position this course
• Familiarize yourselves with the course agenda
• List the student materials
• Describe the HPVL-based equipment and the entry point for accessing it
• Make introductions
• Familiarize yourselves with the HP Virtual Room

Module 1: Touring HP Insight Control Server Deployment

• Describe the benefits of the HP Insight Control Server Deployment
• Name what is new with HP Insight Control Server Deployment version 6.3
• Name the components of the HP Insight Control Server Deployment
• Describe the licensing and update options
• Explain how HP Insight Control Server Deployment and HP Systems Insight Manager provide a complete deployment and change management solution
• Explain how HP Insight Control Server Deployment supports the HP BladeSystem solutions
• Explain the relationship between HP Insight Control Server Deployment and Insight Control management software
• Name other HP server deployment tools and compare them with the HP Insight Control Server Deployment

Module 2: PXE Technology

• Describe the Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) technology and its key benefits
• Explain how to configure HP servers for PXE deployment
• Name the alternatives to PXE and how to use them

Module 3: Installing and Configuring HP Insight Control Server Deployment

• Describe the hardware and software requirements for installing HP Insight Control Server Deployment
• Explain the process of installing HP Insight Control Server Deployment and upgrading from previous version
• Describe the configuration steps necessary to deploy an operating system to a server

Lab 1: Accessing the HPVL environment

• Verify your computer requirements
• Access the HP Virtual Lab equipment

Lab 2: Validating the environment

You will determine whether all necessary components have been installed and properly configured on your deployment server. These necessary components include:

• Certain Microsoft Windows Server services, roles and features
• Additional software such as a Linux-compatible editor, Java Runtime and Virtual CloneDrive
• HP Insight Control Server Deployment software

Lab 3: Configuring HP Insight Control Server Deployment

• Configure the DHCP option for Microsoft Windows Server 2008
• Add deployment operating systems
• Configure PXE boot images
• Configure PXE to process new computers immediately
• Customize the Altiris client installation file
• Enable and configure Microsoft Sysprep
• Explore Microsoft IIS and FTP components within HP Insight Control Server Deployment
• Restart your target servers with the Integrated Remote Console and boot them from the PXE NIC

Module 4: Using the Deployment Console

• Describe the features of the Deployment Console
• Name the tools available from the Deployment Console Tools menu
• List the remote operations available from the Deployment Console Operations menu

Module 5: Scripted Installation and Imaging Jobs

• Define jobs and tasks and explain how they are used
• Describe how HP Insight Control Server Deployment uses scripting for server deployment
• Describe how HP Insight Control Server Deployment uses imaging for server deployment
• Describe how to create conditional jobs and tasks
• Describe how to create custom filters

Module 6: Deployment Agents

• Identify the HP Insight Control Server Deployment agents for Windows and Linux
• Describe the tasks these agents perform
• Explain how to install and configure these Agents

Lab 4: Deploying Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 with Scripting

• Deploy Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 with scripting
• Install the ProLiant Support Pack (PSP)

Lab 5: Deploying Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 with Sysprep Imaging

• Configure Microsoft System Preparation (Sysprep) settings
• Configure the Sysprep job script
• Capture the Sysprep image
• View an image using the Altiris ImageExplorer utility
• Deploy the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Sysprep image

Module 7: HP Insight Control Server Deployment Support

• List the available documentation and online resources for HP Insight Control Server Deployment 6.x
• List the HP support and services available for HP Insight Control Server Deployment 6.x
• Identify some of the known issues with version 6.x and describe how to remedy them
• Identify the PXE error codes and describe the reason for error

Lab 6: Deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 x64 with Scripting

• Deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 x64 with scripting
• Install the ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) for Linux

Lab 7: Deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 x64 with Imaging

• Capture the deployed server blade image
• Replicate the captured operating system Image

Lab 8: Deploying SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64 with Scripting

• Deploy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64 using scripting
• Install ProLiant Support Pack (PSP)

Lab 9: Deploying SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64 with Imaging

• Capture the deployed server blade image
• Replicate the captured operating system image

Lab 10: Using Conditional Jobs and Filters (Optional Labs)

• Create conditional jobs
• Create custom filters
• Deploy the Network Configuration Utility with conditional tasks

Appendix: HP Service Pack for ProLiant

Προϋποθέσεις Συμμετοχής
HP recommends that students have attained these credentials or levels of experience before taking this course:

• HP Insight Foundation (HE643S)
• Familiarity with general networking terminology and basic network security concepts
• An understanding of these operating systems:Microsoft Windows Server 2008, and Either Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server

Part 2 - Advanced HP Insight Control Server Deployment Topics

Σκοπός Εκπαιδευτικού Προγράμματος
This 2-day course provides students with advanced HP Insight Control Server Deployment 6.2
knowledge and skills, such as advanced deployment techniques, using multiple partitions, and deployment of Microsoft Hyper-V, Linux RPM packages, and VMware ESX.It is assumed that the student already has a basic HP Insight Control Server Deployment experience, which can be gained by completing the HP Insight Control Server
Deployment Foundations course

Πού Απευθύνεται
The primary audience for this course is administrators, engineers, and consultants who will:

• Perform advanced deployment and management tasks in a deployment environment based on HP Insight Control Server Deployment 6.2
• Perform HP Insight Control Server Deployment 6.2 tasks such as installation and configuration of Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESX software, creation of virtual machines, and deployment of operating systems to these virtual machines.

Θεματικές Ενότητες

Module 0: Course Overview

• Explain what HP Insight Control Server Deployment is
• Position this course
• Familiarize yourselves with the course agenda
• List the student materials
• Describe the HPVL-based equipment and the entry point for accessing it
• Make introductions
• Familiarize yourselves with the HP Virtual Room

Module 1: Advanced Deployment Techniques

• Describe the advanced imaging techniques that can be used with HP Insight Control Server Deployment software 6.2
• Explain the advanced scripting techniques • Describe multicasting
• Explain how to configure security
• Describe how the automation environment is used in HP Insight Control Server Deployment software 6.2

Module 2: Advanced Deployment Techniques and PXE Technology

• Describe the Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) technology and its key benefits
• Explain how to configure HP servers for PXE deployment
• Name the alternatives to PXE and how to use them

Lab 0: Accessing the HPVL environment

• This lab verifies computer requirements and demonstrates how to access and use the HPVL environment.

Lab 1: Validating the environment

You will determine whether all necessary components have been installed and properly configured on your deployment server. These necessary components include:

• Certain Microsoft Windows Server services, roles and features
• Additional software such as a Linux-compatible editor, Java Runtime and Virtual CloneDrive
• HP Insight Control Server Deployment software and required operating system distribution files

Lab 2: Configuring HP Insight Control Server Deployment

• Configure the DHCP option for Microsoft Windows Server 2008
• Add deployment operating systems
• Configure PXE boot images
• Configure PXE to process new computers immediately
• Customize the Altiris client installation file
• Explore Microsoft IIS and FTP components within HP Insight Control Server Deployment
• Restart your target servers with the Integrated Remote Console and boot them from the PXE NIC

Lab 3: Deploying Microsoft Hyper-V with HP Insight Rapid Deployment Software

• Deploy a scripted Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 x64 installation to a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) enabled server
• Enable Hyper-V Remote Management on the deployment server
• Manage Hyper-V server remotely
• Create a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition virtual machine
• Deploy a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition operating system to the virtual Machine

Lab 4: Deploying VMware ESX Server 4.1 Using Scripting

• Deploy VMware ESX Server 4.1 to a server enabled with PreBoot Execution Environment (PXE) using scripting
• Access and license the VMware server • Build a Redhat Enterprise Server 5.5 virtual machine
• Customizing the unattended installation file for RHEL 5.5
• Deploy a RHEL guest to the virtual machine

Module 3: Using multiple partitions

• Create multiple partitions using HP Insight Control Server Deployment software
• Deploy an operating system to a multiple partition target server using scripted install

Lab 5: Using the Deployment Console to Deploy Linux RPM Packages

• Perform an RPM installation of Samba and FTP servers
• Set Samba and FTP to launch automatically during startup
• Enable the Samba and FTP services

Lab 6: HP Insight Control Server Deployment software and Multiple Partitions

• Create multiple logical drives using HP Insight Control Server Deployment software
• Deploy Windows Server 2008 to a multiple partition target server
• Deploy Red Hat Linux 5.5 to a multiple partition target server
• Configure image installation jobs

Lab 7: Creating Virtual Computers in the Deployment Console

• Create virtual computers
• Set up a pre-deployment job
• Set up virtual bays

Lab 8: Deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

• Configure the target server by installing Microsoft ASP. NET and Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
• Install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 from the command line to generate a Datastore.xml file
• Build a custom installation template to use with HP Insight Control Server Deployment software 6.2
• Deploy an unattended installation of SQL Server 2008 using an .ini file

Διάρκεια Προγράμματος
5 ημέρες

Προϋποθέσεις Συμμετοχής
HP recommends that students have attained these credentials or levels of experience before taking this course:

• HP Insight Control Server Deployment Foundations (HE645S)
• Familiarity with general networking terminology and basic network security concepts
• An understanding of these operating systems: Microsoft Windows Server 2008, and Either Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
• Familiarity with these server virtualization solutions:Microsoft Hyper-V, and VMware ESX 4.0 or newer

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