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HP SIM is the foundation for HP's unified server-storage management strategy. It provides simplified, centralized management of multiple servers and platforms through a Web-based, unified
("single-pane-of-glass") interface. HP SIM provides the basic tools needed to identify, discover, monitor, and deploy systems and other assets on the network. The core HP SIM software uses WBEM to
deliver essential capabilities required to manage HP server platforms.
HP SIM running on a Microsoft Windows ProLiant server supports provisioning of OpenVMS on HP
Integrity rx3600 and rx6600 servers and on HP Integrity BL860c Server Blades. An OpenVMS plug-in
must be installed on the Windows ProLiant server; instructions are included in the Downloads section.
HP SIM is used to initiate provisioning, after which the installation or upgrade process
occurs automatically in the background.
To provide provisioning over a network, HP SIM can be used in conjunction with the InfoServer software utility and TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS. In this case, you create a service for
a bootable image of OpenVMS (a container file) stored at a location
on the network accessible to the InfoServer. The OpenVMS InfoServer utility serves for provisioning
in much the same way as does the HP Ignite-UX server for provisioning HP-UX on Integrity servers.
Using HP SIM with the InfoServer, you can provision multiple servers (up to eight) simultaneously.
Alternatively, you can use HP SIM with vMedia, in which case you create an ISO image of the OpenVMS OE DVD, store the image on the server where HP SIM is running, and use HP SIM to connect vMedia to
that image. Using vMedia, you can provision one server at a time. You can also use vMedia independently of HP SIM to install or upgrade a server over the network.
Currently, HP SIM provisioning does not support booting from a shadowed system disk.
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