System administration/ProLiant

Proliant is a popular x86 brand of server computers sell by HP with advanced features:
 * Redundant and hot swappable power supplies
 * Disk array controllers with hot swap disks: /HPE ProLiant Smart Array Controllers/
 * Out of Band Management capabilities (HP Integrated Lights-Out or /iLO/)

HP provide drivers a software for managing servers such as Management Component Pack which includes
 * HP online configuration utility (hponcfg)
 * Agentless Management Service amsd
 * Smart Storage Administrator (SSA) ssa
 * Smart Storage Administrator (SSA) CLI ssacli
 * Smart Storage Administrator Diagnostic Utility (SSADU) CLI ssaducli.

To install them follow installation instructions :

Binaries provides by  package:

Activities

 * 1) Read about different Proliant models and other competitors such as: Dell, IBM or Supermicro.
 * 2) Identify characteristics of most popular models: /DL380/ (up to 2 CPUs/24-DIMM slots) and /DL580/.
 * 3) Read /DL380 Gen10/ QuickSpecs: https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=a00008180enw
 * 4) Read DL380 Gen10 User Guide: https://h20628.www2.hp.com/km-ext/kmcsdirect/emr_na-a00019109en_us-11.pdf
 * 5) Read HP iLO User Guide: https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=a00074744en_us
 * 6) Install latest LTS Ubuntu Server and install HP Management Component Pack
 * 7) Use your browser to /Access to iLO/
 * 8) /Remove a disk from your redundant storage array and review OS logs/ and verify output from
 * 9) Read page about /HPE ProLiant Smart Array Controllers/
 * 10) Enter HP Proliant iLO SSA aplication by pressing   and configure your disk array.
 * 11) Learn about UEFI System Utilities User Guide for HPE ProLiant Gen10 https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00016407ja_jp
 * 12) Learn about HPE Agentless Management: https://buy.hpe.com/us/en/software/server-management-software/server-ilo-management/ilo-management-engine/hpe-agentless-management/p/5219980
 * 13) Learn about Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP)