HPE OneView is the central infrastructure management platform for HPE Synergy. It provides a unified interface to manage compute, storage, and fabric resources across physical and virtual environments, enabling template-based provisioning and full lifecycle automation, which aligns perfectly with the customer’s requirement for a single pane of glass.

Correctable memory errors are an early warning sign of potential future hardware failure. The best practice is proactive monitoring through iLO to track the error rate. Planning for replacement during a scheduled maintenance window, especially if errors escalate to uncorrectable, prevents unplanned downtime while maintaining system stability in the interim.

The HPE Performance Collection Tool (HPEPerfCollect) is designed for in-depth, low-level performance analysis of HPE servers and storage. It collects detailed I/O metrics, controller statistics, and system performance data, which is essential for identifying hardware-level bottlenecks in demanding environments like HPC, beyond what standard health monitoring provides.

This option incorporates multiple layers of security (defense in depth): unique accounts for accountability, strong passwords, two-factor authentication for proof of identity, and network-level restrictions. It addresses credential theft, brute-force attacks, and unauthorized network access, providing a robust security posture for iLO.

HPE InfoSight’s core differentiator is its cloud-based AI and cross-stack analytics. Predicting drive failures is one benefit, but its ability to automatically correlate issues across the infrastructure stack (e.g., linking a storage latency spike to a specific ESXi host configuration issue) demonstrates true predictive and holistic problem-solving, often resolving issues before users notice them.

HPE Smart Update Manager (HPSUM) is the tool designed for coordinated, dependency-aware firmware and driver updates. It analyzes the entire server stack (BIOS, iLO, controllers, network adapters), determines the correct update order, and can orchestrate updates across multiple servers, which is critical for maintaining consistency and minimizing downtime in a cluster.

This is the essence of the HPE GreenLake as-a-service model. HPE takes responsibility for the infrastructure lifecycle (ownership, health, updates, maintenance), converting it to an operational expense. The customer maintains full control over what matters most: their data, applications, and the workloads running on that infrastructure, enjoying cloud-like simplicity on-premises.

HPE Synergy Image Streamer separates software (OS/hypervisor) deployment from hardware provisioning. It uses golden images stored in the frame to rapidly deploy or reprovision OS instances to any compute module via the network. This is key to the composable ‘stateless’ compute model, enabling quick workload mobility and consistent deployments.

The ‘Perform Maintenance’ path in Intelligent Provisioning offers greater control and access to the full suite of tools, including the ability to download and inject the very latest, service-pack-level HPE drivers and system software from the HPE repository during the OS installation. This ensures maximum hardware compatibility and stability from the moment the system is commissioned.

HPE OneView is the central infrastructure management platform for HPE Synergy. It provides a unified interface to manage compute, storage, and fabric resources across physical and virtual environments, enabling template-based provisioning and full lifecycle automation, which aligns perfectly with the customer’s requirement for a single pane of glass.0