Editing HPE ProLiant System Configuration/Support

Debian has a page in their Wiki covering anecdotal reports of compatibility/support for Debian on the HP ProLiant Server family:  https://wiki.debian.org/HP/ProLiant

== HPE Software Repositories ==
HPE maintains RPM and Debian repositories for their system support software -- see http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/project/mcp/

The software available through the repository includes:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! package !! description
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| hp-health || HPE System Health Application and Command line Utilities (Gen9 and earlier)
|-
| hponcfg || HPE RILOE II/iLO online configuration utility
|-
| amsd || HPE Agentless Management Service (Gen10 only)
|-
| hp-ams || HPE Agentless Management Service (Gen9 and earlier)
|-
| hp-snmp-agents || Insight Management SNMP Agents for HPE ProLiant Systems (Gen9 and earlier)
|-
| hpsmh || HPE System Management Homepage (Gen9 and earlier)
|-
| hp-smh-templates || HPE System Management Homepage Templates (Gen9 and earlier)
|-
| ssacli || HPE Command Line Smart Storage Administration Utility
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| ssaducli || HPE Command Line Smart Storage Administration Diagnostics
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| ssa || HPE Array Smart Storage Administration Service
|}

=== RPM Repository ===
Cut-n-paste the following section (substituting distribution, architecture and project version) into /etc/yum.repos.d/mcp.repo on your system:

 [mcp]
 name=Management Component Pack
 baseurl=http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/repo/mcp/dist/dist_ver/arch/project_ver
 enabled=1
 gpgcheck=0
 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/GPG-KEY-mcp

Where:
<pre>   dist          centos, fedora, opensuse, oracle, asianux
   dist_ver      [http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp/ Browse repo to identify supported distribution versions]
   arch          i386, x86_64
   project_ver   current, 11.30, 11.21, 11.05, 10.62, 10.50, 10.40, 10.20, 10.00, 9.30, 9.25</pre>
        
List the packages in the repository
 yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="short_repo_name" list available

Install a specific package
 yum install <packagename>

=== Debian Repositories ===
Cut-n-paste the following section (substituting distribution, architecture and project version) into /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mcp.list on your system:

 # HPE Management Component Pack 
 deb http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp dist/project_ver non-free

Where:
<pre>   dist             bionic, xenial, trusty, precise, stretch, jessie, squeeze, wheezy
   project_ver      current, 11.30, 11.21, 11.05, 10.80, 10.60, 10.50, 10.40, 9.50, 9.40</pre>
        
Install the HPE public gpg key -- instructions at http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/keys

Update the local apt indexes
 apt-get update

Search for a specific package
 apt-cache search <packagename> # browse debs

Install a specific package
 apt-get install <packagename>

== SmartArray P410i ==
=== Smart Storage Administration ===
The ssa utility provides a nice GUI for managing the drive arrays in the DL380G7 ... but it comes with a heavy cost in terms of software that must be installed.  Beyond the '''ssa''' package that must be installed, the use requires that firefox is installed and displayable from the local machine.  Given that the systems do not run in graphics mode, this means that you need to make sure that the X11 DISPLAY veriable is set properly to tunnel the result back to a graphical workstation.

After installing the repository above, install the packages:
 yum install -y ssa firefox xauth
... or ...
 apt install -y ssa firefox-esr xauth
Be warned -- the firefox install alone grabs over 100 dependent packages ...

After installing everything, run the SSA package in local mode:
 ssa -local

This will start a background process and then launch firefox pointing at that process, which listens on a random high port number.  This is a very poor situation, but the tool itself is very nice and allows (as far as I can tell) do everything to configure the controller and attached disks and arrays.

For a quick status that can be put in a regular status check (cron.daily or crontab), use the '''ssacli''' command:
 yum install ssacli
... or ...
 apt install ssacli

 ssacli ctrl slot=0 pd all show summary
This will show all the drives in the first controller slot (ther is only one in the chassis, I think)

=== HPE Enterprise Support ===
The HP overview is located here:  https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01677092

The full enterprise support site is located at https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/km/product/3883933/Product#t=Documents&sort=relevancy&layout=table&f:@kmdoclanguagecode=[cv1871440]&hpe=1

== ProLiant DL380G7 ==
HPE overview:  https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c02215285

HPE ProLiant DL380 G7 Server - Specifications: https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c02215298

Search | HPE Support Center - Drivers for HPE ProLiant DL380 G7 Server Models : https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/km/product/4091567/Product#t=DriversandSoftware&sort=relevancy&layout=table