HPE Compute Ops Management

Compute Ops Management is designed to seamlessly monitor, manage and gain visibility of your distributed computing environment from a single pane of glass. Compute Ops Management is offered in a single-tier subscription model.

Key capabilities of the platform includes (but are not limited to):

• – Fleet Server Management
• – Server Lifecycle Management

  • Seamless firmware upgrades with Intelligent delta-based updates
  • Group-based firmware management that can be scheduled or on-demand
  • Serial and parallel firmware updates with ‘Stop on failure’ option
  • Automatic and on-demand iLO firmware updates
  • Firmware update with iSUT & AMS integration along with BIOS settings
  • Ability to support RAID0, RAID1 and RAID5 storage configurations
  • Automatic update of firmware baseline
  • Set group firmware baseline and compliance monitoring and in-app alert
  • Automatic and on-demand firmware compliance checking
  • OS Image deployment
• – Supportability

  • Automatic creation of HPE support cases for critical serviceable events
  • Notification of critical hardware alerts via in-app and email notifications
  • On-demand firmware compliance reporting
  • Ability to track audit logs on individual servers via the Activity tab
  • Remote console into respective iLOs using a web browser with HTML5 support
  • Exporting the server inventory from the COM UI
• – Identity & Access Management

  • Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Single Sign-on (SSO)
  • Resource-level restriction policies (RRP)
• – Sustainability insights

  • Power, cost and carbon emission data (historical and projection)
• – Multi-platform support

  • Please see supported platform list
• – Integrations

  • REST API support
  • VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) plug-in module
• – HPE Compute Ops Management simplifies the management of compute operations by providing a centralized cloud-based platform. It now includes integration with VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM), allowing for easy firmware and driver updates for HPE ProLiant Servers directly from the vCenter console.

Subscription

Compute Ops Management is offered as a subscription service. A 3-year subscription to HPE Compute Ops Management is added by default when ordering an HPE ProLiant Gen11 rack, tower, MicroServer, HPE Alletra Storage server, or HPE StoreEasy Storage.

When purchasing, the customer will need to choose from the following attributes:

• – Tier: Single tier licensing model
• – Term: 1 year, 3 years or 5 years
• – Platform: Select the HPE Server Platform family to manage
• – Billing Model: SaaS
• – Billing Frequency: Upfront

Alternatively, customers can purchase and use HPE Compute Ops Management with existing qualifying servers they may already own, or purchase and use with a new qualifying server purchase through HPE or through an authorized HPE Partner. The current attributes are available when purchasing standalone Compute Ops Management subscription:

• – Tier: Single tier licensing model
• – Term: 1 year, 3 years or 5 years
• – Platform: Select the HPE Server Platform family to manage
• – Billing Model: SaaS
• – Billing Frequency: Upfront

Supported Devices

The devices supported for use with Compute Ops Management can be found here

Service and Support

HPE provides a portfolio of support, deployment, and lifecycle management services designed to help customers maximize the value, performance, and availability of their HPE infrastructure. HPE Complete Care Service provides a highly personalized support experience with proactive guidance and expert-led lifecycle management, while HPE Tech Care Service provides fast access to product specialists and flexible response options tailored to operational needs. Both HPE Complete Care Service and HPE Tech Care Service are available with defective media retention, comprehensive defective material retention, and GPU defective material recovery options.

Beyond support, HPE Lifecycle Services help customers deploy and optimize their environments with confidence. From HPE Factory Express services that streamline system configuration and integration before delivery, to Installation and Startup Services that accelerate time to value. For the latest information on HPE Services, please refer to the HPE Services - Supplemental QuickSpecs | HPE, which provides a comprehensive and regularly updated overview of available services.

HPE Compute Ops Management - OneView Edition (requires subscription)

Manage your HPE Synergy and OneView instances remotely from within the GreenLake platform. HPE Compute Ops Management - OneView Edition enables you to:

• – Have a cohesive experience for managing both HPE Synergy and ProLiant servers
• – Access multiple sites from a centralized cloud-based console
• – Manage all connected appliances from a single login
• – Ensure consistency across server profiles/appliances

HPE has created a new service, called HPE Compute Ops Management - OneView Edition, that will allow customers to have a cloud experience for their HPE OneView instances from within GreenLake cloud. This add-on subscription service aggregates connections to locations running HPE OneView appliances and provides customers with a centralized, cloud-based console for multi-site management support, with enhanced appliance configuration consistency, reporting, analytics, and support automation.

HPE OneView instances must be running at a minimum of version 8.4

Key capabilities of the platform includes (but not limited to):

• – OneView Appliance onboard process (OV-cloud adapter)
• – Connected appliance details (IP/FQDN, version, type)
• – Full server inventory view
• – Server resource alerts
• – Server profile association and base inventory
• – Unification of OneView Server Inventory with COM Server Inventory
• – GreenLake Sustainability Insight Center power and thermal utilization integration, including server location data
• – Upgrade HPE OneView from HPE COM-OneView Edition
• – Copy server profile templates between HPE OneView appliances
• – Automatically tracking of settings compliance
• – Upfront Billing
• – Subscription + Consumption model

Platforms supported (within OneView support matrix):

• – HPE ProLiant – Gen8 and newer
• – HPE Synergy – Gen9 and newer
• – HPE Apollo – Gen9 and newer
• – HPE Superdome – Flex and newer

To use HPE or Compute Ops Management - OneView Edition, a subscription must be purchased.

SKU= S0P96AAE HPE Compute Ops Management - OneView Edition.

24x7 support is included with the subscription at no additional charge. The HPE Services Team will assist users with GreenLake account setup and Compute Ops Management - OneView Edition questions and issues.

Subscription

• – Licensed per server device
• – Initiated with a minimum commit for billing
• – Priced on the number of devices that you license for connection to COM-OneView Edition
• – Billed monthly with 1/3/5yr term payment
• – Additional server devices added during the month, above the minimum, are billed within a consumption model monthly usage above the minimum.

Startup and Configuration

Getting your HPE Compute Ops Management - OneView Edition application ready to manage your HPE qualifying synergy infrastructure requires a few simple steps.

1. Set up GreenLake account.
2. Add a Compute Ops Management - OneView Edition service subscription key.
3. The Compute Ops Management - OneView Edition features are displayed in the Compute Ops Management UI only when a service subscription is installed.
4. Prepare HPE OneView appliances for management.
5. Verify HPE OneView appliance connectivity and access.
6. Generate and copy appliance IDs.
7. Add appliances to Compute Ops Management.
8. Activate appliances for management.

The complete HPE COM-OneView Edition Setup Guide can be found here.

Dynamic collaboration

Among experts, it replaces static and manual use of whiteboards, sticky notes, emails, and spreadsheets. The single integrated platform provides ‘one view’ across the converged infrastructure, enabling collaboration through real-time, context-sensitive information sharing.

HPE OneView continues to advance software-defined intelligence with a new updated user interface for provisioning, updating, and integrating compute, storage, and networking infrastructure. This UI update makes HPE OneView even easier to use.

Notes:

– COM subscription customers do not need to purchase a COM-OVE SKU if they do not have HPE OneView or do not need to manage HPE Synergy environments from COM console.

– Only one subscription per workspace is supported. Any attempt to add more than one subscription in a HPE Compute Ops Management workspace will not be supported.

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