HPE Management Component Pack (MCP)
What’s HPE Management Component Pack
HPE Management Component Pack or HPE MCP provides agent software for use on community-supported distributions. The MCP (unlike the SPP) does not provide drivers and firmware (firmware is provided via HPSUM, and drivers are provided by the distribution vendors). The Linux Service Pack for ProLiant provides updated drivers and agent software for use on RedHat Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
HPE Management Component Pack is including the below agents and tools for community distributions:
- 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
- ssaducli: HPE Command Line Smart Storage Administration Diagnostics
- ssa: HPE Array Smart Storage Administration Service
How to Install HPE Management Component Pack
The HPE Software Delivery Repository hosts yum, zypper, and apt repositories for Linux-related software packages. Much of this content is also available from various locations at hpe.com in iso or tgz format, but if you would prefer to use your Linux-native software configuration manager, you may subscribe your systems to some or all of these repositories for quick and easy access to the latest rpm/deb packages from HPE.
The following table is contains of HPE Software Delivery repositories:
| No. | Browse Repository | Subscribe | Contents |
| 1 | spp-gen10, spp-gen9 | Service Pack for ProLiant (current) | Drivers and agent software for Red Hat and SUSE |
| 2 | spp-gen8 | Service Pack for ProLiant (gen8) | Drivers and agent software for Red Hat and SUSE |
| 3 | spp-g7 | Service Pack for ProLiant (g7) | Drivers and agent software for Red Hat and SUSE |
| 4 | fwpp-gen10, fwpp-gen9 | Firmware Pack for ProLiant (current) | Firmware updates for ProLiant Servers (auth req’d) |
| 5 | fwpp-gen8 | Firmware Pack for ProLiant (gen8) | Firmware updates for ProLiant Servers (auth req’d) |
| 6 | fwpp-g7 | Firmware Pack for ProLiant (g7) | Firmware updates for ProLiant Servers (auth req’d) |
| 7 | mcp | Management Component Pack for ProLiant | Agent software for Ubuntu, Oracle and community distros |
| 8 | isp | Integrity Support Pack | Agent software for Red Hat and SUSE on IA64 |
| 9 | hprest | RESTful Interface Tool | ProLiant Gen9/Gen10 command line management interface |
| 10 | sglx | Serviceguard for Linux | High availability / cluster management software |
| 11 | sut | HP Smart Update Tools | HPE OneView utilities for firwmare/driver updates |
| 12 | intel_opa | Intel Omni-Path Fabric Software | Intel Omni-Path fabric driver & utilities for Red Hat and SUSE |
| 13 | lsrrb | Linux Software RAID Redundant Boot | Tools to manage redundant boot volumes on ProLiant Servers |
| 14 | l4fame | Fabric Attached Memory Emulator | Software for exploring Memory Driven Computing |
| 15 | bl920-wbem | BL920s WBEM Providers | WBEM providers for Red Hat and SUSE on the BL920s |
| 16 | iwbem | Integrity WBEM Providers | WBEM providers for Red Hat and SUSE on IA64 |
| 17 | mlnx_ofed | Mellanox OFED VPI Drivers | Mellanox OFED VPI for Red Hat and SUSE |
| 18 | ip | Intelligent Provisioning | Intelligent Provisioning update packages |
| 19 | vibsdepot | VMware® ESXi bundles | Drivers and vibs for VMware® |
| 20 | hpsum | HPE Smart Update Manager | Software to update firmware and drivers on Red Hat and SUSE |
| 21 | stk | HPE ProLiant Scripting Toolkit | Useful commands for scripting/automating ProLiant hardware |
| 22 | foundation | SGI/HPE Foundation Patches | Patches for SGI/HPE Foundation Software (auth req’d) |
| 23 | accelerate | SGI Accelerate Patches | Patches for SGI Accelerate (auth req’d) |
| 24 | mpi | Message Passing Interface Patches | Patches for SGI MPI and HPE Performance Software – MPI (auth req’d) |
| 25 | react | SGI REACT Patches | Patches for SGI REACT (auth req’d) |
| 26 | smc | SGI Management Center Patches | Patches for SGI Management Center(auth req’d) |
| 27 | issp | InfiniteStorage Software Platform Patches | Patches for SGI/HPE InfiniteStorage Software Platform (auth req’d) |
| 28 | xfs_xvm | XFS & XVM Patches | Patches for SGI XFS & XVM Standalone (auth req’d) |
The 7th item is repository for HPE Management Pack, this repository supporting two types of packages:
- RPM Based
- Deb Based
Subscribe RPM-Based Systems to The MCP Repository
Paste the following section (substituting ditribution, 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:
dist centos, fedora, opensuse, oracle, asianux
dist_ver Browse repo to identify supported distribution versions
arch i386, x86_64
project_ver current, 11.21, 11.05, 10.62, 10.50, 10.40, 10.20, 10.00, 9.30, 9.25, 9.10 (Browse repo to identify supported project versions)
List the packages in the repository
# yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="short_repo_name" list available
Install a specific package
# yum install <packagename>
Subscribe Deb-Based Systems to The MCP Repository
deb http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp dist/project_ver non-free
Where:
dist bionic, xenial, trusty, precise, stretch, jessie, squeeze, wheezy
project_ver current, 11.21, 11.05, 10.60, 10.50, 10.40, 9.50, 9.40, 9.25, 9.10
Install the HPE public gpg key
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>
What About RedHat and SUSE?
The Linux Service Pack for ProLiant provides updated drivers and agent software for use on RedHat Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Subscribe Your System to The SPP Repository
Paste the following section (substituting generation, distribution, architecture and project version) into /etc/yum.repos.d/spp.repo on your RedHat system:
spp] name=Service Pack for ProLiant baseurl=http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/repo/spp-gen/rhel/dist_ver/arch/project_ver enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/GPG-KEY-ServicePackforProLiant
Where:
gen gen10, gen9, gen8, g7, g6 (what’s my gen?)
dist_ver 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 6.10, 6.9, 6.8, 6.7, 6.6, 6.5, 6.4, 6.3arch i386, x86_64
project_ver (gen9, gen10) current, 2018.09.0, 2018.06.0, 2018.03.0, 2017.10.1, 2017.07.1, 2017.04.0, 2016.10.0
project_ver (gen8, G7) current, gen8.1_hotfix9, g7.1_hotfix3, 2017.07.1, 2017.04.0, 2016.10.0, 2016.04.0
Paste the following section (substituting generation, distribution, architecture and project version) into /etc/zypp/repos.d/spp.repoon your SUSE system:
[spp] name=Service Pack for ProLiant baseurl=http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/repo/spp-gen/suse/dist_ver/arch/project_ver enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/GPG-KEY-ServicePackforProLiant
Where:
gen gen10, gen9, gen8, g7, g6 (what’s my gen?)
dist_ver SLES15, SLES12-SP3, SLES12-SP2, SLES12-SP1, SLES12, SLES11-SP3, SLES11-SP2, SLES11-SP1
arch i386, x86_64
project_ver (gen9, gen10) current, 2018.09.0, 2018.06.0, 2018.03.0, 2017.10.1, 2017.07.1, 2017.04.0, 2016.10.0
project_ver (gen8, G7) current, gen8.1_hotfix9, g7.1_hotfix3, 2017.07.1, 2017.04.0, 2016.10.0, 2016.04.0
Installing SPP Packages
List the packages in the repository
# yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="spp" list available
Install a Specific Package
# yum install packagename
