# Key Features

HPE BMaaS for Morpheus Enterprise provides centralized discovery, provisioning, lifecycle management, and monitoring for HPE ProLiant bare-metal infrastructure. The key features of HPE BMaaS are as follows:

- Automated Server Discovery and Inventory

  - Server Import: Imports HPE ProLiant servers into Morpheus using iLO IP addresses and credentials.
  - Hardware Inventory Discovery: Automatically collects detailed hardware data, including:

    - Server model and generation
    - CPU, memory, and storage configurations
    - Network interfaces and adapters
    - Firmware and driver versions
  - Service Plan Mapping: Maps discovered hardware to Morpheus Service Plans to align metering, consumption tracking, and billing.
  - Metadata Management: Maintains updated server metadata to ensure operational visibility and support capacity planning.
- Resource Pool and Bare Metal Cloud Management

  - Create a Bare Metal Cloud per tenant to represent dedicated HPE ProLiant infrastructure.
  - Organize servers within the cloud into Resource Pools for multi-site deployments and infrastructure segmentation.
  - Allocate servers to specific groups, environments, or use cases.
  - Apply policies, access control, and governance at the cloud or resource pool level.
- Bare Metal Instance Provisioning

  - Provision bare metal instances directly from available HPE ProLiant servers.
  - Support for:

    - Local disk RAID configuration during deployment
    - Automated OS installation
    - Post-install configuration and customization
  - Associate instances with user-defined groups, clouds, and resource pools.
- Operating System Deployment

  - Deploy Windows Server and Linux operating systems using ISO images stored in the Morpheus Virtual Image Library.
  - Supported unattended installation mechanisms:

    - Windows Setup (AutoUnattend)
    - RHEL / Oracle Linux Kickstart
    - Ubuntu Autoinstall (cloud-init)
  - Consistent and repeatable OS deployments across environments.
- Image Management

  - Centralized catalog of bootable OS images.
  - Support for multiple image storage backends:

    - Storage > File Shares

      - CIFS (Samba Windows File Sharing): Windows-compatible network file sharing
      - Local Storage: Direct storage on the server
      - Network File System version 3 (NFSv3): Linux network file sharing
    - Storage > Buckets

      - S3-compatible object storage (for example, using MinIO): Object storage through S3 API
    - Images can be reused across multiple provisioning workflows.
- Greenfield (New Server) Provisioning

  - Provision brand-new, unconfigured HPE ProLiant servers into Morpheus-managed bare metal instances.
  - Perform full end-to-end lifecycle automation, including:

    - Server discovery
    - Power control and boot orchestration
    - RAID and storage configuration
    - Network configuration
    - Operating system deployment
  - Enable zero-touch deployment from factory-fresh hardware to production-ready servers.
  - Ensure consistent, repeatable provisioning aligned with organizational standards.
- Brownfield (Pre-Provisioned Server) Import

  - Import existing physical servers into Morpheus as Pre-Provisioned resources
  - Convert imported servers into fully managed Morpheus instances.
  - Add additional imported servers as nodes to an existing instance.
- Firmware and Driver Lifecycle Management

  - Execute firmware and driver inventory and updates using HPE Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP).
  - Run updates through Morpheus Jobs and Workflows.
  - Target firmware only, drivers only, or both.
  - Support for:

    - Dry Run (inventory only)
    - Deploy (apply updates)
- Monitoring and Metering

  - Monitor real-time hardware health and operational status through iLO integration.
  - Surface system alerts and hardware events inside HPE Morpheus Enterprise.
  - Meter resource consumption for reporting and charge-back or show-back.
- Networking Integration

  - Automated VLAN and switch port configuration in managed mode.
  - Flexible network attachment to physical or bonded interfaces.
  - Support for:

    - Unmanaged networks
    - Managed networks using HPE Aruba CX switches
- Storage Integration

  - Use local server storage for OS installation.
  - Integrate with HPE Alletra MP storage arrays for remote SAN volumes.
  - Create, attach, detach, resize, and delete volumes from HPE Morpheus Enterprise.
- Integration with Morpheus Core Platform Capabilities

  Bare metal instances benefit from native Morpheus platform features, including:
  - SSH and RDP access
  - Morpheus agent (morphd) deployment
  - Workflow automation and lifecycle scripts
  - Policy-based governance
  - Role-based access control
  - Multi-group and multi-cloud support
