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							Figure3-49iLOMPSetupFlowchart
Preparation
YoumustperformthefollowingtasksbeforeyoucanconfiguretheiLOMPLAN.
•Determinethephysicalaccessmethodtoselectandconnectcables.
•DeterminetheiLOMPLANconfigurationmethodandassignanIPaddressifnecessary.
DeterminingthePhysicaliLOMPAccessMethod
BeforeyoucanaccesstheiLOMP,youmustfirstdeterminethecorrectphysicalconnection
method.TheiLOMPhasaseparateLANportfromthesystemLANport.Itrequiresaseparate
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							LANdrop,IPaddress,andnetworkinginformationfromthatoftheportusedbytheoperating
system.
Table3-5liststheappropriateconnectionmethod,requiredconnectioncomponents,and
connectorstothehostconsole.UseTable3-5todeterminethephysicalconnectionmethod.
Table3-5ConsoleConnectionMatrix
RequiredConnectionComponentsConsoleConnectionMethodOperating
System
10/100LANcableLANHP-UX
1.RS-232DB-9FtoDB-9Fstraightcable
2.Consoledevice(forexample,alaptoporASCIIterminal)
LANportlocalRS-232serial
portremote/modemport
DeterminingtheiLOMPLANConfigurationMethod
ToaccesstheiLOMPthroughtheiLOMPLAN,theiLOMPmustacquireanIPaddress.The
waytheiLOMPacquiresanIPaddressdependsonwhetherDHCPisenabledordisabledon
theserver,andifDHCPandDNSservicesareavailabletotheserver.(SeeTable3-6forpossible
scenarios.)
OnceyouhavedeterminedtheiLOMPaccess,youmustdeterminehowyouwillconfigurethe
iLOMPLANtoacquireanIPaddressusingthefollowingmethods:
•DHCP/DNSthroughtheMPLAN:usetheDNSnamelocatedonthetoe-tagontheserver
•SettingupastaticIPnumberusingalaptopwithDHCPservicesandthemanagementLAN
•ARPPingtosetastaticIPaddressusingalaptopandthemanagementLAN
•LocalRS-232serialportandaserialconsole
•Remote/modemport
Table3-6providesallthepossiblescenarios.Usethistabletohelpyouselecttheappropriate
LANconfigurationmethodtoobtainanIPaddress.
Table3-6MPLANConfigurationMethods
MPLANConfigurationMethodRS-232SerialPort(iLOMPLC
command)
DNSDHCP
DHCPNoYesYes
DHCP,RS-232serialport,orremote/modemportYesYesYes
ARPPingNoNoNo
ARPPingNoYesNo
ARPPing,RS-232serialport,orremote/modemportYesYesNo
RS-232serialport,orremote/modemportYesNoYes
RS-232serialport,remote/modemport,orARPPingYesNoNo
CannotsetuptheLAN.Reconsideryourcriteria.NoNoYes
OnceyouhavedeterminedhowyouwillconfiguretheiLOMPLANinordertoacquireanIP
address,youmustconfiguretheiLOMPLANusingtheselectedmethod.
ConfiguringtheiLOMPLANUsingDHCPandDNS
DHCPautomaticallyconfiguresallDHCP-enabledserverswithIPaddresses,subnetmasks,and
gatewayaddresses.AllHP9000entryclassserverswiththeiLOMPareshippedfromthefactory
withDHCPenabled.
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							TIP:HPrecommendsusingtheDHCPandDNSmethodtosimplifyaccesstotheiLOMP.
WhenyouuseDHCPandDNS,youcanconnecttotheiLOMPbytypingtheDNSnameinyour
browserratherthananIPaddressonlyifthefollowingconditionsapply:
•DHCPmustbeenabled(DHCPisenabledbydefault)
•YouareusingaDHCPserverthatprovidesthedomainnameandtheprimaryDNSserver
IPaddress
•TheprimaryDNSserveracceptsdynamicDNS(DDNS)updates
•TheprimaryDNSserverIPaddresshasbeenconfiguredthroughtheDHCPserver
ToconfiguretheiLOMPusingDHCPandDNS,followthesesteps:
1.Obtainthefactory-setDNSnamefromthetoe-tagontheserver.TheDNSnameis14
characterslong,consistingofthelettersmpfollowedbythe12charactersoftheMACaddress,
forexample:mp0014c29c064f.ThisaddressisassignedtotheiLOMPcard.TheiLOMP
cardhasauniqueMACaddressthatidentifiesthecardonthenetwork.
2.ConnecttheLANcablefromtheservertoanactivenetworkport.
3.ApplyACpowertotheserver(ifnotalreadydone).
4.Openabrowser,Telnet,orSSHclientandenterthedefaulthostname.TheiLOMPLogIn
windowopens.
ConfiguringtheiLOMPLANUsingARPPing
TheAddressResolutionProtocol(ARP)andPacketInternetGrouper(Ping)utilityusesARP
packetstoping,ordiscover,adeviceonthelocalnetworksegment.TheIPaddressyouassign
totheservermustusethesamenetworksegment,orsubnet,asthecomputerassigningthe
address.ARPdoesnotworkacrossroutedorswitchednetworks.
ARPPingoperationalissuesincludethefollowing:
•YoucanuseARPPingregardlessofthestatusofDHCP,unlessanIPaddresshaseverbeen
acquiredusingDHCP
•WhenARPPingissuccessful,DHCPstatusisdisabled
•SomeDHCPserveroptionscancausetheapparentissuanceofARPPingtotheiLOMP
whichnegatestheDHCP/DDNSmethod
•ThePCandtheservermustbeonthesamephysicalsubnet
•Whenanewserverisfirstbooted,DHCPisautomaticallyavailable(factory-setdefault);
butARPPingdoesnotstartuntilthreeminutesaftertheiLOMPisbooted.Thisappliesto
everysubsequentbootoftheiLOMPuntilanIPaddressisobtainedbyDHCPorhasbeen
assignedusingtheLCcommand,orARPPingsucceeds
TherearetwowaystousetheARPPingutility:
•ConnectaPCtothenetworkthatisonthesamephysicalsubnetastheserverandrunthe
ARPPingcommandsfromthePC
•Locateanexistingserveronthenetwork,logintoit,andruntheARPPingcommandsfrom
theserver
Table3-7liststheARPPingcommands.
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							Table3-7ARPPingCommands
DescriptionCommand
ThiscommandassignsanIPaddresstotheiLOMPMACaddress.ThisARPtableentrymaps
theMACaddressoftheiLOMPLANinterfacetothestaticIPaddressdesignatedforthat
interface.
arp-s
Thiscommandtestsnetworkconnections.ItverifiesthattheiLOMPLANportisconfigured
withtheappropriateIPaddress.
ping
ThefollowingprocedureexplainshowtousetheARPPingutilityusingaPCthatisconnected
tothenetworkthatisonthesamephysicalsubnetastheserver.
ToconfigureastaticIPaddressusingtheARPPingutility,followthesesteps:
1.ObtaintheiLOMPMACaddress.TosettheIPaddressusingARP,youmustknowthe
MACaddressoftheiLOMPLAN.YoucanfindtheMACaddressoftheiLOMPLANon
alabelontheserver.
IMPORTANT:MakesureyouobtaintheMACaddresstotheiLOMPLANandnotthe
MACaddresstotheservercoreLAN.
2.VerifythatanactiveLANcableonthelocalsubnetisconnectedtotheiLOMPLANport
ontheserver.
3.AccessaPConthesamephysicalsubnetastheserver.
4.OpenaDOSwindowonthePC.
5.AttheDOSprompt,enterarp -stoassigntheIPaddresstotheiLOMACaddress.
arp -s
Forexample:
arp -s 192.0.2.1 00-00-0c-07-ac-00
6.AttheDOSprompt,enterpingfollowedbytheIPaddresstoverifythattheiLOMPLAN
portisconfiguredwiththeappropriateIPaddress.ThedestinationaddressistheIPaddress
thatismappedtotheMPMACaddress.PerformthistaskfromthePCthathastheARP
tableentry.
ping
Forexample:
ping 192.0.2.1
7.ConnecttotheiLOMPLANusingthisIPaddress.
8.UseweborTelnetaccesstoconnecttotheiLOMPfromahostonthelocalsubnetandfinish
settinguptheLANparameters(gatewayandsubnet).
ConfiguringtheiLOMPLANUsingtheRS-232SerialPort
ThefollowingprocedureshowshowtoconfiguretheiLOMPLANusingtheRS-232serialport.
IMPORTANT:DonotconfigureduplicateIPaddressesondifferentserverswithinthesame
network.DuplicateserverIPaddressesconflictandtheserverscannotconnecttothenetwork.
TheLCcommandenablesyoutoconfigureanIPaddress,hostname,subnetmask,andgateway
address.
IMPORTANT:EnsureyouhaveaconsoleconnectionthroughtheRS-232serialportoranetwork
connectionthroughtheLANtoaccesstheiLOMPandusetheLCcommand.
ToassignastaticIPaddressusingtheLCcommand,followthesesteps:
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							1.Ensuretheemulationsoftwaredeviceisproperlyconfigured.Theterminalemulationdevice
runssoftwarethatinterfaceswiththeserver.Thesoftwareemulatesconsoleoutputasit
wouldappearonanASCIIterminalscreenanddisplaysitonaconsoledevicescreen.
2.Toensuretheemulationsoftwareiscorrectlyconfigured,verifythefollowing:
a.Verifythatthecommunicationsettingsareconfiguredasfollows:
•8/none(parity)
•9600baud
•None(receive)
•None(transmit)
b.Verifythattheterminaltypeisconfiguredappropriately.Supportedterminaltypesare
asfollows:
•hpterm
•vt100
•vt100+
•vt-utf8
IMPORTANT:Donotusehptermandvt100terminaltypesatthesametime.
Therearemanydifferentemulationsoftwareapplications.Consultthehelpsectionofyour
emulationsoftwareapplicationforinstructionsonhowtoconfigurethesoftwareoptions.
3.UseTable3-5todeterminetherequiredconnectioncomponentsandtheportsusedtoconnect
theservertotheconsoledevice.
4.Connectthecables.
a.ConnecttheDB-9endoftheRS-232serialportfemale-to-femalecabletotheconsole
RS-232serialport.
b.ConnecttheotherendoftheDB-9female-to-femalecabletotheconsoledevice.
5.Starttheemulationsoftwareontheconsoledevice.
6.LogintotheiLOMP.See“LoggingIntotheiLOMP”(page95).
7.AttheMPMainMenu,enterCMandpressEntertoselectcommandmode.
8.Atthecommandmodeprompt,enterLSandpressEnter.Thescreendisplaysthedefault
LANconfigurationvalues.Writedownthedefaultvaluesorlogtheinformationtoafile
forfuturetroubleshooting.
9.UsetheLCcommandtodisableDHCP.
a.FromtheLCcommandmenu,enterDandpressEnter.
b.FollowtheinstructionsonthescreentochangetheDHCPstatusfromEnabledto
Disabled.
c.EnterXD -RtoresettheiLOMP.
10.UsetheLCcommandtoenterinformationfortheIPaddress,host,subnetmask,gateway
parameters,andsoon.
11.EnterXD -RtoresettheiLOMP.
12.AftertheiLOMPresets,logintotheiLOMPagainandenterCMattheMP>prompt.
13.EnterLStoconfirmthatDHCPisdisabledanddisplayalistofupdatedLANconfiguration
settings.
LoggingIntotheiLOMP
TologintotheiLOMP,followthesesteps:
1.AccesstheiLOMPusingtheLAN,RS-232serialport,Telnet,SSH,orwebmethod.TheiLO
MPloginpromptdisplays.
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							2.LoginusingthedefaulttheiLOMPusernameandpassword(Admin/Admin).TheMP
MainMenuscreendisplays.
TIP:Forsecurityreasons,HPstronglyrecommendsthatyoumodifythedefaultsettings
duringtheinitialloginsession.See“ModifyingUserAccountsandDefaultPassword”
(page96).
FollowingistheMPMainMenuscreen:
   MP MAIN MENU:
          CO: Console
         VFP: Virtual Front Panel
          CM: Command Menu
          CL: Console Logs
          SL: Show Event Logs
          HE: Main Menu Help
           X: Exit Connection
ThisexampleshowstheMPMainMenuaccessedthroughthelocalserialport.Thelistof
commandsdisplayedonthescreencanbedifferentdependingonthemethodofaccesstothe
iLOMP.
WhenlogginginusingthelocalorremoteRS-232serialports,theloginpromptmaynotdisplay
ifanotheruserisloggedinthroughtheseports.UseCtrl-BtoaccesstheMPMainMenuandthe
iLOMPprompt(MP>).
AdditionalSetup
ThissectionprovidesadditionalinformationtohelpyousetuptheiLOMP.
ForcompleteinformationontheiLOMP,seetheHPIntegrityandHP9000iLOMPOperations
GuideontheHPwebsiteathttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport.
ModifyingUserAccountsandDefaultPassword
TheiLOMPcomespreconfiguredwithdefaultfactorysettings,includingadefaultuseraccount
andpassword.Thetwodefaultuseraccountsatinitialloginare:
•AllRights(Administrator)leveluser:
login=Admin
password=Admin
•ConsoleRights(Operator)leveluser:
login=Oper
password=Oper
NOTE:Useraccountandpasswordarecasesensitive.
IMPORTANT:Forsecurityreasons,HPstronglyrecommendsthatyoumodifythedefault
settingsduringtheinitialloginsession.
MakethefollowingchangesusinganyoftheiLOMPuserinterfaces.
Tomodifydefaultaccountconfigurationsettings,followthesesteps:
1.Loginastheadministrator.Youmustloginastheadministratorinordertomodifydefault
userconfigurationsettings.
2.Tomodifydefaultpasswords,followthesesteps:
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							a.AccesstheMPMainMenu.
b.EnterCMattheMP>prompt.
c.EnterUCattheMP:CM>promptandfollowthepromptstomodifydefaultpasswords.
3.Tosetupuseraccounts,followthesesteps:
a.AccesstheMPMainMenu.
b.EnterCMattheMP>prompt.
c.EnterUCattheMP:CM>promptandfollowthepromptstomodifyuseraccounts.
SettingUpSecurity
Forgreatersecurityandreliability,HPrecommendsthatiLOMPmanagementtrafficbeona
separatededicatedmanagementnetworkandthatonlyadministratorsbegrantedaccesstothat
network.Thisnotonlyimprovesperformancebyreducingtrafficloadacrossthemainnetwork,
italsoactsasthefirstlineofdefenseagainstsecurityattacks.Aseparatenetworkenables
administratorstophysicallycontrolwhichserversareconnectedtothenetwork.
HPalsostronglyrecommendsthatyoumodifythedefaultsettingsduringtheinitialloginsession
anddeterminethesecurityaccessrequiredandwhatuseraccountsandprivilegesareneeded.
Createlocalaccountsorusedirectoryservicestocontroluseraccess.See“ModifyingUser
AccountsandDefaultPassword”(page96).
SecurityAccessSettings
CAUTION:WhenDHCPisenabled,thesystemisvulnerabletosecurityrisksbecauseanyone
canaccesstheiLOMPuntilyouchangethedefaultusernameandpassword.
HPstronglyrecommendsyouassignusergroupsandrightsbeforeproceeding.
Determinethesecurityaccessrequiredanduseraccountsandprivilegesneeded.TheiLOMP
providesoptionstocontroluseraccess.Selectoneofthefollowingoptionstopreventunauthorized
accesstotheiLOMP:
•Changethedefaultusernameandpassword.See“ModifyingUserAccountsandDefault
Password”(page96).
•Createlocalaccounts.Youcanstoreupto19usernamesandpasswordstomanageiLOMP
access.Thisisidealforsmallenvironmentssuchaslabsandsmall-to-mediumsized
businesses.
•Usedirectoryservices.UsethecorporatedirectorytomanageiLOMPuseraccess.Thisis
idealforenvironmentswithalargenumberoffrequentlychangingusers.Ifyouplantouse
directoryservices,HPrecommendsleavingatleastonelocalaccountenabledasanalternate
methodofaccess.
AccessingtheHostConsole
Thissectiondescribesthedifferentwaystoaccessthehostconsoleoftheserver.
AccessingtheHostConsoleWiththeTUI-COCommand
Thissectiondescribesthestepstoaccessthehostconsoleusingthetextuserinterface(TUI).
ToaccessthehostconsolethroughtheiLOMP,followthesesteps:
1.Loginusingyouruseraccountnameandpasswordattheloginpage.
2.AttheiLOMPloginprompt(MP>),entertheCOcommandtoswitchtheconsoleterminal
fromtheMPMainMenutomirroredorredirectedconsolemode.Allmirroreddatadisplays.
3.ToreturntotheiLOMPcommandinterface,pressCtrl-BorEscand+andpressEnter.
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							InteractingWiththeiLOMPUsingtheWebGUI
WebbrowseraccessisanembeddedfeatureoftheiLOMP.
TheiLOMPhasaseparateLANportfromthesystemLANport.ItrequiresaseparateLAN
drop,IPaddress,andnetworkinginformationfromthatoftheportusedbytheoperatingsystem.
Beforestartingthisprocedure,youmusthavethefollowinginformation:
•DNSnamefortheiLOMPLAN
•Hostname(usedwhenmessagesareloggedorprinted)
TointeractwiththeiLOMPthroughthewebGUI,followthesesteps:
1.OpenawebbrowserandentertheDNSnamefortheiLOMP.TheiLOMPloginpageopens.
Figure3-50WebGUILoginPage
2.Loginusingyouruseraccountnameandpasswordattheloginpage.
3.ClickSignIn.TheStatusSummarypagedisplaysafterlogin.
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							Figure3-51StatusSummaryPage
4.SelectthewebinterfacefunctionsbyclickingtheFunctiontabsatthetopofthepage.Each
functionlistsoptionsintheNavigationBarontheleftsideofthepage.
5.ClickanoptionlinktodisplaydataintheDisplayscreen.
6.ClickRefreshtoupdatethedisplay.
TheiLOMPwebinterfacehasarobusthelpsystem.TolaunchiLOMPhelp,clicktheHelptab
intheDisplayscreenorclickthequestionmarkkey(?)atthetoprightcornerofeachpageto
displayhelpaboutthatpage.
AccessingtheGraphicConsoleUsingVGA
IMPORTANT:OnboardVGAgraphicscapabilityisnotsupported.YoumustinstalltheA6150
graphicscardtoenableVGAgrpahicssupport.See“EnablingVGAGraphicsCapability”
(page99).
ThegraphicscapabilityoftheHP9000rp3410orrp3440serverisnotsupported.The15pinVGA
portonthebackofyourHPserveriscoveredanddoesnotfunction.DONOTattempttoattach
amonitortothisport.
BecausethegraphicschipassociatedwiththisportisonboardtheMPcardandcannotbeturned
off,yougetanUNCLAIMED UNKNOWNmessageifyouruntheioscancommand.Thisisnormal
andcanbeignored.
Followingisascreenshotoftheioscanscreen:
          root@myhost> ioscan -fH 0/7/2/0
          Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
          =================================================================
          unknown -1 0/7/2/0 UNCLAIMED UNKNOWN PCI Display (10025159)
          root@myhost>
EnablingVGAGraphicsCapability
ToenablegraphicscapabilityonyourHP9000rp3410orrp3440serveryoumustinstallthe
supportedA6150BgraphicsPCIcardkitinoneoftheopenPCIslots.
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							InstallingYourA6150BGraphicsCard
IfyouorderedtheA6150BgraphicscardkitforinstallationintoaHP9000rp3410orrp3440
server,installthegraphicscardtoactivategraphicscapability.DonotinstalltheUSBcard;itis
notsupported.USBcapabilityisalreadyincorporatedintotherp3410orrp3440server,andthe
USBportsarelocatedontherearpanel.
ToinstalltheA6150graphicscard,see“ReplacingaPCIorGraphicsCard”(page170).
ConnectingaMonitorUsingtheVGAPort
UsetheseprocedurestoconnectamonitortotheVGAportontherearoftheserver.
NOTE:YoucannotaccesstheiLOMPusingVGA.
Thismethodrequiresthreeelements:
•Monitor(withaVGAconnector)
•Keyboard(withaUSBconnector)
•Mouse(withaUSBconnector)
IMPORTANT:Theserverconsoleoutputdoesnotdisplayontheconsoledevicescreenuntil
theserverbootstotheBCHMainMenu.StartaconsolesessionusingtheRS-232serialport
methodtoviewconsoleoutputbeforebootingtotheBCHMainMenuortoaccesstheiLOMP.
ToaccessthegraphicconsolewithVGA,followthesesteps:
1.RemovetheVGAportcoverontherearoftheserver.
2.Connectthemonitor,keyboard,andmousecables.
a.ConnectthemonitorVGAcabletotheappropriateVGAportontheserver.
b.ConnectthekeyboardUSBcabletotheappropriateUSBportontheserver.
c.ConnectthemouseUSBcabletotheappropriateUSBportontheserver.
3.Powerontheserver.TheBCHMainMenupromptdisplays.
Thegraphicconsoleoutputdisplaysonthemonitorscreen.
PoweringtheServerONandOFF
Thissectionprovidesinformationandproceduresforpoweringtheserveronandoff.
PowerStates
Theserverhasthreepowerstates:
•Standbypower
•Fullpower
•Off
Plugthepowercordintotheappropriatereceptacleontherearoftheservertoachievethe
standbypowerstate;thefrontpanelPowerbuttonisnotturnedon.Fullpoweroccurswhenthe
powercordispluggedintotheappropriatereceptacle,andeitherthepowerisactivatedthrough
theiLOMPPCcommand,orthePowerbuttonisactivated.Intheoffstate,thepowercordsare
notpluggedin.
Table3-8liststheserverpowerstates.
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