HP Ilo 2 User Guide
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1Overview TheiLO2firmwareprovidesmultiplewaystoconfigure,update,andoperateserversremotely. TheHPIntegratedLights-Out2UserGuidedescribesthesefeaturesandhowtousethemwiththe browser-basedinterfaceandRBSU.Somefeaturesarelicensedfeaturesandmayonlybeaccessed afterpurchasinganoptionallicense.Formoreinformation,see“Licensing”(page26). TheHPIntegratedLights-OutManagementProcessorScriptingandCommandLineResourceGuide describesthesyntaxandtoolsavailabletouseiLO2throughacommand-lineorscriptedinterface....
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DifferencesbetweeniLO2andiLO TheiLO2firmwareisbasedontheiLOandsharesmanycommonfeatures.However,touseiLO 2toaccessapre-operatingsystem,text-basedremoteconsole,youmustusetheremoteserial console.Formoreinformation,see“Text-basedremoteconsoleoverview”(page95). ThefollowingtablehighlightsthedifferencesbetweeniLO2andiLO. iLOiLO2Feature Standardfeatures Pre-OSandOSPre-OSTextconsole Pre-OSandOSPre-OSandOSRemoteSerialConsole(virtualserial port) NoYesServerhealthmonitoringand maintenance Advancedfeatures...
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ServermanagementthroughIPMIversion2.0compliantapplications ServermanagementthroughtheIPMIisastandardizedmethodforcontrollingandmonitoringthe server.iLO2providesservermanagementbasedontheIPMIversion2.0specification. TheIPMIspecificationdefinesastandardizedinterfaceforplatformmanagement.TheIPMI specificationdefinesthefollowingtypesofplatformmanagement: •Monitoringofsysteminformation,suchasfans,temperatures,andpowersupplies •Recoverycapabilities,suchassystemresetsandpoweron/offoperations...
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Authentication: •TheiLO2firmwareusesbasicauthenticationoverSSL,compliantwithprofile: wsman:secprofile/https/basic. •AuthenticatedusersareauthorizedtoexecuteWS-Managementcommandsinaccordance withdesignatedprivilegesintheirlocalordirectoryaccounts. •ToenablebasicauthenticationonWindowsVista,entergpedit.mscatthecommandprompt tolaunchtheGroupPolicyObjectEditor.SelectComputerConfiguration>Administrative Templates>WindowsComponents>WindowsRemoteManagement(WinRM)>WinRMClient....
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•“TroubleshootingiLO2”(page182) •“Directoryservicesschema”(page171) Supportedbrowsersandclientoperatingsystems •MicrosoftInternetExplorer7,InternetExplorer8,InternetExplorer9 ThesebrowsersaresupportedonMicrosoftWindowsproducts.◦ ◦HPsupportsMicrosoftJVMandSUNJava1.4.2_13.Todownloadtherecommended JVMforyoursystemconfiguration,seetheHPwebsiteathttp://www.hp.com/servers/ manage/jvm. •MozillaFirefox2.0 ThisbrowserissupportedonRedHatEnterpriseLinuxDesktop4andNovellLinuxDesktop 9. ◦...
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◦RedHatEnterpriseLinux5(x86) ◦RedHatEnterpriseLinux5(AMD64/EM64T) •SUSELINUX ◦SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer9(x86) ◦SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer(AMD64/EM64T) ◦SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer10 16Overview
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2SettingupiLO2 Quicksetup ToquicklysetupiLO2byusingthedefaultsettingsforiLO2StandardandiLOAdvancedfeatures, followthesesteps: 1.Todecidehowyouwanttostructurenetworkingandsecurity,see“PreparingtosetupiLO2” (page17) 2.ToconnectiLO2tothenetwork,see“Connectingtothenetwork”(page18). 3.IfyouarenotusingdynamicIPaddressingtoconfigureastaticIPaddress,usetheiLO2 RBSU.See“ConfiguringtheIPaddress”(page19). 4.TologintoiLO2fromasupportedbrowserorcommandlineusingthedefaultusername,...
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3.Whataccesssecurityisrequiredandwhatuseraccountsandprivilegesareneeded? TheiLO2firmwareprovidesseveraloptionstocontroluseraccess.Youmustselectoneof thefollowingmethodstopreventunauthorizedaccesstocorporateITassets: •Localaccountswithupto12usernamesandpasswordscanbestoredoniLO2.Thisis idealforsmallenvironmentssuchaslabsandsmall-andmedium-sizedbusinesses. •Directoryservicesusethecorporatedirectory(MicrosoftActiveDirectoryorNovell eDirectory)tomanageiLO2useraccess.Thisisidealforenvironmentswithalarge...
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•Dedicatedmanagementnetwork,wheretheiLO2portisonaseparatenetwork. ConfiguringtheIPaddress ThisstepisnecessaryonlyifyouareusingastaticIPaddress.WhenusingdynamicIPaddressing, yourDHCPserverautomaticallyassignsanIPaddressforiLO2.Tosimplifyinstallation,HP recommendsusingDNSorDHCPwithiLO2. ToconfigureastaticIPaddress,usetheiLO2RBSUwiththefollowingproceduretodisableDNS andDHCPandconfiguretheIPaddressandthesubnetmask: 1.Restartorpowertheserveron. 2.PresstheF8keywhenpromptedduringPOST.TheiLO2RBSUruns....
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LoggingintoiLO2forthefirsttime TheiLO2firmwareisconfiguredwithadefaultusername,password,andDNSname.Default userinformationislocatedontheiLO2NetworkSettingstagattachedtotheservercontaining theiLO2managementprocessor.UsethesevaluestoaccessiLO2remotelyfromanetworkclient usingastandardWebbrowser. Forsecurityreasons,HPrecommendschangingthedefaultsettingsafterloggingintoiLO2for thefirsttime. Thedefaultvaluesare: •Username–Administrator •Password–Arandom,eight-character,alphanumericstring...