HP Ilo 2 User Guide

ClickCanceltoclosetheautomatedsetupwizard.ClickNexttosetupyourbladeserver.Thesetup
wizardwillguideyouthrough:
1.iLO2configuration
2.ServerRAIDverification
3.Virtualmediaconnection
4.Softwareinstallation
TheiLO2firmwareconfigurationscreen
Thisscreenenablesyoutochangethefollowingsettings:
•Administratorpassword.HPrecommendschangingthedefaultpassword.
•Networkconfigurationsettings.Thefollowingarethedefaultsettings:
EnableDHCP–Yes◦
◦EnableStaticIPBayConfiguration–No...

addressesforotheriLO2sintheenclosure.AfteryouclickNext,youarepromptedtoverify
thatyouwanttouseDHCPforthisiLO2IPaddress.
•EnableDHCP(No)andEnableStaticIPBayConfiguration(Yes)
ThisconfigurationcausestheiLO2beingconfiguredtosetitsIPaddressaccordingtothe
settingsspecifiedthroughtheStaticIPBayConfiguration.ClickingNextdisplaystheStaticIP
BayConfigurationpage.
•EnableDHCP(No)andEnableStaticIPBayConfiguration(No)
ThisconfigurationcausestheiLO2beingconfiguredtosetitsIPaddressaccordingtothe...

InstallSoftwarescreen
ThisstepoftheinstallationwizardenablesyoutolaunchtheRemoteConsoleandinstallthe
operatingsystem.Tostarttheoperatingsysteminstallationprocess:
•ClickLaunchSoftwareInstallationtolaunchtheRemoteConsole.iLO2automaticallyinitiates
aserverpower-onorreboottostarttheoperatingsysteminstallationthroughthepreviously
selectedvirtualmedia.
•Acceptsecuritycertificatesastheyappear.
ClickFinishtocompletethesetupprocess.
iLO2diagnosticportconfigurationparameters...

4UsingiLO2
Systemstatusandstatussummaryinformation
WhenyoufirstaccessiLO2,theinterfacedisplaystheStatusSummarypagewithsystemstatus
andstatussummaryinformation,andprovidesaccesstohealthinformation,systemlogs,and
InsightAgentinformation.TheoptionsavailableintheSystemStatussectionare:Summary,System
Information,iLO2Log,IML,Diagnostics,iLO2UserTips,andInsightAgents.
TheStatusSummarypagedisplayshigh-leveldetailsaboutthesystemandiLO2subsystem,as...

•UIDLight–DisplaysthestateoftheUIDlightwhenthepagewasloaded.Youcancontrolthe
UIDstateusingtheTurnUIDOnbuttoninadditiontothephysicalUIDbuttonsontheserver
chassis.
TheUIDhelpsyouidentifyandlocateasystem,especiallyinhigh-densityrackenvironments.
Additionally,theUIDindicatesthatacriticaloperationisunderwayonthehost,suchas
RemoteConsoleaccessorfirmwareupdate.
CAUTION:NeverremovepowerfromaserverwithaflashingUID.
ThecurrentstateoftheUID(onoroff)isthelaststatechosenusingoneofthesemethods.If...

(abilitytohandleafailure).Thesubsystemscanincludefans,temperaturesensors,powersupplies,
andvoltageregulatormodules.
•Fans–Displaysthestateofthereplaceablefansintheserverchassis.Thisdataincludesthe
areathatiscooledbyeachfanandcurrentfanspeeds.
•Temperatures–Displaysthetemperatureconditionsmonitoredatsensorsinvariouslocations
intheserverchassis,andtheprocessortemperature.Thetemperatureismonitoredtomaintain
thelocationtemperaturebelowthecautionthreshold.Ifthetemperatureexceedsthecaution...

belowthecautionthreshold.Ifoneormoresensorsexceedthisthreshold,iLO2implementsthe
recoverypolicytopreventdamagetoservercomponents.
•Ifthetemperatureexceedsthecautionthreshold,thefanspeedisincreasedtomaximum.
•Ifthetemperatureexceedsthecriticaltemperature,agracefulservershutdownisattempted.
•Ifthetemperatureexceedsthefatalthreshold,theserverisimmediatelyturnedofftoprevent
permanentdamage.
Monitoringpoliciesdifferdependingonserverrequirements.Policiesusuallyincludeincreasing...

failedauthentications.Youcanconfiguretrackingfailedloginattemptsforeveryattemptorevery
second,third,orfifthattempt,andcapturestheclientnameforeachloggedentrytoimprove
auditingcapabilitiesinDHCPenvironments,aswellasrecordingaccountname,computername,
andIPaddress.Whenloginattemptsfail,iLO2alsogeneratesalertsandsendsthemtoaremote
managementconsole.
EventsloggedbyhigherversionsofiLO2firmwaremightnotbesupportedbyearlierversions.If
aneventisloggedbyanunsupportedfirmware,theeventislistedasUNKNOWN EVENT TYPE....

•Temperaturenormal
•Automaticshutdownstarted
•Automaticshutdowncancelled
Diagnostics
TheDiagnosticsoptionontheSystemStatustabdisplaystheServerandiLO2Diagnosticsscreen.
TheServerandiLO2DiagnosticscreendisplaysiLO2self-testresults,andprovidesoptionsto
generateanNMItothesystemandtoresetiLO2.
NOTE:WhenconnectedthroughtheDiagnosticsPort,thedirectoryserverisnotavailable.You
canloginusingalocalaccountonly.
TheDiagnosticspagecontainsthefollowingsections:
•Non-MaskableInterrupt(NMI)button...

havetheConfigureiLO2privilege(configurelocaldevicesettings)toresetiLO2usingthis
option.
InsightAgents
TheHPInsightManagementAgentssupportabrowserinterfaceforaccesstoruntimemanagement
datathroughtheHPSystemManagementHomepage.TheHPSystemManagementHomepageis
asecureweb-basedinterfacethatconsolidatesandsimplifiesthemanagementofindividualservers
andoperatingsystems.ByaggregatingdatafromHPInsightManagementAgentsandother
managementtools,theSystemManagementHomepageprovidesanintuitiveinterfacetoreview...