HP Ilo 2 User Guide

							iLOVideoPlayeruserinterface
WhenyoulaunchHPiLOVideoPlayer,theuserinterfaceappearsandservesasthecontrolpoint
forallplaybackfunctions.
iLOVideoPlayermenuoptions:
•File
Open–Opensavideocapturefile.◦
◦Exit–ClosestheiLOVideoPlayer.
•Controls
Play–Playsorrestartthecurrentvideocapturefile.◦
◦Stop–Stopplaybackofthecurrentvideocapturefile.
◦SkiptoStart–Restartsplaybackofthecurrentvideocapturefile.
◦ChangeSpeed–ChangesplaybackspeedofthecurrentiLOvideocapturefile.
•Help
HelpTopics–OpenstheiLOVideoPlayerhelpfile.◦
◦About–OpenstheiLOVideoPlayerAboutpage.
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							iLOVideoPlayercontrols
FunctionNameControl
Startsplaybackifthecurrentlyselectedfileisnotplaying
orispaused.Ifplaybackisinprogress,itpausesthefile.If
nofileisselected,thebuttonisdisabled.
Play/Pause
Stopsplayback.Ifnofileisselected,thebuttonisdisabled.Stop
Restartsplaybackfromthebeginningofthefile.Ifnofileis
selected,thebuttonisdisabled.
SkiptoStart
Movestheplaybackvideoforwardorbackward.Ifnofile
isselected,thebuttonisdisabled.
Seek
Changestheplaybackspeedofthecurrentlyselectedfile.
Theavailableplaybackspeedsare1x,2x,4x,8x,and
ChangeSpeed
16x.Thespeedsarecycledthroughwithsuccessivepresses
inthefollowingorder:2x,4x,8x,16x,and1x.Ifnofileis
selected,thebuttonisdisabled.
Displaysthetimeparametersofthecurrentlyselectedfile
andappearsasinaHH:MM:SSformat.
FilePosition
•Thelefttimeontheleftindicatesthecurrentplayback
positionofthefile.
•Thetimeontherightindicatesthetotalplaybacktimeof
thefile.
AcquiringtheRemoteConsole
WhentheRemoteConsoleAcquiresettingontheRemoteConsoleSettingsscreenisenabled,the
RemoteConsolepagedisplaystheAcquirebutton.IfyouhaveopenedtheRemoteConsolepage
andarenotifiedthatanotheruseriscurrentlyusingRemoteConsole,clickingtheAcquirebutton
endstheotheruser'sRemoteConsolesessionandstartsaRemoteConsolesessioninyourcurrent
window.
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							WhenyouclickAcquire,youarepromptedtoverifythatyouwanttointerrupttheotheruser's
RemoteConsolesession.Theotheruserreceivesanotificationthatanotheruserhasacquiredthe
RemoteConsolesessionafterlosingtheconnection.Nopriorwarningisgiven.Afteryouconfirm
youwanttoproceedwiththeacquireoperation,youarenotifiedbyanalertwindowthatthe
operationcouldtake30secondsorlongertocomplete.TheAcquirebuttonbecomesdisabled
afteritisclickedandtheacquireoperationisstarted.Onbrowsersthatsupportit,thebutton
changestolightgraytoindicateitisdisabled.Otherbrowsersmightnotvisiblyindicatethatthe
buttonisdisabled.
Onlyoneacquirecommandisallowedeveryfiveminutesforallusers.Ifanotheruserhasrecently
acquiredtheRemoteConsole,clickingtheAcquirebuttoncanresultinapageinformingyouthat
thefive-minuteacquire-disabledperiodisineffect.Closethewindowandre-launchRemoteConsole
again.TheAcquirebuttonisdisabledinthenewpageuntiltheacquire-disabledperiodexpires.
WhentheAcquirebuttonisenabled(thisoperationhappensautomatically,andyoudonothave
torefreshthepage),youcanattempttoacquiretheRemoteConsolesessionagain.Onbrowsers
thatsupportit,thebuttonappearslightgraytoindicateitisdisabledduringthisfive-minutetime
period.Onotherbrowsers,theremaybenovisibleindicationthatthebuttonisdisabled.Therefore
youdonotreceiveavisualindicationwhenthetimeoutperiodexpires.
OnlyoneacquireattemptcanbemadeperRemoteConsolesessionwindow.Ifyouhavesuccessfully
acquiredtheRemoteConsole,andsomeonesubsequentlyacquiresitfromyou,youmustopena
newRemoteConsolewindowtoattempttoacquiretheRemoteConsolesessionagain.
RemoteConsole
RemoteConsoleisaJavaappletthatrenderstheremoteconsolewithbroadbrowsercompatibility
includingWindowsandLinuxbrowsers.Supportedbrowsersarelistedin“Supportedbrowsers
andclientoperatingsystems”(page15).RemoteConsoleisalicensedfeatureavailablewiththe
purchaseofoptionallicenses.Formoreinformation,see“Licensing”(page26).
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							RemoteConsoleusesdualcursorstohelpyoudistinguishbetweenthelocalandremotemouse
pointers.Theclientcomputer'smousecursorappearsintheRemoteConsoleasacrosshairsymbol.
Forbestperformance,besuretoconfigurethehostoperatingsystemdisplayasdescribedin
“Recommendedclientsettings”(page94)and“Recommendedserversettings”(page95).
Tosynchronizetheremoteandlocalcursorsiftheydriftapart,doonefollowing:
•Right-click,drag,andmovethelocalcrosshaircursortoalignwiththemousecursorofthe
remoteserver.
•PressandholdtherightCtrlkey,andmovethelocalcrosshaircursortoalignwiththemouse
cursoroftheremoteserver.
Thelocalcursortakestheshapeoftheremotecursor.Thecursorappearsasasinglecursorifthe
localcursorandtheremotecursorareperfectlyalignedandthehardwareaccelerationissetto
Fullonthemanagedserver.
RemoteConsolefeaturesandcontrols
TheRemoteConsoleappletcontainsbuttonsthatprovideiLO2withenhancedfeaturesandcontrol.
Theseoptionsare:
•RefreshcausesiLO2torefreshthescreen.
•TerminalSvcslaunchestheMicrosoftTerminalServicesclientinstalledonthesystem.This
buttonisdeactivatedifTerminalServicesisdisabledorisnotinstalledontheserver.
•Ctrl-Alt-DelentersthekeysequenceCtrl+Alt+DelintheRemoteConsole.
•AltLock,whenselected,sendsanykeypressedtotheserverasifyoupressedtheAltkeyand
anotherkeysimultaneously.
•CharacterSetchangesthedefaultcharactersetusedbytheRemoteConsole.Modifyingthe
RemoteConsolecharactersetensuresthecorrectdisplayofcharacters.
•CloseendstheRemoteConsolesessionandclosestheRemoteConsolewindow.
Recommendedclientsettings
Ideally,theremoteserveroperatingsystemdisplayresolutionmustbethesameresolution,or
smaller,thanthatofthebrowsercomputer.Higherserverresolutionstransmitmoreinformation,
slowingtheoverallperformance.
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							Usethefollowingclientandbrowsersettingstooptimizeperformance:
•DisplayProperties
Selectanoptiongreaterthan256colors.—
—Selectagreaterscreenresolutionthanthescreenresolutionoftheremoteserver.
—LinuxXDisplayPropertiesOntheXPreferencesscreen,setthefontsizeto12.
•RemoteConsole
ForRemoteConsolespeed,HPrecommendsusinga700-MHzorfasterclientwith128
MBormoreofmemory.
—
—FortheRemoteConsoleJavaappletexecution,HPrecommendsusingasingleprocessor
client.
•MouseProperties
SettheMousePointerspeedtothemiddlesetting.—
—SettheMousePointerAccelerationtolowordisablethepointeracceleration.
Recommendedserversettings
Thefollowingisalistofrecommendedserversettingsbasedontheoperatingsystemused.
NOTE:TodisplaytheentirehostserverscreenontheclientRemoteConsoleapplet,setthe
serverdisplayresolutionlessthanorequaltothatoftheclient.
MicrosoftWindowsServer2003settings
Tooptimizeperformance,settheserverDisplayPropertiestoplainbackground(nowallpaper
pattern)andsettheServerMousePropertiestoDisable Pointer Trails.
RedHatLinuxandSUSELinuxserversettings
Tooptimizeperformance,settheserverMouseProperties>PointerAccelerationto1x.ForKDE,
accesstheControlCenter,selectPeripherals/Mouse,thenselecttheAdvancedtab.
Text-basedremoteconsoleoverview
iLOanditspredecessorssupportatruetext-basedremoteconsole.Videoinformationisobtained
fromtheserverandthecontentsofthevideomemoryaresenttothemanagementprocessor,
compressed,encrypted,andforwardedtothemanagementclientapplication.iLOusesa
screen-framebuffer,whichdetectschangesintextinformation,encryptsthechanges,andsends
thecharacters(includingscreenpositioninginformation)totext-basedclientapplications.This
methodprovidescompatibilitywithstandardtext-basedclients,goodperformance,andsimplicity.
However,youcannotdisplaynon-ASCIIorgraphicalinformation,andscreenpositioninginformation
(displayedcharacters)mightbesentoutoforder.
TheRemoteConsoleusesVirtualKVManddoesnotprovideatruetext-basedconsole.iLO2uses
thevideoadapterDVOporttoaccessvideomemorydirectly.Thismethodsignificantlyincreases
iLO2performance.However,thedigitalvideostreamdoesnotcontainusefultextdata.Data
obtainedfromtheDVOportrepresentsgraphicaldata(non-character-based),andisnot
comprehensibleASCIIortextdata.Thisvideodatacannotberenderedbyatext-basedclient
applicationsuchasTelnetorSSH.
Text-basedconsoleduringPOST
ThestandardiLO2text-basedremoteconsoleremainsavailableoniLO2untiltheoperatingsystem
POSTiscomplete.iLO2standardfirmwarecontinuestousethevirtualizedserial-portfunctionality
ofthemanagementprocessor.OntheiLO2firmware,thevirtualserialportwasrenamedRemote
SerialConsole.iLO2usestheRemoteSerialConsoletoaccessapre-operatingsystem,text-based
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							remoteconsole.TheiLO2RemoteSerialConsoleappletappearsasatext-basedconsole,butthe
informationisrenderedusinggraphicalvideodata.iLO2displaysthisinformationthroughthe
remoteconsoleappletwhileintheserverpre-operatingsystemstate,enablinganon-licensediLO
2toobserveandinteractwiththeserverduringPOSTactivities.
ForaniLO2blade(andaniLObladerunningLinuxinagraphicalformat),entergetty()on
theserver'sserialport,andthenuseiLO2RemoteSerialConsoleoriLOVirtualSerialPort(CLP
commandstart /system1/oemhp_vsp1)toviewaloginsessiontotheLinuxoperatingsystem
throughtheserialport.
Anon-licensediLO2cannotuseRemoteConsoleaccessaftertheservercompletesPOSTand
beginstoloadtheoperatingsystem.TouseRemoteConsoleandiLOTextConsoleafterPOST,
youmusthaveaniLO2AdvancedoriLO2AdvancedforBladeSystem.
Text-basedconsoleafterPOST
TheiLO2TextConsoleafterPOSTfeatureisatext-basedconsoleaccessiblefromTelnetorSSH
afterPOST.WhenusingSSH,thedatastream,includingauthenticationcredentials,isprotected
bytheencryptionmethodsupportedbytheSSHclientandiLO2.HPrecommendsusingSSHto
connecttotheiLO2TextConsole.
iLO2alsosupportsusingTelnettoconnecttotheiLO2TextConsole.However,thedatastream
isnotencryptedwhenusinganormalTelnetconnection.Aspartofthedefaultsecuritypolicy,
usingTelnetisdisabled.YoumustenableTelnettoallowaccesstotheCLI,andiLO2TextConsole.
FormoreinformationaboutthesecurityofthecommunicationmethodsusedbyiLO2,seethe
IntegratedLights-OutsecuritytechnologybriefontheHPwebsiteathttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/
bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00212796/c00212796.pdf.
Thepresentationofcolors,characters,andscreencontroldependsupontheclientyouareusing
andcanbeanystandardTelnet(ifenabled)orSSHclientcompatiblewithiLO2.TheiLO2Text
ConsoleisenabledbydefaultoniLO2firmwareversion1.50andlater.Featuresandsupport
include:
•Displayingtextmodescreensthatare80x25(standardcolorconfigurations)whenthesystem
isonincluding:
—Systembootprocess(POST)
—StandardOptionROMS
—Textboot-loaders(LILOorGRUB)
—LinuxoperatingsysteminVGA80x25mode
—DOS
—Othertext-basedoperatingsystems
Textmodescreensupportdoesnotincludegraphics,otherVGAtextresolutions(132x48,
80x48),orothertextresolutionsimplementedthroughadriver(implementedgraphically).
•RemoteConsolehotkeys
•Internationallanguagekeyboards(iftheserverandclientsystemareconfiguredsimilarly)
•Line-drawingcharacterswhencorrectfontandcode-pageareselectedintheclientapplication
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							TousetheiLO2TextConsolefeaturesuccessfully,youmustupdatetheHOSTROM.iLO2supports
iLO2TextConsoleonthefollowingHPProLiantservers:
•BL685cG6•DL380G6•SE326M1•ML350G5
•BL280cG6•DL360G6•DL320G6•ML370G5
•BL460cG6•BL2x220cG6•ML330G6•DL360G5
•BL460cG1•ML/DL370G6•DL380G5
•BL480cG1•DL785G6•DL580G5
•BL680cG5•ML350G6•SE316M1
UsingtheiLO2TextConsole
TostartaniLO2TextConsolesession:
1.StartanSSHorTelnetsession.
BesuretheterminalapplicationcharacterencodingissettoWestern(ISO-8859-1).
2.LogintoiLO2.
3.Attheprompt,enterTextcons.
AmessageindicatingthattheiLO2TextConsolesoftwareisinitiatingappears.
ToexitaiLO2TextConsoleandreturntotheCLIsession,presstheESC(keyssimultaneously.
CustomizingiLO2TextConsole
WhenstartingiLO2TextConsole,usetheTextconscommandoptionsandargumentstocustomize
theoperationofthedisplay.Ingeneral,youdonotneedtochangetheseoptions.
•Controllingrateofsampling
YoucanusetheTextcons speedoptiontoindicateinmillisecondsthebetweensampling
periods.AsamplingperiodiswheretheiLO2firmwareexaminesscreenchangesandupdates
theiLO2TextConsole.Adjustingthespeedcanalleviateunnecessarytrafficonlongorslow
networklinks,reducethebandwidthused,andreduceiLO2CPUtimeconsumed.Reasonable
valuesarebetween1and5000(1msto5seconds).Forexample:
Textcons speed 500
•Controllingsmoothing
iLO2attemptstoonlytransmitsdatawhenitchangesandbecomesstableonthescreen.If
alineofthetextscreenisconstantlychangingfasterthaniLO2cansamplethechange,the
lineisnotbetransmitteduntilitbecomesstable.Forexample,duringanls -Rofalarge
file-system,thephysicalmonitordisplaystextmorerapidlythanitcanbeinterpreted.The
sameistrueforaiLO2TextConsolesession.Inthiscase,thedataappearsrapidly,andis
essentiallyindecipherable.Inthiscasehowever,thedataistransmittedbyiLO2acrossthe
networkandconsumingbandwidth.Thedefaultbehaviorissmoothing(delay0)whichonly
transmitsdatawhenthechangesbecomestableonthescreen.Youcancontrolordisable
smoothingfeatureusingthedelayoption.Forexample:
Textcons speed 500 delay 10
•Controllinginternationalkeyboardsupport
WhenusingiLO2TextConsole,iLO2canemulatecharactermappingbetweentheclient,
Telnet,andtheserver.ThedefaultmappingistheUSB101-keyboardtranslation(orno
translation).
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							Tocontrolthetranslation,usethexltoptionwiththeappropriatereferencenumber.For
exampletosetiLO2TextConsoletoasamplingrateof50msusingthetranslationofaBritish
keyboard,enter:
Textcons speed 50 xlt 41
Totranslatetoanotherlanguage,useoneofthefollowing:
ReferencenumberKeyboard
0UnitedStates
1British
2Belgian
3Danish
4Finnish
5French
6FrenchCanadian
7German
8Italian
9LatinAmerican
10Norwegian
11Portuguese
12Spanish
13Swedish
14Swiss-French
16Swiss-German
•ConfiguringRemoteConsolehotkeys
Tousespecialkeysequencesthatyoucannotduplicateintheremoteconsoleclient,theRemote
ConsolehotkeysconfiguredforRemoteConsoleoperateiniLO2TextConsole.Formore
information,see“Remoteconsolehotkeys”(page83).
•Configuringcharactermapping
Ingeneral,undertheASCIIcharacterset,CONTROL(ASCIIcharactersthan32)arenot
printableandcannotbedisplayed.Thesecharacterscanbeusedtorepresentitemssuchas
arrows,stars,orcircles.SomeofthesecharactersaremappedtoequivalentASCII
representations.Thefollowingaresupportedequivalents:
MappedequivalentDescriptionCharactervalue
*Smalldot0x07
*Sun0x0F
>Rightpointer0x10
Leftarrow0x1A
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							MappedequivalentDescriptionCharactervalue
>Rightarrow0x1B
^Uppointer0x1E
vDownpointer0x1F
blankspaceShadedblock0xFF
UsingaLinuxsession
YoucanrunaniLO2virtualserialportonaLinuxsystem,ifthesystemisconfiguredtopresenta
terminalsessionontheserialport.Thisfeatureenablesyoutousearemoteloggingservice.You
canremotelylogontotheserialportandredirectoutputtoalogfile.Anysystemmessagesdirected
totheserialportareloggedremotely.
SomeLinuxtextmodesareactuallygraphicalmodesandcannotbedisplayedusingtheiLO2
Textconsole.Forexample,SLESterminalsaretextongraphicsmodeeventhoughtheyappearto
betext-baseditdoesnotdisplaycorrectlyiniLO2TextConsole.Ifyouattempttousean
unsupportedmode,iLO2TextConsoledisplayamessageindicatingthattheserverisusinga
graphicalmode.
SomekeyboardcharactersequencesrequiredbyLinuxinthetextmodemightnotbepassed
throughtoiLO2TextConsole.Forexample,thealt+tabkeyboardcombinationmightbe
interceptedbytheclient.Toworkaroundtheseissues,configureahotkeyforthekeyboard
combination.Formoreinformation,see“Remoteconsolehotkeys”(page83).
Virtualserialportandremoteserialconsole
Themanagementprocessorcontainsserial-porthardwarethatcanreplacethephysicalserialport
ontheserver'smotherboard.Usinganelectronicswitch,theiLO2firmwaredisconnectstheserver's
physicalserialportandcommandsitsownserial-porthardwaretoconnect.TheiLO2serial-port
hardwareestablishesaconnectionbetweentheserverandthemanagementprocessornetwork.
Thefirmwareencapsulatesthecharacterssentbytheservertotheserialportintonetworkpackets
andsendsthenetworkpacketstotheremoteserialconsoleappletorapplication(theapplication
canbeaTelnetorSSHclient).Characterssentbytheremoteappletorapplicationareencapsulated
intonetworkpacketsandsenttotheiLO2firmware,whichthenextractsthecharactersandfeeds
themtotheserver.TheiLO2remoteserialconsoleprovidesabi-directionalserialcommunication
pathbetweentheremoteuserandtheserver.
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							UsingtheiLO2remoteserialconsole,theremoteuserisabletoperformoperationssuchas
interactingwiththeserverPOSTsequenceandoperatingsystembootsequence;establishinga
loginsessionwiththeoperatingsystem,interactingwiththeoperatingsystem;andexecutingand
interactingwithapplicationsontheserveroperatingsystem.UsersoftheMicrosoftWindowsServer
2003operatingsystemhavetheabilitytoexecutetheEMSsubsystemthroughtheremoteserial
console.EMSisusefulfordebuggingoperatingsystembootandissuesattheoperatingsystem
kernellevel.
RemoteSerialConsole
TheRemoteSerialConsoleenablesyoutoaccessaVT320serialconsolefromaJavaapplet-based
consoleconnectedtotheiLO2VirtualSerialPortthroughabrowser.LaunchingtheRemoteSerial
Consoleenablesyoutoexchangetextdatawiththehost.TheRemoteSerialConsoleoptionis
compatiblewithbothWindowsandLinuxhostoperatingsystemsandrequiresJVM.
Theflowofdataisabi-directionalstreamsenttotheserverserialport.Threetypesofdatacan
appearonaHPProLiantserverserialport:
•WindowsEMSconsole
•Linuxusersessionthroughserialtty(ttyS0)
•SystemPOSTdialog(ifBIOSserialconsoleredirectionisenabled)
ThecurrentconfigurationappearsontheRemoteConsoleInformationpagewhenyouclickthe
RemoteConsoletab.YoucanalterthecurrentsettingsusingthehostsystemRBSU,accessedduring
aserverreset.
ConfiguringRemoteSerialConsole
TosuccessfullyusetheRemoteSerialConsole,theserversoftwareandfirmwaremustbeconfigured
correctly.ToconfiguretheserverPOSTfirmware,theserverSystemRBSUmustbeinvokedtoset
theserialportparameters.YoumustconfiguretheRBSUtoenableBIOSSerialConsoleRedirection
mode.ThismodeinstructstheserversystemROMtosenddatato,andreceivedatafrom,theserver
serialport.WhentheiLO2firmwareentersRemoteSerialConsolemode,iLO2enablesaserial
portinplaceoftheserverserialport,interceptsandretransmitsoutgoingdatatotheRemoteSerial
Consoleclient,receivesincomingdata(fromtheRemoteSerialConsoleclient),andretransmitsit
tothesystemROM.
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