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3.SelecttheCD/DVD-ROMtobeusedandclickConnect. 4.Mountthedriveusingthefollowingcommand: mount /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 ForSLES9: mount /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom1 CreatingiLO2diskimagefiles TheiLO2virtualmediafeatureenablesyoutocreatedisketteandCD-ROMimagefileswithinthe sameapplet.CreationofDVDimagefilesusingtheVirtualMediaappletisnotsupported.The imagefilescreatedfromtheappletareISO-9660filesystemimages.TheperformanceofiLO2 virtualmediaisfasterwhenimagefilesareused.TheutilitytocreateiLO2VirtualFloppyand CD-ROMdiskimagefilesisintegratedintotheVirtualMediaapplet;however,imagescanalso becreatedusingindustry-standardtools,suchasDD. Tocreateanimagefile: 1.ClickCreateDiskImage. 2.Selectthelocalmediadrivefromthedropdownmenu. 3.EnterthepathorfilenameinthetextboxorclickBrowsetoselectanexistingimagefileor tochangethedirectoryinwhichtheimagefileiscreated. 4.ClickCreate.Thevirtualmediaappletbeginstheprocessofcreatingtheimagefile.The processiscompletewhentheprogressbarreaches100%.Tocancelthecreationofanimage file,clickCancel. TheDisk>>ImageoptionisusedtocreateimagefilesfromphysicaldiskettesorCD-ROMs.The Image>>DiskoptionisnotvalidforaVirtualCD-ROMimage.TheDisk>>Imagebuttonchanges toImage>>Diskwhenclicked.Usethisbuttontoswitchfromcreatingimagefilesfromphysical diskettestocreatingphysicalfloppydiskettesfromimagefiles. Virtualfolder TheiLO2VirtualFolderemulatesaUSBdevice,dynamicallycreatingamediaimageofaselected folderordirectory.Aftercreatingavirtualimageofafolderordirectory,theserverconnectsto thecreatedimageasaUSBstoragedevice,enablingyoutobrowsetotheserverandtransferthe filesfromtheiLO2generatedimagetoanylocationontheserver. TheVirtualFolderfeatureisonlyavailablewithintheIRC.Thevirtualfolderisnon-bootable, read-only,andthemountedfolderisstatic.Changestotheclientfilearenotreplicatedinthe mountedfolder. VirtualFolderisalicensedfeatureavailablewiththepurchaseofiLO2AdvancedoriLO2Select. Thevirtualfolderfeatureenablesyoutoaccess,browse,andtransferfilesfromaclienttoa managedserver.Thevirtualfolderfeaturesupportstheabilitytomountanddismountadirectory Virtualmedia111

onalocalornetworkeddirectorythatisaccessiblethroughtheclient,mountedanddismounted asaVirtualMediadevice. Virtualfolderoperatingsystemnotes •MS-DOS DuringbootandMS-DOSsessions,theVirtualFolderdeviceappearsasastandardBIOS floppydrive.ThisdeviceappearsasdriveA.Ifaphysicallyattachedfloppydriveexists,itis obscuredandunavailableduringthistime.Youcannotuseaphysicallocalfloppydriveand theVirtualFoldersimultaneously. •Windows VirtualFolderappearsautomaticallyafterMicrosoftWindowsrecognizesthemountingofthe virtualUSBdevice.Youcanusethefolderasyouwouldalocallyattacheddevice.Virtual Folderisnon-bootable.Attemptingtobootfromthefoldermightpreventtheserverfrom booting. •NetWare6.5 NetWare6.5supportstheuseofVirtualFolderasUSBdisketteandkeydrive.Forstep-by-step instructions,see“MountingUSBVirtualFloppy/USBKeyinNetWare6.5”(page107). •RedHatandSLESLinux LinuxsupportstheuseofVirtualFolder.VirtualFolderusesaFAT16filesystemformat.For moreinformation,see“MountingUSBVirtualMedia/USBKeyinLinux”(page108). Powermanagement iLO2PowerManagementenablesyoutoviewandcontrolthepowerstateoftheserver,monitor powerusage,monitortheprocessor,andmodifypowersettings.ThePowerManagementpage hasfourmenuoptions:ServerPower,PowerMeter,ProcessorStates,andSettings.Whenyou selectPowerManagement,theServerPowerControlspageappears.TheServerPowerControls pagehastwosections:VirtualPowerButtonandPowerConfigurationSettings. TheVirtualPowerButtonsectiondisplaysthecurrentpowerstateoftheserveraswellasremote serverpowercontroloptions.Thedisplayedpowerstateisthestateoftheserverpowerwhenthe pageisfirstopened.TheservercanbeOn,Off,orReset.Usethebrowserrefreshfeaturetokeep thestatusofthepowerindicatorcurrent. TochangethecurrentserverpowerstateusingtheVirtualPowerButtonoptions,youmusthave theVirtualPowerandResetprivilege.Someofthepowercontroloptionsdonotgracefullyshut 112UsingiLO2

downtheoperatingsystem.AnoperatingsystemshutdownmustbeinitiatedusingtheRemote ConsolebeforeusingtheVirtualPowerButtonoptions.Thefollowingoptionsareavailable: •MomentaryPressbuttonprovidesbehavioridenticaltopressingthephysicalpowerbutton. •PressandHoldisidenticaltopressingthephysicalpowerbuttonforfivesecondsandthen releasingit.ThisoptionprovidestheACPI-compatiblefunctionalitythatisimplementedby someoperatingsystems.Theseoperatingsystemsbehavedifferentlydependinguponashort pressorlongpress.Thebehaviorofthisoptionmightcircumventanygracefulshutdown featuresoftheoperatingsystem. •ColdBootofthesystemimmediatelyremovespowerfromthesystem.Thesystemwillrestart afterapproximatelysixseconds.Thisoptionisnotavailablewhentheserverispowereddown. Thisoptioncircumventsgracefuloperatingsystemshutdownfeatures. •ResetSysteminitiatesasystemreset.Thisoptionisnotavailablewhentheserverispowered down.Thebehaviorofthisoptionmightcircumventanygracefulshutdownfeaturesofthe operatingsystem. ThePowerConfigurationSettingssectionenablesyoucontrolhowtheremoteserverpowersup whenpowerisapplied.Thefollowingoptionsareavailable: •AutomaticallyPowerOnServerenablesiLO2toturnonaserverwhenpowerisapplied, suchaswhentheserverispluggedin,orwhenaUPSisactivatedafterapoweroutage.You musthaveVirtualPowerandResetprivilegetoalterthissetting. Ifpowerisunexpectedlylostwhiletheserverispoweringup,theserveralwayspowersback on,evenifAutomaticallyPowerOnServerissettoNo. •PowerOnDelayisusedtostaggerserverpower-oninadatacenter.Bladeserversare governedbytherackinfrastructureanddonotsupportapower-ondelay.PowerOnDelay doesnotinterferewiththepowerbutton. Thedelayoccursbeforetheserverispowered-onbyiLO2,includingautomaticpower-on andpowerrestore.Someserverscannotenforcethedelayunderthepowerrestorecase.iLO 2firmwarerequiresroughly10secondsbeforeserverpoweroncantakeeffect.Youmust haveVirtualPowerandResetprivilegetoalterthissetting. Serverpowersettings ThePowerRegulatorforProLiantfeatureenablesiLO2todynamicallymodifyprocessorfrequency andvoltagelevelsbasedonoperatingconditionstoprovidepowersavingswithminimaleffect onperformance.Processorsthatsupportthisfeaturehavepredefinedvoltageandfrequencystates, knownasp-states.Thesoftwarecandynamicallyswitchtheprocessorfromonep-statetoanother. P-0isthehighestfrequency/voltagecombinationsupportedbytheprocessor.Modifyingthe processorp-statebasedonCPUutilizationenablessignificantpowersavingswithminimal performancedegradationbyreducingthevoltageandfrequencyontheprocessorwhenthesystem isidle,andincreasingthevoltageandfrequencyontheprocessorwhenneeded. ThePowerManagementSettingspageenablesyoutoviewandcontrolthepowerregulatormode oftheserver.YoumusthavetheConfigureiLO2Settingsprivilegetochangethissetting. Powermanagement113

•ThePowerRegulatorforProLiantsectionhasthefollowingoptions: EnableHPDynamicPowerSavingsModesetstheprocessortodynamicallysetthepower levelbasedonusage. ◦ ◦EnableHPStaticLowPowerModesetstheprocessortominimumpower. ◦HPStaticHighPerformanceModesetstheprocessortothehighestsupportedprocessor stateandforcesittostayinthatstate. ◦EnableOSControlModesetstheprocessortomaximumpower. AfterselectingaPowerRegulatorforProLiantoption,clickApplytosavethesetting.Theserver requiresarebootforthechangetotakeeffect.Thesesettingscannotbechangedwhilethe serverisinPOST.IfthesettingsdonotchangeafterclickingApply,theservermightbeinthe bootprocessorrequirerebooting.ExitanyRBSUprogramyouarerunning,allowPOSTto complete,andthentrytheoperationagain. •ThePowerCappingSettingssectionenablesyoutoviewmeasuredpowervalues,setapower cap,anddisablepowercapping. Measuredpowervaluesincludetheserverpowersupplymaximumvalue,theservermaximum power,andtheserveridlepower.Thepowersupplymaximumpowervaluereferstothe maximumamountofpowerthattheserverpowersupplycanprovide.Theservermaximum andidlepowervaluesaredeterminedbytwopowertestsrunbytheROMduringPOST. PowerCapSettingenablesyoutosetapowercapontheserver.Afterapowercapisset, theaveragepowerreadingoftheserverovertimemustbeatorbelowthecapvalue.You cansetthepowercapbyenteringeitherawattorBtu/hrvalue(clickShowvaluesinBtu/hr) orapercentage.Thepercentagereferstothedifferencebetweenthemaximumandidlepower values.Thecapvaluecannotbesetbelowtheserveridlepower. PowerCappingSettingsaredisabledwhentheserverispartofanEnclosureDynamicPower Cap.ThesevaluesaresetandmodifiedusingeitherOnboardAdministratororInsightPower Manager. 114UsingiLO2

◦Iftheserverhasthehardwareandsoftwaretosupportdynamicpowercapping,the messageSystem supports Dynamic Power Cappingappears.Dynamicpower cappingprovideselectricalcircuitbreakerprotection. ◦IfthemessageSystem supports Dynamic Power Cappingdoesnotappear,the serversupportsnormalpowercapping.Normalpowercappingdoesnotreactfastenough toprovideelectricalcircuitbreakerprotection. Formoreinformationondynamicpowercapping,see"Dynamicpowercappingforserver blades." •SNMPAlertonbreachofpowerthresholdsectionenablesthesendingofSNMPwarnings whenpowerconsumptionexceedsadefinedthreshold.Youcansetthefollowing: —WarningsTriggeredBy–Determinesifwarningsarebasedonpeakpowerconsumption, averagepowerconsumption,ordisabled. —WarningThreshold–Setsthethresholdatwhichpowerconsumptionmustremainabove inordertotriggeranSNMPalert. —Duration–Setsthelengthoftime,inminutes,thatpowerconsumptionmustremainabove thewarningthresholdbeforeanSNMPalertistriggered.Themaximumdurationallowed is240minutesandmustbeamultipleof5. Touseyourselectedsettings,clickApply.Someserversallowmodificationoftheprocessorpower levelthroughthesystemRBSU.Seeyoursystemuserguideformoreinformation. Serverpowerdata iLO2enablesyoutographicallyviewserverpowerusage.ThePowerMeterReadingspage displaysserverpowerutilizationasagraph.ToaccessPowerMeterReadings,selectPower Management,andclickPowerMeter.ThePowerMeterReadingspagehastwosections:Power MeterReadings,and24-HourHistory. Powermanagement115

ThePowerMeterReadingssectiondisplaysthefollowing: •Thedatagraphdisplaysthepowerusageoftheserverovertheprevious24hours.iLO2 collectspowerusageinformationfromtheserverevery5minutes.Foreachfive-minuteinterval, thepeakandaveragepowerusageisstoredinacircularbuffer.Thesetwovaluesappearin theformofabargraph,withtheaveragevaluesinblueandthepeakvaluesinred.Thisdata resetswhenevereithertheserveroriLO2isreset. ◦Toincreasevisibility,clickZoomin,whichincreasesthehorizontalwidthofthedatabars onthePowerDataGraph.Asliderappearsinthismodetoenableinspectionofthedata inthesamesizewindow. ◦Toviewcurrentpowerutilization,clickRealTime.TheRealTimedatagraphdisplays powerconsumptioninformationovertheprevious20minutes,includingpeakpower, averagepower,andthepowercap.Thisbuttonisonlyavailablewhenpowercapis enabled. •CurrentsupportforDynamicPowerCapping •PresentPowervaluedisplaysthecurrentpowerreadingfromtheserver. •PresentPowerCapdisplaysthecurrentpowercapsetting. The24-HourHistorysectiondisplaysthefollowing: •AveragePowerReadingdisplaystheaverageofthepowerreadingsfromtheserveroverthe last24-hourperiod.Iftheserverhasnotbeenrunningfor24hours,thevalueistheaverage ofallthereadingssincetheserverwasbooted. •MaximumPowerdisplaysthemaximumpowerreadingfromtheserveroverthelast24-hour period.Iftheserverhasnotbeenrunningfor24hours,thevalueisthemaximumofallthe readingssincetheserverwasbooted. •MinimumPowerdisplaystheminimumpowerreadingfromtheserveroverthelast24-hour period.Iftheserverhasnotbeenrunningfor24hours,thevalueistheminimumofallthe readingssincetheserverwasbooted. •ShowvalueinBTUschangesthedisplayeddatafromwattstoBTUs. Processorstates ThePowerRegulatorforProLiantDatapageenablesyoutoviewprocessorstates(p-state)anda runningaverageofthepercentageoftimeeachlogicalprocessorhasspentineachp-stateover theprevious24-hours.ClickRefreshtoupdatethep-statedatagraph. 116UsingiLO2

YoumusthavetheConfigureiLO2SettingsprivilegetoviewthePowerRegulatorforProLiantData page.PowerRegulatorforProLiantDataisalicensedfeatureavailablewiththepurchaseof optionallicenses.Formoreinformation,see“Licensing”(page26). ToaccessthePowerRegulatorforProLiantDatapage,clickPowerManagement>ProcessorStates. ThePowerRegulatorDatapagedisplaysthecollectedp-statedata,startingfromhostpowerup onceasecondandthenrefreshesfordisplayonceevery5minutes.ThesystemROMreadsthe currentstatusofeachlogicalprocessor.ThestatusregisterinIntel-basedplatformsreflectsthe currentoperatingfrequencyandvoltage.Becauseofmultipleprocessordependencies,thestatus mightormightnotreflectanabsolutep-state.Thefrequencymightbeatonep-stateandthevoltage atahigherp-state.ThesystemROMupdatesthep-statecountofthep-stateforthecurrentfrequency andnotthecurrentvoltage. Dataisdisplayedusingabargraph,withthetotalbarlengthrepresenting100%ofthetime coveredbythedata.Onedatagraphisdisplayedforeachprocessororcore.Datagraphsfor multiplethreadsonaprocessororcorethatsupportsHyper-Threadingarenotdisplayed.Aportion ofthebariscoloreddifferentlyforeachp-statetheprocessorwasin,witheachcoloredportion scaledtorepresentthepercentageofthetotaltimetheprocessorspentinthatp-state.Pausingthe mouseoverthebargraphdisplaysatooltipthatindicatesthenumericpercentagethatportionof thebarrepresents. Powerefficiency iLO2enablesyoutoimplementimprovedpowerusageusingaHighEfficiencyMode(HEM). HEMimprovesthepowerefficiencyofthesystembyplacingthesecondarypowersuppliesinto step-downmode.Whenthesecondarysuppliesareinstep-downmode,theprimarysupplies providealltheDCpowertothesystem.Thepowersuppliesaremoreefficient(moreDCoutput WattsforeachWattofACinput)athigherpoweroutputlevels,andtheoverallpowerefficiency improves. Whenthesystembeginstodrawmorethan70%capacityofthemaximumpoweroutputofthe primarysupplies,thesecondarysuppliesreturntonormaloperation(outofstep-downmode). Whenthepowerusedropsbelow60%capacityoftheprimarysupplies,thesecondarysupplies returntostep-downmode.HEMenablesyoutoachievepowerconsumptionequaltothemaximum poweroutputoftheprimaryandthesecondarysupplies,whilemaintainingimprovedefficiency atlowerpowerusagelevels. HEMdoesnotaffectpowerredundancy.Iftheprimarysuppliesfail,thenthesecondarysupplies immediatelybeginsupplyingDCpowertothesystem,preventinganydowntime. Powermanagement117

YoucanconfigureHEMonlythroughtheRBSU.YoucannotmodifythesesettingsthroughiLO. SettingsforHEMareEnabledorDisabled(alsocalledBalancedMode),andOddorEvensupplies asprimary.ThesesettingsarevisibleintheHighEfficiencyMode&StandbyPowerSaveMode sectionoftheSystemInformation>Powertab.Thissectiondisplaysthefollowinginformation: •IfHEMisenabledordisabled •Whichpowersuppliesareprimary(ifHEMisenabled) •WhichpowersuppliesdonotsupportHEM Gracefulshutdown TheabilityoftheiLO2microprocessortoperformagracefulshutdownrequirescooperationfrom theoperatingsystem.Inordertoperformagracefulshutdown,thehealthdrivermustbeloaded. iLO2communicateswiththehealthdriver,andtheappropriateoperatingsystemmethodofsafely shuttingthesystemdowntoensuredataintegrityisperformed. Incaseswherethehealthdriverisnotloaded,theiLO2processorattemptsusingtheoperating systemtoperformagracefulshutdownthroughthepowerbutton.iLO2emulatesaphysicalpower buttonpressinordertoprompttheoperatingsystemtoshutdowngracefully.Thebehaviorofthe operatingsystemisdependentonitsconfigurationandsettingsforapowerbuttonpress. TheEAASconfigurationoftheHOSTROMRBSUallowsforthedisablingofthisautomaticshutdown feature.Thisconfigurationallowsforthedisablingoftheautomaticshutdowneventexceptforin themostextremeconditionswherephysicaldamagewouldresult. StartingwithWindowsServer2003,thecomputergrouppolicydisablesagracefulshutdownof thesystemusingamomentarypressunlessanAdministratorisloggedintotheoperatingsystem. Tochangethissettingandenableagracefulshutdown,dothefollowing: 1.Fromacommandprompt,issuethecommand: gpedit.misc 2.SetComputerConfiguration>WindowsSettings>SecuritySettings>LocalPolicies>Security Options>Shutdown.AllowthesystemtobeshutdownwithouthavingtologontoEnabled. 118UsingiLO2

Brown-Outrecovery Abrown-outconditionoccurswhenpowermomentarilyislosttotheserver.Abrown-outinterrupts theoperatingsystem,butdoesnotinterrupttheiLOfirmware.Underbrown-outconditionstheiLO serviceremainsuninterruptedforabout4seconds(longerpowerinterruptionsresultinblack-outs). SupporthasbeenaddedtoiLOtodetectandrecoverfrompowerbrown-outs.IfiLOdetectsthat abrown-outhasoccurred,serverpowerisrestoredafterthepower-ondelay.Afterthebrown-out recovery,iLOfirmwarerecordsaBrown-out recoveryeventintheeventlog. NOTE:Thebrown-outrecoveryserviceisavailableontheHPMLandDLservers.BLc-Classblade serversandSL-classserversarenotaffected. ProLiantBLp-ClassAdvancedmanagement iLO2AdvancedisastandardcomponentofProLiantBLp-Classserverbladesthatprovidesserver healthandremoteserverblademanageability.Itsfeaturesareaccessedfromanetworkclient deviceusingasupportedWebbrowser.Inadditiontootherfeatures,iLO2Advancedprovides keyboard,mouse,andvideo(textandgraphics)capabilityforaserverblade,regardlessofthe stateofthehostoperatingsystemorhostserverblade. iLO2includesanintelligentmicroprocessor,securememory,andadedicatednetworkinterface. ThisdesignmakesiLO2independentofthehostserverbladeanditsoperatingsystem.iLO2 providesremoteaccesstoanyauthorizednetworkclient,sendsalerts,andprovidesotherserver blademanagementfunctions. UsingasupportedWebbrowser,youcan: •Remotelyaccesstheconsoleofthehostserverblade,includingalltextmodeandgraphics modescreenswithfullkeyboardandmousecontrols. •Remotelypowerup,powerdown,orrebootthehostserverblade. •RemotelybootahostserverbladetoavirtualdisketteimagetoperformaROMupgradeor installanoperatingsystem. •SendalertsfromiLO2Advancedregardlessofthestateofthehostserverblade. •AccessadvancedtroubleshootingfeaturesprovidedbyiLO2Advanced. •LaunchaWebbrowser,useSNMPalerting,anddiagnosetheserverbladeusingHPSystems InsightManager. •ConfigurestaticIPbaysettingsforthededicatediLO2managementNICsoneachserver bladeinanenclosureforfasterdeployment. TheserverblademustbeproperlycabledforiLO2connectivity.Connecttotheserverbladewith oneofthefollowingmethods: •Throughanexistingnetwork(intherack)–Thismethodrequiresyoutoinstalltheserverblade initsenclosureandassignitanIPaddressmanuallyorusingDHCP. •ThroughtheserverbladeI/Oport Intherack–ThismethodrequiresyoutoconnectthelocalI/OcabletotheI/Oportand aclientPC.UsingthestaticIPaddresslistedontheI/Ocablelabelandtheinitialaccess — informationonthefrontoftheserverblade,youcanaccesstheserverbladewiththeiLO 2AdvancedRemoteConsole. —Outoftherack,withthediagnosticstation–Thismethodrequiresyoutopowertheserver bladewiththeoptionaldiagnosticstationandconnecttoanexternalcomputerusingthe staticIPaddressandthelocalI/Ocable.Forcablinginstructions,refertothe documentationthatshipswiththediagnosticstationortotheDocumentationCD. —Throughtheserverbladerearpanelconnectors(outoftherack,withthediagnostic station)–Thismethodenablesyoutoconfigureaserverbladeoutoftherackbypowering ProLiantBLp-ClassAdvancedmanagement119

thebladewiththediagnosticstationandconnectingtoanexistingnetworkthrougha hub.TheIPaddressisassignedbyaDHCPserveronanetwork. TheBLp-ClasstabenablesyoutocontrolspecificsettingsfortheProLiantBLp-Classbladeserver rack.iLO2alsoprovidesWeb-basedstatusfortheProLiantBLp-Classserverrack. RackView TheRackViewpagepresentsanoverviewofalltheenclosuresandthecontainedbladeservers, networkcomponents,andpowersupplies.Acomponent,whenpresentintherackappearsand aselectablecomponentontheRackViewpage.Blankoremptybaysarenotselectable. Component-specificinformation,suchasbladename,IPaddress,andproducttype,appearsas youmovethemousecursorovereachcomponent.Clickingthecomponentdisplaysadditional informationandconfigurationoptionsintheadjacentscreen. ThefollowingfieldsareavailableontheRackViewscreen: •Rackname •Logged-iniLOLocation Thissectionannotatesthebladeyouareloggedinto.Youcanonlyconfigurebladesettings forthisblade. •SelectedBayLocation Thissectionannotatesthecurrentlyselectedbay.Youcanviewinformationformanydifferent typesofcomponents,includingblades,powersupplies,networkcomponents,andenclosures. •EnclosureDetails InformationaboutaparticularenclosureisviewedbyselectingDetailslocatedonthe enumeratedenclosureheaders. ARefreshbuttonisavailabletoobtaincurrentRackViewinformation.ClickRefreshtoforcethe entiregraphicalrepresentationoftheracktoberedrawn.Thisoperationtakesafewmoments. Iftherackviewinformationcannotbeproperlyobtained,anerrormessageappearsinplaceof therenderedcomponents.TheRefreshbuttoncanbeusedtomakeanotherattempttoobtainthe properrackviewdata.RackViewfunctionalityrequiresversion2.06orlateroftheServerBlade andPowerManagementModulefirmwaretodisplaycorrectly. 120UsingiLO2