HP Ilo 2 User Guide
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Bladeconfigurationandinformation Thebladeconfigurationoptionprovidesinformationregardingtheidentity,location,andnetwork addressofthebladeselectedontheRackViewpage.Toviewthesesettings,selectablade componentandselectConfigureonthe“RackView”(page120)page.Youcanchangesomeof thesettingsforthebladeinwhichyouarecurrentlyloggedin.Tosavechanges,clickApply. Thefollowingfieldsareavailable: •IdentificationInformation BayName— —BayNumber •PowerOnControl PowerSource— —EnableAutomaticPowerOn —EnableRackAlertLogging(IML) ProLiantBLp-ClassAdvancedmanagement121
Enclosureinformation Enclosureinformationisspecifictotheselectedenclosure.Informationaboutaparticularenclosure isviewedbyselectingDetailslocatedontheenumeratedenclosureheaders.Alimitedamountof rackinformationisavailable,includingthenameandserialnumber Abasicsetofinformationisavailablefortheenclosuresthatdonotcontainthebladethatyouare loggedinto.Thisinformationincludesthename,serialnumber,andenclosuretype. Anadvancedsetofdetailsisavailablefortheenclosurethatcontainsthebayyouareloggedinto. Thesedetailsincludethefollowing: •Name •Serialnumber •Enclosuretype •Firmwarerevision •Hardwarerevision •Enclosuretemperature •ManagementModuleUID CertainfieldscanbechangedandupdatedbyclickingApply. Powerenclosureinformation ThePowerEnclosureInformationpageprovidesdiagnosticinformationregardingthepower managementmoduleandthepowercomponentscontainedinthepowerenclosure.Thisinformation providesanoverviewonthehealthandconditionofthepowerenclosureandcomponents. 122UsingiLO2
Thefollowingfieldsareavailable: •Rackname •Rackserialnumber •Enclosurename •Enclosureserialnumber •Enclosuretype •Firmwarerevision •Hardwarerevision •Loadbalancewire •Enclosuretemperature •EnclosuretemperaturesideAandB •ManagementModuleUID CertainfieldscanbechangedandupdatedbyclickingApply. Networkcomponentinformation Networkcomponentinformationdisplaysthestatusofthepatchpanelorinterconnectswitchthat hasbeenselected.TheinformationdisplayedincludesFuseA,FuseB,andNetworkComponent Type. iLO2controlofProLiantBLp-ClassserverLEDs iLO2canmonitorBLp-ClassserversthroughPOSTtrackingandtheServerHealthLED. ServerPOSTtracking FeedbackislimitedwhiletheserverisbootingbecauseoftheheadlessnatureoftheProLiantBL p-Classservers.iLO2providesboot-timefeedbackbyflashingtheServerHealthLEDgreenduring serverPOST.TheLEDissettosolidamberifthebootisunsuccessful.TheLEDissettosolidgreen attheendofasuccessfulboot. Afterasuccessfulboot,controloftheServerHealthLEDisreturnedtotheserver,whichcanturn theLEDofforsetittosomeothercolortorepresentthehealthoftheserverhardware. ProLiantBLp-ClassAdvancedmanagement123
Insufficientpowernotification iLO2turnstheServerHealthLEDsolidredifiLO2cannotpowerontheserverbecauseinsufficient powerisintherackinfrastructure. ProLiantBLp-Classalertforwarding iLO2supportsbladeinfrastructureSNMPtrapsonapassthroughbasis.Reportingofblade infrastructurestatusbyiLO2doesnotrequireoperatingsystemsupport.Thealerts(traps)originate fromtheEnclosureManagerandPowerSupplyManagerandaretransmittedtoiLO2.iLO2 p-ClassfirmwareforwardsinfrastructurealertsasSNMPtrapstoacorrectlyconfiguredmanagement console.Thesealertsallowthemonitoringofp-ClassalertstotakeplaceinanSNMPmanagement console. p-ClassalertforwardingisdisabledbydefaultandcanbeenabledfromtheSNMP/InsightManage Settingswebpage. ThefollowingalertsareidentifiedandforwardedbyiLO2: DescriptionAlertID Enclosuretemperaturefailure22005 Enclosuretemperaturedegradation22006 EnclosuretemperatureOK22007 Enclosurefanfailed22008 Enclosurefandegraded22009 EnclosurefanOK22010 Rackpowerfailure22013 Rackpowerdegraded22014 RackpowersupplyOK22015 Rackserverfailed;notenoughpower22023 ProLiantBladeSystemHPOnboardAdministrator HPBladeSystemOnboardAdministratoristheenclosuremanagementprocessor,subsystem,and firmwarebaseusedtosupporttheHPBladeSystemandallthemanageddevicescontainedwithin theenclosure. YoucanaccessiLO2throughtheHPOnboardAdministrator“iLOoption”(page128),usingthe “WebAdministration”(page128),ordirectly.TologintoiLO2directly,see“LoggingintoiLO2 forthefirsttime”(page20). iLO2BLc-Classtab TheBLc-ClasstaboftheiLO2webinterfaceenablesyoutoaccesstheOnboardAdministrator andtheBladeSystemConfigurationWizard.FormoreinformationontheBladeSystemConfiguration Wizard,seetheHPBladeSystemOnboardAdministratorUserGuide. 124UsingiLO2
TheOnboardAdministratoroptionenablesyoutoviewabriefoverviewoftheserversystemhealth aswellaslaunchabrowser(whichlaunchestheHPOnboardAdministratorRackViewscreen)or turntheUIDLightonoroff. EnclosurebayIPaddressing DuringcompletionoftheFirstTimeSetupWizard,youareaskedtosetupyourenclosurebayIP addressing.Formoreinformationaboutthecompletewizardsetupprocess,seetheHPBladeSystem OnboardAdministratorUserGuide. TheserverbladeiLO2portsandinterconnectmodulemanagementportscanobtainIPaddresses onthemanagementnetworkinthreeways:DHCPaddress,staticIPaddressorEBIPA.Ifyour networkhasanexternalDHCPserviceorifyouwanttomanuallyassignstaticIPaddressesone byonetotheserverbladesandinterconnectmodules,clickSkiptobypassthisstep. •DHCPaddresses–TheserverbladeiLO2defaultstoDHCPaddressing,obtainedthrough thenetworkconnectoroftheactiveOnboardAdministrator.Interconnectmodulesthathave aninternalmanagementnetworkconnectiontotheOnboardAdministratormightalsodefault toDHCPaddress. TheOnboardAdministratorGUIliststheIPaddressfortheserverbladeiLO2portand interconnectmodulemanagementport •StaticIP Manual–IfyourfacilityprefersstaticIPaddressassignment,youcanindividuallychange eachoftheserverbladeiLO2portsandinterconnectmodulemanagementportstounique — staticaddressesoruseEBIPAtoassignarangeofstaticIPaddressestoindividualserver bladeandinterconnectmodulebays. —EBIPA–WhenaserverbladeorinterconnectmoduleisinsertedintoabaythathasEBIPA enabled,thatmanagementportwillgetthespecificstaticIPaddressfromtheOnboard AdministratorifthatdeviceisconfiguredforDHCP. Theadministratorsetsanindependentrangeforserverbladebaysandinterconnectsmodulebays usingtheOnboardAdministratorEBIPAsetupwizard.Thefirstaddressinarangeisassignedto thefirstbayandthenconsecutivebaysthroughtherange. Forexample,ifyousettheserverbayEBIPArangeto16.100.226.21to16.100.226.36,the iLO2indevicebay#1isassigned16.100.226.21andtheiLO2indevicebay#12isassigned ProLiantBladeSystemHPOnboardAdministrator125
16.100.226.32.IfyousettheinterconnectbayEBIPArangeto16.200.139.51to16.209.139.58, theinterconnectmodulemanagementportininterconnectbay#1isassigned16.200.139.51 andtheinterconnectmodulemanagementportininterconnectbay#7isassigned16.200.139.57. ToenableEBIPAsettingsfortheserverbaysinthisenclosure,selectEnableEnclosureBayIP AddressingforServerBayiLO2Processors,thenenterthefollowinginformation. DescriptionPossiblevalueField BeginningIPaddressforthedeviceor interconnectbays.Clickthearrownexttothe ###.###.###.###where###rangesfrom 0to255 BeginningAddress BeginningAddressfield,andclickUpdateList toupdatetheDeviceListorInterconnectList. Subnetmaskforthedeviceorinterconnectbays###.###.###.###where###rangesfrom 0to255 SubnetMask Gatewayaddressforthedeviceorinterconnect bays ###.###.###.###where###rangesfrom 0to255 Gateway Thedomainnameforthedeviceorinterconnect bays Acharacterstring,includingall alphanumericcharactersandthedash(-) Domain TheIPaddressfortheprimaryDNSserver###.###.###.###where###rangesfrom 0to255 DNSServer1 TheIPaddressforthesecondaryDNSserver###.###.###.###where###rangesfrom 0to255 DNSServer2 TheIPaddressforthetertiaryDNSserver###.###.###.###where###rangesfrom 0to255 DNSServer3 TheIPaddressoftheprimaryserverusedto synchronizetimeanddateusingtheNTP protocol ###.###.###.###where###rangesfrom 0to255 NTPServer1 TheIPaddressofthesecondaryserverusedto synchronizetimeanddateusingtheNTP protocol ###.###.###.###where###rangesfrom 0to255 NTPServer2 126UsingiLO2
Dynamicpowercappingforserverblades DynamicpowercappingisaniLO2featureavailableforc-Classserverbladesandaccessed throughHPOnboardAdministrator.Formoreinformationonallthepowersettingoptionsfor c-Classserverblades,seetheHPBladeSystemOnboardAdministratorUserGuide. Dynamicpowercappingisonlyavailableifyoursystemhardwareplatform,BIOS(ROM),and powermicro-controllerfirmwareversionsupportthisfeature.Ifyoursystemiscapableofperforming dynamicpowercapping,iLO2automaticallyfunctionsinDynamicPowercappingmode. InOnboardAdministrator,therearetwoDynamicPowercappingoptions: •DynamicPower Ifenabled,DynamicPowerautomaticallyplacesunusedpowersuppliesinstandbymodeto increaseenclosurepowersupplyefficiency,therebyminimizingenclosurepowerconsumption duringlowerpowerdemand.Increasedpowerdemandsautomaticallyreturnstandbypower suppliestofullperformance.IfDynamicPoweris: —Enabled(defaultsetting)–Somepowersuppliescanbeautomaticallyplacedonstandby toincreaseoverallenclosurepowersubsystemefficiency. —Disabled–Allpowersuppliessharetheload.Thepowersubsystemefficiencyvaries basedonload. •EnclosureDynamicPowerCap Anoptionalsettingthatenablesyoutosetacaponagroupofserversinanenclosure.Set thecapbetweenthevaluesshownabovetheEnclosureDynamicPowerCapfield.These valuesarebasedontheenclosure'scurrentconfiguration. Astheserversrun,thedemandforpowervariesforeachserver.Apowercapforeachserver issettoprovidetheserverwithenoughpowertomeetitsworkloaddemandswhilestill conformingtotheEnclosureDynamicPowerCap. YoucanuseeithertheStaticPowerLimitortheEnclosureDynamicPowerCapinthefollowing situations: —Ifthefacilitypowerislimitedtotheenclosure,youcanenterafixedlimitintoeach enclosure.Forexample,ifthehostedlocationlimitstheenclosureto5000W.Inthelimit EnclosureInputWattsfield,enter5000.TheOnboardAdministratorlimitstotalpower allocationto5000W,whichmightresultindenyingpowertosomeoftheserverblades. —Ifthefacilitylimitscoolingcapacitytotheenclosure,thendividethelimitofBtu/hr availabletotheenclosureby3.41todeterminethewattslimitforthatenclosure.Enter thatwattslimittorestricttheheatloadoftheenclosures.Forexample:Ifthefacilitylimits individualenclosureto27,280Btu/hr,then27,280dividedby3.41yields8,000W. Enterthewattslimittorestrictthatenclosureto27,280Btu/hr.Thislimitcanresultin denyingpowertosomeoftheserverblades. —Ifyouneedtorestrictanenclosure'selectricalloadorthermaloutput,anEnclosure DynamicPowerCapisbetter.ItenablesmorebladestopoweronthanaStaticPower Limitdoes.AStaticPowerLimitisbetterinthefollowingcases: –Youdonotwantcapsdynamicallyadjustedonyourserverblades. –Youprefertonotpoweronaserverbladeifitcannotbeallocatedfullpower(even ifittypicallyconsumesless). –Morethan1/4ofthebladesintheenclosuredonotmeethardwareorfirmware requirementsfortheEnclosureDynamicPowerCap. –YoudonothaveredundantACpowersupplies. –Donotsetacaponanemptyenclosure.ThisdisablesboththeStaticPowerLimit andtheEnclosureDynamicPowerCap. ProLiantBladeSystemHPOnboardAdministrator127
FormoreinformationonStaticPowerLimit,seetheHPBladeSystemOnboardAdministrator UserGuide. iLO2VirtualFan Inc-Classbladeservers,theHPOnboardAdministratorcontrolstheenclosurefans.TheiLO2 firmwarecannotdetecttheseenclosurefans.Instead,theiLO2firmwaremonitorsanambient temperaturesensorlocatedonthebladeserver.ThisinformationdisplaysontheiLO2interface andretrievedbytheOnboardAdministratorperiodically.TheOnboardAdministratorusesthe sensorinformationcollectedfromalliLO2managementprocessorsintheenclosuretodetermine enclosurefanspeeds. iLOoption TheiLOoptionoftheHPOnboardAdministratorallowsyoutoaccessthe“WebAdministration” (page128),the“IRCFullscreen”(page85),the“IntegratedRemoteConsoleoption”(page85), RemoteConsole,and“RemoteSerialConsole”(page100).Clickingthelinksinthissectionopens therequestediLO2sessionsinnewwindowsusingSSO,whichdoesnotrequireaniLO2username orpasswordtobeentered. Ifyourbrowsersettingspreventnewwindowsfromopening,thelinkswillnotfunctionproperly. Forhelpwithturningoffpop-upwindowblockers,seeonlinehelp. WebAdministration TheWebAdministrationlinkontheHPOnboardAdministratorinterfaceaccessestheiLO2GUI. TheSystemStatuspageappears,providinganoverviewofthehealthoftheserver. 128UsingiLO2
BLp-ClassandBLc-Classfeatures TheHPProLiantBLp-ClassandProLiantc-Classserverssharecommonfeatures.Thedifferences arehighlightedinthefollowingtable: BLp-ClassBLc-ClassFeature i2cEthernetEnclosurecommunications SBIPCDHCPEnclosure-basedIPaddressing NotsupportedMutualEnclosureauthenticationtoiLO2 PhysicalVirtualServerfan RestrictedUnrestrictedBladeserverinformationand configuration SupportedNotsupportedPower-onoverride SUViSUV(noiLO2)Frontdongle LimitedsupportthroughiLO2FullsupportthroughHPOnboard Administrator Rackmanagement ProLiantBladeSystemHPOnboardAdministrator129
5Directoryservices Overviewofdirectoryintegration iLO2canbeconfiguredtouseadirectorytoauthenticateandauthorizeitsusers.Beforeconfiguring iLO2fordirectories,youmustdecidewhetherornotyouwanttousetheHPExtendedschema option. TheadvantagesofusingtheHPExtendedschemaoptionare: •Thereismuchmoreflexibilityincontrollingaccess.Forexample,accesscanbelimitedtoa timeofdayorfromacertainrangeofIPaddresses. •Groupsaremaintainedinthedirectory,notoneachiLO2. •RILOEandRILOEIIonlyworkwithHPExtendedschema.(Schema-freewillbeaddedtoRILOE IIatlaterdate.) iLO2,RILOE,andRILOEIIwillonlyworkwitheDirectorywithHPExtendedschema. Formoreinformation,see“Benefitsofdirectoryintegration”(page130).“Directory-enabledremote management”(page156)detailshowroles,groups,andsecurityisenabledandenforcedusing directories.Therearealsowhitepapersavailableformoreinformationondirectoryintegration ontheHPwebsiteathttp://www.hp.com/servers/lights-out. Benefitsofdirectoryintegration •Scalability–Thedirectorycanbeleveragedtosupportthousandsofusersonthousandsof iLO2s. •Security–Robustuserpasswordpoliciesareinheritedfromthedirectory.Userpassword complexity,rotationfrequency,andexpirationarepolicyexamples. •Anonymity(lackthereof)–Insomeenvironments,usersshareLights-Outaccounts,whichresults inthelackofknowingwhoperformedanoperation,insteadofknowingwhataccount(or role)wasused. •Role-basedadministration–Youcancreateroles(forinstance,clerical,remotecontrolofthe host,completecontrol)andassociateusersorusergroupswiththoseroles.Achangeata singleroleappliestoallusersandLights-Outdevicesassociatedwiththatrole. •Singlepointofadministration–YoucanusenativeadministrativetoolslikeMMCand ConsoleOnetoadministrateLights-Outusers. •ImmediacyAsinglechangeinthedirectoryrolls-outimmediatelytoassociatedLights-Out processors.Thiseliminatestheneedtoscriptthisprocess. •Eliminationofanotherusernameandpassword–Youcanuseexistinguseraccountsand passwordsinthedirectorywithouthavingtorecordorrememberanewsetofcredentialsfor Lights-Out. •Flexibility–YoucancreateasingleroleforasingleuseronasingleiLO2,oryoucancreate asingleroleformultipleusersonmultipleiLOs,oryoucanuseacombinationsofrolesasis suitableforyourenterprise. •Compatibility–Lights-OutdirectoryintegrationappliestoiLO2,RILOEandRILOEIIproducts. TheintegrationsupportsthepopularActiveDirectoryandeDirectory. •Standards–Lights-OutdirectorysupportbuildsontopoftheLDAP2.0standardforsecure directoryaccess. 130Directoryservices