HP Ilo 2 User Guide

							1Overview
TheiLO2firmwareprovidesmultiplewaystoconfigure,update,andoperateserversremotely.
TheHPIntegratedLights-Out2UserGuidedescribesthesefeaturesandhowtousethemwiththe
browser-basedinterfaceandRBSU.Somefeaturesarelicensedfeaturesandmayonlybeaccessed
afterpurchasinganoptionallicense.Formoreinformation,see“Licensing”(page26).
TheHPIntegratedLights-OutManagementProcessorScriptingandCommandLineResourceGuide
describesthesyntaxandtoolsavailabletouseiLO2throughacommand-lineorscriptedinterface.
Clickthelinkfortheguidehttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/
DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&
taskId=135&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=1146658.
ThismanualdiscussesHPIntegratedLights-Out2firmwareversion2.06forProLiantML/DLservers,
aswellasProLiantBladeSystemserverblades.
NewinthisreleaseofiLO2
TheiLO2firmware,version2.06adds:
•Supportforcertificatesubjectnamecustomization
•Supportfor2048-bitlengthprivatekeys
•Java64bitsupportforbrowsersandJVM/JRE
•AddedtheBrown-outRecoveryfeature
•SupportforMicrosoftInternetExplorer7,InternetExplorer8,InternetExplorer9
iLO2Overview
TheiLO2firmwarecanremotelyperformmostfunctionsthatotherwiserequireavisittoserversat
thedatacenter,computerroom,orremotelocation.ThefollowingarejustafewoftheiLO2
features.
•RemoteConsoleandvirtualpower–Enablesyoutoviewastalledremoteserverwithblue
screenconditionsandrestarttheserverwithoutonsiteassistance.
•RemoteConsole–EnablesyoutochangeBIOSsettingswhennecessary.
•VirtualKVMtechnology–Providesahigh-performanceremoteconsolethatenablesyouto
remotelyadministeroperatingsystemsandapplicationsineverydaysituations.
•VirtualCD/DVDorfloppy–Enablesyoutoinstallanoperatingsystemorflashsystemfirmware
overthenetworkfromimagesonyourworkstationsoroncentralizedwebservers.
•VirtualFolder–Enablesyoutoupdateoperatingsystemdriversorcopysystemfileswithout
physicalmediaorcreatingadiskimage.
•Scripting–Enablesyoutousevirtualpowerandvirtualmediainotherscriptingtoolsto
automatedeploymentandprovisioning.
•Activeparticipationinmonitoringandmaintainingserverhealth,referredtoasembedded
health.iLO2monitorstemperaturesintheserverandsendscorrectivesignalstothefansto
maintainproperservercooling.Inadditiontotemperaturemonitoring,iLO2providesfan
statusmonitoringandmonitoringofthestatusofthepowersupplies,voltageregulators,and
theinternalharddrives.
TheseexamplesarejustafewwaysiLO2isusedtomanageHPProLiantserversfromyouroffice,
home,ortravellocation.AsyoubeginusingiLO2anddefiningyourspecificinfrastructure
requirements,refertothisguideforadditionalwaystosimplifyyourremoteservermanagement
needs.
ForinformationaboutthefeaturesavailableineachversionofiLO2,see“Licensing”(page26).
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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
Pre-OSandOSPre-OSandOSTextconsole
YesYes(VirtualKVM)Remoteconsole
NoYesIntegratedRemoteConsole
NoYesSupportforMicrosoftJVM
YesYesRemoteConsoleAcquirebutton
YesYesTerminalServicesintegration
YesYesHPschemadirectoryintegration
YesYesSchema-freedirectoryintegration
YesYesTwo-factorauthentication
YesYesPowerRegulatorreporting
YesYesVirtualFloppyandCD/DVD-ROM
YesYesUSBkeyvirtualmedia
NoYesVirtualfolder
HPInsightControlserverdeployment
HPInsightControlserverdeploymentintegrateswithiLO2toenablethemanagementofremote
serversandtheperformanceofremoteconsoleoperations,regardlessofthestateoftheoperating
systemorhardware.
ThedeploymentserverprovidesthecapabilitytousethepowermanagementfeaturesofiLO2to
poweron,poweroff,orcyclepoweronthetargetserver.Eachtimeaserverconnectstothe
deploymentserver,thedeploymentserverpollsthetargetservertodeterminewhetheraLOM
managementdeviceisinstalled.Ifinstalled,theservergathersinformationincludingtheDNS
name,IPaddress,anduserloginname.Securityismaintainedbyrequiringtheusertoentera
correctpassword.
FormoreinformationabouttheHPInsightControlserverdeployment,seethedocumentationthat
shipsontheHPInsightSoftwareDVD,ortheHPInsightControlwebpageathttp://www.hp.com/
go/insightcontrol.
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							ServermanagementthroughIPMIversion2.0compliantapplications
ServermanagementthroughtheIPMIisastandardizedmethodforcontrollingandmonitoringthe
server.iLO2providesservermanagementbasedontheIPMIversion2.0specification.
TheIPMIspecificationdefinesastandardizedinterfaceforplatformmanagement.TheIPMI
specificationdefinesthefollowingtypesofplatformmanagement:
•Monitoringofsysteminformation,suchasfans,temperatures,andpowersupplies
•Recoverycapabilities,suchassystemresetsandpoweron/offoperations
•Loggingcapabilities,forabnormaleventssuchasovertemperaturereadingsorfanfailures
•Inventorycapabilities,suchasidentifyingfailedhardwarecomponents
IPMIcommunicationsaredependentontheBMCandtheSMS.TheBMCmanagestheinterface
betweentheSMSandtheplatformmanagementhardware.iLO2emulatestheBMCfunctionality
andtheSMSfunctionalitycanbeprovidedbyvariousindustry-standardtools.Foradditional
information,seetheIPMIspecificationontheIntelwebsiteathttp://www.intel.com/design/servers/
ipmi/tools.htm.
TheiLO2firmwareprovidestheKCSinterface,oropeninterface,forSMScommunications.The
KCSinterfaceprovidesasetofI/Omappedcommunicationsregisters.Thedefaultsystembase
addressfortheI/OmappedSMSInterfaceis0xCA2andisbytealignedatthissystemaddress.
TheKCSinterfaceisaccessibletoSMSsoftwarethatisrunningonthelocalsystem.Examplesof
compatibleSMSsoftwareapplicationsinclude:
•IPMIversion2.0CommandTestToolisalow-levelMS-DOScommandlinetoolthatenables
hex-formattedIPMIcommandstobesenttoanIPMIBMCthatimplementstheKCSinterface.
YoucanlocatethistoolontheIntelwebsiteathttp://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/
tools.htm.
•IPMItoolisautilityformanagingandconfiguringdevicesthatsupporttheIPMIversion1.5
andversion2.0specificationsandcanbeusedinaLinuxenvironment.Youcanlocatethis
toolontheIPMItoolwebsiteathttp://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/index.html.
IPMIfunctionalityprovidedbyiLO2
WhenemulatingaBMCfortheIPMIinterface,iLO2supportsallmandatorycommandslistedin
theIPMIversion2.0specification.SeetheIPMIversion2.0specificationforalistingofthese
commands.Also,theSMSusesthemethodsdescribedinthespecificationfordeterminingwhich
IPMIfeaturesareenabledordisabledintheBMC(forexample,usingtheGet Device ID
command).
Iftheserveroperatingsystemisrunningandthehealthdriverisenabled,anyIPMItrafficthrough
theKCSinterfacecanaffecttheperformanceofthehealthdriverandoverallhealthperformance
ofthesystem.DonotissueanyIPMIcommandsthroughtheKCSinterfacethatmightdetrimentally
affectthemonitoringperformedbythehealthdriver.Thesecommandsincludeanycommandsthat
setsorchangesIPMIparameters,suchasSet Watchdog TimerandSet BMC Global
Enabled.AnyIPMIcommandthatsimplyreturnsdataissafetouse,suchasGet Device ID
andGet Sensor Reading.
WS-Managementcompatibilityoverview
TheiLO2firmwareimplementationofWS-ManagementisinaccordancewiththeDTMFWeb
ServicesforManagement1.0.0aspecification.
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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.
SetAllowBasicauthenticationtoEnabled.
Compatibility:
•WS-ManagementiniLO2iscompatiblewiththeWindowsVistaWinRMutility,Microsoft
OperationsManager3,andtheManagementPackprovidedbyHP.
•ThefullsetofWS-ManagementcommandsisavailableoniLO2serversthatsupportembedded
systemhealth.Agreatlyreducedsubsetofthesecommandsisavailableonserverswithout
embeddedsystemshealthsupport.
Commands:
Thefollowingcommandsareavailableforremoteinvocationofthefollowingdevices:
•Serverpower
•UID
Status:
TheWS-ManagementiniLO2returnsstatusinformationforfans,temperatures,powersupplies,
andVRMs.
iLO2browserinterfaceoverview
TheiLO2browserinterfacegroupssimilartasksforeasynavigationandworkflow.Thesetasks
areorganizedunderhigh-leveltabsacrossthetopoftheiLO2interface.Thesetabsappearon
thebrowserinterfaceandincludeSystemStatus,RemoteConsole,VirtualMedia,Power
Management,andAdministration.
Eachhigh-leveliLO2tabhasamenuontheleftsideoftheinterfacewithvariousoptions.When
youselectadifferenthigh-leveltab,themenuchanges,anddisplaystheoptionsavailablefrom
thattab.Eachmenuoptiondisplaysapagetitle,whichisadescriptionoftheinformationorsettings
availableonthatpage.Thispagetitlemightnotreflectthenamethatappearsonthemenuoption.
AssistanceforalliLO2pagesisavailablefromiLO2Help.LinksoneachiLO2pageprovide
summaryinformationaboutthefeaturesofiLO2andhelpfulinformationtooptimizeitsoperation.
Toaccesspage-specifichelp,clickthequestionmark(?)ontherightsideofthebrowserwindow.
TypicalusertasksarefoundundertheSystemStatus,RemoteConsole,VirtualMedia,andPower
ManagementtabsoftheiLO2interface.Thesetasksaredescribedin“UsingiLO2”(page74).
TheAdministrationtabistypicallyusedbyanadvancedoradministrativeuserwhomustmanage
users,configureglobalandnetworksettings,aswellasconfigureorenablethemoreadvanced
functionsofiLO2.Thesetasksarediscussedin“SettingupiLO2”(page17)and“Configuring
iLO2”(page24).
Subject-specificareasofiLO2functionalityandintegrationaredetailedin:
•“Directoryservices”(page130)
•“Directory-enabledremotemanagement”(page156)
•“HPQLOMIGdirectorymigrationutility”(page162)
•“HPSystemsInsightManagerintegration”(page178)
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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.
◦
◦HPsupportsMicrosoftJVMandSUNJava1.4.2_13.Todownloadtherecommended
JVMforyoursystemconfiguration,seetheHPwebsiteathttp://www.hp.com/servers/
manage/jvm.
Certainbrowsersandoperatingsystemcombinationsmightnotworkcorrectly,dependingonthe
implementationoftherequiredbrowsertechnologies.
Supportedserveroperatingsystemsoftware
iLO2isanindependentmicroprocessorrunninganembeddedoperatingsystem.Thearchitecture
ensuresthatthemajorityofiLO2functionalityisavailable,regardlessofthehostoperatingsystem.
Forgracefulhostoperatingsystemshutdown,HPSIMintegrationrequireshealthdriversand
ManagementAgentsorremoteconsoleaccess.
iLO2providestwointerfacedrivers:
•TheiLO2AdvancedServerManagementControllerDriver(healthdriver)–Providessystem
managementsupport,includingmonitoringofservercomponents,eventlogging,andsupport
fortheManagementAgents.
•TheiLO2ManagementInterfaceDriver–EnablessystemsoftwareandSNMPInsightAgents
tocommunicatewithiLO2.
Thesedriversandagentsareavailableforthefollowingnetworkoperatingsystems:
•Microsoft
Windows2008Server◦
◦Windows2008AdvancedServer
◦WindowsServer2003
◦WindowsServer2003,WebEdition
◦WindowsSmallBusinessServer2003(ML300series)
◦WindowsVista
•RedHat
RedHatEnterpriseLinux3(x86)◦
◦RedHatEnterpriseLinux3(AMD64/EM64T)
◦RedHatEnterpriseLinux4(x86)
◦RedHatEnterpriseLinux4(AMD64/EM64T)
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							◦RedHatEnterpriseLinux5(x86)
◦RedHatEnterpriseLinux5(AMD64/EM64T)
•SUSELINUX
◦SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer9(x86)
◦SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer(AMD64/EM64T)
◦SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer10
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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,
password,andDNSnameprovidedontheiLO2NetworkSettingstagattachedtotheserver,
see“LoggingintoiLO2forthefirsttime”(page20).
5.Changethedefaultusernameandpasswordontheadministratoraccounttoyourpredefined
selections.
6.Tousethelocalaccountsfeature,setupyouruseraccounts,see“Settingupuseraccounts”
(page20).
7.ToactivateiLO2advancedfeatures,see“ActivatingiLO2licensedfeatureswithabrowser”
(page21).
8.ToinstalltheiLO2devicedrivers,see“InstallingiLO2devicedrivers”(page21).
PreparingtosetupiLO2
BeforesettingupyouriLO2managementprocessors,youmustdecidehowtohandlenetworking
andsecurity.ThefollowingquestionscanhelpyouconfigureiLO2foryourneeds:
1.HowshouldiLO2connecttothenetwork?
Foragraphicalrepresentationandexplanationoftheavailableconnections,see“Connecting
tothenetwork”(page18).TypicallyiLO2isconnectedtothenetworkusingeither:
•AcorporatenetworkwhereboththeNICandtheiLO2portareconnectedtothecorporate
network.ThisconnectionenablesaccesstoiLO2fromanywhereonthenetworkand
reducestheamountofnetworkinghardwareandinfrastructurerequiredtosupportiLO
2.However,oncorporatenetworks,networktrafficcanimpedeiLO2performance.
•AdedicatedmanagementnetworkwiththeiLO2portonaseparatenetwork.Aseparate
networkimprovesperformanceandsecuritybecauseyoucanphysicallycontrolwhich
workstationsareconnectedtothenetwork.Aseparatenetworkalsoprovidesredundant
accesstotheserverwhenahardwarefailureoccursonthecorporatenetwork.Inthis
configuration,iLO2cannotbeaccesseddirectlyfromthecorporatenetwork.
2.HowwilliLO2acquireanIPaddress?
ToaccessiLO2afterconnectingittothenetwork,themanagementprocessormustacquire
anIPaddressandsubnetmaskusingeitheradynamicorstaticprocess:
•DynamicIPaddressissetbydefault.iLO2obtainstheIPaddressandsubnetmaskfrom
DNS/DHCPservers.Thismethodisthesimplest.
•StaticIPaddressisusedtoconfigureastaticIPaddressifDNS/DHCPserversarenot
availableonthenetwork.AstaticIPaddresscanbeconfigurediniLO2usingtheRBSU.
IfusingastaticIP,youmusthaveanIPaddressbeforestartingiLO2setup.
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							3.Whataccesssecurityisrequiredandwhatuseraccountsandprivilegesareneeded?
TheiLO2firmwareprovidesseveraloptionstocontroluseraccess.Youmustselectoneof
thefollowingmethodstopreventunauthorizedaccesstocorporateITassets:
•Localaccountswithupto12usernamesandpasswordscanbestoredoniLO2.Thisis
idealforsmallenvironmentssuchaslabsandsmall-andmedium-sizedbusinesses.
•Directoryservicesusethecorporatedirectory(MicrosoftActiveDirectoryorNovell
eDirectory)tomanageiLO2useraccess.Thisisidealforenvironmentswithalarge
numberoffrequentlychangingusers.IfyouplantouseDirectoryservicesleaveatleast
onelocalaccountenabledforalternateaccess.Formoreinformation,see“Security”
(page40).
4.HowdoyouwanttoconfigureiLO2?
TheiLO2firmwaresupportsvariousinterfacesforconfigurationandoperation.Thisguide
discussesthefollowinginterfaces:
•UsingiLO2RBSUwhenthesystemenvironmentdoesnotuseDHCP,DNS,orWINS.
Formoreinformation,see“SettingupiLO2usingiLO2RBSU”(page20).
•Usingabrowser-basedsetupwhenyoucanconnecttoiLO2onthenetworkusinga
browser.ThismethodcanalsoreconfigureapreviouslyconfigurediLO2.Formore
information,see“SettingupiLO2withthebrowser-basedoption”(page21).
•UsingSMASHCLPwhenacommandlineisaccessiblethroughTelnet,SSH,orphysical
serialport.Formoreinformation,seetheHPIntegratedLights-OutManagementProcessor
ScriptingandCommandLineResourceGuideathttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/
bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&
cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=135&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=1146658.
TheiLO2defaultsettingsenableyoutousemostfeatureswithnoadditionalconfiguration.However,
theextensiveconfigurationflexibilityofiLO2enablescustomizationformultipleenterprise
environments.Forallavailableoptions,see“ConfiguringiLO2”(page24).
ForadvancedsetupofmultipleiLO2managementprocessorsusingscriptingcommands,the
followingmethodsareavailable.ScriptsaretextfileswritteninanXML-basedscriptinglanguage
calledRIBCL.YoucanuseRIBCLscriptstoconfigureiLO2onthenetwork,duringinitialdeployment,
orfromanalreadydeployedhost.EachmethodisdescribedintheHPIntegratedLights-Out
ManagementProcessorScriptingandCommandLineResourceGuideathttp://
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&
lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=135&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=1146658
•CPQLOCFGisaMicrosoftWindowsutilitythatsendsRIBCLscriptstoiLO2overthenetwork.
•HPONCFGisalocal,online,andscriptedsetuputilitythatrunsonthehostandpassesRIBCL
scriptstothelocaliLO2firmware.ThisutilityhasWindowsandLinuxversions,whichrequire
theiLO2ManagementInterfaceDriver.
•PerlisascriptinglanguagethatyouusefromLinuxclientstosendRIBCLscriptstotheiLO2
firmwareoverthenetwork.
Connectingtothenetwork
Typically,iLO2isconnectedtothenetworkinoneoftwoways:
•Corporatenetwork,wherebothportsareconnectedtothecorporatenetwork.Inthis
configuration,theserverhastwonetworkports(oneserverNIC,andoneiLO2NIC)connected
toacorporatenetwork.
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							•Dedicatedmanagementnetwork,wheretheiLO2portisonaseparatenetwork.
ConfiguringtheIPaddress
ThisstepisnecessaryonlyifyouareusingastaticIPaddress.WhenusingdynamicIPaddressing,
yourDHCPserverautomaticallyassignsanIPaddressforiLO2.Tosimplifyinstallation,HP
recommendsusingDNSorDHCPwithiLO2.
ToconfigureastaticIPaddress,usetheiLO2RBSUwiththefollowingproceduretodisableDNS
andDHCPandconfiguretheIPaddressandthesubnetmask:
1.Restartorpowertheserveron.
2.PresstheF8keywhenpromptedduringPOST.TheiLO2RBSUruns.
3.SelectNetwork>DNS/DHCP,presstheEnterkey,andthenselectDHCPEnable.
4.PressthespacebartoturnoffDHCP.BesurethatDHCPEnableissettoOff,andthensave
thechanges.
5.SelectNetwork>NIC>TCP/IP,presstheEnterkey,andthenentertheappropriateinformation
intheIPAddress,SubnetMask,andGatewayIPAddressfields.
6.Savethechanges.
7.ExitiLO2RBSU.ThechangestakeeffectwhenyouexitiLO2RBSU.
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							LoggingintoiLO2forthefirsttime
TheiLO2firmwareisconfiguredwithadefaultusername,password,andDNSname.Default
userinformationislocatedontheiLO2NetworkSettingstagattachedtotheservercontaining
theiLO2managementprocessor.UsethesevaluestoaccessiLO2remotelyfromanetworkclient
usingastandardWebbrowser.
Forsecurityreasons,HPrecommendschangingthedefaultsettingsafterloggingintoiLO2for
thefirsttime.
Thedefaultvaluesare:
•Username–Administrator
•Password–Arandom,eight-character,alphanumericstring
•DNSName–ILOXXXXXXXXXXXX
whereXXXXXXXXXXXXrepresentstheserialnumberoftheserver
NOTE:Usernamesandpasswordsarecasesensitive.
Ifyouenteranincorrectusernameandpassword,oraloginattemptfails,theniLO2imposesa
securitydelay.Formoreinformationonloginsecurity,see“Loginsecurity”(page44).
Settingupuseraccounts
TheiLO2firmwarecomespreconfiguredwithdefaultfactorysettings,includingadefaultuser
accountandpassword.Forsecurityreasons,HPrecommendschangingthedefaultsettingsafter
loggingintoiLO2forthefirsttime.ThesechangescanbemadeusinganyoftheiLO2user
interfaces.RBSUandbrowserproceduresareexplainedinthisuserguide.Otheroptionsincluding
theSMASHCLPandscriptingmethodsaredescribedintheHPIntegratedLights-OutManagement
ProcessorScriptingandCommandLineResourceGuideathttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/
bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&
docIndexId=64179&taskId=135&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=1146658.
IfiLO2isconnectedtoanetworkrunningDNSorDHCP,youcanuseitimmediatelywithout
changinganysettings.
SettingupiLO2usingiLO2RBSU
HPrecommendsthatyouusetheiLO2RBSUtoinitiallysetupiLO2andconfigureiLO2network
parametersforenvironmentsthatdonotuseDHCPandDNS,orWINS.RBSUprovidesthebasic
toolstoconfigureiLO2networksettingsanduseraccountstogetiLO2onthenetwork.
YoucanuseRBSUtoconfigurenetworkparameters,directorysettings,globalsettings,anduser
accounts.TheiLO2RBSUisnotintendedforcontinuedadministration.RBSUisavailableevery
timetheserverisbootedandcanberunremotelyusingtheiLO2RemoteConsole.
TheiLO2RBSUcanbedisabledintheGlobalSettingspreferences.DisablingiLO2RBSUprevents
reconfigurationfromthehostunlesstheiLO2SecurityOverrideSwitchisset.
ToruniLO2RBSUtosetuplocalaccounts:
1.Restartorpowertheserveron.
2.PresstheF8keywhenpromptedduringPOST.TheiLO2RBSUruns.
3.Ifprompted,enteravalidiLO2userIDandpasswordwiththeappropriateiLO2privileges
(AdministerUserAccounts>ConfigureiLO2Settings).Defaultaccountinformationislocated
ontheiLO2DefaultNetworkSettingstagattachedtotheservercontainingtheiLO2
managementprocessor.IfiLO2hasnotbeenconfiguredtopresentaloginchallengetothe
RBSU,thennopromptappears.
4.MakeandsaveanynecessarychangestotheiLO2configuration.
5.ExitiLO2RBSU.
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