HP Ilo 3 User Guide
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1IntroductiontoiLO TheiLOsoftwarecanremotelyperformmostfunctionsthatotherwiserequireavisittotheservers atthedatacenter,computerroom,orremotelocation.iLOallowsyoutodothefollowing: •Monitorserverhealth.iLOmonitorstemperaturesintheserverandsendscorrectivesignalsto thefanstomaintainproperservercooling.iLOalsomonitorsfirmwareversionsandthestatus offans,memory,thenetwork,processors,powersupplies,andserverharddrives. •Accessahigh-performanceandsecureIntegratedRemoteConsoletotheserverfromanywhere...
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FormoreinformationaboutiLOfunctionalityandintegration,seethefollowing: •“IntegratingHPSystemsInsightManager”(page157) •“Directoryservices”(page160) •“Troubleshooting”(page209) iLORBSU YoucanusetheiLOROM-basedsetuputilitytoconfigurenetworkparameters,globalsettings,and useraccounts.iLORBSUisdesignedfortheinitialiLOsetup,andisnotintendedforcontinued iLOadministration.iLORBSUisavailablewhenevertheserverisbooted,andcanberunremotely throughtheRemoteConsole.PressF8duringPOSTtoenteriLORBSU....
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2SettingupiLO TheiLOdefaultsettingsenableyoutousemostfeatureswithoutadditionalconfiguration.However, theconfigurationflexibilityofiLOenablescustomizationformultipleenterpriseenvironments.This chapterdiscussestheinitialiLOsetupsteps.Forinformationaboutadditionalconfigurationoptions, see“ConfiguringiLO”(page25). Completetheinitialsetupsteps: 1.Decidehowyouwanttohandlenetworkingandsecurity.Formoreinformation,see“Preparing tosetupiLO”(page14)....
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3.Whataccesssecurityisrequired,andwhatuseraccountsandprivilegesareneeded? iLOprovidesseveraloptionstocontroluseraccess.Useoneofthefollowingmethodsto preventunauthorizedaccess: •Localaccounts—Upto12usernamesandpasswordscanbestorediniLO.Thisisideal forsmallenvironmentssuchaslabsandsmall-sizedormedium-sizedbusinesses. •Directoryservices—UsethecorporatedirectorytomanageiLOuseraccess.Thisisideal forenvironmentswithalargenumberofusers.Ifyouplantousedirectoryservices,...
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ConnectingiLOtothenetwork YoucanconnectiLOtothenetworkthroughacorporatenetworkoradedicatedmanagement network. •Inacorporatenetwork,theserverhastwonetworkporttypes(serverNICsandoneiLONIC) connectedtothecorporatenetwork,asshowninFigure1(page16). Figure1Corporatenetworkdiagram •Inadedicatedmanagementnetwork,theiLOportisonaseparatenetwork,asshownin Figure2(page16). Figure2Dedicatedmanagementnetworkdiagram SettingupiLObyusingiLORBSU HPrecommendsusingiLORBSUtosetupiLOforthefirsttimeandtoconfigureiLOnetwork...
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ConfiguringastaticIPaddressbyusingiLORBSU ThisprocedureisrequiredonlyifyouareusingastaticIPaddress.Whenyouareusingdynamic IPaddressing,yourDHCPserverautomaticallyassignsanIPaddressforiLO. NOTE:Tosimplifyinstallation,HPrecommendsusingDNSorDHCPwithiLO. ToconfigureastaticIPaddress: 1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession. Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC. 2.Restartorpowerontheserver. 3.PressF8intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen. TheiLORBSUscreenappears. 4.DisableDHCP:...
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5.Enterthenetworksettings: a.SelectNetwork→NICandTCP/IP,andthenpressEnter. TheNetworkConfigurationwindowopens. b.EntertheappropriateinformationintheIPAddress,SubnetMask,andGatewayIPAddress fields,asshowninFigure4(page18). Figure4iLORBSUNetworkConfigurationwindow c.PressF10tosavethechanges. 6.SelectFile→ExittoexitiLORBSU. ThechangestakeeffectwhenyouexitiLORBSU. ManagingiLOusersbyusingiLORBSU YoucanuseiLORBSUtoperformthefollowingusermanagementtasks: •“Addinguseraccounts”(page18)...
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Figure5iLORBSUAddUserwindow 5.Enterthefollowinguseraccountdetails: •UsernameappearsintheuserlistontheUserAdministrationpage.Itdoesnothaveto bethesameastheLoginname.Themaximumlengthforausernameis39characters. Theusernamemustuseprintablecharacters.Assigningdescriptiveusernamescanhelp youtoeasilyidentifytheownerofeachloginname. •LoginnameisthenameyoumustusewhenloggingintoiLO.Itappearsintheuserlist ontheUserAdministrationpage,ontheiLOOverviewpage,andiniLOlogs.TheLogin...
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HPONCFGcanstillreconfigureiLO.OnlyauserwhohastheAdministerUserAccounts privilegecanenableordisablethisprivilege. 7.PressF10tosavethenewuseraccount. 8.Repeatstep4throughstep7untilyouaredonecreatinguseraccounts. 9.SelectFile→ExittoexitiLORBSU. Editinguseraccounts ToeditalocaliLOuseraccount: 1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession. Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC. 2.Restartorpowerontheserver. 3.PressF8intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen. TheiLORBSUscreenappears....