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    							Figure42iLORBSUConfigureiLOCommand-LineInterfacewindow
6.Foreachoptionthatyouwanttochange,selecttheoption,andpressthespacebartotoggle
throughtheavailablesettings.Youcanchangethefollowingsettings:
•SerialCLIStatus
•SerialCLISpeed(bits/second)
Formoreinformationabouttheseoptions,seeTable2(page41).
7.PressF10tosavethesettings.
8.SelectFile→ExittocloseiLORBSU.
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    							4UsingiLO
ThemainiLOfeaturesforanonadministrativeuserarelocatedintheInformation,RemoteConsole,
VirtualMedia,PowerManagement,andBLc-Classsectionsofthenavigationpane.Thisguide
providesinformationaboutusingiLOwiththeiLOwebinterface.
TIP:YoucanalsoperformmanyiLOtasksbyusingXMLconfigurationandcontrolscriptsor
SMASHCLP.Forinformationaboutusingthesemethods,seetheHPiLO3ScriptingandCommand
LineGuide,HPScriptingToolkitforLinuxUserGuide,andHPScriptingToolkitforWindowsUser
Guide.
UsingtheiLOwebinterface
YoucanusetheiLOwebinterfacetoaccessiLO.YoucanalsouseaRemoteConsole,scripting,
ortheCLP.
ForTechnicalSupportinformation,seetheHPiLO3UserGuide.
Browsersupport
TheiLOwebinterfacerequiresabrowserthatsupportsJavaScript.Foralistofsupportedbrowsers,
seeTable6(page92).
Table6Supportedbrowsers
ChromeFirefoxInternetExploreriLOversion
Chrome(latestversion)ESR107,8,9iLO31.50
Chrome(latestversion)ESR107,8,9iLO31.55
Chrome(latestversion)ESR107,8,9iLO31.57
Chrome(latestversion)ESR178,9,10iLO31.61
Chrome(latestversion)ESR248,10iLO31.70
Ifyoureceiveanoticethatyourbrowserdoesnothavetherequiredfunctionality,verifythatyour
browsersettingsmeetthefollowingrequirements,orcontactyouradministrator.
Thefollowingsettingsmustbeenabled:
•JavaScript—TheiLOwebinterfaceusesclient-sideJavaScriptextensively.
•Cookies—Cookiesmustbeenabledforcertainfeaturestofunctioncorrectly.
•Pop-upwindows—Pop-upwindowsmustbeenabledforcertainfeaturestofunctioncorrectly.
Verifythatpop-upblockersaredisabled.
LoggingintoiLO
YoumustaccesstheiLOwebinterfacethroughHTTPS(HTTPexchangedoveranSSLencrypted
session).
TologintoiLO:
1.Enterhttps://.
TheiLOloginpageopens.
IfiLOisconfiguredtousetheLoginSecurityBannerfeature,asecuritymessageisdisplayed
ontheloginpage.
ForinformationaboutconfiguringtheLoginSecurityBanner,see“ConfiguringtheLogin
SecurityBanner”(page67).
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    							2.EnteranHPiLOusernameandpassword,andthenclickLogIn.
Loginproblemsmightoccurforthefollowingreasons:
•YouhaverecentlyupgradedtheiLOfirmware.Youmightneedtoclearyourbrowsercache
beforeattemptingtologinagain.
•Youarenotenteringthelogininformationcorrectly.
Passwordsarecasesensitive.◦
◦Usernamesarenotcasesensitive.Uppercaseandlowercasecharactersaretreatedthe
same(forexample,Administratoristreatedasthesameuserasadministrator).
•TheaccountyouareenteringisnotavalidiLOaccount.
•Theaccountyouareenteringhasbeendeleted,disabled,orlockedout.
•Thepasswordfortheaccountmustbechanged.
•YouareattemptingtosigninfromanIPaddressthatisnotvalidforthespecifiedaccount.
Contacttheadministratorifyoucontinuetohaveproblems.
IfiLOisconfiguredforKerberosnetworkauthentication,theHPZeroSignInbuttonisdisplayed
belowtheLogInbutton.ClickingtheHPZeroSignInbuttonlogstheuserintoiLOwithoutrequiring
theusertoenterausernameandpassword.IftheKerberosloginfails,theusercanloginby
usingausernameandpassword.
AfailedKerberosloginmightbeduetooneofthefollowingreasons:
•Theclientdoesnothaveaticketorhasaninvalidticket.PressCtrl+Alt+Deltolocktheclient
PCandgetanewticket.
•Thebrowserisnotconfiguredcorrectly.Thebrowsermightdisplayadialogboxrequesting
credentials.
•TheKerberosrealmthattheclientPCisloggedintodoesnotmatchtheKerberosrealmfor
whichiLOisconfigured.
•ThecomputeraccountinActiveDirectoryforiLOdoesnotexistorisdisabled.
•TheuserloggedintotheclientPCisnotamemberofauniversalorglobaldirectorygroup
authorizedtoaccessiLO.
•ThekeyintheKerberoskeytabstorediniLOdoesnotmatchthekeyinActiveDirectory.
•TheKDCserveraddressforwhichiLOisconfiguredisincorrect.
•ThedateandtimedonotmatchbetweentheclientPC,theKDCserver,andiLO.Tologinto
Kerberossuccessfully,ensurethatthedateandtimeofthefollowingaresettowithin5minutes
ofoneanother:
◦TheiLOserver
◦Theclientrunningthewebbrowser
◦Theserversperformingtheauthentication
•TheDNSserverisnotworkingcorrectly.iLOrequiresafunctioningDNSserverforKerberos
support.
Handlinganunknownauthority
IfthemessageWebsite Certified by an Unknown Authorityisdisplayed,takethe
followingaction:
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    							1.Viewthecertificatetoensurethatyouarebrowsingtothecorrectmanagementserver(notan
imposter).
•VerifythattheIssuedTonameisyourmanagementserver.Performanyotherstepsyou
feelnecessarytoverifytheidentityofthemanagementserver.
•Ifyouarenotsurethatthisisthecorrectmanagementserver,donotproceed.Youmight
bebrowsingtoanimposterandgivingyoursign-incredentialstothatimposterwhenyou
signin.Contacttheadministrator.Exitthecertificatewindow,andthenclickNoorCancel
tocanceltheconnection.
2.AfterverifyingtheitemsinStep1,youhavethefollowingoptions:
•Acceptthecertificatetemporarilyforthissession.
•Acceptthecertificatepermanently.
•Stopnowandimportthecertificateintoyourbrowserfromafileprovidedbyyour
administrator.
UsingtheiLOcontrols
WhenyoulogintotheiLOwebinterface,thecontrolsatthebottomofthebrowserwindoware
availablefromanyiLOpage.
•POWER—UsethismenutoaccesstheiLOVirtualPowerfeatures.
•UID—UsethisbuttontoturntheUIDonandoff.
•Language—UsethismenutoselectalanguageortonavigatetotheAccessSettings→Language
page,whereyoucaninstallalanguagepackandconfigureotherlanguage-relatedsettings.
•Healthicon—Usethisicontoviewtheoverallhealthstatusfortheserverfans,temperature
sensors,andothermonitoredsubsystems.Clicktheicontoviewthestatusofthemonitored
components.Selectacomponenttoviewmoreinformationaboutthecomponentstatus.
Languagepacksupport
IfalanguagepackiscurrentlyinstallediniLO,alanguagemenuisavailableontheloginscreen
foryoutoselectthelanguagefortheiLOsession.Thisselectionissavedinabrowsercookiefor
futureuse.
ViewingiLOoverviewinformation
TheiLOOverviewpagedisplayshigh-leveldetailsabouttheserverandiLOsubsystem,aswellas
linkstocommonlyusedfeatures.
Viewingsysteminformation
ToviewiLOoverviewinformation,navigatetotheInformation→Overviewpage,asshownin
Figure43(page95).
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    							Figure43iLOOverviewpage
TheInformationsectiondisplaysthefollowinginformation:
•ServerName—Theservernamedefinedbythehostoperatingsystem.ClicktheServerName
linktonavigatetotheAdministration→AccessSettingspage.
•ProductName—TheproductwithwhichthisiLOprocessorisintegrated.
•UUID—Theuniversallyuniqueidentifierthatsoftware(forexample,HPSIM)usestouniquely
identifythishost.Thisvalueisassignedwhenthesystemismanufactured.
•UUID(Logical)—ThesystemUUIDthatispresentedtohostapplications.Thisvalueisdisplayed
onlywhenithasbeensetbyotherHPsoftware,suchasHPVirtualConnectManager.This
valuemightaffectoperatingsystemandapplicationlicensing.TheUUID(Logical)valueisset
aspartofthelogicalserverprofilethatisassignedtothesystem.Ifthelogicalserverprofile
isremoved,thesystemUUIDvaluerevertsfromtheUUID(Logical)valuetotheUUIDvalue.If
noUUID(Logical)valueisset,thisitemisnotdisplayedontheiLOOverviewpage.
•ServerSerialNumber—Theserverserialnumber,whichisassignedwhenthesystemis
manufactured.YoucanchangethisvaluebyusingthesystemRBSUduringPOST.
•SerialNumber(Logical)—Thesystemserialnumberthatispresentedtohostapplications.This
valueisdisplayedonlywhenithasbeensetbyotherHPsoftware,suchasHPVirtualConnect
Manager.Thisvaluemightaffectoperatingsystemandapplicationlicensing.TheSerial
Number(Logical)valueissetaspartofthelogicalserverprofilethatisassignedtothesystem.
Ifthelogicalserverprofileisremoved,theserialnumbervaluerevertsfromtheSerialNumber
(Logical)valuetotheServerSerialNumbervalue.IfnoSerialNumber(Logical)valueisset,
thisitemisnotdisplayedontheiLOOverviewpage.
•ProductID—Thisvaluedistinguishesbetweendifferentsystemswithsimilarserialnumbers.
TheproductIDisassignedwhenthesystemismanufactured.Youcanchangethisvalueby
usingthesystemRBSUduringPOST.
•SystemROM—ThefamilyandversionoftheactivesystemROM.
•BackupSystemROM—ThedateofthebackupsystemROM.ThebackupsystemROMisused
ifasystemROMupdatefailsorisrolledback.Thisvalueisdisplayedonlyifthesystem
supportsabackupsystemROM.ForinformationaboutusingthebackupsystemROM,see
“UsingiLOdiagnostics”(page112).
•IntegratedRemoteConsole—Provideslinkstostartthe.NETIRCorJavaIRCapplicationfor
remote,out-of-bandcommunicationwiththeserverconsole.ForinformationaboutRemote
Consolerequirementsandfeatures,see“UsingtheIntegratedRemoteConsole”(page114).
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    							•LicenseType—TheleveloflicensediLOfunctionality.
•iLOFirmwareVersion—TheversionanddateoftheinstallediLOfirmware.ClicktheiLO
FirmwareVersionlinktonavigatetotheAdministration→iLOFirmwarepage.Formore
informationaboutfirmware,see“Updatingfirmware”(page25).
•IPAddress—ThenetworkIPaddressoftheiLOsubsystem.
•Link-LocalIPv6Address—TheSLAAClink-localaddressforiLO,followedbytheaddressprefix
length.ClicktheLink-LocalIPv6AddresslinktonavigatetotheNetworkSummarypage.
•iLOHostname—ThefullyqualifiednetworknameassignedtotheiLOsubsystem.Bydefault,
theiLOhostnameisILO,followedbythesystemserialnumberandthecurrentdomainname.
Thisvalueisusedforthenetworknameandmustbeunique.Youcanchangethisnameon
theNetworkGeneralSettingspagefortheiLODedicatedNetworkPortorSharedNetwork
Port.
Viewingstatusinformation
Toviewgeneralstatusinformation,navigatetotheInformation→Overviewpage,asshownin
Figure43(page95).
TheStatussectiondisplaysthefollowinginformation:
•SystemHealth—Theserverhealthindicator.Thisvaluesummarizestheconditionofthe
monitoredsubsystems,includingoverallstatusandredundancy(abilitytohandleafailure).
ClicktheSystemHealthlinktonavigatetotheSystemInformation→HealthSummarypage.
Formoreinformationaboutviewingsystemhealthinformation,see“Viewinghealthsummary
information”(page97).
•ServerPower—Theserverpowerstate(ONorOFF).
•UIDIndicator—ThestateoftheUID.TheUIDhelpsyouidentifyandlocateasystem,especially
inhigh-densityrackenvironments.ThepossiblestatesareUIDON,UIDOFF,andUIDBLINK.
YoucanchangetheUIDstatetoUIDONorUIDOFFbyusingtheUIDbuttonsontheserver
chassisortheUIDcontrolatthebottomofthebrowserwindow.
CAUTION:TheUIDblinksautomaticallytoindicatethatacriticaloperationisunderwayon
thehost,suchasRemoteConsoleaccessorafirmwareupdate.Donotremovepowerfrom
aserverwhentheUIDisblinking.
WhentheUIDisblinking,theUIDIndicatordisplaysthestatusUIDBLINK.WhentheUIDstops
blinking,thestatusrevertstothepreviousvalue(UIDONorUIDOFF).Ifanewstateisselected
whiletheUIDisblinking,thatstatetakeseffectwhentheUIDstopsblinking.
•TPMStatus—ThecurrentstatusoftheTPM.IfthehostsystemorsystemROMdoesnotsupport
TPM,thevalueNotSupportedisdisplayed.
•iLODate/Time—TheinternalclockoftheiLOsubsystem.TheiLOclockcanbesynchronized
automaticallywiththenetwork.
ViewingtheactiveiLOsessions
ToviewtheactiveiLOsessions,navigatetotheInformation→Overviewpage,asshowninFigure43
(page95).
TheActiveSessionssectiondisplaysthefollowinginformationforallusersloggedintoiLO:
•Loginname
•IPaddress
•Source(forexample,iLOwebinterface,RemoteConsole,orSSH)
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    							ViewingiLOsysteminformation
TheiLOSystemInformationpagedisplaysthehealthofthemonitoredsubsystemsanddevices.
TheSystemInformationpageincludesthefollowingembeddedhealthtabs:Summary,Fans,
Temperatures,Power,Processors,Memory,NICInformation,andDrives.
Viewinghealthsummaryinformation
TheHealthSummarypagedisplaysthestatusofmonitoredsubsystemsanddevices.Depending
ontheservertype,theinformationonthispagevaries.
Iftheserverispoweredoff,thesystemhealthinformationonthispageiscurrentasofthelast
poweroff.HealthinformationisupdatedonlywhentheserverispoweredonandPOSTiscomplete.
Toviewhealthsummaryinformation,navigatetotheInformation→SystemInformationpage,and
thenclicktheSummarytabtoviewthelistofmonitoredsubsystemsanddevices,asshownin
Figure44(page97).
Redundancyinformationisavailableforthefollowingitemsinthelist:
•FanRedundancy
•PowerSupplyRedundancy
Summarizedstatusinformationisavailableforthefollowingitemsinthelist:
•Fans
•PowerSupplies
•Drives
•Temperatures
•VRMs
Figure44SystemInformation–HealthSummarypage
Table7(page97)liststhedisplayedhealthstatusvalues.
Table7Healthstatusvalues
DescriptionValue
Thereisabackupcomponentforthedeviceorsubsystem.Redundant
Thedeviceorsubsystemisworkingcorrectly.OK
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    							Table7Healthstatusvalues(continued)
DescriptionValue
Thereisnobackupcomponentforthedeviceorsubsystem.NotRedundant
Thedeviceorsubsystemisinanonoperationalstate.FailedRedundant
Oneormorecomponentsofthedeviceorsubsystemarenonoperational.Failed
NavigatetotheSystemInformationpageofthecomponentthatisreportingthis
statusformoreinformation.Other
Viewingfaninformation
TheiLOfirmware,inconjunctionwiththehardware,controlstheoperationandspeedofthefans.
Fansprovideessentialcoolingofcomponentstoensurereliabilityandcontinuedoperation.The
fansreacttothetemperaturesmonitoredthroughoutthesystemtoprovidesufficientcoolingwith
minimalnoise.
Fanoperationpoliciesmightdifferfromservertoserverbasedonfanconfigurationandcooling
demands.Fancontroltakesintoaccounttheinternaltemperatureofthesystem,increasingthefan
speedtoprovidemorecooling,anddecreasingthefanspeedifcoolingissufficient.Intheevent
ofafanfailure,somefanoperationpoliciesmightincreasethespeedoftheotherfans,recordthe
eventintheIML,orturnLEDindicatorson.
Monitoringthefansubsystemincludesthesufficient,redundant,andnonredundantfan
configurations.Ifoneormorefansfail,theserverstillprovidessufficientcoolingtocontinue
operation.
Innonredundantconfigurations,orredundantconfigurationswheremultiplefanfailuresoccur,the
systemmightbeincapableofprovidingsufficientcoolingtoprotectthesystemfromdamageand
toensuredataintegrity.Inthiscase,inadditiontothecoolingpolicies,thesystemmightstarta
gracefulshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandserver.
Toviewfaninformation,navigatetotheInformation→SystemInformationpage,andthenclick
theFanstab.
Theinformationdisplayedonthispagevariesdependingontheservertype.
Iftheserverispoweredoff,thesystemhealthinformationonthispageiscurrentasofthelast
poweroff.HealthinformationisupdatedonlywhentheserverispoweredonandPOSTiscomplete.
Thefollowinginformationisdisplayed:
•Rackservers—Thefollowinginformationisdisplayedforeachfanintheserverchassis:
Location◦
◦Status
◦Speed
Figure45(page99)showstheFanInformationpageforarackserver.
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    							Figure45SystemInformation–FanInformationpageforrackservers
•Bladeservers—ProLiantc-Classserverbladesusetheenclosurefanstoprovidecoolingbecause
theydonothaveinternalfans.Theenclosurefansarecalled“virtualfans”onthispage.The
virtual-fanreadingrepresentsthecoolingamountthataserverbladeisrequestingfromthe
enclosure.Theserverbladecalculatestheamountofcoolingrequiredbyexaminingvarious
temperaturesensorsandcalculatinganappropriatefanspeed.Theenclosureusesinformation
fromalloftheinstalledserverandnonserverbladestoadjustthefanstoprovidetheappropriate
enclosurecooling.
Thefollowinginformationisdisplayedforvirtualfans:
◦Location
◦Status
◦Speed
Figure46(page99)showstheFanInformationpageforabladeserver.
Figure46SystemInformation–FanInformationpageforbladeservers
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    							Viewingtemperatureinformation
TheTemperatureInformationpagedisplaysthelocation,status,temperature,andthresholdsettings
oftemperaturesensorsintheserverchassis.
Iftheserverispoweredoff,thesystemhealthinformationonthispageiscurrentasofthelast
poweroff.HealthinformationisupdatedonlywhentheserverispoweredonandPOSTiscomplete.
Thetemperatureismonitoredtomaintainthesensorlocationtemperaturebelowthecaution
threshold.Ifoneormoresensorsexceedthisthreshold,iLOimplementsarecoverypolicytoprevent
damagetoservercomponents.
•Ifthetemperatureexceedsthecautionthreshold,thefanspeedisincreasedtomaximum.
•Ifthetemperatureexceedsthecautionthresholdfor60seconds,agracefulservershutdown
isattempted.
•Ifthetemperatureexceedsthecriticalthreshold,theserverisshutdownimmediatelytoprevent
permanentdamage.
Monitoringpoliciesdifferdependingontheserverrequirements.Policiesusuallyincludeincreasing
fanspeedstomaximumcooling,loggingtemperatureeventsintheIML,providingavisualindication
ofeventsbyusingLEDindicators,andstartingagracefulshutdownoftheoperatingsystemto
avoiddatacorruption.
Additionalpoliciesareimplementedafteranexcessivetemperatureconditioniscorrected,including
returningthefanspeedtonormal,recordingtheeventintheIML,turningofftheLEDindicators,
andcancelingshutdownsinprogress(ifapplicable).
Viewingtemperaturesensordata
Toviewtemperaturesensordata,navigatetotheInformation→SystemInformationpage,andthen
clicktheTemperaturestab,asshowninFigure47(page100).
WhentemperaturesaredisplayedinCelsius,clicktheShowvaluesinFahrenheitbuttontochange
thedisplaytoFahrenheit.WhentemperaturesaredisplayedinFahrenheit,clicktheShowvalues
inCelsiusbuttontochangethedisplaytoCelsius.
Figure47Viewingtemperaturesensordata
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