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    							TheTemperatureInformationpagetabledisplaysthefollowinginformation:
•Temp—TheIDofthetemperaturesensor.
•Location—Theareawherethetemperatureisbeingmeasured.
Inthiscolumn,Memoryreferstothefollowing:
◦TemperaturesensorslocatedonphysicalmemoryDIMMs.
◦TemperaturesensorslocatedclosetothememoryDIMMs,butnotlocatedontheDIMMs.
Thesesensorsarelocatedfurtherdowntheairflowcoolingpath,neartheDIMMs,to
provideadditionaltemperatureinformation.
•Status—Thetemperaturestatus.Dependingontheserverconfiguration,somesensorsshow
astatusofNotinstalled.
•Reading—Thetemperaturerecordedbythelistedtemperaturesensor.Ifatemperaturesensor
isnotinstalled,theReadingcolumnshowsthevalueN/A.
•Thresholds—Thetemperaturethresholdsforthewarningforoverheatingconditions.Thetwo
thresholdvaluesareCautionandCritical.Ifatemperaturesensorisnotinstalled,theThresholds
columnshowsthevalueN/A.
◦Caution—Theserverisdesignedtomaintainatemperaturebelowthecautionthreshold
whileoperating.Ifafailurepreventstheserverfrommaintainingthistemperature,the
serverincreasesthefanspeedandinitiatesagracefuloperatingsystemshutdown.This
ensuresbothdataintegrityandsystemsafety.
◦Critical—Iftemperaturesareuncontrollableorrisequickly,thecriticaltemperaturethreshold
preventssystemfailurebyphysicallyshuttingdownthesystembeforethehightemperature
causesanelectroniccomponentfailure.
Viewingpowerinformation
iLOmonitorsthepowersuppliesintheservertoensurethelongestavailableuptimeoftheserver
andoperatingsystem.Powersuppliesmightbeaffectedbybrownoutsandotherelectrical
conditions,orACcordsmightbeunpluggedaccidentally.Theseconditionsresultinalossof
redundancyifredundantpowersuppliesareconfigured,orresultinalossofoperationifredundant
powersuppliesarenotinuse.Ifapowersupplyfailureisdetected(hardwarefailure)ortheAC
powercordisdisconnected,eventsarerecordedintheIMLandLEDindicatorsareused.
Iftheserverispoweredoff,thesystemhealthinformationonthispageiscurrentasofthelast
poweroff.HealthinformationisupdatedonlywhentheserverispoweredonandPOSTiscomplete.
Toviewpowerinformation,navigatetotheInformation→SystemInformationpage,andthenclick
thePowertab,asshowninFigure48(page102).
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    							Figure48SystemInformation–PowerInformationpage
Theinformationdisplayedonthispagevariesdependingontheservertype.
•Rackservers—ThepagedisplaysVRMs,PowerReadings,PowerSupplies,RedundantPower
SupplyModes,andPowerMicrocontroller.
•Bladeservers—ThepagedisplaysVRMs,PowerReadingsandPowerMicrocontroller.
Dependingontheservertype,thispagedisplaysthefollowinginformation:
•VRMs—Voltageregulators,eithermodular(VRMs)orintegrateddevices(VRDs),areusedand
monitoredinsomesystems.
Insomeservers,VRMsarerequiredforeachprocessorinthesystem.Theyadjustthepower
tosuittheneedsofthesupportedprocessor.AVRMcanbereplacedifitfails.AfailedVRM
preventstheprocessorfrombeingsupported.TheVRMname,location,andstatusare
displayed.
•PresentPowerReading—Themostrecentpowerreadingfromtheserver.
•PowerSupplies—Thename,location,andstatusoftheinstalledpowersupplies.
OK—Indicatesthatthepowersupplyisinstalledandoperational.◦
◦NotInstalled—Indicatesthatthepowersupplyisnotinstalled.Powerisnotredundant.
◦Failed—Indicatesthatthepowersupplyisnotfunctioning.Ensurethatthepowercordis
pluggedin.
◦MismatchedSupplyTypes—Indicatesthatmultipletypesofpowersuppliesareinstalled
andthatthispowersupplyisnotinuse.Ifmismatchedpowersupplytypesareinstalled,
onlyonetypeisused.Forcorrectoperationatthepowersubsystem,ensurethatthepower
suppliesarethesametype,wattage,andpartnumber.
•RedundantPowerSupplyModes—Identifiestheredundantpowersupplymodethatwillbe
usedifredundantpowersuppliesareconfigured.
HighEfficiencyModeimprovesthepowerefficiencyofthesystembyplacingthesecondary
powersuppliesinstandbymode.Whenthesecondarypowersuppliesareinstandbymode,
primarypowerprovidesallDCpowertothesystem.Thepowersuppliesaremoreefficient
(moreDCoutputwattsforeachwattofACinput)athigheroutputlevels,andtheoverallpower
efficiencyimproves.
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    							HighEfficiencyModedoesnotaffectpowerredundancy.Iftheprimarypowersuppliesfail,
thenthesecondarypowersuppliesimmediatelybeginsupplyingDCpowertothesystem,
preventinganydowntime.Youcanconfigureredundantpowersupplymodesonlythrough
thesystemRBSU.YoucannotmodifythesesettingsthroughiLO.Formoreinformation,see
theHPROM-BasedSetupUtilityUserGuide.
Theavailableredundantpowersupplymodesare:
◦BalancedMode—Sharesthepowerdeliveryequallybetweenallinstalledpowersupplies.
◦HighEfficiencyMode(Auto)—Deliversfullpowertooneofthepowersuppliesandplaces
theotherpowersuppliesonstandbyatalowerpower-usagelevel.Asemi-random
distributionisachieved,becausetheAutooptionchoosesbetweentheoddorevenpower
supplybasedontheserverserialnumber.
◦HighEfficiencyMode(EvenSupplyStandby)—Deliversfullpowertotheodd-numbered
powersupplies,andplacestheeven-numberedpowersuppliesonstandbyatalower
power-usagelevel.
◦HighEfficiencyMode(OddSupplyStandby)—Deliversfullpowertotheeven-numbered
powersupplies,andplacestheodd-numberedpowersuppliesonstandbyatalower
power-usagelevel.
•PowerMicrocontroller—Displaysthefirmwareversionofthepowermicrocontroller.Theserver
mustbepoweredoninorderforiLOtodeterminethepowermicrocontrollerfirmwareversion.
Viewingprocessorinformation
TheProcessorInformationpagedisplaystheavailableprocessorslots,thetypeofprocessorinstalled
ineachslot,andasummaryoftheprocessorsubsystem.
Iftheserverispoweredoff,thesystemhealthinformationonthispageiscurrentasofthelast
poweroff.HealthinformationisupdatedonlywhentheserverispoweredonandPOSTiscomplete.
ToviewtheProcessorInformationpage,navigatetotheInformation→SystemInformationpage,
andthenclicktheProcessorstab,asshowninFigure49(page103).
Figure49SystemInformation–ProcessorInformationpage
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    							Thefollowinginformationisdisplayed:
•ProcessorSpeed—Thespeedoftheprocessor
•ExecutionTechnology—Informationabouttheprocessorcoresandthreads
•MemoryTechnology—Theprocessormemorycapabilities
•InternalL1cache—TheL1cachesize
•InternalL2cache—TheL2cachesize
•InternalL3cache—TheL3cachesize
Viewingmemoryinformation
TheMemoryInformationpagedisplaysalistofthememorymodulesinthehostthatareinstalled
andoperationalatPOST.Insomesystemswithlargememorymodulepopulations,allmodule
positionsmightnotbelisted.
Iftheserverispoweredoff,thesystemhealthinformationonthispageiscurrentasofthelast
poweroff.HealthinformationisupdatedonlywhentheserverispoweredonandPOSTiscomplete.
Toviewmemoryinformation,navigatetotheInformation→SystemInformationpage,andthen
clicktheMemorytab,asshowninFigure50(page104).
Figure50SystemInformation–MemoryInformationpage
Thefollowinginformationisdisplayed:
•MemoryComponent—Thememorymodulelocation.
•Status—Thememorysizeandfrequency.Ifamoduleisnotinstalled,thevalueNotinstalled
isdisplayed.
Viewingnetworkinformation
TheNICInformationpagedisplaysread-onlyinformationabouttheintegratedNICs.
Iftheserverispoweredoff,thesystemhealthinformationonthispageiscurrentasofthelast
poweroff.HealthinformationisupdatedonlywhentheserverispoweredonandPOSTiscomplete.
ToviewNICinformation,navigatetotheInformation→SystemInformationpage,andthenclick
theNICInformationtab,asshowninFigure51(page105).
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    							Figure51SystemInformation–NICInformationpage
Thefollowinginformationisdisplayed:
•DeviceType—Thedevicetypeisoneofthefollowing:
iLO3—ThisdevicetypeisassignedtotheiLODedicatedNetworkPortoriLOShared
NetworkPort.UserswhohavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegecanconfiguretheiLO
◦
NICsettingsontheGeneraltaboftheNetwork→iLODedicatedNetworkPortor
Network→SharedNetworkPortpage.
◦NIC—ThisdevicetypeindicatesNICorLANadaptercomponentsembeddedintheserver
oraddedaftermanufacturing.BecausesystemNICsaredirectlyavailabletotheserver
hostoperatingsystem,theiLOfirmwarecannotdirectlyobtaincurrentIPaddresses(or
otherconfigurationsettings)forthesedevices.
◦iSCSI—iSCSIimplementstheSCSIprotocolforinteractingwithstoragedevicesovera
TCP/IPnetwork.Thisreducesthecostandcomplexityofhavingsharednetworkstorage.
IfthistableshowsiSCSIintheDeviceTypecolumn,thenthelistednetworkportsupports
iSCSI.IfthesameportalsoliststheNICDeviceType,thenthisisamultifunctionnetwork
adapterthatcombinesEthernetandiSCSIcapabilitiesinasingleNICinterface,including
supportforTCP/IPoffloadengineandiSCSIacceleration.
UsingtheiSCSIprotocol,HPProLiantserverscanconnecttoanyvalidiSCSItargetinthe
IPnetworkandmaptoalogicaldrive.TheiSCSIinitiatoronProLiantserversseesalogical
SCSIblockdevice,regardlessofwhetherthevolumeonthetargetisaphysicaldisk,an
array,oraSANvolume.SeveralHPproductfamiliesincorporateiSCSItargetsupport
asoneoftheprimarymeansforserverstoaccesstheirstorageresources.Youcanfind
detailedinformationaboutHPiSCSISolutionsathttp://www.hp.com/go/iscsi.
•NetworkPort—Theconfigurednetworkportname.
•MACAddress—TheportMACaddress.
ThispageshowsthesystemNICandiSCSIportandMACAddresses.
NOTE:Thispagedoesnotdisplayadd-innetworkadapters.
Viewingdriveinformation
TheDriveInformationpagedisplaysinformationabouteachharddriveinstalledintheserver.
NOTE:Driveinformationisavailableonlyonsystemsthathavesupportedhardware.
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    							Toviewdriveinformation,navigatetotheInformation→SystemInformationpage,andthenclick
theDrivestab.SeeFigure52(page106).
Figure52SystemInformation–DriveInformationpage
Thefollowinginformationisdisplayed:
•Firmwareversion
•Drivebaynumber
•ProductID
•Drivestatus
•DriveUIDstatus
TheUIDlightscanbetoggledtohelpphysicallyidentifythedrives.TotoggletheUIDlightofa
drive,selectthecheckboxtotheleftoftheDriveBaynumber,andthenclickToggleDriveUID.
UsingtheiLOEventLog
TheiLOEventLogprovidesarecordofsignificanteventsdetectedbyiLO.Loggedeventsinclude
majorservereventssuchasaserverpoweroutageoraserverreset,andiLOeventssuchas
unauthorizedloginattempts.Otherloggedeventsincludesuccessfulorunsuccessfulbrowserand
RemoteConsolelogins,virtualpowerandpower-cycleevents,clearingthelog,andsome
configurationchanges,suchascreatingordeletingauser.
iLOprovidessecurepasswordencryption,trackingallloginattemptsandmaintainingarecordof
allloginfailures.TheAuthenticationFailureLoggingsettingallowsyoutoconfigureloggingcriteria
forfailedauthentications.TheEventLogcapturestheclientnameforeachloggedentrytoimprove
auditingcapabilitiesinDHCPenvironments,andrecordstheaccountname,computername,and
IPaddress.
EarlierversionsofiLOfirmwaremightnotsupporteventsloggedbylaterversionsofiLOfirmware.
Ifanunsupportedfirmwareversionlogsanevent,theeventislistedasUNKNOWN EVENT TYPE.
Youcancleartheeventlogtoeliminatetheseentries,orupdatethefirmwaretothelatestsupported
version.
ViewingtheiLOEventLog
ToviewtheiLOEventLog,navigatetotheInformation→iLOEventLogpage,asshowninFigure53
(page107).
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    							Figure53iLOEventLogpage
TheiLOEventLogdisplaysthefollowinginformation:
•Severity—Theimportanceofthedetectedevent.
Possiblevaluesfollow:
◦Informational—Theeventprovidesbackgroundinformation.
◦Caution—Theeventissignificantbutdoesnotindicateperformancedegradation.
◦Critical—Theeventindicatesaservicelossorimminentserviceloss.Immediateattention
isneeded.
•Class—Thecomponentorsubsystemthatidentifiedtheloggedevent.
•LastUpdate—Thedateandtime,asreportedbytheserverclock,whenthelatesteventofthis
typeoccurred.ThisvalueisbasedonthedateandtimestoredbyiLO.
TheiLOdateandtimecanbesynchronizedthroughthefollowing:
◦SystemROM(duringPOST)
◦InsightManagementAgents(intheOS)
◦SNTPsettinginiLO
◦SNTPsettinginOA(bladeserversonly)
IfiLOdidnotrecognizethedateandtimewhenaneventwasupdated,[NOT SET]is
displayed.
•InitialUpdate—Thedateandtime,asreportedbytheserverclock,whenthefirsteventofthis
typeoccurred.ThisvalueisbasedonthedateandtimestoredbyiLO.
IfiLOdidnotrecognizethedateandtimewhentheeventwasfirstcreated,[NOT SET]is
displayed.
•Count—Thenumberoftimesthiseventhasoccurred(ifsupported).
Ingeneral,seriouseventsgenerateaneventlogentryeachtimetheyoccur.Theyarenot
consolidatedintooneeventlogentry.
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    							Whenlessimportanteventsarerepeated,theyareconsolidatedintooneeventlogentry,and
theCountandLastUpdatevaluesareupdated.Eacheventtypehasaspecifictimeinterval
thatdetermineswhetherrepeatedeventsareconsolidatedoraneweventislogged.
•Description—Thedescriptionidentifiesthecomponentanddetailedcharacteristicsofthe
recordedevent.
IftheiLOfirmwareisrolledbacktoanearlierversion,thedescriptionUNKNOWN EVENT
TYPEmightbedisplayedforeventsrecordedbythenewerfirmware.Youcanresolvethis
issuebyupdatingthefirmwaretothelatestsupportedversion,orbyclearingtheeventlog.
SavingtheiLOEventLog
TosavetheiLOEventLogasaCSVfile:
1.ClicktheViewCSVbutton.
TheiLOEventLogisdisplayedinaformatthatyoucancopyandpasteintoatexteditor,as
showninFigure54(page108).
Figure54CSVOutputwindow
2.CopythetextdisplayedintheCSVOutputwindow,andsaveitinatexteditorasa*.csv
file.
3.ClickExittoclosethewindow.
ClearingtheiLOEventLog
UserswiththeConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegecancleartheiLOEventLogofallpreviouslylogged
information.
TocleartheiLOEventLog:
1.ClickClearEventLog.
Thefollowingmessageappears:
Are you sure you want to clear the iLO Event Log?
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    							2.ClickOK.
Thefollowingeventisrecorded:
Event log cleared by .
UsingtheIntegratedManagementLog
TheIMLprovidesarecordofhistoricaleventsthathaveoccurredontheserver.Eventsaregenerated
bythesystemROMandbyservicessuchastheiLOhealthdriver.Loggedeventsincludeall
server-specificeventsrecordedbythesystemhealthdriver,includingoperatingsysteminformation
andROM-basedPOSTcodes.
EntriesintheIMLcanhelpyoudiagnoseissuesoridentifypotentialissues.Preventativeaction
mighthelptoavoiddisruptionofservice.iLOmanagestheIML,whichyoucanaccessthrougha
supportedbrowser,evenwhentheserverisoff.Theabilitytoviewthelogwhentheserverisoff
canbehelpfulwhentroubleshootingremotehostserverissues.
ExamplesofthetypesofinformationthattheiLOprocessorrecordsintheIMLfollow:
•Faninserted
•Fanremoved
•Fanfailure
•Fandegraded
•Fanrepaired
•Fanredundancylost
•Fansredundant
•Powersupplyinserted
•Powersupplyremoved
•Powersupplyfailure
•Powersuppliesredundancylost
•Powersuppliesredundant
•Temperatureoverthreshold
•Temperaturenormal
•Automaticshutdownstarted
•Automaticshutdowncanceled
•Drivefailure
ViewingtheIML
ToviewtheIML,navigatetotheInformation→IntegratedManagementLogpage,asshownin
Figure55(page110).
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    							Figure55IntegratedManagementLogpage
Thelogdisplaysthefollowinginformation:
•Severity—Theimportanceofthedetectedevent.
Possiblevaluesfollow:
◦Informational—Theeventprovidesbackgroundinformation.
◦Caution—Theeventissignificantbutdoesnotindicateperformancedegradation.
◦Critical—Theeventindicatesaservicelossoranimminentserviceloss.Immediateattention
isneeded.
◦Repaired—Aneventhasundergonecorrectiveaction.
•Class—Identifiesthecomponentorsubsystemthatidentifiedtheloggedevent.
•LastUpdate—Thedateandtime,asreportedbytheserverclock,whenthelatesteventofthis
typeoccurred.ThisvalueisbasedonthedateandtimestoredbyiLO.
TheiLOdateandtimecanbesynchronizedthroughthefollowing:
◦SystemROM(duringPOSTonly)
◦InsightManagementAgents(intheOS)
◦NTPserver(configurediniLO)
◦OnboardAdministrator(bladeserversonly)
IfiLOdidnotrecognizethedateandtimewhenaneventwasupdated,[NOT SET]is
displayed.
•InitialUpdate—Thedateandtime,asreportedbytheserverclock,whenthefirsteventofthis
typeoccurred.ThisvalueisbasedonthedateandtimestoredbyiLO.
IfiLOdidnotrecognizethedateandtimewhentheeventwasfirstcreated,[NOT SET]is
displayed.
•Count—Thenumberoftimesthiseventhasoccurred(ifsupported).
Ingeneral,seriouseventsgenerateaneventlogentryeachtimetheyoccur.Theyarenot
consolidatedintooneeventlogentry.
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