HP Ilo 3 User Guide

							Whenlessimportanteventsarerepeated,theyareconsolidatedintooneeventlogentry,and
theCountandLastUpdatevaluesareupdated.Eacheventtypehasaspecifictimeinterval
thatdetermineswhetherrepeatedeventsareconsolidatedoraneweventislogged.
•Description—Thedescriptionidentifiesthecomponentanddetailedcharacteristicsofthe
recordedevent.
IftheiLOfirmwareisrolledback,thedescriptionUNKNOWN EVENT TYPEmightbedisplayed
foreventsrecordedbythenewerfirmware.Youcanresolvethisissuebyupdatingthefirmware
tothelatestsupportedversion,orbyclearingthelog.
Markingalogentryasrepaired
UsethisfeaturetochangethestatusofanIMLlogentryfromCriticalorCautiontoRepaired.You
musthavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegetousethisfeature.
WhenaCriticalorCautioneventisreportedintheIMLlog:
1.Investigateandrepairtheissue.
2.NavigatetotheInformation→IntegratedManagementLogpage.
3.Selectthelogentry.
4.ClickMarkasRepaired.
TheiLOwebinterfacerefreshes,andtheselectedlogentrystatuschangestoRepaired.
AddingamaintenancenotetotheIML
Usethemaintenancenotefeaturetocreatealogentrythatlogsinformationaboutmaintenance
activitiessuchascomponentupgrades,systembackups,periodicsystemmaintenance,orsoftware
installations.YoumusthavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegetousethisfeature.
1.NavigatetotheInformation→IntegratedManagementLogpage.
2.ClickAddMaintenanceNote.
TheEnterMaintenanceNotewindowopens,asshowninFigure56(page111).
Figure56EnterMaintenanceNotewindow
3.Enterthetextthatyouwanttoaddasalogentry,andthenclickOK.
Youcanenterupto227bytesoftext.Youcannotsubmitamaintenancenotewithoutentering
sometext.
AnInformationallogentrywiththeclassMaintenanceisaddedtotheIML.
SavingtheIML
TosavetheIMLasaCSVfile:
1.ClicktheViewCSVbutton.
TheIMLisdisplayedinaformatthatyoucancopyandpasteintoatexteditor.
2.CopythetextdisplayedintheCSVOutputwindow,andsaveitinatexteditorasa*.csv
file.
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							3.ClickExittoclosethewindow.
ClearingtheIML
TocleartheIMLofallpreviouslyloggedinformation:
1.ClickClearIML.
Thefollowingmessageappears:
Are you sure you want to clear the Integrated Management Log?
2.ToconfirmthatyouwanttocleartheIML,clickOK.
Thefollowingeventisrecorded:
IML Cleared by .
YoucanalsocleartheIMLfromtheserverHPSystemManagementHomepage.
UsingiLOdiagnostics
TheDiagnosticspagedisplaysiLOself-testresultsandallowsyoutoresetiLOorgenerateanNMI
tothesystem.
ToviewiLOdiagnosticsinformation,navigatetotheInformation→Diagnosticspage,asshownin
Figure57(page112).
Figure57Diagnosticspage
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							TheDiagnosticspagecontainsthefollowingsections:
•iLOSelf-TestResults—ThissectiondisplaystheresultsofinternaliLOdiagnostics.
Thestatusofeachself-testislistedintheStatuscolumn.Movethecursoroverthestatus
iconstoviewatooltipdescription.Ifastatushasnotbeenreportedforatest,thetestis
notlisted.
◦
◦Theteststhatarerunaresystemdependent.Notalltestsarerunonallsystems.Viewthe
listontheDiagnosticspagetoverifywhichtestsareperformedonyoursystem.
◦AtestmightincludeadditionalinformationintheNotescolumn.Thiscolumnshowthe
versionsofothersystemprogrammablelogic,suchastheSystemBoardPALorthePower
ManagementController.
•ResetiLO—ThissectioncontainstheResetbutton,whichenablesyoutoreboottheiLO
processor.UsingResetdoesnotmakeanyconfigurationchanges,butendsallactive
connectionstoiLO.Ifafirmwarefileuploadisinprogress,itisterminated.Ifafirmwareflash
isinprogress,youcannotresetiLOuntiltheprocessisfinished.YoumusthavetheConfigure
iLOSettingsprivilegetousethisfeature.
•Non-MaskableInterrupt(NMI)button—ThissectioncontainstheGenerateNMItoSystem
button,whichenablesyoutostoptheoperatingsystemfordebugging.TheVirtualPowerand
ResetprivilegeisrequiredtogenerateanNMI.
CAUTION:GeneratinganNMIasadiagnosticanddebuggingtoolisusedprimarilywhen
theoperatingsystemisnolongeravailable.NMIisnotusedduringnormaloperationofthe
server.GeneratinganNMIdoesnotgracefullyshutdowntheoperatingsystem,butcauses
theoperatingsystemtocrash,resultinginlostserviceanddata.UsetheGenerateNMIto
Systembuttononlyinextremecasesinwhichtheoperatingsystemisnotfunctioningproperly
andanexperiencedsupportorganizationhasrecommendedthatyouproceedwithanNMI.
Notethefollowing:
◦UsetheDebugfeatureifasoftwareapplicationhangsthesystem.UsetheGenerateNMI
toSystembuttontoengagetheoperatingsystemdebugger.
◦Initiatethedumpofanunresponsivehostifyouwanttocapturetheservercontext.
•RedundantROMSupport—YoucansafelyupgradeorconfiguretheserverROMwithredundant
ROMsupport.
◦TheActiveROMtableshowsthecurrentversionandthereleasedateofthesystemROM
onthelocalmachine.
◦TheBackupROMtableshowsthereleasedateofthebackupROMandthereleasedate
ofthebackupROMbootblock.ThebackupROMistypicallythepreviouslyinstalled
version.
ResettingiLOthroughthewebinterface
IfiLOisslowtorespond,youmightneedtoperformareset.
1.NavigatetotheInformation→DiagnosticspageintheiLOwebinterface.
2.ClickReset.
ClickingResetiLOdoesnotmakeanyconfigurationchanges,butitendsallactiveconnections
toiLO.YoumusthavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegetousethisfeature.
Forotherresetmethods,see“ResettingiLO”(page230).
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							UsingtheHPInsightManagementAgents
TheHPInsightManagementAgentssupportabrowserinterfaceforaccesstorun-timemanagement
datathroughtheHPSystemManagementHomepage.TheHPSystemManagementHomepageis
asecureweb-basedinterfacethatconsolidatesandsimplifiesthemanagementofindividualservers
andoperatingsystems.ByaggregatingdatafromHPInsightManagementAgentsandother
managementtools,theHPSystemManagementHomepageprovidesanintuitiveinterfacetoreview
in-depthhardwareconfigurationandstatusdata,performancemetrics,systemthresholds,and
softwareversioncontrolinformation.
TheagentscanautomaticallyprovidethelinktoiLO,oryoucanmanuallyenterthelinkonthe
Administration→Managementpage.Formoreinformation,seehttp://www.hp.com/servers/
manage.
ToopentheHPSystemManagementHomepage:
1.NavigatetotheInformation→InsightAgentpage,asshowninFigure58(page114).
Figure58InsightAgentpage
2.ClicktheInsightAgentbuttontoopentheHPSystemManagementHomepage.
UsingtheIntegratedRemoteConsole
TheiLOIntegratedRemoteConsoleisagraphicalremoteconsolethatturnsasupportedbrowser
intoavirtualdesktop,allowingfullcontroloverthedisplay,keyboard,andmouseofthehost
server.UsingtheRemoteConsolealsoprovidesaccesstotheremotefilesystemandnetworkdrives.
WithIntegratedRemoteConsoleaccess,youcanobservePOSTbootmessagesastheremotehost
serverrestarts,andinitiateROM-basedsetuproutinestoconfiguretheremotehostserverhardware.
Whenyouareinstallingoperatingsystemsremotely,theIntegratedRemoteConsole(iflicensed)
enablesyoutoviewandcontrolthehostservermonitorthroughouttheinstallationprocess.
iLOprovidesthefollowingIntegratedRemoteConsoleaccessoptions:
•.NETIRC—ProvidesaccesstothesystemKVM,allowingcontrolofVirtualPowerandVirtual
MediafromasingleconsolethroughasupportedbrowseronaWindowsclient.Inaddition
tothestandardfeatures,the.NETIRCsupportsConsoleCapture,SharedConsole,Virtual
Folder,andScriptedMedia.
•JavaIRC—ProvidesaccesstothesystemKVM,allowingcontrolofVirtualPowerandVirtual
MediafromaJava-basedconsole.Inadditiontothestandardfeatures,theJavaIRCincludes
theiLOdiskimagetoolandScriptedMedia.
•StandaloneIRC(HPLOCONS)—ProvidesfulliLOIntegratedRemoteConsolefunctionalitydirectly
fromyourWindowsdesktop,withoutgoingthroughtheiLOwebinterface.HPLOCONShas
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							thesamefunctionalityandrequirementsasthe.NETIRCapplicationthatislaunchedfromthe
iLOwebinterface.DownloadHPLOCONSfromtheHPwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/ilo.
•iLOMobileApplicationforiOSandAndroiddevices—ProvidesIntegratedRemoteConsole
accessfromyoursupportedmobilephoneortablet.Formoreinformation,seehttp://
www.hp.com/go/ilo/mobileapp.
Foralistofsupportedbrowsers,seethe“Browsersupport”(page92).
.NETIRCrequirements
Thissectionliststherequirementsforusingthe.NETIRC.
Microsoft.NETFramework
The.NETIRCrequiresoneofthefollowingversionsoftheMicrosoft.NETFramework.Youcan
useWindowsUpdatetoinstallthe.NETFramework.
•.NETFramework3.5Full(SP1recommended)
•.NETFramework4.0Full
•.NETFramework4.5
The.NETFrameworkversions3.5and4.0havetwodeploymentoptions:FullandClientProfile.
TheClientProfileisasubsetoftheFullframework.The.NETIRCissupportedwiththeFullframework
only;theClientProfileisnotsupported.Version4.5ofthe.NETFrameworkdoesnothavethe
ClientProfileoption.
ForInternetExplorerusersonly:The.NETFrameworkDetectiontableontheiLOIntegratedRemote
Consolepageliststhecompatible.NETversionsandindicateswhethertheinstalledversionis
compatiblewiththe.NETIRC.Iftheinstalledversioniscompatible,thestatusOKislistedinthe
Statuscolumn.
MicrosoftClickOnce
The.NETIRCislaunchedusingMicrosoftClickOnce,whichispartofthe.NETFramework.
ClickOncerequiresthatanyapplicationinstalledfromanSSLconnectionbefromatrustedsource.
IfabrowserisnotconfiguredtotrustaniLOsystem,andtheIRCrequiresatrustedcertificatein
iLOsettingissettoEnabled,ClickOncedisplaysthefollowingerrormessage:
Cannot Start Application - Application download did not succeed...
Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringtheIntegratedRemoteConsoleTrustsetting(.NETIRC)”
(page67).
NotethefollowingClickOncerequirements:
•MozillaFirefoxrequiresanadd-ontolaunchaClickOnceapplication.Youcanlaunchthe
.NETIRCfromasupportedversionofFirefoxbyusingaClickOnceadd-onsuchastheMicrosoft
.NETFrameworkAssistant.Youcandownloadthe.NETFrameworkAssistantfromhttp://
addons.mozilla.org/.
•GoogleChromerequiresanextensiontolaunchaClickOnceapplication.Youcanlaunch
the.NETIRCfromasupportedversionofChromebyusingtheClickOnceplug-inforthe
Chromebrowser.Youcandownloadthisextensionfromhttp://code.google.com/p/
clickonceforchrome/.
JavaIRCrequirements
TheJavaIRCrequiresasupportedversionoftheJavasoftware.
ToviewtheJavarequirementsortodownloadtheJavasoftware,navigatetotheRemote
Console→Javapage,andthenclicktheJavatab,asshowninFigure59(page116).
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							Figure59RemoteConsole–Javapage
ClicktheDownloadbuttontonavigatetothefollowingwebsiteanddownloadtheJavasoftware:
http://www.java.com/en/.
Recommendedclientsettings
Ideally,theremoteserverdisplayresolutionisthesameorlowerthanthatoftheclientcomputer.
Higherresolutionstransmitmoreinformation,reducingtheoverallperformance.
Usethefollowingclientandbrowsersettingstooptimizeperformance:
•Displayproperties
Selectanoptiongreaterthan256colors.◦
◦Selectascreenresolutionhigherthanthatoftheremoteserver.
◦LinuxXDisplayproperties—Setthefontsizeto12ontheXPreferencesscreen.
•Mouseproperties
Setthemousepointerspeedtothemiddlesetting.◦
◦Setthemousepointeraccelerationtolowordisableit.
Recommendedserversettings
Forallservers,notethefollowing:
•Tooptimizeperformance,settheserverdisplaypropertiestouseaplainbackground(no
wallpaperpattern),andsettheservermousepropertiestodisablepointertrails.
•TodisplaytheentirehostserverscreenintheclientJavaIRCwindow,selectaserverdisplay
resolutionthatislessthanorequaltothatoftheclient.
ForRedHatLinuxandSUSELinuxserversonly,notethefollowing:Tooptimizeperformance,set
thevalueforservermousepropertiespointeraccelerationto1x.ForKDE,accesstheControlCenter,
selectPeripherals/Mouse,andthenclicktheAdvancedtab.
ConfiguringtheJavaIRCkeyboardlayoutforLinuxsystems
1.ConfiguretheclientPCtousetherequiredkeyboardlayout.
2.Configurethehostservertousetherequiredkeyboardlayout.
StartingtheRemoteConsole
UserswiththeRemoteConsoleprivilegecanusethe.NETIRCandtheJavaIRC.
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							AniLOlicensemustbeinstalledtousethisfeatureaftertheOSisstarted.Select
Administration→Licensingtodeterminewhetheralicenseisinstalled.Formoreinformationabout
iLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/licensing.
WhenusingtheRemoteConsole,notethefollowing:
•TheJavaIRCisasignedJavaapplet.IfyoudonotaccepttheJavaIRCappletcertificate,the
JavaIRCwillnotwork.IfyoudidnotacceptthecertificateandyouwanttousetheJavaIRC:
1.ClicktheClearbuttonintheJavaConsolewindow.
2.ClicktheClosebuttontoclosetheJavaConsolewindow.
3.ResetiLO.
4.Clearthebrowsercache.
5.Closethebrowserandopenanewbrowserwindow.
6.LogintoiLO,starttheJavaIRC,andthenacceptthecertificate.
•TheJavaIRCexperiencesaslightdelaywhentheJavaappletfirstloadsinyourbrowser.
•TheJavaIRCisaJavaapplet-basedconsolethatyoulaunchfromtheiLOwebinterface.When
youclosetheiLOwebinterfacewindow,theRemoteConsoleconnectionisalsoclosed,and
youwillloseaccesstoanyVirtualMediadevicesthatwereconnectedthroughtheJavaIRC.
•The.NETIRCandJavaIRCaresuitableforhigh-latency(modem)connections.
•Donotrunthe.NETIRCorJavaIRCfromthehostoperatingsystemontheserverthatcontains
theiLOmanagementprocessor.
•HPrecommendsthatuserswhologintoaserverthroughthe.NETIRCorJavaIRClogout
beforeclosingthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
•Pop-upblockerspreventthe.NETIRCorJavaIRCfromrunning,soyoumustdisablethem
beforestartinga.NETIRCorJavaIRCsession.Insomecases,youcanCtrl+clickthe.NET
IRCorJavaIRCLaunchbuttontobypassthepop-upblockerandlaunchthe.NETIRCorJava
IRC.
•TheUIDblinkswhena.NETIRCorJavaIRCsessionisactive.
•WhenyouarefinishedusingtheRemoteConsole,exitthe.NETIRCorJavaIRCbyclosing
thewindoworclickingtheClosebutton.
TostarttheRemoteConsole:
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							1.NavigatetotheRemoteConsolepage,andthenclicktheLaunchtab,asshownin
Figure60(page118).
Figure60RemoteConsole–iLOIntegratedRemoteConsolepage
2.Verifythatyoursystemmeetstherequirementsforusingthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
3.ClicktheLaunchbuttonfortheRemoteConsolethatyouwanttouse.
IfyouattempttoopentheRemoteConsolewhileitisinuse,awarningmessageindicates
thatanotheruserisusingit.ToviewtheRemoteConsolesessionthatisinprogress,follow
theinstructionsin“UsingSharedRemoteConsole(.NETIRConly)”(page119).Totakecontrol
ofthesession,followtheinstructionsin“AcquiringtheRemoteConsole”(page118).
AcquiringtheRemoteConsole
IfanotheruserisworkingintheRemoteConsole,youcanacquireitfromthatuser.
1.Startthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
ThesystemnotifiesyouthatanotheruserisworkingintheRemoteConsole,asshownin
Figure61(page118).
Figure61AcquiringtheRemoteConsole
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							2.ClicktheAcquirebutton.
TheotheruserispromptedtoapproveordenypermissiontoacquiretheRemoteConsole,as
showninFigure62(page119).
Figure62GrantingordenyingpermissiontoacquiretheRemoteConsole
Ifthereisnoresponsein10seconds,permissionisgranted.
UsingtheRemoteConsolepowerswitch
Tousethepowerswitch,selectoneofthefollowingoptionsfromthepowerswitchmenu:
•MomentaryPress—Thesameaspressingthephysicalpowerbutton.Ifaserverispowered
off,amomentarypresswillturntheserverpoweron.
Someoperatingsystemsmightbeconfiguredtoinitiateagracefulshutdownafteramomentary
press,ortoignorethisevent.HPrecommendsusingsystemcommandstocompleteagraceful
operatingsystemshutdownbeforeyouattempttoshutdownbyusingtheVirtualPowerbutton.
•PressandHold—Thesameaspressingthephysicalpowerbuttonfor5secondsandthen
releasingit.
Theserverispoweredoffasaresultofthisoperation.Usingthisoptionmightcircumventthe
gracefulshutdownfeaturesoftheoperatingsystem.
ThisoptionprovidestheACPIfunctionalitythatsomeoperatingsystemsimplement.These
operatingsystemsbehavedifferentlydependingonashortpressorlongpress.
•ColdBoot—Immediatelyremovespowerfromtheserver.Processors,memory,andI/Oresources
losemainpower.Theserverwillrestartafterapproximately6seconds.Usingthisoption
circumventsthegracefulshutdownfeaturesoftheoperatingsystem.
•Reset—Forcestheservertowarm-boot:CPUsandI/Oresourcesarereset.Usingthisoption
circumventsthegracefulshutdownfeaturesoftheoperatingsystem.
NOTE:ThePressandHold,Reset,andColdBootoptionsarenotavailablewhentheserveris
powereddown.
UsingiLOVirtualMediafromtheRemoteConsole
ForinstructionsonusingtheVirtualMediafeaturefromtheRemoteConsole,see“UsingiLOVirtual
MediafromtheRemoteConsole”(page137).
UsingSharedRemoteConsole(.NETIRConly)
SharedRemoteConsoleallowstheconnectionofmultiplesessionsonthesameserver.Thisfeature
canbeusedforactivitiessuchastrainingandtroubleshooting.
ThisfeatureandmanyothersarepartofaniLOlicensingpackage.Formoreinformationabout
iLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/licensing.
ThefirstusertoinitiateaRemoteConsolesessionconnectstotheservernormallyandisdesignated
asthesessionleader.AnysubsequentuserwhorequestsRemoteConsoleaccessinitiatesanaccess
requestforasatelliteclientconnection.Adialogboxforeachaccessrequestopensonthesession
leader'sdesktop,identifyingtherequester'susernameandDNSname(ifavailable)orIPaddress.
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							Thesessionleadercangrantordenyaccess.Ifthereisnoresponse,permissionisdenied
automatically.
SharedRemoteConsoledoesnotsupportpassingthesessionleaderdesignationtoanotheruser,
orreconnectingauserafterafailure.YoumustrestarttheRemoteConsolesessiontoallowuser
accessafterafailure.
DuringaSharedRemoteConsolesession,thesessionleaderhasaccesstoallRemoteConsole
features,whereasallotheruserscanaccessonlythekeyboardandmouse.Satelliteclientscannot
controlVirtualPowerorVirtualMedia.
iLOencryptsSharedRemoteConsolesessionsbyauthenticatingtheclientfirst,andthenthesession
leaderdetermineswhethertoallownewconnections.
TojoinaSharedRemoteConsolesession:
1.NavigatetotheRemoteConsole→RemoteConsolepage.
2.ClickLaunchtostartthe.NETIRC.
Amessagenotifiesyouthatthe.NETIRCisalreadyinuse,asshowninFigure63(page120).
Figure63RemoteConsoleBusydialogbox
3.ClickShare.
Amessagenotifiesthesessionleaderthatyouarerequestingtojointhe.NETIRCsession,as
showninFigure64(page120).
Figure64SharedRemoteConsolerequest
IfthesessionleaderclicksYes,youaregrantedaccesstothe.NETIRCsessionwithaccess
tothekeyboardandmouse.
UsingConsoleCapture(.NETIRConly)
ConsoleCaptureallowsyoutorecordandplaybackvideostreamsofeventssuchasstartup,ASR
events,andsensedoperatingsystemfaults.TheServerStartupandServerPrefailuresequences
arecapturedautomaticallybyiLO.Youcanmanuallystartandstoptherecordingofconsolevideo.
ThisfeatureandmanyothersarepartofaniLOlicensingpackage.Formoreinformationabout
iLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/licensing.
WhenyouareusingConsoleCapture,notethefollowing:
•ConsoleCaptureissupportedwiththe.NETIRC;itisnotsupportedwiththeJavaIRC.
•ConsoleCaptureisavailableonlythroughthe.NETIRC.ItcannotbeaccessedthroughXML
scriptingortheCLP.
•TheServerStartupandServerPrefailuresequencesarenotcapturedautomaticallyduring
firmwareupgradesorwhiletheRemoteConsoleisinuse.
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