HP Ilo 3 User Guide

							•ServerStartupandServerPrefailuresequencesaresavedautomaticallyiniLOmemory.They
willbelostduringfirmwareupgrades,iLOreset,andpowerloss.Youcansavethecaptured
videotoyourlocaldrivebyusingthe.NETIRC.
•TheServerStartupfilestartscapturingwhenserverstartupisdetected,andstopswhenitruns
outofspace.Thisfileisoverwritteneachtimetheserverstarts.
•TheServerPrefailurefilestartscapturingwhentheServerStartupfileisfull,andstopswhen
iLOdetectsanASRevent.TheServerPrefailurefileislockedwheniLOdetectsanASRevent.
Thefileisunlockedandcanbeoverwrittenafteritisdownloadedthroughthe.NETIRC.
•TheConsoleCapturecontrolbuttonsarelocatedonthebottomofthe.NETIRCsessionwindow.
Table8(page121)explainstheplaybackcontrolsusedforviewingacapturedvideo.
Table8Playbackcontrols
FunctionNameControl
RestartsplaybackfromthebeginningofthefileSkiptoStart
PausestheplaybackPause
Startsplaybackifthecurrentlyselectedfileisnot
playingorispaused
Play
Recordsyour.NETIRCsessionRecord
ShowstheprogressofthevideosessionProgressBar
ViewingServerStartupandServerPrefailuresequences
1.Startthe.NETIRC.
2.PressthePlaybutton.
ThePlaybackSourcedialogboxopens,asshowninFigure65(page121).
Figure65PlaybackSourcedialogbox
3.SelectServerStartuporServerPrefailure.
4.ClickStart.
SavingServerStartupandServerPrefailurevideofiles
1.Startthe.NETIRC
2.PressthePlaybutton.
3.SelectServerStartuporServerPrefailure.
4.ClickStart.
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							5.PressthePlaybuttonagaintostopplayback.
TheSaveCapturedialogboxopens,asshowninFigure66(page122).
Figure66SaveCapturedialogbox
6.ClickYes,andthenfollowtheonscreeninstructionstosavethefile.
Capturingvideofiles
YoucanuseConsoleCapturetomanuallycapturevideofilesofsequencesotherthanServerStartup
andServerPrefailure.
1.Startthe.NETIRC.
2.ClicktheRecordbutton.
3.TheSaveVideodialogboxopens.
4.Enterafilenameandsavelocation,andthenclickSave.
5.Whenyouarefinishedrecording,presstheRecordbuttonagaintostoprecording.
Viewingsavedvideofiles
1.Startthe.NETIRC.
2.PressthePlaybutton.
ThePlaybackSourcedialogboxopens,asshowninFigure65(page121).
3.ClickthemagnifyingglassiconnexttotheFromFilebox.
4.Navigatetoavideofile,andthenclickOpen.
VideofilescapturedintheRemoteConsolehavethefiletype.ilo.
5.ClickStart.
UsingRemoteConsolehotkeys
TheProgramRemoteConsoleHotKeyspageallowsyoutodefineuptosixhotkeystouseduring
RemoteConsolesessions.Eachhotkeyrepresentsacombinationofuptofivekeysthataresent
tothehostserverwhenthehotkeyispressed.HotkeysareactiveduringRemoteConsolesessions
thatuse.NETIRC,JavaIRC,andthetext-basedRemoteConsole.
Ifahotkeyisnotset—forexample,Ctrl+VissettoNONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE—this
hotkeyisdisabled.TheserveroperatingsystemwillinterpretCtrl+Vasitusuallydoes(paste,in
thisexample).IfyousettheCtrl+Vhotkeytouseanothercombinationofkeys,theserveroperating
systemwillusethekeycombinationsetiniLO(losingthepastefunctionality).
Example1:IfyouwanttosendAlt+F4totheremoteserver,butpressingthatkeycombination
closesyourbrowser,youcanconfigurethehotkeyCtrl+XtosendtheAlt+F4keycombinationto
theremoteserver.Afteryouconfigurethehotkey,pressCtrl+XintheRemoteConsolewindow
wheneveryouwanttouseAlt+F4ontheremoteserver.
Example2:IfyouwanttocreateahotkeytosendtheinternationalAltGRkeytotheremoteserver,
useR_ALTinthekeylist.
Creatingahotkey
YoumusthavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegetocreatehotkeys.
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							1.NavigatetotheRemoteConsole→HotKeyspage,asshowninFigure67(page123).
Figure67RemoteConsole–HotKeyspage
2.Foreachhotkeythatyouwanttodefine,selectthekeycombinationtosendtotheremote
server.
Toconfigurehotkeystogeneratekeysequencesfrominternationalkeyboards,selectthekey
onaU.S.keyboardthatisinthesamepositionasthedesiredkeyontheinternational
keyboard.Table9(page123)liststheavailablekeys.
Table9Keysforconfiguringhotkeys
g1SCRLLCKESC
h2SYSRQL_ALT
I3F1R_ALT
j4F2L_SHIFT
k5F3R_SHIFT
l6F4L_CTRL
m7F5R_CTRL
n8F6L_GUI
o9F7R_GUI
p;F8INS
q=F9DEL
r[F10HOME
s\F11END
t]F12PGUP
u`SPACEPGDN
va'ENTER
wb,TAB
xc-BREAK
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							Table9Keysforconfiguringhotkeys(continued)
yd.BACKSPACE
ze/NUMPLUS
f0NUMMINUS
3.ClickSaveHotKeys.
Thefollowingmessageappears:
Remote Console Hot Keys settings successful.
Resettinghotkeys
Resettingthehotkeysclearsallcurrenthot-keyassignments.
1.NavigatetotheRemoteConsole→HotKeyspage,asshowninFigure67(page123).
2.ClickResetHotKeys.
3.Thefollowingmessageappears:
Are you sure you want to reset all hot keys?
4.ClickOK.
Thefollowingmessageappears:
Remote Console Hot Keys reset successful.
Usingthetext-basedRemoteConsole
iLOsupportsatruetext-basedRemoteConsole.Videoinformationisobtainedfromtheserver,and
thecontentsofthevideomemoryaresenttotheiLOmanagementprocessor,compressed,encrypted,
andforwardedtothemanagementclientapplication.iLOusesascreen-framebufferthatsends
thecharacters(includingscreenpositioninginformation)totext-basedclientapplications.This
methodensurescompatibilitywithstandardtext-basedclients,goodperformance,andsimplicity.
However,youcannotdisplaynon-ASCIIorgraphicalinformation,andscreenpositioninginformation
(displayedcharacters)mightbesentoutoforder.
iLOusesthevideoadapterDVOporttoaccessvideomemorydirectly.ThismethodincreasesiLO
performancesignificantly.However,thedigitalvideostreamdoesnotcontainusefultextdata.
Thisdatacannotberenderedbyatext-basedclientapplicationsuchasSSH.
Therearetwotext-basedconsoleoptions,asdescribedinthefollowingsections:
•“UsingtheiLOVirtualSerialPort”(page124)
•“UsingtheText-basedRemoteConsole(Textcons)”(page129)
UsingtheiLOVirtualSerialPort
Youcanaccessatext-basedconsolefromiLOusingastandardlicenseandtheiLOVirtualSerial
Port.
TheiLOVirtualSerialPortisonetypeofiLOtext-basedremoteconsole.TheiLOVirtualSerialPort
givesyouabidirectionaldataflowwithaserverserialport.Usingtheremoteconsole,youcan
operateasifaphysicalserialconnectionexistsontheremoteserverserialport.
TheiLOVirtualSerialPortisdisplayedasatext-basedconsole,buttheinformationisrendered
throughgraphicalvideodata.iLOdisplaysthisinformationthroughanSSHclientwhentheserver
isinapre-operating-systemstate,enablinganonlicensediLOtoobserveandinteractwiththe
serverduringPOSTactivities.
ByusingtheiLOVirtualSerialPort,theremoteusercanperformoperationssuchasthefollowing:
•InteractwiththeserverPOSTsequenceandtheoperatingsystembootsequence.
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							IMPORTANT:TostartiLORBSUduringaVirtualSerialPortsession,enterthekeycombination
ESC+8.
•Establishaloginsessionwiththeoperatingsystem,interactwiththeoperatingsystem;and
executeandinteractwithapplicationsontheoperatingsystem.
•ForaniLOrunningLinuxinagraphicalformat,youcanconfiguregetty()ontheserver
serialport,andthenusetheiLOVirtualSerialPorttoviewaloginsessiontotheLinuxoperating
system.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringtheiLOVirtualSerialPortforLinux”(page128).
•UsetheEMSConsolethroughtheiLOVirtualSerialPort.EMSisusefulfordebuggingWindows
bootissuesandkernel-levelissues.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringtheiLOVirtual
SerialPortfortheWindowsEMSConsole”(page129).
ConfiguringtheiLOVirtualSerialPortinthehostsystemRBSU
ThefollowingproceduredescribesthesettingsyoumustconfigurebeforeyoucanusetheiLO
VirtualSerialPort.ThisprocedureisrequiredforbothWindowsandLinuxsystems.
1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession.
Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
2.Restartorpowerontheserver.
3.PressF9intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen.
TheSystemRBSUscreenappears.
4.SelectSystemOptions,andthenpressEnter.
5.SelectSerialPortOptions,andthenpressEnter.
6.SelectVirtualSerialPort,andthenpressEnter.
7.SelecttheCOMportyouwanttouse,andthenpressEnter,asshowninFigure68(page125).
Figure68ConfiguringtheVirtualSerialPortCOMport(systemRBSU)
8.PressESCtwicetoreturntothemainmenu.
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							9.SelectBIOSSerialConsole&EMS,andthenpressEnter.
NOTE:EMSisforWindowsonly.
10.SelectBIOSSerialConsolePort,andthenpressEnter.
11.SelecttheCOMportthatmatchesthevalueselectedinstep7,andthenpressEnter,asshown
inFigure69(page126).
Figure69ConfiguringtheBIOSSerialConsolePort
12.SelectBIOSSerialConsoleBaudRate,andthenpressEnter.
13.Select115200,andthenpressEnter,asshowninFigure70(page127).
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							Figure70ConfiguringtheBIOSSerialConsoleBaudRate
NOTE:ThecurrentimplementationoftheiLOVirtualSerialPortdoesnotuseaphysical
UART,sotheBIOSSerialConsoleBaudRatevaluewillhavenoeffectontheactualspeedthe
iLOVirtualSerialPortwillusetosendandreceivedatafromthesystem.
14.SelectEMSConsole,andthenpressEnter.
15.SelecttheCOMportthatmatchesthevalueselectedinstep7,andthenpressEnter,asshown
inFigure71(page128).
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							Figure71ConfiguringtheEMSConsole
16.ExitthesystemRBSU.
ConfiguringtheiLOVirtualSerialPortforLinux
YoucanmanageLinuxserversremotelyusingconsoleredirection.ToconfigureLinuxtouseconsole
redirection,youmustconfiguretheLinuxbootloader(GRUB).Theboot-loaderapplicationloads
fromthebootabledevicewhentheserversystemROMfinishesPOST.Definetheserialinterface
(ttyS0)asthedefaultinterfacesothatifnoinputarrivesfromthelocalkeyboardwithin10seconds
(thedefaulttimeoutvalue),thesystemwillredirectoutputtotheserialinterface(iLOVirtualSerial
Port).
NOTE:ttyS0andunit0areforcom1andttyS1andunit1areforcom2.
ThefollowingconfigurationexampleusesRedHatLinuxandcom1:
serial -unit=0 -speed=115200terminal -timeout=10 serial consoledefault=0timeout=10#splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gztitle Red Hat Linux (2. 6.18-164.e15)root (hd0,2)9kernel /vmlinux-2.6.18-164.e15 ro root=/dev/sda9 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200initrd /initrd-2.6.18-164.e15.img
Ifcom2wasselected,theconfigurationexamplewouldbeasfollows:
serial -unit=1 -speed=115200terminal -timeout=10 serial consoledefault=0timeout=10#splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gztitle Red Hat Linux (2. 6.18-164.e15)root (hd0,2)9kernel /vmlinux-2.6.18-164.e15 ro root=/dev/sda9 console=tty0 console=ttyS1,115200initrd /initrd-2.6.18-164.e15.img
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							AfterLinuxisfullybooted,aloginconsolecanberedirectedtotheserialport.
•Ifconfigured,the/dev/ttyS0and/dev/ttyS1devicesenableyoutoobtainserialTTY
sessionsthroughtheiLOVirtualSerialPort.Tobeginashellsessiononaconfiguredserial
port,addthefollowinglinetothe/etc/inittabfiletostarttheloginprocessautomatically
duringsystemboot.
Thefollowingexampleinitiatestheloginconsoleon/dev/ttyS0:
S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 115200 ttyS0 vt100
Thefollowingexampleinitiatestheloginconsoleondev/ttys1:
S1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 115200 ttyS1 vt100
•UseSSHtoconnecttoiLO,andthenusetheiLOCLPcommandstart
/system1/oemhp_vsp1toviewaloginsessiontotheLinuxoperatingsystem.
ConfiguringtheiLOVirtualSerialPortfortheWindowsEMSConsole
iLOenablesyoutousetheWindowsEMSConsoleoverthenetworkthroughawebbrowser.EMS
enablesyoutoperformemergencymanagementserviceswhenvideo,devicedrivers,orother
operatingsystemfeaturespreventnormaloperationandnormalcorrectiveactionsfrombeing
performed.
WhenusingtheWindowsEMSConsolewithiLO,notethefollowing:
•YoumustconfiguretheWindowsEMSconsolewithintheoperatingsystembeforeyoucan
usetheiLOVirtualSerialPort.ForinformationabouthowtoenabletheEMSconsole,see
youroperatingsystemdocumentation.IftheEMSconsoleisnotenabledintheoperating
system,iLOdisplaysanerrormessagewhenyoutrytoaccesstheiLOVirtualSerialPort.
•TheWindowsEMSserialportmustbeenabledthroughthehostsystemRBSU.Theconfiguration
allowsyoutoenableordisabletheEMSport,andselecttheCOMport.iLOautomatically
detectswhethertheEMSportisenabledordisabled,anddetectstheselectionoftheCOM
port.FormoreinformationaboutenablingtheWindowsEMSserialport,see“Configuring
theiLOVirtualSerialPortinthehostsystemRBSU”(page125).
•YoucanusetheWindowsEMSConsoleandtheiLORemoteConsoleatthesametime.
•TodisplaytheSAC>prompt,youmighthavetopressEnterafterconnectingthroughtheiLO
VirtualSerialPort.
ToconfigureWindowsforusewiththeiLOVirtualSerialPort:
1.Openacommandwindow.
2.Enterthefollowingcommandtoeditthebootconfigurationdata:
bcdedit /ems on
3.EnterthefollowingcommandtoconfiguretheEMSPORTandEMSBAUDRATEvalues:
bcdedit /emssettings EMSPORT:1 EMSBAUDRATE:115200
NOTE:EMSPORT:1isCOM1,andEMSPORT:2isCOM2.
Enterbcdedit /?forsyntaxhelp.
4.Reboottheoperatingsystem.
UsingtheText-basedRemoteConsole(Textcons)
YoucanaccesstheText-basedRemoteConsole(Textcons)usingalicensediLOsystemandSSH.
WhenyouuseSSH,thedatastream,includingauthenticationcredentials,isprotectedbythe
encryptionmethodthattheSSHclientandiLOuse.
NOTE:FormoreinformationaboutiLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/
go/ilo/licensing.
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							FormoreinformationaboutthesecurityofthecommunicationmethodsusedbyiLO,seethe
IntegratedLights-OutsecuritytechnologybriefontheHPwebsiteathttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/
bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00212796/c00212796.pdf.
WhenyouusetheText-basedRemoteConsole,thepresentationofcolors,characters,andscreen
controlsdependsontheclientyouareusing,whichcanbeanystandardSSHclientcompatible
withiLO.Featuresandsupportincludethefollowing:
•Displayoftext-modescreensthatare80x25(standardcolorconfigurations),including:
Systembootprocess(POST)◦
◦StandardoptionROMs
◦Textbootloaders(LILOorGRUB)
◦LinuxoperatingsysteminVGA80x25mode
◦DOS
◦Othertext-basedoperatingsystems
•Internationallanguagekeyboards(iftheserverandclientsystemshaveasimilarconfiguration)
•Line-drawingcharacterswhenthecorrectfontandcodepageareselectedintheclient
application
CustomizingtheText-basedRemoteConsole
YoucanusethetextconscommandoptionsandargumentstocustomizetheText-basedRemote
Consoledisplay.Ingeneral,youdonotneedtochangetheseoptions.
•Tocontrolthesamplingrate:
Usethetextcons speedoptiontoindicate,inms,thetimebetweeneachsamplingperiod.
AsamplingperiodiswhentheiLOfirmwareexaminesscreenchangesandupdatesthe
Text-basedRemoteConsole.Adjustingthespeedcanalleviateunnecessarytrafficonlongor
slownetworklinks,reducebandwidthuse,andreduceiLOCPUtime.HPrecommendsthat
youspecifyavaluebetween1and5,000(1msto5seconds).Forexample:
textcons speed 500
•Tocontrolsmoothing:
iLOattemptstotransmitdataonlywhenitchangesandbecomesstableonthescreen.Ifa
lineofthetextscreenischangingfasterthaniLOcansamplethechange,thelineisnot
transmitteduntilitbecomesstable.
WhenaText-basedRemoteConsolesessionisactive,thedataisdisplayedrapidlyandis
essentiallyindecipherable.IfthedataistransmittedbyiLOacrossthenetwork,itconsumes
bandwidth.Thedefaultbehaviorissmoothing(delay 0),whichtransmitsdataonlywhen
thechangesbecomestableonthescreen.Youcancontrolordisablesmoothingbyusingthe
delayoption.Forexample:
textcons speed 500 delay 10
•Toconfigurecharactermapping:
IntheASCIIcharacterset,CONTROLcharacters(ASCIIcharacterslessthan32)arenot
printableandarenotdisplayed.Thesecharacterscanbeusedtorepresentitemssuchas
arrows,stars,orcircles.SomeofthecharactersaremappedtoequivalentASCII
representations.Table10(page131)liststhesupportedequivalents.
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