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    							Configuringpowercappingsettings
    ThePowerCappingSettingssectionenablesyoutoviewmeasuredpowervalues,setapower
    cap,anddisablepowercapping.
    •TheMeasuredPowerValuessectionliststhefollowing:
    MaximumAvailablePower—Thepowersupplycapacityforanonbladeserver,orthe
    initialpower-onrequestvalueforabladeserver
    ◦
    ◦PeakObservedPower—Themaximumobservedpowerfortheserver
    ◦MinimumObservedPower—Theminimumobservedpowerfortheserver
    DuringPOST,theROMrunstwopowerteststhatdeterminethepeakandminimumobserved
    powervalues.
    •PowercapsettingsaredisabledwhentheserverispartofanEnclosureDynamicPowerCap.
    ThesevaluesaresetandmodifiedbyusingOnboardAdministratororInsightPowerManager.
    •UsethePowerCapThresholdsasguidelinesforconfiguringapowercap.
    MaximumPowerCap—Themaximumpoweravailablefortheserver.Theservermustnot
    exceedthisvalue.
    ◦
    ◦MinimumHigh-PerformanceCap—Themaximumpowerthattheserverusesinthecurrent
    configuration.Apowercapsettothisvaluedoesnotaffectserverperformance.
    ◦MinimumPowerCap—Theminimumpowerthattheserverusers.Apowercapsettothis
    valuereducestheserverpowerusagetotheminimum,whichresultsinserverperformance
    degradation.
    •Whenapowercapisset,theaveragepowerreadingoftheservermustbeatorbelowthe
    powercapvalue.
    •YoucannotusetheiLOwebinterfacetoconfigurethepowercappingsettingsforSLservers.
    UseoneofthefollowingtoolstoconfigurethepowercappingsettingsforSLservers:
    ◦PowerInterfaceControlUtility—Thisutilityisavailableatthefollowingwebsite:http://
    h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?
    prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=4324034&
    swItem=MTX-cb0c48d305d24a4dbe80e5eecc&prodNameId=5037746.
    ◦HPProLiantSLAdvancedPowerManager—Formoreinformation,seetheHPProLiantSL
    AdvancedPowerManagerUserGuide.
    Toconfigureapowercap:
    1.NavigatetothePowerManagement→PowerSettingspage,asshowninFigure81(page150).
    2.SelecttheEnablepowercappingcheckbox.
    3.EnterthePowerCapValueinwatts,BTU/hr,orasapercentage.
    Thepercentageisthedifferencebetweenthemaximumandminimumpowervalues.The
    powercapvaluecannotbesetbelowtheserverminimumpowervalue.
    Whenvaluesaredisplayedinwatts,clickShowvaluesinBTU/hrtochangethedisplayto
    BTU/hr.WhenvaluesaredisplayedinBTU/hr,clickShowvaluesinWattstochangethe
    displaytowatts.
    4.ClickApply.
    ConfiguringSNMPalertsettings
    TheSNMPAlertonBreachofPowerThresholdsectionenablesthesendingofanSNMPalertwhen
    powerconsumptionexceedsadefinedthreshold.
    ToconfiguretheSNMPalertsettings:
    UsingiLOPowerManagement151 
    						
    							1.NavigatetothePowerManagement→PowerSettingspage,asshowninFigure81(page150).
    2.SelectavalueintheWarningTriggerlist.
    Thewarningtriggerdetermineswhetherwarningsarebasedonpeakpowerconsumption,
    averagepowerconsumption,oriftheyaredisabled.
    3.EnteravalueintheWarningThresholdbox.
    Thisvaluesetsthepowerconsumptionthreshold,inwatts.Ifpowerconsumptionexceedsthis
    valueforthespecifiedtimeduration,anSNMPalertistriggered.
    4.EnteravalueintheDurationbox.
    Thisvaluesetsthelengthoftime,inminutes,thatpowerconsumptionmustremainabovethe
    warningthresholdbeforeanSNMPalertistriggered.Themaximumdurationis240minutes,
    andthedurationmustbeamultipleof5.
    5.ClickApplytosavetheconfiguration.
    Configuringthepersistentmouseandkeyboard
    TheOtherSettingssectiononthePowerSettingspageallowsyoutoenableordisablethepersistent
    keyboardandmousefeature.
    Whenthisfeatureisenabled,theiLOvirtualkeyboardandmousearealwaysconnectedtothe
    iLOUHCIUSBcontroller.Whenthisfeatureisdisabled,theiLOvirtualkeyboardandmouseare
    connecteddynamicallytotheiLOUHCIcontrolleronlywhenaRemoteConsoleapplicationis
    openandconnectedtoiLO.DisablingthefeatureallowssomeHPserverstoincreasepowersavings
    by15wattswhentheserveroperatingsystemisidleandnovirtualUSBkeyboardandmouseare
    connected.
    Forexample,thepowersavingsfora24–hourperiodmightbe15wattsx24hours,or360watt
    hours(.36kilowatt-hours).
    Thepersistentmouseandkeyboardfeatureisenabledbydefaultbecausesomeoperatingsystems
    cannotenumeratetheUSBkeyboardcorrectlyduringinstallation.
    Tochangethepersistentmouseandkeyboardsetting:
    1.NavigatetothePowerManagement→PowerSettingspage,asshowninFigure81(page150).
    2.SelectorcleartheEnablepersistentmouseandkeyboardcheckbox.
    3.ClickApplytosavetheconfiguration.
    UsingiLOwithOnboardAdministrator
    OAistheenclosuremanagementprocessor,subsystem,andfirmwarebasethatsupportstheHP
    BladeSystemandallmanageddevicesintheenclosure.
    UsingtheActiveOnboardAdministrator
    TheBLc-Class→ActiveOnboardAdministratorpageprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheprimary
    OAintheenclosureinwhichtheiLOprocessorislocated.Thispageisdisplayedonlywhenthere
    isanenclosure.Figure82(page153)showsanexampleofthepage.
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    							Figure82ActiveOnboardAdministratorpage
    Thispagedisplaysthefollowinginformationandoptions:
    •MACAddress—TheMACaddressoftheactiveOA.
    •SystemHealth—ThehealthoftheactiveOA,asreportedbytheOA.
    AvalueofunknownmeansthattheOAhealthhasnotbeenreportedtoiLO.
    •BladeLocation—Thelocation(enclosurebay)ofthebladethatishostingthecurrentiLOsession.
    •EnclosureName—TheenclosurethattheactiveOAismanaging.Youcanchangethisvalue
    throughtheOA.
    •RackName—TherackthatcontainstheenclosuremanagedbytheactiveOA.Youcanchange
    thisvaluethroughtheOA.
    StartingtheOnboardAdministratorGUI
    1.NavigatetotheBLc-Class→ActiveOnboardAdministratorpage.
    2.IftheOAsupportsmultipleaddresses,selecttheaddresstousefromtheoptionsintheOnboard
    AdministratorAddressSelectiontable.
    Dependingontheconfiguration,thefollowingoptionsmightbeavailable:
    •IPv4
    •IPv6SLAAC
    •IPv6Static
    •IPv6DHCP
    3.ClickLaunch.
    TheOAGUIopensinanewbrowserwindow.
    TogglingtheenclosureUIDlight
    TochangethestateoftheenclosureUIDwhereiLOislocated,clicktheToggleUIDbutton.
    TheUIDstatusonthispagerepresentstheEnclosureUIDstatuswhentheiLOpageloaded.To
    updatethestatus,refreshthepage.
    UsingiLOwithOnboardAdministrator153 
    						
    							EnclosurebayIPaddressing
    TheFirstTimeSetupWizardpromptsyoutosetupyourenclosurebayIPaddressing.Formore
    informationaboutthewizard,seetheHPBladeSystemOnboardAdministratorUserGuide.
    DynamicPowerCappingforserverblades
    DynamicPowerCappingisaniLOfeatureavailableforc-Classserverblades,andisaccessed
    throughOA.DynamicPowerCappingisavailableonlyifyoursystemhardwareplatform,BIOS
    (ROM),andpowermicrocontrollerfirmwareversionsupportthisfeature.Ifyoursystemsupports
    DynamicPowerCapping,iLOautomaticallyrunsinDynamicPowerCappingmode.
    Forinformationaboutthepowersettingoptionsforc-Classserverblades,seetheHPBladeSystem
    OnboardAdministratorUserGuide.
    iLOvirtualfan
    Inc-Classbladeservers,OAcontrolstheenclosurefans(alsocalledvirtualfans).TheiLOfirmware
    cannotdetecttheseenclosurefans.Instead,theiLOfirmwaremonitorsanambienttemperature
    sensorlocatedonthebladeserver.ThisinformationisdisplayedontheiLOwebinterface,andis
    retrievedbyOAperiodically.OAusesthesensorinformationcollectedfromalliLOprocessorsin
    theenclosuretodetermineenclosurefanspeeds.
    iLOoption
    TheiLO-DeviceBaypageinOA(Figure83)providesthefollowinglinks:
    •WebAdministration—StartstheiLOwebinterface
    •IntegratedRemoteConsole—Startsthe.NETIRC
    •RemoteConsole—StartstheJavaIRC
    ClickingalinkonthispageopenstherequestediLOsessioninanewwindowthatusesSSO,
    whichdoesnotrequireaniLOusernameorpassword.Ifyourbrowsersettingspreventnew
    windowsfromopening,theselinksdonotworkcorrectly.
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    							Figure83OnboardAdministratorpage
    IPMIservermanagement
    ServermanagementthroughIPMIisastandardmethodforcontrollingandmonitoringtheserver.
    TheiLOfirmwareprovidesservermanagementbasedontheIPMIversion2.0specification,which
    definesthefollowing:
    •Monitoringofsysteminformationsuchasfans,temperatures,andpowersupplies
    •Recoverycapabilitiessuchassystemresetsandpoweron/offoperations
    •Loggingcapabilitiesforabnormaleventssuchasover-temperaturereadingsorfanfailures
    •Inventorycapabilitiessuchasidentificationoffailedhardwarecomponents
    IPMIcommunicationsdependontheBMCandtheSMS.TheBMCmanagestheinterfacebetween
    theSMSandtheplatformmanagementhardware.TheiLOfirmwareemulatestheBMCfunctionality,
    andtheSMSfunctionalitycanbeprovidedbyvariousindustry-standardtools.Formoreinformation,
    seetheIPMIspecificationontheIntelwebsiteathttp://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/
    tools.htm.
    TheiLOfirmwareprovidestheKCSinterface,oropeninterface,forSMScommunications.The
    KCSinterfaceprovidesasetofI/Omappedcommunicationsregisters.Thedefaultsystembase
    addressfortheI/O-mappedSMSinterfaceis0xCA2,anditisbytealignedatthissystemaddress.
    IPMIservermanagement155 
    						
    							TheKCSinterfaceisaccessibletotheSMSsoftwarerunningonthelocalsystem.Examplesof
    compatibleSMSsoftwareapplicationsfollow:
    •IPMIversion2.0CommandTestTool—Alow-levelMS-DOScommand-linetoolthatenables
    hex-formattedIPMIcommandstobesenttoanIPMIBMCthatimplementstheKCSinterface.
    YoucandownloadthistoolfromtheIntelwebsiteathttp://www.intel.com/design/servers/
    ipmi/tools.htm.
    •IPMItool—AutilityformanagingandconfiguringdevicesthatsupporttheIPMIversion1.5
    andversion2.0specifications.IPMItoolcanbeusedinaLinuxenvironment.Youcandownload
    thistoolfromtheIPMItoolwebsiteathttp://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/index.html.
    WhenemulatingaBMCfortheIPMIinterface,iLOsupportsallmandatorycommandslistedinthe
    IPMIversion2.0specification.TheSMSshouldusethemethodsdescribedinthespecificationfor
    determiningwhichIPMIfeaturesareenabledordisabledintheBMC(forexample,usingtheGet
    Device IDcommand).
    Iftheserveroperatingsystemisrunning,andtheiLOhealthdriverisenabled,anyIPMItraffic
    throughtheKCSinterfacecanaffecthealthdriverperformanceandoverallsystemhealth.Donot
    issueanyIPMIcommandsthroughtheKCSinterfacethatmighthaveanegativeeffectonhealth
    drivermonitoring.ThisrestrictionincludesanycommandthatsetsorchangesIPMIparameters,
    suchasSet Watchdog TimerandSet BMC Global Enabled.AnyIPMIcommandthat
    simplyreturnsdataissafetouse,suchasGet Device IDandGet Sensor Reading.
    UsingiLOwithHPInsightControlserverdeployment
    HPInsightControlserverdeploymentisintegratedwithiLOtoenablethemanagementofremote
    serversandtheperformanceofRemoteConsoleoperations,regardlessofthestateoftheoperating
    systemorhardware.
    ThedeploymentserverenablesyoutousethepowermanagementfeaturesofiLOtopoweron,
    poweroff,orcyclepoweronthetargetserver.Eachtimeaserverconnectstothedeployment
    server,thedeploymentserverpollsthetargetservertoverifythataniLOdeviceisinstalled.If
    installed,theservergathersinformation,includingtheDNSname,IPaddress,anduserloginname.
    Securityismaintainedbyrequiringtheusertoenterthecorrectpasswordforthatusername.
    FormoreinformationaboutHPInsightControlserverdeployment,seethedocumentationonthe
    HPInsightControlwebsiteathttp://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol.
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    							5IntegratingHPSystemsInsightManager
    TheiLOfirmwareisintegratedwithHPSIMinkeyoperatingenvironments,providingasingle
    managementconsolefromastandardwebbrowser.Whiletheoperatingsystemisrunning,you
    canestablishaconnectiontoiLObyusingHPSIM.
    IntegrationwithHPSIMprovidesthefollowing:
    •SupportforSNMPtrapdeliverytoanHPSIMconsole—TheHPSIMconsolecanbeconfigured
    toforwardSNMPtrapstoapageroremailaddress.
    •Supportformanagementprocessors—AlliLOdevicesinstalledinserversonthenetworkare
    discoveredinHPSIMasmanagementprocessors.
    •GroupingofiLOmanagementprocessors—AlliLOdevicescanbegroupedlogicallyand
    displayedononepage.
    •HPManagementAgents—iLO,combinedwiththeHPManagementAgents,providesremote
    accesstosystemmanagementinformationthroughtheiLOwebinterface.
    •SupportforSNMPmanagement—HPSIMcanaccessInsightManagementAgentinformation
    throughiLO.
    HPSIMfeatures
    HPSIMenablesyoutodothefollowing:
    •IdentifyiLOprocessors.
    •CreateanassociationbetweenaniLOprocessoranditsserver.
    •CreatelinksbetweenaniLOprocessoranditsserver.
    •ViewiLOandserverinformationandstatus.
    •ControltheamountofinformationdisplayedforiLO.
    Thefollowingsectionssummarizethesefeatures.Fordetailedinformation,seetheHPSystems
    InsightManagerUserGuide.
    EstablishingSSOwithHPSIM
    1.ConfigureiLOforHPSIMSSOandaddHPSIMtrustedservers.
    Forinstructions,see“ConfiguringiLOforHPSSO”(page61).
    2.LogintotheHPSIMserverthatyouspecifiedinStep1,anddiscovertheiLOprocessor.
    Afteryoucompletethediscoveryprocess,SSOisenabledforiLO.
    FormoreinformationaboutHPSIMdiscoverytasks,seetheHPSystemsInsightManagerUser
    Guide.
    iLOidentificationandassociation
    HPSIMcanidentifyaniLOprocessorandcreateanassociationbetweeniLOandaserver.You
    canconfigureiLOtorespondtoHPSIMidentificationrequestsbysettingtheLevelofDataReturned
    valueontheAdministration→Managementpage.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringInsight
    Managementintegration”(page86).
    ViewingiLOstatusinHPSIM
    HPSIMidentifiesiLOasamanagementprocessor.HPSIMdisplaysthemanagementprocessor
    statusontheAllSystemspage.
    HPSIMfeatures157 
    						
    							TheiLOmanagementprocessorisdisplayedasanicononthesamerowasitshostserver.The
    coloroftheiconrepresentsthestatusofthemanagementprocessor.
    Foralistofdevicestatuses,seetheHPSystemsInsightManagerUserGuide.
    iLOlinksinHPSIM
    Foreaseofmanagement,HPSIMcreateslinkstothefollowing:
    •iLOandthehostserverfromanySystem(s)list
    •TheserverfromtheSystempageforiLO
    •iLOfromtheSystempagefortheserver
    TheSystem(s)listpagesdisplayiLO,theserver,andtherelationshipbetweeniLOandtheserver.
    •ClickastatusicontodisplaytheiLOwebinterface.
    •ClicktheiLOorservernametodisplaytheSystempageofthedevice.
    ViewingiLOinHPSIMSystem(s)lists
    iLOmanagementprocessorscanbeviewedinHPSIM.Auserwhohasfullconfigurationrights
    cancreateandusecustomizedsystemcollectionstogroupmanagementprocessors.Formore
    information,seetheHPSystemsInsightManagerUserGuide.
    ReceivingSNMPalertsinHPSIM
    YoucanconfigureiLOtoforwardalertsfromthemanagementagentsofthehostoperatingsystem
    andtosendiLOalertstoHPSIM.
    HPSIMsupportsfullSNMPmanagement.iLOsupportsSNMPtrapdeliverytoHPSIM.Youcan
    viewtheeventlog,selecttheevent,andviewadditionalinformationaboutthealert.
    ConfiguringthereceiptofSNMPalertsinHPSIM:
    1.ToenableiLOtosendSNMPtraps,navigatetotheAdministration→Managementpageand
    configurethesettingsforSNMP,SNMPalerting,andInsightManagementIntegration.Enter
    theIPaddressoftheHPSIMcomputerintheSNMPAlertDestination(s)box.
    Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringiLOManagementsettings”(page84).
    2.TodiscoveriLOinHPSIM,configureiLOasamanageddeviceforHPSIM.
    ThisenablestheNICinterfaceoniLOtofunctionasadedicatedmanagementport,isolating
    managementtrafficfromtheNICinterfacefortheremotehostserver.Forinstructions,seethe
    HPSystemsInsightManagerUserGuide.
    Formajoreventsthatarenotcleared,iLOtrapsappearinAllEvents.Toobtainmore
    informationabouttheevent,clickEventType.
    HPSIMportmatching
    HPSIMisconfiguredtostartanHTTPsessiontocheckforiLOatport80.Ifyouwanttochange
    theportnumber,youmustchangeitinbothiLOandHPSIM.
    •TochangetheportiniLO,navigatetotheAdministration→AccessSettingspage,andthen
    enterthenewportnumberintheWebServerNon-SSLPortbox.
    •TochangetheportnumberinHPSIM,addtheporttotheconfig\identification\
    additionalWsDisc.propsfileintheHPSIMinstallationdirectory.IfiLOusesthedefault
    port(80),youdonotneedtoeditthisfile.
    Theportentrymustbeonasinglelinewiththeportnumberfirst,andwithallotheritems
    identicaltothefollowingexample(includingcapitalization).Thisexampleshowsthecorrect
    entryfordiscoveringiLOatport55000.
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    							55000=iLO 3,
    ,true,false,com.hp.mx.core.tools.identification.mgmtproc.MgmtProcessorParser
    ReviewingiLOlicenseinformationinHPSIM
    HPSIMdisplaysthelicensestatusoftheiLOmanagementprocessors.Youcanusethisinformation
    todeterminehowmanyandwhichiLOdeviceshaveanoptionallicenseinstalled.
    Toviewlicenseinformation,selectDeploy→LicenseManager.Toensurethatthedisplayeddata
    iscurrent,runtheIdentifySystemstaskforyourmanagementprocessors.Formoreinformation,
    seetheHPSystemsInsightManagerUserGuide.
    ReviewingiLOlicenseinformationinHPSIM159 
    						
    							6Directoryservices
    ThischapterdescribeshowtoconfigureiLOtouseKerberoslogin,schema-freedirectory
    authentication,andHPextendedschemadirectoryauthentication.
    Directoryintegrationbenefits
    DirectoryintegrationwithiLOprovidesthefollowingbenefits:
    •Scalability—Thedirectorycanbeleveragedtosupportthousandsofusersonthousandsof
    iLOprocessors.
    •Security—Robustuser-passwordpoliciesareinheritedfromthedirectory.User-password
    complexity,rotationfrequency,andexpirationarepolicyexamples.
    •Useraccountability—Insomeenvironments,usersshareiLOaccounts,whichmakesitdifficult
    todeterminewhoperformedanoperation.
    •Role-basedadministration—Youcancreateroles(forexample,clerical,remotecontrolofthe
    host,completecontrol)andassociateusersorusergroupswiththoseroles.Achangetoa
    singleroleappliestoallusersandiLOdevicesassociatedwiththatrole.
    •Singlepointofadministration—YoucanusenativeadministrativetoolslikeMMCand
    ConsoleOnetoadministeriLOusers.
    •Immediacy—AsinglechangeinthedirectoryrollsoutimmediatelytoassociatediLOprocessors.
    Thiseliminatestheneedtoscriptthisprocess.
    •Simplercredentials—Youcanuseexistinguseraccountsandpasswordsinthedirectorywithout
    havingtorecordanewsetofcredentialsforiLO.
    •Flexibility—YoucancreateasingleroleforasingleuseronasingleiLOprocessor,asingle
    roleformultipleusersonmultipleiLOprocessors,oracombinationofrolesassuitedtoyour
    enterprise.
    •Compatibility—iLOdirectoryintegrationsupportsActiveDirectoryandeDirectory.
    •Standards—iLOdirectorysupportisbasedontheLDAP2.0standardforsecuredirectory
    access.
    ChoosingadirectoryconfigurationtousewithiLO
    SomedirectoryconfigurationpracticesworkbetterwithiLOthanothers.BeforeyouconfigureiLO
    fordirectories,youmustdecidewhethertousetheschema-freedirectoryintegrationmethodor
    theHPextendedschemadirectoryintegrationmethod.Answerthefollowingquestionstohelp
    evaluateyourdirectoryintegrationrequirements:
    1.Canyouapplyschemaextensionstoyourdirectory?
    •No—YouareusingActiveDirectory,andyourcompanypolicyprohibitsapplying
    extensions.
    No—Directoryintegrationdoesnotfityourenvironment.Considerdeployinganevaluation
    servertoassessthebenefitsofdirectoryintegration.
    Usegroup-basedschema-freedirectoryintegration.Formoreinformation,see“Schema-free
    directoryintegration”(page166).
    •Yes—Proceedtoquestion2.
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