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							3.PressF8intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen.
TheiLORBSUscreenappears.
4.SelectUser→Remove,andthenpressEnter.
TheRemoveUserscreenappears,asshowninFigure7(page21).
Figure7Removinguseraccounts
5.Selecttheuserthatyouwanttoremove,andthenpressEnter.
TheiLORBSUpromptsyoutoconfirmtherequest.
6.PressEntertoconfirmtherequest.
7.SelectFile→ExittoexitiLORBSU.
SettingupiLObyusingtheiLOwebinterface
YoucanusetheiLOwebinterfacetoconfigureiLOifyoucanconnecttoiLOonthenetworkby
usingawebbrowser.YoucanalsousethismethodtoreconfigureaniLOmanagementprocessor.
AccessiLOfromaremotenetworkclientbyusingasupportedbrowserandprovidingthedefault
DNSname,username,andpassword.ForinformationabouttheDNSnameanddefaultuser
accountcredentials,see“LoggingintoiLOforthefirsttime”(page21).
ForinformationabouttheconfigurationproceduresavailableintheiLOwebinterface,see
“ConfiguringiLO”(page25).
LoggingintoiLOforthefirsttime
TheiLOfirmwareisconfiguredwithadefaultusername,password,andDNSname.Defaultuser
informationislocatedontheserialnumber/iLOinformationpulltabattachedtotheserverthat
containstheiLOmanagementprocessor.UsethesevaluestoaccessiLOremotelyfromanetwork
clientbyusingawebbrowser.
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							NOTE:Theserialnumber/iLOinformationpulltabisdouble-sided.Onesideshowstheserver
serialnumber,andtheothersideshowsthedefaultiLOaccountinformation.Thesameinformation
isprintedonalabelattachedtothechassis.
Thedefaultvaluesfollow:
•Username—Administrator
•Password—Arandomeight-characteralphanumericstring
•DNSname—ILOXXXXXXXXXXXX,wheretheXsrepresenttheserialnumberoftheserver
Ifyouenteranincorrectusernameandpassword,oraloginattemptfails,iLOimposesasecurity
delay.Formoreinformationaboutloginsecurity,see“Loginsecurity”(page46).
IMPORTANT:HPrecommendschangingthedefaultvaluesafteryoulogintoiLOforthefirst
time.Forinstructions,see“ManagingiLOusersbyusingtheiLOwebinterface”(page32).
ActivatingiLOlicensedfeatures
ToactivateiLOlicensedfeatures,installanHPiLOlicense.iLOlicensesactivatefunctionalitysuch
asgraphicalRemoteConsolewithmulti-usercollaboration,videorecord/playback,andmany
moreadvancedfeatures.Forlicensinginformationandinstallationinstructions,see“iLOlicensing”
(page31).
InstallingtheiLOdrivers
iLOisanindependentmicroprocessorrunninganembeddedoperatingsystem.Thearchitecture
ensuresthatthemajorityofiLOfunctionalityisavailable,regardlessofthehostoperatingsystem.
TheiLOdriversenablesoftwaresuchasHPONCFGandtheHPInsightManagementAgentsto
communicatewithiLO.YourOSandsystemconfigurationdeterminethedriverrequirements.
TheiLOdriversareavailablefromtheHPServicePackforProLiantandtheHPwebsite.
•ForWindows,RedHat,andSLES—DownloadtheSPPfromhttp://www.hp.com/go/spp/
downloadanduseittoinstalltheiLOdrivers.
ForinformationaboutusingtheSPP,seetheSPPdocumentation.
•ForWindows,RedHat,andSLES—DownloadtheiLOdriversfromtheHPSupportCenter:
1.NavigatetothetechnicalsupportpageontheHPwebsite:http://www.hp.com/support.
2.Selectacountryorregionandalanguage.
TheHPSupportpageopens.
3.ClicktheDrivers&Downloadslink.
4.Inthesearchbox,entertheservermodelthatyouareusing(forexample,DL360).
Alistofserversisdisplayed.
5.Clickthelinkforyourserver.
TheHPSupportCenterpagefortheserveropens.
6.Clickthelinkfortheserveroperatingsystem.
7.DownloadtheiLOdrivers.
•ForVMware—DownloadtheiLOdriversfromthevibsdepotsectionoftheSoftwareDelivery
Repositorywebsiteathttp://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/index.html.
Followtheinstallationinstructionsprovidedwiththedownloadedsoftware.
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							ForOS-specificdriverinformation,seethefollowing:
•“Microsoftdevicedriversupport”(page23)
•“Linuxdevicedriversupport”(page23)
•“VMwaredevicedriversupport”(page24)
Microsoftdevicedriversupport
WhenyouareusingWindowswithiLO,thefollowingdriversareavailable:
•HPProLiantiLO3/4ChannelInterfaceDriverforWindows—Thisdriverisrequiredforthe
operatingsystemtocommunicatewithiLO.Installthisdriverinallconfigurations.
•HPProLiantiLO3/4ManagementControllerDriverPackageforWindows—Thispackage
includesthefollowingcomponents:
◦hpqilo3coreprovidesiLOManagementControllerDriversupport.
◦hpqilo3serviceprovidestheHPProLiantHealthMonitorServiceandHPProLiant
SystemShutdownService.
◦hpqilo3wheaisahelperserviceforWindowsHardwareErrorArchitecture,which
passesinformationbetweeniLOandtheoperatingsystemintheeventofahardware
fault.
IMPORTANT:TheManagementControllerDriverPackageisrequiredtosupportAutomatic
ServerRecoveryandtheHPInsightManagementAgentsorHPInsightManagementWBEM
Providers(ifinstalled).Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringiLOManagementsettings”
(page84).
Linuxdevicedriversupport
WhenyouareusingLinuxwithiLO,thefollowingdriversareavailable:
•HPProLiantChannelInterfaceDeviceDriver(hpilo)—Thisdrivermanagesagentandtool
applicationaccesstoiLO.
•HPSystemHealthApplicationandCommandLineUtilities(hp-health)—Acollectionof
applicationsandtoolsthatenablesmonitoringoffans,powersupplies,temperaturesensors,
andothermanagementevents.ThisRPMcontainsthehpasmd,hpasmlited,hpasmpld,
andhpasmxlddaemons.
IMPORTANT:ThesedriversarestandardforSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11,RedHat5,and
RedHat6.
Foropen-sourceLinuxdistributions(Ubuntu,Debian,Fedora,andothers),thehpilodriverispart
oftheLinuxkernel,sothedriverisloadedautomaticallyatstartup.
UsethefollowingcommandstoloadtheiLOdrivers:
rpm -ivh hpilo-.rpm
rpm -ivh hp-health-.rpm
WhereistheLinuxdistributionandversion,areversionnumbers,and
isthearchitecture(i386orx86_64).
UsethefollowingcommandstoremovetheiLOdrivers:
rpm -e hpilo
rpm -e hp-health
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							VMwaredevicedriversupport
WhenyouareusingVMwarewithiLO,thefollowingdriverisavailable:
HPProLiantChannelInterfaceDeviceDriver(hpilo)—Thisdrivermanagesagent,WBEMprovider,
andtoolapplicationaccesstoiLO.ItisincludedinthecustomizedHPVMwareimages.Forraw
VMwareimages,thedrivermustbeinstalledmanually.
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							3ConfiguringiLO
Typically,anadvancedoradministrativeuserwhomanagesusersandconfiguresglobaland
networksettingsconfiguresiLO.ThisguideprovidesinformationaboutconfiguringiLObyusing
theiLOwebinterfaceandiLORBSU.
TIP:YoucanalsoperformmanyiLOconfigurationtasksbyusingXMLconfigurationandcontrol
scriptsorSMASHCLP.Forinformationaboutusingthesemethods,seetheHPiLO3Scriptingand
CommandLineGuide,HPScriptingToolkitforLinuxUserGuide,andHPScriptingToolkitfor
WindowsUserGuide.
Updatingfirmware
FirmwareupdatesenhanceiLOfunctionalitywithnewfeatures,improvements,andsecurityupdates.
Youcandownloadthelatestfirmwarefromthefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/support/
ilo3.
UserswhohavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegeorhostoperatingsystemAdministrator/root
privilegescanupdateiLOfirmware.IftheiLOSecurityOverrideSwitchisset,anyout-of-banduser
canupdatethefirmware.
DuetothesecurityenhancementsiniLO31.50andlater,thefirmwareimagefileislargerthan
previousreleases.Toaccommodatethelargerfirmwareimagefile,youmusthaveiLO31.20or
laterinstalledtoupgradetoiLO31.50orlater.Upgradingfromearlierfirmwareversionsisnot
supported.
TodowngradefromiLO31.50orlatertoanearlierfirmwareversion,youmustdisableFIPS
Mode.Forinstructions,see“Usingencryption”(page58).
YoucanupdatetheiLOfirmwarebyusinganonlineorofflinemethod.Formoreinformation,see
“Updatingfirmwarebyusinganonlinemethod”(page25)or“Updatingfirmwarebyusingan
offlinemethod”(page26)
Updatingfirmwarebyusinganonlinemethod
Whenyouuseanonlinemethodtoupdatethefirmware,noserverrebootisrequired.Youcan
updatethefirmwareandresetiLOwithoutaffectingtheavailabilityoftheserverhostoperating
system.Theonlineupdatemethodcanbeperformedin-bandorout-of-band.
Performinganin-bandfirmwareupdate
WhenyouusethismethodtoupdatetheiLOfirmware,theiLOfirmwareissenttoiLOdirectly
fromtheserverhostoperatingsystem.TheHPProLiantChannelInterfaceDriverisrequiredfor
host-basediLOfirmwareupdates.Duringahost-basedfirmwareupdate,theiLOfirmwaredoes
notverifylogincredentialsoruserprivilegesbecausethehost-basedutilitiesrequirearootlogin
(LinuxandVMware)orAdministratorlogin(Windows).
Youcanusethefollowingin-bandfirmwareupdatemethods:
•iLOOnlineROMFlashComponent—UseanexecutablefiletoupdateiLOwhiletheserveris
operating.Theexecutablefilecontainstheinstallerandthefirmwarepackage.Youcan
downloadaniLOOnlineROMFlashComponentfromthefollowingHPwebsite:http://
www.hp.com/support/ilo3.
•HPONCFG—UsetheHPLights-OutOnlineConfigurationUtilitytoconfigureiLObyusingXML
scripts.DownloadtheiLOfirmwareimageandtheUpdate_Firmware.xmlsamplescript.
Editthesamplescriptwithyoursetupdetails,andthenrunthescript.
Samplescriptsareavailableathttp://www.hp.com/support/ilo3.Formoreinformationabout
scripting,seetheHPiLO3ScriptingandCommandLineGuide.
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							ForinstructionsaboutobtainingtheiLOfirmwareimage,see“ObtainingtheiLOfirmware
imagefile”(page26).
Performinganout-of-bandfirmwareupdate
WhenyouusethismethodtoupdatetheiLOfirmware,youuseanetworkconnectionto
communicatewithiLOdirectly.
Youcanusethefollowingout-of-bandfirmwareupdatemethods:
•iLOwebinterface—DownloadtheiLOOnlineROMFlashComponentandinstallitbyusing
theiLOwebinterface.Forinstructions,see“UpdatingtheiLOfirmwarebyusingabrowser”
(page27).
•HPQLOCFG—UsetheHPLights-OutConfigurationUtilitytoconfigureiLObyusingXMLscripts.
DownloadtheiLOfirmwareimageandtheUpdate_Firmware.xmlsamplescript.Editthe
samplescriptwithyoursetupdetails,andthenrunthescript.
Samplescriptsareavailableathttp://www.hp.com/support/ilo3.Formoreinformationabout
scripting,seetheHPiLO3ScriptingandCommandLineGuide.
ForinstructionsaboutobtainingtheiLOfirmwareimage,see“ObtainingtheiLOfirmware
imagefile”(page26).
•HPLOMIG(alsocalledHPDirectoriesSupportforManagementProcessors)—Downloadthe
HPDirectoriesSupportforManagementProcessorsexecutablefiletoaccessthedirectory
supportcomponents.Oneofthecomponents,HPLOMIG,canbeusedtodiscovermultiple
iLOprocessorsandupdatetheirfirmwareinonestep.Youdonotneedtousedirectory
integrationtotakeadvantageofthisfeature.Formoreinformation,see“Upgradingfirmware
onmanagementprocessors”(page200).
•SMASHCLP—AccessSMASHCLPthroughtheSSHport,andusestandardcommandstoview
firmwareinformationandupdatethefirmware.
FormoreinformationaboutSMASHCLP,seetheHPiLO3ScriptingandCommandLine
Guide.
NOTE:TheSMASHCLPmethodforupdatingfirmwareisnotsupportedforupgradingto
iLO31.50orlater.
Updatingfirmwarebyusinganofflinemethod
Whenyouuseanofflinemethodtoupdatethefirmware,youmustreboottheserverbyusingan
offlineutility.Examplesofofflinefirmwareupdatesincludethefollowing:
•HPServicePackforProLiant—UsetheHPServicePackforProLianttoinstallthefirmware
update.Formoreinformation,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/spp.
•WindowsorLinuxScriptingToolkit—UsetheScriptingToolkittoconfigureseveralsettings
withintheserverandupdatefirmware.Thismethodisusefulfordeployingtomultipleservers.
Forinstructions,seetheHPScriptingToolkitforLinuxUserGuideorHPScriptingToolkitfor
WindowsUserGuide.
ObtainingtheiLOfirmwareimagefile
The.binfilefromtheiLOOnlineROMFlashComponentisrequiredforsomeofthemethodsyou
canusetoupdatetheiLOfirmware.
TodownloadtheiLOOnlineROMFlashComponentfile,andthenextractthe.binfile:
1.NavigatetothetechnicalsupportpageontheHPwebsite:http://www.hp.com/support.
2.Selectacountryorregionandalanguage.
TheHPSupportpageopens.
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							3.ClicktheDrivers&Downloadslink.
4.Inthesearchbox,entertheservermodelthatyouareusing(forexample,DL360).
Alistofserversisdisplayed.
5.Clickthelinkforyourserver.
TheHPSupportCenterpagefortheserveropens.
6.Clickthelinkforyourserveroperatingsystem.
7.FollowtheonscreeninstructionstodownloadtheiLOOnlineROMFlashComponentfile.
8.Double-clickthedownloadedfile,andthenclicktheExtractbutton.
9.Selectalocationfortheextractedfiles,andthenclickOK.
Thefirmwareimageisafilesimilartoilo3_.bin,whererepresentsthe
firmwareversion.
UpdatingtheiLOfirmwarebyusingabrowser
YoucanupdatetheiLOfirmwarefromanynetworkclientbyusingasupportedbrowser.Foralist
ofsupportedbrowsers,see“UsingtheiLOwebinterface”(page92).
ToupdatetheiLOfirmware:
1.Obtainthefirmwareimagefile.Forinstructions,see“ObtainingtheiLOfirmwareimagefile”
(page26).
2.NavigatetotheAdministration→iLOFirmwarepage.
TheFirmwareUpdatepageopens,asshowninFigure8(page27).
Figure8FirmwareUpdatepage
3.ClickBrowse(InternetExplorerorFirefox)orChooseFile(Chrome),andthenspecifythe
locationofthefirmwareimagefileintheFilebox.
4.ClickUploadtostarttheupdateprocess.
ThefirmwareupdatewillnotstartifyounavigateawayfromtheFirmwareUpdatepage
beforetheuploadiscomplete.
TheiLOfirmwarereceives,validates,andthenflashesthefirmwareimage.Afterthefirmware
flashesandresets,iLOlogsyououtandthebrowserreconnects.
IMPORTANT:Donotinterruptafirmwareupdate.Ifafirmwareupdateisinterruptedorfails,
attemptitagainimmediately.DonotresetiLObeforereattemptingtheupdate.
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							5.Tostartworkingwiththeupdatedfirmware,clearyourbrowsercache,andthenlogintoiLO.
Ifanerroroccursduringafirmwareupdate,see“UnabletoupgradeiLOfirmware”(page228).
IfaniLOfirmwareupdateiscorruptedorcanceled,andiLOiscorrupted,see“iLOnetworkFailed
FlashRecovery”(page229).
Usinglanguagepacks
LanguagepacksenableyoutoeasilyswitchtheiLOwebinterfacefromEnglishtoasupported
languageofyourchoice.LanguagepackscurrentlyprovidetranslationsfortheiLOwebinterface,
.NETIRC,andJavaIRC.
Considerthefollowingwhenusinglanguagepacks:
•YoumusthavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegetoinstallalanguagepack.
•Youcaninstalloneadditionallanguagepackatatime.Uploadinganewlanguagepack
replacesthecurrentlyinstalledlanguagepack,regardlessofthelanguagepackversion.
•ThelanguagepackfirmwareisindependentoftheiLOfirmware.SettingiLOtothefactory
defaultsettingsdoesnotremoveaninstalledlanguagepack.
•TheJavaIRCand.NETIRCusethelanguageofthecurrentiLOsession.
•ForlocalizationsupportwiththeJavaIRConWindowssystems,youmustselectthecorrect
languageintheRegionalandLanguageOptionsControlPanel.
•ForlocalizationsupportwiththeJavaIRConLinuxsystems,makesurethatthefontsforthe
specifiedlanguageareinstalledandavailabletotheJRE.
•Ifaninstalledlanguagepackdoesnotincludethetranslationforatextstring,thetextis
displayedinEnglish.
•WhenyouupdatetheiLOfirmware,HPrecommendsdownloadingthelatestlanguagepack
toensurethatthelanguagepackcontentsmatchtheiLOwebinterface.
iLO3firmwareversion1.50orlaterrequiresversion1.50orlateroftheiLOlanguagepack.
•iLOusesthefollowingprocesstodeterminethelanguageofyoursession:
1.IfyoupreviouslyloggedintotheiLOwebinterfaceonthesamecomputerusingthesame
browser,andyouhavenotclearedthecookies,thelanguagesettingofthelastsession
withthatiLOprocessorisused.
2.Ifthereisnocookie,thecurrentbrowserlanguageisusedifitissupportedbyiLOand
therequiredlanguagepackisinstalled.ThesupportedlanguagesareEnglish(en),
Japanese(ja),andSimplifiedChinese(zh).
3.InternetExploreronly:Ifthebrowserlanguageisnotsupported,theOSlanguageisused
ifthelanguageissupportedbyiLO,andtherequiredlanguagepackisinstalled.
4.Ifthereisnocookie,andthebrowserorOSlanguageisnotsupported,iLOusesthe
configureddefaultlanguage.Formoreinformation,see“Configuringthedefaultlanguage
settings”(page30).
Installingalanguagepack
1.NavigatetotheiLOsoftwaredownloadwebsite:http://www.hp.com/support/ilo3.
2.Downloadthelanguagepacktoyourlocalcomputer.
3.NavigatetotheAdministration→AccessSettings→Languagepage,asshowninFigure9
(page29).
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							Figure9AccessSettings–Languagepage
4.ClickBrowse(InternetExplorerorFirefox)orChooseFile(Chrome)intheUploadLanguage
Packsection.
5.Selectthedownloadedlanguagepack,andthenclickOpen.
Thefollowingmessageappears:
Only one language pack is supported at a time. If a language pack
is already installed, it will be replaced with this upload. iLO will
automatically reboot after installing the new language pack. Are
you sure you want to install now?
6.ClickOKtocontinue.
Ifyouhaveapreviouslyinstalledlanguagepack,thislanguagepackwillreplaceit.
7.ClickUpload.
iLOwillautomaticallyrebootafterinstallingalanguagepack.Thiswillendyourbrowser
connectionwithiLO.
Waitatleast30secondsbeforeyouattempttore-establishaconnection.
Selectingalanguagepack
Afteryouhaveinstalledalanguagepack,youcanselectitinthefollowingways:
•Fromtheloginpage,asshowninFigure10(page30).
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							Figure10LoginpageLanguagemenu
•FromthetoolbarlocatedonthebottomrightsideoftheiLOwebinterface,asshownin
Figure11(page30).
Figure11ToolbarLanguagemenu
•FromtheAdministration→AccessSettings→Languagepage.Forinstructions,see“Configuring
thecurrentlanguagesettings”(page30).
Configuringthedefaultlanguagesettings
TosetthedefaultlanguagefortheusersofthisinstanceoftheiLOfirmware:
1.NavigatetotheAdministration→AccessSettings→Languagepage,asshowninFigure9
(page29).
2.SelectavalueintheDefaultLanguagemenu.
TheavailablelanguagesareEnglishandanyotherlanguageforwhichalanguagepackis
installed.
3.ClickApply.
Configuringthecurrentlanguagesettings
Tosetthecurrentlanguageofthisbrowsersession:
1.NavigatetotheAdministration→AccessSettings→Languagepage,asshowninFigure9
(page29).
2.SelectavalueintheCurrentLanguagemenu.
TheavailablelanguagesareEnglishandanyotherlanguageforwhichalanguagepackis
installed.
3.ClickApply.
Uninstallingalanguagepack
1.NavigatetotheAdministration→AccessSettings→Languagepage,asshowninFigure9
(page29).
2.ClicktheUninstallbuttonintheInstalledLanguagessection.
Thefollowingmessageappears:
Applying new settings requires an iLO reset. 
Would you like to apply the new settings and reset iLO now?
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