HP Ilo 4 User Guide
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Ifcommunicationfailsusingthefirstprotocol,iLOautomaticallytriesthesecondprotocol. •EnableStatelessAddressAutoConfiguration(SLAAC)—Selectthischeckboxtoenable iLOtocreateIPv6addressesforitselffromrouteradvertisementmessages. NOTE:iLOwillcreateitsownlink-localaddressevenwhenthisoptionisnotselected. •EnableDHCPv6inStatefulMode(Address)—SelectthischeckboxtoallowiLOtorequest andconfigureIPv6addressesprovidedbyaDHCPv6server. ◦UseDHCPv6RapidCommit—SelectthischeckboxtoinstructiLOtousetheRapid...
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iLOfeaturesthatsupportIPv6 IPv6issupportedbyiLO41.20andlaterintheiLODedicatedNetworkPortconfiguration.Itis notsupportedwiththeSharedNetworkPortconfiguration.TheIPv6protocolwasintroducedby theIETFinresponsetotheongoingdepletionoftheIPv4addresspool.InIPv6,addressesare increasedto128bitsinlength,toavoidanaddressshortageproblem.iLOsupportsthesimultaneous useofbothprotocolsthroughadual-stackimplementation.AllpreviouslyavailableiLOfeatures arestillsupportedinIPv4. ThefollowingfeaturessupporttheuseofIPv6:...
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ConfiguringSNTPsettings SNTPallowsiLOtosynchronizeitsclockwithanexternaltimesource.ConfiguringSNTPisoptional becausetheiLOdateandtimecanalsobesynchronizedfromthefollowingsources: •SystemROM(duringPOSTonly) •InsightManagementAgents(intheOS) •OnboardAdministratorserverbladesonly) TouseiLOSNTP,youmusthaveatleastoneNTPserveravailableonyourmanagementnetwork. PrimaryandsecondaryNTPserveraddressescanbeconfiguredmanuallyorviaDHCPservers....
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IfaDHCPv6addressisnotavailablefortheprimaryorsecondaryaddress,aDHCPv4 address(ifavailable)isused. •EnterNTPserveraddressesinthePrimaryTimeServerandSecondaryTimeServerboxes. YoucanentertheserveraddressesbyusingtheserverFQDN,IPv4address,orIPv6 address. 4.IfyouselectedonlyUseDHCPv6SuppliedTimeSettings,orifyouenteredaprimaryand secondarytimeserver,selecttheservertimezonefromtheTimeZonelist. ThissettingdetermineshowiLOadjustsUTCtimetoobtainthelocaltime,andhowitadjusts...
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AtiLOstartup,wheniLONICauto-selectionisenabled: •IfiLOwasjustconnectedtopower,itteststheiLODedicatedNetworkPortfirst. •IfiLOwasjustreset,itteststhelastusediLOnetworkportfirst. •Whentestinganetworkport,ifiLOdetectsnetworkactivity,thenthatportisselectedforuse.If networkactivityisnotfoundafterapproximately100seconds,iLOswitchestotheopposite networkportandbeginstestingthere.iLOalternatestestingbetweentheiLODedicated NetworkPortandtheiLOSharedNetworkPortuntilnetworkactivityisdetected.AniLOreset...
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•ToviewthepropertiesofaniLOsystem,right-clicktheiconintheWindowsNetworkfolder, andthenselectProperties. ThePropertieswindowincludesthefollowing: ◦DeviceDetails—iLOsoftwaremanufacturerandversioninformation.ClicktheDevice webloglinktostarttheiLOwebinterface. ◦TroubleshootingInformation—TheiLOserialnumber,MACaddress,UUID,andIPaddress. ConfiguringiLOManagementsettings WithiLO3andearlier,SNMPmanagementusedtheHPInsightManagementAgentsrunningon...
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Table2InformationprovidedbyAgentlessManagementandInsightManagementAgents InsightManagementAgents1AgentlessManagementwith AMS1AgentlessManagementwithout AMS1Component Serverhealth•Fans•Fans•Fans •••TemperaturesTemperaturesTemperatures •••PowersuppliesPowersuppliesPowersupplies •••MemoryMemoryMemory •••CPUCPUCPU ••Gen9only:SmartStorage batterymonitoring Gen9only:SmartStorage batterymonitoring Storage•SmartArray•SmartArray•SmartArray •••SMARTDriveMonitoring (connectedtoSmartArray)...
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WhenyouareusingAgentlessManagementandAMS,notethefollowing: •ToverifyAMSinstallation,see“VerifyingtheAMSinstallation”(page108). •HPdoesnotrecommendinstallingAMSatthesametimeastheInsightManagementAgents andWMIProviders. •IfyoumustrunAMSwiththeInsightManagementAgentsonLinuxsystems,startthehp-ams daemonprocessfirst,andthendecreasethenumberoftraditionalagents(forexample, cmasm2d)runningonthesystem.FormoreinformationaboutAMSonLinuxsystems,seethe manpageforhpHelper,theAMSdaemonprocess....
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VerifyingAMSinstallation:Windows ToverifythatAMSisenabledonaWindowssystem: 1.OpentheWindowsControlPanel. IftheAgentlessManagementServiceControlPanelispresent,thenAMSisinstalled. 2.OpentheAgentlessManagementServiceControlPanel. 3.ClicktheServicetab. IfAMSisenabled,thefollowingmessageappears: Agentless Management Service (AMS) is enabled. VerifyingAMSinstallation:SUSEandRedHat ToverifythatAMSisinstalledonaSUSEorRedHatsystem,enterthefollowingcommand: rpm –qi hp-ams...
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3.SelecttheSNMPsetting: •AgentlessManagement(default)—UseSNMPagentsrunningoniLOtomanagetheserver. SNMPrequestssentbytheclienttoiLOoverthenetworkarefulfilledbyiLO.Thissetting doesnotaffectalerts. •SNMPPass-thru—UseSNMPagentsrunningonthehostoperatingsystemtomanagethe server.SNMPrequestssentbytheclienttoiLOoverthenetworkarepassedtothehost operatingsystem.TheresponsesarethenpassedtoiLOandreturnedtotheclientover thenetwork.Thissettingdoesnotaffectalerts. 4.Enterthefollowinginformation:...