HP Ilo 4 User Guide
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Changingthepowerstateforagroupofservers TheVirtualPowerButtonsectionontheGroupPowerpagedisplaysasummaryofthecurrent powerstateofthegroupedservers,includingthetotalnumberofserversthatareintheON,OFF, orResetstate.TheSystemPowersummaryindicatesthestateoftheserverpowerwhenthepage isfirstopened.UsethebrowserrefreshfeaturetoupdatetheSystemPowerinformation. Tochangethepowerstateforagroupofservers: 1.NavigatetotheiLOFederation→GroupPowerpage. 2.SelectagroupfromtheSelectedGroupmenu....
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◦Reset—Forcestheserversintheselectedgrouptowarm-boot:CPUsandI/Oresources arereset.Usingthisoptioncircumventsagracefuloperatingsystemshutdown. ◦ColdBoot—Immediatelyremovespowerfromtheserversintheselectedgroup. Processors,memory,andI/Oresourceslosemainpower.Theserverswillrestart afterapproximately6seconds.Usingthisoptioncircumventsagracefuloperating systemshutdown. •TochangethepowerstateforserversthatareintheOFFstate,clicktheMomentaryPress buttonontherightsideofthepage....
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•Whenagrouppowercapisset,youmightseeanunexpectedsession(withtheIPaddress 127.0.0.1)intheActiveSessionslistontheiLOOverviewpageandintheiLOEventLog. ThistemporarysessioniscreatedbytheAutomaticGroupPowerCappingfeaturewhenit obtainsthedatathatisrequiredtomaintainthepowercap.Youcanignorethissession.It willberemovedfromtheActiveSessionslistwithinaminute. •AlicenseisrequiredifyouwanttomakechangesontheGroupPowerSettingspage.For moreinformationaboutiLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/...
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ConfiguringAutomaticGroupPowerCappingsettings 1.NavigatetotheiLOFederation→GroupPowerSettingspage. 2.SelectagroupfromtheSelectedGroupmenu. Allofthesystemsintheselectedgroupwillbeaffectedbythechangesyoumakeonthispage. 3.SelecttheEnablepowercappingcheckbox. 4.EnterthePowerCapValueinwatts,BTU/hr,orasapercentage. Thepercentageisthedifferencebetweenthemaximumandminimumpowervalues.The powercapvaluecannotbesetbelowtheserverminimumpowervalue....
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•Updatethefirmware.Thefollowingfirmwaretypesaresupported: iLOfirmware◦ ◦HPProLiantSystemROM(BIOS) ◦SLChassisFirmware(PowerManagement) ◦PowerManagementController ◦SystemProgrammableLogicDevice(CPLD) •Viewthelistofserversthatwillbeaffectedbyafirmwareupdate.Formoreinformation,see “ViewingserversaffectedbyaGroupFirmwareUpdate”(page198). ObtainingtheiLOfirmwareimagefile The.binfilefromtheiLOOnlineROMFlashComponentisrequiredforupdatingtheiLOfirmware ontheGroupFirmwareUpdatepage....
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8.Selectalocationfortheextractedfiles,andthenclickOK. •WhenyouupdatethesystemROM,youmustuseasignedimageorthesignedROMPAQ image: ◦Signedimageexample: http:////P79_1.00_10_25_2013.signed.flash ◦SignedROMPAQimageexample: http:////CPQPJ0612.A48 •ThePowerManagementControllerandSLChassisManagerfirmwarefilesusethefile extension.hex.Forexample,thefilenamemightbesimilartoABCD5S95.hex. •TheSystemProgrammableLogicDevice(CPLD)firmwarefileusesthefileextension.vme. Updatingthefirmwareformultipleservers...
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6.IntheFirmwareUpdatesection,entertheURLtothefirmwarefileonyourwebserver,and thenclicktheUpdateFirmwarebutton. Eachselectedsystemdownloadsthefirmwareimageandattemptstoflashit. TheFlashStatussectionisupdatedandamessagesimilartothefollowingappears: Flashing Firmware Image, please wait... Thismessageandthe%Completevalueapplytoalloftheaffectedsystems. Whentheupdateiscomplete,theFirmwareInformationsectionisupdated. Ifafirmwareimageisnotvalidforasystemorhasabad/missingsignature,iLOrejectsthe...
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ViewingserversaffectedbyaGroupFirmwareUpdate TheAffectedSystemstableprovidesthefollowingdetailsabouttheserversthatwillbeaffectedby afirmwareupdate: •ServerName—Theservernamedefinedbythehostoperatingsystem. •SystemROM—TheinstalledHPProLiantSystemROM. •iLOFirmwareVersion—TheinstallediLOfirmwareversion. •iLOHostname—ThefullyqualifiednetworknameassignedtotheiLOsubsystem.Clickthelink intheiLOHostnamecolumntoopentheiLOwebinterfacefortheserver....
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3.Optional:Tofilterthelistofservers,clickalicensetypeorstatuslinkintheLicenseInformation section. Thefollowinginformationisdisplayedfortheserversintheselectedgroupthatmeetthefilter criteria(iffiltersareused): •Type—Thenumberofserverswitheachlistedlicensetype.Thepercentageofthetotal numberofserverswitheachlistedlicensetypeisalsodisplayed. FormoreinformationaboutiLOlicensetypes,seethefollowingwebsite:http:// www.hp.com/go/ilo/licensing....
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Viewingserversaffectedbyalicenseinstallation TheAffectedSystemssectionprovidesthefollowingdetailsabouttheserversthatwillbeaffected whenyouinstallalicensekey. Thefollowinginformationisdisplayed: •ServerName—Theservernamedefinedbythehostoperatingsystem. •License—Theinstalledlicensetype. •iLOFirmwareVersion—TheinstallediLOfirmwareversion. •iLOHostname—ThefullyqualifiednetworknameassignedtotheiLOsubsystem.Clickthelink intheiLOHostnamecolumntoopentheiLOwebinterfacefortheserver....