HP Ilo 4 User Guide

1.NavigatetotheiLOFederation→GroupConfigurationpage.
2.SelectagroupfromtheSelectedGroupmenu.
Allofthesystemsintheselectedgroupwillbeaffectedbythechangesyoumakeonthispage.
3.Enterthefollowinginformation:
•GroupName—Thegroupname,whichcanbe1to31characterslong.
•GroupKey—Thegrouppassword,whichcanbe3to39characterslong.
•GroupKeyConfirm—Confirmthegrouppassword.
4.Selectfromthefollowingpermissions:
•AdministerUserAccounts
•RemoteConsoleAccess
•VirtualPowerandReset
•VirtualMedia
•ConfigureiLOSettings...

Thepermissionsgrantedtothegroupbyeachgroupmembercontrolthetasksthatusersof
otheriLOsystemsinthegroupcanperformonthem.
Foradescriptionofthesepermissions,see“ViewingiLOFederationgroupmemberships”
(page54).
5.Optional:EntertheLoginNameandPasswordforauseraccountontheremotesystem(s)you
wanttomanage.
ThisisrequiredifthelocaliLOsystemdoesnothavepermissiontoconfiguregroupsfora
remotesystem.
TIP:Ifyouneedtoentercredentialsformultipleremotesystems,createauseraccountwith
thesameloginnameandpasswordoneachsystem....

thesamefunctionalityandrequirementsasthe.NETIRCapplicationthatislaunchedfromthe
iLOwebinterface.DownloadHPLOCONSfromtheHPwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/ilo.
•iLOMobileApplicationforiOSandAndroiddevices—ProvidesIntegratedRemoteConsole
accessfromyoursupportedmobilephoneortablet.Formoreinformation,seehttp://
www.hp.com/go/ilo/mobileapp.
Foralistofsupportedbrowsers,seethe“Browsersupport”(page146).
.NETIRCrequirements
Thissectionliststherequirementsforusingthe.NETIRC.
Microsoft.NETFramework...

ToviewtheJavarequirementsortodownloadtheJavasoftware,navigatetotheRemote
Console→Javapage,andthenclicktheJavatab.
ClicktheDownloadbuttontonavigatetothefollowingwebsiteanddownloadtheJavasoftware:
http://www.java.com/en/.
Recommendedclientsettings
Ideally,theremoteserverdisplayresolutionisthesameorlowerthanthatoftheclientcomputer.
Higherresolutionstransmitmoreinformation,reducingtheoverallperformance.
Usethefollowingclientandbrowsersettingstooptimizeperformance:
•Displayproperties...

WhenyouusetheRemoteConsole,notethefollowing:
•TheJavaIRCisasignedJavaapplet.IfyoudonotaccepttheJavaIRCappletcertificate,the
JavaIRCwillnotwork.IfyoudidnotacceptthecertificateandyouwanttousetheJavaIRC:
1.ClicktheClearbuttonintheJavaConsolewindow.
2.ClicktheClosebuttontoclosetheJavaConsolewindow.
3.ResetiLO.
Forinstructions,see“UsingiLOdiagnostics”(page180).
4.Clearthebrowsercache.
5.Closethebrowserandopenanewbrowserwindow.
6.LogintoiLO,starttheJavaIRC,andthenacceptthecertificate....

1.NavigatetotheRemoteConsole→RemoteConsolepage.
2.Verifythatyoursystemmeetstherequirementsforusingthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
3.ClicktheLaunchbuttonfortheRemoteConsolethatyouwanttouse.
IfyouattempttoopentheRemoteConsolewhileitisinuse,awarningmessageindicates
thatanotheruserisusingit.ToviewtheRemoteConsolesessionthatisinprogress,follow
theinstructionsin“UsingSharedRemoteConsole(.NETIRConly)”(page207).Totakecontrol
ofthesession,followtheinstructionsin“AcquiringtheRemoteConsole”(page206)....

3.ClicktheAcquirebutton.
TheotheruserispromptedtoapproveordenypermissiontoacquiretheRemoteConsole.
Ifthereisnoresponsein10seconds,permissionisgranted.
UsingtheRemoteConsolepowerswitch
Tousethepowerswitch,selectoneofthefollowingoptionsfromtheRemoteConsolePowerSwitch
menu:
•MomentaryPress—Thesameaspressingthephysicalpowerbutton.Ifaserverispowered
off,amomentarypresswillturntheserverpoweron.
Someoperatingsystemsmightbeconfiguredtoinitiateagracefulshutdownafteramomentary...

Thesessionleadercangrantordenyaccess.Ifthereisnoresponse,permissionisdenied
automatically.
SharedRemoteConsoledoesnotsupportpassingthesessionleaderdesignationtoanotheruser,
orreconnectingauserafterafailure.YoumustrestarttheRemoteConsolesessiontoallowuser
accessafterafailure.
DuringaSharedRemoteConsolesession,thesessionleaderhasaccesstoallRemoteConsole
features,whereasallotheruserscanaccessonlythekeyboardandmouse.Satelliteclientscannot
controlVirtualPowerorVirtualMedia....

•TheServerStartupfilestartscapturingwhenserverstartupisdetected,andstopswhenitruns
outofspace.Thisfileisoverwritteneachtimetheserverstarts.
•TheServerPrefailurefilestartscapturingwhentheServerStartupfileisfull,andstopswhen
iLOdetectsanASRevent.TheServerPrefailurefileislockedwheniLOdetectsanASRevent.
Thefileisunlockedandcanbeoverwrittenafteritisdownloadedthroughthe.NETIRC.
•TheConsoleCapturecontrolbuttonsarelocatedonthebottomofthe.NETIRCsessionwindow.
Thefollowingplaybackcontrolsareavailable:...

Capturingvideofiles
YoucanuseConsoleCapturetomanuallycapturevideofilesofsequencesotherthanServerStartup
andServerPrefailure.
1.Startthe.NETIRC.
2.ClicktheRecordbutton.
3.TheSaveVideodialogboxopens.
4.Enterafilenameandsavelocation,andthenclickSave.
5.Whenyouarefinishedrecording,presstheRecordbuttonagaintostoprecording.
Viewingsavedvideofiles
1.Startthe.NETIRC.
2.PressthePlaybutton.
ThePlaybackSourcedialogboxopens.
3.ClickthemagnifyingglassiconnexttotheFromFilebox.
4.Navigatetoavideofile,andthenclickOpen....