HP Ilo 4 User Guide

•YoucanusetheWindowsEMSConsoleandtheiLORemoteConsoleatthesametime.
•TodisplaytheSAC>prompt,youmighthavetopressEnterafterconnectingthroughtheiLO
VirtualSerialPort.
ToconfigureWindowsforusewiththeiLOVirtualSerialPort:
1.Openacommandwindow.
2.Enterthefollowingcommandtoeditthebootconfigurationdata:
bcdedit /ems on
3.EnterthefollowingcommandtoconfiguretheEMSPORTandEMSBAUDRATEvalues:
bcdedit /emssettings EMSPORT:1 EMSBAUDRATE:115200
NOTE:EMSPORT:1isCOM1,andEMSPORT:2isCOM2.
Enterbcdedit /?forsyntaxhelp....

UsingtheText-basedRemoteConsole(Textcons)
YoucanaccesstheText-basedRemoteConsole(Textcons)usingalicensediLOsystemandSSH.
WhenyouuseSSH,thedatastream,includingauthenticationcredentials,isprotectedbythe
encryptionmethodthattheSSHclientandiLOuse.
NOTE:FormoreinformationaboutiLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/
go/ilo/licensing.
WhenyouusetheText-basedRemoteConsole,thepresentationofcolors,characters,andscreen
controlsdependsontheclientyouareusing,whichcanbeanystandardSSHclientcompatible...

arrows,stars,orcircles.SomeofthecharactersaremappedtoequivalentASCII
representations.Table7(page223)liststhesupportedequivalents.
Table7Characterequivalents
MappedequivalentDescriptionCharactervalue
Smalldot0x07
Sun0x0F
>Rightpointer0x10

•TheiLOVirtualMediafeaturesupportsISOimagesofupto8TB.However,themaximum
ISOimagefilesizealsodependsonotherfactorssuchasthesinglefilesizelimitforthefile
systemwheretheISOimageisstoredandtheSCSIcommandstheserverOSsupports.
•Inanoperatingsystem,aniLOVirtualFloppy/USBkeyorVirtualCD/DVD-ROMbehaveslike
anyotherdrive.WhenyouuseiLOforthefirsttime,thehostoperatingsystemmightprompt
youtocompleteaNewHardwareFoundwizard.
•Whenvirtualdevicesareconnected,theyareavailabletothehostserveruntilyoudisconnect...

•YoucanalsoaccesstheVirtualMediafeaturebyusingthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC,XML
configurationandcontrolscripts,ortheSMASHCLP.
•IftheVirtualFloppy/USBkeyorVirtualCD/DVD-ROMcapabilityisenabled,youcannot
typicallyaccessthefloppydriveorCD/DVD-ROMdrivefromtheclientoperatingsystem.
CAUTION:Topreventfileanddatacorruption,donottrytoaccessthelocalmediawhen
youareusingitasiLOVirtualMedia.
VirtualMediaoperatingsysteminformation
ThissectiondescribestheoperatingsystemrequirementstoconsiderwhenyouareusingtheiLO...

Tools→InternetOptions→Security,clearEnableProtectedMode,andthenclickApply.After
youdisableProtectedMode,closeallopenbrowserinstancesandrestartthebrowser.
•RedHatandSUSELinux—LinuxsupportstheuseofUSBdisketteandkeydrives.
Changingdiskettes
WhenyouareusingaVirtualFloppy/USBkeyonaclientmachinewithaphysicalUSBdiskdrive,
disk-changeoperationsarenotrecognized.Forexample,ifadirectorylistingisobtainedfroma
floppydisk,andthenthediskischanged,asubsequentdirectorylistingshowsthedirectorylisting...

Operatingsystemconsiderations:VirtualFolder
•BootprocessandDOSsessions—TheVirtualFolderdeviceappearsasastandardBIOSfloppy
drive(driveA).Ifaphysicallyattachedfloppydriveexists,itisunavailableatthistime.You
cannotuseaphysicallocalfloppydriveandtheVirtualFoldersimultaneously.
•Windows—AVirtualFolderappearsautomaticallyafterWindowsrecognizesthemounting
ofthevirtualUSBdevice.Youcanusethefolderthesamewaythatyouusealocallyattached
device.VirtualFoldersarenonbootable.AttemptingtobootfromtheVirtualFoldermight...

Viewingandejectinglocalmedia
WhenlocalVirtualMediaisconnected,thedetailsarelistedinthefollowingsections:
•VirtualFloppy/USBKey/VirtualFolderStatus
MediaInserted—TheVirtualMediatypethatisconnected.LocalMediaisdisplayedwhen
localmediaisconnected.
◦
◦Connected—IndicateswhetheraVirtualMediadeviceisconnected.
•VirtualCD/DVD-ROMStatus
MediaInserted—TheVirtualMediatypethatisconnected.LocalMediaisdisplayedwhen
localmediaisconnected.
◦
◦Connected—IndicateswhetheraVirtualMediadeviceisconnected....

NOTE:ForserverbladeswithoutaniLOlicensethatgrantsfullVirtualMediaprivileges,you
cannotusetheForceEjectMediaoptionwithavirtualmediaimagethatwasmountedviaURL.In
thiscase,theconnectionismostlikelytheHPBladeSystemOnboardAdministratorDVDDrive.
ThisconnectionmustbedisconnectedthroughtheOnboardAdministrator.AniLOresetwillalso
closetheconnection.
UsingiLOVirtualMediafromtheRemoteConsole
YoucanaccessVirtualMediaonahostserverbyusingthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC,theiLOweb...

CreatinganiLOdiskimagefile
TheiLOCreateMediaImagefeatureenablesyoutocreatediskimagefilesfromdatainafileor
onaphysicaldisk.
TocreateanISO-9660diskimagefile(.imgor.iso):
1.StarttheJavaIRC.
2.SelectVirtualDrives→CreateDiskImage.
TheCreateMediaImagedialogboxopens.
3.VerifythattheDisk>>Imagebuttonisdisplayed.IfthebuttonlabelisImage>>Disk,clickthe
buttontochangeittoDisk>>Image.
4.Dooneofthefollowing:
•Ifyouwilluseafile,selecttheMediaFileoption,andthenclickBrowseandnavigateto
thefileyouwanttouse....