HP Ilo 4 User Guide
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6.Definetheusercontexts. TheusercontextsdefinewheretheuserswhowilllogintoiLOarelocatedintheLDAPstructure. YoucanentertheorganizationalunitDNorclickBrowsetoselectusercontexts. 7.ClickConfigure,andthenclickDonewhenbuttonisavailable. HPDirectoriesSupportforProLiantManagementProcessorsutility301
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Configuringdirectorieswhenschema-freeintegrationisselected TheboxesontheConfigureManagementProcessorswindowfollow: •NetworkAddress—Thenetworkaddressofthedirectoryserver,whichcanbeavalidDNS nameorIPaddress. •LoginNameandPassword—Entertheloginnameandpasswordforanaccountthathas domainadministratoraccesstothedirectory. •SecurityGroupDistinguishedName—TheDNofthegroupinthedirectorythatcontainsaset ofiLOuserswithacommonsetofprivileges.Ifthedirectoryname,loginname,andpassword...
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Usercontextsenabletheusertouseshortnamesoruserobjectnamestologin,ratherthanthe fullDN.Forexample,havingausercontextsuchasCN=Users,DC=iLOTEST2,DC=HPenables userElizabethBennetttologinusingElizabeth BennettratherthanCN=Elizabeth Bennett,CN=Users, DC=iLOTEST2,[email protected], @iLOTEST2.HPinacontextboxenablestheusertologinusingebennett(assumingthat ebennettistheusershortname). Toconfigurethemanagementprocessorstocommunicatewiththedirectory: 1.Entertheusercontexts,orclickBrowse....
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7Troubleshooting ThischapterprovidestroubleshootingsolutionsforHPiLO. Kerneldebugging UsetheWindowsWindbgkerneldebuggerfromalocaltestsystem(usuallyalaptop)forahost serverthatyouwanttodebug.ThismethodusestheiLOVirtualSerialPortfeature. NOTE:YoumusthavePuTTYinstalledonyourtestsystem.YoucandownloadPuTTYfromhttp:// www.putty.org/. 1.UsingtheiLOwebinterfaceonthehostserverwithkernelissues,navigatetothe Administration→AccessSettingspageandconfiguretheSerialCommandLineInterfaceSpeed setting....
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12.Whenyouarefinisheddebuggingthehostserver,usePuTTYtoconnecttotheCLIandturn offthedebugsockettotheVirtualSerialPort.Then,enterthefollowingcommand: windbg_disable NOTE:YoucandisconnectandreconnecttheWindowsdebuggeraslongasyoukeepthe iLOdebugsocketenabled. Generalinformation UsingtheHPProLiantPre-bootHealthSummary IfanHPProLiantGen9serverwillnotstartup,youcanuseiLOtodisplaydiagnosticinformation onanexternalmonitor.Thisfeatureissupportedonserversthatsupportexternalvideoandhave...
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2.Dooneofthefollowing: •PresstheUIDbuttonontheserver. CAUTION:Tousethisfeature,pressandreleasetheUIDbutton.Holdingitdownat anytimeformorethan5secondsinitiatesagracefuliLOrebootorahardwareiLO reboot.DatalossorNVRAMcorruptionmightoccurduringahardwareiLOreboot. •LogintotheiLOwebinterface,andchangetheUIDstatetoUIDON. YoucandothisbyclickingtheUIDiconatthebottomrightcornerofanyiLOwebinterface window. •PluginanSUVconnector. TheHPProLiantPre-bootHealthSummaryscreenisdisplayedontheservermonitor,and...
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•EmbeddedSmartArrayversionnumber—ThisvalueisdisplayedonlyifserverPOSThas successfullycompletedsincethelastauxiliarypowercycle. •Criticalevents—ThemostrecentCriticaleventsfromtheIMLaredisplayed,withthemostrecent eventdisplayedfirst. CookiesharingbetweenbrowserinstancesandiLO iLOusesbrowsersessioncookiestodistinguishbetweenindividuallogins—eachbrowserwindow appearsasaseparateuserlogin—whilesharingthesameactivesessionwithiLO.Multiplelogins...
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•IfUser2logsoutandthenlogsbackinasUser3,User1assumestheUser3session. •IfUser1isatlogin,andUser2isloggedin,User1canaltertheURLtoredirecttotheindex page.ItappearsasifUser1hasaccessediLOwithoutloggingin. Thesebehaviorscontinueaslongastheduplicatewindowsareopen.Allactivitiesareattributed tothesameuser,usingthelastsessioncookieset. Displayingthecurrentsessioncookie Afterloggingin,youcanforcethebrowsertodisplaythecurrentsessioncookiebyenteringthe followingintheURLnavigationbar:...
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Rebooting(Resetting)iLO Insomecases,itmightbenecessarytorebootiLO;forexample,ifiLOisnotrespondingtothe browser. RebootingiLOdoesnotmakeanyconfigurationchanges,butendsallactiveconnectionstoiLO. IMPORTANT:TheiLOwebinterfaceandtheROM-basedsetuputilitiessometimesusestheterm iLOresettomeananiLOreboot. TorebootiLO,useoneofthefollowingmethods: •ClickResetontheInformation→DiagnosticspageintheiLOwebinterface.Formore information,see“UsingiLOdiagnostics”(page180)....
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5.SelectYES,andthenpressEnter. TheiLO4ConfigurationUtilitypromptsyoutoconfirmtheresetrequest. WhenyouresetiLO,theiLO4ConfigurationUtilityisnotavailableagainuntilthenextreboot. 6.PressEnter. iLOresets.IfyouaremanagingiLOremotely,theremoteconsolesessionisautomatically ended. 310Troubleshooting