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ManagingtheiLOnetworksettings
iLOprovidesthefollowingoptionsfornetworkconnection:
•iLODedicatedNetworkPort—UsesanindependentNICthatisdedicatedtoiLOnetwork
trafficonly.Whensupported,thisportusesanRJ-45jack(labelediLO)onthebackofthe
server.
•SharedNetworkPortLOM—Usesapermanently-installedNICthatisbuiltintotheserver.This
NICnormallyhandlesservernetworktraffic,anditcanbeconfiguredtohandleiLOnetwork
trafficatthesametimeviaacommonRJ-45connector.
•SharedNetworkPortFlexibleLOM—UsesanoptionalNICthatplugsintoaspecialslotonthe
server.ThisNICnormallyhandlesservernetworktraffic,anditcanbeconfiguredtohandle
iLOnetworktrafficatthesametimeviaacommonRJ-45connector.
TovieworconfigurethenetworksettingsintheiLOwebinterface,selecttheactiveNICinthe
navigationtree(Network→iLODedicatedNetworkPortorNetwork→SharedNetworkPort),and
thenvieworeditthenetworksettingsonthefollowingpages:
•NetworkSummary—Formoreinformation,see“Viewingthenetworkconfigurationsummary”
(page92).
•NetworkGeneralSettings—Formoreinformation,see“Viewingthenetworkconfiguration
summary”(page92).
•IPv4Settings—Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringIPv4settings”(page97).
•IPv6Settings—Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringIPv6settings”(page99).
•SNTPSettings—Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringSNTPsettings”(page103).
Ifyouselecttheinactiveportoption,thefollowingmessageisdisplayedontheNetworkSummary
page:iLO is not configured to use this NIC.
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    							Viewingthenetworkconfigurationsummary
ToviewasummaryoftheconfigurediLOnetworksettings,selectNetwork→iLODedicatedNetwork
PortorNetwork→SharedNetworkPorttonavigatetotheNetworkSummarypage.
Thesummaryinformationfollows:
•NICinUse—ThenameoftheactiveiLOnetworkinterface(iLODedicatedNetworkPortor
SharedNetworkPort).
•iLOHostName—Thefully-qualifiednetworknameassignedtotheiLOsubsystem.Bydefault,
theiLOhostnameisILOfollowedbythesystemserialnumberandthecurrentdomainname.
ThisvalueisusedfortheiLOnetworknameandmustbeunique.
•MACAddress—TheMACaddressoftheselectediLOnetworkinterface.
•LinkState—ThecurrentlinkspeedoftheselectediLOnetworkinterface.Thedefaultvalueis
Auto-Negotiate.
•DuplexOption—ThecurrentlinkduplexsettingfortheselectediLOnetworkinterface.The
defaultvalueisAuto-Negotiate.
YoucanconfiguretheiLOhostnameandNICsettingsontheNetworkGeneralSettingspage.For
instructions,see“Configuringgeneralnetworksettings”(page93).
TheIPv4Summarysectiondisplaysthefollowinginformation:
•DHCPv4Status—IndicateswhetherDHCPisenabledforIPv4.
•Address—TheIPv4addresscurrentlyinuse.Ifthevalueis0.0.0.0,theIPv4addressisnot
configured.
•SubnetMask—ThesubnetmaskoftheIPv4addresscurrentlyinuse.Ifthevalueis0.0.0.0,
noaddressisconfigured.
•DefaultGateway—ThedefaultgatewayaddressinusefortheIPv4protocol.Ifthevalueis
0.0.0.0,thegatewayisnotconfigured.
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    							TheIPv6Summarysection(iLODedicatedNetworkPortonly)displaysthefollowinginformation:
•DHCPv6Status—IndicateswhetherDHCPisenabledforIPv6.Thefollowingvaluesarepossible:
Enabled—StatelessandStatefulDHCPv6areenabled.◦
◦Enabled(Stateless)—OnlyStatelessDHCPv6isenabled.
◦Disabled—DHCPv6isdisabled.
•IPv6StatelessAddressAuto-Configuration(SLAAC)—IndicateswhetherSLAACisenabledfor
IPv6.WhenSLAACisdisabled,theSLAAClink-localaddressforiLOisstillconfiguredbecause
itisrequired.
•Addresslist—ThistableshowsthecurrentlyconfiguredIPv6addressesforiLO.Itprovidesthe
followinginformation:
◦Source—IndicateswhethertheaddressisastaticorSLAACaddress.
◦IPv6—TheIPv6address.
◦PrefixLength—Theaddressprefixlength.
◦Status—Theaddressstatus:Active(theaddressisinusebyiLO),Pending(Duplicate
AddressDetectionisinprogressforthisaddress),orFailed(DuplicateAddressDetection
failedandtheaddressisnotinusebyiLO).
FormoreinformationaboutIPv6support,see“ConfiguringIPv6settings”(page99).
•DefaultGateway—ThedefaultIPv6gatewayaddressthatiscurrentlyinuse.ForIPv6,iLO
keepsalistofpossibledefaultgatewayaddresses.Theaddressesinthislistoriginatefrom
routeradvertisementmessagesandtheIPv6StaticDefaultGatewaysetting.
TheStaticDefaultGatewaysettingisconfiguredontheIPv6page.Formoreinformation,see
“ConfiguringIPv6settings”(page99).
Configuringgeneralnetworksettings
UsetheiLODedicatedNetworkPortorSharedNetworkPortNetworkGeneralSettingspageto
configuretheiLOHostnameandNICsettings.YoumusthavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilege
tomakechangesonthispage.
ConfiguringtheiLOHostnameSettings
WhenyouconfiguretheiLOHostnameSettings,notethefollowingiLOsubsystem-namelimitations:
•Nameservicelimitations—ThesubsystemnameisusedaspartoftheDNSname.
DNSallowsalphanumericcharactersandhyphens.◦
◦NameservicelimitationsalsoapplytotheDomainName.
•Namespaceissues—Toavoidtheseissues:
Donotusetheunderscorecharacter.◦
◦Limitsubsystemnamesto15characters.
◦VerifythatyoucanpingiLObyIPaddressandbyDNS/WINSname.
◦VerifythatNSLOOKUPresolvestheiLOnetworkaddresscorrectlyandthatnonamespace
conflictsexist.
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    							◦IfyouareusingbothDNSandWINS,verifythattheyresolvetheiLOnetworkaddress
correctly.
◦FlushtheDNSnameifyoumakeanynamespacechanges.
ToconfiguretheiLOHostnameSettings:
1.NavigatetotheNetwork→iLODedicatedNetworkPortorNetwork→SharedNetworkPort
page.
2.ClicktheGeneraltab.
3.EnterthefollowinginformationintheiLOHostnameSettingssection:
•iLOSubsystemName(HostName)—TheDNSnameoftheiLOsubsystem(forexample,
iloinsteadofilo.example.com).ThisnamecanbeusedonlyifDHCPandDNS
areconfiguredtoconnecttotheiLOsubsystemnameinsteadoftheIPaddress.
•DomainName—TheiLOdomainname.IfDHCPisnotused,enteradomainname.
IMPORTANT:WhentheiLODedicatedNetworkportisselected,youmustdisablethe
followingiLOsettingstouseastaticdomainname:UseDHCPv4SuppliedDomainName
andUseDHCPv6SuppliedDomainName.Forinformationaboutconfiguringthesesettings,
seethe“ConfiguringIPv4settings”(page97)and“ConfiguringIPv6settings”(page99).
WhentheiLOSharedNetworkportisselected,youmustdisablethefollowingiLOsetting
touseastaticdomainname:UseDHCPv4SuppliedDomainName.Forinformationabout
configuringthissetting,seethe“ConfiguringIPv4settings”(page97).
4.ClickSubmittosavethechanges.
5.IfyouarefinishedconfiguringtheiLOnetworksettingsontheGeneral,IPv4,IPv6,andSNTP
tabs,clickResettorestartiLO.
Itmighttakeseveralminutesbeforeyoucanre-establishaconnection.
UnderstandingtheiLOnetworkportconfigurationoptions
iLOprovidesthefollowingoptionsfornetworkconnection:
•iLODedicatedNetworkPort—UsesanindependentNICthatisdedicatedtoiLOnetwork
trafficonly.Whensupported,thisportusesanRJ-45jack(labelediLO)onthebackofthe
server.
•SharedNetworkPortLOM—Usesapermanently-installedNICthatisbuiltintotheserver.This
NICnormallyhandlesservernetworktraffic,anditcanbeconfiguredtohandleiLOnetwork
trafficatthesametimeviaacommonRJ-45connector.
•SharedNetworkPortFlexibleLOM—UsesanoptionalNICthatplugsintoaspecialslotonthe
server.ThisNICnormallyhandlesservernetworktraffic,anditcanbeconfiguredtohandle
iLOnetworktrafficatthesametimeviaacommonRJ-45connector.
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    							NOTE:ForinformationabouttheNICsyourserversupports,seetheserverQuickSpecsathttp://
www.hp.com/go/qs/.
WhenconfiguringtheiLOnetworkconnectionoptions,observethefollowing:
•OnlyoneoftheDedicatedNetworkPortorSharedNetworkPortoptionscanbeenabledat
atimebecauseiLOsupportsonlyoneactiveNICconnection.
•Bydefault,theiLOSharedNetworkPortusesport1ontheserverNIC.Dependingonthe
serverconfiguration,thisNICmightbeaLOMorFlexibleLOMadapter.Theportnumber
correspondstothelabelontheNIC,whichmightbedifferentfromthenumberinginthe
operatingsystem.iLO42.00andlaterallowsyoutoselectadifferentportifyourserverand
NICsupportportselection.Ifaportotherthanport1isselectedforSharedNetworkPortuse,
andthatconfigurationisnotsupportedbyyourserver,iLOwillswitchbacktoport1whenit
starts.
•AccesstoiLOviaIPv6isnotcurrentlysupportedwhentheSharedNetworkPortisenabled.
•OnserversthatdonothaveaniLODedicatedNetworkPort,thestandardhardware
configurationprovidesiLOnetworkconnectivityonlythroughtheiLOSharedNetworkPort
connection.Ontheseservers,theiLOfirmwaredefaultstotheSharedNetworkPort.
•Duetoserverauxiliary-powerbudgetlimitations,some1Gb/scoppernetworkadaptersused
foriLOSharedNetworkPortfunctionalitymightrunat10/100speedwhentheserveris
poweredoff.Toavoidthisissue,HPrecommendsconfiguringtheswitchthattheiLOShared
NetworkPortisconnectedtoforauto-negotiation.
IftheswitchportthatiLOisconnectedtoisconfiguredfor1Gb/s,pleasebeawarethatsome
copperiLOSharedNetworkPortadaptersmightloseconnectivitywhentheserverispowered
off.Connectivitywillreturnwhentheserverispoweredbackon.
•DisablingtheiLOSharedNetworkPortdoesnotcompletelydisablethesystemNIC—server
networktrafficcanstillpassthroughtheNICport.WhentheiLOSharedNetworkPortis
disabled,anytrafficgoingtoororiginatingfromiLOwillnotpassthroughtheSharedNetwork
Port.
•IftheSharedNetworkPortisenabled,youcannotmodifythelinkstateorduplexoptions.
WhenusingSharedNetworkPortconfigurations,thesesettingsmustbemanagedinthe
operatingsystem.
ConfiguringtheNICsettings
UsetheNICSettingssectionoftheNetworkGeneralSettingstabtoenabletheiLOSharedNetwork
PortortheiLODedicatedNetworkPort,andtoconfiguretheassociatedNICsettings.
YoucanalsoconfiguretheNICsettingsbyusingthefollowingmethods:
•iLORBSU(onserversthatsupportiLORBSU)—Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringiLOby
usingtheROM-basedutilities”(page133).
•iLO4ConfigurationUtility(onserversthatsupporttheHPUEFISystemUtilities)—Formore
information,see“ConfiguringiLObyusingtheROM-basedutilities”(page133).
•XMLscripting—Formoreinformation,seetheHPiLO4ScriptingandCommandLineGuide.
•SMASHCLP—Formoreinformation,seetheHPiLO4ScriptingandCommandLineGuide.
EnablingtheiLOSharedNetworkPortthroughtheiLOwebinterface
1.ConnecttheSharedNetworkPortLOMorFlexibleLOMporttoaLAN.
2.NavigatetotheNetwork→SharedNetworkPortpage.
3.ClicktheGeneraltab.
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    							4.SelecttheUseSharedNetworkPortcheckbox.
5.Dependingontheserverconfiguration,selectLOM,orFlexibleLOM.
6.SelectavaluefromthePortmenu.
IMPORTANT:Selectingaportnumberotherthan1worksonlyiftheconfigurationissupported
byboththeserverandthenetworkadapter.Ifyouenteraninvalidportnumber,port1is
used.
7.TouseaVLAN,selecttheEnableVLANcheckbox.
WhentheSharedNetworkPortisactiveandVLANisenabled,theiLOSharedNetworkPort
becomespartofaVLAN.AllnetworkdeviceswithdifferentVLANtagswillappeartobeon
separateLANs,eveniftheyarephysicallyconnectedtothesameLAN.
8.IfyouenabledVLAN,enteraVLANTag.Allnetworkdevicesthatyouwanttocommunicate
witheachothermusthavethesameVLANtag.TheVLANtagcanbeanynumberbetween
1and4094.
9.ClickSubmittosavethechanges.
10.IfyouarefinishedconfiguringtheiLOnetworksettingsontheGeneral,IPv4,IPv6,andSNTP
tabs,clickResettorestartiLO.
Itmighttakeseveralminutesbeforeyoucanre-establishaconnection.
AfteriLOresets,theSharedNetworkPortisactive.Anynetworktrafficgoingtoororiginating
fromiLOisdirectedthroughtheSharedNetworkPortLOMorFlexibleLOMport.
EnablingtheiLODedicatedNetworkPortthroughtheiLOwebinterface
1.ConnecttheiLODedicatedNetworkPorttoaLANfromwhichtheserverismanaged.
2.NavigatetotheNetwork→iLODedicatedNetworkPortpage.
3.ClicktheGeneraltab.
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    							4.SelecttheUseiLODedicatedNetworkPortcheckbox.
5.SelectaLinkState.
ThelinksettingcontrolsthespeedandduplexsettingsoftheiLOnetworktransceiver.
NOTE:Thissettingisnotavailableonserverblades.
Theavailablesettingsfollow:
•Automatic(default)—EnablesiLOtonegotiatethehighestsupportedlinkspeedandduplex
settingswhenconnectedtothenetwork
•1000BaseT,Full-duplex—Forcesa1Gbconnectionthatusesfullduplex(notsupported
forBLc-Classservers)
•1000BaseT,Half-duplex—Forcesa1Gbconnectionthatuseshalfduplex(notsupported
forBLc-Classservers)
1000BaseT,Half-duplexisnotastandardsetting,andfewswitchessupportit.Ifyouuse
thissetting,ensurethattheswitchisconfiguredtosupport1000BaseT,Half-duplex.
•100BaseT,Full-duplex—Forcesa100Mbconnectionusingfullduplex
•100BaseT,Half-duplex—Forcesa100Mbconnectionusinghalfduplex
•10BaseT,Full-duplex—Forcesa10Mbconnectionusingfullduplex
•10BaseT,Half-duplex—Forcesa10Mbconnectionusinghalfduplex
6.ClickSubmittosavethechanges.
7.IfyouarefinishedconfiguringtheiLOnetworksettingsontheGeneral,IPv4,IPv6,andSNTP
tabs,clickResettorestartiLO.
Itmighttakeseveralminutesbeforeyoucanre-establishaconnection.
ConfiguringIPv4settings
UsetheiLODedicatedNetworkPortorSharedNetworkPortIPv4SettingspagetoconfigureIPv4
settingsforiLO.YoumusthavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegetomakechangesonthispage.
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    							1.NavigatetotheNetwork→iLODedicatedNetworkPortorNetwork→SharedNetworkPort
page.
2.ClicktheIPv4tab.
3.Configurethefollowingsettings:
•EnableDHCPv4—EnablesiLOtoobtainitsIPaddress(andmanyothersettings)froma
DHCPserver.
◦UseDHCPv4SuppliedGateway—SpecifieswhetheriLOusestheDHCPserver-supplied
gateway.IfDHCPisnotused,enteragatewayaddressintheGatewayIPv4Address
box.
◦UseDHCPv4SuppliedStaticRoutes—SpecifieswhetheriLOusestheDHCP
server-suppliedstaticroutes.Ifnot,enterthestaticroutedestination,mask,and
gatewayaddressesintheStaticRoute#1,StaticRoute#2,andStaticRoute#3boxes.
◦UseDHCPv4SuppliedDomainName—SpecifieswhetheriLOusestheDHCP
server-supplieddomainname.IfDHCPisnotused,enteradomainnameinthe
DomainNameboxontheNetworkGeneralSettingspage.Formoreinformation,
see“Configuringgeneralnetworksettings”(page93).
◦UseDHCPv4SuppliedDNSServers—SpecifieswhetheriLOusestheDHCP
server-suppliedDNSserverlist.Ifnot,entertheDNSserveraddressesinthePrimary
DNSServer,SecondaryDNSServer,andTertiaryDNSServerboxes.
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    							◦UseDHCPv4SuppliedTimeSettings—SpecifieswhetheriLOusestheDHCPv4-supplied
NTPservicelocations.
◦UseDHCPv4SuppliedWINSServers—SpecifieswhetheriLOusestheDHCP
server-suppliedWINSserverlist.Ifnot,entertheWINSserveraddressesinthe
PrimaryWINSServerandSecondaryWINSServerboxes.
•IPv4Address—TheiLOIPaddress.IfDHCPisused,theiLOIPaddressissupplied
automatically.IfDHCPisnotused,enterastaticIPaddress.
•SubnetMask—ThesubnetmaskoftheiLOIPnetwork.IfDHCPisused,thesubnetmask
issuppliedautomatically.IfDHCPisnotused,enterasubnetmaskforthenetwork.
•GatewayIPv4Address—TheiLOgatewayIPaddress.IfDHCPisused,theiLOgateway
IPaddressissuppliedautomatically.IfDHCPisnotused,entertheiLOgatewayIPaddress.
•StaticRoute#1,StaticRoute#2,andStaticRoute#3—TheiLOstaticroutedestination,
mask,andgatewayaddresses.IfUseDHCPv4SuppliedStaticRoutesisused,thesevalues
aresuppliedautomatically.Ifnot,enterthestaticroutevalues.
•DNSserverinformation—Enterthefollowinginformation:
PrimaryDNSServer—IfUseDHCPv4SuppliedDNSServersisenabled,thisvalueis
suppliedautomatically.Ifnot,enterthePrimaryDNSServeraddress.
◦
◦SecondaryDNSServer—IfUseDHCPv4SuppliedDNSServersisenabled,thisvalue
issuppliedautomatically.Ifnot,entertheSecondaryDNSServeraddress.
◦TertiaryDNSServer—IfUseDHCPv4SuppliedDNSServersisenabled,thisvalueis
suppliedautomatically.Ifnot,entertheTertiaryDNSServeraddress.
◦EnableDDNSServerRegistration—Selectorclearthischeckboxtospecifywhether
iLOregistersitsIPv4addressandnamewithaDNSserver.
•WINSserverinformation—Enterthefollowinginformation:
PrimaryWINSServer—IfUseDHCPv4SuppliedWINSServersisenabled,thisvalue
issuppliedautomatically.Ifnot,enterthePrimaryWINSServeraddress.
◦
◦SecondaryWINSServer—IfUseDHCPv4SuppliedWINSServersisenabled,this
valueissuppliedautomatically.Ifnot,entertheSecondaryWINSServeraddress.
◦EnableWINSServerRegistration—SpecifieswhetheriLOregistersitsnamewitha
WINSserver.
•PingGatewayonStartup—CausesiLOtosendfourICMPechorequestpacketstothe
gatewaywheniLOinitializes.ThisensuresthattheARPcacheentryforiLOisup-to-date
ontherouterresponsibleforroutingpacketstoandfromiLO.
4.ClickSubmittosavethechangesyoumadeontheIPv4Settingspage.
5.IfyouarefinishedconfiguringtheiLOnetworksettingsontheGeneral,IPv4,IPv6,andSNTP
tabs,clickResettorestartiLO.
Itmighttakeseveralminutesbeforeyoucanre-establishaconnection.
ConfiguringIPv6settings
UsetheiLODedicatedNetworkPortIPv6SettingspagetoconfigureIPv6settingsforiLO.You
musthavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegetomakechangesonthispage.
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    							WhenusingIPv6,notethefollowing:
•IPv6isnotsupportedintheSharedNetworkPortconfiguration.
•IfyoudowngradetheiLOfirmwarefromversion1.30orlatertoversion1.2x,theIPv6settings
willberesettothedefaultvalues.
•ForalistoftheiLOfeaturesthatsupportIPv6,see“iLOfeaturesthatsupportIPv6”(page102).
ToconfiguretheIPv6settings:
1.NavigatetotheNetwork→iLODedicatedNetworkPortpage.
2.ClicktheIPv6tab.
3.Configurethefollowingsettings:
•iLOClientApplicationsuseIPv6first—WhenbothIPv4andIPv6serviceaddressesare
configuredforiLOclientapplications,thisoptionspecifieswhichprotocoliLOtriesfirst
whenaccessingaclientapplication.Thissettingalsoappliestolistsofaddressesreceived
fromthenameresolverwhenusingFQDNstoconfigureNTP.
◦SelectthischeckboxifyouwantiLOtouseIPv6first.
◦ClearthischeckboxifyouwantiLOtouseIPv4first.
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