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    							3.ClickOK.
Thefollowingmessageappears:
Service Event Log has been cleared.
ViewingandsendingRemoteSupportdatacollectioninformation
UsetheRemoteSupport→DataCollectionspagetoviewinformationaboutthedatathatissentto
HPwhenaserverisregisteredforRemoteSupport.Youcanalsosenddatacollectioninformation
manuallyfromthispage.
Sendingdatacollectioninformation
DependingonwhetheryouuseInsightOnlinedirectconnectorInsightRemoteSupportcentral
connect,iLOortheInsightRSHostingDevicesendsserverconfigurationinformationtoHPfor
analysisandproactiveservicesinaccordancewithyourwarrantyandserviceagreements.
•ForInsightOnlinedirectconnect,thisdataistransmittedevery30days.Youcannoteditor
deletethedatacollectionschedule.
•ForInsightRemoteSupportcentralconnect,thedatatransmissionfrequencyisconfiguredin
theInsightRSConsoleontheInsightRSHostingDevice.Forinformationaboutconfiguring
thedatacollectionschedule,seetheInsightRSonlinehelp.
TheDataCollectionInformationsectionoftheRemoteSupport→DataCollectionspagedisplays
thefollowinginformation:
•LastDataCollectionTransmission—Thedateandtimeofthelastdatacollection.
•LastDataCollectionTransmissionStatus—Thestatusofthelastdatatransmission.
•DataCollectionFrequency(days)(InsightOnlinedirectconnectonly)—Thefrequency(indays)
atwhichdataissenttoHP.
•NextDataCollectionScheduled(InsightOnlinedirectconnectonly)—Thenextdateandtime
whendatawillbesenttoHP.
UserswiththeConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegecansenddatacollectioninformationtoHPatany
time.
Tosenddatacollectioninformationimmediately:
1.NavigatetotheRemoteSupport→DataCollectionspage.
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    							2.ClickSendDataCollection.
Thefollowingmessageappears:
Are you sure you want to send a Data Collection?
3.ClickOK.
Thefollowingmessagesappear:
Data Collection Transmission initiated.
Data Collection Transmission in progress.
Whenthetransmissioniscompleted,theLastDataCollectionTransmissionandLastData
CollectionTransmissionStatusareupdated.Thedateandtimearebasedontheconfigured
iLOtimezone.
SendingActiveHealthSystemreportinginformation
DependingonwhetheryouuseInsightOnlinedirectconnectorInsightRemoteSupportcentral
connect,iLOortheInsightRSHostingDevicesendsinformationabouttheserver’shealth,
configuration,andrun-timetelemetrytoHP.Thisinformationisusedfortroubleshootingissuesand
closed-loopqualityanalysis.
•ForInsightOnlinedirectconnectconfigurations,thisdataistransmittedevery7days.You
cannoteditordeletethedatacollectionschedule.
•ForInsightRemoteSupportcentralconnectconfigurations,thisdataistransmittedevery7
days.YoucanchangethedayoftheweekfordatacollectiontransmissionfromtheInsight
RSConsole.Forinformationaboutconfiguringthedatacollectionschedule,seetheInsight
RSonlinehelp.
TheActiveHealthSystemReportingInformationsectionontheRemoteSupport→DataCollections
pagedisplaysthefollowinginformation:
•LastActiveHealthSystemReportingTransmission—ThedateandtimeofthelastActiveHealth
Systemreport.
•LastActiveHealthSystemReportingTransmissionStatus—Thestatusofthelastdata
transmission.
•ActiveHealthSystemReportingFrequency(days)(InsightOnlinedirectconnectonly)—The
frequency(indays)atwhichActiveHealthSystemdataissenttoHP.
•NextActiveHealthSystemReportingScheduled(InsightOnlinedirectconnectonly)—Thenext
dateandtimewhenActiveHealthSystemdatawillbesenttoHP.
UserswiththeConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegecansendActiveHealthSysteminformationtoHP
atanytime.
TosendActiveHealthSysteminformationimmediately:
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    							1.NavigatetotheRemoteSupport→DataCollectionspage.
2.ClickSendActiveHealthSystemReport.
Thefollowingmessageappears:
Are you sure you want to send an Active Health System report?
3.ClickOK.
Thefollowingmessagesappear:
Active Health System Transmission initiated.
Active Health System Transmission in progress.
ThecollecteddataincludesActiveHealthSysteminformationfromthelast7days.
Whenthetransmissioniscompleted,theLastActiveHealthSystemReportingTransmission
andLastActiveHealthSystemReportingTransmissionStatusareupdated.Thedateandtime
arebasedontheconfigurediLOtimezone.
NOTE:YoucanalsodownloadActiveHealthSysteminformationmanuallyandsendittoHP.
Forinstructions,see“UsingtheHPActiveHealthSystem”(page177).
ConfiguringiLObyusingtheROM-basedutilities
YoucanuseROM-basedutilitiestoconfigureiLO.TheROM-basedutilityembeddedinthesystem
ROMofyourHPProLiantserverdependsonyourservermodel.
•HPProLiantGen8servers,exceptfortheDL580Gen8server,havetheiLORBSUsoftware
embeddedinthesystemROM.
ForinformationaboutusingiLORBSU,see“UsingtheiLORBSU”(page134).
•HPProLiantGen9serversandtheDL580Gen8serverhavetheHPUEFISystemUtilities
softwareembeddedinthesystemROM.
ForinformationaboutusingtheiLOConfigurationUtilityintheUEFISystemUtilities,see“Using
theUEFISystemUtilitiesiLO4ConfigurationUtility”(page138).
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    							UsingtheiLORBSU
ThissectionprovidesgeneraluseinstructionsandinstructionsforconfiguringiLOwiththeiLO
RBSU.ForotheriLOsetupandtroubleshootingproceduresthatyoucanperformwiththeiLORBSU,
seethefollowing:
•“SettingupiLObyusingiLORBSUortheiLO4ConfigurationUtility”(page21)
•“Troubleshootingmiscellaneousissues”(page333)
AccessingtheiLORBSU
YoucanaccesstheiLORBSUfromthephysicalsystemconsole,orbyusinganiLOremoteconsole
session.
ToaccessiLORBSU:
1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession.
Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
2.Restartorpowerontheserver.
3.PressF8intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen.
TheiLORBSUscreenappears.
4.Selectanoption,andthenpressEnter.
YoucanuseiLORBSUtoperformthefollowingtasks:
•“ConfiguringNICandTCP/IPsettings”(page134)
•“ConfiguringDNS/DHCPsettings”(page136)
•“ConfiguringglobalsettingsbyusingiLORBSU”(page137)
•“ConfiguringserialCLIoptionsbyusingiLORBSU”(page138)
•“ResettingiLOtothefactorydefaultsettingsbyusingiLORBSU”(page311)
•“ManagingiLOuseraccountsbyusingiLORBSU”(page26)
ConfiguringNICandTCP/IPsettings
YoucanusetheiLORBSUNetworkmenutoconfigurebasiciLOnetworkoptions,includingNIC
andTCP/IPsettings.
ToconfigureNICandTCP/IPsettings:
1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession.
Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
2.Restartorpowerontheserver.
3.PressF8intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen.
TheiLORBSUscreenappears.
4.SelectNetwork→NICandTCP/IP.
TheNetworkConfigurationscreenappears
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    							5.Vieworupdatethefollowingvalues,asneeded:
•MACAddress(read-only)—TheMACaddressoftheselectediLOnetworkinterface.
•NetworkInterfaceAdapter—SpecifiestheiLOnetworkinterfaceadaptertouse.Select
ONtoenabletheiLODedicatedNetworkPort.SelectaSharedNetworkPortoptionto
usetheSharedNetworkPort.SelectingOFFdisablesallnetworkinterfacestoiLO.
TheSharedNetworkPortoptionisavailableonlyonsupportedservers.
FormoreinformationabouttheiLOnetworkinterfaceadaptersettings,see“Understanding
theiLOnetworkportconfigurationoptions”(page94).
•TransceiverSpeedAutoselect(iLODedicatedNetworkportonly)—EnablesiLOtonegotiate
thehighestsupportedlinkspeedandduplexsettingswhenconnectedtothenetwork.This
optionisavailableonlywhenNetworkInterfaceAdapterissettoON.
•TransceiverSpeedManualSetting(iLODedicatedNetworkPortonly)—Setsthelinkspeed
fortheiLOnetworkinterface.ThisoptionisavailableonlywhenNetworkInterfaceAdapter
issettoONandTransceiverSpeedAutoselectissettoOFF.
•TransceiverDuplexSetting(iLODedicatedNetworkPortonly)—Setsthelinkduplexsetting
fortheiLOnetworkinterface.ThisoptionisavailableonlywhenNetworkInterfaceAdapter
issettoONandTransceiverSpeedAutoselectissettoOFF.
•VLANEnable(SharedNetworkPortonly)—EnablestheVLANfeature.
WhentheSharedNetworkPortisactiveandVLANisenabled,theiLOSharedNetwork
PortbecomespartofaVLAN.AllnetworkdeviceswithdifferentVLANtagswillappear
tobeonseparateLANs,eveniftheyarephysicallyconnectedtothesameLAN.This
optionisavailableonlywhenNetworkInterfaceAdapterissettoSharedNetworkPort.
•VLANID(SharedNetworkPortonly)—IfyouenabledVLAN,enteraVLANtag.Allnetwork
devicesthatyouwanttocommunicatewitheachothermusthavethesameVLANtag.
TheVLANtagcanbeanynumberbetween1and4094.Thisoptionisavailableonly
whenNetworkInterfaceAdapterissettoaSharedNetworkPortoption.
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    							•IPAddress—TheiLOIPaddress.IfDHCPisused,theiLOIPaddressissupplied
automatically.IfDHCPisnotused,enterastaticIPaddress.
•SubnetMask—ThesubnetmaskoftheiLOIPnetwork.IfDHCPisused,thesubnetmask
issuppliedautomatically.IfDHCPisnotused,enterasubnetmaskforthenetwork.
•GatewayIPAddress—TheiLOgatewayIPaddress.IfDHCPisused,theiLOgatewayIP
addressissuppliedautomatically.IfDHCPisnotused,entertheiLOgatewayIPaddress.
6.PressF10tosaveyourchanges.
7.SelectFile→ExittoexitiLORBSU.
ConfiguringDNS/DHCPsettings
YoucanusetheiLORBSUNetworkmenutoconfigurebasiciLOnetworkoptions,includingDNS
andDHCPsettings.
ToconfigureDNSandDHCPsettings:
1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession.
Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
2.Restartorpowerontheserver.
3.PressF8intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen.
TheiLORBSUscreenappears.
4.SelectNetwork→DNS/DHCP.
TheNetworkAutoconfigurationscreenappears.
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    							5.Vieworupdatethefollowingvalues,asneeded:
•DHCPEnable—ConfiguresiLOtoobtainitsIPaddress(andmanyothersettings)froma
DHCPserver.
•DNSName—TheDNSnameoftheiLOsubsystem(forexample,iloinsteadof
ilo.example.com).
ThisnamecanbeusedonlyifDHCPandDNSareconfiguredtoconnecttotheiLO
subsystemnameinsteadoftheIPaddress.
6.PressF10tosaveyourchanges.
7.SelectFile→ExittoexitiLORBSU.
ConfiguringglobalsettingsbyusingiLORBSU
1.Optional:Ifyouwillaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession.
Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
2.Restartorpowerontheserver.
3.PressF8duringPOSTtoenteriLORBSU.
4.SelectSettings→Configure,andthenpressEnter.
TheGlobaliLO4Settingsmenuopens.
5.Foreachoptionthatyouwanttochange,selecttheoption,andpressthespacebartotoggle
thesettingtoENABLEDorDISABLED.Youcanchangethefollowingsettings:
•iLOFunctionality
•iLO4ROM-BasedSetupUtility
•RequireiLO4RBSULogin
•ShowiLO4IPduringPOST
•LocalUsers
Formoreinformationaboutthefirstfouroptionsinthelist,see“Configuringaccessoptions”
(page59).
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    							Formoreinformationaboutthelastoptioninthelist,see“Configuringauthenticationand
directoryserversettings”(page73).
6.PressF10tosavethesettings.
7.SelectFile→ExittocloseiLORBSU.
ConfiguringserialCLIoptionsbyusingiLORBSU
1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession.
Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
2.Restartorpowerontheserver.
3.PressF8intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen.
4.SelectSettings→CLI,andthenpressEnter.
5.TheConfigureiLOCommand-LineInterfacemenuopens.
6.Foreachoptionthatyouwanttochange,selecttheoption,andpressthespacebartotoggle
throughtheavailablesettings.Youcanchangethefollowingsettings:
•SerialCLIStatus
•SerialCLISpeed(bits/second)
Formoreinformationabouttheseoptions,see“ConfiguringiLOaccesssettings”(page57).
7.PressF10tosavethesettings.
8.SelectFile→ExittocloseiLORBSU.
UsingtheUEFISystemUtilitiesiLO4ConfigurationUtility
ForgeneralinstructionsaboutusingtheUEFISystemUtilities,seetheHPUEFISystemUtilitiesUser
Guide.
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    							ThissectionprovidesgeneraluseinstructionsandinstructionsforconfiguringiLOwiththeiLO4
ConfigurationUtility.ForotheriLOsetupandtroubleshootingproceduresthatyoucanperform
withtheiLO4Configurationutility,seethefollowing:
•“SettingupiLObyusingiLORBSUortheiLO4ConfigurationUtility”(page21)
•“Troubleshootingmiscellaneousissues”(page333)
AccessingtheiLO4ConfigurationUtilitymenu
YoucanaccesstheiLO4ConfigurationUtilityfromthephysicalsystemconsole,orbyusingan
iLOremoteconsolesession.
ToaccesstheiLO4ConfigurationUtilitymenu:
1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession.
Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
2.Restartorpowerontheserver.
3.PressF9intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen.
TheSystemUtilitiesscreenappears.
4.FromtheSystemUtilitiesscreen,selectSystemConfiguration→iLO4ConfigurationUtility.
TheiLO4ConfigurationUtilityscreenappears.
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    							5.Selectanoption,andthenpressEnter.
YoucanusetheiLO4ConfigurationUtilitytoperformthefollowingtasks:
•“ConfiguringNetworkOptions”(page140)
•“ConfiguringAdvancedNetworkOptions”(page141)
•“ManagingiLOuseraccountsbyusingtheiLO4ConfigurationUtility”(page29)
•“ConfiguringaccesssettingsbyusingtheiLO4ConfigurationUtility”(page143)
•“ViewinginformationaboutiLObyusingtheiLO4ConfigurationUtility”(page144)
•“ResettingiLOtothefactorydefaultsettingsbyusingtheiLO4ConfigurationUtility”
(page312)
•“ResettingiLObyusingtheiLO4ConfigurationUtility”(page309)
ConfiguringNetworkOptions
YoucanusetheiLO4ConfigurationUtilityNetworkOptionsmenutoconfigurebasiciLOnetwork
options.
ToconfigureiLOnetworkoptions:
1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession.
Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
2.Restartorpowerontheserver.
3.PressF9intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen.
TheSystemUtilitiesscreenappears.
4.FromtheSystemUtilitiesscreen,selectSystemConfiguration→iLO4Configuration
Utility→NetworkOptions.
TheNetworkOptionsscreenappears.
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